JJtheTexan

Kind of hard to swallow, though I guess if you really want to play KoF 98 online, I suppose this is the best way to do that.

I appreciate publishers like Ratalaika digging into the deep trove of Super Famicom games that never left Japan. This looks pretty decent. I would have preferred they kept the original title, but I guess they were going for that "what if this was localized in the 1990s?" vibe.

I lived alone most of my adult life, so I rarely had anyone around who would play with me. I live with my girlfriend now, but she is exclusively a 4X PC gamer and is not interested in local multiplayer. I can't win!

Fortunately, most of the games I enjoy and prefer are single-player experiences.

The amount of effort that has gone into this endeavor is incredible. I sincerely hope they succeed!

@slider1983 it isn't. That's just what this doofus priced theirs at. When you look at the prices of sealed copies of this game that actually sold on eBay, they average less than $100.

A game is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it!

I hate to say this, but I think the original pixel art looks better than the hand-drawn remake.

Great article! That Prince of Persia art is fantastic

Going to go out on a limb here and assume the Dragon Ball imagery is not licensed.

For crying out loud; why the heck won't SEGA release the Daytona USA / "SEGA Racing Classic" games as stand-alone versions? We got exceptional versions of OutRun and Virtua Racing on Nintendo Switch, why not bring these as well?

AI-generated art is theft.

I vaguely remember a blurb in Nintendo Power, in one of its 1989 issues, about Nintendo reaching its 100th anniversary. If my memory is correct, I guess they acknowledged it to their American fans, but without much fanfare.

Longest of longshots but I'd love to see Keio Flying Squadron 2

Looks great, and I'll be giving it a try. Strong Zero Gunner 2 vibes from this one

I love reading about impossible ports like this! Great work, Jack.

I'm not their target audience (I am a collector) so I don't really give a hoot about the silly ad campaign, but I'm more concerned about the real harm some key resellers do to indie devs, particularly G2A. I know nothing about CDKeys and I assume they are above board, but key theft can do serious damage to smaller developers and publishers.

Anyway, I didn't vote in the poll because I don't agree with any of the choices... it's a pretty harmless and silly ad campaign. Support indie developers and game preservation: buy new, buy physical!

I hope someone high up at S-E sees the list and notices how nostalgic fans are for Xenogears.

@hste I didn't realize that! Good idea and I'll be happy to play the game regardless.

The Easter egg would be my guess, if it flagged a review by PEGI

I hope the modern console version of Earthion will be the same as the arcade port, if only for the enhancements mentioned. REALLY looking forward to this regardless!

Easily one of my most-anticipated games for 2025. No worries at all about the delay. Looks like it's going to be fantastic!

I'm sorry for the folks who lost their money, but there is a reason crowdfunding campaigns have a lot of fine print that you should actually read: "pre-orders" in such campaigns are not purchases! They are sort of like investments, but without any protections.

I've lost money on a handful of Kickstarters and such that never made it out, but that's just how it goes sometimes.

@domgetter indeed. I was speaking figuratively. I don't understand exactly how mapper chips work.

@snaphat this is pretty much my sentiment. I do not wish to disparage their fine work on what looks like a beautiful and interesting game, but to insist that it is a "real" NES game is not something I can take seriously.

I hope it succeeds on its own merits as a game, rather than for being what appears to be (practically) an NES cartridge with unlimited memory and a 16-bit coprocessor tacked onto it.

@iidxgold they have a staff of several people. This is their full-time job for the staff. They need to get paid so they can provide for themselves. YouTube ad revenue doesn't cover that anymore.

@KitsuneNight truth!!!

I know the guy is a serial liar and self-promoter, but I looked into this and it does appear to be true and legitimate.

The tournament bracket is here, and it seems he won... something? https://www.drawboss.com/Cup/Show/14205de5-126e-4ce7-bec6-a4d06711315e

Photo evidence: https://www.facebook.com/backgammongalaxy/posts/tommy-tallarico-wins-the-world-championship-intermediate-undefeated/1025247032941680/

So, yeah, credit where it's due and all that.

I LOVE this concept!

Not much of a PC gamer myself, so I'm hopeful for console ports of UFO 50. It looks like a game I'd really enjoy.

I wonder if this wasn't a development exercise or proof-of-concept to demonstrate the flexibility of the Gen V Pokemon engine, rather than a planned retail or digital release.

I have to wonder if this is the most-ported indie retro game, ever. We're up to, what, 13 platforms now?

I have a ton of N64 nostalgia, and I love the idea of this product. I'll stick with my original hardware + upscalers for now, but I'm excited to see what kind of video the A3D can produce!

THIS LOOKS SO DANG GOOD Y'ALL

Looks PHENOMINAL. On my wishlist

Huzzah to Team17 for supporting this developer! I hope to see more publishers and IP holders do the same for fan remakes in the future.

Thanks for the review! This is the first time I'm hearing about UFO 50, and I definitely want to check it out. It's very much a game made for Gen X gamers like me

I kind of wish Warner Bros. would just step in and C&D this entire debate into the surface of the sun

@Zeebor15 I assumed what they meant to say was "the largest limited print game publisher in the world" but yeah, not even close to the largest publisher. I imagine that would have to be Nintendo, in terms of units sold.

Some GameStop executive: "What if DKOldies was a chain of retail stores?"

Great story, and a fascinating look at a somewhat forgotten chapter of Japanese gaming history. I never would have guessed that GTA3 played much the same role in Japan that Mortal Kombat did in the U.S. with respect to the creation of industry game content ratings.

I have a Taito Egret II Mini, and I'm more or less happy with it... but I skipped both of the previous expansion cards, because the value proposition is lousy: around $60 U.S. for what amounts to ten arcade ROMs, none of which is what I would call a stone-cold classic.

I could perhaps justify paying $60 for an SD card with every single Taito arcade game that is not already built into the machine or included on the rotary controller card... but $60 for ten games that have not aged particularly well is not something I can stomach.

"Were you diagnosed with cancer after playing Game Boy? You may be entitled to compensation. Contact the Law Offices of Phoenix Wright today for a free consultation."

This game looks really good! Like a lot of American kids in the 1980s, I missed out on the C64 and other microcomputer games, since we were all about Nintendo. I love R-Type, so I am optimistic I will enjoy X-Out as well.

This is great! I am especially looking forward to Pinball Quest. It's right up my alley, so to speak

@LuigiBlood thanks for all you do in the emulation and preservation community!

I imagine if it had been a Chrono Trigger fighting game, it would be worth about 10x as much today on the collecting market. (Unless it had been a best-seller or something)

@Azuris I like your thinking, though those sprites were drawn to be viewed from an overhead isometric angle. Perhaps someone will create SMRPG-inspired "pre-rendered" sprites that can be dropped into this ROMhack.

One of my most-anticipated games! I cannot wait to get my hands on this. Thank you @Damo for staying on top of Earthion updates!

To me, JRPG is a useful term in much the same way as Metroidvania: it's clunky and overgeneralized, but it still gets the point across, in a broad sense, of what a player can expect. Some folks know immediately they won't be interested. "JRPG" tells me I should give the game a look.

If you're not already subscribed to Game Sack, you should be! One of the best channels on YouTube for retro games.

Very timely, considering the Mega Man Game Boy games were just recently added to the Nintendo Switch Online service.

I thought it might be a typo, but it really was a $1 funding goal. Nice!