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So found out something interesting the last few days.
The internet rumours about how Sega bolted a second cpu at the last minute on the Saturn always annoyed me. It's totally false and Sega had experience working with multiple cpu arcade systems for years. The Saturn was designed that way.
However I always never understood why Sega went for quads instead of triangles with the Saturn. Triangles were a standard on pc and most of the industry.
I thought maybe the 3DO which used quads would have been the inspiration.
Well turns out the Sega Model 1 and 2 arcade boards are also quad based. So again Sega was working off its arcade experience. The most advanced consumer system at the time, the model 2, was a quad based system.
Not only that but the model 3 board is quad based as well which is why emulating these systems has been a pain.
Another side note is apparently the DS is another quad based system but hard to find confirmation of this.
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The Last Bandit wrote: »Turn it on and listen carefully for any sound ? Stone dead is often an easier fix, power supply usually.
Not a peep
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The Last Bandit wrote: »Super Smash Bros. - I really don't get it, at all.
Have tried out a few version included the new Switch version and its all just meh, wtf, jumpy about stuff. Maybe it loses a lot in solo play or whatever but nope not for me.
So, what other awesomely brilliant games the world raves about do you find are a bit, well, sh1te ? (Inspired by the Earthbound sucks post, which I agree with)
If you're not playing multiplayer then all you've got is the nostalgia for Nintendo trivia. They do their best to make single player good but it's shoe horning in into a game that is purely multiplayer.
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I'd worry about a persons mental well being if they thought Earthbound wasn't any good :eek:
Mario Kart is the main series I really am not a fan of at all which people tend to think I'm insane every time I mention.
Earthbound takes a while to get going and it's not immediately apparent how good the game is until a few hours in.
Doesn't help that the first few bosses are very tricky which puts people off.
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I'd go with a Switch. Just a lovely machine to use and the exclusives so far have been stellar.
The PS4 is a glorified way to play games already on the PC.
The PS4 has Bloodborne and that's about it. GoW didn't blow me away. Persona 5 is on PS3 and will almost definitely come to switch. And Deception 4 is on Vita already.
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I love the Switch, and it’s worth getting for the first party titles alone alongside it having become a little indie powerhouse.
That said, I find the suggestions that there’s nothing or little worth playing on PS4 baffling. Bloodborne is one of the greatest games ever made. Astrobot Rescue Mission was one of the big surprises of the year and for my money VR’s killer app - it’s Nintendo-level good, and I don’t say that lightly. You have Tetris Effect which is a gem either with a headset or without, and The Last Guardian which I adore unconditionally (*awaits Retr0 complaining about frame-rate). Resogun is one of the all-time great launch titles. Hell, I may not be the biggest fan of stuff like God of War or Spider-Man but they’re undoubtedly a cut above the typical AAA pack as well. There’s things like Tearaway Unfolded too, or the Yakuza series (which has only semi made it to PC). Frankly, it’s the same amount of ‘good to masterpiece’ exclusives I’d expect from any modern console.
Basically, I don’t think you can go wrong either way - I mean, they’re individually basically worth it for Breath of the Wild and Bloodborne alone. I just feel the suggestion that the PS4 is worthless or a mere multi-platform machine far removed from my experiences - it’s all personal taste at the end of the day, but you’d have to be really fussy to not find a couple of masterpieces in there
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I just need to go into a time compression zone and spend a few years playing through all the games Ive missed this generation.
Either that or just bring all my games to the old folks home when I eventually won't have to do anything else but sit around all day
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I still think last guardian is miserable on a base PS4. Borderline unplayable.
Tetris effect will be coming to everything.
Just looking at worthwhile PS4 exclusives and there's just not enough there to make me bother turning the machine on.
Bloodborne is worth the price of admission though even though I wish it was on PC as it has bad performance issues and online is literally unplayable.
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I couldn't look past the flaws. The movement was all physics based which added a lot of jank which was exasperated by the poor controls. I just found it annoying to control the game.
As for the cat monster. He did too many dumb things that frustrated me. It might be realistic that an animal won't listen to you but it's just annoying in a game when the main mechanic is unreliable. And while I didn't get far I found every puzzle was a variant of use cat thing as a step ladder.
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Alessandro Hot Syringe wrote: »Need advice from the experts. Been watching Kim Justices GTA videos and want to give San Andreas a go again.
What's the best platform to play it on now? I have PS2, 360, Xbox One, PS4, Vita and PC but would prefer console or handheld.
Digital foundry retro did a video covering all versions. Looks like all the later versions are based on the iOS version which removed a lot if the atmospheric effects.
Avoid PAL versions of the ps2 game as they are garbage.
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Found it on YouTube, much easier to watch than Facebook so sharing again
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I found this flash based version of the 1992 Amiga game Dune but with loads of porn in it
http://davidgoujard.com/btd.html
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So went to Malaga Spain for a cheeky pre Christmas holiday and when we were on the way home we were presented with this in Malaga airport.....
Reminded me of the Red Neo Geo cabs.
Pretty beautiful looking cab and could almost be excused for displaying in the wrong aspect ratio, because it even had dark scanlines in game which looked like real scanlines going across the screen, stuck on.
All we had to give in return was out data by downloading the app and scanning a QR code on our phone and scanning it with the scanner built into the cab. :pac:0 -
The new episode of Black Mirror is called Bandersnatch, that made me chuckle. Charlie Brooker is a Spectrum nerd too!
For those who don't know, (probably no one on this forum, but still) it was a game Imagine were hyping for the Spectrum that was never made/never finished before they went bust. They had another title, Psyclapse supposedly in the offing for the C64 too.
Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.
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Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »The new episode of Black Mirror is called Bandersnatch, that made me chuckle. Charlie Brooker is a Spectrum nerd too!
For those who don't know, (probably no one on this forum, but still) it was a game Imagine were hyping for the Spectrum that was never made/never finished before they went bust. They had another title, Psyclapse supposedly in the offing for the C64 too.
https://tuckersoft.net/ealing20541/0 -
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