Love these relics, when MIDI music came on floppy disks, and particularly on multisession CDs with data/CDDA, so you can listen to it on your CD player, and then pop it in your PC and dive into the files that music was made from. It's like "open source music" and it's really sad this isn't standard.
December 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Love these relics, when MIDI music came on floppy disks, and particularly on multisession CDs with data/CDDA, so you can listen to it on your CD player, and then pop it in your PC and dive into the files that music was made from. It's like "open source music" and it's really sad this isn't standard.
I remember thinking that this one was a swing and a miss at the time. By December '05 it was pretty clear that Wikipedia worked surprisingly well.
I was betting against it at first too, though. It's just one of those ideas that seems hopelessly naive.
I was betting against it at first too, though. It's just one of those ideas that seems hopelessly naive.
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I remember thinking that this one was a swing and a miss at the time. By December '05 it was pretty clear that Wikipedia worked surprisingly well.
I was betting against it at first too, though. It's just one of those ideas that seems hopelessly naive.
I was betting against it at first too, though. It's just one of those ideas that seems hopelessly naive.
Looks like Japan got one with a HDD, just for good measure: Panasonic DMR-BR670V. And the bluray and VHS drives can record. With that many recording sources/targets, I imagine the interface might get a bit convoluted!
December 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Looks like Japan got one with a HDD, just for good measure: Panasonic DMR-BR670V. And the bluray and VHS drives can record. With that many recording sources/targets, I imagine the interface might get a bit convoluted!
Most of the time these days I play a game demo and I'm done, very rare to come away thinking "definitely picking that up", kudos to the devs.
DLSS frame gen was busted on my PC but aside from that it also ran really well, which is impressive for a game as complex as this so early on in development.
DLSS frame gen was busted on my PC but aside from that it also ran really well, which is impressive for a game as complex as this so early on in development.
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Most of the time these days I play a game demo and I'm done, very rare to come away thinking "definitely picking that up", kudos to the devs.
DLSS frame gen was busted on my PC but aside from that it also ran really well, which is impressive for a game as complex as this so early on in development.
DLSS frame gen was busted on my PC but aside from that it also ran really well, which is impressive for a game as complex as this so early on in development.
I have sunk so many hours into this one. It's hands-down my favourite SFC game, and that's saying something.
December 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I have sunk so many hours into this one. It's hands-down my favourite SFC game, and that's saying something.
Weirder thing is that we actually had support for higher refresh on PC early on - Doom being a notable standout at a 70hz cap, common in the PC world, due to not really having a predefined "standard game/monitor res" until HD came.
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Weirder thing is that we actually had support for higher refresh on PC early on - Doom being a notable standout at a 70hz cap, common in the PC world, due to not really having a predefined "standard game/monitor res" until HD came.
haha, good luck fixing your mains hum on headphones with older gear like this.
But yeah, CRT TVs continue to surprise me with sound quality. The big widescreen Sony flatron has had friends looking for hidden speakers - it sounds great and the bass on it is really substantial and well-defined.
But yeah, CRT TVs continue to surprise me with sound quality. The big widescreen Sony flatron has had friends looking for hidden speakers - it sounds great and the bass on it is really substantial and well-defined.
December 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
haha, good luck fixing your mains hum on headphones with older gear like this.
But yeah, CRT TVs continue to surprise me with sound quality. The big widescreen Sony flatron has had friends looking for hidden speakers - it sounds great and the bass on it is really substantial and well-defined.
But yeah, CRT TVs continue to surprise me with sound quality. The big widescreen Sony flatron has had friends looking for hidden speakers - it sounds great and the bass on it is really substantial and well-defined.
Definitely the latter, though if I browsed on mobile I imagine my opinion would be the other way around most of the time, just from a size/distance perspective.
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Definitely the latter, though if I browsed on mobile I imagine my opinion would be the other way around most of the time, just from a size/distance perspective.
I loved Prime at release, one of my favourite GC games at the time, but I retried it recently and OH MY is that control scheme claw-cramp-inducing. I'd also completely forgotten that it wasn't just "standard" dual stick controls.
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I loved Prime at release, one of my favourite GC games at the time, but I retried it recently and OH MY is that control scheme claw-cramp-inducing. I'd also completely forgotten that it wasn't just "standard" dual stick controls.
Genuinely some of the worst videogame art in existence. Early US Capcom is a close contender.
December 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Genuinely some of the worst videogame art in existence. Early US Capcom is a close contender.
It's also terrifying, like that one last change could've fucked the whole game in some obscure manner, and nobody would've caught it until it was too late.
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It's also terrifying, like that one last change could've fucked the whole game in some obscure manner, and nobody would've caught it until it was too late.
I don't remember when the title screen was finalised, but the changes they were making, literally days before the ROM went off to manufacturing, are wild. We're lucky enough to have a potted history of it with prototype dumps. I used to love going through them and seeing all the little changes.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I don't remember when the title screen was finalised, but the changes they were making, literally days before the ROM went off to manufacturing, are wild. We're lucky enough to have a potted history of it with prototype dumps. I used to love going through them and seeing all the little changes.
Oh man. That first playthrough, what a rush.
One of my all-time favourite soundtracks, too.
One of my all-time favourite soundtracks, too.
November 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Oh man. That first playthrough, what a rush.
One of my all-time favourite soundtracks, too.
One of my all-time favourite soundtracks, too.
yeah, I'd be interested.
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
yeah, I'd be interested.
C-suite bonuses.
I've always really wanted to like Oni, but every time I play it the game feels empty in a way that sucks all the gameyness out of it. The ropey PS2 port doesn't help, but I don't think it breaks anything much that wasn't already broken on PC. It's just not a finished game. Shame.
I've always really wanted to like Oni, but every time I play it the game feels empty in a way that sucks all the gameyness out of it. The ropey PS2 port doesn't help, but I don't think it breaks anything much that wasn't already broken on PC. It's just not a finished game. Shame.
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
C-suite bonuses.
I've always really wanted to like Oni, but every time I play it the game feels empty in a way that sucks all the gameyness out of it. The ropey PS2 port doesn't help, but I don't think it breaks anything much that wasn't already broken on PC. It's just not a finished game. Shame.
I've always really wanted to like Oni, but every time I play it the game feels empty in a way that sucks all the gameyness out of it. The ropey PS2 port doesn't help, but I don't think it breaks anything much that wasn't already broken on PC. It's just not a finished game. Shame.
Does look interesting, I've not seen it.
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Does look interesting, I've not seen it.
Someday Avalon will get the recognition it deserves too, I hope. Such an incredible movie, but I've never met anyone who's seen it. After Avalon, I was convinced the guy had the Midas touch.
Garm Wars disabused me of that notion. I don't think he's done anything of note since GitS2, tbh.
Garm Wars disabused me of that notion. I don't think he's done anything of note since GitS2, tbh.
November 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Someday Avalon will get the recognition it deserves too, I hope. Such an incredible movie, but I've never met anyone who's seen it. After Avalon, I was convinced the guy had the Midas touch.
Garm Wars disabused me of that notion. I don't think he's done anything of note since GitS2, tbh.
Garm Wars disabused me of that notion. I don't think he's done anything of note since GitS2, tbh.
Only the highest grade Puke, please.
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Only the highest grade Puke, please.
Are those filter cigarettes? I knew a Mancunian lad who used to call them "scruples".
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Are those filter cigarettes? I knew a Mancunian lad who used to call them "scruples".
Bombing feels like a personal failure.
And then I die, and lose all my bombs, and that feels like a personal failure too.
;_;
And then I die, and lose all my bombs, and that feels like a personal failure too.
;_;
November 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Bombing feels like a personal failure.
And then I die, and lose all my bombs, and that feels like a personal failure too.
;_;
And then I die, and lose all my bombs, and that feels like a personal failure too.
;_;
It's the Legend of Zelda and it's really rad
Those creatures from Ganon are pretty bad
Those creatures from Ganon are pretty bad
November 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It's the Legend of Zelda and it's really rad
Those creatures from Ganon are pretty bad
Those creatures from Ganon are pretty bad
People who spend a fortnight playing a game (without losing) may be pretty addicted. To tell them to touch grass is fair.
Whatever you think you're adding to this is not positive. Let's just all enjoy the truly fucking awful advert.
Whatever you think you're adding to this is not positive. Let's just all enjoy the truly fucking awful advert.
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
People who spend a fortnight playing a game (without losing) may be pretty addicted. To tell them to touch grass is fair.
Whatever you think you're adding to this is not positive. Let's just all enjoy the truly fucking awful advert.
Whatever you think you're adding to this is not positive. Let's just all enjoy the truly fucking awful advert.
The folder has a 700MB rip, and the full DVD ISO. Adrian Wagner's score is magnificent, honestly. I've really enjoyed this one over the years, and hope others get to appreciate it too.
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The folder has a 700MB rip, and the full DVD ISO. Adrian Wagner's score is magnificent, honestly. I've really enjoyed this one over the years, and hope others get to appreciate it too.