What a bizarre object. This really is a "solution" looking for a problem. The N64 stick has a lot of issues but snapping off during transport of dropping it is not one of them.
Well it looks cool, but that's about all i can say for it. The fact that this is the SECOND handheld reviewed today just shows how crowded this market section is.
@Gs69 Yeah, I know about the patched games, it just strikes me as weird as having to resort to "copies"when you got the real thing. Mind you I have to do that with my import copy of Sega Smash Pack, it refuses to boot. The copy ? that boots just fine. Bloody thing.
I have an Action Replay, I'll give that a try, and let you know.
Cant say i disagree with Mikami about Remakes in general. He doesn't want to revisit games he did already, cause that just means retreading the same old ground, and stagnating.
And gaming is already stagnating quite enough as is.
But that doesnt mean somebody else at Capcom can't tackle a remake of Dino Crisis.
Or at least put together a Dino Crisis collection.
@jesse_dylan Yes that seems the perfect middle ground. Sweet home is more then 30 years old and it feels it, but its also so monumentous it needs to be played by a modern audience.*
So remastering the original, giving it an English translations, and modern amenities seems like the way to go.
Alone in the Dark is in the same boat. A hugely influential title that created survival horror, but it's aged horribly. Th graphics are laughable, while the controls hover between jank and alien.
And like any family reunion the punches will fly sooner rather then later.
Especially when they start arguing about who said what on the last family reunion twelve years ago, and who was promised the silver after auntie Fio got gunned down again.
And Terry has always been the face of SNK Fatal Fury Predates KOF by 3 years. SNK is just honoring their roots.
@PopetheRev28 I got one of those Hyperkin HDMI converters, it fools the Dreamcast that its running from a VGA box. Everything looks fine, the image is razorsharp.
However cause its being duped in to thinking it's running on a VGA box some games won't run, cause they aint VGA compatible.
Tis a bit vexing. Any problems like that with the scart cable ?
That was almost too easy.
One of the controllers i got wrong ( Neo Geo) I got no excuse for, I own one of those bloody arcade controllers.
I just dont like it very much.
Excited is a pretty big word, but if this game is ever released and goes for a decent price i'll happy play it. In the mean time i should play Parasite Eve again.
At this rate Nemmie will come collecting in October. His calendarnating skills aint too best though.
Of the three classic ps1 Resi Evils I always liked 2 the best, bigger world. More secrets, more types of zuvembies* to blow up. More gross monsters to tackle. More to unlock. And the N64 versions is one of those amazing impossible ports. A great version of a great game.
@Gs69 ( even though you already did it and already got an awnser i find it rude not to awnser your question you asked me after all)
Those are indeed the bartops. They have 8 inch screens. And are compatible with almost all the games ( the 2 Namco Collections are hand held only) And can use the usb controllers.
@Gs69 That one is 80 I believe the games are build in, that was a stipulation of Capcom. They are now also split over those two Arcade units come November.
@Axelay71 I dont see any Steamdeck compatibility on its steam page but you might as well grab it. The system requirements are not massive, and I don't think a console version wil be forth coming any time soon.
The controls are very twitchy though, and the game does feel like a work in progress , some really barebones menu and options screens. But it looks like it has promise.
@Gs69 Why not pick up one of the previous Evercade handhelds ? They are fairly cheap at CEX. ( The original Evercade wil run you 42 quid ) That way you can cancel the Argos order and get a feel for the system, and see if its something you want or not.
And pick the EXP-R up when it finally releases in November. 2026.
@HeyItsLollie Drives me round the bend as well. These are just demo's at best, not full fledged games and i wish he would just settle down and finish a full game, instead of flit from project to project.
GTA 3 on the DC is a full fledged port. These are proof of concepts.
@Scollurio That sounds an awfull lot like the Evercade. Which right now is making all the right moves.
I would also trust Blaze more to do the right thing then having Sega fartarse around as usual. Blaze got Capcom and Crystal dynamics on board for one,along with big IP's
And who knows they might be courting Sega and convincing them to move beyond the umpteenth sonic and Megadrive collection to be shat out sooner rather than later.
Instabuy for me. Hopefully more high profile games are in the future of the Evercade. Like a Tekken Trilogy or the Ridge Racer quartet, now those would be something.
@Bonggon5 As the saying goes: just because you don't see the appeal, doesn't mean there is no market for it.
The Evercade is all about physically owning games, in an age where games are becoming more and more ethereal and can be taken away from you on a whim. You own nothing and will be happy.
With the Evercade you at least have a physical cartridge that's not beholden to internet servers or subscriptions. No predatory DLC. No micro transaction garbage. No day one patch cause the game is so broken. No bolted on multiplayer. Just you and the game.
it also has collections of games, which separately on their original platform, like the Toaplan collection. Would set you back a shocking amount of money instead of 20 bux.
The Evercade serves a niche and it serves it well.
I don't like Tomb Raider personally I never did. I always felt the series was running on fumes with an increasingly ancient engine, pushed to its limits by the third game. With horrible jagged graphics and busted shopping trolly controls. And I still feel that way to this day. The series is not for me It is however a high profile and popular series, which will raise the profile of the Evercade, and put more eyes on it. And hopefully more 32 bit games.
@Lanmanna It's a very easy mod to do. But too permanent for me, I switched it out for the GD-rom again. I like being able to use the discs i paid ( way too much ) for.
@RetroGames Maybe. But these machines are limited by the size of the cartridge and the Snes carts are bloody huge The Supaboy, as chunky as it is, is about the same height as a Snes cart.
I'd rather its all flush and internal like a Gameboy. Either way any machine like that would have to to be at least 2 to 3 cm taller. ( 2 inches) And these things are chunky as is. The Supaboy is portable but not exactly pocketable, it makes the Game Gear and Nomad look svelte.
But all these are very late in the lifespan of the machine most of them are the psONE redesign. And appear to be EU only But the ps1 did have pack in titles Just not in the USA it seems
As for the feature it has been ages since i last saw it it was an EGM EGM2 or a Gamepro from 1994, because they talked about Mortal Kombat II a lot.
It was partially a showcase, part walkthrough. I remember them talking about how expressive the sprites were while showcasing Edgar. And rafting section while getting confronted by Ultros.
@Sketcz That explains why I never saw it. I don't really read EGM or Gfan
However maybe you can help me out. Ages ago I read a massive article about FF6/FF3 in A EGM, EGM 2 or Gamepro from 1994 Any idea which issue that was ? Or what i'm even talking about ?
THAT is a shame yes. I looked in to Sega Forever when it was new , saw it was the usual suspects again, and ignored it ever since. I thought they killed the entire thing years ago, but apparently not.
That tweet and other things seem to suggest there is something rotten in the kingdom of Sega Europe
It possible it was just a botched marketing mock up
Marketing firms aren't exactly on the ball especially not with consoles in the early days.
The infamous back cover of the NES box comes to mind.
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Re: This Tiny Piece Of Plastic Could Save Your N64's Analogue Stick
What a bizarre object.
This really is a "solution" looking for a problem.
The N64 stick has a lot of issues but snapping off during transport of dropping it is not one of them.
Re: Review: AYANEO Pocket Micro - A Truly Portable Android Emulation Handheld
Well it looks cool, but that's about all i can say for it.
The fact that this is the SECOND handheld reviewed today just shows how crowded this market section is.
Re: The "Best" Dreamcast Component Cables Are Almost Here
@Gs69
Yeah, I know about the patched games, it just strikes me as weird as having to resort to "copies"when you got the real thing.
Mind you I have to do that with my import copy of Sega Smash Pack, it refuses to boot.
The copy ? that boots just fine.
Bloody thing.
I have an Action Replay, I'll give that a try, and let you know.
Re: Shinji Mikami Wants To Remake The Game That Inspired Resident Evil
Cant say i disagree with Mikami about Remakes in general.
He doesn't want to revisit games he did already, cause that just means retreading the same old ground, and stagnating.
And gaming is already stagnating quite enough as is.
But that doesnt mean somebody else at Capcom can't tackle a remake of Dino Crisis.
Or at least put together a Dino Crisis collection.
@jesse_dylan
Yes that seems the perfect middle ground.
Sweet home is more then 30 years old and it feels it, but its also so monumentous it needs to be played by a modern audience.*
So remastering the original, giving it an English translations, and modern amenities seems like the way to go.
A hugely influential title that created survival horror, but it's aged horribly.
Th graphics are laughable, while the controls hover between jank and alien.
Re: Random: Some People Don't Seem To Realise Ryu And Terry Bogard Share The Same Creator
And like any family reunion the punches will fly sooner rather then later.
Especially when they start arguing about who said what on the last family reunion twelve years ago, and who was promised the silver after auntie Fio got gunned down again.
And Terry has always been the face of SNK Fatal Fury Predates KOF by 3 years.
SNK is just honoring their roots.
Re: EmuDeck Machine Aims To Elevate Retro Game Emulation To A "Console-Like Experience"
Sega licensed the looks of the Dreamcast out then ?
Re: Review: MagicX XU Mini M - A Cute And Powerful Emulation Handheld
This is til my go to reaction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79QxturUolo
There are so many of these damn things now it's hard to keep them apart.
Re: The "Best" Dreamcast Component Cables Are Almost Here
@PopetheRev28
I got one of those Hyperkin HDMI converters, it fools the Dreamcast that its running from a VGA box.
Everything looks fine, the image is razorsharp.
However cause its being duped in to thinking it's running on a VGA box some games won't run, cause they aint VGA compatible.
Tis a bit vexing.
Any problems like that with the scart cable ?
Re: Can You Match These Start Buttons With Their Consoles?
@KingMike
You mean this one ?
https://nfgworld.com/snk-neo-geo-cd-pad-review/
Thats a way better controller and the one I prefer for my Neo Geo CD.
Re: Can You Match These Start Buttons With Their Consoles?
That was almost too easy.
One of the controllers i got wrong ( Neo Geo) I got no excuse for, I own one of those bloody arcade controllers.
I just dont like it very much.
23/25
Re: GoRetroid Announces The Retroid Pocket Mini
@-wc- More like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79QxturUolo
There are now so many of these damn things it's starting to get silly.
Re: "If Squaresoft Made A Law & Order Game" - Cold & Afraid Is A New PS1-Style Crime Mystery For Steam
Excited is a pretty big word, but if this game is ever released and goes for a decent price i'll happy play it.
In the mean time i should play Parasite Eve again.
Re: The Atari 7800+ Resurrects Another Classic Atari Console
Release a NEW Jaguar you bunch of crowdpleasing cheap no risk taking tarts !
Off course a sodding 2600 would sell its the 2600.
As for this thing, very much pass, just a cheap muhstalgia grab, of a console that was dead on arrival in 1986.
I generally cant get excited for anything Atari unless its a jaguar or Lynx.
Re: Resident Evil 2 Arrives On GOG Later This Month
At this rate Nemmie will come collecting in October.
His calendarnating skills aint too best though.
Of the three classic ps1 Resi Evils I always liked 2 the best, bigger world.
More secrets, more types of zuvembies* to blow up.
More gross monsters to tackle.
More to unlock.
And the N64 versions is one of those amazing impossible ports.
A great version of a great game.
Re: Evercade EXP-R Release Hit By Another Delay Following "Significant Issue"
@Gs69
( even though you already did it and already got an awnser i find
it rude not to awnser your question you asked me after all)
Those are indeed the bartops.
They have 8 inch screens.
And are compatible with almost all the games ( the 2 Namco Collections are hand held only)
And can use the usb controllers.
Re: Evercade EXP-R Release Hit By Another Delay Following "Significant Issue"
@Gs69
That one is 80
I believe the games are build in, that was a stipulation of Capcom.
They are now also split over those two Arcade units come November.
Re: 'Perfect Lap' Is What Happens When Ridge Racer Type 4 And Auto Modellista Have A Baby
@mrjelly
What do you mean ?
The Twitters post is from 3 days ago.
The first Youtube vid is a month old.
And the second is 3 days old.
The game is conspicuous in its absence on gog and Steam though.
Re: Review: PowKiddy V10 - Excellent GBA Emulation (And More) For $45
Hooray another one of these for the pile to ignore.
Re: Sega's Spirit Is Alive And Well In DDI Rally And Super Retro GP
@Axelay71
I dont see any Steamdeck compatibility on its steam page but you might as well grab it.
The system requirements are not massive, and I don't think a console version wil be forth coming any time soon.
The controls are very twitchy though, and the game does feel like a work in progress , some really barebones menu and options screens.
But it looks like it has promise.
Re: Evercade EXP-R Release Hit By Another Delay Following "Significant Issue"
@Gs69
Why not pick up one of the previous Evercade handhelds ?
They are fairly cheap at CEX.
( The original Evercade wil run you 42 quid )
That way you can cancel the Argos order and get a feel for the system, and see if its something you want or not.
And pick the EXP-R up when it finally releases in November.
2026.
Re: Evercade EXP-R Release Hit By Another Delay Following "Significant Issue"
@Gs69
Better they work out all the kinks though instead of shipping a faulty product.
Personally i think the VS is the better product.
Re: Sega's Spirit Is Alive And Well In DDI Rally And Super Retro GP
Its been out since 13 jan ?!
Bloody hell !
I have dealt with this oversight by immediately buying the game.
DDI Rally that is.
Re: Fan-Made GTA III Dreamcast Port Looks Close To Achieving "The Impossible"
This new version looks even better now.
Instead of an unhappy PII its now a cranky PIII with an underpowered video card.
I can't say i like GTA all that much, but i'd play this for the sheer novelty of it.
Re: PS1 Exclusive Crash Bandicoot Gets Ported To Sega Saturn
@HeyItsLollie
Drives me round the bend as well.
These are just demo's at best, not full fledged games and i wish he would just settle down and finish a full game, instead of flit from project to project.
GTA 3 on the DC is a full fledged port.
These are proof of concepts.
Re: Sega Rally 2's PC Port Is Now Playable On Modern Computers
@Scollurio
That sounds an awfull lot like the Evercade.
Which right now is making all the right moves.
I would also trust Blaze more to do the right thing then having Sega fartarse around as usual.
Blaze got Capcom and Crystal dynamics on board for one,along with big IP's
And who knows they might be courting Sega and convincing them to move beyond the umpteenth sonic and Megadrive collection to be shat out sooner rather than later.
Re: PS1 Classics Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain And Soul Reaver Come To Evercade
Instabuy for me.
Hopefully more high profile games are in the future of the Evercade.
Like a Tekken Trilogy or the Ridge Racer quartet, now those would be something.
Re: 'Perfect Lap' Is What Happens When Ridge Racer Type 4 And Auto Modellista Have A Baby
Take my money damn it !
Re: Review: Tomb Raider Collection 1 (Evercade) - No-Frills Emulation Of Lara's Essential Adventures
@Bonggon5
As the saying goes: just because you don't see the appeal, doesn't mean there is no market for it.
The Evercade is all about physically owning games, in an age where games are becoming more and more ethereal and can be taken away from you on a whim.
You own nothing and will be happy.
With the Evercade you at least have a physical cartridge that's not beholden to internet servers or subscriptions.
No predatory DLC.
No micro transaction garbage.
No day one patch cause the game is so broken.
No bolted on multiplayer.
Just you and the game.
it also has collections of games, which separately on their original platform, like the Toaplan collection. Would set you back a shocking amount of money instead of 20 bux.
The Evercade serves a niche and it serves it well.
I don't like Tomb Raider personally
I never did.
I always felt the series was running on fumes with an increasingly ancient engine, pushed to its limits by the third game.
With horrible jagged graphics and busted shopping trolly controls.
And I still feel that way to this day.
The series is not for me
It is however a high profile and popular series, which will raise the profile of the Evercade, and put more eyes on it.
And hopefully more 32 bit games.
And that can only be a good thing.
Re: Star Fox Will Take Advantage Of The New Super FX 3 Chip, Will Feature Rumble Support
@RejectedAng3L
Nope
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588282-donkey-kong-country/boxes/47078
The super FX chip is mentioned nowhere on the box
unlike Doom https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588285-doom/boxes/47080
or StarFox https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588690-star-fox/boxes/40403
Argonaut is also responsible for Croc Croc 2 (obviously ) Buck Bumble, Malice among others.
It ceased to be in 2004.
Re: Hands On: Parking Garage Rally Circuit Is A Fun Cross Between Mario Kart & Sega Rally
Here is hoping it will come to the platform it belongs on, The Saturn.
Re: I Just Reshelled My Dreamcast, And You Should Too
@Lanmanna
It's a very easy mod to do.
But too permanent for me, I switched it out for the GD-rom again.
I like being able to use the discs i paid ( way too much ) for.
Re: I Just Reshelled My Dreamcast, And You Should Too
Translucent consoles are cool.
Wether official or via an aftermarket shell like here.
I happen to have a Skeleton Saturn, with a pico psu.
Coupled with a Saroo it lights up like a christmas tree.
Kinda tempted to reshell my DC, it needs a few mods anyway.
A pic PSU a RTC mod and a Noctua fan.
@Gs69 Best you can do is post links to a file host.
Re: New SNES Hardware Is Coming This Month From Columbus Circle
@RetroGames
It would probably look and work something like this portable n64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ3mw0MbIdI
...Just wider cause this looks very cramped.
Re: Suda51's PS1 Horror 'Moonlight Syndrome' Is Getting An English Translation
I'll have to dig out my ps1 classic then.
Re: New SNES Hardware Is Coming This Month From Columbus Circle
So, now they are cloning the Hyperkin Supaboy ?
@RetroGames
Maybe.
But these machines are limited by the size of the cartridge and the Snes carts are bloody huge
The Supaboy, as chunky as it is, is about the same height as a Snes cart.
I'd rather its all flush and internal like a Gameboy.
Either way any machine like that would have to to be at least 2 to 3 cm taller. ( 2 inches)
And these things are chunky as is.
The Supaboy is portable but not exactly pocketable, it makes the Game Gear and Nomad look svelte.
Re: Genki's SavePoint Is Like A Modern-Day Memory Card For Your Steam Deck, iPhone And More
@-wc-
This thing is a solution looking for a problem.
Re: Genki's SavePoint Is Like A Modern-Day Memory Card For Your Steam Deck, iPhone And More
@Poodlestargenerica
Even worse, it doesn't appear to be compatible with machines that actually need more storage like the NXswitch.
I always struggle with storage on that thing.
Re: Random: Crazy Modder Adds A CRT Screen To The Game Boy
His nes in a nes cartridge video is even more unhinged.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-vArvervA
Hilariously so.
Re: One Of The Last Major Gaming Magazines, Game Informer, Has Closed After 33 Years
Oddly enough as one magazine falls another one, wises fwom its gwave.
NAG a gaming magazine from South Africa of all places has risen from its ashes.
https://www.reddit.com/r/southafrica/comments/1e3sduc/nag_magazine_yes_that_one_is_back/
https://www.nag.co.za/
And they have an archive
https://www.nag.co.za/nag-magazine-archives/
And in my opinion its always cool to see gaming from a perspective that's not the UK or the USA.
Re: Ranma 1/2: Chougi Ranbu Hen SNES Patch Fixes Game's "Catastrophic" Frame Rate
@upsilandre
Are you sure ?
I did check it on Youtube to see if it was the game I know.
But I don't suppose it matters very much
Re: Sega Forever, Sega's Dedicated Retro Channel, Appears To Be Dead
@Bonggon5
Uh yeah so ?
Guys aren't allowed to show emotions then ?
They are supposed to be robots and keep everything bottled up ?
The stress was getting to him and he was venting.
Hardly a "weakness" .
Re: Talking Point: Does Video Game History Have A "Nintendo Problem"?
@NotTheZeebo
The ps 1 had pack in bundles but they came pretty late
There is this
https://consolevariations.com/collectibles/sony-playstation-special-pack-bundle
With a second controller a memory card and Crash 3
and this
https://consolevariations.com/collectibles/sony-playstation-tomb-raider-iv-bundle
With Tombraider 4
No memory card.
as well as
https://consolevariations.com/collectibles/sony-playstation-atlantis-bundle
https://consolevariations.com/collectibles/sony-playstation-disney-bundle
https://consolevariations.com/collectibles/sony-playstation-spyro-coolboarder-3-bundle
But all these are very late in the lifespan of the machine most of them are the psONE redesign.
And appear to be EU only
But the ps1 did have pack in titles
Just not in the USA it seems
https://consolevariations.com/collectibles/sony-playstation-target-need-for-speed-bundle
Australia
It seems to be mostly a Europe thing.
Re: Sega Forever, Sega's Dedicated Retro Channel, Appears To Be Dead
@Sketcz
On to retromags !
Ahem.
As for the feature it has been ages since i last saw it it was an EGM EGM2 or a Gamepro from 1994, because they talked about Mortal Kombat II a lot.
It was partially a showcase, part walkthrough.
I remember them talking about how expressive the sprites were while showcasing Edgar.
And rafting section while getting confronted by Ultros.
Re: ROMHacking.net Is Winding Down After Almost 20 Years
Spike from Cdromance posted a reaction on his site.
https://cdromance.org/news/romhacking-net-to-stop-hosting-romhacks-rhdn-drama/
Seems they were involved in the behind the scenes drama.
Re: Sega Forever, Sega's Dedicated Retro Channel, Appears To Be Dead
@Sketcz
That explains why I never saw it.
I don't really read EGM or Gfan
However maybe you can help me out.
Ages ago I read a massive article about FF6/FF3
in A EGM, EGM 2 or Gamepro from 1994
Any idea which issue that was ?
Or what i'm even talking about ?
Re: Random: Fashion Retailer Zara Is Selling Sega Saturn Bum Bags, For Some Reason
Wise fwom youw gwave.
I actually have one of these things, it's fine....
Lot bigger then you'd expect, even after seeing it can fit a Game Gear.
I mostly use it as decoration.
Re: Want To Know The Real Scale Of The Virtual Boy's Failure? Visit A Japanese Game Shop
Can't that happen to the 32X and the Sega CDX ( Multimega) ?
New old stock just showing up
I can dream cant i ?
Re: Sega Forever, Sega's Dedicated Retro Channel, Appears To Be Dead
@Damo
THAT is a shame yes.
I looked in to Sega Forever when it was new , saw it was the usual suspects again, and ignored it ever since.
I thought they killed the entire thing years ago, but apparently not.
That tweet and other things seem to suggest there is something rotten in the kingdom of Sega Europe
Re: Sega Forever, Sega's Dedicated Retro Channel, Appears To Be Dead
@Sketcz Some google fu later and i didnt find anything about the controller.
But i did find a cool interview with Kenji Tosaki about the Saturn and DC controller design
https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2022/06/03/interview-kenji-tosaki-talks-saturn-dreamcast-peripheral-design/
Which explains why the 3D pad has a break away cable
An article about prototype DC controllers
https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2023/10/18/retro-bit-unveils-early-dreamcast-pad-prototypes/
But nothing about a mirrored Saturn controller.
Console Variations doesnt have it listed
https://consolevariations.com/database/sega-saturn?filters[type][0]=3&activeSortLabel=rarity_score&order=asc
It possible it was just a botched marketing mock up
Marketing firms aren't exactly on the ball especially not with consoles in the early days.
The infamous back cover of the NES box comes to mind.
Re: Here's Super Mario 64 Running On Dreamcast
Well it looks sharper at least.
It could have great potential IF Nintendo doesn't murderize it.
Which knowing them .....