See, this is what more of these collections should be doing. Adding unreleased games as part of their collections. Don't put two games in a bundle and call it a collection. 🤦♂️
@Blast16 The different styles of gameplay for each of the games were presented in a unique way. The No Fate as I said before is very much a stereotype of what you'd expect a licenced T2 game to be.
@AnonUser "while I can't say I have played past terminator games etc, I can't see something topping that overall as it does the old-school 2D type of game it is well."
I think that is where you need to do more research. The other games while flawed had more interesting stuff going on.
@PopetheRev28 The day they stop including Denuvo will be heaven. Unfortunately last time I checked companies like Sega still include it on their games.
@mjparker77 I mean it's okay for us to have the same opinion on stuff. I won't always disagree with you. 😂
The game just comes across like a stereotype of what you would imagine a licenced game for T2 to be which on the surface isn't a bad idea but the execution is just dull. The ambition was there but it didn't go in the correct direction.
@Quick_Man CD32 had promise and potential but I agree the 600 and Commodore 65 were pointless, the former of which was Medhi Ali's one of many bad decisions.
@Jimgamer8 Not just nostalgia. There were things not to like about the tie-in games but they were more interesting in what they tried to do. When I look at the hyped T2 No Fate it feels like a lot of missed opportunities.
@Fanboy_Destroyer Not sure what you're going on about. I mean since the resurrection of Commodore people like myself have been wanting a new Amiga. The C64 sales show there's a market for more Commodore and a new Amiga would sell out immediately.
So are they releasing anything that isn't through Piko? Nice they included some extra ports but the Soccer Kid one really needs more care, it's dreadful. 😆
@OorWullie Marko was a ripoff Soccer Kid. Not a bad game though.
Let's be honest here, Terminator 2D: No Fate wasn't that great at all. It tried to be the ideal version of a T2 licenced game yet it just comes across as dull. We can criticise the other licenced T2 games but those managed something interesting with their releases. This game felt like missed opportunities. 🤔
@KingMike @benjaminer The Jaguar version isn't perfect but my understanding is that it sits in the middle of best port. The best versions of Soccer Kid are the Amiga/CD32 and 3DO versions. The DOS version is a step down from the Amiga version and the SNES port is one of the most inferior ports of the game.
I have to add as well that a lot of the ports suffered from cropped resolution. The superior ports I mentioned are that because they have the full resolution. The DOS version also runs very slow as well.
Was a continuous reader of the comic so big fan. As a rule I learned very fast if you have a Sonic story with Richard Elson drawing it you'll get great artwork. If you have a Sonic story without Richard Elson's art the results...will be less successful.
@Thad You're missing out. It's superior to Archie.
The sad part of this is development on the game will stop and as more companies using AI for games get accepted the issues around this game will become meaningless. Looks like he wanted to use AI for this game at the wrong time.
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Re: "We Want To Provide The Content Our Fans Are Really Looking For" - SNK On Metal Slug's Upcoming Reboot
You could do worse than release a compilation of the games for modern platforms. My old SNK Playmore copy has horrible DRM attached.
Re: Here's A Strange Thing: It's Dragon's Lair Running On Dreamcast
I'm sure LRG and DE will end up doing a compilation of these games.
Re: "We Listened" - Commodore Reduces The Price Of Its Forthcoming Callback 8020 'Dumbphone'
@Simon-Butler It just seems like you hold a grudge against any YouTuber who earns money from their channel.
The list is long and for some weird reason you only focus on British YouTubers. 🤔
Re: "We Listened" - Commodore Reduces The Price Of Its Forthcoming Callback 8020 'Dumbphone'
@Quick_Man Kind of is. By not providing a physical copy they're not exactly being reliable are they?
Re: "Embarrassing" - These $100 Sonic Re-Releases Aren't Going Down Well With Fans
A realistic price for a PAL copy is £10.
@BellaGoth You can see why Sonic Origins is a lazy cash grab then.
@Sketcz "Why, WHY would a company, when chatting with Sega about a license for a game, choose to license Sonic 1?"
It's Sonic's birthday and Sega aren't feeling particularly creative that's why.
Re: "We Listened" - Commodore Reduces The Price Of Its Forthcoming Callback 8020 'Dumbphone'
Price is still too high. I couldn't buy one anyway but if I did I think the price should be lower for what it is.
@Simon-Butler I know you don't like YouTubers but the Amiga announcement was made a few weeks before the phone dude. 😆
@Quick_Man "At least GTA6 is a product that you can trust will be a good video game with lots of work put in over the span of a decade, y'know?"
Not sure I'd be so quick to defend Rockstar.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrg52egw1ro
Re: Iconic Issues: Retro Gamer #28 (Star Fox) - The Magazine That Changed My Life Forever
It goes without saying giving people chances is extremely important to help grow others.
Re: "There Are A Hundred Things We Could Have Done Differently" - Quake's Creators Reflect On The "Grim Cost" Of The Classic FPS
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It does beg the question would Quake have turned out as a classic if things had gone differently? 🤔
Re: Kingdom Hearts' Creator Explains How Super Mario 64 Inspired His "Guiding Principle" To 3D Design
I would like to think Kingdom Hearts was a little more fun than Mario 64. 😆
Re: The Making Of Tomb Raider 1997 - 2000 To Chart "Pivotal Period" In The Legendary Series
Core Design really had issues putting out Tomb Raider games as the series went on. They got sick of the yearly turnaround, it's crazy to read about.
Re: Sonic Is Getting A New Pinball Table To Mark His 35th Birthday, Designed By The Legendary Steve Ritchie
A Sega themed pinball game compilation would be cool but oh well, that's another idea Sega aren't interested in doing. 😪
Re: "I No Longer Wish To Spend My Limited Free Time Dealing With Negativity" - Sega Mania Kills Sonic The Comic AI Fan Remaster
Thanks Jack for the credit! I didn't know the Sonic Twitter/X account didn't have the newsletter. Glad to help. 😊
Re: GG Aleste 3 Is Now Playable On The Master System, But Please Do The Right Thing
It's on Master System? So basically we should call it Power Strike 3? 🤔
Re: "Finally, The Time Has Come" - Richard Garriott Is Reclaiming The Rights To Ultima
Why do I get the impression EA have a backup plan for such a move? 🤔
Re: Review: EverDrive GBA Pro - Praise The Sun!
This would be great to buy...had I not bought the original one a few years ago. 😪
Re: Random: "The Ultimate Retail Heist" - How One Man "Robbed" Toys R Us With A Bunch Of $5 Sega Saturn Games
That's pretty clever! 😆
Re: "It's Always Disappointing When A Game You've Been Working On Doesn't Come Out"
See, this is what more of these collections should be doing. Adding unreleased games as part of their collections. Don't put two games in a bundle and call it a collection. 🤦♂️
Re: "No Generative AI Used In This Project" - Wallop The Wallaby Is Coming To The Genesis / Mega Drive Soon
This could be a fun game.
Re: Sega's Yosuke Okunari Wants To Make Every One Of The Company's Games Playable, But Admits He'll "Probably Retire Before Then"
They need to get a Master System, Saturn and Dreamcast emulator together.
Re: Interview: "It's Been Quite A Ride" - Xeno Crisis, Terminator And He-Man Studio Bitmap Bureau On 10 Years At The Apex Of 2D Indie Gaming
@Blast16 The different styles of gameplay for each of the games were presented in a unique way. The No Fate as I said before is very much a stereotype of what you'd expect a licenced T2 game to be.
Re: "This Isn't Your Granny's Flip Phone" - Commodore Defends Its $500 Dumbphone
@mjparker77 Was it T2 or Robocop where you were asked to press the space bar and it was a console? 🤣🤣
Re: Interview: "It's Been Quite A Ride" - Xeno Crisis, Terminator And He-Man Studio Bitmap Bureau On 10 Years At The Apex Of 2D Indie Gaming
@AnonUser "while I can't say I have played past terminator games etc, I can't see something topping that overall as it does the old-school 2D type of game it is well."
I think that is where you need to do more research. The other games while flawed had more interesting stuff going on.
Re: "This Isn't Your Granny's Flip Phone" - Commodore Defends Its $500 Dumbphone
@mjparker77 Those were definitely some bad choices by Commodore.
Re: "It Feels Like Intellectual Theft" - Bitmap Bureau Isn't A Fan Of GenAI
@PopetheRev28 The day they stop including Denuvo will be heaven. Unfortunately last time I checked companies like Sega still include it on their games.
Re: Interview: "It's Been Quite A Ride" - Xeno Crisis, Terminator And He-Man Studio Bitmap Bureau On 10 Years At The Apex Of 2D Indie Gaming
@mjparker77 I mean it's okay for us to have the same opinion on stuff. I won't always disagree with you. 😂
The game just comes across like a stereotype of what you would imagine a licenced game for T2 to be which on the surface isn't a bad idea but the execution is just dull. The ambition was there but it didn't go in the correct direction.
Re: "It Feels Like Intellectual Theft" - Bitmap Bureau Isn't A Fan Of GenAI
@PopetheRev28 I have to disagree on both, especially the latter.
Re: "This Isn't Your Granny's Flip Phone" - Commodore Defends Its $500 Dumbphone
@Quick_Man CD32 had promise and potential but I agree the 600 and Commodore 65 were pointless, the former of which was Medhi Ali's one of many bad decisions.
Re: Interview: "It's Been Quite A Ride" - Xeno Crisis, Terminator And He-Man Studio Bitmap Bureau On 10 Years At The Apex Of 2D Indie Gaming
@Jimgamer8 Not just nostalgia. There were things not to like about the tie-in games but they were more interesting in what they tried to do. When I look at the hyped T2 No Fate it feels like a lot of missed opportunities.
Re: "There Is Light At The End Of The Tunnel, At Last" - Commodore Might Be Reunited With The Amiga Soon
@Fanboy_Destroyer Not sure what you're going on about. I mean since the resurrection of Commodore people like myself have been wanting a new Amiga. The C64 sales show there's a market for more Commodore and a new Amiga would sell out immediately.
Re: Site News: Want To Work On Time Extension? Now's Your Chance
I could give it a try as long as I don't have to write articles on AI.
Re: "There Is Light At The End Of The Tunnel, At Last" - Commodore Might Be Reunited With The Amiga Soon
Early days yet. It could take a few years but if they can get Amiga back Commodore can succeed long term. 👍
@Neotext Why?
@Fanboy_Destroyer Something similar to the ZX Spectrum Next would be great. We need a proper Amiga release and not these mini consoles.
Re: Here's Every Retro Announcement From The Very First 'QUByte ReConnect'
So are they releasing anything that isn't through Piko? Nice they included some extra ports but the Soccer Kid one really needs more care, it's dreadful. 😆
@OorWullie Marko was a ripoff Soccer Kid. Not a bad game though.
Re: "This Isn't Your Granny's Flip Phone" - Commodore Defends Its $500 Dumbphone
No doubt more rage fuel for Simon Butler's anti-YouTuber quest. 😂
@Quick_Man Define useless garbage?
Re: Interview: "It's Been Quite A Ride" - Xeno Crisis, Terminator And He-Man Studio Bitmap Bureau On 10 Years At The Apex Of 2D Indie Gaming
Let's be honest here, Terminator 2D: No Fate wasn't that great at all. It tried to be the ideal version of a T2 licenced game yet it just comes across as dull. We can criticise the other licenced T2 games but those managed something interesting with their releases. This game felt like missed opportunities. 🤔
Re: "A Loss To The World" - Legendary Doom & Wolfenstein 3D Composer Bobby Prince Has Passed Away
His music is legendary. He definitely made his mark on history, rest in peace.
Re: "It Feels Like Intellectual Theft" - Bitmap Bureau Isn't A Fan Of GenAI
Depends how the AI is used in making the game.
@PopetheRev28 Like DRM and loot crates.
@gojiguy So you don't like any competition in games then? 😆
Re: Developer Of Densha De Go "Tribute" Admits To Using AI, Considers Halting The Project Over "Online Hate & Accusations"
@Allnightgaming Absolutely! Couldn't have put it better myself.
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Buying Commodore's Callback 8020 Flip Phone?
@Fanboy_Destroyer So you don't think they did R&D on the recently released Commodore? 🤔
By the way no one calls me Peter. 😆
Re: The First-Ever "QUByte ReConnect" Kicks Off Today, Teasing "Exclusive Trailers" & "A Legacy Tech Reveal"
@KingMike @benjaminer The Jaguar version isn't perfect but my understanding is that it sits in the middle of best port. The best versions of Soccer Kid are the Amiga/CD32 and 3DO versions. The DOS version is a step down from the Amiga version and the SNES port is one of the most inferior ports of the game.
I have to add as well that a lot of the ports suffered from cropped resolution. The superior ports I mentioned are that because they have the full resolution. The DOS version also runs very slow as well.
Re: "You'd Never Be Allowed This Kind Of Freedom Nowadays" - Remembering Fleetway's Sonic the Comic
Was a continuous reader of the comic so big fan. As a rule I learned very fast if you have a Sonic story with Richard Elson drawing it you'll get great artwork. If you have a Sonic story without Richard Elson's art the results...will be less successful.
@Thad You're missing out. It's superior to Archie.
Re: The First-Ever "QUByte ReConnect" Kicks Off Today, Teasing "Exclusive Trailers" & "A Legacy Tech Reveal"
As someone who loves Soccer Kid for the Amiga this collection is as lazy as possible. The game deserves better than this. 🙄
Re: 34 Years Later, Wolfenstein 3D Just Got "One Hell Of An Impressive Port" For The Atari Lynx
Master System port next please. 😊
Re: Interview: "We Were Doing Nintendo A Favour" - Former Sega Head Of Marketing Al Nilsen on Genesis & The Birth Of 'Sonicmania'
@JayJ They had the best variety of games I feel.
Re: Developer Of Densha De Go "Tribute" Admits To Using AI, Considers Halting The Project Over "Online Hate & Accusations"
The sad part of this is development on the game will stop and as more companies using AI for games get accepted the issues around this game will become meaningless. Looks like he wanted to use AI for this game at the wrong time.
@Allnightgaming Agreed!
Re: 'Genji' Studio Game Republic's Painfully Long Demise Ends In Bankruptcy
@metaphysician That's what I'd like to know. It's a long time.
Re: "Everything In The Final Product Is Going To Be Original" - Sega Addresses GenAI Use In Crazy Taxi: World Tour
@Right_Said_Brett You give human beings a bad name.
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Buying Commodore's Callback 8020 Flip Phone?
I'm just happy Simon Butler isn't obsessing over Kieran Hawkin for once. Let's take these positives. 😂
@Fanboy_Destroyer He's obviously done R&D because he released the new Commodore.
Re: Commodore's Next Hardware Release Is Dumb, And Proud Of It
@Damo Oh okay, I thought you would follow up on more use of Gen AI. No probs. Thanks for reminding me of the article.
Re: Commodore's Next Hardware Release Is Dumb, And Proud Of It
@Damo You create articles to have a go at people using Gen AI but you seem fine promoting this. All I ask for is a little consistency?
Re: Commodore's Next Hardware Release Is Dumb, And Proud Of It
@Damo Your YT channel hosts the trailer for the phone.