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This shouldn't of happened. So many great games, they didn't deserve to be let go. 😪

@Andee I have no idea or using "hacker alias" to describe handles of people asking questions. 😂

@Daniel36 I think the best tool I found for AI so far which studios need to begin employing is using AI to digitally upscale TV shows stuck on video. For animated TV unless they want to spend millions reanimating a TV show they need to use train AI to upscale old cartoons.

Hopefully something like this exists for other platforms as well but it has to be a good FPGA.

I feel like this is 2016/2017 all over again.

Erm...sure...why not? 🤔

"Very bespoke and cromulent" as Richard would say. 👍

@Sketcz Plus Internet stalkers and trolls/bullies don't help with social media as I have been witness to. 🤔

Sad this has happened although their remakes haven't been very good. Getting rid of the FMV, especially in one that's heavy with it like Riven was a massive mistake. I'd happily buy their games if one of the major components of the originals wasn't missing. 🙄

@Razieluigi The big companies shouldn't be giving these people privacy as it just keeps them anonymous.

@Zenszulu It was a joke since all the parties involved have initial based names.

@Zenszulu I don't mean you, I mean these stores.

@Zenszulu Yeah but why even use your full name for a store? 🤣

@HoyeBoye @Martin_H 🤣

@Zenszulu But...who's T G Jones? Doesn't anyone use their full name any more? 😂

If there's money in those hills...

Oh cool, they made a game based off the vampire movie with Mathilda May! 😂

It still amazes me the Darlings had their own tape factory.

She left behind a fair legacy, rest in peace.

So who's W H Smith? But for that matter who the hell is T G Jones??? 😆

@caseyyy They've butchered a lot of releases it seems.

@PZT Hey if he's a character from the game series go for it! 😂

Makes sense for them. 👍

A well written and well researched article. Glad I could help a bit with your research John! I think this article needs to be reprinted in one of your books. The more people from across the world who read this article the better. When VGHF is making claims that Asterix was never released on the NES just because it didn't get a North American release there's a problem of ignorance. We shouldn't be in this situation. My concern is I think some gamers wish to remain ignorant.

"how many British gamers, for example, are aware of video game history in France, Spain, Germany, South Africa, Hong Kong or Brazil?"

I know about French, German and Brazilian gaming history but really nothing about Spanish, South Africa or Hong Kong gaming.

@gingerbeardman "every game article is named for the USA version, rather than the original or most popular version of the game (which is what the say it is supposed to be)"

Yep! It should say Sega Mega Drive, not Genesis which is just the North American name.

Piko proving again how illegitimate their releases are. People want to play as Charles Barkley, not silly Joe Hoops! 🤦‍♂️

If Atari don't own it not sure who does?

@caseyyy ...unfortunately. 🙄

I think it would be so cool if the new film featured characters we haven't seen adapted from the video game series for the 1994 movie and if older characters are used get the 1994 movie actors to portray them.

@Damo I bought some years ago an overlocked Mega Drive. It really ruined my gaming for some of the games I had. Some Mega CD stuff was unplayable or self-edited while a few Mega Drive games couldn't run correctly. Took me some years however to figure out what was going on.

Hang on a second...Asterix was released! WTF VGHF!

@Nischenliebhaber Thank you! I thought I was going crazy. 😆

That's quite funny! 😂

@MARl0 I get where you're coming from. Graphics still look nice though.

@Linker2A03 Press A, B, C and Start?

@NatiaAdamo No I get that but I thought they had been already doing that.

If it's as biased in its sources as his Amico doc I'm not interested in watching. 👍

@bring_on_branstons His Amico doc naively thought it would bring both sides together when by its structure ended up just providing more ammo for the trolls and detractors. How's that for a legit criticism of Slope's work?

@Maulbert Erm...Slope got taken for a ride?

@rob7979 Is that some kind of joke? 😆

I honestly didn't feel the DKC games needed to be so hard. The game had enough levels to be quite lengthy. If Crash is like DKC in that regard it's not a tutorial the player needs but an easier time making it through the levels.

Very impressive although considering the tech I think it could be pushed a little more.

It would be a missed opportunity to not try to improve the game somewhat while keeping its flaws intact. I get the impression they won't though.

@Sketcz No problem. It really shows the American centric viewpoint of video games. Not sure if it's him or someone else in the article also points to the lack of access to the archive although to be fair the same criticism could be levelled at the VGHF as well. Yet now both VGHF and Embracer are trying to make their archives accessible, it's just a slow process.

@Sketcz I take it back, it wasn't them, apologies. It was Sean Kelly from the National Videogame Museum:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-is-a-game-publisher-trying-to-buy-every-video-game-ever-made/

Still it's pretty irresponsible for him to say this and shows the problems you're pointing to.

@Lorfarius I meant an official translation re-release for modern platforms.

@Sketcz There does seem to be a lot of hate towards European gaming because it's computer based. Arguments like "you have only one button" or "platform games make no sense", it's just a different way of playing games like Japan and America but certainly YouTubers like Game Sack don't help.

I also have trouble supporting the Video Game History Foundation due to their American centric bias which actually lead them to criticising Embracer wanting keep a video game archive as well because according to them it doesn't make sense as American created video games they should have the only archive. It's just not helpful. 🤦‍♂️

@OldManLav What does that have to do with the quality of the games?

@MegaManFan I never thought about that. That is a great point. I worry more for people who aren't interested in learning and recently over on a Discord I have come across such people. It's very frustrating.

@PinballBuzzbro I suppose their argument to this is always "well if those games were good why aren't they still making those games series today". It doesn't take into account rising costs and developers across Europe going out of business as a result.

@-wc- The problem is it's revisionism and at worst it's not educating future generations because if the US got their way in 20 years time you wouldn't know what a ZX Spectrum was. It has far more serious repercussions than regional ignorance.

@MontyMole Remember the NES only took off around Christmas 1990 because of the great pack in of TMNT with an NES. That was to the NES what the Batman Pack did for the Commodore Amiga.

@Sketcz If anything I think you'd be more than qualified to cover European gaming. A combination of your book experience and that you're willing to learn about that region of gaming. My biggest annoyance is European gaming not being seen as valuable as gaming released in America. Japan is also guilty of this ignorance. People outside of Europe should be celebrating and valuing games more from Europe. My boi Zool needs more love. 😊

@Trmn8r I very much agree on this. Let's see how it pans out.

@Axelay71 Okay. I haven't really experienced the games so thanks for clarifying. 👍

@zazou703 I was generalising since it's mostly Americans but I fear that todays generation globally will remain ignorant of European gaming history. As far as America is concerned their history is what happened to everyone. 😪

@Magic_Salmon_Pro One of the advantages of growing up in Europe is the market allows you to experience gaming from the three major regions rather than two.

@MegaManFan It's weird because I didn't even know there was a crash until American YouTubers talked about it. Shows how the UK was very unaffected.

Well hopefully it has an actual 1200, not just the name.

A translation of the original game would be nice before a sequel. 😂

@Axelay71 What do you think of 2?

Was always disappointed we never got a console sequel. 😪