A friend of mine has two complete sets of the controllers and games. I want to borrow one off him, not so I can play the game, but just to rig the controllers up in my living room and play about with them while making mech noises.
This is definitely one of my favourite games. It was built with the 3D graphics overlaying an 8-directional movement grid which meant it largely avoided that annoying situation of accidentally jumping at just the wrong angle. The result was a game that made you feel as though it wanted you to win, wanted you to feel like you were just that good at wall-running and leaping across spike-filled pits. The time rewinding aspect was great as well, it worked so neatly to reduce the amount of repetition required when you messed up a section.
@Guru_Larry I had no idea it was still going. I think I managed to con my parents into getting me a few Spectrum games across successive visits. I seem to recall that's where I got Curse of Sherwood which I loved to bits.
I used to hate getting dragged out shopping with my parents when I was a kid and these sort of units made it just about bearable. I had a ZX Spectrum at home but no console until the SNES so it was a world of difference. I remember playing a Goonies game on a demo NES in Makro (big trade discount place like Costco) on one particularly long and boring trip.
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Re: You Can Dump A Game Boy Advance ROM By Crashing It And Recording The Audio
That's so cyberpunk it could have been taken from an early draft by William Gibson.
Re: The Making Of: Steel Battalion, The Ultimate Hardcore Mecha Experience
A friend of mine has two complete sets of the controllers and games. I want to borrow one off him, not so I can play the game, but just to rig the controllers up in my living room and play about with them while making mech noises.
Re: This Game Boy-Style 'RoboCop Vs Predator' Game Is Totally Free
The Clarence Boddicker spritework is great. Really captures the character.
Re: Warhammer 40K: Boltgun Contains An Awesome Throwback To Games Workshop's Musical Past
Bloody hell! That's brought back some memories. I had that album on cassette and played it to death.
I think my favourite track was the Dark Future set one which started off with a snippet from a DJ on some post-apoc radio station.
Which, weirdly enough, is also what London Calling the The Clash is about.
I may have to go an give it a listen later, see how many of the lyrics I can remember.
"Pulling on my metal boots,
Stepping out with you."
Re: Anniversary: Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time Is 20 Today
This is definitely one of my favourite games. It was built with the 3D graphics overlaying an 8-directional movement grid which meant it largely avoided that annoying situation of accidentally jumping at just the wrong angle.
The result was a game that made you feel as though it wanted you to win, wanted you to feel like you were just that good at wall-running and leaping across spike-filled pits.
The time rewinding aspect was great as well, it worked so neatly to reduce the amount of repetition required when you messed up a section.
Re: Insanely Rare Nintendo M6 Demo Unit Goes Up For Auction On eBay
@Guru_Larry
I had no idea it was still going. I think I managed to con my parents into getting me a few Spectrum games across successive visits. I seem to recall that's where I got Curse of Sherwood which I loved to bits.
Re: Insanely Rare Nintendo M6 Demo Unit Goes Up For Auction On eBay
I used to hate getting dragged out shopping with my parents when I was a kid and these sort of units made it just about bearable. I had a ZX Spectrum at home but no console until the SNES so it was a world of difference.
I remember playing a Goonies game on a demo NES in Makro (big trade discount place like Costco) on one particularly long and boring trip.
Re: Review: 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard: Mario Teaches Typing
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UK keyboards also have an extra key, between Left Shift and "Z". It has the | (pipe) and backslash characters.
And the collection of odd symbols next to the 1 on the top row holds different characters.
Re: Review: 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard: Mario Teaches Typing
The design looks great, not even specifically NES but just 80's futuristic. I also love a decent mechanical keyboard.
The only downside is that it's a US key layout which means I couldn't justify buying it.
Could be worth mentioning that in the Cons column.