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Then do it? Jeez. Talk, talk, talk is all they do!

I've backed this project!

I'm slightly concerned by the fact their target has been smashed by 10 fold in 2 days... I hope their manufacturing plans are able to scale by such a volume.

35k target would have been, give or take, about 500 units. This is now already at 5000, with plenty of time to grow even more.

I think I'm going to park this one in the long grass in terms of when I'll expect to receive it. November feels extremely optimistic at this point! A lot of work for the team to deliver.

This sounds an awful lot like hypocrisy to me. Gambling is wildly out of control in the UK. Everyone is to blame for that. Why wouldn't a website with a tentative link ("gaming") try and make some money?

The root issue is pretty damn clear. Why does the videogame industry and the government even allow the gambling industry to call it gaming? Hrmm? It's gambling.

It should be called gambling.

Calling it gaming and allowing this to go unchecked is quite clearly the problem.

The gaming industry lacks leadership. They are fools for allowing this to happen. They even jumped on the bandwagon themselves with microtransactions and loot boxes. Tut tut.

Gaming made it's bed. Now they have to sleep in it.

@BausRifle Haha I feel inclined to agree... but when you consider just how many great PS1 games there are, I guess it's not such a bold claim.

It looks stupidly big to me!

@Tasuki people are a lot less sociable even versus just 5 years ago. Covid changed a heck of a lot!

@NoirConceit well they must be rolling in cash to close two days in the holidays, so you must be right!

@NoirConceit I'd happily set foot there, it's not far from me actually! Oh wait... they aren't even open today. Or tomorrow... in the school holidays...

Ermm OK?

@pigpennn well it sounds like they found a great location for it there then!

@NoirConceit Its not my pricing?! I'm merely stating facts mate. Hollywood Bowl are literally cleaning up... look for yourself! Brand new locations. Everyone else is literally saying the high street is dead... yet how come these guys are doing so well? Every arcade machine in there is £2 tap your card to play once.

So Bury may be doing well in your eyes, but it sounds to me like they're leaving money on the table. I wonder how well they will be doing when everything needs replacing through wear and tear?

Think about market size. There are thousands more customers that will tap to play one or two games versus the much more niche market of paying £18 to play an entire day. People have jobs, kids, gym memberships... an entire day playing arcades is not a big market!

@PXAbstracftion Hollywood Bowl is thriving in the UK. Yes they make money from the bowling, food, drink, party packages but they also all have arcade machines and games. They would not keep opening new locations with arcade machines in them if they weren't profitable in their own right. Every machine has a card reader and they all charge between £1 and £2 per play. Footfall is clearly a big driver, so location is crucial too - but honestly it sounds like this is the wrong business model!

The issue is surely the freeplay business model. City/town centres have seen huge growth in the UK for arcade and game machines - look at The Light and Hollywood Bowl as hugely profitable examples. The demand is there. Money is being made.

The issue is charging ten quid an hour. That's a pricing model that is way too generous and would have been paid in 2005! It's two decades later... you need to charge more.

I like the idea of the book, but whilst I love the films I've not come across an Alien game that's as good with, of course, the exception of Isolation, so I'm not sure I'd find this particularly good reading!

I do have an affection for the Alien 3 game - but that's mostly because the film was promoted so heavily at the time, games came out on basically everything. Somewhat ironically that's not really a great film... it's OK. I guess Aliens was always going to be tough to follow.

I'm excited to see what they do with the new game. I've got my fingers crossed that we will get our first decent Alien action game - more in line with the Aliens film - as opposed to more of the same from the first game. We will see...!

Psygnosis were a huge name on the Amiga. I remember loving Blood Money back in the day!

I'll be getting divorced if I purchase another coffee table book... so I'll pass on this.

I'm hoping one day someone might come up with a decent digital alternative to a book. Some sort of AR/VR interactive museum experience would be awesome. These sorts of books just don't cut the mustard anymore - and there's too many of them!

Nightdive were clearly not as close as they thought... Seems to me they were on a "need to know" basis and Nintendo were unable to get the remaster off the ground due to the license issues.

The same license issues that have blighted Bond for decades - and not just in videogames.

The great irony is that they claim this is to protect Bond! I find that very hard to believe now that they've sold it to Amazon - who will do a dreadful job with the next movie - because their movie knowledge and experience is shoddy at best.

It's not even called Big Head Mode! And what these trainers have to do with DK Mode is absolutely anybody's guess?!

I don't think it's possible to design a pair of trainers that look less associated with Bond, Nintendo, the N64, GoldenEye or even Videogames if you tried!

But we couldn't possibly pay more for a videogame... could we...

@Porco That may be true in a lot of cases, but emulation os also not always very good. Gamecube is a good example of it being bad, so is N64.

Also, I feel sorry for people who emulate games. They never seem to play anything. They just cycle through their endless lists of every game, region and variant that ever existed whilst never landing on something to actually play. When they do finally pick a game, it's something obvious that everyone knows about and they play it for the shortest time before being distracted by another game.

I buy my games because I actually play and complete them all one by one before buying my next one. It's an absolute joy.

Emulation is definitely bad in my view. It makes people take gaming for granted.

Is it still a scalper if the game is old?! Maybe, I guess.

I reckon I'm about 1 gaming coffee table book short of a divorce!!

I wish there were better digital options. People would actually read them too - instead of an occasional flick!

Given how much of a rush the development of multiplayer for GoldenEye was, I'm actually impressed this action doesn't crash the game and send your N64 into rehab.

@-wc- to be fair a Casio is a very worthy exception to my "stuck-up" musings!

Why would I want to wear an $80 watch that has a poor gaming experience and does barely anything useful on the fitness side?

Go build a $300 watch that actually does both things properly!

Atari realise their target audience are in their 40s and 50s?! An $80 watch isn't going anywhere near my wrist!

Sorry if that sounds pompous or whatever, but seriously, do some research Atari.

I think it's fair for people to be annoyed about the delay, and particularly Analogue's less than impressive communications.

BUT... and I am just throwing it out there, the more they communicate their delays, the more people will cancel and the more likely you and I who don't cancel have longer to wait.

So, yes, they could improve. On every front. But also careful what you wish for.

Me? I wish for an Analogue 3D in 2025. I couldn't care less if its March, July or October. Just get it in my hands in 2025 please Analogue and we are golden.

And they will.

That's really cool they added Point Blank like I asked in my earlier comment on this article haha

But... what about Point Blank 2? I assume we can add software ourselves, right?

Why would I get excited about a publisher anyway? They don't make games... they sell them. So what? Anyone can sell games these days...

Just when you think you're out... they suck you right back in.

Cannot wait to place my preorder.

I've got this on my 100 list to buy for GBA over the next few years. I'll have to bring it forward and buy this year as it's annoying trying to find an original cart when the market gets flooded with new versions.

@Soupbones You mean Max. Wolfie was the made up name!

@marccarran Hahaha I would say heavily influenced! My Sister and I always sang the Shamen song when playing that level together. Good times.

This is just part of life. It's the passing of time.

Videogame music alone is already
niche (in terms of majority enjoying the music solely when playing the game - not outside of that environment), so going back to the 90s is just very, very niche isn't it?!

Consider all the Pop and Rock music released each year. Pick a random year. 1995. Go look at ALL the releases. Sort them by volume sold. The first 100 songs - all looks familiar right? Now see the ridiculous amount of songs you either never heard before or completely forgot about that follow that 100. That's popular music that sold 100s of 1000s of copies.

Why would Streets of rage behave differently? And I LOVE the soundtrack to SoR. I'm just not sure why he's beating himself up about its popularity. That's just life mate!

@HoyeBoye The US versions are particularly expensive - and if you're in Europe you can expect to pay through the nose for delivery and potentially even customs depending on how much the game cost. Japanese versions are much more reasonable (and often perfectly playable - when you consider how many of the classics on this console were shooters).

The article mentions the Analogue Duo, but actually the Analogue Pocket with a Dock and the adapter set is arguably the better comparison.

It's considerably more expensive... but you can play real Hucards with the adapter, CD games through the Core, multiplayer with wireless controllers (with the dock) AND you can play on the TV (with the dock) or handheld.

I understand why budget options exist... but sometimes you just need to wait and save for the best option. I love my Pocket and the PC Engine/TG16 support is stellar.

Also, there was a mini console just a few years ago. Again, I know they are quite pricey now, but those that wanted it surely got one, no? And if not, why wait?! We ain't getting younger!!

The publisher should scan and upload them all. You could hire an intern to do this work, it is not expensive nor complex.

The publisher could request collaboration from its readership too. This would share the burden and could open up the possibility of cpst effective translation.

It's not like digital is a new thing... publishers really are just very lazy in my view.

You would think, in 2025, there would just be a recognised standard for a D-Pad and all controllers would at the very least meet this standard.

Perhaps with the exception of budget controllers... although I'd still argue there isn't really any need to deliberately not put a decent D-Pad on your controller...

@Axelay71 Agreed! We're all getting older and Nintendo is like... a decade between games is fine.

No... it isn't! Donkey Kong also needs a new game - it'll be exactly 11 years (Feb 14th) since Tropical Freeze dropped on Wii U.

I'm tempted but have to say I'd be a lot more tempted if 1. I didn't already have the Anaologue 3D on the way in the next month or so and 2. If this had been designed with the disc tray opening on top like the PSOne.

I'd absolutely love a Mega Drive adapter for the Analogue Pocket. It would obviously be a bit bulky, but it wouldnt add too much weight and the width is OK. It's definitely doable!

Good luck selling that Lambo! The kind of person that 1. Can afford a Lambo and 2. Decides to act on the fact they can afford a Lambo by getting a Lambo is not the kind of person that buys it second hand!

@-wc- yea I'd much rather a CD too, but happy with MP3 too.

Anyone else find it odd that they've sold out of preorders? I mean... just print more...? Not sure I'd trust buying vinyl from a store that seemingly doesn't have any vinyl to sell!

Always thought co-op would be cool - although I'm not sure we'd have done much of it back in the day. 4 player multiplayer dominated our play sessions.

The other thing I remember really wanting was Frigate as a multiplayer map.

I think it's a real shame that Nintendo themselves haven't got the N64 experience perfect. I understand there isn't a financial benefit to them doing it, but when you consider how successful Wii and Switch in particular have been, isn't it a shame that some of that profit couldn't be invested into their past.

I understand the investments into movies and themed parks (alarm clocks and cardboard gaming less so!) - but surely there's some cash they could throw at retro in a meaningful way? Even the museum feels like a poor effort (when you consider what they could have done...)

Croc sold 3 million.

Banjo-Kazooie would have done a lot more than that if it had released on the PS1.

Mario 64 would have done even more!

They are simply better games. It has nothing to do with Nintendo... if anything Nintendo held the games' true potential back.

Way too young - that's really sad.

@Guru_Larry I picked up a copy of FIFA 96 for Game Gear a while ago and it took ages to find a copy! I suspect that version of the game is not going to hold any answers to your question though as it's significantly different.

I remember playing FIFA 98 with my cousin who wasn't really into football but loved videogames so would play it.

Good times! Well, until he discovered and subsequently found hilarious that you could foul the goalkeeper and get sent off 🤣

The Analogue Pocket has a fantastic Amiga Core and I really enjoyed playing this game on it earlier in the year. The core doesn't have save states, sadly, but the game's save mechanism does work - so you can play it the way it was intended.

I've mostly played GB/GBC, GBA and GG games this past year, and I have the adapters and a small initial collection of games for the Atari Lynx, Neo Geo Pocket Color and Turbografx16 to throw into my rotations in 2025, but, of everything I've played and I have lined up, the Amiga core honestly is a big highlight - and this game was awesome to revisit in handheld.

Don't cry for me, Lamborghini!

@romanista Yea this is what I feared! Hope they update this at some point...! Thanks for coming back to me - appreciate it!

SEGA: "We are not a retro company"
Also SEGA: "coming soon to Switch 2 and PS6... it's the mega drive collection! Featuring Sonic 1 and 2 but not 3... oh no. Never 3! But here, have this Flicky crap instead!"