They need to bring these ports into their own collection that isn't tied to a Yakuza game.
I have nothing against Yakuza (I love the series) but I'd like an option to buy these separately as each Yakuza game is expensive and it'd be silly to buy games just for these ports...
You are invoking multiple fallacies in your "argument" including but not limited to:
Shifting goalposts Slippery Slope post hot ergo propter hoc Either/or Red Herring
And many more. In fact, your arguments are so ill conceived it's hard for me to sense what your original point or purpose might have been. It certainly wasn't in good faith.
On the one hand, quality seems great and it having compatibility with all carts means lots of games.
On the other hand, the limited game selection and no HDMI out are two absolutely massive blunders.
The Egret II Mini (which I picked up for around $120 USD) comes pre loaded with 40(!) games and has HDMI out as well as support for a trackball controller, flight stick and more with 3 extra optional game packs (and a 4th on the way).
Unless the emulation and input lag are top notch, I can't see this being a solid purchase at this price point.
Also, while it's a solid review, I would have appreciated a further in depth look at emulation quality input Lag and controller compatibility.
Oishi-san and Egawa-san are very friendly. I got to meet them at TGS this year.
I will say, as cool as they quarter arcades are, I'd be more interested if they dug into the Taito catalogue a bit deeper. I've played Space Invaders on every platform available... But a Darius widescreen cab replica? That would rock!
For those genuinely interested in this topic, I highly recommend checking out the book "Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World" by Matt Alt.
It dives into the "Japanese pop culture invasion" of the Americas and recounts the decades of strong anti-Japanese sentiment and how video games were at the forefront of that culture struggle.
I can honestly see the connection here, even if it might not be intentional by the creators of the game.
I'm honestly not confident these folks can pull this off. The team has no experience on these types of games and parts of that trailer looked rough and basic.
I'd be more excited if an experienced developer was involved.
I feel like it's pretty brazen and unnecessary to say they shouldn't publish indie games anymore. They are sometimes the only way to get those indie games and I'd much rather innovative and creative indie games over a sloppy collection for Castlevania ROMs.
Also if you think LRG is bad, I dare you to look into the rabbit hole that is Strictly Limited Games!
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Re: Taito Is Reviving The Critically Acclaimed 'Space Invaders Infinity Gene' For Apple Arcade
"For Apple Arcade"
vegeta crying in the rain
Re: What's Happening With Forever Entertainment's 'Panzer Dragoon II Zwei' Remake?
And nothing of value was lost.
Panzer Dragoon Remake was pretty bad, though it became playable post-patch.
House of the Dead Remake was completely unplayable and remains that way. Spat in the face of longtime HotD fans.
I don't want to see more SEGA classics get the "Forever Entertainment" treatment.
Re: The Gritty RoboCop-Esque Shooter 'Annihilator' Is Out Now For Game Boy Color
The AI box art is a little obnoxious. Too bad, game seems neat.
Re: "Bravo, SNK! What A Greedy Company!" - King Of Fighters XIII Global Match's Steam Launch Has Upset Fans
It seems pretty entitled to say a company should give you their product for free...
Not to mention KoF XIII and KoF XIII GM are developed by two different companies...
Re: Under Defeat HD Has Finally Got A Western Release Date
@RossoftheRobots one is planned.
Re: Random: Warrior Blade's Game Over Screen Hides A Bunch Of Fascinating Secrets To Discover
I love it. I grabbed the game in Taito Milestones 3 (highly recommended) and as usual 90s Taito there's tons of easter eggs.
Metal Black does a similar gimmick to this as well.
Re: The Scalable Video Switch Might Be The Ultimate AV Solution For Retro Gaming Fans
seems almost too good to be true.
If it can scale without adding input lag this would be fantastic.
Re: Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii Will Mark The Home Debut Of This Sega Light Gun Coin-Op
They need to bring these ports into their own collection that isn't tied to a Yakuza game.
I have nothing against Yakuza (I love the series) but I'd like an option to buy these separately as each Yakuza game is expensive and it'd be silly to buy games just for these ports...
Re: Accusations Of AI Art Deflate Archer Maclean's DropZone 40th Anniversary Announcement
@axelhander absolutely insane take
Re: Accusations Of AI Art Deflate Archer Maclean's DropZone 40th Anniversary Announcement
@axelhander how is it pointless fearmongering?
You are invoking multiple fallacies in your "argument" including but not limited to:
Shifting goalposts
Slippery Slope
post hot ergo propter hoc
Either/or
Red Herring
And many more. In fact, your arguments are so ill conceived it's hard for me to sense what your original point or purpose might have been. It certainly wasn't in good faith.
Re: Accusations Of AI Art Deflate Archer Maclean's DropZone 40th Anniversary Announcement
@axelhander the artist whos work was scraped to train the AI to make this image got short changed...
Re: A New Night Striker Game Is In Development At M2
Very odd that it's PC only... why?
Re: Sonic Wings Reunion Is Coming To Switch, PS5 And Steam Next Year
The fact that they refuse to show gameplay isn't giving me hope...
Re: Review: Evercade Alpha - This $250 Bartop Arcade Is A Glorious Gateway To Hundreds Of Retro Classics
I'm kind of on the fence with this release.
On the one hand, quality seems great and it having compatibility with all carts means lots of games.
On the other hand, the limited game selection and no HDMI out are two absolutely massive blunders.
The Egret II Mini (which I picked up for around $120 USD) comes pre loaded with 40(!) games and has HDMI out as well as support for a trackball controller, flight stick and more with 3 extra optional game packs (and a 4th on the way).
Unless the emulation and input lag are top notch, I can't see this being a solid purchase at this price point.
Also, while it's a solid review, I would have appreciated a further in depth look at emulation quality input Lag and controller compatibility.
Re: Taito Staff Get Hands-On With Quarter Arcades Elevator Action, Qix And Zoo Keeper Mini-Cabs
Oishi-san and Egawa-san are very friendly. I got to meet them at TGS this year.
I will say, as cool as they quarter arcades are, I'd be more interested if they dug into the Taito catalogue a bit deeper. I've played Space Invaders on every platform available... But a Darius widescreen cab replica? That would rock!
Re: More Taito Arcade Archives Games Are Now On Sale On PS4 & The Switch eShop
Right now, practically ever Darius game is on sale.
Also the ACA Darius I had better sound emulation and screen options than the M2 one, believe it or not.
Re: Double Dragon Artist Says Double Dragon Revive Is "Cheap" And "Shows No Respect" To The Series
He's right. End of story.
He's not being disrespectful, he's being honest.
Re: 50 More PS1 Classics Coming To Antstream Arcade, PS2 And GameCube Games Could Be Next
It really bothers me how many amazing games are only (legally) available through a streaming based emulator with horrific input lag.
Just port the games...
Re: Opinion: Electronic Arts Used To Empower Developers; Now It Looks To Replace Them With AI
Haven't bought an EA game in decades ... Not gonna change that.
Re: Game Researcher Says Street Fighter II Was "USA Vs. Japan" And Japanese People Aren't Happy
For those genuinely interested in this topic, I highly recommend checking out the book "Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World" by Matt Alt.
It dives into the "Japanese pop culture invasion" of the Americas and recounts the decades of strong anti-Japanese sentiment and how video games were at the forefront of that culture struggle.
I can honestly see the connection here, even if it might not be intentional by the creators of the game.
Re: The PS2 Shmup 'Triggerheart Exelica Enhanced' Is Coming To Nintendo Switch In Japan
I just bought the original version what the heck
Re: Irem Collection Volume 2 Gets Japanese Release This November
The situation over at SLG is worth its own in-depth article. It's been extremely fishy over there, with no clarity or transparency at all.
Re: The Worst Castlevania Game Is Getting Remade
Is it M2? Why wont they say who made it?
Re: Taito Egret II Mini Arcade Memories Vol. 3 Coming This December
I wish they released these earlier than december and in higher quantities. They disappear FAST.
Re: Anniversary: Gradius V Is 20 Years Old, And We Still Don't Have A Remaster
I always come back to this game and Gaiden. The absolute peaks for the franchise.
I'd love a port of either to modern consoles, but I'm not sure I trust konami to not just farm it out to the lowest bidder...
Re: Talking Point: Does Video Game History Have A "Nintendo Problem"?
@belfastgonzo The genesis was also more popular than the SNES in america for most of its lifespan.
Re: Interview: "We've Been Collecting Reaction Videos" - Digital Eclipse On Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Rita's Rewind
I'm honestly not confident these folks can pull this off. The team has no experience on these types of games and parts of that trailer looked rough and basic.
I'd be more excited if an experienced developer was involved.
Re: Sega's Cancelled Neptune Console Is Getting Revived In FPGA Form
Pretty cool except for 1080p output. I'd want composite or RGB Component.
Re: Gallery: Retro-Bit's Eliminate Down Reissue Gives You A Rare Game Without The Eye-Watering Price
Wait, is there no way to buy it anymore? What's the point of reprinting a game like this if it's pre order only..m
Re: Hands On: Mind-Blowing NES Shmup Chouyoku Senki Estique Just Keeps Getting Better
I guess I do have an old NES around somewhere... but not a famicom...
I hope this gets a modern port or you can buy the rom!
Re: Soapbox: The Trouble With Limited Run Games, And How To Fix It
I feel like it's pretty brazen and unnecessary to say they shouldn't publish indie games anymore. They are sometimes the only way to get those indie games and I'd much rather innovative and creative indie games over a sloppy collection for Castlevania ROMs.
Also if you think LRG is bad, I dare you to look into the rabbit hole that is Strictly Limited Games!
Re: Taito Classic Qix Joins The Quarter Arcades Range
Talk to me when they're brave enough to do Darius as a mini cab.
Re: We Almost Got A Mecha Godzilla Designed By Metal Gear's Yoji Shinkawa
Shinkawa's redesign of the Gotengo is excellent anyways!
Re: Under Defeat HD Is Getting An Expanded Version For Modern Consoles
YES!!!!!!!
Heres hoping this means Border Down can't be far behind...
Re: This Castlevania Homage Stars Legendary Dracula Bela Lugosi
did they pay his estate? Are they trying to use his likeness as public domain?
Re: Gallery: Celebrating The Iconic Video Game Art Of Yuji Kaida
Sticking to his kaiju/game roots, he also provided art for the kaiju video game, Dawn of the Monsters!: https://preview.redd.it/dawn-of-the-monsters-art-by-yuji-kaida-shinji-nishikawa-v0-xr0nfqo2sdac1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=34380e0c7bb36bcd642e6a6dec347170f50f43b8
Re: Qix Successor 'Volfied' Heading To Arcade Archives This March
I've been playing this on the Egret II Mini and it's quite fun! Great update on classic Qix gameplay.
Re: Fans Disappointed With "Broken" Atari Presents Reissues
I hope these come to console.
The issue with PC gaming is everyone's setup is different...
Re: Gaming's Best 'Leftfield' Control Interfaces, Ranked
I will say i've been really really enjoying using the Egret II Mini trackball paddle controller
Re: 'The Legend Of Steel Empire' Resurrects The Famous Steampunk Shmup (Again)
Well, I'll probably cancel my SLG order so I can get the game this century.
Re: Review: 8BitDo Neo Geo Wireless Controller - It Just 'Clicks'
@Gs69 that's good to know, but I already have a brook adapter. Maybe that would work too?
Re: Classic Game Arts RPG 'Grandia' Coming To PS4 / PS5 On November 21st
@Andee I'm sure some of them have been fixed but the graphics I don't think ever were.
Re: Review: Trimui Smart Pro - Great Design, Shame About The D-Pad
Still waiting on my Retroid Pocket 2S. Still seems like the best one of these under $100 USD.
Re: Classic Game Arts RPG 'Grandia' Coming To PS4 / PS5 On November 21st
This is really cool. I'd rather it on switch, but glad either way. The HD version was smeared with a nasty filter.
Re: The Contra ReBirth Soundtrack Is Now Available To Preorder On Vinyl
Manabu Namiki is a legend. Greatest Contra OST ever.
Re: Strictly Limited Games Issues Statement On Lengthy Shipping Delays
Its a shame they only started communicating with their consumers when it got bad enough that rumours they were going bankrupt started to spread.
Ship me my 4 games and then I'm done with them. I'll rely on Japanese import retail instead.
Re: Strictly Limited Games Appears To Be Teasing Something Dragon Breed-Related
Oh great, I was just saying to myself
"I'd like to add another game to the pile of unshipped stuff from SLG!"
Not buying. Will get JPN physical instead. SLG has fallen.
Re: Taito's 1989 Shoot 'Em Up Darius II Is This Week's Arcade Archives Release
Incredibly rare and fantastic version of Darius II.
I already got it on Taito Milestones II, but this is cool for folks who just want this game.
Re: Ray'Z Arcade Chronology Is Now Available On Steam
In the time it's taken SLG to not even start shipping their copies we've got a steam port of the game... Sheesh lol
Re: What's Happening Over At Sega Forever, Sega's Dedicated Retro Channel?
I did not realize it was more than a promo account for the mobile game.