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Posted on 19-05-05, 21:45 in What are you listening to right now?
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Order Of Ecclesia - Tower Of Dolls |
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Posted on 19-05-06, 21:30 in TAS (tool-assisted speedruns)
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Post: #82 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Posted by creaothceann That's actually a pretty sweet looking game. Fakedit: http://www.retrosouls.net/ seems to be their official webpage. There's also a Megadrive version in the work. |
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Posted on 19-05-06, 22:01 in TAS (tool-assisted speedruns)
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Post: #83 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Posted by CaptainJistuce Just noticed but the Gen version is in fact already out: https://retrosouls.itch.io/old-towers You can give whatever you want (gave a $5) or just download it for free. I just loaded the game so I can't give any impressions yet but it does work for Genesis Plus GX libretro and, I assume, any good Gen/Mega emulators (or hardware if you have a flash cart). |
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Posted on 19-05-18, 03:19 in Games You Played Today REVENGEANCE
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Post: #84 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Metroid Prime Pinball  Best handheld pinball game afaik. |
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Posted on 19-05-21, 04:04 in Something about cheese! (revision 1)
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Post: #85 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Posted by sureanem Ah, so it's basically like one of those online privilege test. |
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Posted on 19-05-21, 04:08 in Fighting and versus games thread (revision 1)
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Post: #86 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Had no idea this thing even existed: Granblue Fantasy: Versus - Closed Beta Test Matchup: Daigo vs. Fuudo New ArcSys game (Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, DBZF). Looks promising. |
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Posted on 19-05-21, 04:52 in Games You Played Today REVENGEANCE
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Post: #87 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
So I've been delving a bit into the ZX Spectrum (I don't know much about the ZX Spectrum emulation scene but so far, 'Fuse' works great). The system -from what I played so far, is a weird beast. In some regards, it seem it has some decent components (Z80 running at 3.5MHz with 16KB of RAM -up to 128KB on later models I think), in others it seems downright terrible...namely; no real graphic dedicated hardware/chip and not much audio capabilities either (certainly when you compare it to something like the Famicom' sound capabilities which launched a little over a year later, in mid 83) Despite its limitations, there's some genuinely technically impressive game on it. Seems there were a lot of talents in the UK at that time. Also, if you thought Hard Drivin' was unplayable on something like the Megadrive wait until you play the ZX version The framerate oscillate between ~2 fps up to a whoopin' ~8fps. |
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Posted on 19-05-21, 05:06 in I have yet to have never seen it all.
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Post: #88 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Yeah, a lot of good Saturn games never saw the light outside of Japan because Sega's focus on 3D at the time, when the system was not really made with 3D in mind (although it was still very possible to do fairly decent 3D that looked pretty competent next to the PS1). |
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Posted on 19-05-21, 07:47 in TAS (tool-assisted speedruns)
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Post: #89 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
TASBot (with commentary) - Final Fantasy - All White Mages |
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Posted on 19-05-21, 07:51 in Games You Played Today REVENGEANCE
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Post: #90 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Posted by Kawa Hard Renderin' |
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Posted on 19-05-22, 03:58 in Games You Played Today REVENGEANCE (revision 1)
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Post: #91 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Posted by CaptainJistuce There's arcades that are still around? Never seen a Race Drivin' arcade in the wild, only Hard Drivin', but it does look like a clear improvement over HD' in terms of performance. |
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Posted on 19-05-25, 09:54 in Cartoons, imported (revision 1)
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Post: #92 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Posted by KoiMaxx Watched the first 7 episodes of OPM season 2 and honestly -maybe I just didn't have any expectations but I'm enjoying the show so far, even though I can see it's not quite in the same league as season 1. |
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Posted on 19-05-27, 09:04 in Cartoons, imported (revision 1)
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Post: #93 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Posted by Screwtape Posted by CaptainJistuce Ah, that's too bad. I was kinda hoping that he'd be the main bad guy, plus the flashback of kid Garo really gave us a lot more insight into his character, cementing him as a complex villain with conflicting motivations... |
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Posted on 19-06-02, 09:22 in I have yet to have never seen it all. (revision 2)
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Post: #94 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Digital Foundry: Castlevania Symphony of the Night In-Depth Analysis (or "Why did the Saturn port sucked so much") Pretty interesting; goes into many technical aspects of the games and PSX/Saturn consoles. Long story short: very little efforts were made to optimize the Saturn port, especially in how it draws stuff on screen. I think since the Dreamcast launch was near, they probably didn't want to spend the time/money to optimize it for Saturn. The new garden area looks ok, but the overall performance (and bad scaling: see around 4:30) is so bad it's not worth it imo. |
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Posted on 19-06-02, 14:50 in I have yet to have never seen it all. (revision 1)
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Post: #95 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Posted by CaptainJistuce Ah, that explains it then. You always go with the A-Team. |
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Posted on 19-06-13, 07:52 in Upcoming game announcements/news (revision 2)
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Post: #96 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Posted by CaptainJistuce Oh yeah, played the original on a rented Saturn back in '95. Game was pretty impressive back then but I don't know how well the on-rail gameplay would hold today...as weird as it sounds looking back at the original with all its jankiness, the game was more of a technical showcase, I think (plus it had a very impressive orchestral soundtrack). FFVII is actually looking pretty promising. Though Cloud looks like Lighting from FFXIII for some reason... Shenmue 3 looks like it will be, well, a Shenmue game, which is good imo. |
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Posted on 19-06-13, 09:51 in Upcoming game announcements/news (revision 1)
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Post: #97 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Posted by CaptainJistuce Heavens no. The success of BAT was always something of a mystery to me. I thought the game was not really good, even back then. Tobal No. 1 (though that did came out a year later I think) now that was an amazing 3D fighting game. And of course: it was commercial failure unlike BAT (and had it not came with a FFVII demo disc it would probably have been completely overlooked). We didn't get Tobal 2 as a result. Well the rest of the world didn't. I did though. First game I ever imported. I don't even recall how that worked exactly (I think I saw an ad in a magazine or something...possibly from Next Generation). Took like a month or two to receive the package in the mail but it did came through. Mind you, I didn't even knew about the internet back then. |
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Posted on 19-06-14, 08:36 in Upcoming game announcements/news (revision 2)
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Post: #98 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Posted by CaptainJistuce Well if you want to get technical, Virtua Fighter 2 (released in 94) had z-axis movement type dodges similar to what you had in BAT. But weirdly enough, only two characters (Shun Di and I think Lion - the two new characters) had those z-axis evade moves. I didn't find a vid with players actually doing the move but this FAQ mentions it if you search for "side step" (back/down+Defense for Shun Di) and mentioned here also. edit: Meh, just took a screenshot from MAME and yeah, it's there. Down/Back+G. Soul Edge (which I had not seen in the arcade so it's not like I was already hyped for it) was absolutely amazing on PSX. That was even more impressive than Virtua Fighter 2 in some respects, despite running on less powerful hardware and at 30fps instead of 60. |
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Posted on 19-06-14, 09:56 in Games You Played Today REVENGEANCE
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Post: #99 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
The Duel: Test Drive II for Amiga (emulated with PUAE libretro)  Controls surprisingly well, despite it's relative low framerate. Definitely better than SNES version. Also features guest voice actor Bill Paxton (RIP). |
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Posted on 19-06-22, 03:29 in Games You Played Today REVENGEANCE (revision 2)
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Post: #100 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1564 days Last view: 1241 days |
Posted by CaptainJistuce Yikes since basically SOTN is almost God mode by default... Cho Ren Sha 68k   Played on the X68000 (emulated, obviously). Reached 2-2. Loop 2 has an extra final boss which I never reached. The game is freely available on Windows (there's a 2017 update for Windows too). Even the 68k version has been made available. Also the development notes of the author (translated in English) are pretty interesting. http://shmuplations.com/chorensha68k/ |
