Hopefully this means they are actually moving on from all the 80's arcade games and finally focus on delivering some 90's arcade games with 3D graphics.
@Grackler I think we can see a big divide in the results by now. So many western developers fell under the type of leadership that ruined Bizarre Creations, not caring about the staff, being quick to fire the talent, not understanding the value or strengths of the studio.
@avcrypt Yeah I just think it's ridiculous to get all bent out of shape over some luxury electronic goods maybe going up in price when the price for necessities has gone up so dramatically in recent years. Like I wouldn't expect this site to be covering global economics but then again they did suddenly feel a need to make an article directed at criticizing American foreign policy.
After all the massive inflation we have experienced over the past 4 years, NOW we should be concerned about things getting more expensive? I'll take more expensive game consoles that I will probably never purchase over more expensive food that I need to survive.
This thing was really cool looking with that fake CRT monitor but it's also the type of thing where I genuinely had nothing I would really want to do with it.
Not sure why anyone would want this unless they're a kid or something but they're too expensive for that demographic, you could buy a new Apple Watch for cheaper.
Honestly I prefer a lot of home ports of old 90's fighting games to the arcade releases. In the case of games like Tekken 2 and 3 the home ports were just better looking, sounding, and more fully featured. With stuff like Capcom fighters the home ports were often just a lot more playable, because they would make the AI stupidly difficult and cheap in arcade versions.
Paddle makes it neat but these retro handhelds just aren't nearly as appealing as they once were, especially when it's so easy to just buy one of the many retro handhelds already on the market that will play anything from Atari to PS2.
The Saturn was a big flop in the US but a big success in Japan. Probably one of the most polarizing major consoles I can think of when it comes to that. I remember how nobody really wanted one, every kid I knew who was into video games went from a Genesis/SNES to a PS1/N64. Even as a Sega Genesis fan I skipped it, was mostly into PS1 that gen, and got a Dreamcast after it released. Even though the Dreamcast also flopped arguably it was a lot more popular than the Saturn ever was.
I love the way it uses AA batteries, I could just take a bunch of rechargeable AA's with me and get an incredible amount of longevity on the go. Probably the system seller for me, but the lack of GBA support does make it a hard sale at it's price point.
I was always mildly interested in one of these but it seems like it would be little more than a novelty and I really think it would be hard to go back to a non-lit screen after having portables with screen lighting for so long.
GTA2 was a fun game back in the day, I remember playing the demo on PC's all the time back in the day, one of those great demos that seemed to run on just about any old Windows computer back in the Windows 98 era.
Going after people who distribute roms, sure, I guess they're entitled to protect their property when it comes to their own video games they own the rights to.
Going after anyone who puts up a youtube video of an emulated Nintendo game, come on Nintendo, a lot of these people might actually own the original games and simply use an emulator because it's far better for recording footage.
I would love to see new releases of old CD based consoles now that a lot of those old disc drives are going bad. Add some native HDMI support and it's a perfect solution for the modern retro gamer.
@Bonggon5 Just further proof of what an awful company Gamestop is and has always been. They killed Game Informer like they killed stores such as Funcoland.
@KitsuneNight While the original Xbox doesn't have the same issues as 360, there is quite a few major issues known to develop over time, power supply going bad for example.
This sort of thing is just a product of the effect that all the scalpers, scammers, and opportunists have had on the retro gaming market these days. People buying up copies of old games to jack up the prices on them, rich people turning rated sealed video games into a money laundering scheme making it crazy overpriced, and just scammers and opportunists all over trying to get anything they can for them. A part of the problem is youtubers and social media influencers, another part is the Ebay/Amazon culture of selling stuff, the collecting scene has been ruined by all the people trying to make money off it, and it really sucks for all those gamers who just really had a passion for it. I'm glad I was into collecting before everything got so crazy.
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Re: Namco's 'Ridge Racer' Is Coming To Nintendo Switch 2 At Launch
Hopefully this means they are actually moving on from all the 80's arcade games and finally focus on delivering some 90's arcade games with 3D graphics.
Re: AYANEO Takes Aim At Switch 2 With Its Powerful Android-Based 'Gaming Pad'
I already have a mobile phone I could buy controller attachments for.
Re: In A Victory For Modders, EA Has Released The Source Code For A Bunch Of Command & Conquer Games
EA is no longer the worst company in gaming. Ubisoft is.
Re: Interview: "We’ve Certainly Made Mistakes" - Limited Run's Boss On Winning Back The Trust Of The Community
The thing about trust is one of the hardest things is to earn it back after it's been lost.
Re: Ex-Activision Boss Forgets Name Of "Bad Acquisition" Behind Project Gotham Racing, Blur And Geometry Wars
@Grackler I think we can see a big divide in the results by now. So many western developers fell under the type of leadership that ruined Bizarre Creations, not caring about the staff, being quick to fire the talent, not understanding the value or strengths of the studio.
Re: Trump's Tariffs Have "Changed Everything" For Makers Of Essential Retro Gaming Gear
@avcrypt Yeah I just think it's ridiculous to get all bent out of shape over some luxury electronic goods maybe going up in price when the price for necessities has gone up so dramatically in recent years. Like I wouldn't expect this site to be covering global economics but then again they did suddenly feel a need to make an article directed at criticizing American foreign policy.
Re: Trump's Tariffs Have "Changed Everything" For Makers Of Essential Retro Gaming Gear
After all the massive inflation we have experienced over the past 4 years, NOW we should be concerned about things getting more expensive? I'll take more expensive game consoles that I will probably never purchase over more expensive food that I need to survive.
Re: Your Next Retro Emulation Handheld Could Cost You 35% More Than Usual
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Re: The Company Behind The X68000 Z Is Teasing A Mysterious New Model
This thing was really cool looking with that fake CRT monitor but it's also the type of thing where I genuinely had nothing I would really want to do with it.
Re: Atari & Watchmaker Nubeo Team Up To Release $500 Limited-Edition Asteroids Watch
Not sure why anyone would want this unless they're a kid or something but they're too expensive for that demographic, you could buy a new Apple Watch for cheaper.
Re: Compile's MSX Classic 'Zanac' Arrives On Nintendo Switch Today
Not a fan of these "eggconsole" games, they always look a bit too primitive for my taste.
Re: Review: Laser Bear Industries Sega Nomad Pak - Free Your Handheld From The Wall Socket
Mine always had some sort of battery attachment on the back of it that I could never figure out how to remove. Guess it truly was just an addition.
Re: Tokyo Xtreme Racer Hits Steam Early Access Later This Month, Costs $30
So happy this is making a comeback, I loved these games.
Re: Talking Point: Is There A Home Port You Prefer To The Arcade Original?
Honestly I prefer a lot of home ports of old 90's fighting games to the arcade releases. In the case of games like Tekken 2 and 3 the home ports were just better looking, sounding, and more fully featured. With stuff like Capcom fighters the home ports were often just a lot more playable, because they would make the AI stupidly difficult and cheap in arcade versions.
Re: Flashback: One Of Gaming's Worst Pads Almost Led To A Controller That Promised To Change Gaming Forever
Ah yes, early attempts at new technology back in the early 90's. What could go wrong?!
Re: A Year Later, And It Seems The Atari Gamestation Go Is Finally Coming Out
Paddle makes it neat but these retro handhelds just aren't nearly as appealing as they once were, especially when it's so easy to just buy one of the many retro handhelds already on the market that will play anything from Atari to PS2.
Re: Why YouTube Censorship Is Causing Headaches For Retro Game Historians
"YouTube's policies now basically make it impossible to have any sort of intellectual discussion."
That is typically what happens when censorship happy authoritarians with an agenda are given power over people and platforms.
Re: You Can Play The Dreamcast GTA III Port Right Now
Can you imagine how much this could have saved the Dreamcast if it actually released?
Re: Anniversary: Sega Saturn, The Most Successful Console "Flop" Of All Time, Turns 30 Today
The Saturn was a big flop in the US but a big success in Japan. Probably one of the most polarizing major consoles I can think of when it comes to that. I remember how nobody really wanted one, every kid I knew who was into video games went from a Genesis/SNES to a PS1/N64. Even as a Sega Genesis fan I skipped it, was mostly into PS1 that gen, and got a Dreamcast after it released. Even though the Dreamcast also flopped arguably it was a lot more popular than the Saturn ever was.
Re: Review: ModRetro Chromatic Is So Close To The Real Thing You'd Think Nintendo Made It
I love the way it uses AA batteries, I could just take a bunch of rechargeable AA's with me and get an incredible amount of longevity on the go. Probably the system seller for me, but the lack of GBA support does make it a hard sale at it's price point.
Re: Remember When A Sega Genesis Got Fused With A Digital Camera? Yep, We'd Forgotten About It, Too
Sounds like what would have passed as a cool and high-tech portable product back in the 00's. Standards were much different back then.
Re: Panic Pushes "Pause" On The Playdate Stereo Dock
I was always mildly interested in one of these but it seems like it would be little more than a novelty and I really think it would be hard to go back to a non-lit screen after having portables with screen lighting for so long.
Re: Grand Theft Auto Dev Pays Tribute To "The Unsung Hero Of The Franchise"
GTA2 was a fun game back in the day, I remember playing the demo on PC's all the time back in the day, one of those great demos that seemed to run on just about any old Windows computer back in the Windows 98 era.
Re: The Oregon Trail Is Getting A "Barbie-Style" Movie Adaptation
@PinballBuzzbro I'm willing to bet on the latter.
Re: Fan Creates A "First Of Its Kind" Xbox Portable Using Real Hardware
Neat but I think I'll just stick with a Steam Deck or my Series S with an xScreen.
Re: Brand New Footage Of "Lost" Garfield Sega Channel Game Emerges Online
I remember this game! Feel like I was one of the few kids who simply had a Sega Channel back in the day, but it was amazing.
Re: Sega's OutRun Gets Fan-Made Lego Kit, And It Could Become A Reality
I would probably have to buy that.
Re: Meet The $16,500 "Nintendo Game Boy Bike" Which Comes With Its Own Cartridge Key And Cheat Codes
It looks like something a child would ride, but the price sure doesn't reflect that.
Re: Nintendo Is Now Going After YouTube Accounts Which Show Its Games Being Emulated
Going after people who distribute roms, sure, I guess they're entitled to protect their property when it comes to their own video games they own the rights to.
Going after anyone who puts up a youtube video of an emulated Nintendo game, come on Nintendo, a lot of these people might actually own the original games and simply use an emulator because it's far better for recording footage.
Re: The "Sega Saturn Slim" Is Now Our Most-Wanted Hardware Of 2024
I would love to see new releases of old CD based consoles now that a lot of those old disc drives are going bad. Add some native HDMI support and it's a perfect solution for the modern retro gamer.
Re: This In-Car PS2 Entertainment System Is Giving Us Serious FOMO Vibes, 14 Years Too Late
This is a total 00's car concept, looks like something I would have had in my parent's old Ford Expedition when I was a kid lol.
Re: More Analogue Pocket Editions Are On The Way, And They're Based On The Game Boy Color
@Steel76 I just hate how they seem to do the intentional scarcity thing. Like they could produce enough consoles to meet demand but they don't.
Re: Think PS5 Pro Is Too Much At $700? The 3DO Would Like A Word
I don't think it would be wise to go after the 3DO as a model for success.
Re: This Tiny Piece Of Plastic Could Save Your N64's Analogue Stick
I don't think storage and transportation is the main concern with these N64 sticks, it's usually just usage that wears them out.
Re: Interview: Antstream's Steve Cottam On Bringing Retro Gaming To The Masses Via The Cloud
I always hated the concept of being dependent upon a high speed internet connection in order to play video games.
Re: As GameStop Erases Game Informer From History, Fans Are Preserving Its Legacy Online
@Bonggon5 Just further proof of what an awful company Gamestop is and has always been. They killed Game Informer like they killed stores such as Funcoland.
Re: Sega Forever, Sega's Dedicated Retro Channel, Appears To Be Dead
@Chocoburger Yeah they seem to be far more concerned with social engineering than actually protecting employees.
Re: Dragon Quest SNES Prototype Worth $50,000 "Lost For Good"
I always hate it when people sell these things without sharing the roms. Just selfish.
Re: Genesis Virtua Racing Port Almost Cost As Much As The Console Itself, Thanks To The SVP Chip
I remember being so blown away by this back before I got a PS1
Re: Poll: What Do You Think Of Jo's New Look In Perfect Dark?
@jamess Yeah I notice their sites have been feeling a lot more "mainstream gaming industry in the 2020's"
Re: Poll: What Do You Think Of Jo's New Look In Perfect Dark?
She looks like a female Brock Lesnar now.
Re: This Playdate Mod Solves The Handheld's Biggest Failing
They should really just make a version of the handheld with a light built into it. I might actually buy one then.
Re: Here's The Moment When The Teen Who Beat Tetris Met Its Creator, Alexey Pajitnov
Sweet Tetris suit!
Re: Insanely Rare Sonic Arcade Game Crops Up On Japanese Resale Site
I always wanted to play this game but it's near impossible.
Re: This Incredibly Rare Hulk Xbox Could Fetch Up To $11,000
@KitsuneNight While the original Xbox doesn't have the same issues as 360, there is quite a few major issues known to develop over time, power supply going bad for example.
Re: Workshop Of Retro Modder And Engineer Voultar Has Been "Ransacked"
@Crabbitsteve How is he making quick cash off this when he isn't asking for any donations or handouts?
Re: "The Tourists Have Taken Everything" Laments Japanese Resident As Retro Runs Dry
This sort of thing is just a product of the effect that all the scalpers, scammers, and opportunists have had on the retro gaming market these days. People buying up copies of old games to jack up the prices on them, rich people turning rated sealed video games into a money laundering scheme making it crazy overpriced, and just scammers and opportunists all over trying to get anything they can for them. A part of the problem is youtubers and social media influencers, another part is the Ebay/Amazon culture of selling stuff, the collecting scene has been ruined by all the people trying to make money off it, and it really sucks for all those gamers who just really had a passion for it. I'm glad I was into collecting before everything got so crazy.
Re: This $500 Game Boy-Style Handheld Is All About Bitcoin
I bet the markup exceeds any money anyone would earn.
Re: A Bunch Of RollerCoaster Tycoon Games Are On Sale On Steam
The first 3 were amazing, still enjoy playing them to this day. Coaster Planet replaced any new attempts after.
Re: Hands On: Anicorn's $800 Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Watch Is Utterly Gorgeous
It's neat but I don't think I'd pay $800 for a gaming novelty watch.