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@Martin_H "They" is me, as I'm one of the co-owners.

And as we have staff all over the world, we allow them to pick and choose if they work on a UK Bank Holiday (the number of UK Bank Holidays is automatically added to the yearly holiday allowance, to be taken when each staff member sees fit).

Hope that explains why I'm working (I'm off for the rest of the week from tomorrow!)

@SlangWon He earns money from his Patreon, and there are real musicians out there who would be willing to work with him despite the small amount of money involved.

Or he could even create the music himself, as developers did back in the day. Passing the task off to a computer trained without permission on human-made work doesn't seem like the right route to take, IMO.

@gojiguy I probably should have mentioned Retro Gamer. The magazine was the first to commission me to write about video games almost 20 years ago, and it's a fantastic publication.

@Agent_P I don't think anyone thinks of the top loader NES when they picture the console in their head, but point taken! (Lovely dog bone controllers with that one, too)

@Guru_Larry There's a TATE mode button below the screen, and the trailer shows it in action. We've also included a screengrab of the TATE mode being used.

@UMBTyrant Those are just reactions to the original tweet, which is a nonsensical post about the PSP that gets most of its facts wrong. They're not the focus of the article, which is clearly marked as 'random', not news. Have a great day!

@UMBTyrant The tweet has almost 500 replies and has been quote-tweeted multiple times, too.

@KGRAMR Thanks for the save!

@gingerbeardman It's the same power level as the standard Evercade, and that ran Glover ok.

@GravyThief I had to do a lot of image manipulation on those as the print was very faded!

@cawley1 I have a notepad full of those old CeX stickers. I'll find a photo and add it to the piece when I get a chance!

@RenderSpotlight Sadly that area of Birmingham has gone downhill over the past two decades. In the glory days there was was a run of shops down there, with Virgin and CeX being the crowning glory. I think Games Workshop was on that row of shops too, at one point.

@Spookles The smell was certainly something, but not unpleasant for some reason... nostalgia, perhaps?

@mashk I think I sold my first copy og Panzer Dragoon Saga to this branch when I traded up to my Dreamcast, also for a pittance

@MARl0 That's because the only media I could find is taken from the developer's Twitter, and they've only posted videos so far, all of which are utterly destroyed by Twitter's compression. Once I spot some better screens, I'll be sure to upload them!

@JJtheTexan AYANEO Pocket DS: https://www.timeextension.com/reviews/ayaneo-pocket-ds-dual-screen-gaming-comes-to-android

@PopetheRev28 The text mentions Redout 2

THE @Rik_Henderson, as I live and breathe! Thanks for taking the time to reply, it would be amazing to pick your brains on your career one day (perhaps over a beer?)

@Guru_Larry Dammit, I should have included that in one of the photos! I clean forgot you did that. The one with the guy with the Light Phaser at his head, right?

@DCinFL Next Gen was EDGE's sister mag. Many of the same articles appeared in both magazines.

@shiningpikablu252 I think there's an expansion port shown on one of his photos.

@romanista Will update! Thanks!

@Martin_H Pretty sure Dungeon Master didn't have a map either, so it's not like it was out of the ordinary back then - but in hindsight, it's a pretty terrible omission. Arcana had one!

@KingMike (It's a repro)

@Moroboshi876 The paragraph before that mentions the MD version

The arcade version has never been made available (in its original form) on any other system. I get what you mean about emulation though, so my wording could be better - will amend!

@Ristar24 There's a feature for that: https://www.timeextension.com/features/the-making-of-fighting-fantasy-the-million-selling-gamebook-series

@JohnnyMind It was indeed a typo - thanks for the spot!

@Eocene84 Tommy Tallarico had been in the games industry for decades before the Amico thing happened.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant I need a lie down

@Jucksalbe This has literally only just hit me. I've updated the piece with an edit that makes my blunder clear. I'm clearly just as bad!

@mr_benn I've played that particular stage on my own TV and on a projector during the preview event and didn't experience enough 'twitching' to make it unplayable. It does sound like you're unlucky in not being able to reproduce optimum conditions for the gun, which I think could be an issue for many users, sadly.

@benjaminer @mr_benn I can only speak from experience but once I found the 'sweet' spot, accuracy was great. As noted in the review, there is latency and there is some 'wobble' on the crosshair, but I found this is also present in the Sinden and is perhaps something that we're not going to overcome with this kind of 'camera looking at the screen' tech.

I appreciate it sucks to not be able to find that optimal setup for using this, and, as noted in the review, some living room / TV configurations might not be ideal.

@GravyThief I thought it would be helpful to compare the size of the packaging with something related.

@whitespy12 The way I understand it, the initial release was the testing phase. I can only speculate that the cab you played was a test one which was never recalled? Happy to be corrected, of course!

@RZ-Atom Rare Replay and contain many of the same games, and are based on the same developer, so surely it makes sense to compare them - especially as many people out there might already own Rare Replay.

It's not unusual to compare a product to rival products on the market - in fact, don't most reviews do this?

@Fanboy_Destroyer They're trying to cancel Commodore International's right to use the name Commodore. That's literally what the filing says, as shared by Commodore Blog.

What other way is there to read that?

@Fanboy_Destroyer The headline literally describes what is happening. How is it "inflated" or "incendiary"?

@Paranoimia We run a supporter's scheme which removes ads and allows us to pay our staff for all of the lovely content they create: https://www.timeextension.com/supporter

@breach187 What you're describing is procedural generation, and that's been around for decades at this point.

Of course, you could argue that GenAI could be used to create an infinite number of scenarios in such a game. But would they be as coherent as something a person makes?

There are definitely uses for the tech, but replacing artists, making unfunny slop videos and deepfaking famous people seems like a waste of energy IMO.

@MysticWangForce It's been on practically every system since, too!

@KingMike @RupeeClock I'm not sure people were seriously suggesting it

@DestructoDisk I know it's not a new product, but this is the first time we've reviewed it - so it's new to us!

We're looking to review all of Krikzz's EverDrives to ensure we've covered all of his available products.

@Lorfarius We'll be paying a visit ASAP!

@Martin_H You clearly understood the assignment

@PKDuckman True. I doubt it was even up for distribution in that region as it was focused on home computers like the C64, etc.

@wizzgamer I'd imagine that's because these games didn't reach markets like Asia back in the day - they were mostly aimed at Western (European, more specifically) players and wouldn't have seen distribution in countries like South Korea. I could be wrong there, though.

@Gravyc It certainly has its place. I've got a lot of nostalgia for the MD / Genesis port as that was the only way I experienced it back in the day, and it's cool to see how the arcade version compares. I just think neither game here really has the depth required to justify the price tag.

@Zenszulu I can certainly relate!

@AlexHarford Computer-Aided Design.

@Saki-Endo Yes! I clean forgot about that! Thanks for the reminder. I've updated the piece

@RossoftheRobots It's a great game - I have many fond memories of playing it on the PC Engine back in the day!

@WhiteUmbrella The viewpoint that women have just as much of a place in the games industry as men is one I'm quite happy to say the entire Hookshot Media network subscribes to - that's not politics, it's just common sense.

@OdysseyPoint That isn't the 'gotcha' you think it is, given that Rogers is highlighting the imbalance of female representation in the games industry.