This is nothing new. It's been going on for years with gaming websites. Will be interesting to see if the website can break into Google searches again.
"Morrowind, as it was created originally, is not going to hold up today. Like, literally go back and play Morrowind. The game's out there. Go play it and tell me that still holds up."
I reject this type of thinking. There will be some games that have aged badly but most don't. They just play differently according to when they were made.
@metaphysician Ah well that's different. I completely agree Sega should focus on remastering games from a variety of systems. Having said that, it was a big mistake keeping the Sega AGES line just to Switch. When I look at the PS2 and Switch stuff it's sad it wasn't made available in other places like PC.
""Incidentally, we often hear people say, "I want to sell retro games individually," but I think it would be extremely difficult to actually make that a viable business in this day and age."
The problem with these tactical RPGs is they tend to replicate the gameplay and graphic presentation of FF Tactics and Fire Emblem rather than Shining Force. This game doesn't seem to buck that trend unfortunately. 🤔
@PopetheRev28 From the gameplay the kicks just don't seem to land for some reason. It's incredibly important with this type of game to get the hit collision satisfying.
@Robocod Ah okay. U.S. Gold did do some good arcade conversions but yeah it was very hit or miss. Their port of Final Fight for Amiga while not perfect I actually find quite underrated.
@KingMike So he covers just one system? Not exactly a great preservationist then. 😂
@MontyMole There's a reason I don't visit NintendoLife. 😆
@Sketcz Why does Cifaldi dislike TE? I find VGHF overrated so not sure he should be propping himself up as a god. He has no respect for anything outside of the USA. He thinks lesser of European gaming if the above quote calling TE a British tabloid is anything to go by. Maybe our god should be putting his money where his mouth is and helping save Myrient?
@dodgykebaab It doesn't look like a Flash game. The art is nice, the problem is the levels don't accommodate the new designs.
@Robocod The Amiga version of The New Zealand Story is praised and fondly remembered. The Master System which I owned was pretty awesome as well. U.S. Gold wasn't responsible for any ports of the game.
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Re: "At EA, We Were Voted The Worst Company In America Because Of The End Of Mass Effect"
@retrogamer1 Thanks.
Re: "At EA, We Were Voted The Worst Company In America Because Of The End Of Mass Effect"
@retrogamer1 Is that ending canon though? Also, doesn't the DLC alter the original ending in a good way?
Re: "At EA, We Were Voted The Worst Company In America Because Of The End Of Mass Effect"
@retrogamer1 But isn't there DLC that's supposed to change the ending?
Re: Ex-Xbox Icon Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb Joins Commodore International
@Zenszulu What are you talking about? This is a Major victory. 😉
Re: The "Boosted" Version Of This 1995 Shoot 'Em Up Is Getting A New PC Big Box Release
Classic Edition, definitely, yep!
Now if only they'd give the same treatment or at least a DVD case for modern game releases.
Re: Video Game Preservation Archive Myrient Has Been "100% Backed Up" By The Community
Well done guys!
Re: This Long-Running Website Has Apparently Been Nuked From Google Thanks To AI-Written Resident Evil Review
This is nothing new. It's been going on for years with gaming websites. Will be interesting to see if the website can break into Google searches again.
Re: Croc Cheat Code Goes Undiscovered For Almost 30 Years
@no_donatello That's pretty awesome. I wasn't aware! 😂
Re: Interview: "I'm The Luckiest Son Of A B**ch In The Industry" - Skyrim's Bruce Nesmith On TSR, Elder Scrolls & Daggerfall's "Miserable" Crunch
"Morrowind, as it was created originally, is not going to hold up today. Like, literally go back and play Morrowind. The game's out there. Go play it and tell me that still holds up."
I reject this type of thinking. There will be some games that have aged badly but most don't. They just play differently according to when they were made.
Re: "Definitely Not Created By AI" - How An Innocent Conker Celebration Drew Rare Into A GenAI Debate
Witch hunting is not a good idea guys.🤔
Re: "At EA, We Were Voted The Worst Company In America Because Of The End Of Mass Effect"
@retrogamer1 I think they added that after due to the outrage? 🤔
Re: "I Think It Would Be Extremely Difficult" - Don't Expect Sega To Sell Yakuza's Retro Games Individually
@metaphysician Ah well that's different. I completely agree Sega should focus on remastering games from a variety of systems. Having said that, it was a big mistake keeping the Sega AGES line just to Switch. When I look at the PS2 and Switch stuff it's sad it wasn't made available in other places like PC.
Re: Nihon Falcom Announces Dragon Slayer 45th Anniversary Project
@metaphysician Interested to see what they do.
Re: "At EA, We Were Voted The Worst Company In America Because Of The End Of Mass Effect"
@smoreon Thanks for that info.
Re: 35 Years After Street Fighter II Changed Everything, The ZX Spectrum Finally Gets A Half-Decent Port
I have to partly disagree with Damien here. Say what you will about the original port's gameplay but the graphics are on point. 👍
Re: Nihon Falcom Announces Dragon Slayer 45th Anniversary Project
Why not do a collection of the Dragon Slayer games? People would buy it and they remaster the Legend of Heroes games.
Re: "At EA, We Were Voted The Worst Company In America Because Of The End Of Mass Effect"
Thanks for spoiling the end of Mass Effect 3 Peter. It was on my play list. 🙄
Re: Review: Polymega Collection Vol. 15 - Body Harvest - Comes Undone Thanks To A Poor Showing By DMA's N64 Classic
I wonder what happened with the emulation on Body Harvest? 🤔
Re: Nightdive's Remaster Of The 1998 "Diamond-In-The-Rough" FPS 'Sin' Is Still Alive, And Coming This Year
Would also be happy if they remastered and finished SiN Episodes.
Re: Z.E.N.E.K.O. Is A "High End" Run-And-Gun That Aims To Stand "Shoulder To Shoulder With Metal Slug"
@X68000 I agree. It doesn't look like 192 MEG at all. It looks good but not 192 MEG.
Re: "I Think It Would Be Extremely Difficult" - Don't Expect Sega To Sell Yakuza's Retro Games Individually
@gojiguy Which trash games? 🤔
Re: "I Think It Would Be Extremely Difficult" - Don't Expect Sega To Sell Yakuza's Retro Games Individually
""Incidentally, we often hear people say, "I want to sell retro games individually," but I think it would be extremely difficult to actually make that a viable business in this day and age."
Then release a collection? 🤦♂️
Re: This Sega Saturn 'Lupin the 3rd' Game From 1998 Just Got An English Fan Translation
Oh this looks cool, I didn't know this was made.
Re: "We Need As Many Hands As Possible" - There's A New Volunteer-Driven Effort To "Preserve Myrient's Legacy"
@Serpenterror Ah, I never knew you could do that. That's cool, thanks for that!
Re: FMV Western 'Mad Dog McCree' Now Playable In ScummVM, Alongside Six Other Titles
"You couldn't shoot the broad side of a barn!"
Whoops, wrong light gun game. 😂
Re: Sega Mania Celebrates Five Years With A Cover By Super Play And Rare Artist Wil Overton
The only place you'll see Lara Croft, Sonic and Street Racer together. 😂
Re: Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection To Restore Missing 'Lunar Knights' Crossover
We're getting into some really obscure Mega Man collections now. 😆
Re: The "Last And Greatest Mystery" Of The Sega Saturn Has Been Revealed
As others have said above the 32X was a lesson they eventually learned from.
Re: Talking Point: "Why Bother If You're Not Going To Do It Properly?" - Why SEGAGAGA's AI Translation Is Upsetting So Many People
@Dinis I think they rushed it a bit. The good news is at least the translation can be improved.
Re: Deadly Metropolis Is A Streets Of Rage-Style Scrolling Fighter You Should Keep An Eye On
@PopetheRev28 I think that's better yeah.
Re: Deadly Metropolis Is A Streets Of Rage-Style Scrolling Fighter You Should Keep An Eye On
@PopetheRev28 There's various I've played. Coffee Crisis is a good example but there's loads more.
Re: Deadly Metropolis Is A Streets Of Rage-Style Scrolling Fighter You Should Keep An Eye On
@PopetheRev28 Modern retro games for some reason have a real issue sometimes with satisfying hit feedback. 🤔
Re: Tokimeki Memorial, FIFA And Dragon Quest Could Make It Into The World Video Game Hall Of Fame
Probably Galaga.
Re: "We Need As Many Hands As Possible" - There's A New Volunteer-Driven Effort To "Preserve Myrient's Legacy"
@Serpenterror Emuparadise closed it's rom access some years ago though didn't it? Unless they're back on again?
Re: The National Videogame Museum Has Acquired A "Mythical" Nintendo PlayStation
@Peteykins He donated his collection to the Embracer archive. It's probably safer there. It's not really news outside of that though.
Re: Review: Polymega Collection Vol. 12 - Tempest - Includes The Atari Jaguar's Killer App
Yay Jaguar, for the win! 😊
Re: MOSS Responds To "Absolutely Unacceptable" Raiden Fighters Remix Collection Release, Says It's Working On A Fix
@gojiguy Developers tend to ignore criticism and go full steam ahead instead.
Re: Aegis Force Is Inspired By Shining Force, Fire Emblem And Final Fantasy Tactics, So Of Course It Has Our Attention
The problem with these tactical RPGs is they tend to replicate the gameplay and graphic presentation of FF Tactics and Fire Emblem rather than Shining Force. This game doesn't seem to buck that trend unfortunately. 🤔
Re: "Time To Expose Everything" - GamersNexus Digs Into Sega's Police Raid To Reclaim Dev Kits
@KingMike Well it would still be nice if he paid attention to stuff outside of his comfort zone. Gaming isn't just the US.
Re: Deadly Metropolis Is A Streets Of Rage-Style Scrolling Fighter You Should Keep An Eye On
@PopetheRev28 From the gameplay the kicks just don't seem to land for some reason. It's incredibly important with this type of game to get the hit collision satisfying.
Re: "This Remake Is Just Soulless" - Early Impressions Of The NewZealand Story Untold Adventure Aren't Looking Good
@Robocod Ah okay. U.S. Gold did do some good arcade conversions but yeah it was very hit or miss. Their port of Final Fight for Amiga while not perfect I actually find quite underrated.
Re: A Lost Sega Saturn Port Of An FMV Boxing Game From Night Trap's Developer Has Just Been Preserved Online
It still pains me that the negatives for Ground Zero Texas didn't survive. 😪
Re: "Time To Expose Everything" - GamersNexus Digs Into Sega's Police Raid To Reclaim Dev Kits
@KingMike So he covers just one system? Not exactly a great preservationist then. 😂
@MontyMole There's a reason I don't visit NintendoLife. 😆
@Sketcz Why does Cifaldi dislike TE? I find VGHF overrated so not sure he should be propping himself up as a god. He has no respect for anything outside of the USA. He thinks lesser of European gaming if the above quote calling TE a British tabloid is anything to go by. Maybe our god should be putting his money where his mouth is and helping save Myrient?
Re: Duke Nukem: Zero Hour's Work-In-Progress PC Port Just Got A Promising First Person Mod
The console ports definitely need a PC release.
Re: "This Remake Is Just Soulless" - Early Impressions Of The NewZealand Story Untold Adventure Aren't Looking Good
@dodgykebaab It doesn't look like a Flash game. The art is nice, the problem is the levels don't accommodate the new designs.
@Robocod The Amiga version of The New Zealand Story is praised and fondly remembered. The Master System which I owned was pretty awesome as well. U.S. Gold wasn't responsible for any ports of the game.
Re: "Lara Is Coming Back Home" - Tomb Raider II Is Coming To Sega Saturn, 30 Years After Sony Blocked It
@KingMike Eidos saw more of a deal with Sony however there's no reason they wouldn't have ported this to Saturn if allowed.
It's great to see this what if finally happen. 👍
Re: Interview: "I Was Their 'Man In Japan', But In Reality, I Was A Teenager In Putney" - Shintaro Kanaoya Talks Raze, Bullfrog And Rare
Good interview, nice to hear from that time in gaming.
Re: Deadly Metropolis Is A Streets Of Rage-Style Scrolling Fighter You Should Keep An Eye On
This is bizarre. The punches and kicks don't quite make contact in a satisfying way. I think more work needs to be done on that. 🤔
Re: Talking Point: "Why Bother If You're Not Going To Do It Properly?" - Why SEGAGAGA's AI Translation Is Upsetting So Many People
It can be improved upon. The tools are there so instead of complaining about AI it's possible for someone to do a better job. Simples! 👍
Re: Analogue Pocket Gets Hit With A Price Increase "Due To Recent Tariff Announcements"
Will next likely be scalped to high heavens. 🤔