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@WhiteUmbrella unfortunately available to order with no concrete release date is completely different from available!

Anyone on here actually bought one who can testify how good the Saturn emulation is?

@roadrunner343 I deleted my comment, I was thinking of something else entirely:(

I always remember when it was released on the SNES and nearly every reviewer claimed it was arcade perfect! Must’ve been mass hysteria at the time as although it captured the look and feel of the arcade game there was so much missing and different….the intro, speech, animation frames, bonus levels, moves, character portraits, background details, endings etc etc.
Still an absolutely amazing SNES game though.

As someone who watched every episode first time round I have to say I enjoyed it. Sure, it’s not a patch on the originals but it was still enjoyable and it’s never going to be as good without Dominic Diamond and the guys from the old gaming magazines.

The enemy AI is literally non-existent. I sold mine on eBay the same weekend I got it

People who use the word ‘cringe’ are the epitome of cringe.
The show looks a great throwback to the original series

@Damo I think ‘hilarious’ is pushing it a bit

I believe most people opted for a refund

@Kidfunkadelic83 he’s still bitter about the Mario 64 challenge!
“I’ve been set up today”

@Damo yes I did read the original story, as Polymega have had my cash from the very beginning and their customer service and communication is beyond terrible. A product can’t be excellent if it doesn’t exist.

@Damo we’ll see! Personally I don’t think it’s good practice for Nintendolife to stick up for this company when they’ve messed their customers around so much…..but I guess if you want the review hardware there are certain hoops to jump through. Some things from the Zzap 64 days never change.

@Damo it isn’t the only machine that ‘does it right now’ because it doesn’t exist to consumers.

@Nietzsche I don’t think it was manufactured there, I think that was a lie told to delay it even more. I still don’t believe we’ll ever see this.

Rare games aren’t always good games unfortunately

@RupeeClock direct from China they are all preloaded, some UK sellers delete everything to circumnavigate eBay policies

The Anbernic does come preloaded with ROMS from the factory

@scottishwildcat Bad Influence was dire

@GrailUK I was too haha!! I enjoyed it simply because there was nothing else games related but it was very much a thing of the time.

@GrailUK that was the whole idea I think, it was aimed squarely at teenage boys!

Brilliant show and compulsive viewing back in the day and many will find it hard to believe but outside of magazines ( and C4 teletext Digitiser ) this was the only way to find out about gaming and actually seeing games in action was groundbreaking and awe inspiring.

This is what happens when you fund the development and production of a console solely on preorders using other people’s hard earned money. I doubt any customer will see ever a console.
Can’t believe Nintendolife are defending them.
It just seems to be excuses after excuses, stalling for time until ultimately the company goes bankrupt.
The whole thing has been a fiasco from day one.
Customers ultimately paying for the emperors new clothes.

Guaranteed this’ll never ship, it’s been a fiasco from day one. Never trust a company that can’t fund its own ventures and wants
100% payment up front.

The whole development has been a farce, I dread to think how much of people’s money they have tied up.
The project has been funded by the goodwill of customers stumping up cash for a product with a release date that continually gets further away.
If the product is ready then simply ship it to the customers whose money they are holding. Walmart contracts etc. are not the customers issue.
To top it all they’re talking about another pre-order for a product for a system that isn’t even released.

@Damo I think the UK magazines rather than the US ones have definitely stood the test of time though, mags such as SuperPlay, Maximum etc are infinitely readable ( though it may be through nostalgia tinged eyes no doubt ).

I was very lucky in the 90s that my newsagent in the UK stocked Gamefan, EGM and Gamepro so I had access to these great magazines.
Along with SuperPlay, CVG etc. I probably bought 10 magazines a month.
Great days and I genuinely miss a newsagent shelf full of gaming magazines.
Sure, sites like Nintendolife etc. keep me up to date with news, reviews and so on but the standard of journalism in general is utter drivel.

@Damo I read the post and asked a question myself. You’ve literally barely answered anyone’s questions. Maybe test the product first before writing some half hearted filler article......there’s a pattern to your journalism that crops up on here often

Nintendolife.....”ask us anything”
which translates to a few very vague answers from Damo. Internet journalism at its very worst!

Saturn emulation details please especially for games that use the 4mb ram cartridge

It’s a very sad day, I was fortunate enough to know the gentleman and thus attended his funeral.
When they lowered his coffin into the grave it went Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right

@iN5OMANiAC you’ve hit the nail on the head there about there being true generational leaps between consoles, it’s something we will never witness again and to be about back then and experience it first hand was amazing. The 8bit and more so the 16bit days and arcades were the true golden era of gaming and along with Gamesmaster it was a truly exciting time.
Now as a 44 year old I have very fond memories of those days.

Great article.
The Saturn and the Dreamcast are 2 of the greatest consoles ever and games such as NIGHTS are just sublime. It’s kind of gutting to see Sega basically disappear.

I’ll just leave this here for anyone who loves their trance music like Jason did...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0y1YB5rObrw

Lovely tributes that made heartbreaking reading, only knew of him from the medium of magazines but back in those days you formed such a personal connection with people such as Jason simply through those brilliantly produced pages every month where their personalities shone through.
A great loss from the greatest era in gaming.....very, very sad to read about him dying, lovely to read what a great guy he was.

A bittersweet article.
Super Play was without doubt the greatest gaming magazine, as a 44 year old I still look at my old issues even now. I’ve bought and sold many games and consoles over the years but these magazines will stay with me forever.
A time in gaming that will never, ever be repeated, when you could go into WHSmiths and there were maybe 20-30 different gaming mags available yet Super Play stood out.
Rest in peace Jason

Lovely article, so nice to reminisce about the SNES era and in particular Killer instinct. In agreement with many on here that it was the true golden age of gaming.

.........or just buy a cheap Sega Saturn from eBay!!!

I doubt this will ever come to fruition.

I wish the site had more articles like this.

Creator of some of the best cover art ever.
Very sad news.