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.
@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.
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?
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
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.
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.
@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.
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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.
Re: "With Tariffs Etc, It Takes Time" - The Creators Of THE A1200 Respond To Recent US "Pre-Order Woes"
I just sold my A500 mini through lack of use.
I've pre ordered this.
I puzzle myself sometimes.....
Re: Amiga Format Returns To Newsagents For One Issue Only
@PKDuckman
Absolutely - this was tedious in comparison.
Re: Hands On: Evercade Alpha Taito Edition - A Bartop Behemoth Packed With Coin-Op History
@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.
Re: Review: Neo Geo Arcade 3 (Evercade) - Includes Some Of The System's Best Games
@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.
Re: Review: Neo Geo Arcade 3 (Evercade) - Includes Some Of The System's Best Games
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.
Re: Hands On: Evercade Alpha Taito Edition - A Bartop Behemoth Packed With Coin-Op History
@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.
Re: Hands On: Evercade Alpha Taito Edition - A Bartop Behemoth Packed With Coin-Op History
@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?
Re: Hands On: Evercade Alpha Taito Edition - A Bartop Behemoth Packed With Coin-Op History
@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.
Re: Hands On: Evercade Alpha Taito Edition - A Bartop Behemoth Packed With Coin-Op History
You can get a stand alone Egret Mini for less with TV out..... what's the point?
Re: "It Should Have Been Ours" - Street Fighter 2 Was Supposed To Be A TurboGrafx-16 Exclusive, Claims Former TTI President
Would have been an absolute game-changer if it'd happened - it definitely would have influenced machine sales.
Re: "Is Coming Back A Mistake? I Don't Know" - Fan-Translation And ROM Hack Site CDRomance Gets Rebooted
Bloody hell, that names takes me back to dial-up days!
Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio
@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
Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio
@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.
Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio
@Aiodensghost
Why / how would MS render anyone's physical copy unplayable?
Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio
@Slider2711
I didn't even know it had been ported to C64, gonna have to give that a spin.
Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio
@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.
Re: Review: G'AIM'E - Coin-Op Time Crisis Comes Home With This AI-Powered Light Gun
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.
Re: "Not Interested In Selling It To Haters" - An Intellivision Amico Just Sold On eBay For Over $2,200
@slider1983
How's the patch for Cornhole coming on 😂
Re: The Studio Behind Simon the Sorcerer's Prequel Is Reportedly Remaking The Amiga Classic
@slider1983
Time tells.
Remember Rise of the Robots?
Re: The Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Series 'Psyvariar' Is Finally Getting A New Sequel After 22 Years
Never quite vibes with these games, they just felt a bit weird.
Re: Namco's 1996 Coin-Op Tokyo Wars Is Coming To Consoles For The First Time Ever
Nice addition, but don't see it having much longevity for that price.
Re: "You Needed Guns" - Rockstar Co-Founder Weighs In On Why 'GTA London' Ended Up Being A One-Off
Don't think I ever actually played this one, weird considering how much I enjoyed the original and 2.
Re: Sorry Nintendo, But It Doesn't Look Like Switch Will Overtake PS2 As The Best-Selling Console Of All Time
@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.
Re: Edia's 'Cho Aniki COLLECTION' Is Set To Flex Its Muscles Once Again - This Time On PC
I had the Saturn game back in the day. Kind of funny, but pretty average considering the machines shmup library.
Re: Mushihimesama, Dodonpachi Resurrection, & Espgaluda 2 Just Got An Unexpected Update On Nintendo Switch
@Martin_H
Yeah, still got the region free disc, but it's just a pain.
Re: The Studio Behind Simon the Sorcerer's Prequel Is Reportedly Remaking The Amiga Classic
@slider1983
Apart from the guy immediately below me, so that's two of us out of four posters?
It's also got a 38% average on Meta.
There's a reason the Lucas games remain legendary, while this series, well, isn't.
Re: The Studio Behind Simon the Sorcerer's Prequel Is Reportedly Remaking The Amiga Classic
It wasn't a classic though. It's was a pretty poor LucasArts knock-off with some horrible logic.
Re: Raiden Fighters Remix Collection Brings Three Classic '90s Shmups To Switch, PS4, and PS5 Early Next Year
@h3s
Horses for courses and all that, I think they're infinitely better games than 1&2.
Re: James Pond Is Getting His Own Collection On PC, PS5, Xbox And Switch 2
@Guru_Larry
From memory, the PS1 levels were quite a bit better, certainly visibility wise. It's been a while though.
Re: Raiden Fighters Remix Collection Brings Three Classic '90s Shmups To Switch, PS4, and PS5 Early Next Year
@h3s
The Dotemu collection us hot garbage.
And not that good......?
Erm, OK.
Re: Raiden Fighters Remix Collection Brings Three Classic '90s Shmups To Switch, PS4, and PS5 Early Next Year
Fantastic. I remember having the PAL X360 version on order forever and it went belly up.
Re: "You Are A Wizard" - This Fan-Made Mega Drive Port Of Final Fight Is Really Pushing Sega's Hardware To Its Limit
That's insane!
Re: Mushihimesama, Dodonpachi Resurrection, & Espgaluda 2 Just Got An Unexpected Update On Nintendo Switch
Still waiting for a Futari port to anything .......
Re: "We Brought The Rivalry To An End" - Atari Reveals The Intellivision Sprint
@slider1983
And instead did......
Nothing. At all.
Re: "Not Interested In Selling It To Haters" - An Intellivision Amico Just Sold On eBay For Over $2,200
@slider1983
And you wonder why people think it's a cult.