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So, who here had a chance to try this?
Also dedicated arcade hardware & oddities general I guess
>>2879234
>dedicated arcade hardware
This is now a Bemani thread
I need to build me a Pop'n PC controller someday
Is there any information on Sega of Japan's side of the story about what happened in the 90s?
This book makes Kalinske and his team out to be demi-gods, while the Japan team was a bunch of retards. And while going from a <5% market share to a >50% share is very impressive, I can't help but feel that a lot of information was swept under the rug to make him look better, or that his faults and mistakes were twisted to make it seem like SoJ was at fault.
>>2879004
>I can't help but feel that a lot of information was swept under the rug to make him look better, or that his faults and mistakes were twisted to make it seem like SoJ was at fault.
This. The fact that neither side wants to take full responsibility for the 32X is a sign that SoA were responsible for as many fuckups as SoJ were.
shit tier console, made by a shit tier company, fails. shocking
>>2879049
We are all tired of your stupidity on this board kid.
Hey /vr/
Not sure if there is a general for questions like this but I was interested in buying an arcade stick for use on the PC
Now I'm not sure what to get or what would be compatible with PC hardware since most are aimed at xbox and PS3/4 users.
Anyone have any advice what I should get.
>Buy literally any stick
>Buy cheap chinese usb adapter for the stick
>Play
Something with a decent layout (aka not American-styled) like Sega or Vewlix. Something with decent buttons like Sanwa switches.
>>2878869
>>2878854
Well I was looking at the HORI Real Arcade Pro.V Kai Fighting Stick which is working on a pc according to amazon.
Would that be good enough to start with, it has Sanwa switches and has a Vewlix Layout.
I got me this from a flea sale, it has a db15 pin male conector and Ive been looking online for some adapter, they few I found are really expensive, any experiences or idea to make one? also it seems when used you adjust wheter you use the whell, the pad or the joystick I would like to use them all (it would work good as n64 controller) any advices?
I've never been able to find this type of converter reasonably priced. I just ended up counting my loss and trashing my old gamepads.
On the plus side, generic USB gamepads should be very inexpensive these days. You can also buy a PlayStation-to-USB adapter so you can use your PS1/2 controllers with your computer. The ones I've purchased worked fairly well, but may not last longer than a year.
fancy 15pin pads like that essentially fall into 1 of 3 categories:
generic - not really multi-button, just standard 4axis+4button with some of the buttons doubled up. would need a generic active usb adaptor, but dont expect more than 4 buttons.
dual input - natively supports usb with a passive adapter, the chip in pad does the work. i believe some microsoft and logitechs can do this
propriety - uses an improvised digital protocol for multi-button thru 15pin, required a driver that probably only works for old versions of windows. requires a specialized active...
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>>2878501
This. You really may as well trash it at this point. It isn't worth the hassle
Who the fuck thought this was a good idea?
>>2878363
the devs of this game
>>2878363
I did
What, playing a 4:3 game in widescreen? I agree, that's awful.
Obscure games like that
>>2878328
"Gadget: Invention, Travel and Adventure" as well as its remake "Gadget: Past as Future".
"Tlon: A Misty Story".
"Perihelion: The Prophecy".
"Aleshar: World of Ice".
"Cosmology of Kyoto".
>>2878354
>Tlon
Is this a Borges reference?
Is Nintendo crowding everyone out when it comes to the legacy of retro games?
I was a Sega guy myself, and that seems to be downplayed and ignored in mainstream retro discussion. When it does get brought up, its always mentioned in a passive aggressive way. When it comes to anything that wasn't Sega or Nintendo, things are even worse. It almost seems like their experiences were written out of history.
There must have been people who only ever had a TG-16 or Jag growing up, but all you ever hear is nintendo, nintendo, nintendo.
Well, Sega has been getting a good amount of attention lately with some books and such.
But, yes, people seem to be most nostalgic for Nintendo, in no small part due to Nintendo largely being a nostalgia hype engine at this point.
Still, I feel a little sad when I see certain people knocking on Sega as if they were nothing. I think as I get older I respect Sega's work more and more.
>I was a Sega guy myself
>all you ever hear is nintendo, nintendo, nintendo.
I'm not really surprised this is your attitude.
Plebs only know Mario and Zelda and games that are represented in Smash Bros.
It feels so wrong not to have DK in this game, what were they thinking!?
They probably did not want to rehash like Nintendo and its fans are so accustomed to.
>>2878225
man, nintendo and its fans are so evil, the absolute boogeymen.
>>2878224
I take it you'd then suggest switching Donkey Kong for Dixie Kong and have Dixie be a damsel in distress.
I wouldn't prefer that cause I like playing as Dixie, sure she's pretty easy mode and that's a complaint I have, I wish they'd made her ever so slightly worse to control in comparison to Diddy so that platforming segments wouldn't be a no-brainer if you had her.
Up until about 10 years ago when something was gone from popular culture, it was pretty much gone. Then good internet connections became common enough for people to more easily stream/download, letting us experience things we remembered and rediscover things we'd forgotten. It was an exciting time that future generations will never know because there will never again be a circumstance where anything from their youth isn't instantly accessible.
And here we are today where nostalgia feels like it's all been milked of its last drop with rereleases, updates,...
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>>2877846
If you like the hobby you wouldn't be completely bored of it. The best thing I can say is take a break from it for a while and hopefully you'll want to come back; otherwise maybe you should move on.
I've been involved with video games since the late 80s and most of my favorite games are from the 90s. At the moment I'm writing my own emulator and working on a website to help teach people about emulation and the rom hacking scene of the 90s. It keeps me busy and it's always fun.
The...
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>>2877859
>If you like the hobby you wouldn't be completely bored of it. The best thing I can say is take a break from it for a while and hopefully you'll want to come back; otherwise maybe you should move on.
/thread
You need many hobbies. You can't just do one thing, you may easily burn out of it, even if it takes years to do that eventually you won't even be able to touch it anymore.
None-the-less there are more video games than retro games, and yes there are still good ones out there as long as you aren't narrow minded.Honestly picking up an instrument has been much better than any rhythm game I have played outside of DDR since it makes you Get Up and Move.
Would FF7's story be better or worse if Yuffie was a mandatory character rather than an optional one?
It would've been better if she was relevant to the main plot.
>>2877802
It wouldn't make any difference, since the problem in the story has nothing to do with Yuffie, but the fact that the whole amnesia/cloud/zack/sephiroth/sephiroth clones/jenova crap is an indecipherable labyrinth that makes no goddamn sense.
>>2877836
Yuffie is the best character because she ain't got nothing to do with that shit.
On a semi-regular basis? Ms Pac-Man for me.
Dammit, I grabbed a picture from the mobile version.
Here's a proper one.
all of them
gameboy or NES tetris
>Closest thing to another DC Shenmue game we'll ever get, the original being pretty much 2D Shenmue in a Toku world
>Xbox translation has been around for years
>Still no transcript, or patch, or full youtube stream or anything
j-just...
Just play it on Xbox Bro.
Game is Rent-A-Hero 1 btw
>>2877502
Can't you just pick up an original xbox for like $50?
For some reason I never found a decent DC rip back then. Burnt a lot of discs for nothing, none booted.
Is the fan translation available on DC as well?
Hey /vr/ so i recently finished playing Croc; Legend of the Gobbos and found it to be more than an enjoyable experience, why is this game not talked about as much as Banjo Kazooie? It has just as infectious an OST and nails the 3D platforming better than Banjo.
Underated games thread i guess.
i loved it on sega saturn because we never got a 3d sonic like we deserved
I played on the Playstation and was really happy with it and how it controlled
some of my earliest memories were were playing the gameboy color croc game.
it was okay
Was there a better licensing team that capcom and disney?
LJN?
Sega and Disney come pretty close, I'd say with their Illusion series of games on Master System, Game Gear, and Genesis.
>>2877418
SUNSOFT and Warner was pretty good.
There were some great Batman and Looney tunes games from them.
Also, Konami did some great Tiny Toons games.
What's your favorite GnG game of all time, /vr/?
Spin-offs like Arremer and Maximo are fine, too.
>>2877252
Actually, the only one related to the series I've ever played was Demon's Crest on the SNES. It was really good, though.
>>2877252
Ghouls 'n Ghosts is perfection.
>>2877252
>What's your favorite GnG game of all time?
Maldita Castilla
