EA is terrible for a massive amount of reasons, but they really were declared the worst for a very very VERY stupid reason when, compared to other American companies, espcially at the time, they were Mr. Rogers.
@gojiguy Ah. So the Interplay Special. Gonna be interesting to see if the IP end up at Hamster or City Connection when whatever geezer that's keeping the dream alive finally corks it. I say that about Seibu and Treasure, cause Treasure in it's current state is just sad, man.
@gojiguy I... see. They're all published by something called KMBOX now, (though I think Zerodiv was always the developer of the emulator) who look to be a... Chinese small form computer manufacturer?
...Mega Cat is a LOT more prolific than I thought they were, and I'm not entirely sure they count as indie because of that.
Also, someone tell me how wrong I am on this but isn't H.E.R.O. on of, if not THE most expensive 2600 cartridges cause it somehow never got re-released on any of the comps before?
The reason all this is happening is because Sony apparently only ever owned the games, never the characters of Parappa. Original creator Rodney retained everything else
I don't know what Culdcept is and I'll never understand, but Am obligated to point out that since it's the Clarice engine porting the first game, the new one is also being published by City Connection physically. True cartridge, just like Rushing Beat, and the relationship with LRG's much cooler European cousin remains stonger than ever as Begins is planned for a world wide simultaneous physical release.
That... is a THQNordic IP. At least, it was the last time I checked.
Me thinks there was an IP fore sale at one point, though wouldn't they be line items on the IR reports? I'll have to remove this and Delta Force later.
@slider1983 I'm not saying they aren't. I'm just saying, it explains why he did that. The exiting of a CEO, let alone a founder, is a long bureicratic process that requires transtional ceremony and what-not; at least when the exit isn't via cops and/or a 20 story window
Well that explains why that Nickelodeon collection has the "Mighty Rabbit" logo in it since that's Josh's corporate Identity (Note to self, take all the Mighty Rabbit stuff out of the Spreadsheet. And burn it) so that means he wants to make sure he gets his paycheck for that. Same reason he bought all those FMV games personally, rather than on Embracer's dime Speaking of, I've removed all that Mighty Rabbit crap that was questionable to begin with afrom my spreadsheet. It's now just Plumbers Don't Wear Ties and Little Samson. Embracer is now once again shorter than Konami; cause I don't know where to even start with the Dark Horse crap, nor do I want to. With the Fellowship Shuffle happening this year they'll most likely be shuffled directly under GOE and/or Aspyr, meaning LRG will FINALLY have someone with a compitent understanding of logistical priority. TIL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAEDQwMtf4o
I find it funny, if a bit frustrating that this escaped Atari Groovy-posting containment, and most people's reactions are STILL "Atari's still a thing"?
YES! DID YOU NOT SEE THE BUBSY AND MORTAL KOMBAT?!
There's this one guy on the Atsri forums who's been hyping up Atari's tinyBuild connection like it's what's going to take Atari's stock value to the moon.
If this is all that relationship ends up amounting too I am going to lauch my ass, sorry arse, off to how fuming he's going to be.
As the Embracer sycophant who KNEW CDE was a bad idea even before The Randy happened, I would just like to say it's bit one sided that the media focuses on every little thing that goes wrong in Canada: meanwhile I only saw one site report on Arc spinning back off into it's own thing, there was hardly any coverage of Coffe Stain spining-off with most Amplifier, and speaking of Amplifier NOBODY covers what happens with any of them. Whether they bought themselves back, went under, or were moved to a different branch like Coffee Stain or THQNordic.
What I'm saying is websites are using Eidos for click-bait when even without The Randy we should have expected CDE to slim WAY the hell down given how bloated they had gotten under Square-Enix, to the point of only having 2 games that were confirmed to turn a profit (Deus Ex 3 and Tomb Raider Snuff Edition Part 1), and the fact that the process was this protracted when any other buyer would have been way more aggressive with the cuts early on is-
Pairing Body Harvest up with a bunch of games from Piko's most direct competitor is certainly a choice that I am surprised Pich went along with.
Also: reminder to myself I apparently need to add Super Solitaire, Burning Road, and Dead in the Water to the Ziggy section of my spreadsheet as, apparently, this is the first time Ziggy's ever re-released those 3.
I've long held the conspiracy that the rise of AI data centers and all those ecological disaster speedruns started, quite coincidentally around the same time Elon started doubling down on his space colonization efforts again.
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Re: "If That Bothers You, I Understand" - Android Devices Get A Nintendo StreetPass Successor, But Of Course There's A Catch
The sub-line is the most self-destructive thing I've seen on the Internet
Re: "At EA, We Were Voted The Worst Company In America Because Of The End Of Mass Effect"
EA is terrible for a massive amount of reasons, but they really were declared the worst for a very very VERY stupid reason when, compared to other American companies, espcially at the time, they were Mr. Rogers.
Re: Kumagumi Launches A Range Of Official Raiden Merchandise
@gojiguy Ah. So the Interplay Special. Gonna be interesting to see if the IP end up at Hamster or City Connection when whatever geezer that's keeping the dream alive finally corks it. I say that about Seibu and Treasure, cause Treasure in it's current state is just sad, man.
Re: Review: Polymega Collection Vol. 13: Sengoku Blade - Come For The Comically Large Chests, Stay For Chimera Beast
@gojiguy I... see. They're all published by something called KMBOX now, (though I think Zerodiv was always the developer of the emulator) who look to be a... Chinese small form computer manufacturer?
Re: Kumagumi Launches A Range Of Official Raiden Merchandise
Can someone explain to me how Seibu Kaihatsu is still slive?
Re: Review: Polymega Collection Vol. 13: Sengoku Blade - Come For The Comically Large Chests, Stay For Chimera Beast
@gojiguy Citation?
No seriously, I'd love a source that casue I've found nothing on PSiKYO 's legal status in English.
Re: Review: Polymega Collection Vol. 13: Sengoku Blade - Come For The Comically Large Chests, Stay For Crimera Beast
As far as I'm aware, PSiKYO is a division/brand under City Connection now, so the Jaleco games make perfect sense.
Re: "Then They F**ked With Us" - Cookie's Bustle Has Finally Been Liberated From Copyright Troll Hell
Of course his name is Brandon
Re: Evercade Range Expands With Two New Carts And A Banjo-Kazooie-Packing Super Pocket
@NatiaAdamo Man, it seems so weird that there was a time Call of Duty had art and passion put into it.
Re: Evercade Range Expands With Two New Carts And A Banjo-Kazooie-Packing Super Pocket
...Mega Cat is a LOT more prolific than I thought they were, and I'm not entirely sure they count as indie because of that.
Also, someone tell me how wrong I am on this but isn't H.E.R.O. on of, if not THE most expensive 2600 cartridges cause it somehow never got re-released on any of the comps before?
Re: "What In The F*ck Have They Done" - Panzer Dragoon Zwei Remake's Steam Demo Has Upset Some Fans
Oh that's nice. It did better than expected
Re: Virtuoso Skins Game Is A New Y2K-Inspired Golf Title That's Giving Us Major Dreamcast Vibes
That is indeed a Jet Set Radio Golfing spin-off
Re: PlayStation Classic 'PaRappa the Rapper' Is Getting A Bunch Of New Clothing & Merch In Japan
The reason all this is happening is because Sony apparently only ever owned the games, never the characters of Parappa. Original creator Rodney retained everything else
Re: We're Getting Not One But Two Culdcept Titles This July
@Sketcz ....
Nope, still lost
Re: We're Getting Not One But Two Culdcept Titles This July
I don't know what Culdcept is and I'll never understand, but Am obligated to point out that since it's the Clarice engine porting the first game, the new one is also being published by City Connection physically. True cartridge, just like Rushing Beat, and the relationship with LRG's much cooler European cousin remains stonger than ever as Begins is planned for a world wide simultaneous physical release.
Re: Japanese Fans Are Getting A Ganbare Goemon Collection, And We've Never Been More Jealous
@PKDuckman I said Seems.
Although, I'm surprised this beat that Shmup they were making to be the first of their "numbered" releases.
Re: Japanese Switch Owners Are Getting A Ganbare Goemon Collection, And We've Never Been More Jealous
This is done by M2 while Digital Eclipse seems to have done Bomberman
Re: DOOM Is Coming To Evercade
Huh... that's one of those things you feel like was always there. Just by default
Re: "We Are Testing The Waters" - Newly Resurrected Digital Image Design Is Bringing Back One Of Its Classic Flight Combat Sims
That... is a THQNordic IP. At least, it was the last time I checked.
Me thinks there was an IP fore sale at one point, though wouldn't they be line items on the IR reports? I'll have to remove this and Delta Force later.
Re: You Can Pick Up The Original Alone In The Dark Trilogy Now For Free On GOG
Thanks, Klemens
Re: New 'Fatal Fury: Trilogy Collection' Brings Together Three Classic Fighting Games For The X68000 Z
@LowDefAl That's what I said. They are inventing new platforms just for SNK, City Connection, and Atari to port old ROMa too
Re: New 'Fatal Fury: Trilogy Collection' Brings Together Three Classic Fighting Games For The X68000 Z
The lengths SNK goes to to find new ways to port their old games is impressive, if a bit distressing
Re: Gunbird And Rival Turf Are Coming To Polymega, Along With This Rare Arcade-Only Fighter
Synergy Connection
Re: "The Fine Arts Were Always A Massive Grift" - Controversial Earthworm Jim Creator Goes All-In On Generative AI
Doug is well passed the point of crashing the plane with no survivors
Re: Flagship Chuck's Arcade Kansas City Location Closes Without Warning
@dustinprewitt Okay, now I know you're talking out your arse becasue Kansas City's never HAD a Jasper's.
Re: Flagship Chuck's Arcade Kansas City Location Closes Without Warning
@PopetheRev28 They changed their name, but the point is Kansas City still plays by the old rules.
Re: Flagship Chuck's Arcade Kansas City Location Closes Without Warning
This may look weird to you, but it's standard practice in Kansas City. Mob town rules
Re: New Video Reveals The Inner Workings Of Nintendo's Ill-Fated Virtual Boy
No one ever thought to take one of these things apart before?
Re: Random: The Fact That This Terrible Nintendo DS Could Top Metacritic Is Proof That Democracy Was A Mistake
Big talk coming from someone that lives in an Orwellian hell state
Re: 'About Fishing' Is What You Get When You Combine Shenmue With Sega Bass Fishing, Apparently
Swery presents
Re: "Limited Run Games Has Been My Life For Ten Years" - Josh Fairhurst Announces He's Stepping Away
@NatiaAdamo The mystery confounds
Re: "Limited Run Games Has Been My Life For Ten Years" - Josh Fairhurst Announces He's Stepping Away
@NatiaAdamo I aim for consistency. Also, what the hell happened with slider and Quick_Man up there?
Re: This Week's Arcade Archives Release Is An American Football Game From The Creators Of Ikari Warriors
I may hate the NFL and my government, but there's no greater sense of pride I feel as an American than the times when I get to correct the British:
It's JUST FOOTBALL. There is only one Football.
The two genders are Football, and INCORRECT.
USA! USA!
Re: "Limited Run Games Has Been My Life For Ten Years" - Josh Fairhurst Announces He's Stepping Away
@NatiaAdamo SQL Database
Re: "Limited Run Games Has Been My Life For Ten Years" - Josh Fairhurst Announces He's Stepping Away
@slider1983 I'm not saying they aren't. I'm just saying, it explains why he did that. The exiting of a CEO, let alone a founder, is a long bureicratic process that requires transtional ceremony and what-not; at least when the exit isn't via cops and/or a 20 story window
Re: "Limited Run Games Has Been My Life For Ten Years" - Josh Fairhurst Announces He's Stepping Away
@bobrocks95 ...Oh right, I forgot what site I'm on. The one that's half the reason that 7200+ in my living room exists in the first place.
Still, I'm surprised anyone on this site would roll the dice with LRG's re-pro carts. Figured everyone here would be a bit more... diserning
Re: "Limited Run Games Has Been My Life For Ten Years" - Josh Fairhurst Announces He's Stepping Away
Well that explains why that Nickelodeon collection has the "Mighty Rabbit" logo in it since that's Josh's corporate Identity (Note to self, take all the Mighty Rabbit stuff out of the Spreadsheet. And burn it) so that means he wants to make sure he gets his paycheck for that. Same reason he bought all those FMV games personally, rather than on Embracer's dime
Speaking of, I've removed all that Mighty Rabbit crap that was questionable to begin with afrom my spreadsheet. It's now just Plumbers Don't Wear Ties and Little Samson. Embracer is now once again shorter than Konami; cause I don't know where to even start with the Dark Horse crap, nor do I want to.
With the Fellowship Shuffle happening this year they'll most likely be shuffled directly under GOE and/or Aspyr, meaning LRG will FINALLY have someone with a compitent understanding of logistical priority.
TIL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAEDQwMtf4o
Re: "The World Needs More Games Like This" - Atari CEO's Best Game Of 2025 Proves He Has Impeccable Taste
@slider1983 You're despicable, you know that?
Re: "The World Needs More Games Like This" - Atari CEO's Best Game Of 2025 Proves He Has Impeccable Taste
I find it funny, if a bit frustrating that this escaped Atari Groovy-posting containment, and most people's reactions are STILL "Atari's still a thing"?
YES! DID YOU NOT SEE THE BUBSY AND MORTAL KOMBAT?!
Re: ReStory Is A "Wholesome" New Game All About Fixing Busted Atari Consoles & Other Retro Tech
There's this one guy on the Atsri forums who's been hyping up Atari's tinyBuild connection like it's what's going to take Atari's stock value to the moon.
If this is all that relationship ends up amounting too I am going to lauch my ass, sorry arse, off to how fuming he's going to be.
Re: Cancelled Splatterhouse RPG 'Splatter World' Is Now Playable In English
Holy Crap, it's the original Earthbound clone
Re: It Looks Like Eidos-Montréal Cancelled A Legacy Of Kain Reboot
As the Embracer sycophant who KNEW CDE was a bad idea even before The Randy happened, I would just like to say it's bit one sided that the media focuses on every little thing that goes wrong in Canada: meanwhile I only saw one site report on Arc spinning back off into it's own thing, there was hardly any coverage of Coffe Stain spining-off with most Amplifier, and speaking of Amplifier NOBODY covers what happens with any of them. Whether they bought themselves back, went under, or were moved to a different branch like Coffee Stain or THQNordic.
What I'm saying is websites are using Eidos for click-bait when even without The Randy we should have expected CDE to slim WAY the hell down given how bloated they had gotten under Square-Enix, to the point of only having 2 games that were confirmed to turn a profit (Deus Ex 3 and Tomb Raider Snuff Edition Part 1), and the fact that the process was this protracted when any other buyer would have been way more aggressive with the cuts early on is-
...
I don't know why I bother anymore.
Re: N64 Cult Classic Body Harvest Is Now Available On Polymega
Pairing Body Harvest up with a bunch of games from Piko's most direct competitor is certainly a choice that I am surprised Pich went along with.
Also: reminder to myself I apparently need to add Super Solitaire, Burning Road, and Dead in the Water to the Ziggy section of my spreadsheet as, apparently, this is the first time Ziggy's ever re-released those 3.
Re: Random: Tommy Tallarico Got Bodied So Badly He's Now Using A Fake Name
All men suffer in the hell of their own creation
Re: If The Oliver Twins' Ghost Hunters Is The Future Of GenAI Gaming, Then We Have Nothing To Worry About
I've long held the conspiracy that the rise of AI data centers and all those ecological disaster speedruns started, quite coincidentally around the same time Elon started doubling down on his space colonization efforts again.
Funny how that timing works out, don't ya think?
Re: Koei's Obscure PC-98 Space Adventure 'Progenitor' Is Now Available In English
Progentitor ain't on the sheet, but Rekoeition is. Has a couple spin-offs under it, including Uncharted Waters... So I got that backwards I assume?
Re: The TimeSplitters Series May Be On Ice, But This Impressive Fan Project Will Help Soothe The Pain
I wonder if there's a way Plaion could sell this. Like, how do they retroactively pay the modders and sell it as an official product?
Re: This Multi-Award-Winning Atari 7800 Puzzle Game Is Now Available As A Physical Cart
You know, I bever understood why Wade went out of his way to buy a forum site of all things.
This explains that though.
Still confused about Moby though
Re: Limited Run Games Is Bringing The Console Ports Of Toaplan's Arcade Classic 'Snow Bros.' To PC, PS5, & Switch
Again, I really think Tatsujin would fit in better with Atari.
Then again, MOST of Embracer would be better off with Wade's methods at this point, as much as that makes me feel like an unfaithful skabk to say.
Definitely not Crazy Labs, though. We can just blow that up. Violently
Re: "A Very Emotional Project" - Fang The Sniper Creator Reunites With Sega To Create New Sonic The Hedgehog Merch
Once again, Bark and Bean erasure