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So you can jump around on the rug shouting "heavy machine gun"? 😆

@h3s I completely agree with all of this.

@Fanboy_Destroyer Exactly all this.

@Tasuki Blaze could be okay if they were nicer to their fans. Personally if you buy Evercade, Neo Geo, ModRetro, anything from any company it's going to go to someone with a shady background. I try not to think about it otherwise I wouldn't purchase anything.

@GordonBennet Well that's good for you but unfortunately everyone isn't in the same position.

@Guru_Larry Ah I love those days. 😂

@SP1SCM I mean I got banned for not liking a random game and coupled with my lack of not owning the products made me a target there. Really, Blaze need to sort out their Discord and stop with the double standards otherwise their negative reputation will continue.

@GordonBennet "and complaining about being banned from a discord is peak sad-person energy."

It is sad person energy because it's completely unacceptable! You expect people to be happy they've been banned???

@SP1SCM No I agree, ideally they shouldn't ban anyone but it takes a couple of disagreements for people in the Discord to complain that I shouldn't be there since I don't own the products and the mods will oblige, in that case it was Pete I think? The fact they do it for people who own the systems and games is unacceptable.

@SP1SCM That sounds like them. I mean from a business point of view I get why they'd ban me since I don't have the money to buy their products but I loved what they do so why get rid of me? It's worse when you take into account they banned a prominent fan, someone who unlike me bought a lot of their products.

It's just not a good look.

@SP1SCM I didn't have the money to buy their products but since I love physical media I was an active cheerleader for them on their Discord. Their own userbase throws their products out of windows but I got a ban for not liking a Tomb Raider game.

What you say is also correct from my point of view. There is at least one person on the Discord who was their biggest supporter financially and he got banned for criticising one of Blaze's decisions. They did that to a hardcore Evercade fan!

@Fallingshadow Damn, thank you, I wasn't more specific. Yes it was Magnetic Fields, I just immediately call the Lotus series a Gremlin IP since they published the games. 😂

@Tasuki Ah okay, I was about to say. I mean I was thinking, "Blaze can be really militant but I wouldn't go that far". 😂

@Deuteros Yeah it would be expensive. Much more than getting a Chupa Chups licence for Zool (same developer).

@Tasuki Since when were Blaze terrorists?

@X68000 Putting politics aside the lack of consistency is unfair and misleading, that's my issue.

@Thad It's fine for you to virtue signal but the same question could be asked of you: where are your morals when it comes to other companies you use?

@Damo "And you seem to think we've taken a hard stance on this issue - we're still going to be covering SNK. We're just taking the time to make sure people are aware of what's happening behind the scenes at the company."

Again, if you took a hard stance on any company with a shady background you wouldn't cover anything. Microsoft, Sega, Nintendo, SNK, Palmer Lucky, they're all the same. As I stated before I'm not sure if it's a lack of knowledge that is leading to this lack of consistency or you're just picking people you don't like for whatever reason. Either way it's not objective reasoning, that's my problem.

I'm anti-Nintendo but I'm a sponge for all this retro gaming history. It's all important information to learn. The Phantom System sounds amazing.

I hope it gets a proper release. Superhero is another lost game I'd like to see get a proper release.

@Zybex242 I mean they are. 🤔

I need to remember this.

My only issue was that SNK wanted consumers to move from the NGP to the NGPC far too fast. Both weren't on the market long enough.

@Ristar24 You're never going to see the Lotus games released for obvious reasons.

"It's worth noting that today's SNK is under Saudi ownership, an issue we discuss in this feature. As such, this ownership will directly benefit from the purchase of these and any other Neo Geo-related products."

While Evercade is run by people who ban you if you're anything other than critical of a game while having double standards on their userbase. How about no! 🙄

I can see this getting very confusing.

Arcade Archives = still no Steam release. 😪

@Guru_Larry I'm guessing through import since it never received a Euro release.

Yep, I'm in full agreement with him. 👍

@RenHope The genie is out of the bottle and people are going to have to put up with it or stop buying games.

@dimbo You created an account just to tell him that, WTF dude?

@leogames My point is why is TE covering SNK if it's as problematic as ModRetro? Is consistency too much to ask for?

@Sketcz I'm glad that there is some people with common sense asking how this article doesn't make sense.

@leogames If we have to sympathise with every person that has been on the receiving end of terrible behaviour what companies do you think this website should cover?

@AMAGON People have liked my comments. So what?

@AnonUser Not from what I've seen. 😆

They just wanted to talk about the fu*king Commodore Amiga...why...🙄

That's cool. I hope RA supports ZX Spectrum and Amiga eventually.

I get why they're doing this. They don't want to have to deal with people sending them broken systems because they installed some random patch. This is basically to say "you can do what you like but we're not taking responsibility."

@Coalescence Kevtris doesn't even do all the work necessary on cores for game compatibility.

@Guru_Larry I've been seeing nothing but praise for the C64 Ultimate so that's interesting.

While I'm happy for the re-releases it looks so off brand the covers end up looking unappealing. Oh Sega come on... 🤦‍♂️

The wording to this article title is trying to be controversial.

@SecretSeashell Yeah, they may end up doing this.

Mutation Nation might be a good one to release.

Overpriced and unnecessary.

@Arcadia_Official I don't know if it's a lack of awareness that's caused the hypocritical behaviour or it's just targeted to people Hookshot doesn't like? 🤔

@OdysseyPoint "Your position is currently "I like AI and everyone that doesn't is either biased or a troll."

I never said that. Your previous post reads like AI by the way.

"AI use in the creative aspects of game development will continue to be a red flag to indicate cost-cutting and/or lazy work, and you are doing nothing to disprove that."

Genie is out of bottle and you aren't putting it back in. People will continue using it for good and bad regardless of your bias. 👍

Here's hoping it's CD32 and 3DO.

That explains why when you go there now there's no images.

I'd be interested to know how good climbing is in this since it's essentially a Prince of Persia/Flashback style game now. 🤔

@Arcadia_Official I mean TE shouldn't be talking about this Neo Geo then. 😆

@Sketcz It's the same as the ModRetro. People are acting like hypocrites when they already support companies with shady projects.

Glad to see this being made. I bet SNK will use this as an opportunity for a lot of game releases.

@Ancientocean That's helpful if you're completely anti-AI but a lot of people aren't triggered by AI in these situations which is where the frustration people are having with TE is coming from. All this article proves is the developer has done nothing wrong and TE is calling out ANY games that use AI. If it's news worthy by all means Damien should report it, if it has zero issues then drawing attention to it is just calling out the developer for using it.

Maybe join up next time not to complain to others about your anti-AI bias. I don't need that lecture thank you.

@Ancientocean You make out I'm not allowed to have my opinion? You also seem to be singling me out when I'm not the only one here who has issues with the constant AI doom articles because Damien hates AI.

You also just joined an hour ago to complain to me so you can't say I'm the problem here. 😉

@ServbotEXE There are many benefits to AI in entertainment. There are also many dangers. My problem along with others is the constant doom articles about AI being used in games for an agenda.

@OdysseyPoint Seriously? This is the worst troll post I've seen in a while. 🤣

@HoyeBoye The constant articles about AI being used makes it pretty clear it's an attack on AI plus...Damien hates AI in video games so it's fairly obvious to read between the lines.

@mariteaux I 100% agree!

That's awesome. A sci-fi setting makes sense as well. 😊

I'm glad things got better for them. Having seen gameplay from Revenge I'm happy they managed to get something playable out there.