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@Daniel36
501 is SI2.

I mean, it's an incredible attempt really.

@Guru_Larry

That one was on my Astro City Mini, but I got rid of all the minis this year - too much clutter.

@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

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.

@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.

Joe? SF1 Joe? Cool that game at least gets a mention. Looks like good dumb fun, but why so dark all the time?

@The_Nintendo_Expat

Got to be Leo for me.

Oh, I wasn't going to bother with this, until I found out who designed it. Now an instant buy.

Never took to this one, I'll probably give it another go here though. Too many slightly plodding sections IMO.

That looks bloody gorgeous. Might spring for a cart.

Hopefully Gekirindan, Chase HQ / SCI, Layer Section....

Holy *****. RIP 😥

Good old Teets 6 the grift that keeps on giving.

@Atariboy

Qix is ok, but they really perfected that with Volfied IMO. Zoo Keeper...ok.

@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.

@CopyX1982

They put Chase HQ out on the Japanese PS2 comps, it's a weird one for sure.

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.

@RadioHedgeFund

And a map that us geared around online, so impossible to memorize in the way I did 3 and VC.

@WileyDragonfly in fairness, some may never have played the original.

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.

@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.

@retrophilion

Why? I think it's sad they don't do much more with it.

@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.

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.

I just sold my A500 mini through lack of use.
I've pre ordered this.
I puzzle myself sometimes.....

@PKDuckman
Absolutely - this was tedious in comparison.

@romanista
I've still got my 360 set up literally for Futari, Sega Rally Online, Afterburner Climax, and Daytona. Off that Futari and Much Pork have never had further ports.

@RossoftheRobots

It's brilliant. It's very different from SF - moves are damage heavy and it's much more defensive, but the balance is incredible.

Never been a fan of MS3. Shelled out for the home cart back in the day, and still couldn't love it, even at that price (150.00 if I remember rightly). Over long, will bullet spongey enemies, and too many section that stop forward progress.

@romanista
I just sold off my entire Evercade Collection because it wasn't really getting used - I found the home carts pretty much shovelware, and when the two Toaplan Collections landed on Switch, alongside the AA range, various Capcom and Sega releases, it was pretty much redundant.

@romanista Egret is bigger than the AC, gotten rid of mine now so can't compare, but definitely an inch or two in it. I thought the Euro release was still pretty easy to grab?

@Zeldork

Egret Mini has a bunch of verts and a rotatable screen .......

Gun Frontier and Ray Storm are the two that spring instantly to mind, but sure there were a few more titles that used it.

You can get a stand alone Egret Mini for less with TV out..... what's the point?

Would have been an absolute game-changer if it'd happened - it definitely would have influenced machine sales.

Bloody hell, that names takes me back to dial-up days!

@slider1983

With reason, that game sucks
I've never really bothered with their official pages, they've told a lot of half truths and outright lies about their products over the years

@slider1983

Ah that sucks. Dunno where you are, but I never had any issues in the UK. Just got tired of the increasingly mediocre releases, the arcade carts were the only line I had any interest in.

@Aiodensghost

Why / how would MS render anyone's physical copy unplayable?

@Slider2711
I didn't even know it had been ported to C64, gonna have to give that a spin.

@slider1983

Really, why's that?
I just sold my job lot off, the entire thing of licences expiring and cart prices going through the roof was starting to bug me. Probably would have been worth a lot more if I'd held on for several more years, but with a kids 21st and Uni graduation in the same year... Ouch.

Probably jump in if there's ever a Sega edition - Virtua Cop of House of the Dead. I've just switched from a 20" CRT to a wide-screen 36", but the Xbox light gun won't function properly with it sadly.

@slider1983
How's the patch for Cornhole coming on 😂

@slider1983
Time tells.
Remember Rise of the Robots?

Never quite vibes with these games, they just felt a bit weird.

Nice addition, but don't see it having much longevity for that price.

Don't think I ever actually played this one, weird considering how much I enjoyed the original and 2.

@Guru_Larry
Horses for courses I guess. Of the three machines that gen, I bought all three, PS2 was the only one I sold. The Xbox's HD was a game changer for consoles, and the Cube, well, Nintendo.

Same with Switch, Ninty games, plus an incredible retro library I can take on the go.

I had the Saturn game back in the day. Kind of funny, but pretty average considering the machines shmup library.

@Martin_H

Yeah, still got the region free disc, but it's just a pain.