But, it's funny Jeff Jarrett is involved with Acclaim, he's not only never been in any Acclaim WWF titles, he was actually REMOVED from "WWF In Your House" on the PS1/Saturn and replaced with The Ultimate Warrior at the last moment!
I'd also say as much as I'd like to see a lot of these games get a port, half the fun of them was via the unique controllers they used. It might just be missing if they finally get a home release.
I'd honestly like to see a port of "Victory Run", considering how much Virtua Racing was inspired by it, VR took all the credit as the first modern polygonal racing game, when it should be given to Victory Run.
Sega were even petty enough to ignore it and say Hard Drivin' was it's main influence.
There hasn't been a new Pond game since 2011, and aside from re-releasing Robocod a few more times, the character is barely on the radar.
People move on extremely quickly in this day and age, and assuming there's a market for James Pond, even more so when you're turning away the remaining people who do remember him with AI slop, is just the nail in the coffin.
Just sell the rights to someone like Piko Interactive, that's the only way you'll make any money from it now. The franchise is dead, and you've put the nail it.
Always remember going to a boot sale in Hayes in the late '90s, and a seller there literally had a box full of Kieo Flying Squadron 2's for a tenner each.
I bought two, as I knew even then they'd be worth more than that.
Also don't forget the DEMO of the first game is valuable as it accidentally still contains the level select code unlocking the entire game!
But the SMS port is INCREDIBLY grind heavy, it's really, REALLY bad. You can blitz through the PC Engine version. But I never understood why I couldn't progress as a kid. Even thought I was sequence breaking the game when I got to the first boss and couldn't even touch him.
I bought a Saturn copy at launch. But my copy would always crash on the boulder section on the final level. Every, Single, Time!!! So, never finished it until I bought another copy years later.
Ever since that Xbox One showcase, where they pushed the fact you could watch NFL on the system, and forced you to own a Kinect alongside it. You could tell the company was being lead by total incompetency.
@The_Nintend_Pedant Big money, Big prizes, Iiiiii Love it!!!
Indeed, the only other SNES game I can think of with those controls was Smash TV's sequel, Total Carnage. And a lot of games on the system could have heavily benefited from those controls (Ignition Factor, True Lies, Zombies ate my Neighbors Etc)
It's weird that some games even went for bizarre control options, like using two separate D-Pads in your hands to emulate it. Even Goldeneye did that.
I can see what Gremlin wanted to do with Loaded, it was pretty much a top down DOOM, It just didn't work.
Also, it REALLY should have been a twin stick shooter, it's way too difficult with it's current control method.
You could have twin stick shooter controls on a launch PS1 controller too, look at Smash TV on the SNES (and later the port in the PS1 Midway collection)
Also, would have loved to see the never released third Loaded, Fully Loaded on the collection, but I think it's pretty much lost media now sadly. Though Piko have managed to source some lost titles before. Like the Madness Mega Drive game.
I'd love for the BBC to upload episodes of "Total Reality", Their attempt to rival Bad Influence that aired around the same time. They even had a CG Violet Berlin look-a-like hosting it, riding a hover bike.
I can't find anything on it online, and dumba$$ me taped over the episodes I recorded by mistake >.>
@JackGYarwood I saw a while ago Rockstar had an Austin Powers kart racing game in development for the Dreamcast, this was supposed to be released in 2000 too...
But surely Monolith could have pitched a game to Rockstar, they were having a great deal of trouble trying to get the Austin Powers IP to work in a video game frame, and NOLF proved it was entirely possible given the right team.
The Real Ghostbusters arcade game is a pile of sh1t though, just a reskin of a completely different game that was pretty arse to begin with. Why would they want to make a replica of such a terrible game regardless?
Robocop is cool though, but a real quarter muncher.
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Re: "We Should Do Something Like That" - Sega Seems Keen On A Virtua Fighter Collection
Limited one released a physical copy of Virtua Fighter 2 recently, but it literally was a twelve-year-old copy of the Xbox 360 game.
Re: PS2 Japanese Exclusive 'Cowboy Bebop: Serenade Of Reminiscence' Now Playable In English
@zidane4028 Aah, interesting. Thanks!
I wonder if that original ROM is out there?
Re: Commodore's Ill-Fated Amiga CD32 Is Getting Another Chance To Shine Via This "Plug And Play" Mini Console
Is this anything to do with the team that made the ARMiga about a decade ago? Looks quite similar.
Re: Fanmade SNES Port Of 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!' Just Got An Exciting New Upgrade
That's quite impressive, feels like a game made for the SNES CD
Re: PS2 Japanese Exclusive 'Cowboy Bebop: Serenade Of Reminiscence' Now Playable In English
I thought this game was released in the US?
Re: "Not Cool. Not Classy" - Tomb Raider Co-Creator Responds To Remaster AI Accusations
TBH the only truly decent retro remake companies are Nightdive and M2.
Digital Eclipse are finally starting to get better, but still not in the others league just yet.
Re: Revived Game Publisher Acclaim Is Teasing A "Big" Announcement For Next Week
Legends of Wrestling 4?
But, it's funny Jeff Jarrett is involved with Acclaim, he's not only never been in any Acclaim WWF titles, he was actually REMOVED from "WWF In Your House" on the PS1/Saturn and replaced with The Ultimate Warrior at the last moment!
Re: "It's The Game We Wish Had Existed 40 Years Ago" - Ulysses 31 Is Finally Getting A Video Game
@Sketcz there was a cities of gold game for the DS i believe.
Re: Poll: Which Namco System 22 Game Do You Want To Come To Arcade Archives Next?
I'd also say as much as I'd like to see a lot of these games get a port, half the fun of them was via the unique controllers they used. It might just be missing if they finally get a home release.
Re: Poll: Which Namco System 22 Game Do You Want To Come To Arcade Archives Next?
I'd honestly like to see a port of "Victory Run", considering how much Virtua Racing was inspired by it, VR took all the credit as the first modern polygonal racing game, when it should be given to Victory Run.
Sega were even petty enough to ignore it and say Hard Drivin' was it's main influence.
Re: "The Higher-Ups Did Their Pitch & It All Just Stopped" - Banjo Kazooie Almost Got A TV Show, Here's Why It Didn't
That is a shame, I wonder if Rare would have hired Grotbags to voice Gruntilda, considering the character is based on her?
Re: "It Should Be The Creators On The Packaging, Not The Publishing Label"
I spent most of my childhood assuming Kevin Toms was a football player!
Re: "He Seems To Have Turned Blue" - Gameware Can't Even Get James Pond's Colour Right
There hasn't been a new Pond game since 2011, and aside from re-releasing Robocod a few more times, the character is barely on the radar.
People move on extremely quickly in this day and age, and assuming there's a market for James Pond, even more so when you're turning away the remaining people who do remember him with AI slop, is just the nail in the coffin.
Just sell the rights to someone like Piko Interactive, that's the only way you'll make any money from it now. The franchise is dead, and you've put the nail it.
Re: Hands On: G'AIM'E Light Gun - This AI-Powered Blaster Hits The Target
@sbeng135 That's a shame, but if it does contain any USB ports, it might be hackable.
Re: This Keio Flying Squadron 2 Patch Fixes A Decades-Old Crime Against American Saturn Fans
@PKDuckman Lol, it's a small world, hey?
Re: This Keio Flying Squadron 2 Patch Fixes A Decades-Old Crime Against American Saturn Fans
@GravyThief Indeed. We've lost a lot.
Re: "I Hate Almost Everything They Do With A Passion" - James Pond's Creator Isn't A Fan Of Gameware's AI-Focused Sequel
@PKDuckman Yeah, Sony bought Millennium so they could develop Medieval.
Re: This Keio Flying Squadron 2 Patch Fixes A Decades-Old Crime Against American Saturn Fans
Always remember going to a boot sale in Hayes in the late '90s, and a seller there literally had a box full of Kieo Flying Squadron 2's for a tenner each.
I bought two, as I knew even then they'd be worth more than that.
Also don't forget the DEMO of the first game is valuable as it accidentally still contains the level select code unlocking the entire game!
Re: "I Hate Almost Everything They Do With A Passion" - James Pond's Creator Isn't A Fan Of Gameware's AI-Focused Sequel
I had a nice chat with Chris Sorrell around the time Deathly Shallows was about to be released. Lovely guy!
Really fascinating to hear about James Pond's history from him that I had absolutely no idea about!
Re: Hands On: G'AIM'E Light Gun - This AI-Powered Blaster Hits The Target
How does it compare to Arcade1Up's iteration of the same set up?
Also, will it be possible to add more games to it in the future?
Re: Upcoming SNES Platformer 'Till & Hat' Gets New Look Following Demo Feedback
Very Natsume like! Feels and sounds very similar to their titles, like Power Rangers, and Ninja Warriors Again.
Re: "This Was A Somewhat Expected Event" - Paramount Shuts Down Promising Twin Peaks Fangame
Sorry kids, if you want a Twin Peaks game, you're just going to have to play Alan Wake instead.
Re: Duke Nukem Co-Creator Responds To Adi Shankar's Claim That His "Dirty" Duke Is "Now Canon"
Adi Shankar, the moron who made every voice actor typecasted for future roles in Hollywood due to his own ignorance.
Re: Anniversary: Duke Nukem Forever Is Now One Duke Nukem Forever Dev Cycle Old
I'm here to chew ass and kick gum, and I'm all out of ass.
Re: A Ridiculously Rare Konami Lightgun Game Has Just Been Saved From "The Brink of Extinction"
Gamewax also made Chase HQ 2, Best part is they stuck a load of Dixons and Currys stores in the middle of the US i that game
Re: The X68000 Z Is Getting Its Very Own Ys Collection This Winter
@smoreon The PAL version does too.
But the SMS port is INCREDIBLY grind heavy, it's really, REALLY bad. You can blitz through the PC Engine version. But I never understood why I couldn't progress as a kid. Even thought I was sequence breaking the game when I got to the first boss and couldn't even touch him.
Re: "I Wanted It On PlayStation... They Signed To Saturn" - Ex-Sony Boss Reveals Tomb Raider "Jealousy"
I bought a Saturn copy at launch. But my copy would always crash on the boulder section on the final level. Every, Single, Time!!! So, never finished it until I bought another copy years later.
Was it a known bug?
Re: "Missing" Genesis Beat 'Em Up Paprium Will Soon Be Playable On Original Hardware With A Flash Cart
Let's hope AliExpress starts making repro carts of it too. Let the Chinese show how incompetent and corrupt Fonzie is.
Re: The X68000 Z Is Getting Its Very Own Ys Collection This Winter
I see the Kickstarter for the "English" one is floundering.
Imagine asking that much money for a console and not even bothering adding a translation option for it.
Re: Random: Did You Know About This Strange Sonic 3 'File Select' Bug?
Pretty much the same story with the Mario Kart 64 music bug!
Re: Developer Of SNES DOOM Defends The Tech Behind Limited Run's 2025 Update
Someone managed to get DOOM running on a NES using a Raspberry Pi installed on the cartridge.
Re: "They Told Me To Destroy It" - Fallout Creator Explains Why He's "Mad" About Game Preservation Being Ignored
@Sketcz Yeah, the BBC were wiping shows all the way up to the late '80s!
Re: "The Xbox Project Has Failed" - Picking Up The Pieces After Microsoft's Darkest Day In Gaming
Ever since that Xbox One showcase, where they pushed the fact you could watch NFL on the system, and forced you to own a Kinect alongside it. You could tell the company was being lead by total incompetency.
Re: Review: Gremlin Collection 2 (Evercade) - We Wanna Get Loaded And Have A Good Time
@The_Nintend_Pedant Big money, Big prizes, Iiiiii Love it!!!
Indeed, the only other SNES game I can think of with those controls was Smash TV's sequel, Total Carnage. And a lot of games on the system could have heavily benefited from those controls (Ignition Factor, True Lies, Zombies ate my Neighbors Etc)
It's weird that some games even went for bizarre control options, like using two separate D-Pads in your hands to emulate it. Even Goldeneye did that.
Re: Review: Gremlin Collection 2 (Evercade) - We Wanna Get Loaded And Have A Good Time
I can see what Gremlin wanted to do with Loaded, it was pretty much a top down DOOM, It just didn't work.
Also, it REALLY should have been a twin stick shooter, it's way too difficult with it's current control method.
You could have twin stick shooter controls on a launch PS1 controller too, look at Smash TV on the SNES (and later the port in the PS1 Midway collection)
Also, would have loved to see the never released third Loaded, Fully Loaded on the collection, but I think it's pretty much lost media now sadly. Though Piko have managed to source some lost titles before. Like the Madness Mega Drive game.
Re: Physical Collectors "Should Plug In" Switch, 3DS And Vita Game Cards "Every 5-10 Years" To Avoid Data Loss
If this is the case, why can't carts have update patches applied to them?
Collectors will be left with day one releases, complete with bugs if it had them.
Re: Here's Your Third (And Probably Final) Chance To Own A ZX Spectrum Next
@Exerion76 I got one in the second round!
Re: The BBC Has Republished One Of The Most Infamous Video Game Documentaries Ever Made
I'd love for the BBC to upload episodes of "Total Reality", Their attempt to rival Bad Influence that aired around the same time. They even had a CG Violet Berlin look-a-like hosting it, riding a hover bike.
I can't find anything on it online, and dumba$$ me taped over the episodes I recorded by mistake >.>
Re: Digital Eclipse Sounds Keen On Doing A Sega Saturn Fighting Game Collection
I'd have thought, if anyone were to do a collection like this, it would more likely be M2, rather than Digital Eclipse.
But, why the Saturn ports, with the exception of Fighters Megamix, they're all based on far superior arcade hardware?
Why not finally release Racers Megamix?
Re: For Over 35 Years, A Sequel To Head Over Heels Has Been Developed By One Man In Secret, And It's Coming To Amiga And ST This Year
I thought Monster Max on the GameBoy was the sequel?
Re: Digital Eclipse's Next Collection Focuses On The "Iconic" Golden Tee Arcade Series
When the hell are NewWave releasing their Golden Tee collection? It was supposed to be out in April >.>
Re: After A Year Of Silence, Simon The Sorcerer Origins Finally Shows Signs Of Life
Is Simon the Sorcerer the one that was voiced by Chris Barrie? (Rimmer from Red Dwarf)
Always used to confuse the game with Discworld as a kid.
Re: Shuttered Wonder Woman Studio Once Pitched A Big Trouble In Little China Game
@JackGYarwood I saw a while ago Rockstar had an Austin Powers kart racing game in development for the Dreamcast, this was supposed to be released in 2000 too...
But surely Monolith could have pitched a game to Rockstar, they were having a great deal of trouble trying to get the Austin Powers IP to work in a video game frame, and NOLF proved it was entirely possible given the right team.
Re: Western Fans Can Now Pre-Order The X68000 Z Super And X68000 XVI
@Exerion76 makes you wonder what theyre thinking.
Re: Shuttered Wonder Woman Studio Once Pitched A Big Trouble In Little China Game
Considering Monolith did No One Lives Forever, and they were up for licences, I'm surprised they never considered doing an Austin Powers game.
Re: Western Fans Can Now Pre-Order The X68000 Z Super And X68000 XVI
I was expecting it to be around £400 tops. But £750???
Re: Random: This Decade-Old Nintendo Handheld Is Now Worth Almost As Much As A Switch 2
Could that be the SNES edition there?
Re: Digital Eclipse's Next Interactive Documentary To Shine A Light On The Early Years Of Mortal Kombat
@PatmanQC I remember that, it wasn't quite the right shade of red, and ended up looking like they were bleeding rust.
Re: A Jet Set Radio 25th Anniversary Event Is Being Held In LA, Starting This Week
So bizarre, Sega celebrating the anniversary of a franchise they only ever fully invested in one game.
The sequel was co-funded by Microsoft, and the GBA port was a reskin of a Tony Hawk game.
Re: "Never Work With Movie Franchises" Laments Quarter Arcades Boss As Ghostbusters And RoboCop Cause Issues
The Real Ghostbusters arcade game is a pile of sh1t though, just a reskin of a completely different game that was pretty arse to begin with. Why would they want to make a replica of such a terrible game regardless?
Robocop is cool though, but a real quarter muncher.