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Posted on 19-01-05, 04:33 in Fighting and versus games thread (revision 1)
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Tetris World Championship 2018 Final Round - Joseph Saelee - Jonas Neubauer). (Spoiler) |
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Posted on 19-01-06, 06:56 in Fighting and versus games thread (revision 2)
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Post: #42 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
Posted by hunterk I kind of like Abigail tbh, if only because he is (or was anyway) ridiculously broken. Rashid oth is not a fun character to watch, I would agree on that. Him or Cammy for most boring character imo. Abigail has gotten pretty nerf-ed in S4 -he's still viable I think for a tank character, but his most broken tech has been toned down quite a bit. Itabashi is getting back on the 'Gief train (who has been buffed himself) as a result. Daigo is getting back to Ryu. So we have a pro player playing Ryu this season. Crazy stuff. edit: in-depth list of changes for each characters: |
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Posted on 19-01-06, 08:55 in Sneeze9x (revision 2)
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Post: #43 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
I mean yeah, ideally, every hacks should have been tested to work on hardware but back in the old (ZSNES) days it was not uncommon stuff would only be tested on ZSNES and the chance of some of the older hacks (some of which were actually pretty decent) being fixed are slim to none. So as long as everything is optional and it's made clear this is not how the hardware worked, I think it's fine. From what I remember "addmusic" (for SMW hacks) was one of the biggest culprit of hacks not working on hardware. |
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Posted on 19-01-13, 12:04 in I have yet to have never seen it all. (revision 3)
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Post: #44 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
AGDQ2019 just ended. Reddit thread with every twitch runs (I think) https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/ad3lp0/agdq_vod_thread_2019/ Avoid the Noid: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/361630244?t=5m10s Virtual Hydlide https://www.twitch.tv/videos/361630244?t=27m16s Trio the Punch: Never Forget Me https://www.twitch.tv/videos/361630244?t=7h12m18s |
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Posted on 19-01-23, 13:57 in Games You Played Today REVENGEANCE (revision 1)
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Post: #45 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
Speaking of Pokemon, I just finished Silver on the GBC. Well, I got the credits anyway. I haven't done the post credit game (Kanto region I think). My party pretty much consisted of really low level characters and one outrageously overpowered one (the very first Pokemon you can pick from the three actually). Guessing this is not really the intended way to play and I didn't initially set out to do it this way but after a while my evolved Cindaquil was really the highest level of the party so most fights were fought by it so naturally it got all the exp... and then of course the gap kept widening as the level of enemies kept getting higher so I had even less incentive to use them and so on... Even wild Pokemon were not really worth it (from what I found anyway: I didn't look at any guides/faq), I captured some but didn't want to spend a lot of time leveling them up just so they could be at the same level as my main. I know there's a "weak/strong against" type x system but even against types that my main was weak against it was still basically one-shot-ing everything and receiving next to no damage (plus I had the rest/sleep talk moves learned for those rare cases where one shot wasn't enough). I didn't need to farm for exp/levels either. So tldr; I didn't had to play very strategically 99% of the time. The others were essentially used for moving around (HM02/03/04 etc). So, obviously not going for a competitionist run and I'm probably not gonna do the post credit game (which is pretty neat that there's such a thing) but it's an impressive game for the GBC still (even though the world of the game -never watched the anime so can't comment on it, is absurd beyond anything I've seen in any RPG where everything and anything revolve around Pokemon). 
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Posted on 19-01-23, 23:55 in Games You Played Today REVENGEANCE (revision 1)
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Post: #46 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
Posted by KoiMaxx Likewise: rarely drink any now, when I did however, on some rare occasions that I would buy diet the difference would always be striking. It's not just a matter of Pepsi vs Coke at that point; if you can't tell the difference blindfolded between regular and diet, honestly I don't know what to say (and at that point might as well avoid soda altogether). Some people actually prefer the taste of sugar free weirdly enough. |
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Posted on 19-01-24, 01:39 in Games You Played Today REVENGEANCE (revision 4)
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Post: #47 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
On topic after seeing an AGDQ run of it I decided to give another chance to ActRaiser 2 (I must have played/rented it as a kid once when it came out, didn't like it and pretty much didn't played the game since).  This was on easy mode. The main difference is that you don't get the last stage, plus I think enemies have more HPs you have 1 or 2 less magic (your main source of damage for bosses) on normal. Things like that but if you're having a difficult time with jumping and the controls then easy won't really help you. I've looked at a playthrough of normal and it doesn't seem that much harder. Honestly, when all things is said is done and now that I played the game I can say, it is indeed not a very good sequel imo. It feels cheap compared to the first game. Sure, the city-building aspect of the first game was mostly a gimmick to make the game longer (it's pretty linear and there's no real depth to it unlike a proper-city building game) but seeing your cities on the world map exactly as they were built from the angel's POV was awesome. The level design of 2 is pretty bad compared to the dungeons of 1 I thought. Likewise for the bosses. I know there weren't particularly complex or impressive in the first game but here it's just about using magic two or three times and good bye boss. Oh and 2 has a password system instead of proper saving, kinda furthering the argument that it is a cheaper (figuratively and literally) sequel. So yeah, there's plenty of problems with the game and the controls is not the biggest problem imo. It's not a horribly bad game or anything, just doesn't live up to the first game. |
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Posted on 19-01-24, 03:30 in What are you listening to right now? (revision 1)
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Post: #48 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
The new S4 SFV practice stage songs are surprisingly nice, especially 2 The Grid 2 Theme The Grid 3 Theme edit: Roosevelt - Montreal |
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Posted on 19-02-02, 15:06 in What are you listening to right now?
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Post: #49 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
JoJo Golden Wind - Torture Dance |
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Posted on 19-02-11, 14:48 in Games You Played Today REVENGEANCE (revision 2)
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Post: #50 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
Good Ending:  Normal Ending:   Bad Ending:   The (cart-only) game sells for more than a $100 on ebay for some reason... Also fun fact, the game has some kind of copy protection, no doubt meant for copiers back then (not gonna check but think ZSNES activates the copy protection too). It's not the Super Metroid kind of copy protection where you're just greeted with a "It is a serious crime to copy video games" message at start up but rather the kind that screws with the player. So about 5-10mins in the game, when you reach the Atma boss fight if something is detected, the boss will just have infinite life. Something about ROM mirroring I think. As for the game, pretty good imo; lots of neat visual tricks too (all done by the SNES, no co-processor help unlike MMXs) Perhaps a bit on the short side; the game relies heavily on replaying stages to get the items you couldn't obtain before. It kinda has a MMX feel to it ( which were also made by Capcom obviously). |
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Posted on 19-02-11, 19:36 in Buying a new phone (not safe for tomman)
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Post: #52 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
Posted by Screwtape Retroarch has a bit of a learning curve at first when it comes to configuring everything but once you're familiar with it, it's pretty smooth sailing. Though I never used the Android port so I can't offer any advice in this regard. Just curious, what kind of performance do you get on your device with different cores? Mostly wondering how Higan and Snes9x perform on it. |
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Posted on 19-02-12, 15:51 in Buying a new phone (not safe for tomman) (revision 4)
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Post: #53 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
Posted by neologix Let's see, the Nexus 4 has a...ahh, Krait CPU...never really heard of it. ARM-based, from 2012 if I got this right. Yeah, would have been surprised if it ran full speed. Well, at least full speed is achievable with 9x on phone devices like this so that's good. Posted by Screwtape If you can stomach the prehistoric type of games design they had, you could also try the Game & Watch gw-libretro core  It's quite nice, though not all games right now are simu/emu/recre-ated, like my personal favorites: Fire and Greenhouse. It should work well on mobile too, given that they were mobile games themselves. edit: Or alternatively I guess, use the Gambatte libretro core to play Game & Watch Gallery on GBC which have the originals and also features a remixed version of those G&W games. |
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Posted on 19-02-15, 02:01 in Fighting and versus games thread (revision 2)
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Post: #51 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
Evo Japan - Fri, Feb 15, 2019 – Sun, Feb 17, 2019 in Fukuoka. SFV first prize of 1.5... *MILLION* Probably we'll have some character and maybe some other announcement too. edit Should start in an hour or two: Line up: Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Tekken 7 SoulCalibur VI BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle – ARCREVO World Tour Finals Qualifier Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 – ARCREVO World Tour Finals Qualifier The King of Fighters XIV – NEO GEO World Tour 2 Qualifier https://www.twitch.tv/evo https://www.twitch.tv/evo2 https://www.twitch.tv/evo3 https://www.twitch.tv/evo4 |
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Posted on 19-02-15, 02:03 in I have yet to have never seen it all.
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Post: #54 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
Posted by Screwtape Yep, that looks like a Link's Awakening remake alright (also I didn't even know about this Nintendo Direct Event, so I thought it was kind of weird they would announce this right now) I tend to prefer the originals' look in those cases, but this looks plenty fine to me. |
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Posted on 19-02-15, 22:08 in I have yet to have never seen it all. (revision 1)
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Post: #55 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
Posted by CaptainJistuce Well, as much as would ideally prefer a 2D, hand-drawn (maybe even pixel-art style closer to the original), less cartoony style, I've come to expect that pretty much any remakes we're getting is going to use this sort of style (or something close to it). So I think about horrible remakes like Rocket Knight or Sonic 4 and all things considered feel it's not that bad. Basically, it could have been worse. |
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Posted on 19-02-18, 00:24 in Fighting and versus games thread (revision 1)
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Post: #56 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
Didn't see a lot live due to Japan time but Guilty Gear's Top 8 -especially Grand Finals - Summit vs Chachacha were hype. Speaking of GG, greatest Evo moment ever. SFV top 8 were pretty good actually. It's amazing what a couple frames of lag reduction can do, especially at higher levels. Jyobin - Punk was the best match imo. |
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Posted on 19-02-23, 01:45 in Speed Runs (revision 1)
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Post: #57 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
Posted by Screwtape Kind of related, The History of Blindfolded Punch-Out released just a few days ago. Obviously, it focuses on Punch Out! exclusively as opposed to speedrunning in general but it goes into all the details and history of it. |
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Posted on 19-02-23, 01:54 in bsnes v107 released
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Post: #58 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
Once again: amazing. Truly. bsnes .107 has been a long time in the making and the (non-exhaustive) change list really shows this. So congrats on this major release ^_^ |
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Posted on 19-03-11, 06:37 in CGA or Hercules? (revision 1)
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Post: #59 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
Not that I had any idea what was CGA or Hercules back then but back in the days, but I've played on rare occasions on a cousin's PC (well, his folks' anyway) games like Alley Cat. I believe that was on CGA. |
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Posted on 19-03-13, 06:46 in Blackouts (revision 2)
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Post: #60 of 166 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 1345 days Last view: 1022 days |
We had a 3-4 hours blackout around that time -first one this winter, but, yeah, obviously I'd take that any time over what's happening in Venezuela...All I can really say is try to stay safe and hang on until the situation gets less shitty. |
