@Profchaos if you look at the battery and it isn't puffing up like a balloon, you're probably fine. If still in doubt, show it to the staff at a phone/tablet repair shop.
Sometime late last year we had not 1, not 2, but 4 (!) lithium batteries in our household get bloated. One from a laptop, one from a Switch Pro Controller, one from a cell phone, and yes, one from an old PSP.
Though idle lithium batteries blowing up is a rare thing, it's still dangerous. Keep tabs on all the things in your house that use lithium batteries.
I liked my Arzette special edition stuff, and am currently wearing said t-shirt under my work shirt. So good on THAT, but yeah, LRG been taking loads of Ls lately.
Devils you know and devils you don't. The "sides" only pretend to hate each other as they rile up their demographics against the others.
That said: no, it won't affect the things I'm going to buy, but I'm already pretty frugal with my gaming purchases and prefer to play what I have than yearn for what I don't.
I'm torn because while I do think these companies should provide free rollback when they can AND SNK has been one of them before, I also get that doing so ain't cheap.
BUT some of my sympathy evaporates when I remember how so many people 15 years ago begged and pleaded with Capcom, SNK, and ArcSys to PLEASE use rollback netcode like SF2 HD Remix did so well, and all three were like "lol but what if we don't."
Every NES Double Dragon looks worse but plays way, way, way better than its arcade counterpart.
SNES Turtles in Time is missing 4-player co-op (2 max) and some animations, but has additional stages and bosses, and changes that make it better than the arcade version.
NES Castlevania is way better than the arcade Haunted Castle.
PSX Tekken 3 outdoes the arcade original (despite less RAM).
This looks intriguing. I'm not a "buh buh muh CRT blur" purist despite having grown up in the 80s and 90s, so something like this outputting nice crisp pixels and with minimal input lag would be a dream.
Anyone offended by a Punch Out character is in dire need of some real human contact.
The only thing offensive about Punch Out is that the Wii game was a full priced thing instead of a WiiWare title. Oh, and that some people think Punch Out is a fighting game, but that's less offensive than asking full price for an XBLA game.
Mighty No. 9 is like Mega Man X6: islands of greatness in a sea of mediocrity. I still had my fun with it and I hope one day it gets the sequel it deserves.
The gist is that US games were made harder because of our rental systems and return policies, Buster Busts Loose specifically locked out level passwords and made the good ending very hard to obtain on real hardware.
It's because a bunch of their dev teams are out of touch, overworked, underpaid, or all three. Greedy and clueless execs are why Sega fails to inspire confidence.
Sonic Mania's team should've been behind Superstars. Maybe Superstars wouldn't have sucked.
PSO2 New Genesis is a blast to play, but obviously still lacking years in.
@poyo_pie Exactly. All AI is doing is what people already do, but faster. The same rich corpos leveraging it for-profit already leverage EVERYTHING for-profit. AI isn't at fault here.
People acting like you're shortchanging artists you haven't hired in the first place. It's ridiculous.
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Re: Microsoft Created A Demo Of Quake II Using AI, And It's Gone About As Well As You'd Expect
@jesse_dylan 100% correct. It's a demo, a proof of concept. But hey, can't do anything with AI without the fearmongers throwing a fit.
Re: PSA: Check Your PSP Battery Right Now
@Profchaos if you look at the battery and it isn't puffing up like a balloon, you're probably fine. If still in doubt, show it to the staff at a phone/tablet repair shop.
Re: PSA: Check Your PSP Battery Right Now
Sometime late last year we had not 1, not 2, but 4 (!) lithium batteries in our household get bloated. One from a laptop, one from a Switch Pro Controller, one from a cell phone, and yes, one from an old PSP.
Though idle lithium batteries blowing up is a rare thing, it's still dangerous. Keep tabs on all the things in your house that use lithium batteries.
Re: One Of The Worst Games Of All Time Is Coming To Steam
Still better than Final Fantasy 11.
Re: Taki Udon Shows Off The UI For His SuperStation One FPGA PS1
I like it.
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Re: This New Atari Watch Sets Out To Combine The Worlds Of Retro Gaming & Fitness Tracking
I don't wear watches, but if I did it'd be one of these.
Re: 30 Years Ago, The Grandfather Of Game Journalism Told 2D Fighting Game Fans To "Get A Life"
@smoreon A true pioneer. RIP though.
Re: 30 Years Ago, The Grandfather Of Game Journalism Told 2D Fighting Game Fans To "Get A Life"
Just goes to show that gaming journalism has always been rather mid.
Re: You Can Now Play Namco's Controversial Cancelled PS3 Remake 'Dancing Eyes'
@MARl0 V-sync will only fix one of these things lol
Re: Even Japan's Flea Markets Are Better Than Ours
The "Place vs. Place, Japan" meme made manifest.
Re: Taito Is Reviving The Critically Acclaimed 'Space Invaders Infinity Gene' For Apple Arcade
Oh man I'm a huge fan of Infinity Gene. I can't wait to not purchase or play this because ***** Apple Arcade.
Re: Namco's 45th Anniversary Plans For Pac-Man Include Games, Accessories, Live Events, & More
Bring back Pac Man 99
Re: This Incredible Super Mario Fan Game Just Got Even Better
Gotta grab this before Nintendo Nintendos.
Re: "This Cartridge Is A Tiny Time Bomb" - Limited Run Accused Of Selling Carts Which Can Damage Your NES
@drypaphmrbro Yeah. It's a simple platformer but it plays well. If you need something deeper though, it may not be for you.
Re: "This Cartridge Is A Tiny Time Bomb" - Limited Run Accused Of Selling Carts Which Can Damage Your NES
@drypaphmrbro It's a great game! But I haven't played it in a while; I don't recall who voices who.
Re: Random: Miyamoto Was "Surprised" At The Similarities Between Ocarina Of Time & Princess Mononoke
Nah, one is hopeful and the other is just a bitter man's fetishization about the end of humanity.
Re: "This Cartridge Is A Tiny Time Bomb" - Limited Run Accused Of Selling Carts Which Can Damage Your NES
I liked my Arzette special edition stuff, and am currently wearing said t-shirt under my work shirt. So good on THAT, but yeah, LRG been taking loads of Ls lately.
Re: Creator Of New Open-Source Game Boy Disagrees That FPGA Is Superior To Software Emulation
He makes a very good point.
Re: Atari Is Bringing The Former Amico Exclusive 'Breakout Beyond' to PC & Modern Consoles
@slider1983 Here's hoping.
Re: This Amazing Case Turns The Logitech K380 Into A Game Boy-Style Keyboard
Even though you could, you shouldn't.
Re: Atari Announces 'Breakout Beyond', A New Game From The Devs Behind The 'Bit.Trip' Series
This looks like the Amico version of the game, which admittedly looked like fun.
Shame about the Amico. Some of those games looked cool. I hope they see the light of day on other platforms.
Re: Mario Speedrunner Figures Out A Way To Beat Donkey Kong's Famous Kill Screen
You need both: a) to be superhuman; and 2) to be extraordinarily lucky with RNG.
Re: Your Next Retro Emulation Handheld Could Cost You 35% More Than Usual
Devils you know and devils you don't. The "sides" only pretend to hate each other as they rile up their demographics against the others.
That said: no, it won't affect the things I'm going to buy, but I'm already pretty frugal with my gaming purchases and prefer to play what I have than yearn for what I don't.
Re: Atari & Watchmaker Nubeo Team Up To Release $500 Limited-Edition Asteroids Watch
Seems easy to read looks like about 25:80 GM.
Re: Dino Crisis Spiritual Successor Code Violet Will Be Console Exclusive To Avoid "Vulgar" PC Modding
@poyo_pie Agreed 100%.
Re: Dino Crisis Spiritual Successor Code Violet Will Be Console Exclusive To Avoid "Vulgar" PC Modding
For this alone I hope someone finds a way to rip the models from the PS5 version. Just to piss off these puritans.
Also @poyo_pie is most likely correct; they couldn't port it well so they're virtue signaling instead.
Re: "Bravo, SNK! What A Greedy Company!" - King Of Fighters XIII Global Match's Steam Launch Has Upset Fans
I'm torn because while I do think these companies should provide free rollback when they can AND SNK has been one of them before, I also get that doing so ain't cheap.
BUT some of my sympathy evaporates when I remember how so many people 15 years ago begged and pleaded with Capcom, SNK, and ArcSys to PLEASE use rollback netcode like SF2 HD Remix did so well, and all three were like "lol but what if we don't."
Re: Talking Point: Is There A Home Port You Prefer To The Arcade Original?
Loads. Just a few:
Re: Street Fighter, Resident Evil And Xenoblade Veterans Are Making A "Plunder Battle Game" For Cave
@Razieluigi Maybe it's pirate-themed.
Re: Random: You Can Now Play Doom Inside A PDF File, Because Of Course You Can
Classic DOOM will never die. Can't wait until someone gets WADs and DeHackEd patches working so I can play Strain in a PDF.
Re: Interview: Taki Udon Explains How His FPGA PS1 Aims To "Remove Barriers" To FPGA Gaming
This looks intriguing. I'm not a "buh buh muh CRT blur" purist despite having grown up in the 80s and 90s, so something like this outputting nice crisp pixels and with minimal input lag would be a dream.
Re: Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 Gets Another Trailer Ahead Of Its Release Later This Week
I need this season in my mouth.
Re: Crazy Taxi Returns To AGDQ After 10 Year Absence With The Help Of A Live Backing Band
Not the greatest of performances but you cannot deny the band's energy.
Re: Castlevania: Nocturne's Creators Explain How Rondo Of Blood Grounds Netflix's Second Season
Can't wait for that second season.
Re: Punch-Out!!'s Characters Aren't To Blame For The Series's Hiatus After All
Anyone offended by a Punch Out character is in dire need of some real human contact.
The only thing offensive about Punch Out is that the Wii game was a full priced thing instead of a WiiWare title. Oh, and that some people think Punch Out is a fighting game, but that's less offensive than asking full price for an XBLA game.
Re: Hand-Drawn Game Guides Is Returning With An Officially Licensed Mega Man Book
Love the art.
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Re: 'Return To Yoshi's Island' Super Mario 64 ROM Hack Gets Stunning New Demo
Please finish this before the C&D hits...
Re: IP Owners, Hamster Wants To Release Your Classic Games To "Future Generations"
@PopetheRev28 Ima pump up CHA and win that roll.
Re: IP Owners, Hamster Wants To Release Your Classic Games To "Future Generations"
I need to secure the rights to Brave Fencer Musashi somehow.
Re: After What Feels Like A Lifetime, Amazon Is Cancelling Mighty No. 9 3DS And Vita Pre-Orders
Mighty No. 9 is like Mega Man X6: islands of greatness in a sea of mediocrity. I still had my fun with it and I hope one day it gets the sequel it deserves.
Re: Modder Behind The Custom Sega Neptune Might Make The SNES PlayStation A Reality
@mganai77 I avoid Kotaku like the plague so I'll pass on reading that.
But Sony's just another evil corpo, so it don't take much to convince me that Nintendo accepting the deal might've been bad for both companies.
Re: Classic SNES RPG Illusion Of Gaia's Retranslation Is Now Available
Have they added the true final boss?
Re: Modder Behind The Custom Sega Neptune Might Make The SNES PlayStation A Reality
Good that it didn't end up being a thing back then. The PSX was amazing and we owe its existence to Nintendo being dumb.
That said, I like the look of this unit and a custom shell in its image would be neat.
Re: Best Of 2024: Konami Butchered This SNES Classic, So We Fixed It
Why articles need editors.
The gist is that US games were made harder because of our rental systems and return policies, Buster Busts Loose specifically locked out level passwords and made the good ending very hard to obtain on real hardware.
Re: It's A Christmas Miracle, SuperSega Now Claims Sega Is Totally OK With Its FPGA Console
This is a psyop isn't it
Re: Best Of 2024: The Making Of Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within, Square's Groundbreaking Box Office Bomb
Saw this in theaters. Didn't hate it, even though it wasn't good.
It's better than Advent Children, but so is the kidney stone I passed last month, so...
(Except the fight scenes obviously, I ain't insane.)
Re: Sega Has Been "Losing Confidence" But Its New Boss Wants To "Make It Really Shiny Again"
It's because a bunch of their dev teams are out of touch, overworked, underpaid, or all three. Greedy and clueless execs are why Sega fails to inspire confidence.
Sonic Mania's team should've been behind Superstars. Maybe Superstars wouldn't have sucked.
PSO2 New Genesis is a blast to play, but obviously still lacking years in.
Re: Ubisoft Defrosts Rayman For Cynical Blockchain Outing, Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E.
Gross
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Re: Here's A Better Look At The Promising "All-In-One" MiSTer FPGA Console, Multisystem 2
I love the look personally.
Re: Retro Indie Title "Moons of Darsalon" Is Headed To Consoles, Complete With Icky AI Art
@poyo_pie Exactly. All AI is doing is what people already do, but faster. The same rich corpos leveraging it for-profit already leverage EVERYTHING for-profit. AI isn't at fault here.
People acting like you're shortchanging artists you haven't hired in the first place. It's ridiculous.