PXAbstracftion

The proof will be on the pudding in the end, but this is about as honest and "non-corpo" a statement as you could ask for.

Done and done! I've been following these from Canada and would LOVE an ability to buy one without importing, which costs a fortune for us.

This is like the third time the name has been resurrected. It came back as a free-to-play publisher that blew up similarly to the original one, an indie studio in Montreal that makes new games for the NES was using the name (curious how that worked out), and now this. It's funny to me because while it's a name many in retro circles remember, it's often also remembered for publishing a lot of shovelware.

Didn't expect an article from Time Extension to hit me in the feels, but here we are. I still play games with friends online all the time and love it, plus I play a lot of single player stuff too. But I agree, it's just not the same. I used to play games in person with friends all the time in the 80s and 90s and even in the 2000s, I remember hanging with my buddy and his stoner friends in the house they shared, playing hours and hours of 4 player Gamecube games. It was a blast and something I still treasure greatly. Time to get some people over for some retro nights I think.

Many don't remember Dune as much as Dune II, but it was also excellent and a very different game. His soundtrack was also incredible and some of the most creative use of MIDI ever put into a game. I highly recommend picking up his remaster on Bandcamp and trying the game if you can find it. A true legend lost. 😟

@Guru_Larry Oof, I hope that doesn't happen.

Initial reports said they were wholly rebranding, but I'm glad that like when Focus Entertainment's parent become Pullup (seriously, wut?), that the names people know are being kept.

My launch Wii U has been in storage for a while and I was planning to pull it out soon to jailbreak it. I'll be curious if it actually starts up, but I'm glad there's a solution if it doesn't. Gaming gods bless modders!

Even if I cared to read anything this hack has written, I'd be getting a pirated eBook of it, just to piss him off.

This is an insanely cool idea.

Slopes Game Room is undoubtedly in pre-production on the Kickscammers episode about this.

Ohhhh, this one's going on the wishlist!

@Blofse "Wonder how long it will be before we get made up customer sales numbers for products because a company faked the sales by using AI? Can't be far away from that."

Pretty sure that would be considered investor fraud, but it would be an interesting litmos test because yeah, someone will probably try it.

Highly recommend this video. It was a great chat. Hearing about some of the stuff Romero's managed to accumulate is amazing.

"Oooohhh, we've got this notion
That we'd quite like to sail the ocean
So we're buildin' a big boat to leave here for good
We're not keen on sinkin'
So we're all sittin' here a thinkin'
Cos we built it too big and we've run out of wood
EIDLE EIDLE EEE
EIDLE EIDLE EEE
We simply can't leave til we get some more wood
Ooooooooohhhhhhhh"

I want remasters of Independence War 1 & 2 so badly. They were developed by Particle Systems, who Argonaut acquired, but I believe Infogrames (now Atari) owns the IP. But New Atari is looking to bring back older Infogrames titles. I'll buy the beers to get those guys in a room and chatting!

@Steel76 Not idiots, crooks.

I absolutely adored Gradius V and along with Ikaruga, I think it some of Treasure's best work in the genre. I bought it launch day for the PS2 and convinced a friend of mine to play it with me. None of my friends were into shmups, but he actually quite enjoyed co-opping this one. Still have that copy and it's quite precious to me. I would love to see an updated version or just the original capable of running in 4K would be good enough for me. Konami though so...

@Spider-Kev I ordered a copy of Rendering Ranger R2 for the SNES that took almost two years to arrive. Strap in, it'll be a while.

@Blast16 Google "limited run games sucks" and you'll see a plethora of stories about many different releases. In particular, look up mxirt's video on the subject. And Limited Run Games specifically states that all sales are final and there are no refunds.

I'm glad you've had positive experiences with them. MANY others haven't.

I don't understand why so many people still buy from this crooked company and why so many developers still partner with them. The Internet is full of stories of customers being screwed over by LRG (including my own).

I didn't know this ever got a PC release. Sadly, looks like it's been delisted from Steam.

@Poodlestargenerica Doooo eeeeeet! Trust me, there's more depth than it may seem on the surface. I also just want him to get more sales. 🙂

If you haven't played Pixel's games, you are doing yourself a disservice. His stuff is so tight and expertly crafted and will have you drowning in flow state almost immediately. They also have some of the best fast-paced chiptune soundtracks ever. I own everything he's put out so far and there isn't a dud among them.

Man, I remember those Dell desktops! In high school, I did a co-op placement in a government IT department and they had a ton of those. Bullet proof machine, back when Dell knew how to make those.

As a previously suffering customer of Limited Run, do not buy from this company. The Internet is littered with stories, videos and TrustPilot reviews about how horrible dealing with them is and how they always overpromise and underdeliver.

I don't know if the comments here allow people to post links, but here's my story: https://geekbravado.medium.com/limited-run-games-sucks-heres-my-reason-why-efbcf2e2292b

I was one of the rare people who actually owned a good product from the old Mad Catz: The Street Fighter IV Tournament Edition arcade stick. I bought two of them in 2009 and gave one to a friend of mine who let me stay with him for a while after a breakup. We both still own them and he's modded his to support newer consoles, while I still use mine on PC. They were built like tanks using real arcade components and were made in collaboration with Capcom. Now, they cost almost $200CDN each at the time so needless to say, they weren't aimed at the budget market like most Mad Catz products, but it did show that they were capable of building quality stuff if they cared to try.

I hope enthusiasts and retro repair people order large batches of these before they're discontinued and scumbag scalpers immediately start sending prices through the roof.

Backed this at the $275 tier without a second thought and I never back gaming Kickstarters anymore. Star Control II is my undisputed favourite game of all-time and while the Stardick developed Star Control: Origins was quite good, I can't wait to play a true sequel from the original creators.

Galaga 88 is best Galaga. Fight me!

A new Nuon release is most certainly not something I expected to see ever. But this is a pretty cool hyper-niche thing to see them doing.

Well, spending $80CAD on a new big box game for the Amiga 1200 I just spent a fortune on wasn't on my docket for today, yet what do you know, I just did. 🤣

The funny thing is, Star Control II has been open-sourced and available on SourceForge for like a billion years, with an optional replacement soundtrack to boot. It's cool to see it back on Steam and it's good that everyone's playing nice togeher (Brad, Paul & Fred are apparently friends now and their lawsuit settlement is hilarious, it included honey and mead), but you've been able to get one of the best games ever made for free for a long time now.

I'm waiting to get a press code from Atari to make a video on this. I played a bazillion hours of the original back in the day. I'm curious how Atari ended up with the rights, but I'm guessing it's because this was originally published by GT Interactive, which was absorbed into Infogrames (later Atari) like 20 years ago. It's a shame the Duke Nukem table is missing as it was fantastic, but hopefully they can make up for it with the new ones. I've seen a couple of negative reviews saying that the modernization job seems kind of half-baked, but we shall see.

As a big-time retro gamer and advocate for preservation, I love seeing niche companies like these guys, Night Dive, Ziggurat, Throwback Entertainment etc., who are making a decent living keeping old titles alive. This will never be a big part of the industry, but it's an absolutely critical one. Very pleased to see all these people making a good go of it.

TIL there are WAY more Ghostbusters games than I thought!

For me, I think Ghostbusters for the C64 will always be my number one as I played I don't know how many hours of that back in the day and honestly, the core mechanics of it still hold up to this day. Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed is way up there though. Some friends and I recently started playing that after it came off Epic exclusivity and it is a blast! Asymmetric multiplayer where the matches don't take half an hour and it manages to be goofy, while also having a ton of depth.