This reminds me of the heavy metal and Black Sabbath discussion. You can argue that heavy metal was invented before them, but it definitely wasn't invented ater.
Super Mario Bros was a revolution in game design, so that's my vote. Maybe various games had elements of its package before it came out, but you can trace thousands of games back to its influence.
They recently got rumbled on Twitter for stealing the whole thing from existing Detroit house music. Yuzo claimed he had never heard it, but the video comparison was pretty compelling.
@Hastor Give us an example of one single console that has been damaged. Should be easy, there's millions of cartridges out there with the lower voltage chips.
Reminds me of the time the wealthy pinball collector gathered up the world's most valuable and rare games, and put them in a warehouse next to the river. He valiantly drove his Ferrari into the floodwaters in an attempt to "do something."
C'mon, now, the ET thing was that it was "millions of cartridges under a three foot slab of cement." The fact that there were actually a few bags of garbage out in the desert was amusing, but nowhere near the myth.
I get that most of us are stuck in the past, but Victor Ireland is really, really, really stuck in the mid-90s. It's crazy I'm still seeing his name all the time 30 years ago.
It'd be nice if they made their PCB available for people to put other games onto. Apparently making a reasonably priced AES PCB is literally the hardest thing in the retro world.
I was going to call BS on this myth, but I actually own Virtua Racing for both Genesis and Japanese Megadrive. So I opened them both up. The Genesis version has an RF shield that's been slapped inside and the Japanese copy doesn't.
Everdrive is not original hardware, and it will ignore many mistakes that regular PCBs cannot. SEGA used their PCB 171-6278A and it's variants for most of their 2MB games with SRAM, and I've never gotten any of your patches to save correctly on them. Anyway, I recognize that I'm in a very narrow niche here, but it would be cool if your hacks worked on original or reproduction single game cartridges. I think you've done 99% of the work already.
Your checksum is incorrect when the patch is applied, for what it's worth. You can test that in Fusion and fix in RomSuite.
Keep up the good work, though, it's always great to see you releasing new things.
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Re: What's The Most Influential Video Game of All Time? BAFTA Needs Your Help To Decide
This reminds me of the heavy metal and Black Sabbath discussion. You can argue that heavy metal was invented before them, but it definitely wasn't invented ater.
Super Mario Bros was a revolution in game design, so that's my vote. Maybe various games had elements of its package before it came out, but you can trace thousands of games back to its influence.
Re: Streets Of Rage Composer Is "Disappointed" More People Aren't Aware Of His Work
They recently got rumbled on Twitter for stealing the whole thing from existing Detroit house music. Yuzo claimed he had never heard it, but the video comparison was pretty compelling.
Re: "This Cartridge Is A Tiny Time Bomb" - Limited Run Accused Of Selling Carts Which Can Damage Your NES
@Hastor Give us an example of one single console that has been damaged. Should be easy, there's millions of cartridges out there with the lower voltage chips.
Re: "This Cartridge Is A Tiny Time Bomb" - Limited Run Accused Of Selling Carts Which Can Damage Your NES
Oh look, it's this myth again. People will believe anything.
Re: Creator Of New Open-Source Game Boy Disagrees That FPGA Is Superior To Software Emulation
Have y'all considered a Pi?
Re: Random: The Gloriously Unhinged SuperSega Saga Now Has Its Own Song
I don't know, I think the whole thing is amusing. Keep sending him money!
Re: Atari Jaguar Mario Kart Clone 'Atari Karts' Is Getting A New Limited-Edition Reprint
$22 shipped on AliExpress....
Re: Retro Computer Museum Hit By "Devastating" Flood Damage
Reminds me of the time the wealthy pinball collector gathered up the world's most valuable and rare games, and put them in a warehouse next to the river. He valiantly drove his Ferrari into the floodwaters in an attempt to "do something."
https://www.pinballnews.com/news/flood.html
Re: 28 Years Ago, Michael Jackson Collaborated With Sega On A Game That Never Happened
Nice of you to drag up the sex abuse allegations and get the details wrong anyway. Wasn't charged?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Michael_Jackson
Ok, bro.
Re: Sorry, But That Nightmarish Lara Croft PS1 Controller Isn't Real
C'mon, now, the ET thing was that it was "millions of cartridges under a three foot slab of cement." The fact that there were actually a few bags of garbage out in the desert was amusing, but nowhere near the myth.
Re: Review: AYANEO Pocket DMG - This Pricey Emulation Monster Thinks It's A Game Boy
I can already do all that crap on the phone I already own.
Re: Sega Wanted Phantasy Star IV To Flop In The West, Hence The Sky-High $100 Price
I get that most of us are stuck in the past, but Victor Ireland is really, really, really stuck in the mid-90s. It's crazy I'm still seeing his name all the time 30 years ago.
Re: Mega Drive / Genesis Fan Port "Mega Splatterhouse" Just Got A Demo For Halloween
Demo is incredible. Nice work, guys!
Re: "There Are No Bad Options" - The SNES 2CHIP Vs 1CHIP Debate Just Got Put To Bed
@GhaleonUnlimited Yep, if Voultar says it, it's instantly suspect for me lately.
Re: Three More Sought-After Toaplan Shmups Are Resurrected On Genesis / Mega Drive At Bargain Prices
Or get a bootleg from Aliexpress for $5. Or make your own with a 50 cent eprom, $2 repro board, and a shell from a $1 Joe Montana Football.
Re: Blaze Announce Dual Cart Featuring Mega Drive Titles Metal Dragon & Life On Mars
Like 90% of the assets in Metal Dragon are stolen from other games... Oh well, you love to see it.
Re: Triple Impact Is A Promising New SNES Beat 'Em Up
Can't do much on SNES without custom chips on the cartridge PCB. That seems to cut into the homebrew scene a lot...
Re: Here's Your First (Blurry) Look At SuperSega's PCB
Even their YouTube video is aggressively blurry.
Re: New Sega Rally Soundtrack Just Settled A Decades-Old Argument
@Ravsieg Time to go replay Sega Touring Car Championship ;D
Re: New Sega Rally Soundtrack Just Settled A Decades-Old Argument
@Ravsieg Are you stuck in a window pane?
Re: "He Was Going To Crash His Car Into Sunsoft’s Gates" - Gimmick! Designer Tomomi Sakai On Making A Nintendo Masterpiece
Always felt like a half baked Kirby ripoff to me.
Re: Review: MiSTer Pi - A $99 Gateway To FPGA Retro Gaming
3/4s of the fun of Mister is lording it over everyone that you spend $600 on a baby toy.
Re: New Streets Of Rage 2 Hack Adds Levelling System To The Classic Sega Beltscroller
It would be nice if someone actually changed up the levels in this game. There are a billion hacks for it already.
Re: EverDrive Maker Krikzz Releases $40 Genesis / Mega Drive ROM Cart, Open-ED
Not understanding the point of this at all.
You can already buy reprogrammable PCBs for ~$5. The USB flasher is $30.
You can have reproduction PCBs printed for $1-2 each and use an EPROM or newer EEPROM.
There's already designs out there supporting 4MB games and saving functionality via FeRAM. The BOM on those is ~$10.
Re: Here's Our First Footage Of 'Final Vendetta' On Neo Geo Hardware
It'd be nice if they made their PCB available for people to put other games onto. Apparently making a reasonably priced AES PCB is literally the hardest thing in the retro world.
Re: Flashback: Remember When Virtua Racing Caused Prank Phone Calls?
I was going to call BS on this myth, but I actually own Virtua Racing for both Genesis and Japanese Megadrive. So I opened them both up. The Genesis version has an RF shield that's been slapped inside and the Japanese copy doesn't.
Re: Mega Drive / Genesis Shmup 'ZPF' Smashes Kickstarter Goal In Just 19 Minutes
Genesis doesn't need any more shooters.
Rocket Panda release is 2 months behind schedule, despite being "alright ready." I'm a little leery about this publisher.
No ROM option? Yeah, pass. $55 for a $5 cartridge is ridiculous.
Re: Sega's Cancelled Neptune Console Is Getting Revived In FPGA Form
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
Re: Remember That $400,000 Haul Of Stolen Playdate Consoles? They've Been Found
@Bunkerneath Was really kind of the thieves to stack them up so neatly, too.
Re: FPGA Vs Software Emulation - Which Is Best? We Asked Four Experts To Find Out
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Re: The Cost Of Owning A MiSTer FPGA Is About To Come Down Dramatically
Will owners of this cheaper version be similarly obligated to never STFU about it?
Re: This New Sunset Riders Genesis' Hack Lets You Record Your High Scores
@BillyTime
Everdrive is not original hardware, and it will ignore many mistakes that regular PCBs cannot. SEGA used their PCB 171-6278A and it's variants for most of their 2MB games with SRAM, and I've never gotten any of your patches to save correctly on them. Anyway, I recognize that I'm in a very narrow niche here, but it would be cool if your hacks worked on original or reproduction single game cartridges. I think you've done 99% of the work already.
Your checksum is incorrect when the patch is applied, for what it's worth. You can test that in Fusion and fix in RomSuite.
Keep up the good work, though, it's always great to see you releasing new things.
Re: This New Sunset Riders Genesis' Hack Lets You Record Your High Scores
His SRAM hacks never work on original hardware, unfortunately.