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I'm intrigued, but is this strictly for Gen/MD and 32X games? A fancy, future-proofed Sega Saturn FPGA console would be cool, but I'm not that into yet another device that plays Gen/MD.

This team is so talented, and I'm grateful that they've dedicated so much time to keeping PS2 games accessible on modern hardware!

Too cool - wouldn't have guessed that this ended up being so influential!

That's so cool! I always love when early, "off model" Mario stuff gets saved and re-publicized.

@masterLEON Thank you for the insight - that all makes sense!

Getting mid-2000s weirdo mobile spinoffs on Switch 2 is incredible! I'll be keeping my eye on this.

Good gracious this is sad. That's an excellent book (I've even re-read it!), and it's maddening that the writers have been so cheated by the publisher. Hope they can get a bigger settlement in the future.

Adding this to my DS to-play list!

@NeonPizza Oh geez, I don't mind black bars at all (I play all of my retro releases in 4:3) but now that you've said this I can't help wanting arcade cabinet art as wallpaper on the screen sides! That would be a great way to bring these already-excellent releases closer to the true arcade experience.

I've been a long time supporter of Limited Run - as they make the only physical versions of so many games, and the delays don't bother me since I'm familiar with the production/distribution model - but I won't be continuing to buy from them after a few bad experiences in the past year. This Shantae thing is the straw that broke the camel's back, but I was similarly irritated when they started distributing physical copies of Gimmick in stores weeks before shipping my preordered copy. They're just a bit shoddily run these days, which is disappointing given the good work they've done producing physical copies of games (especially indies) that would've otherwise been locked to digital storefronts. I'm hoping Lost in Cult does a better job.

Thanks for sharing! This is an important cause, so I followed the link and bought 8 shares. Hopefully that helps them out a bit!

Ohhh, that's good news! Dearly hoping that this leads to a 60fps Dark Cloud 2...

@Lorfarius Yeah, the challenges associated with N64 emulation (especially with the bells and whistles this promises) have me a little bit skeptical. Don't get me wrong: if anyone can do it, Analogue can, as the Analogue Pocket is one of the finest pieces of game hardware I own. I'm just waiting to be convinced once the device is out in the wild.

Egads, this is amazing! The Nintendo 64 recompilation projects have done wonders for its catalog, so it'll be cool to see X360 representation in that scene. My fingers are crossed for Lost Odyssey...

Aw, I always love hearing about creators finding out how beloved their work is! I really need to give Koudelka a whirl someday.

I like the look of this a lot, so I backed the hardcopy standard edition. It's so cool to get new GBC games!

I'm so interested, but I've been burned by tiny text too many times - this didn't used to be a problem in handheld games, and shouldn't be a problem now! I'll be holding off on a purchase for now, but will buy it immediately if the text size issue gets resolved.

@845H On the plus side, the high-res polygon/low-res backgrounds should only be an issue for Dino Crisis 2 - the series debut was noteworthy for having fully-3D environments, unlike contemporary Resident Evil titles. The downside was that environments were less detailed, so they switched to pre-rendered for Dino Crisis 2.

That's amazing! So glad to see another weird mobile title saved from obsolescence.

Thanks for publicizing this - I just bought a copy through your link! I have an ebook version of the first Untold History of Japanese Developers Volume but a physical edition of the condensed version is a must-have item. This will be a key piece of history in the coming decades as so much other information about the medium's early history is lost.

I will be buying this! Thanks for highlighting it.