For all the great music in Genesis games, people who dunk on the sound chip mostly bring up the worst of the worst, and act like those examples are the standard for what the console could produce.
I'd like to think this tug of war for which great system is greater ends in everybody enjoying that era for being amazing instead of trying to knock one part of it down to prop the other one up.
something I noticed when exploring those "every game for X system" videos on youtube is that there are usually multiple majong games and at least one Go title on every console released in Japan.
Never realized Go was popular enough to warrant it's own cartridge based handheld. Bet hardcore Go players didn't have a problem with the price, if they thought a portable version seemed like an awesome thing to have.
Sounds like someone heard an idea in passing, and decided to run with it as a legit production announcement. ngl, I'd most likely do the same had it been me. 😅
Kouno writes game proposals the same way I approached game purchases as a kid. I'd be in the back of the car, reading the manual, and playing the game out in my imagination on the way home.
That's probably the only way to make a game like Steel Battalion. You can't design a control scheme like that without having a vision for what the overall experience should feel like first.
I've got fond memories of playing Pokemon Yellow on both the Super Gameboy, and n64 transfer pak. Because I'm an avid fan of unnecessary, yet extremely cool projects like this, I might have to man up and learn to solder myself.
I wanna make Donkey Kong '94 into an SNES cart. That game lives rent free in my head because I didn't expect it to be what it was when I first played it back in the day.
First of all, How is there not a definitive Tempest compilation on Steam yet? Everything people bring this series up, it's about 2000 or 3000. I think there's clearly a demand...
Aside from the n64 controller, I think this thing had a lot of positive things going for it when you look at the games themselves. Nuon had classic stuff casuals can play like Space Invaders and Tetris, as well as a unique title in Freefall.
Bust-A-Move is always a good time, so that one being cancelled hurt me even though I've never even seen a Nuon before today.
Of the obscure failed consoles, I'd say this is one that should have been a success. Hindsight is what it is...They could have partnered with an established 3rd party developer and maybe they would have avoided going bankrupt so soon.
Man...Bet that Shin Chan game goes hard. Why else would they try to keep it exclusive to a particular Korean DVD player? Also, why are there 15 Shin Chan games, but none for the Ronin Warriors? Time line is weirdsville.
eSports will never be legitimate till there's an active Tetris Attack scene. That game is on my Mt Rushmore of puzzlers, and everybody should go and play it.
I don't care if they put pokemon art on it. It doesn't matter if it's the OG Japanese version. Find this game, and put your friends in a headlock till they agree to play it with you. It's that gosh darn good!
He's done a lot of SRAM hacks for stuff like Road Rash and Contra: Hard Corps.That's pretty cool!
But the whole SEGA Channel thing is huge. I could never grasp the significance of this service as a child. I might have assumed it was a VHS tape that had clips like some in-store kiosk or something.
He is now my favorite person of the decade for taking on such a wild project.
First thing I noticed was the playdate crank. Really don't get the appeal of that thing.
I like to view the NGPC as a collab between Capcom, SNK and SEGA. It's the Fabulous Freebirds of handhelds, and has no faults in my biased, Fighting game loving eyes.
I've still got my Mario/duck hunt/Track meat cart here somewhere.Super Mario 1 is my least favorite of the three NES Mario games, but I still used to play it a lot.
I've only ever played the GBA port of Silent Scope, so I've not experienced it with a light gun. That port has no business existing or being half decent as it is.
I can't get past the hand crank. That thing better have the most engrossing fishing games known to man(or a few Drill Dozer clones), else I'm taking my business elsewhere. 💸
This was the first game I got for the NGPC. I remember seeing that ad saying you could transfer information to the Dreamcast, and decided that I absolutely had to have the thing!
Got Match of the Millennium a few months later, but never got around to picking up the transfer cable...😅
Surprised no body in the hip hop community told him about Balrog. I would think Canibus or any of those Wu cats would talk about how he was such a big deal, they even made a fighting game character based off him.
Capcom used to be 3 shy with the Street Fighter series. I have faith in Valve growing out of this at some point. A ton of people want another Portal. I don't get how the cost of doing business wouldn't be compensated by the consumer supporting the series they actually enjoy playing. This is like Nintendo making up excuses for why they don't wanna make more F-Zero games.
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Re: Interview: "We Were Actually In Line To Be Sega's Mascot Character" - ToeJam & Earl Co-Creator On The Origins Of Gaming's Funkiest Duo
I slept on the first game as a kid. Panic on Funkatron was my jam, tho.
Re: Love The Genesis / Mega Drive? Then Check Out This Epic Eleven-And-A-Half Hour Documentary
hook it to my veins!!! 🤘
Re: Yes, Knuckles Was Supposed To Sound Like He Was Swearing In Sonic Heroes
Love that they did this mostly to amuse themselves. 🤣 Sonic Team will always be one of my fav developers.
Re: The Genesis Just "Broke Another Myth" By Replicating Classic Castlevania Tunes
For all the great music in Genesis games, people who dunk on the sound chip mostly bring up the worst of the worst, and act like those examples are the standard for what the console could produce.
I'd like to think this tug of war for which great system is greater ends in everybody enjoying that era for being amazing instead of trying to knock one part of it down to prop the other one up.
Maybe I'm just naive...
Re: Koei Once Created A $250 Handheld Console, And You're Forgiven For Not Knowing About It
something I noticed when exploring those "every game for X system" videos on youtube is that there are usually multiple majong games and at least one Go title on every console released in Japan.
Never realized Go was popular enough to warrant it's own cartridge based handheld. Bet hardcore Go players didn't have a problem with the price, if they thought a portable version seemed like an awesome thing to have.
Re: Random: Till Receipt For ClayFighter: Sculptor's Cut Reaches $500 On eBay
Selling receipts is basically bringing NFT's into the real world.
I hate it here! 😭
Re: Random: The Legendary Sonic Formula One Trophy Won By Ayrton Senna Still Exists
Sensational!
Re: Codemasters Was Supposed To Make A NES CD Drive, But It Never Happened
Sounds like someone heard an idea in passing, and decided to run with it as a legit production announcement. ngl, I'd most likely do the same had it been me. 😅
Re: The Making Of: Steel Battalion, The Ultimate Hardcore Mecha Experience
Kouno writes game proposals the same way I approached game purchases as a kid. I'd be in the back of the car, reading the manual, and playing the game out in my imagination on the way home.
That's probably the only way to make a game like Steel Battalion. You can't design a control scheme like that without having a vision for what the overall experience should feel like first.
Re: Round Up: The Best Retro Gaming Gifts - August 2023
@somnambulance Yeah, it's glorious!
Re: Here's Why Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night's English Dub Is So Iconically Amusing
If it were perfect, we wouldn't care as much as we do about the imperfections.
Re: These Metal Slug Model Kits Are Adorable
Hope this does well, because I'ma need a Slug Mariner, or Slug Mobile with a Fio figurine.
Re: Classic Pokémon Games Get 'Ported' To SNES By Industrious Fan
I've got fond memories of playing Pokemon Yellow on both the Super Gameboy, and n64 transfer pak. Because I'm an avid fan of unnecessary, yet extremely cool projects like this, I might have to man up and learn to solder myself.
I wanna make Donkey Kong '94 into an SNES cart. That game lives rent free in my head because I didn't expect it to be what it was when I first played it back in the day.
Re: Double Dragon Gaiden Studio Shows Off Mock-Ups For Golden Axe, Ghostbusters And Final Fight
I wanna see them make a Mighty Final Fight game.
Re: Fan Translation Of SNK's Dreamcast Rhythm Game 'Cool Cool Toon' Now Available
Always thought Ranke was cool liking character.
Re: Sonic Fans Want To Raise $4,000 To Preserve Insanely Rare 'SegaSonic' Arcade Game
I saw a track ball at a thrift store the other week. I should have pick it up, because I've never experienced this game with it's true control scheme.
Re: Ultimate Guide: Nuon, The DVD Player That Tried To Be A Games Console
First of all, How is there not a definitive Tempest compilation on Steam yet? Everything people bring this series up, it's about 2000 or 3000. I think there's clearly a demand...
Aside from the n64 controller, I think this thing had a lot of positive things going for it when you look at the games themselves. Nuon had classic stuff casuals can play like Space Invaders and Tetris, as well as a unique title in Freefall.
Bust-A-Move is always a good time, so that one being cancelled hurt me even though I've never even seen a Nuon before today.
Of the obscure failed consoles, I'd say this is one that should have been a success. Hindsight is what it is...They could have partnered with an established 3rd party developer and maybe they would have avoided going bankrupt so soon.
Man...Bet that Shin Chan game goes hard. Why else would they try to keep it exclusive to a particular Korean DVD player? Also, why are there 15 Shin Chan games, but none for the Ronin Warriors? Time line is weirdsville.
Re: The Making Of: BattleTech, The Groundbreaking '90s Combo Of Immersive Reality, Online Play And eSports
It's time for this to come back in the form of an Armored Core Battle Pod!
Re: Anniversary: Sega's Shinobi III Is 30 Years Old
This game has the only Surf Ninja i choose to acknowledge.
Re: Random: New Street Fighter V Gloves Will Let You Unleash Your Inner Ryu
Shoto Hulk hands are a lot cooler than I'd imagined them to be.
Re: Best SNES Games - Super Nintendo Games You Must Own
The fact that F-Zero lacks a 2 player mode, yet still makes these best of lists is a testament to how amazing it was.
The Mute City theme is stuck in my head now. I'm probably gonna be humming it for the rest of the day.
Re: The Puzzling Legacy of Panel de Pon And Puzzle League
eSports will never be legitimate till there's an active Tetris Attack scene. That game is on my Mt Rushmore of puzzlers, and everybody should go and play it.
I don't care if they put pokemon art on it. It doesn't matter if it's the OG Japanese version. Find this game, and put your friends in a headlock till they agree to play it with you. It's that gosh darn good!
Re: Meet The Unsung Pioneer Behind The Most Hated Zelda Games Of All Time
I've never hated any of the Zelda games. Not a fan of them, but not someone who thinks they are a pox on this good world.
With that said, Gamalon Link had such a punchable face.
Re: Review: Anbernic RG Nano - What Is This, A Game Boy For Ants?!
Neat keychain! Otherwise, it's a Game Boy for Whopper Jr hands.
Re: Random: Maybelline Enlists Chinese Pop Star Hua Chenyu To Promote Its 'Official Game Console'
They pulled a Soulja Boy.
Re: Grimace's Birthday Gets A Physical Edition, With A Catch
@HammerGalladeBro Yup.
What do I know. My birthstone is purple, and I want everything else in the world to be purple. Don't mind me.
Re: Best ROM Hacks, Mods And Homebrews Of 2023
I'm getting old. Didn't realize it's been that long since that SFOne mugen game came out.
Gotta find a way to play it on chromebook.
Re: The Sega Channel Revival Project Is Coming To An End
Just looked him up on Romhacking net.
He's done a lot of SRAM hacks for stuff like Road Rash and Contra: Hard Corps.That's pretty cool!
But the whole SEGA Channel thing is huge. I could never grasp the significance of this service as a child. I might have assumed it was a VHS tape that had clips like some in-store kiosk or something.
He is now my favorite person of the decade for taking on such a wild project.
Re: This Sega Handheld Doesn't Exist, But We Sure Wish It Did
First thing I noticed was the playdate crank. Really don't get the appeal of that thing.
I like to view the NGPC as a collab between Capcom, SNK and SEGA. It's the Fabulous Freebirds of handhelds, and has no faults in my biased, Fighting game loving eyes.
Re: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Is Coming To Master System
Sega consoles are basically Bebe's Kids.
Shout out if you understand the reference.
Re: OutRun, Sonic And Forza Join Forces To Raise Over £100,000 In Charity Racing Event
Love the pic of Sonic T-posing to steal attention from the giant Playstation button symbols.
Re: Random: The GameCube's Lid Holds A Secret, But Did You Know About It?
They should have marketed this. Then custom plates would have been crazy.
Re: Capcom Legend Reveals The Box Art He'd Have Used For Final Fight
Haggar looking at the Mad Gear Gang, and Cody standing in front of a wall that would have the Final Fight Logo spray-painted on it.
Re: CIBSunday: Super Mario Bros. (NES)
I've still got my Mario/duck hunt/Track meat cart here somewhere.Super Mario 1 is my least favorite of the three NES Mario games, but I still used to play it a lot.
Re: Best Light Gun Games Of All Time
I've only ever played the GBA port of Silent Scope, so I've not experienced it with a light gun. That port has no business existing or being half decent as it is.
Re: Dreamcast Cult Classic 'Rent-A-Hero No. 1' Gets A Suitably Heroic English Translation
makes loud Dreamcast fan noises in adulation
Re: Someone Just Bought A Graded Copy Of Nintendo Power For $108,000
Wish I took care of all my gaming mags. Not so I could get them graded, just so I could still have them around and read 'em every now and again.
Re: Random: Why Does Rampart's Japanese Manual Feature A Section On Lego?
People would have read manuals as kids if they were written in a fun way, instead of showing me what my NES controller looked like.
Re: Random: Dude Collects 1000 Copies Of Dragon Warrior On NES, And He's Still Not Done
This reminds me of Everything is Terrible's Jerry Maguire VHS tape collection. Don't ask which I think is cooler. 😶
Re: Atari Buys Rights To Over 100 Retro Games Including Bubsy
Demolition Racer: No Exit was really fun on Dreamcast. I'm not dunking on Bubsy. It's overkill at this point
Re: Random: Japanese Student Breaks Into Store To Steal Copy Of (Checks Notes) Mr. Nutz Worth $550
I don't care how few copies there are, I ain't risking getting caught swiping a game called Mr. Nutz. 🐿
Re: Playdate Sells 53,000+ Units, More Than Double Panic's Expectations
I can't get past the hand crank. That thing better have the most engrossing fishing games known to man(or a few Drill Dozer clones), else I'm taking my business elsewhere. 💸
Re: Henk Rogers And Alexey Pajitnov Pick Their Favourite Versions Of Tetris
Tetrisphere still lives in my head rent free. Had some world-breaking, spherical based battles against my mom in that one.
Re: CIBSunday: Metal Slug: 2nd Mission (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
This was the first game I got for the NGPC. I remember seeing that ad saying you could transfer information to the Dreamcast, and decided that I absolutely had to have the thing!
Got Match of the Millennium a few months later, but never got around to picking up the transfer cable...😅
Re: Here's Street Fighter Alpha Running On Mega Drive / Genesis
Very excited for the future of fighting games on the SEGA Genesis. Real Bout, and Darkstalkers are also very interesting looking projects.
Re: Flashback: Check Out Mike Tyson's Reaction To Seeing Street Fighter's Balrog "For The First Time"
Surprised no body in the hip hop community told him about Balrog. I would think Canibus or any of those Wu cats would talk about how he was such a big deal, they even made a fighting game character based off him.
Re: Random: This Frasier Beat 'Em Up Mock-Up Needs To Be A Real Game
🎼But I don't know what to do with those Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs...😆
Re: I'm Just Joking When I Tell Valve To Make Portal 3, Says Series Co-Writer
Capcom used to be 3 shy with the Street Fighter series. I have faith in Valve growing out of this at some point. A ton of people want another Portal. I don't get how the cost of doing business wouldn't be compensated by the consumer supporting the series they actually enjoy playing. This is like Nintendo making up excuses for why they don't wanna make more F-Zero games.
Re: Random: The Holy Bible Was Almost Ported To Game Boy Advance
As a bookworm, I would have enjoyed seeing a few GBA books get released. They could have titled this Bible Advanced.
Re: This New York Museum Is Creating The World's Biggest Donkey Kong Arcade Machine
They should get Steve Wiebe to go over there and set the high score.