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Please do SMB3 next!

@RetroMasters we had the 4 colour buttons on the snes here in the UK…….also in the west.

Chris Donald comes from my neck of the woods. Viz is a very Geordie-centric comic and still going strong today.

@slider1983 I had the 17 bit space ace demo disk, which could play half of the trailer at a time, unless you had the 1 Meg ram upgrade so it could play in it’s entirety.

Heady times

@slider1983 exactly, plus the original unedited article said it was released for the Sega CD first then mentioned the PAL Mega CD release.

It was pandering to a US audience and was factually incorrect.

The uneducated will remain misinformed.

@MrPeanutbutterz @slider1983 I see the wording had been altered to include Mega CD. Small victory?

It was released for the Mega CD in Japan. Not the Sega CD.

I realise the site has a NA bias, but in the next sentence you mention the PAL Mega CD and the Mega Drive.

That YouTube guy is massively annoying. He sounds both pathetic and ridiculous.

@Scollurio now available for under £50 delivered to the UK. Anbernic cannot build a good OS and not enough sold for sufficient homebrew support.

The chances of a new, more powerful variant are non existent 😔

@Scollurio my biggest disappointment was the Saturn controller shaped Anbernic Arc. Easily the best controls I’ve even seen on these kinds of of devices, but was too underpowered to play the games it’s aesthetically trying to replicate.

@Peteykins this is a handheld game console which runs emulators. Even the switch can run many of them.

I could never understand changes like this. I’m sure a U.S. audience could appreciate the Japanese soundtrack. Same goes for Sonic CD.

I had the Japanese import version of this back in 86 and it still holds up. There was a great remake from brain games for the PC which is definitely worth checking out.

28 YO max. The white pad was launched in 1996.

The headline image used is from Turbo Outrun.

@Daniel36 everybody here, I’d assume 🫣

These speed runs mean nothing to me as they rely on glitches and flaws in the game. As soon as they are used, they are playing outside of the boundaries intended by the game creators. It’s cheating and worthless.

And ‘Jersey.’

That and soccer aren’t used over here, however the pull of a North American audience must outweigh the English origins of the website.

@slider1983 I tried to explain why the MD had such an active homebrew scene in comparison to the SNES and I could literally hear the torches being lit and pitchforks sharpened!

@slider1983 Sorry, I forgot I wasn't on NL! So much Sega hate on there 😔

@slider1983 I'd go as far as to say that the MD had the best sound chip of all the 8&16bit systems. Obviously, that wasn't the case for games developed in the west using the GEMS sound driver, but in the right hands compositions by sakimoto, koshiro etc used their own custom drivers which remain fantastic to this day.

The SNES style 4 button layout was an inspired choice for a Mega Drive clone 😩

The LED Storm title music was an amazing track. 👏

@UK_Kev pretty sure the cdi was marketed as an interactive media device rather than a console at launch. However, it had a lot more games released for it than the others mentioned, not just lemmings.

Off the top of my head, it also had.....
Namco arcade classics
Defender of the crown
International tennis
Palm springs open
All those laserdisc ports, dragons lair, space ace etc..
Laserdisc based gun games....mad dog mccree etc.
Micro machines
Myst
Striker
World Cup golf
Tetris
Pac attack
Chaos control and the sequel solar crusade
Little divil

I'm not saying it was a great system for games but it had a decent line up, was supported for around 5-6 years, was a video cd player with the mpeg card upgrade and non games players bought into it at the time due to being sold in tv dealers rather than game stores. Older people were probably sold on the idea of a full set of encyclopedia being available on a single disc.

@UK_Kev you’re forgetting about the GX4000, the Apple Pippin, CDTV, NUON, Playdia and the PC-FX.

It may have been crap, but at least the CDi had some software support.

@JackGYarwood You may want to check the title again Jack 🫣

@city952 the MD doesn't slowdown half as much.

I'm completely against anything like this which results in standard consoles being gutted.

This Is not preserving the system. Just making it even rarer, more costly and ultimately more obscure.

@slider1983 it emulates both variants. The reason it looks like the 48k model is more simple. It’s an iconic design. Easily the most recognisable British computer of all time. Also, the 128K from an aesthetic standpoint was an Amstrad designed and built abomination.

@PinballBuzzbro you must be the first person I’ve heard refer to Gradius III as crap. Not everyone’s favourite, but c’mon!

Such a shame they are using the inferior American soundtrack, but props for porting this.

The western logo is awful. We all know they should use the astro city font.

@Damo small typo, ‘ It emulates both the 46 and 128 models of Sinclair's famous home micro’

@RetroGames
@Azuris Quote from Azuris Fri, 11:32am
‘You can't use it with the original Satallaview, but with the original Super Nintendo and SD2SNES, Emulation and i guess more of that kind.’

This is incorrect, you can only use the service with the above mentioned Windows emulators. Flash carts on original hardware are not supported as of yet.

If you haven’t heard Midnight Resistance and Verytex on Mega Drive you should do so right now. Sakimoto San created his own sound drivers for the hardware. The results are staggering.

These are two superlative soundtracks.

Ps. Mega Drive Gauntlet is also amazing.

@ColecoOfficial appreciate the official response.

Can I ask if there is any chance you could use a 26" 1:1 ratio screen for this? It would mirror the aspect ratio of the target systems far more closely and would certainly be appreciated by the core market you're looking to entice.

That was some blue blue skies thinking right there 🌽

@Popetherev28 What blows my mind most Is we're still talking about active game development, both homebrew and commercial on a 36 year old game system.

16:9 LED monitors in an arcade cabinet make me cry.

Ps. I've seen better builds in people's garages than this. Truly awful.

@PopetheRev28 points for anime pope Francis!

This looks stunning, but could take years to complete such an accurate port by such a small team.

......we've waited 30 years so what's another few.

Ps. The sound arrangement is absolutely awesome.

We may get some ports or emulated versions of ps2 games on the switch 2..........hopefully

@PopetheRev28 I wish I could rewind the last 30 years

Ps. This is looking a far more faithful port than the castlevania iv one.

This game always deserved a genuine sequel, but this will more than do. Great work from the devs.

Anything written by Jaz is a 100% must read.

Do whatever it takes to buy this book, even if it means selling your granny.

@Anarchist_Tai_50 they made and fulfilled all first batch orders and are currently taking orders for Q4 delivery this year.

Always good to hear Bully being mentioned.

Such a shame that Rockstar don't make games other than GTA or RDR anymore.

This just screams of being a con job.

What an awesome arcade game, along with the later F3 board sequels. Spent a lot on this and Taito Cup Finals back in the day.

Hope the female streaker makes a return!

Can we get Saturn and Mega Drive ports too please!

@helbertpina it plays perfectly. The model 3 emulator runs perfectly too if you want to play scud race or daytona USA 2.