Guru_Larry

The Netflix for Arcade Games...

So, Antstream then?

@CopyX1982 @firenze Ah phew, thanks! Thought I was going insane there imagining things

(That or confusing it with Antstream)

Midnight Resistance is already available on the Evercade, isn't it?

Loved Loaded, but if ever there was a game that needed dual-stick controls, it's Loaded.

And Hogs of War is a great choice, the PC version is infamous for being completely incompatible with modern Windows, despite being for sale on Steam still. (Works fine on a Steam Deck though!)

The big head character was a bit cliche'd too, I mean its pretty much been around since The Wizard of Oz.

Even Sega tried it with the "Do me a favour, plug me into a Sega" campaign.

@Damo I suppose games like Hard Drivin' would welcome a boost too!

Laughing at Westerners as all they could come up with was Tennis

What's the benefit of playing games faster though? Stuff that would need a faster processor like Virtua Racing would be utterly unplayable.

The rise of American retro gaming channels only covering stuff that happened in the US, and a lesser extent, Japan (and that's exclusively only ever about Nintendo). Did a lot of damage with whitewashing anything that happened in the rest of the world, especially Europe.

(Then again, that's how I for a foot in the door on the internet with my "Games Yanks Can't Wank" series)

Grubbs using his ignorance to poopoo anyone contradicting him, is borderline comical if he wasn't deadly serious.

TBH If I was doing a faceswap for the game, I'd have just got one of my mates to pull a silly face and slap it on top.

Then again I find stupid stuff like that hilarious

Has there been an English patch for this yet? I know some of the Retsuprae people were working on one around 2009-ish.

I remember Big Rigs being bargain bin fodder in PC World for years!!!

Well, it'll keep up with the tradition of porting near launch Mega Drive games to the Amiga.

Elite published a number of direct ports back in the day, Space Harrier 2, World Cup Italia '90, Arnold Palmer's Golf and Last Battle (even though half the game is cut out).

@Deuteros EA bought the NBA JAM licence before Warner Bros could aquire it.

This sounds like the guys who spend millions buying the Jodorowsky's Dune book, thinking they owned the trademark and the copyright, when they had literally just vastly overspent on a book.

Interesting concept, considering the Switch already has a port oh Head over Heels on it.

Why not remake the "sequel", Monster Max?

Jeff Jarrett infamously had motion capturing for an appearance in the PS1/Saturn game WWF In Your House, but was replaced by The Ultimate Warrior at the last moment.

Don't forget EA's theme song...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdBAdBfvMKY

It honestly wouldn't surprise me, I'm friends with quite a few members of the fan translation community, and a number of them have outright quit as they're tired of people stealing their work to sell as repro cartridges without as much as a credit to them, let alone any money for their services.

@avcrypt Ah, thanks bud. I think we should share the love for these more obscure channels!

(Also he's a lovely guy)

@postnuke No worries bud, let me know if you have any joy. Love to hear the outcome!

@GlamorousAlpaca Can I have one Pls? I never go my copy

Good, you've still yet to send me MY copy!!! And I bought it directly from your site, not through Kickstarter.

Can I recommend looking for a YouTuber called "Sepi"?

He's an Iranian gaming channel, and he's done some great videos on Iran's attempts at trying to make their own console and games over the years!

@Blankfrak It was Project Gotham with Mario Kart mechanics.

Would explain why it got a remaster only a few years later. It didn't meet sales expiations, so they dusted it off and shoved it out the door a second time.

Sony are forever doing this now, most notable The Last of Us Part II.

Blur flopped as Activision did absolutely zero publicity for the game, same with Singularity which they also released at the same time.

But Bizarre was done dirty in general IMO, idiotic enough that Microsoft declined their purchase after the huge success they had with the Project Gotham series, which was probably the IP after Halo which pushed the console into the mainstream.

I've also got a huge box full of their game assets that a fan sent me from an liquidation auction they had.

@AllieKitsune It's weird Namco has this "pretend it never happened" mentality with their older games. Would be nice to see different games from their back catalogue for once other than f'kin Pac-Man over and over.

Victory Run as well, one of the first ever polygonal arcade racers (possibly second) and Namco have bushed it under the carpet.

I can't stand thieves like this, absolute parasites leeching off others hard work.

If I was this guy, I'd literally put my work behind a Patreon pay wall. If these people are going to take your hard work, might as well charge them for the privilege.

Better yet, create a license for it, so you know who is responsible.

I've never even heard of 'Märchen Maze' before. Namco couldn't have been too fond of it, as it never appeared on any of their Namco Museum games to my knowledge.

Where can I buy one?

@postnuke Hmmm, could it be the sword that's the issue? Put your phone camera over it, to see if it's showing any UV light.

@postnuke and you have fresh batteries in it?

There's the infamous "Life's Short" Xbox advert.

@NiXoo9 That's awesome, can you remember what N64 games were playable with it?

You can buy those hotel units nowadays, There's a guy on Facebook who sells the Super Famicom ones quite reasonably.

That's cool, I bought a Nomad many many moons ago that never came with the battery pack, so it was always using the wall plug for me.

But out of curiosity, is there an actual mega jet inside? or ir it a whole new board?

@postnuke Have you tried it in a different room? They might not like the lights you have in that room.

@Damo Oh yeah, I did wonder if Elite or Hewson still count too. But I think Elite wants to sell themselves to Piko.

Glad they're not changing Team17's name, since Codemasters sold themselves to EA, they're one of the last of the British old guard.

In fact, is there anyone else?

They really should have had the accelerator and brake on the floor of the unit.

It's not only more accurate, but would also be more comfortable and stop the unit from sliding about on a table.

Turtles in Time is probably one of the first times a port was superior to the arcade version.

But I'd say games on the Mega Drive like ESWAT and Shadow Dancer are superior if they're classed as "ports".

It's certainly longer than a couple of months, I've not been paid any royalties for over two years!

They also sent me a bank payment of £200 completely out of the blue around October-ish, then asked for it back!

The Cash Converters in Great Yarmouth had an entire bargain bin full of these controllers.

No idea where they came from :S

@JackGYarwood TBH I could like the anime-esque look the SNES version of Aladdin has.

Kinda reminds me of Turbo Toons on the SNES.

@Juga_Juga Wouldn't he be better as King Hippo?

@JackGYarwood Ah, excellent, thank you! Can I msg you on Twitter or are there DMs on here? Save clogging up the comments page

British retro YouTubers who talk about nostalgia for the NES, like we all grew up with it were clearly infected by American channels.

The NES was literally a rich kid's toy in the UK, an overpriced console with overpriced games, mainly thanks to Mattel completely arsing up the deal and essentially handing the entire console market to Sega.

There's a few games that are ownership no man's land I can think of, "No One Lives Forever" being one off the top of my head.

@nocdaes Thanks, it's really the PS1/Saturn version in particular, but thank you for your help still