@slider1983 they were, but all microprose now is is a package of IP and a logo that someone pulled from a dusty filing cabinet. That microprose ceased to exist decades ago.
They really opened up the floodgates with their reversal on the design. You can see it in the comments here, everyone has an opinion on it now and nothing is good enough suddenly
Nice tech demo, and these kind of ports would have been cool in the 90s. If i actually want to play final fight nowadays i'll just fire up the mame roms for it
@SlangWon youtuber vge loves everything that gives him an excuse to make 3 videos in one day. Or 600 mister videos. Don't forget to become patreon member too! Total ***** show
@JayJ those affordable hdmi adapters are absolutely not in any way comparable in quality to hdmi mods or these consoles, the quality is absolutely horrible.
Also the article is incorrect, they used to sell the mega sg and super nt but do not sell those anymore. They did a final run a long time ago.
@Kushan i don't mean to knock the work either, but if i would have seen this trailer without the mention of the word Voxel i wouldn't even have noticed there is a difference. Even knowing it i have a hard time seeing any change at all when watching the trailer. I hope it's more obvious when actually playing it else it doesn't really have much use imho
@BinaryMessiah agree, i wish noone harm and noone any diseases. At the same time i must say the guy is a certified grade A ***** that i have ignored and blocked on all possible forms of media but regrettably i still run into him because these kinds of posts
@ShawnsterOZ don't get me wrong i use a mister too with scart output on a CRT and it's a great platform, but it's only running whatever it's configured to run nothing more nothing less.
It's hilarious and frustrating at the same time that people STILL seem to think that running something on an FPGA platform automagically makes it accurate. Like there's a unicorn and some gnomes embedded in the FPGA that do some magic to make everything perfect no matter what you put into it.
Terraonion is an absolutely horrible company, and previously mentioned Alex is even worse. If you enjoy being insulted, berated and ignored this is THE company for you. I don't care what these guys develop and how good (or not) the products work, there is no scenario in which i'd consider doing business with these bozo's
@waterdrop as said in the article, publishing might not even be a problem but they need to finish the game first.
"Interestingly, speaking exclusively to Time Extension via email, Broke Studio suggested, "We're not closed to helping White Ninja Studio once the game is finished, but that's a question that will arise when the game will be finished.""
@ManualMartin Well at least it's consistent; PAL territories always got (and to a lesser degree still get!) shafted with higher prices, later release dates and crappier half-assed execution.
Gameboy was hugely popular around here back in the day. I know exactly zero people that played the multiplayer battle mode. In fact if you had asked me before reading this article if tetris gb had a battle mode i would have said no.
@Bod2019 Probably not an option, since the placeholder boxart says the game is 1346mbit which is way above the max size current flashcarts for neo support.
@Azathoth the new stuff (so, new character and music) is supposed to come to the console release later though
"The Neo Geo version will be the first to receive all these updates and you will get an exclusive first look before we roll the updates through to modern consoles later in the year."
Neo-geo version will give you low-res 4:3 way of playing the game but no other exclusive features if they update the other versions as promised.
Claiming you didn't /quite/ make Q2 and you 'slipped a little' when you're already approaching the end of Q3 before getting any communication out the door is quite the understatement for a pre-order that was initially supposed to ship Q1 2024. Not answering any questions about it on social media isn't really a great show either.
I like the stuff you make but you're dropping the ball on communication guys. It takes 5 minutes to churn out a post saying you've hit a snag and it will unfortunately be delayed for x weeks or y months.
Nicalis may be horrible, but i do think people let Pelekanos off the hook a bit too easily. People pledged to Pelekanos' kickstarter, he collected the funds for it, and he choose to abandon it.
Lol, "videogameesoterica" has been bombarding everyone on various forums with this years and years ago, to the point where it got annoying and he almost got his ass banned. The thing's a novelty sure, it's also useless with no software to run on it. What's next, endless babbling and stories about the HNG64 prototype cart? Throw that on the market for 5 figures. Hell make it 6. If you are into 5 figures for this you seriously need to get your head examined.
@The_Nintend_Pedant except it wasn't. It was nearly impossible to setup and calibrate the wiimote for "lightgun" use in such a way that looking through the barrel resulted in a cursor (shot) straight at the screen on all parts of the screen.
I eventually played it on the 360. Was it perfect? No. Things to critisize? Sure. But i still had fun playing this on a lazy sunday and definitely played a lot worse.
The sound was the biggest issue and this doesn't seem to have sound (yet?) either. Was anything mentioned about that? I don't have an account at Elon's nazi bar anymore so can't read there.
@Missingno128 RP2350B is about 1.50 a piece if i buy a single one as a consumer. Buying the thing in bulk is even far cheaper than that. What do you mean an fpga is far cheaper? Even if altera would give you fpga's for free you're saving next to nothing. And i'm not even factoring in your suggestion of paying someone to implement a chip in fpga.
That's definitely the case. You don't even really need to play it to see it if you look at the gameplay. The most glaring example for me being the way the enemies fly and bounce on the ground when hit. This isn't the smooth capcom or SoR type. Paprium is "just ok" but definitely not a very good game.
@SlangWon it probably is mostly, they are basically waiting for bugs coming out of the currentgen version they can patch in the megadrive rom before manufacturing and shipping out carts that cannot be patched anymore.
@Sketcz "rom" is a bit too generic of a term. Eprom or eeprom are also roms and so are maskroms while they are very different. I think all modern cartridges use some form of flashmemory nowadays. Physical != preservation.
@SlangWon what an incredibly pessimistic view. The tweet above describes what the reason is, you're basically saving "yeah whatever dudes you're talking out of your ass". Its also slightly entitled. Btw the physical copies from LRG will also ship 2026.
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Re: MicroProse's Desert Strike Homage 'Cleared Hot' Takes Flight This November
@slider1983 they were, but all microprose now is is a package of IP and a logo that someone pulled from a dusty filing cabinet. That microprose ceased to exist decades ago.
Re: "Thank You All For Your Feedback" - New Retroid Pocket 6 Design Unveiled Following Online Backlash
They really opened up the floodgates with their reversal on the design. You can see it in the comments here, everyone has an opinion on it now and nothing is good enough suddenly
Re: "You Are A Wizard" - This Fan-Made Mega Drive Port Of Final Fight Is Really Pushing Sega's Hardware To Its Limit
Nice tech demo, and these kind of ports would have been cool in the 90s. If i actually want to play final fight nowadays i'll just fire up the mame roms for it
Re: The Long-Awaited Sequel To Taito's 1989 Arcade Classic 'Night Striker' Soars Onto Nintendo Switch & Steam
@SlangWon youtuber vge loves everything that gives him an excuse to make 3 videos in one day. Or 600 mister videos. Don't forget to become patreon member too! Total ***** show
Re: "We Appreciate Your Patience" - Analogue Insists Its FPGA N64 Is Still "On Target" After Numerous Delays
@JayJ those affordable hdmi adapters are absolutely not in any way comparable in quality to hdmi mods or these consoles, the quality is absolutely horrible.
Also the article is incorrect, they used to sell the mega sg and super nt but do not sell those anymore. They did a final run a long time ago.
Re: This Modder Is Making The Best Home Port Of Ghouls 'n Ghosts Even Better - And You Can Help
@FR4M3 why? There is no shortage of them
Re: Duke Nukem 3D Is About To Get An Ambitious New Mod That Replaces Its 2D Sprites With "Nearly A Thousand Voxels"
@Kushan i don't mean to knock the work either, but if i would have seen this trailer without the mention of the word Voxel i wouldn't even have noticed there is a difference. Even knowing it i have a hard time seeing any change at all when watching the trailer. I hope it's more obvious when actually playing it else it doesn't really have much use imho
Re: "We Spent The Last Eight Months Creating A User-Friendly Frontend" - Taki Udon Shows Off SuperStation One's 'Console Mode' UI
@Razieluigi it's literally a mister, so check the mister saturn core to see how it runs
Re: Why Not Kick Off The Spooky Season With This New Unofficial GBA Port Of An SNES Horror Classic?
"a SNES" not "an SNES"
Re: "My Goal Is To Finish All Outstanding Orders And Hopefully Hang Around For A Little Longer" Modder Voultar Opens Up On Health Issues
@BinaryMessiah agree, i wish noone harm and noone any diseases. At the same time i must say the guy is a certified grade A ***** that i have ignored and blocked on all possible forms of media but regrettably i still run into him because these kinds of posts
Re: Mega SmartDrive Is "The Ultimate Accessory" For Your Genesis / Mega Drive
Granted i'm not from an english-language country, but here noone would call a circuitboard you need to solder inside your device an "accessory"
Re: Review: KONKR Pocket Fit - Like A Portable PS2, But Even Better
@The_Nintendo_Pedant see you tomorrow then!
Re: Indie Metroidvania 'Eternal Soul' Absolutely Nails That Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night Vibe
This looks great! But not joining a nazi cesspool to follow the progress on a game
Re: Random: C64 And Spectrum Fragrances Are Coming This Christmas, And They Don't Smell Like Body Odour And Sweaty Socks
I love the c64 but come on, this is just awkward
Re: Developer Of Saturn FPGA Core Refutes Claim It's 100% Hardware Accurate
@ShawnsterOZ don't get me wrong i use a mister too with scart output on a CRT and it's a great platform, but it's only running whatever it's configured to run nothing more nothing less.
Re: Developer Of Saturn FPGA Core Refutes Claim It's 100% Hardware Accurate
It's hilarious and frustrating at the same time that people STILL seem to think that running something on an FPGA platform automagically makes it accurate. Like there's a unicorn and some gnomes embedded in the FPGA that do some magic to make everything perfect no matter what you put into it.
Re: Terraonion's Dreamcast Optical Drive Emulator MODE Gets Updated Ahead Of VMU Pro Release
Terraonion is an absolutely horrible company, and previously mentioned Alex is even worse. If you enjoy being insulted, berated and ignored this is THE company for you. I don't care what these guys develop and how good (or not) the products work, there is no scenario in which i'd consider doing business with these bozo's
Re: Limited Run Games CEO Obtains Rights To Several FMV Games By Night Trap Dev Digital Pictures
***** games for a ***** publisher, sounds like a great match!
Re: This Jaleco Arcade Game Is Finally Getting An NES Release, Over 30 Years Later
"A NES" ?
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Re: AYN's Successor To The Odin 2 Will Be The First Gaming Handheld Powered By The Snapdragon 8 Elite
The performance is getting silly with hardly anything to put it to proper use
Re: "Definitely Possible" - Could A Golden Axe: Revenge Of Death Adder Mega Drive Port Be On The Way?
As a gamer in 2025 i see no use in playing a watered-down port of an arcade game that runs flawlessly on every device in the household
Re: "I Think A Lot Of AAA Titles Miss The Mark On What Makes A Game Fun" - Retro YouTuber Launches New Nostalgia-Focused Game Studio
Over the years i've grown to strongly dislike youtubers
Re: "We Truly Hope To Restore Confidence" - Delayed Mega Drive / Genesis Shmup Gets New Demo After Loss Of Publishers
@waterdrop as said in the article, publishing might not even be a problem but they need to finish the game first.
"Interestingly, speaking exclusively to Time Extension via email, Broke Studio suggested, "We're not closed to helping White Ninja Studio once the game is finished, but that's a question that will arise when the game will be finished.""
Re: Following The Game Boy, It Seems Sega's Genesis / Mega Drive Is Getting The Lego Treatment Next
@ManualMartin Well at least it's consistent; PAL territories always got (and to a lesser degree still get!) shafted with higher prices, later release dates and crappier half-assed execution.
Re: "We Know This Sucks" - Analogue Has Delayed Its FPGA-Powered N64 For The Third Time
The only surprise here is that Analogue put out any communication at all.
Re: ModRetro Version Of Tetris Gets Updated With Battle Mode It Really Should Have Shipped With
Gameboy was hugely popular around here back in the day. I know exactly zero people that played the multiplayer battle mode. In fact if you had asked me before reading this article if tetris gb had a battle mode i would have said no.
Re: Commodore's Ill-Fated Amiga CD32 Is Getting Another Chance To Shine Via This "Plug And Play" Mini Console
Ok, so a raspberry pi in a 3d printed case with some scripts. Sounds exciting.
Re: "I Can't Stand This Accumulation Of Toxicity Anymore" - Retro Musician Remute Quits Spotify Over "AI Military Tech" & "Bot Playlists"
I don't really understand why he doesn't just sell the digital version on bandcamp.
Re: Bitmap Bureau "Truly Sorry" Neo Geo Final Vendetta Is Late, But "Something Epic" Is Coming Soon
@Bod2019 Probably not an option, since the placeholder boxart says the game is 1346mbit which is way above the max size current flashcarts for neo support.
Re: Bitmap Bureau "Truly Sorry" Neo Geo Final Vendetta Is Late, But "Something Epic" Is Coming Soon
@Azathoth the new stuff (so, new character and music) is supposed to come to the console release later though
"The Neo Geo version will be the first to receive all these updates and you will get an exclusive first look before we roll the updates through to modern consoles later in the year."
Neo-geo version will give you low-res 4:3 way of playing the game but no other exclusive features if they update the other versions as promised.
Re: Bitmap Bureau "Truly Sorry" Neo Geo Final Vendetta Is Late, But "Something Epic" Is Coming Soon
Claiming you didn't /quite/ make Q2 and you 'slipped a little' when you're already approaching the end of Q3 before getting any communication out the door is quite the understatement for a pre-order that was initially supposed to ship Q1 2024. Not answering any questions about it on social media isn't really a great show either.
I like the stuff you make but you're dropping the ball on communication guys. It takes 5 minutes to churn out a post saying you've hit a snag and it will unfortunately be delayed for x weeks or y months.
Re: Sick Of Waiting For '90s Arcade Racer To Launch, A Music Label Has Released Part Of Its Vince DiCola-Penned Soundtrack
Nicalis may be horrible, but i do think people let Pelekanos off the hook a bit too easily. People pledged to Pelekanos' kickstarter, he collected the funds for it, and he choose to abandon it.
So, yes Nicalis may be scum, but so is Pelekanos.
Re: Review: MagicX Zero 40 - Come For Nintendo DS Emulation, Stay for TATE Coin-Ops
On the photo that compares the device with a ds i actually prefer the way the game looks on the ds.
Re: Following Valnet's Purchase Of Polygon, There's A Battle To Keep Vital Pieces Of Games Journalism Online
@mariteaux and doesn't hurt to save a youtube video here and there too!
Re: PS1 Clone 'SuperStation One' Will Run Your Sega CD And Saturn Discs Just Fine
Q3 ends in about 7 weeks, sounds like an ambitious target but i guess he's better suited at making an estimate about that than i am
Re: Hands On: G'AIM'E Light Gun - This AI-Powered Blaster Hits The Target
So it needs certain lighting conditions to function, and it lags. I think i'd need to give this a go myself before ordering it
Re: Here's Your Chance To Own One Of The Rarest Consoles Ever Made
Lol, "videogameesoterica" has been bombarding everyone on various forums with this years and years ago, to the point where it got annoying and he almost got his ass banned. The thing's a novelty sure, it's also useless with no software to run on it. What's next, endless babbling and stories about the HNG64 prototype cart? Throw that on the market for 5 figures. Hell make it 6.
If you are into 5 figures for this you seriously need to get your head examined.
Re: Review: Polymega GC01 Gun Controller - Is This Next-Gen Light Gun Worth The Four-Year Wait?
@The_Nintend_Pedant except it wasn't. It was nearly impossible to setup and calibrate the wiimote for "lightgun" use in such a way that looking through the barrel resulted in a cursor (shot) straight at the screen on all parts of the screen.
Re: Palmer Luckey's Nintendo 64 Clone Will Cost $199 For Early Adopters
@Bod2019 given how analogue handles customers you're fortunate to get any information at all
Re: Anniversary: Duke Nukem Forever Is Now One Duke Nukem Forever Dev Cycle Old
I eventually played it on the 360. Was it perfect? No. Things to critisize? Sure. But i still had fun playing this on a lazy sunday and definitely played a lot worse.
Re: "Missing" Genesis Beat 'Em Up Paprium Will Soon Be Playable On Original Hardware With A Flash Cart
The sound was the biggest issue and this doesn't seem to have sound (yet?) either. Was anything mentioned about that? I don't have an account at Elon's nazi bar anymore so can't read there.
Re: Developer Of SNES DOOM Defends The Tech Behind Limited Run's 2025 Update
@Missingno128 RP2350B is about 1.50 a piece if i buy a single one as a consumer. Buying the thing in bulk is even far cheaper than that. What do you mean an fpga is far cheaper? Even if altera would give you fpga's for free you're saving next to nothing. And i'm not even factoring in your suggestion of paying someone to implement a chip in fpga.
Re: Another Rare Sega Genesis Game Is Getting Re-Released By Retro-Bit
Why are their carts always ugly as sin though? Makes it look really cheap and tacky imho.
Re: "Missing" Genesis Beat 'Em Up Paprium Is Finally Playable Under Emulation
That's definitely the case. You don't even really need to play it to see it if you look at the gameplay. The most glaring example for me being the way the enemies fly and bounce on the ground when hit. This isn't the smooth capcom or SoR type. Paprium is "just ok" but definitely not a very good game.
Re: Here's Your First Look At Earthion's Gruesome Fourth Stage
@SlangWon it probably is mostly, they are basically waiting for bugs coming out of the currentgen version they can patch in the megadrive rom before manufacturing and shipping out carts that cannot be patched anymore.
Re: The Indiegogo Campaign For The New Dreamcast Run 'N Gunner 'Sovietborgs' Is Now Live
An estimated shipping date of december 2026 (so, estimated 1.5 years from now) ? Hard pass.
Re: Physical Collectors "Should Plug In" Switch, 3DS And Vita Game Cards "Every 5-10 Years" To Avoid Data Loss
@Sketcz "rom" is a bit too generic of a term. Eprom or eeprom are also roms and so are maskroms while they are very different. I think all modern cartridges use some form of flashmemory nowadays. Physical != preservation.
Re: An Enhanced Port Of The Neo Geo Homebrew 'Fast Striker' Hits Nintendo Switch This Month
@PopetheRev28 ok i'll bite. Why not?
Re: Earthion Launches Next Month, Mega Drive Version Pushed Into 2026
@SlangWon what an incredibly pessimistic view. The tweet above describes what the reason is, you're basically saving "yeah whatever dudes you're talking out of your ass". Its also slightly entitled. Btw the physical copies from LRG will also ship 2026.
Re: Xbox 360 Run 'N Gunner Heavy Recoil Is Getting A Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Port
He's a great coder, but judging from the kickstarter it would better to make a skilled musician do the music