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Re: Random: Here's The Story Of Why Capcom's SNES Aladdin Game Didn't Feature A Sword

Serpenterror

@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.

Re: The Making Of: The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse, Capcom's SNES Classic

Serpenterror

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.

Re: Nintendo Is Now Going After YouTube Accounts Which Show Its Games Being Emulated

Serpenterror

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.

Re: Double Dragon Artist Says Double Dragon Revive Is "Cheap" And "Shows No Respect" To The Series

Serpenterror

@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.

Re: Double Dragon Artist Says Double Dragon Revive Is "Cheap" And "Shows No Respect" To The Series

Serpenterror

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.

Re: SuperSega FPGA Team Understands Why You Think Its Console Is "Vapourware"

Serpenterror

@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.

Re: Want To Know The Real Scale Of The Virtual Boy's Failure? Visit A Japanese Game Shop

Serpenterror

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.

Re: "We Are Waiting For A Reply From Sega" - SuperSega FPGA Console Team Talk Price, Release Date And More

Serpenterror

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.

Re: Taki Udon's $99 MiSTer FPGA Clone Won't Be $99 - It Will Be Even Cheaper

Serpenterror

@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.

Re: Meet The Solo Dev Whose Sega Rally Tribute Could Become An Official Sequel

Serpenterror

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.

Re: Did The Stampers Really Think Miyamoto Copied Sabre Wulf With Zelda?

Serpenterror

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.

Re: Soapbox: The Trouble With Limited Run Games, And How To Fix It

Serpenterror

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.

Re: Grand Theft Auto III Likely Wouldn't Exist Without The Sega Dreamcast

Serpenterror

@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.

Re: iPhone NES Emulator Pulled From App Store "Out Of Fear"

Serpenterror

He did the right thing, whether Nintendo is coming to get him or not is questionable. Taking the risk out of his life is better than leaving it in to applease the brokees. Emulators and emulations in general are legal but there's a few bunch of individuals who used it for illegal means and those are the ones that ruins the game for everyone.

Re: Evercade EXP-R And Evercade VS-R Consoles Launch This July

Serpenterror

@Moroboshi876 The VS-R console will only come bundle with one controller instead of two unlike the original VS. That's why it's cheaper. I say if you don't care about portability and don't have anyone to play with then the VS-R is the more affordable way to get it, if you do have another person to play with then just stick to the original VS. Other than the colors, there really is no difference in specs between the two.

Re: This New NES Accessory Makes Cheating At Zelda Easier Than Ever

Serpenterror

@Ironcore If you used an 8Bitdo GBros. adapter that'll work too. The GBros. adapter will let you control both a GameCube controller and Wii Classic Controller, NES Classic Edition Controller or Super NES Classic Edition Controller wirelessly at the same time as the same player for the Wii U and Nintendo Switch.

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