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@Guru_Larry Got my Evercade VS-R with tomb raider last week from amazon and I bought it straight from the website.

Transformers: War for Cybertron and fall of cybertron got re-rated earlier in the year so guessing they are all getting a re-release. Some might be xbox 360 backcat. But other like Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2 got native ps4 and xbox one versions which got removed from sale so hopefully all version will be back on sale

@mjparker77

Yes but they released Parasol Stars in such a poor state you could not even access the very final world as the game would crash. You still can't unlock all the achievements or trophies.

@cyxceven

Which version did you order my brother got the PS4 base version in August after waiting 14 months.

I notice their seems to be less PS4 retail versions of games now and their was some reports earlier in the year that sony where going to limit their blu ray production. Starting to wonder if this could have a big effect.

As all Playstation games must be mastered by Sony the same goes for Nintendo

it well known that the 1chip introduced a large number of graphics errors into games. Their a list here which details some of the games which have issues https://racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46303

@MegaManFan I have the taito one and even on PC it a real pain to update. As you have to repeatedly restart the thing to see if it will pick up the update.

Never do a system update with a evercade cartridge in as well their are a number of reports of people saying it can wipe the cart.

I do have a few issues the screen can be a bit small for some of the games given they where design to be played on arcade machines and not handhelds. Volfied really is not suited to the small screen.

Also their is no option to adjust the backlight which I find a bit too bright.

Some evercade games do have faults I had to report a issue with the chaos engine where one button was mapped wrong and the device has no way to remap buttons.

@N64-Rox I think the issue is time. I suspect for this collection they have just licensed out existing emulators. I suspect their are no Atari ST emulator for switch so they would need to port one across or build one from scratch. Which would be time and cost prohibitive. Given the niche market for this collection it won't be worth it.

Games workshop lawyers would be calling if characters from Bloodlust looked like that art. As they have copied a number of their figures in that. Here a link to the jes goodwin ogre model which has been copied.

http://www.sodemons.com/rhogres2/0485c23jgogres/r198610executioner/index.htm

Squaresoft as it was back then made a total of zero games. For sega so they are a bit late to the party now. (They did have saturn dev kit but never released a game)

Enix did about 3 game. Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari/Seven Wind Island Story is one of the most beatiful 2D games on saturn well worth a look for the animation in it.

As games tend to be released worldwide now. We will see more of this. I think this change might be to do with european censorship not USA. It's down to a law change in one of the scandinavian countries which prevents images of character who are below 18 being made more sexy.

I think one of the dead or alive games had to be recalled and the manual edited to remove the ages of characters in parts of europe.

Nope not in the UK on switch or PS4 looks like it's a japan only release.

ACA are known for having the best emulation in fact hamster do fresh dumps. So their emulation is better than mame.

@Damo I take it the offical demo's for Cadaver like the last supper are not included as they did 3 different ones and each was unique?

I also agree about the soundtracks playing speedball 2 without the amiga theme is a crime against gaming.

I do like the original project-x the speical edition version was quite a bit fairer in terms of gameplay. The opening theme is the music of legends. That said X2 on the PS1 was a bit of a let down for me.

@gojiguy I know what you mean the problem is a service like this will cannibalize some of the sales. I will alway prefer to own my games.

I suspect also the cost of releasing games on a console platforms. May deter some developer from re-releasing older games. I notice Alien breed is shown in the trailer and I would love to see a console team 17 collection but so far antsream seems to be the only way.

Yes I know they did an evercade release.

Given this business has a lifetime teir that model will cause them issues in the long run.

Also how long will they support platforms for? As if they stop PS4 support then you will need to buy a PS5 so that's another £400 just to use it.

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.

Street fighter the movie game already did that a few years earlier. If anything it always disappointed me we never got a true X-men cota 2 of msh 2

All he is doing is protecting duckstation from other people. Selling it in a bundle with roms which is illegal and could lead to the same kind of takedown which happened to citra.

It also stops someone from moding duckstation with a crypto miner and then adding it the web.

I suspect a real copyright holder has been in contact with him and asked for the changes.

Critically acclaimed RoboCop 3 they are taliking about the amiga version which was in 3d and was ground breaking for the time.

The image in question was from a robocop 3 promo

@Deuterro you forgot the atari jaguar and Philips CD-I. I never knew anyone that owned a 3D0 either.

No thanks had my fill of trading cards over the years how many Ultra rares are in a box? If it's like the start wars CCG you would be lucky to get 1 every 3 boxes

forever entertainment seem to specialise in making remakes worse than the original game. Someone needs to stop them.It's a real shame the original was removed from sale.

square enix has a real issue with remaster they are all pretty bad why don't they releases their games in a rom collection instead of remaking them worse then the original. Front mission, Secret of mana, the list goes on

if this goes as well as sega powered did we will just end up with another website telling users to contact action fraud......

The a600 the system where you could not use all of deluxe paint functions as they removed the number pad.

it's a click bait title that for sure. If its in a private collection it just that. We don't say art is lost when it's in a private collection.

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.

Had the original on my amiga its a great game. Given inin did the turrican port. Hopefully this will be a amiga port of both x-out and z-out and not some bad remake.

@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?

@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.

@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.

Should you really have a unrated and ungated age video which shows the goriest scene from the first game?

This would have been around 2010. Another factor is Marvel where talking about making the film at that time which then got delayed.

Secret Wars has been know about since 2011
https://www.eurogamer.net/brink-dev-splash-damage-making-marvel-game-for-disney

Donkey Kong Courty also Kranky Kong berating are missing in the USA version

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.

@C9906753 their are quite a few missing games on the EU store mighty guy is another. What's the best way to buy games from the USA store I do have a USA account but I don't think UK cards work on it.

Still sadly no Jackal in the UK on PS4 or switch. Ninja Emaki looks to be a japan only release. As https://twitter.com/HAMSTER_Corp/status/1807106868948746716 has only posted in japanese. Little tip if they also do a English post then it should get a wider release.

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.

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.

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

Given the filing is for the Saturn / PS1 version Gokujou Parodius Da!. I suspect we could be seeing either a city connection version or maybe a ps4/5 playstation version via premium.

Something I should point out is the saturn card slot is quite delicate and using poorly made carts can wided the pins casuing your saturn to fail to read any cart. So be careful.

Brie Larson might want to have a chat with her lawyers

Looks good but find this odd they are missing the PS4 given sony said half their users are still on PS4. If you build the game for PS4 it also runs on PS5 so really don't see why they are missing easy money. Given the sega saturn could run this....

Wonderful game and it will complete the original bubble bobble trilogy. Have they said if this is the PC engine or the Amiga version? As the Amiga version has a extra secret planet not in the PC engine version.

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.

@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.

given the video does not show the circuit board it was a clear fake

@BIGGIT I was trying to make a subtle hint that the writer of this story should say USA instead of west as it's only getting a NA release. I imported this game from japan years ago so I doubt I would buy it if released.

@Damo that press release appears to say North America only so us in europe are still not getting it. Unless you import.

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?