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@wiiware It is the right move for console if you're Sony (and not everyone else) cause with Sony they are the ones that makes the disc themselves so if any company makes games for them they get licensing fee and royalty fee from every game sold of every disc sold. That's different from Sega (Sega CD, Sega Saturn Sega Dreamcast), Hudson (PC Engine CD, Turbo CD), SNK (NeoGeo CD), and Atari (Jaguar CD), all which had their disc media license from other third party companies so the royalty fee doesn't come to them but to the disc makers (Sony's competitors) instead.

This is why Sega doesn't want to make RPGs as much during the Sega CD and Sega Saturn era cause making RPGs especially the larger ones for those platforms meant requiring multiple discs which means they had to pay their disc media manufacturer a ton of money just to get those multiple discs for one game so in those era Sega try to make smaller RPGs as to avoid doing that or just none at all. This is also why games like Shining Force III which had multiple discs entry were not release in the west cause it would be too expensive for Sega to handle since they not only had to pay for the discs but also pay for the localization as well hence why only Scenario 1 made it worldwide but not the other two.

Sony on the other hand had no issue cause Sony themselves made their own disc, earn more money and was able to use those disc for larger games that requires them which is why SquareSoft go to them instead of Sega cause with Sony Square could get easy access to those discs for money on the cheap whereas if they go to Sega then they will had to pay Sega just to get disc from Sega's own manufacturer which doesn't guaranteed them if they get enough bulk of those disc for development of their games.

Disc licensing is also the reason why the Turbo CD, NeoGeo CD, and the Jaguar CD all failed, Hudson, SNK, and Atari are small companies by that point, they are bleeding money and can't afford to pay royalty to the disc manufacturer so they just went under instead or just remain a 3rd party software dev instead. This also apply to the 3DO as well, heck the 3DO didn't even make it to next gen cause they too are bleeding money way more than any other company even getting betray by their brother company, EA as well. This is also why Nintendo didn't embrace disc until the GameCube era where Nintendo could get cheaper deal on smaller disc that not only they could afford but able to work with.

@axelhander A sci-fi RPG where you play as a bunch of no name characters who could only walk in 4 directions and you could only see their backs in battle with stiff animations. That's suppose to be better than Chrono Trigger? Don't make me laugh. While the story of Phantasy Star IV is decent, it's nothing unique or engaging compare Chrono Trigger. Perhaps the only few RPGs that it is better than is Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, one of the SaGa game on Game Boy, and maybe Ys III. It could also be better than the first four Dragon Quest games so that's something too.

@ChromaticDracula Reason for that was cause these codes were never suppose to be given to the gamers to begin with as they are just debug codes. They are given to game debuggers and testers to test the game which is why it allows the player to exit the level even when it's not completed yet. This is also why they gave player the START + SELECT exit code instead. Because it was not meant to be a cheat code it was never made aware to the general public until now due to the crack.

It's the same deal with the Shin Akuma code for the Super NES version of Street Fighter Alpha 2. Shin Akuma on that verison was never suppose to be playable but a playable version of the character was in the source code for that game so when it was crack it could be unlock but originally Shin Akuma himself was suppose to just be a test character in the game for debuggers to test and debug the character and its AI, not originally meant to be playable.

While cool that it was discovered, it's basically just an exit level code much like the START + SELECT when on completed levels. Useful for those who want to explore the unclear level without using lives I guess.

In this age of smartphones, I doubt any kids would want these. It'll probably just stay a Japanese only collector's trinket at best.

@combywomby That's good to know. This is what Limited Run Games should learn from.

It's likely they are going just use the Silver Star Harmony voice actors again or find new ones. No way they are going to offer Ireland any money for the old stuffs though it would be nice if they do.

Now they are just making excuses for why they are acting scummy. If you're honest and had nothing to hide just do like any honest company does and actually show us a real prototype in action without any smoke and oil hiding the facts.

For those getting the physical copies for their Polymega, better cross your hands and hope those are not just cheap burn disc. I know Playmaji is not like Limited Run Games but remember that these are the same people that originally claim Polymega was gonna used FPGA and then years later they cheap out by using emulation instead. I wouldn't trust these guys with their physical disc media game collections.

I don't get it, if he's not trying to hide anything then why did he change the perspective of his camera video?

You can tell the first 4 minutes was film in third person meaning he had a camera man filming him driving the lambo onto the parking lot and while he's talking to the camera with the so call prototype in his hands but immediately once he's indoor the perspective change to a first person perspective meaning he now film the footage himself.

Perhaps his camera man left after the 4 minutes or he didn't pay him enough to film longer than that. Whatever the case, this doesn't change much from the rest of his other videos, it seems he's trying to hide something and is doing a not so good job of it.

@ImmortalJim My guess is once the game got ported to the west, Disney mistakenly put the Mega Drive boxart on it for promotional purposes. Western boxart back then are also usually very lazy cause most publishers tend to think they are the same game for example Link's Awakening on Game Boy had the same boxart as A Link to the Past resulting in most consumers buying either one or the other and not both as they think both are just the same game when really they're not.

Considering Aladdin never really use a sword in the animated movies and tv show, this makes Capcom's version of the game feel more closer to those than the Sega Genesis version. Anyways all three versions are fun to play so whichever one you prefer just play those.

At the time I didn't even know there was a second and third Mickey's Magical Quest games, I thought the first was its only game. Later after playing that one, the only other two I play on Super NES was Mickey Mania and Mickey's Ultimate Challenge, both which are okay game but nothing like Mickey's Magical Quest or the Illusion games and both are not made by either Capcom or Nintendo.

Of the Yoshi puzzle trilogy: Yoshi's Egg, Yoshi's Cookies, and Yoshi de Pon (Tetris Attack), I found this one to be less exciting. Mario himself was basically curse to be the cursor.

@nocdaes Nintendo aren't doing it cause they are a console game manufacturer, not clone maker. They make modern game consoles, retro game consoles are for the after market companies to make.

Tbh I was surprise it took that long for Nintendo to actually get that guy. Still the fact that Nintendo only put a strike and not a block on his account is generous enough. Though I like getting free games through emulation myself I would never show someone or anyone how to do it online. If they want to do it they could research and find that for themselves. It's like stealing from a grocery store without getting caught, if I could steal from a grocery store without getting caught I ain't gonna show you a tutorial about it online, you research and find out how to do that yourself. The only thing I could tell you is that it could be done, that is all.

For a company that never released any game on Sega consoles back in the days, it boggles my mind why they even bother with these. The only reason why Square Enix had any tie to these systems nowadays was that they bought a majority of IPs (Grandia, Lunar, Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, Tomb Raider, etc.) that use to be from there.

@Blast16 Double Dragon IV's issues was that it had no qol features otherwise people wouldn't be so harsh on it. The game plays just like the NES games in that if you get a Game Over, you start back from the very beginning losing your entire progress. There's no quick save, no rewind or fast forward options, no filter options, no save states, no cheat codes or bonuses for extra lives, and no new moves or levels to play except the main arcade mode. It's no surprise the newer audience didn't like it unlike Super Double Dragon which they do love it.

He talks like he doesn't want the series to evolve. Nobody wants to play Double Dragon in pixeled form forever. In hindsight the series needs to evolve or it gets stale and falls under. The only guilty pleasure of this game is that it's not coming to the Nintendo Switch, a platform known for retro re-releases since no one from the PlayStation and Xbox platforms would ever buy or play these kind of games.

Considering this could get shutdown by Sega at any time, I doubt this thing would ever make it to market. Good luck to those who did pre-order it though, hope you enjoy your Chinese plastic emulation console with Sega's name slapped on it.

Looks like a filter code. Nice that it had been found.

Well I guess if we keep waiting they may eventually make one that look like the GBA. That's when I'll probably plan to buy one someday.

So it's basically a Steam Machine that allows you to play emulate games as well. Kinda odd that those are its selling point since you could basically do all of that on an actual Steam Machine, Atari VCS, portable PC, Steam Deck, etc.

Still got this game on my Sega Saturn, nice that they are planning to bring it back.

I wonder how long they'll last until they became non-existent. Nintendo, Atari, Sony, Valve, and Sega didn't even come for RomHacking.Net but they died anyways.

@Taikuaile In this age and time you don't even need a disc drive to play those games anymore. There are ODE mod for disc based systems like the 3DO, Sega Saturn, PS1, PS2, PS3, Sega Dreamcast, GameCube, Xbox, Wii, and Wii U that will allow you to play the complete library of games on those system via microSD card instead of disc. For cartridge based games like Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Atari Lynx, Arcade, Atari Jaguar, Turbo Grafx-16, Super Grafx, NES, Super NES, N64, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Sega 32X, SG-1000, Game Boy, Game Gear, GBC, GBA, PS Vita, Nintendo DS, NeoGeo, NeoGeo Pocket Color, and Wonder Swan, there are EverDrive and flash cartridge that gives you the same privilege.

@Null2 Seems like they are following the trend from other scam vaporware consoles (ex: Coleco Chameleon, Intellivision Amico, Steam Boy, etc.) not knowing that Sega themselves are still very much active unlike those vaporware hardware that never released.

Wow an Eternal Champions movie would be fantastic especially since the two games had a deep story and great character development within its games. I would definitely be on board with this movie. It definitely would be better than a Virtua Fighter vs. DOA (two of the biggest greatest 3D fighting game series of all time) movie that's for sure.

If it's not made by Sega themselves or any of their affiliates (AtGames, M2, Retro-Bit, Tec Toy, Majesco, EverCade, Nintendo, etc.) then yes this is vaporware.

The Virtual Boy was a unique console with its own unique library of game. It was one of Gunpei Yokoi's masterpiece hardware and it showcase what virtual 3D would be like straight in your face that you could take anywhere with you. I don't think there are any company nowadays had ever invent or done what the Virtual Boy had done or outclass it better in any ways. It was its own kind of innovation and spectacle despite having its own flaws to deal with.

Doesn't look as good as the Super Game Boy enhance version but hey if you still own a Game Boy Color or Game Boy Player this is a good play.

So far the only few games that does had it are Sonic Forces, Puyo Puyo, and the SMB series (not to be mistaken with Super Mario Bros. and Super Meat Boy).

Why not trophy as well? People do like pretending they had something.

This like the Sega Spartan are just Sega fanboy wet dream consoles. They rely too much on Sega and will probably get ignore. They don't build up a reputation first and then go from there but instead thought that cause they had a website from 2002 ago they count themselves as been in the game for a long time. Nope that's not how it works, existing for that long is nothing but actually had a product and a reputation for that long would definitely interest Sega.

They only exist, they did not had a good reputation or products to show or prove to Sega that they could be a legit partner. Yes Sega support companies like Retro-Bit, Blaze and AtGames but these companies already built and had good reputation to prove to Sega that they could be trusted partners in their relationship, these guys are a bunch of nobodies creating an idea and had not proven anything yet.

This game is what Sword of Sodan on the Sega Genesis should had been like.

@aegis_autumn Remember that the price you pay for this is just for the board alone, not the actual kit, accessories, or shell. Once you got the board, you still need the kit to put everything together, then a custom shell to close up entire thing in a neat package. By the time you got all those together and setup, you had already spend more than what you would had on any of Analogue's products.

If you made one mistake that screw everything up then you've just wasted your money. Even if you finished building the thing you still had to go online to find the latest up to date operating system, programs, software, compatible cores, and roms to get it working. Note that not every operating systems for MiSTer or likewise its clone are the same. Some may function on your built and some may not and could brick your system. Some will also had better compatibility than others meaning you could play some games better on one os over the others, this applies to features as well. You really had to know what you're doing when building and setting these up to be able to make good use of em.

With Analogue you bought the complete console with everything setup, built, install, and ready to be use, that's why it cost a premium whereas these don't since you're buying parts to make one yourself. You can't compare a finish product to a set of parts that may likely fall apart.

Incredible game, still I don't get why it needs to have the Sega brand attach to it when he could just release it without one. Just finished the game and release it as your own original work, that way you don't have to worry about license conflict. Chances are Sega is likely gonna say no. Also while Sonic Mania was made official from a fan game, Streets of Rage 4 is not. That game is fully license by Sega themselves and is made by an indie dev, not a fan.

Good design but without analog sticks playing 3D games may feel a bit odd. In terms of specs; however, the Miyoo Mini Flip is still the better buy but this one is a nice budget alternative if you absolutely don't care about playing 3D games.

Miyamoto clearly said the Legend of Zelda was not based on any of those awful games, it was a game he made based from his experience as a kid who loves exploring into caves and ruins and finding lost treasures and stuffs. These games that are accusing him of that aren't even that, there's no cave, there's no exploring, it's a character swinging his weapon with no rhyme or reasons across different part of the jungle. That's it. Link is not a depiction of Miyamoto but an avatar for the player to play the game so they would experience the same childhood memory that he did but in digital form. Back at the time the only way you could make an action adventure game that offer the same level of exploration and depth is through a bird eye perspective. Just cause they exist first doesn't necessarily mean Zelda is a ripoff of them and even if it is it doesn't share their ideology, gameplay, or mechanics.

@kitestar Nintendo is going to introduced the Switch successor this fiscal year. We don't know what it'll look like or what it'll be call but they will announced it, their president said so.

What Excitebike could had evolve to in the 16-Bit era had Nintendo not replaced it with F-Zero. Definitely a game I would like to re-experience again. Hopefully there's an online play for this as I figure this game will never come to NSO. The closest game we got to this in the state was that one Power Rangers Zeo bike game.

My only issue with them was their long wait for their shipping since they only shipped in batch. Other than that I don't had that much of an issue with them and a lot of their releases got reprint via Best Buy so even if you miss their pre-order period you could still get the reprint versions at retailer. Now the bad news is that Best Buy doesn't carry physical games anymore making them Worst Buy now so the only way to get their games is either through pre-orders or finding some use copies on ebay.

Wow these Cotton games are like Puyo Puyo all of a sudden, they never stopped coming. I also never realize there's this many versions of them.

Wow so the original Super Famicom was gonna have a headphone jack and volume dial just like the Sega Mega Drive? I guess Sega caught wind of them so they change it up.

Nintendo will probably end him. I don't have faith in this emulator lasting.

Sound like they took the cheap way out.

The odd part is that there are no grappler in Killer Instinct. None of the characters in KI knows how to throw or grab until part 2 a.k.a. Killer Instinct Gold and even so they don't have any unique grapple moves.

Interesting but why the Saturn when he could had easily port it to the Dreamcast since it expand on the 3D capability even further?

@no_donatello The thing is even though the PS2 had the advantage in storage space via bigger DVD size disc, its processor is a bit slower than the GameCube. Resident Evil 4 may be on one full disc on PS2 and 2 discs on GameCube but the GameCube version not only look better but runs smoother at 60fps whereas the PS2 version despite having the full game and extra contents look a bit too jagged and only runs at 30fps.

Having emulations on phone is okay, playing them on there on the otherhand just doesn't feel right. Also they create too many cache on your phone enough so that it lags your other apps and services too. Just not worth it, just play em on your PC or those countless Chinese emulation devices that flood the market nowadays.