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@Starless My guess is that some sort of AI-component is used to calculate and store information on distance, position and room lighting. It may also be used for a "run-ahead"-feature in order to reduce lag, modern emulators already do this.
Looks ace, very promising! This should be the next step for mini consoles.

Taito can f themselves. All the games I bought on Android are now gone and unavailable for the newest version of Android. I will not switch to Apple just for Apple Arcade.
Also, Google should seriously address this problem. I don't buy from Play Store anymore because games you paid for can be delisted at any time.

A recompiled native PC version of Panzer Dragoon Orta would be very awesome since it doesn't look like Sega is interested in porting it.

Dante's Inferno
Asura's Wrath
Afterburner Climax
...
Oh the potential!

Instead of simply porting Scarlet Dawn to Steam and current consoles they waste money on this...why?

Brand new high quality arcade crt monitors! Wow. 500 is a bargain...if you have the space.

Awesome remix of a timeless classic! There's also a more modern take in the form of Wizard of Walls, available on Steam. Both versions are great in their own ways!

I'm sure Ian Fleming and Sean Connery find Barbara's ignorance positively amusing.

"later on"? Like in 5 years?!
This message is ridiculous and just shows how they completely don't give a damn.
The business tactics of WaterMelon are fraudulent.
Imo, news sites should refuse to give them any attention until WM publicaly announces a release date AND starts shipping the cartridge to the people who paid them but received nothing yet.

What has been stolen here? From which artist? From which image? I would certainly be more interested in an article about this magazine than another pointless AI-rant. Didn't know there was an italian version of Zzap!

@MARl0 If you prefer arcade accurate, yes. But if you don't mind significantly improved graphics and some gameplay enhancements inspired by UMK3, then the Mugen "port" MK 2 Remix is still the best way to play oldschool MK2 imho.

"...3D Streets of Rage 2 is no longer available via the 3DS eShop..."
It is available, but not on the official one. I recommend installing a Custom Firmware since Nintendo abandoned the system.

Rough translation: We heard that Supercell is making tons of money so we decided to do something similar. A casual fighting/shooting game with lots of characters...and yes, of course it'll be a service game. LOL, Cave.

How about a collection of classic Sega light gun games loaded onto a box with a usb-gun that connects to a tv like the minis?
That would be collection I'd buy.

"Sadly, all of these games are now unavailable digitally, as Nintendo has closed down the 3DS eShop."

The second part is partially true. The first part is definitely wrong;-)

Due to the stereoscopic effect a unique series with probably the best Space Harrier version to date.

Let's see which of these get actually finished and released...

Nothing beats The Goonies Never Say Die Pinball table for VPX! Best Goonies experience since the film

@PKDuckman Thanks for the recommendation! Looks wild. Loved Cabal back in the days.

Let's see what these "additional elements unique to arcades" will be. If it's less slowdown and better sound due to technical limitations of the MD, I'm fine with it. However, if this means new ship or arrange mode, I will not buy the MD version anymore.
The original concept behind Earthion is (was?) creating a supreme MD shooter - oldschool in gameplay, but made with modern tools and design sensibilities. If this original version is inferior to its ports, I'm not interested.

@Damo If you accuse somebody or a process of a crime or wrong doing but cannot name the victims, you will loose in any court of law of the western world.
Your fears are understandable and should be debated. However your point remains vague at best.

@Damo Imitation is not theft. If you cook your own chocolate by imitating and mixing different recipes your not automatically stealing from the supermarket. Even if the owner of the supermarket thinks that you are ruining his business. He should stop complaining and stock better chocolate.
The printing presses freed people from the monopoly of reproduction of texts, mostly held and controlled by church and monarchy. It was a technical process. Rewarding the author was a separate process. Not every author was rewarded or credited. Tell me, who is the original author of the picture that is the subject of this article? Name the individual the AI module "stole" from.

AI models are not stealing, they are learning. Learning always involves analyzing and imitating. Every human painter or musician learned by imitation, combination and repetition. The difference is the speed of the learning process and the number of sources. Printing presses made scribes obsolete but not writing. AI tools can and already are used for editing and processing of human created content. For small development teams it can save time, costs and provide additional layers to experiment with.

AI tools for visuals, music, voice work, translations are here to stay and help lower costs. In many cases using AI in the concept stage speeds up development considerably. In some cases it allows very small teams to get a game done even if they can't afford a professional graphic artist or musician.
The hate is a knee jerk reaction and will soon die out.

Wow, the new color palette is beautiful! I love the arcade original but this looks even better. The remixed music sounds great. I so hope this gets finished!

This looks so slick! I'm seriously looking forward to the cool stuff that will be possible on the good ol MD with the much larger size of modern cartridges.

@knight0fdragon They are taking what they can get for a low price. Mainly defective ones, especially ones with a defective or broken disc drive. Of course they are raising them from the dead because these drive-less Saturns are doing exactly the same thing as the original ones - they play Saturn games on real hardware. The only thing this is truly killing are the obscenely overpriced second-hand game discs. And this I welcome.

@knight0fdragon "Supplies of the system are high"? How does that work? Given the facts that Sega stopped producing consoles long time ago and the circulating hardware dies eventually, supplies go down, not up. I can tell you from experience that the drive usually dies first. So if you can play games without it, get rid of it. Anybody who repairs used Saturns and sells them is raising the system from the dead. Whether it's an individual or AliExpress.

@duffmmann The issue is that collectors jacked up prices for second hand copies in order to resell with profit in the future. Consoles without drives hurt their "business-tactics".

Hehe, yeah sure. My guess is, that it has more to do with the jacked up prices of the disc based games that will surely plummet once people get rid of their drives or start out with no drive at all. Poor "collectors"

Apples and oranges. The 3DO in 1993 was always positioned as a high-end machine for enthusiasts and some rental stores, way outside of the mainstream market. The playstation brand is supposed to be just that - mainstream.
The price is not even the biggest problem. Launching a Pro model without disc drive is like selling Mercedes-Benz S-class without doors and a trunk.
Sony lost touch with their core market.

This looks great! Pretty wild trailer too:-)

@nilcam I just wish we could go back to a less politicized industry. It used to be all about cool and innovative products.

@LioKizer Thank the Gods of endless tolerance for people like you who won't get tired of telling others who to hate and who to tolerate. Even when no one asked...
Back to topic, this truly looks like a labor of love. Not very common in todays industry.

Over the decades I've played many horizontal shmups on many systems - Thunder Force IV, Gradius Gaiden, G-Darius, Border Down...all classics, very playable to this day.
However, Gradius V is in a league of its own. To me, Gradius V is the best horizontal shooter ever created. The pinnacle of a design that strarted with Scramble in 1981. It looks even more beautiful today when upscaled in PCSX2.
I would absolutely pay for a proper remaster of this timeless gem.

@RobertPayne556 Steamboat Wilie was published in 1928 and entered public domain in 2024. What are you trying to say?

You can't just push intellectual property into public domain after 10 (!) years only because the rightful owner who paid for it hasn't done anything with it that resulted in a finished product. That's why Emulation - though often not completely legal - is ultimately saving more games from obscurity than companies like Nintendo are willing to admit.

Pyron is a cool and skilled dude! His Street Fighter 2 Remastered edition is basically the best SF2 you can get on the Mega. He also had a beautiful looking Sunset Riders port in the works. Hopefully, he can someday finish one of his many projects...

Dead Or Alive 4 is still the best one.

@OldManHermit
Pretty sure Okamoto mentioned that his game was somehow inspired by Walter Hill's Streets of Fire. So in a certain way, this film already exists.