JJtheTexan

Looks like a great way to exercise your arm muscles, too!

The Joe and Mac series is one of those "just fine, not terrible, not great" series Data East excelled at producing. Joe & Mac 2 is by far my favorite, and is a bit of a hidden gem on the SNES. It's a solid, enjoyable platformer with good music and above-average graphics. If you don't have Nintendo Switch Online access, I can recommend this collection for J&M 2 alone.

I'm one of those apparent weirdos who loved the Netflix series unreservedly, so I am very happy about this!

This looks like more fun than any 3D Sonic game I've played. The rolling bit reminds me a lot of Link's Goron form ability in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's mask, as @AxioMaxim mentioned.

This is SO COOL. Fantastic work Reonu!

This is the same company that blatantly, flagrantly stole the plot and characters of the 1950s manga Jungle Emperor / Kimba the White Lion to make The Lion King, then pretended the former never existed. Disney sucks!

This looks much better than the previous demo. However, given the game's track record and studio's reputation, I pretty much expect we will learn any day now that the improvements were made with A.I. assistance, and everyone's reaction to this will be extremely normal

I'm very fond of the original Donkey Kong Land (I still have my original Game Boy Game Pak, acquired sometime shortly after the release date). This looks like something I would REALLY enjoy.

This is pretty neat, but what do they mean by "authentic Super Nintendo cartridge"? Are they using original SNES games with the PCBs removed, putting a PCB with the new game inside, and replacing the label?

A newly-manufactured SNES-compatible cartridge shell would not meet my definition of "authentic" but is strongly preferrable to destroying original SNES Game Paks.

This is great! I've never played Shatterhand and look forward to it. The original NES cart is pretty expensive, usually over $100 U.S.

Fortunately, you don't need to play the game in any form to enjoy the outstanding soundtrack, composed by the incomparable Tim Follin. Seriously, check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNpSPt30uSA&list=PL462AC814D616D73E

I like the sprites. Not a fan of the arranged music; the original sounds better to me. The controls and physics felt pretty off. Nice effort, though.

Thanks for sharing, Jack! I'm a great fan of Tanaka-san's music. As @-wc- said, his soundtracks are instantly recognizable for his distinctive, punchy style. Few were better at using the Ricoh 2A03.

This is a GREAT mod project! I still have my original GBA and GBA SP, but I've long wanted something with the sideways form factor and a modern display. Maybe someday!

@JackGYarwood Modern Vintage Gamer has an update on the quest to get DOOM running on Neo Geo in his newest video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJwffCeo4jU

I'm being pedantic, but there was a version of Panic Bomber that got an official Western release nine or ten years ago. The PC Engine CD-ROM² edition came to Wii U Virtual Console, I think in 2017. I believe it was part of that raft of PCE / TG-16 games Konami started releasing not long after the Nintendo Switch debuted.

Anyway, that was my first exposure to Panic Bomber. It's pretty similar to Puyo Puyo or Columns.

@JackGYarwood I did not know that! Thank you

"A game delayed for 18 years will never be good." -Shigeru Miyamoto, probably

Romero has come a long way from the rock star Daikatana ad copy young man he was in the 1990s. Love the guy.

90s Arcade Racer was one of my most-anticipated Wii U games (GUH) and I increasingly despaired over it as it became vaporware. Hard to believe it's sort of seeing the light of day now.

Shame on Nicalis for killing it (alongside plenty of other misdeeds).

Lots of others said this, but the Memory Stick cost as a major impediment cannot be overstated. I remember the online backlash at the time Vita arrived, with a single Memory Stick costing something like 40% the price of the console itself, and being effectively mandatory to get much use out of the thing.

3DS stumbled out the gate, overpriced with mostly unnecessary gimmicks, but Nintendo corrected and it did quite well. Sony could have done the same, perhaps by slashing Memory Stick costs and including one with each Vita sold, but they just... didn't.

@Guru_Larry maybe the real Opa-Opa is the friends we made along the way. Or the announcer in Space Harrier. "Welcome to the Fantasy Zone!"

I'm sure SNK's owners will insist that what fans really want is Ronaldo and MBS' high school friends as playable characters.

@Guru_Larry as I understand the game lore, Opa-Opa is a sentient ship. Its (his?) father is the final boss of the first game IIRC.

@cactuslick SOLD.

Absolutely brilliant and incomparable as a game composer. Yes, many of his themes are heavily inspired by earlier rock music; so are those of other composers, and like the best in his field, he made each track truly his own.

Coincidentally, I recently started my semi-annual replay of classic DOOM, this time with the arranged soundtrack from the newest official release (DOOM I + II). It is still incomparable. What a legend.

@Thad same. It has driven me bonkers every time I see it for 30 something years

I would love to give this a try if it addresses the original NES game's huge, HUGE problem with excessively high random encounter rates. I gave up on EarthBound: Beginnings both times I tried it because I got so tired of a fight every three or four steps.

This game looks very sharp! I really love the headline for this post, too

I give him six months.

This is pretty niche, but there's a really solid Vampire Survivors-like that is completely free on Steam, "HoloCure: Save the Fans!" It is aimed squarely at fans of the hololive Vtuber agency, but it's honestly a lot of fun for anyone who enjoys Vampire Survivors. It combines the "reverse bullet hell" design with twin-stick shooter elements. I love it!

Anyway, I adore Metal Slug but I'll skip this one.

I'm just here to point out how funny it is to think of Napoleon "aiming to save France from crisis" as the game notes put it.

I would really love that unofficial Enix trilogy to resurface on modern platforms...

You know a publisher is in trouble when the game's original director publicly tears you to shreds in the most polite and professional manner possible.

@PKDuckman it's pretty blatant! Both Cameltry and the Sonic bonus stages make me dizzy, so I'll pass...

I missed out on the Kickstarter. I hope they have general sales / another round of pre-orders at some point in the future.

Credit where it's due, Naka is generally regarded as a skilled programmer, and he did a fantastic job with the early Sonic games. Beyond that, his legacy is / will be one of treating his colleagues poorly, stealing credit for Sonic, doing crime, and worst of all, Balan Wonderworld.

I'm very interested in Ace Driver, but the YouTube trailer makes it appear that the emulation has a lot of trouble with shadows, especially beneath the player's car. I suppose it could also be a case where the game was developed for CRT displays, but modern video shows that weird flickering.

Today I learned Ubusuna existed as a project and was canceled, at the same time. I love Ikaruga, so this is a bit disappointing, but 12 years in development hell seems to assure it wasn't going to work out anyway.

I live in Dallas but I've somehow never made it to QuakeCon. This gathering of legends could finally be the excuse I need to go!

I LOVE HOW THIS LOOKS! What I really need is to find someone who can replace the case on my aging New Nintendo 3DS XL and also repair or replace the C-stick and B button, which are not working consistently anymore after a decade of enjoyment.

I definitely remember your original story on Ozaki-san. He was an unforgettable figure in gaming, and you have ensured he will be known to future generations.

@weekendroady that makes perfect sense. I believe you are correct. At least Piko is still trying to do something with little-known games like this!

Seems odd Evercade would reject Piko's proposal to publish more of its games.

Also, speaking of Dragon Force, I really wish SEGA would revive its Saturn titles of that name.

ActRaiser is a FANTASTIC game for all the reasons mentioned above. I, too, enjoyed the Renaissance remake several years ago, for what it was, though I'd really love to see the SNES original come to modern platforms.

That is very welcome news! Neo Turf Masters (I'll always call it that) is my favorite golf video game and this makes the new release a much more compelling purchase...

The relatively affordable price is the biggest surprise to me, especially with the ongoing RAM / SSD / GPU supply crisis.

Is this not the first time a true replica console has been mass-produced without any sort of hardware or software emulation?

I'm not sure I fully understand what's going on here. Is this emulator automatically applying extra colors and widening backgrounds, or does he have to manually create all that stuff?

I'm still holding out hope Konami will finally (with M2's help) release the ReBirth games on modern platforms.

I love this game, but only have the ACA Neo Geo version. I didn't know the Scotland course existed!