@JayJ Stupid comment. The accused peado has dragged Nintendo into this, gaming sites will report. The clue is that not a single administration previous, regardless of your leaning, would have been so utterly crass and graceless.
I enjoyed it. Not to the level of the original, sure, but it was still a cut above a lot of the crap around at the time. The ammo didn't really bother me. Each weapons cost different amounts, so it wasn't viable to just stick with one gun, ant more so that in the original.
Mad isn't it? They complained the Ages kine up didn't sell, but half of it was stuff they'd re-released a dozen times already! Still gutted there was no Turbo OutRun, Power Drift, OutRunners, AB Cop etc...
@Serpenterror Apparently the AGES kine sold poorly in Japan hence it's abandonment. It's one thing throwing games into an emulator as with the AA series, but M2 put a lot more effort into the Ages line up. Damn shame
@Guru_Larry I think the Yakuza arcade are one massive trolling exercise. 'We cancelled our Ages kine and won't licence to Hamster's Arcade Archives, but will convert some of our best games and hide them in a massive RPG you have to play at least five hours of'. Expecting Turbo OutRun, Powerdtift and OutRunners in a future sequel to really pee me off.
I think the emulation for their later stuff - Gejirindan, Metal Black, Darius Gaiden, Rayforce etc requires a bit more grunt, though I'm sure its still doable.
Turrican comp is a blinder, the Taito is bottom of barrel rubbish bar Puzzle Bobble. Reminds me why I git rid though - again I've got everything I want here on Switch already.
Weirdly, I only ever played the arcade on auto back in the day. Wasn't until the X360 port I realised how essential shifting is, as you say without being able to go from 4th to 2nd and back up, you're losing a large chunk of the handling model.
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Re: "This Is A Full Circle Moment For Me" - Retro Gamer Veteran Returns To The Mag Full Time, More Than 20 Years After Launching It
I've still got the first 30 issues, complete with dodgy coverdiscs. Sadly, might be time to move them on, as space is at a premium at the min.
Re: New Jaleco Arcade Collections Set To Bring 32 Games From The Legendary Japanese Developer To Steam
Great news, if I hadn't already spent around £90 on individual AA titles.....
Re: Time To "Feed The Beast" Inside Your Body, Konami's "3D View" Run 'N Gun Shoot 'Em Up 'Devastators' Is Coming to Consoles
I used to love this one actually, probably an instant buy.
Re: Anbernic's 'Rotating' Handheld Leaks, Reminds Us Of The Gloriously Crazy Phone Design Boom Of The 2000s
I don't get the point of it's a square screen?
Re: "War Is Not A Video Game" - White House Social Media Post Mixing Iran War Footage With Nintendo's 'Wii Sports' Triggers Outcry
@JayJ
Stupid comment. The accused peado has dragged Nintendo into this, gaming sites will report. The clue is that not a single administration previous, regardless of your leaning, would have been so utterly crass and graceless.
Re: "War Is Not A Video Game" - White House Social Media Post Mixing Iran War Footage With Nintendo's 'Wii Sports' Triggers Outcry
@slider1983
I'm sure there's a case to be made, anything that inconveniences the peado is all good as far as I'm concerned.
Re: "War Is Not A Video Game" - White House Social Media Post Mixing Iran War Footage With Nintendo's 'Wii Sports' Triggers Outcry
I hope Nintendo due the ***** out of them.
Re: Nightdive's Remaster Of The 1998 "Diamond-In-The-Rough" FPS 'Sin' Is Still Alive, And Coming This Year
Why, oh why, oh why, did these guys not get Deus Ex?
Re: "I Think It Would Be Extremely Difficult" - Don't Expect Sega To Sell Yakuza's Retro Games Individually
Hamster, step up and do us all a favour.....
Re: Raiden Fighters Remix Collection Branded "Absolutely Unacceptable" By Disgruntled Fans
@PKDuckman
But that really is poor.
Re: Evercade Games And Hardware - All Evercade Cartridges And Systems Released So Far (2026 Edition)
I got out because I don't agree with the whole 'legacy' thing. Not Blaze's fault I know, but it's ended up a scalper / reseller market.
Re: Deus Ex Designers Still Disagree On This Unique Solution To "An Immersive-Sim Problem"
I enjoyed it. Not to the level of the original, sure, but it was still a cut above a lot of the crap around at the time.
The ammo didn't really bother me. Each weapons cost different amounts, so it wasn't viable to just stick with one gun, ant more so that in the original.
Re: Indie Ghosts 'N Goblins Tribute 'Maldita Castilla' Is Heading To Not One, But Two, Classic Sega Consoles
Absolutely fantastic game, not quite as punishing as Capcom's titles, but if equal quality. Highly recommended if you haven't played it.
Re: This N64 Classic From The Developers Of GTA Has Gotten A Native PC Port
Classic game, loved it on the N64.
Re: Japanese Switch Owners Are Getting A Ganbare Goemon Collection, And We've Never Been More Jealous
Nice. I've got 2 & 3 sat on my SNES shelf awaiting a play through, barrier permitting.
Re: Taito's 1987 OutRun Clone 'Top Speed' Makes Its Debut On Modern Consoles Later This Week
Ah, I must got it mixed up with something else. It's cack.
Re: Taito's 1987 OutRun Clone 'Top Speed' Makes Its Debut On Modern Consoles Later This Week
Quite a decent little racer, I'll be grabbing this.
Re: "The Fine Arts Were Always A Massive Grift" - Controversial Earthworm Jim Creator Goes All-In On Generative AI
@jesse_dylan agreed.
Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio
@Aiodensghost
Isn't that just the actual X360 games? Sure everything else is on disc?
Re: "Cuter & Tougher Than Ever", NMK's Two-Player Arcade Platformer 'Bomb Jack Twin' Explodes Onto Consoles Later This Week
The original is an all times so I'll be picking this up.
Re: Commodore's Official Remake Of Taito's The NewZealand Story Launches Next Month
Looks like crap sadly.
Re: After A Year Of Radio Silence, My Arcade's Sega Mini-Arcades Are Coming This Year
@Johnno137426
Mad isn't it? They complained the Ages kine up didn't sell, but half of it was stuff they'd re-released a dozen times already!
Still gutted there was no Turbo OutRun, Power Drift, OutRunners, AB Cop etc...
Re: After A Year Of Radio Silence, My Arcade's Sega Mini-Arcades Are Coming This Year
Ahhh, if it's arcade roms, I'm gonna have to pick up OutRun..
Re: Tired Of Waiting For Bandai Namco, Someone Has Finally Given Us 'Ridge Racer HD' - But It's Only In Dreams
If the drift mechanics aren't there it doesn't matter how it looks.
Re: "I Was Strangling Both M2 And Myself" - Sega's Yosuke Okunari Recalls The Painful Relaunch Of The 'Sega Ages' Series
@Pally356
Some were ok - the Outrun remake is good fun, and Space Harrier has some really nice additions.
Re: Hamster Has Revealed The Identity Of Its 500th Arcade Archives Release
@Daniel36
501 is SI2.
Re: A "Final Build" Of HotGen & Fluid Studios' Cancelled Resident Evil Game Boy Color Port Has Been Shared Online
I mean, it's an incredible attempt really.
Re: "Lost" Space Harrier Sequel Planet Harriers Runs Great In This Updated Dreamcast Emulator
@Guru_Larry
That one was on my Astro City Mini, but I got rid of all the minis this year - too much clutter.
Re: "Lost" Space Harrier Sequel Planet Harriers Runs Great In This Updated Dreamcast Emulator
@Serpenterror
Apparently the AGES kine sold poorly in Japan hence it's abandonment. It's one thing throwing games into an emulator as with the AA series, but M2 put a lot more effort into the Ages line up. Damn shame
Re: One Of The Most Iconic Joysticks Of The '80s And '90s Is Being Revived
Yeah, they're iconic, but crap.
Competition Pro, or later, the Cruiser with the adjustable tension for me, the the 90's dayglo colour obviously.
Re: "Lost" Space Harrier Sequel Planet Harriers Runs Great In This Updated Dreamcast Emulator
@Guru_Larry
I think the Yakuza arcade are one massive trolling exercise. 'We cancelled our Ages kine and won't licence to Hamster's Arcade Archives, but will convert some of our best games and hide them in a massive RPG you have to play at least five hours of'.
Expecting Turbo OutRun, Powerdtift and OutRunners in a future sequel to really pee me off.
Re: Here's Our First Look At The New Live-Action Street Fighter Film
Joe? SF1 Joe? Cool that game at least gets a mention. Looks like good dumb fun, but why so dark all the time?
Re: The SNES Classic 'R-Type III: The Third Lightning' Is Getting A Remake For Modern Consoles & PC Next Year
@The_Nintendo_Expat
Got to be Leo for me.
Re: An Early Arcade Title From The Creator of Ghosts 'n Goblins & Bionic Commando Is Heading To Consoles
Oh, I wasn't going to bother with this, until I found out who designed it. Now an instant buy.
Re: The SNES Classic 'R-Type III: The Third Lightning' Is Getting A Remake For Modern Consoles & PC Next Year
Never took to this one, I'll probably give it another go here though. Too many slightly plodding sections IMO.
Re: This New Robin Hood Game For The Commodore 64 Looks Seriously Impressive
That looks bloody gorgeous. Might spring for a cart.
Re: It Looks Like A 'Taito Milestones 4' Announcement Could Be Around The Corner
Hopefully Gekirindan, Chase HQ / SCI, Layer Section....
Re: Retro Gamer's Nick Thorpe Has Passed Away
Holy *****. RIP 😥
Re: Random: Tommy Tallarico Got Bodied So Badly He's Now Using A Fake Name
Good old Teets 6 the grift that keeps on giving.
Re: Turrican And Taito Collections Are Coming To Evercade
@Atariboy
Qix is ok, but they really perfected that with Volfied IMO. Zoo Keeper...ok.
Re: Turrican And Taito Collections Are Coming To Evercade
@gojiguy
I think the emulation for their later stuff - Gejirindan, Metal Black, Darius Gaiden, Rayforce etc requires a bit more grunt, though I'm sure its still doable.
Re: Turrican And Taito Collections Are Coming To Evercade
@CopyX1982
They put Chase HQ out on the Japanese PS2 comps, it's a weird one for sure.
Re: Turrican And Taito Collections Are Coming To Evercade
Turrican comp is a blinder, the Taito is bottom of barrel rubbish bar Puzzle Bobble. Reminds me why I git rid though - again I've got everything I want here on Switch already.
Re: "No One Outside Of Our Company Was Very Excited By It" - Former GTA Boss On The Third Game's Amazing Success
@RadioHedgeFund
And a map that us geared around online, so impossible to memorize in the way I did 3 and VC.
Re: R-Type Delta HD Boosted May Not Be The Definitive Way To Play This PS1 Gem, After All
@WileyDragonfly in fairness, some may never have played the original.
Re: 'Trigger Happy' Is A Sumptious Visual Tour Of Gaming's Greatest Controllers
The Intellivision controller must be in there, surely? Probably in the 'avoid' section, but I like it - it was certainly in front of it's time.
Re: Daytona USA Is Returning To Sega's "Body Sensation" Roots
@BulkSlash
Weirdly, I only ever played the arcade on auto back in the day. Wasn't until the X360 port I realised how essential shifting is, as you say without being able to go from 4th to 2nd and back up, you're losing a large chunk of the handling model.
Re: Daytona USA Is Returning To Sega's "Body Sensation" Roots
@retrophilion
Why? I think it's sad they don't do much more with it.
Re: "With Tariffs Etc, It Takes Time" - The Creators Of THE A1200 Respond To Recent US "Pre-Order Woes"
@Blast16
I think, with computers, it's the keyboard. I'm quite surprised by how much I've used The Spectrum, just because it feels like the real deal.
Re: Did Somebody Say 'Nintendo 64 Pro'? Watch The Analogue 3D's Overclocked Mode In Action
What's with all the dunking on people excited for this? If my CRT gives out, I'd definitely want the SNES equivalent.
Man, I used to think F1 WGP was the absolute peak of realising visually. Though the rain effects still look quite cool.