D.Lo
Member
Super simple to add a 50/60Hz switch to any (PAL or NTSC) console. I did one to a Super Fami years ago to have 'one console to rule them all' for my set up. Never had Terranigma though.
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I've seen it, yeah... but is there a joint that makes full repros (manual, cases...) of Crusader of Centy?
Why not just buy the Pal release (Soleil)?
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Wooo Black Friday! Woooooo Cyber Monday!
Woooooo I'm broke! No retro games for me, this month. Unless you count Mega Man X8 on PC. In any case, it might be a good time to dig into some of those Saturn games I bought during the summer. The gift that keeps on giving!
Woooooo I'm broke! No retro games for me, this month. Unless you count Mega Man X8 on PC. In any case, it might be a good time to dig into some of those Saturn games I bought during the summer. The gift that keeps on giving!
Laevateinn
Member
I have Castlevania Bloodlines in box. That's commonly a repo? How do I know if mine is or not? Open it and look at the EPROM? I wish I still had my copy from when I was a kid.
That's one way, maybe you can post up a few pics and compare on eBay listings? Or if someone has the real deal.
Laevateinn
Member
I can't recommend you anything in the way of piracy or emulation but if you'd like English dialog in addition to text I would recommend playing the Xbox version of Shenmue 2.
DF Retro just did an episode on this, worth a watch as well to cover your questions.
NormalFish
Banned
Dunno if I missed someone posting this, but new Boss Keys is out. Minish Cap this time. Watching the video I can't lose the fact that I think Minish Cap might actually be my favourite Zelda, despite not thinking it's 'the best'.
https://youtu.be/KEVJXqV7XMc
https://youtu.be/KEVJXqV7XMc
Laevateinn
Member
I am 12.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
on the real, I would buy a game called Turd Masters.
NormalFish
Banned
you know the person who made the listing is pissing themselves.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
I've been looking for Mystical Ninja 64, but I managed to find the sequel (the one that switched back to 2D) only to discover the N64 AC Adapter and controllers I owned are gone. Thought my brother might've had them at his place but nope, they seem to have disappeared---I think one of his college friends had used it and didn't return all of it perhaps.
Oh well, gonna swing by the store I found the game at tomorrow and hope they can sell me the AC Adapter without having to buy a new console.
Oh well, gonna swing by the store I found the game at tomorrow and hope they can sell me the AC Adapter without having to buy a new console.
30 minute video from NHK about the Game Preservation Society.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/vod/lens/20161128/
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/vod/lens/20161128/
D.Lo
Member
After my whining here earlier about repros I of course just bought a couple of new ones.
Tobias/PCE Works 'retail' releasss of unreleased PC Engine games, I can't get enough I love this shit.
Twinbee Returns
Force Gear
Rockman
Space Fantasy Zone
These things are off the charts in quality.
Of course he also makes repros of released games, but I skip those, it's these unreleased ones that get me, I love alternate history stuff. I already own the two Konami shooters too because I have Tokemei Memorial. That said rockman is pretty iffy, though I do already technically own four real copies of it incluing my incredibly expensive CIB Famicom original. Yes the above reasoning is how I live with myself.
Tobias/PCE Works 'retail' releasss of unreleased PC Engine games, I can't get enough I love this shit.
Twinbee Returns
Force Gear
Rockman
Space Fantasy Zone
These things are off the charts in quality.
Of course he also makes repros of released games, but I skip those, it's these unreleased ones that get me, I love alternate history stuff. I already own the two Konami shooters too because I have Tokemei Memorial. That said rockman is pretty iffy, though I do already technically own four real copies of it incluing my incredibly expensive CIB Famicom original. Yes the above reasoning is how I live with myself.
I remember some guy making a PCE version of Mega Man with CD-quality music. Is this the same project?
Laevateinn
Member
That sounds fucking great. I need to look into this.
This https://pceworks.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/quintessential-works/
I want it I don't even have a PC-Engine lol
I want it I don't even have a PC-Engine lol
Well, earlier we talked about repros, and basically, isn't this the exact same thing as those seedy chinese bootlegs? You take a property that's not yours and make money off of it.
But I will say that I understand buying this kind of quality reproduction a hell of a lot more than those chinese carts that are held together with duct tape. PCE works makes a quality product, even if it's a repro. Hell, even if I swore I wouldn't buy physical games anymore, kinda makes even me want one.
Laevateinn
Member
Maybe. I think porting/remaking a game to a contemporary console it wasn't made for is really cool. I'd like to make a Super Metroid for the Genesis one day.
sixteen-bit
Member
That Brinstar overgrown area theme kinda gives me a cyberpunk adventure game vibe.
Strange to hear these tunes but definitely good.
sixteen-bit
Member
Not familiar with that brand... how's their track record.
Lol if they outsell the NES classic edition thanks to Nintendo's poor distribution tho.
IrishNinja
Member
ah, that's cool - Mzo on here bought an earlier one of theirs (i wanna say) and man was that fantastic, like a high bar for repros
...this is damn good stuff here
D.Lo
Member
Yeah it is dodgy, espeacially Rockman which is a real game (just not for this console). Essentially it's an unauthorised port.
The others were never retail products on any console so are not reproductions per-se. So I think they're kind of on the level of selling a tshirt with some Zelda art on it - it'a not pretending to be a bootleg of a real original game, but is breaching trademarks.
But goddamn is the quality high, much higher than most actual game releases of that era or now.
... except for Sapphire?
Aside from their controllers, track record is pretty good, their systems can play games that don't normally run on clone consoles.
D.Lo
Member
Read my previous post, I didn't buy sapphire and was not talking about the actual reporoductions. I only bought the unreleased games.
Ah, that's cool. Space fantasy zone seems like a fun concept too.
So I'm watching Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV in preperation for the game, and there's a scene that takes place in an abandoned arcade. Seems like someone animating the movie was a Taito fan: there's an Operation Wolf cabinet, along with Darius and Elevator Action posters in the background!
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Square Enix owns Taito now, so that's the connection there.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
Any opinions on the best version of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time?
I'd like to (re-)buy one of the PS2, GameCube, or Xbox versions. I already have it on PC and PS3 but I'm not really satisfied with either of those ports.
I'd like to (re-)buy one of the PS2, GameCube, or Xbox versions. I already have it on PC and PS3 but I'm not really satisfied with either of those ports.
sixteen-bit
Member
There was a contemporaneous IGN head-to-head that suggests Xbox was the best console version.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/18/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-head-to-head
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
What didn't you like about the PC version? I've kinda had the same question about the various Sands of Time versions... never actually played the thing, though.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
Controller stuff mostly, pretty common for older PC ports. You pretty much need a controller to play that version but the on screen prompts are shit. Plus there was something wrong with the way it handled analog on my 360 controller, it only supported a POV-hat or something like that (felt super weird). I think it worked better with my Classic Controller via usb adapter but was still annoying.
Some effects break on modern graphics cards, like the fog didn't work correctly on my old 6950 (not sure about my new card).
I'd just rather not deal with these kind of problems. It's something you can overcome but when you're like "yeah let's play Sands of Time" and then spend an hour trying to fix the thing before even starting it leaves a really sour taste.
I don't remember having any problem with a 360 controller in Sands of time? That was a long time ago though. I do remember having problems with The warrior within, which had no deadzone meaning the character / camera was forever drifting in some direction.
When in doubt, the Xbox version is usually the better one.
When in doubt, the Xbox version is usually the better one.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Lol, that's kinda where I was. Tried to get it to work, but the controller issues killed it for me. I should probably get the Xbox version of it.
I don't have fond memories of how hit and miss Ubi games used to be on PC.
I don't mess with PAL stuff for the old cartridge consoles. That stuff is confusing to figure out if it plays correctly on cross region hardware. Besides, another user came up with a good option.
A megakey isn't a confusing device.
IrishNinja
Member
Will it play at NTSC speed and res though?
Yes, the refresh rate is dictated by the hardware on SEGA consoles.
D.Lo
Member
Except Dreamcast lol.
Generally all consoles until the PS1 played at a hardware fixed 50Hz or 60Hz. PS1 and N64 and onward could support both and handled it in software. So apart from the 1-3% of games that got PAL optimisation, almost all games for all PAL consoles all the way to Saturn run perfectly on NTSC consoles, and it only gets problematic from PS1/N64 onward, Sony PAL stuff especially is all pretty bad.
An exception is VCS, which had different palettes for PAL and NTSC. Games all work but have weird colours across territories.
I really dislike it when the refresh rate is locked in software. The PAL PS1 library especially is worthless because of that, save for a handful of exclusive games. Everything else needs to be imported from NTSC regions to be played at the intended speed. At least in hardware you can mod your console and play your local games with the proper refresh rate.