The problem with the Saturn as people above said it was just so difficult to program for. As a result the multi-format games like Tomb Raider ended up looking better on PS1 when this should have been the case. π
Nintendo is basically then selling a flawed aspect of gaming. For people who say it's not that noticeable to the average person that's a terrible precedent to set.
@NinChocolate That's my other big issue with modern Sega. They don't value or have awareness for their IPs. If Sega were on top of things we could have like ten Master of Darkness games by now plus a reboot. Their knowledge of their IPs is very surface level. π
@-wc- Sega don't mind giving their thumbs up to games being made for Sega consoles but they don't want to be involved. Can you imagine the amount of money and goodwill Sega would make if they did? I know their excuse is they don't want to spend money on a QA department but in the long run they could easily make their money back. Just one big thing that frustrates me about my favourite company. π
@sdelfin There are various problems with this console but I don't think showing potential customers samples of what it's going to look like is an issue. It'll raise expectations sure but the people behind this desperately need to show something to get interest from people.
@kitestar It's a real shame and Sega really need to do something about that. It's painful seeing some good new MD games being released with such generic, off brand, non-uniform dull inlays.
@Deuteros Thanks! EDIT: Just read through the list, some interesting choices. Considering how everyone praises WWF War Zone so much surprised it wasn't higher up the list.
@KingMike Someone corrected me elsewhere, yeah I got that wrong. I get both games mixed up. Surprised the SMS port got released considering it had issues.
Without even watching the video I can tell you the SMS port was not optimised properly. I can't remember exactly but it has some known issues TecToy never fixed.
"The Genesis port β which was handled by Arc System Works β looks great and boasts additional parallax scrolling in some stages, but the Turbo Tunnel section actually runs faster and smoother on the NES original."
Yea, about that...the MD port is still completely impossible to finish without cheating in two player. π
"We may get a bad news for us" Oh really? Is that an extra for the crowdfunding? πPackaging looks fine but at the end of the day they're promoting a half finished product that needs to be stress tested more. It's too early to be asking for money.
@RetroGames Here's my hot take...once again people are getting up in arms about a foreign made emulation device. If it was American or in English we wouldn't see them get the publicity they want thanks to these new websites.
@sdelfin If people are going to back this then they would most certainly need everything included that's being sold even if it's just samples. This is not a valid criticism.
@Steel76 "I loved following the Amico scam. And I was sad, when it ended, as I got plenty of laughs and entertainment, from all the drama, on Atariage etc." I think you needed to get a better hobby. π
@PXAbstracftion The dude got taken for a ride. Whooooh! π
I remember reading about this. It seems the whole thing turned out a complete mess in the end. They even tried turning it into an FMV at one point. Footage is available online of it.
People tend to go crazy about AI whenever it gets brought up. Using AI for creativity without a human element is NOT a good thing. Using AI to restore old cartoons is something that should be supported.
By the way I couldn't find the Steam page so I assume it's down right now.
Yeah if he's using a Mega Drive controller hooked up to a Mega Drive but what we're watching is a Saturn game then that's going to be noticeable to gamers. π
@JMX The thing is the appearance makes it look like it only has the capabilities of that particular format so it doesn't immediately make me think it can do more demanding games from the library.
@Guru_Larry I'm pretty sure it's not possible to buy it through Fun Stock. If that's the true they're certainly limiting their userbase. A wider outlet to sell the computer would really help them.
Acclaim did I think put out good wrestling games. Wasn't it one of their published WWF games that pioneered the create a wrestler option? They got a lot of praise for that.
Not sure why SMS Power Rangers didn't get a PAL release. It would have sold Cheese Catastrophe numbers but it would still have done well. That is disappointing.
It's just a shame the Spectrum Next isn't more widely used. I think some of these games could do really well commercially if the platform wasn't trying to be so niche.
I don't really have nostalgia for the original Spectrum, now if it was the ZX Spectrum 128K then we're talking! It had better sound and the potential was fully realised I feel on that computer.
Funnily enough today I came across a video by one of those ignorant American YouTubers listing worst games. He refuses to play ZX Spectrum so I think things like this mini are so important in raising awareness outside the UK. π
"The console got far better software support in its homeland,"
This is incorrect. Most of the Saturn library in Japan was either shoot'em ups or visual novels. I'm not sure why people keep pushing this argument. The fact is more western games needed to be made for the Saturn to do well.
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Re: Anniversary: Need For Speed Turns 30 This Month
I would like to see a remaster of the 3DO version. Would be cool to bring back the Road & Track name as well.
Re: "We Believe That Games Should Live Forever" - GOG's New Preservation Program To Protect Delisted Games
All this talk from GOG yet they still don't update their change logs properly. This could be causing the problem:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/beware_file_names_and_file_sizes_arent_always_unique/page1
Having said that it's not really an excuse for making it clear what's been updated.
Re: "I Wanted It On PlayStation... They Signed To Saturn" - Ex-Sony Boss Reveals Tomb Raider "Jealousy"
Tomb Raider should have been allowed to stay on the Saturn.
Re: Kirito Is A New Beat 'Em Up For Your Sega Mega Drive / Genesis About A Street Fighting YouTuber
One YouTuber praised it for looking like a Switch game. For me that's actually not a good thing at all. π
Re: Saturn Was "More Powerful Than PlayStation" Claims Argonaut Founder
The problem with the Saturn as people above said it was just so difficult to program for. As a result the multi-format games like Tomb Raider ended up looking better on PS1 when this should have been the case. π
Re: Review: Polymega Collection Vol. 1 - Asteroids (Polymega) - Sadly Overshadowed By Atari 50
Not looking good considering it's not complete. Also why not add extras?
Re: Here's Our Best Look Yet At Croc's HD Remaster
I missed that stream. Had no idea it was about the remaster. I thought they were letsplaying the original. Quite excited by what's been shown.
Re: 30 Years Later, P47's Cancelled Mega Drive Port Finally Has A Release Date
Good stuff! Would have been cool to see it on MD back in the day.π
Re: "Absolutely Horrid" - Is Nintendo Switch Online's Emulation Really That Bad?
Nintendo is basically then selling a flawed aspect of gaming. For people who say it's not that noticeable to the average person that's a terrible precedent to set.
Re: Retail Therapy: Super Game Shack Powers Up With "Level 2" Arcade Coffee Shop And Store
Wait a second...Β£20 for a cart only Mega Bomberman? The game CIB goes for that much! π€¦ββοΈ
Re: Super Excidium Event Is "The SNES Game That Reddit Built"
Game made by Reddit? So insults, spamming and fake accounts? π
Re: Genesis JRPG Traysia Is Getting A New Physical Release In 2025
It never got a PAL release so interesting Mega reviewed it. Not sure I'm interested in an off brand re-release though.
Re: Review: The Art Of N64 Wrestling Games Grapples With Some Of The Genre's Best Titles
@jtotal I really see it come up in best wrestler lists recently and wondered why.
Re: Polymega System Update 1.1.32 Now Available, And Boy Does It Do A Lot Of Stuff
That's good to know. I remember way back the list of modules they proposed to crowdfund and Amiga was near the end. π
Re: Polymega System Update 1.1.32 Now Available, And Boy Does It Do A Lot Of Stuff
How many modules did they end up releasing in the end? I doubt they got to Amiga.
Re: Yuzo Koshiro's Genesis Shmup Earthion Is Getting An Upgraded Arcade Release
@NinChocolate That's my other big issue with modern Sega. They don't value or have awareness for their IPs. If Sega were on top of things we could have like ten Master of Darkness games by now plus a reboot. Their knowledge of their IPs is very surface level. π
Re: Yuzo Koshiro's Genesis Shmup Earthion Is Getting An Upgraded Arcade Release
@-wc- Sega don't mind giving their thumbs up to games being made for Sega consoles but they don't want to be involved. Can you imagine the amount of money and goodwill Sega would make if they did? I know their excuse is they don't want to spend money on a QA department but in the long run they could easily make their money back. Just one big thing that frustrates me about my favourite company. π
Re: If Nothing Else, SuperSega's Latest "Review" Should Convince You To Keep Your Wallet Shut
@sdelfin There are various problems with this console but I don't think showing potential customers samples of what it's going to look like is an issue. It'll raise expectations sure but the people behind this desperately need to show something to get interest from people.
Re: Yuzo Koshiro's Genesis Shmup Earthion Is Getting An Upgraded Arcade Release
@kitestar It's a real shame and Sega really need to do something about that. It's painful seeing some good new MD games being released with such generic, off brand, non-uniform dull inlays.
Re: Review: The Art Of N64 Wrestling Games Grapples With Some Of The Genre's Best Titles
@Deuteros Thanks! EDIT: Just read through the list, some interesting choices. Considering how everyone praises WWF War Zone so much surprised it wasn't higher up the list.
Re: Someone Compared All The Versions Of Battletoads So You Don't Have To
@KingMike Someone corrected me elsewhere, yeah I got that wrong. I get both games mixed up. Surprised the SMS port got released considering it had issues.
Re: Someone Compared All The Versions Of Battletoads So You Don't Have To
Without even watching the video I can tell you the SMS port was not optimised properly. I can't remember exactly but it has some known issues TecToy never fixed.
"The Genesis port β which was handled by Arc System Works β looks great and boasts additional parallax scrolling in some stages, but the Turbo Tunnel section actually runs faster and smoother on the NES original."
Yea, about that...the MD port is still completely impossible to finish without cheating in two player. π
Re: Saturn Cult Classic Princess Crown Is Getting An Uncensored Translation
Wait...there was loads of swearing in the Japanese original? π
Re: If Nothing Else, SuperSega's Latest "Review" Should Convince You To Keep Your Wallet Shut
"We may get a bad news for us" Oh really? Is that an extra for the crowdfunding? πPackaging looks fine but at the end of the day they're promoting a half finished product that needs to be stress tested more. It's too early to be asking for money.
@RetroGames Here's my hot take...once again people are getting up in arms about a foreign made emulation device. If it was American or in English we wouldn't see them get the publicity they want thanks to these new websites.
@sdelfin If people are going to back this then they would most certainly need everything included that's being sold even if it's just samples. This is not a valid criticism.
@Steel76 "I loved following the Amico scam.
And I was sad, when it ended, as I got plenty of laughs and entertainment, from all the drama, on Atariage etc." I think you needed to get a better hobby. π
@PXAbstracftion The dude got taken for a ride. Whooooh! π
@ruiner9 Correct!
Re: Feature: The Story Of The Indiana Jones Adventure We Never Got To Play, And The Comic It Inspired
I remember reading about this. It seems the whole thing turned out a complete mess in the end. They even tried turning it into an FMV at one point. Footage is available online of it.
Re: 'Captain Barrel' Is A New Arcade-Style Platformer For Mega Drive / Genesis, Dreamcast, & Neo Geo
Not exactly pushing the limits of the tech it's on.
Re: Yuzo Koshiro's Genesis Shmup Earthion Is Getting An Upgraded Arcade Release
I bet you anything it won't be Sega branded on release.
Re: Accusations Of AI Art Deflate Archer Maclean's DropZone 40th Anniversary Announcement
People tend to go crazy about AI whenever it gets brought up. Using AI for creativity without a human element is NOT a good thing. Using AI to restore old cartoons is something that should be supported.
By the way I couldn't find the Steam page so I assume it's down right now.
Re: Sega "Pimped Out" On Mallrats Director Kevin Smith Back In 1995
Yeah if he's using a Mega Drive controller hooked up to a Mega Drive but what we're watching is a Saturn game then that's going to be noticeable to gamers. π
Re: We're Getting A New Magic Knight Game Next Year To Mark The Character's 40th Anniversary
Never heard of this series of games. Interesting...
Re: Review: The Art Of N64 Wrestling Games Grapples With Some Of The Genre's Best Titles
@sdelfin I remember WWF Attitude being very well received.
Re: Review: The Spectrum - Does Sir Clive Sinclair's Legacy Proud
@JMX The thing is the appearance makes it look like it only has the capabilities of that particular format so it doesn't immediately make me think it can do more demanding games from the library.
Re: 40 Years After The Original, Ant Attack 2 Is Coming To Spectrum Next
@Guru_Larry I'm pretty sure it's not possible to buy it through Fun Stock. If that's the true they're certainly limiting their userbase. A wider outlet to sell the computer would really help them.
Re: Irem Hit Vigilante Is Getting A Fan-Made Genesis Port
That looks pretty cool. I can't remember if I own the Master System port. π€
Re: Review: The Art Of N64 Wrestling Games Grapples With Some Of The Genre's Best Titles
Acclaim did I think put out good wrestling games. Wasn't it one of their published WWF games that pioneered the create a wrestler option? They got a lot of praise for that.
Re: Review: The Spectrum - Does Sir Clive Sinclair's Legacy Proud
@JMX Oh yeah I forgot about that. Was too focused on its appearance. π
Re: Sega Saturn Finally Gets Its Own Version Of Shenmue (Kinda)
@guardian1128 Good point.
Re: Master System Versions Of Power Rangers, Toe Jam & Earl And Beavis & Butthead All Were All Canned
Not sure why SMS Power Rangers didn't get a PAL release. It would have sold Cheese Catastrophe numbers but it would still have done well. That is disappointing.
Re: Talking Point: With Sonic's Movie Series Set To Cross A Billion Dollars At The Box Office, It's A Shame His Creator Doesn't Get Credit
I haven't watched the movies so had no idea. This is pretty scummy. π
Re: 40 Years After The Original, Ant Attack 2 Is Coming To Spectrum Next
It's just a shame the Spectrum Next isn't more widely used. I think some of these games could do really well commercially if the platform wasn't trying to be so niche.
Re: Star Fox 64 Is Getting A Fanmade PC Port With High Framerate Support
That game did feel quite slow so this is a definite improvement.
Re: Sega Saturn Finally Gets Its Own Version Of Shenmue (Kinda)
@guardian1128 That's what I was going to ask. I thought it would be the arcade versions?
Re: Sierra's Brutally Difficult Adventure 'Codename: Iceman' Just Got A Hilarious Fanmade Prequel
@KitsuneNight Oh okay so not too far off. π
Re: Review: The Spectrum - Does Sir Clive Sinclair's Legacy Proud
I don't really have nostalgia for the original Spectrum, now if it was the ZX Spectrum 128K then we're talking! It had better sound and the potential was fully realised I feel on that computer.
Funnily enough today I came across a video by one of those ignorant American YouTubers listing worst games. He refuses to play ZX Spectrum so I think things like this mini are so important in raising awareness outside the UK. π
Re: Sierra's Brutally Difficult Adventure 'Codename: Iceman' Just Got A Hilarious Fanmade Prequel
Hopefully whoever owns Sierra right now (still Activision?) will give this an official release.
Re: Dreamcast Is Still Offering Up "Wild" Tech Secrets, 25 Years On
@-wc- I thought I was the only one. π
Re: Toki's Commodore 64 Port Is Getting A Fan Remaster, And It Looks Great
Definitely looks closer to the original game.
Re: Anniversary: Sega Saturn, The Most Successful Console "Flop" Of All Time, Turns 30 Today
"The console got far better software support in its homeland,"
This is incorrect. Most of the Saturn library in Japan was either shoot'em ups or visual novels. I'm not sure why people keep pushing this argument. The fact is more western games needed to be made for the Saturn to do well.
Re: After 22 Years, The Cult Claymation Shoot 'Em Up 'Platypus' Is Being Remade
This looks really nice. π
Re: The Company Behind 'The Spectrum' Is Asking Fans Not To Share Latest Retailer Leaks
@Daniel36 Already! π