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Re: Please Stop Buying Unofficial "Saturn Mini" Consoles

Fallingshadow

The saturn was a well built system. I have a model 1 and a model 2 modded for imports which still work fine. My first model 2 saturn did go wrong after about 10 years of service it developed some kind of fault where the graphic display incorrectly on screen. I tried to have it repaired years ago but was told it was unrepairable.

But they should not be breaking down saturn to make cheap version which use iso.

I do wonder why nintendo and sega don't get in on the act and start making new real Saturn and Snes with HDMI outputs. Surely their is a market for them.

Re: ININ Games Announce 'X-Out: Resurfaced', A Remaster Of The Classic Underwater Shmup

Fallingshadow

No PS4 and xbox one version that seems like a mistake developers need to make smaller niche titles on lower spec systems as the trailer still looks like the amiga version with a few tweaks...

Given Sony themselves have said half their users are still on PS4 and PS5 sales look to now be tracking behind the PS4.

PS4 games all have to run on PS5 hence why capcom are just releasing the marvel vs collection on switch, PC, PS4 to give them the widest reach. They don't have to pay the extra cost of a PS5 submission. Xbox issues aside with the MT framework.

Releasing this on PS5 and XBOX X/S means it will sink very fast in the sales. No one is going to rush out and by a PS5 for x-out.

When the amiga mini can do just as good a job or any PC emulator.

Re: Interview: The Company That Brought Resident Evil Back To PC Wants To Resurrect More Capcom Classics

Fallingshadow

@GeneJacket

Thank you for a more thought out response. I am not upset nor do I find the video offensive.

I imported the japanese version of biohazard to see the game uncensored many year ago on my sega saturn.

My point is given the range of game content on this site and the fact it is linked to by sites like nintendolife which will have a younger viewership. People may scroll through the site and just click it.

Yes you can see the video on youtube but you need to search for it directly. GOG is the one technically at fault for not age gating the video on youtube.

Many responsible youtube channels also gate their video's

Let me ask you a question why are you so upset about me suggesting they just put a warning up saying this video is not suitable for under 18?

Re: Interview: The Company That Brought Resident Evil Back To PC Wants To Resurrect More Capcom Classics

Fallingshadow

@KitsuneNight

Yes it maybe 30 years old but a quick check of the bbfc website will tell you that the same 15 rating still applies. The Pegi rating for the Collection is now a 18 this will be down to the dismemberment found in the game and shown in that video. As per their guidelines.

Ratings only change if it is resubmitted for a new release.

Ratings can go up as well as down both empire strike back and return of the jedi have had their ratings upped to a PG from a U recently.

Indiana Jones and the temple of doom was increased to a 12 from PG recently (though this was because previously cut scenes where added back in.)

The B movie intro is what gave resident evil some of it charm but the 18 ratings should still be respected and it put into effect even gog have age gated the webpage to buy the games.

Yes you can find worst on youtube but you have to search for it and anyone that does post clips from films etc is in breach of some kind of copyright law. Youtube is just a upload site at the end of the day.

Having worked on games myself I know what a complete pain the ratings boards can be but we have to respect them. I have worked on games where.

1) Content had to be removed from game as it was added after we got a rating.

2) I was told how Sonic rush adventure got a 16 pegi rating at first due to what some of the characters said and it had to be edited.

3) One game the masters had to be rechecked after a erroneous graphic was found on a submisson disc if it had not been removed printed copies would have had to have been destroyed. As we would have breach our age rating.

Given the fact developers have to respect ratings with trailers etc websites which feature said content should do the same.

My issue is that the uncensored content which was not released in the UK. There was a later PC release with it but I suspect that was under the rader as it was just a re-release. As that is unrated footage it may fall foul of The Video Recordings Act (VRA) 1984

All video footage must be rated by the BBFC by law.

GOG has got the game a pegi 18 it should in theory have BBFC cert but their is a loophole for digital games. As the law has not been updated for them. At present no only digital game in the UK is required by law to have a cert of any kind.

Also getting a Pegi age rating wrong can come with fines as Balatro may have recently found out.

Re: Interview: The Company That Brought Resident Evil Back To PC Wants To Resurrect More Capcom Classics

Fallingshadow

@GeneJacket and @KitsuneNight

The game was rated 15 by the BBFC and is shown in black and white in the europeon version. As it was cut to avoid a 18 BBFC in the UK the shot of the bloody joseph was also removed from the game in the UK. As it was BBFC rated broadcast of said scenes to a minor in the UK is a criminal offense. Know the law as timeextenstion could get in a lot of trouble if someone was to complain.

Re: Feature: Cracking The Mystery Of Duke Nukem Advance's Two English Localizations

Fallingshadow

Having worked in games localisation you learn very quickly that the translators are not sent the game they only get the text in a spreadsheet. As they will often be at an outsource company they often have no context to what is going on so they need the english text for insight. so they would be sent a excel doc which looks like this.

Language English French Spanish
String 1 Hello Bonjour Hola
String 2 Ready Prêt Listo

As the English may not be that clear for the situation they may then have asked for the text to be changed. The strings do not tell who is talking nor the gender of that character Plus they may not be in sequence. Text in games is imported via a spread sheet so changes are easy to make. Unless it's graphic text in the game.

Re: Interview: "I Was Not Sure We Were Going To Pull It Off" - Cyan's Rand Miller On Remaking Riven From The Ground Up

Fallingshadow

Great interview loved the whole myst series. The Real shame here is a suspect this may not sell well. The minimum spec for this are sadly very high. I suspect it will be quite a few years before most users get to play this.

Having worked on PC games myself the first rule you learn is lower spec games sell far better.

It won't work on my personal PC. Hopefully this comes to Console soon. Still waitng on the Myst remake on Playstation.

Re: Saturn Radiant Silvergun Just Got A Major Fan-Made Update

Fallingshadow

The modes added in by the other version and changes they made where not very good. The base saturn version is still the best version why on earth you would want to do add.

The guardian heroes re-release had simlar issues the translation lossed a lot of it's punch. But the issue their was working design did the saturn translation not sega.

Re: Konami's Jackal Hits Arcade Archives On Switch And PS4 This Week

Fallingshadow

once or twice games have been delayed by a day or so that said mighty guy has a store page but never came out on PS4.

https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/concept/10009365

I suspect hamster only submit each game once to sony for submission as the first time is always free. If the game fails they don't resubmit due to the cost it incurred.

Jackal is not out on PS4 or switch yet so it might just be a delay

Re: Atari Purchases The Intellivision Brand, But Not The Delayed Amico Console

Fallingshadow

The atari arcade rights have been with midway since 1996. Which is now owned by warner bros. They won't get them back that's for sure. Embracer where not putting a company back togehter they where just buying up everything and then leveraging the increased value of the company to get more captail then buying another company rince and repeat. It now why they are in a total mess.

Re: Atari Purchases The Intellivision Brand, But Not The Delayed Amico Console

Fallingshadow

@Zeebor15 Not making the list public to begin with makes sense. I imagine it will take a while to untangle the rights and work out what they really have. e.g in some case they may only have the name etc. Plenty of companies like to use smoke and mirrors to hide what they really have in a sale.

Having worked for a publisher myself in the past I know rights can be a very murky issue. The Atari games I am most fond of are games like APB from the late 80's early 90's and the rights to that are now with warner bros.

I know of a few cases wher larger multimedia companies do acquire rights to some games and then just set on them.

Re: Is It Time To Change The Narrative On The Sega Saturn?

Fallingshadow

As someone that has been a saturn owner since christmas 1996. I still think it's a great console. Games like Virtua Fighter 2 and Dead or Alive prove the saturn could do better 3D than the playstation. I think Taromaru is a bit overrated the game is quite short as well. Stellar Assault SS is one great import that never seems to get that much love.

I believe the saturn was sega most successful console in japan?

Re: CEX Is Launching Its Own Repair Service For Retro Consoles

Fallingshadow

As a reminder if you consle is in warrenty you should alway use the offical repair service. Not sure how I feel about CEX the are the main villain for controlling the retro prices at the moment.

I have a broken saturn model 2 modded which I been told is unfixable in the past.

My bro's japanese snes recently failed we think it's the gpu it still works but all the colours are wrong on screen

Re: Flashback: How Saturn's Memory Expansion Carts Made It The King Of 2D Fighters

Fallingshadow

Something not mentioned is that the saturn version of kof95 was so close to the arcade. This caused some backlash by neo geo fans as the saturn version was better than the neo geo cd version and a few fans questioned what was the point of owning a neo geo cd. Hence why later Kof's on the saturn where more inline with the neo geo CD versions. The rom cart would have allowed them to be near perfect.

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