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Isn't this basically the conversation about 8-bit style pixel graphics all over again.
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Isn't this basically the conversation about 8-bit style pixel graphics all over again.
I'm guessing not very many Portuguese Phantasy Star cartridges were produced since it's a four megabit game with save RAM and a battery. Especially given how quickly TecToy started ditching the cartridge port on their Master Systems
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm guessing not very many Portuguese Phantasy Star cartridges were produced since it's a four megabit game with save RAM and a battery. Especially given how quickly TecToy started ditching the cartridge port on their Master Systems
Didn't Phantasy Star officially get a serviceable Portuguese translation. It's not great I've heard, but Brazilians are at least able to play the game
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Didn't Phantasy Star officially get a serviceable Portuguese translation. It's not great I've heard, but Brazilians are at least able to play the game
If the game list doesn't include Phantasy Star (according to what I could find online) then what even is the point of these plug-and-play Master Systems.
November 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If the game list doesn't include Phantasy Star (according to what I could find online) then what even is the point of these plug-and-play Master Systems.
It's a combination of Mode 2 (column scrolling) and Mode 5 (highres), sacrificing a background layer in the process. Modes 2 and 5 were both rarely used in their own right, so it makes sense that developers couldn't come up with any uses for the mode that combines 2 niche features
October 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It's a combination of Mode 2 (column scrolling) and Mode 5 (highres), sacrificing a background layer in the process. Modes 2 and 5 were both rarely used in their own right, so it makes sense that developers couldn't come up with any uses for the mode that combines 2 niche features
Don't you think it's curious how the entire fourth reich rushed to that guy's defense after he was cancelled. Makes you wonder what kind of audience he was cultivating
October 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Don't you think it's curious how the entire fourth reich rushed to that guy's defense after he was cancelled. Makes you wonder what kind of audience he was cultivating
Despite St1ka's good intentions, there's just no winning them over. At least St1ka deleted his Twitter account over this. Like if you don't want to be harassed by nazis online, don't fucking use the self-proclaimed Mechahitler website. It's so obvious
October 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Despite St1ka's good intentions, there's just no winning them over. At least St1ka deleted his Twitter account over this. Like if you don't want to be harassed by nazis online, don't fucking use the self-proclaimed Mechahitler website. It's so obvious
Nvm, where you went wrong was trying to appease Twitter nazis by uncancelling the weird racist chud. They're still sending you death threats anyway, and that's why you never try to appease fascists no matter what
October 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Nvm, where you went wrong was trying to appease Twitter nazis by uncancelling the weird racist chud. They're still sending you death threats anyway, and that's why you never try to appease fascists no matter what
You literally didn't do anything wrong
October 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
You literally didn't do anything wrong
Did your launch-era Xbox 360 get the RRoD yet.
August 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Did your launch-era Xbox 360 get the RRoD yet.
I guess the claim that the SNES focused on unit cost checks out because I've heard the Wii U was the only Nintendo console that was sold at a loss (at launch). Which is pretty funny in my opinion
May 4, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I guess the claim that the SNES focused on unit cost checks out because I've heard the Wii U was the only Nintendo console that was sold at a loss (at launch). Which is pretty funny in my opinion
I've always found it interesting how the Mega Drive and SNES have a surprising amount of tradeoffs with each other (hardware-wise) for there being a 2-year gap between their releases. Almost makes the SNES feel a little behind the times (hardware-wise) for when it released
May 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I've always found it interesting how the Mega Drive and SNES have a surprising amount of tradeoffs with each other (hardware-wise) for there being a 2-year gap between their releases. Almost makes the SNES feel a little behind the times (hardware-wise) for when it released
If we're getting technical, the SNES has 15-bit color (32,768 shades), and the Mega Drive/Genesis can output more than 512 colors thanks to its shadow and highlight modes. Either way, the MD is more powerful than the SNES, considering the Star Fox demo for the stock MD youtu.be/4J9aWTpPZRk
Sega Genesis - Starfox: Demo
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May 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
If we're getting technical, the SNES has 15-bit color (32,768 shades), and the Mega Drive/Genesis can output more than 512 colors thanks to its shadow and highlight modes. Either way, the MD is more powerful than the SNES, considering the Star Fox demo for the stock MD youtu.be/4J9aWTpPZRk
Interestingly, multiplatform games on both the Dreamcast and PS2 are pretty much always better on the Dreamcast. The differences are usually slight though, and this also has more to do with the PS2 being hard to develop for in its early lifespan than anything else
May 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Interestingly, multiplatform games on both the Dreamcast and PS2 are pretty much always better on the Dreamcast. The differences are usually slight though, and this also has more to do with the PS2 being hard to develop for in its early lifespan than anything else
Once the DS came out though, both of those handhelds did in fact become shovelware dumping grounds, unfortunately
May 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Once the DS came out though, both of those handhelds did in fact become shovelware dumping grounds, unfortunately
To be fair, westerners took the GBA pretty seriously early in its life with games like Duke Nukem Advance, Doom 1 & 2, polygonal 3D racing games like V-Rally 3, Drome Racers and the NFS games, and high-effort demakes like Tomb Raider and Tony Hawk
May 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
To be fair, westerners took the GBA pretty seriously early in its life with games like Duke Nukem Advance, Doom 1 & 2, polygonal 3D racing games like V-Rally 3, Drome Racers and the NFS games, and high-effort demakes like Tomb Raider and Tony Hawk
PC, unless you absolutely must play it portably (although I've heard it also runs great on the Steam Deck). Neither version has more content out of the box, but there are some pretty interesting mods for the PC version
April 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
PC, unless you absolutely must play it portably (although I've heard it also runs great on the Steam Deck). Neither version has more content out of the box, but there are some pretty interesting mods for the PC version
Do you know if these prices are in USD or Canadian dollars. Still ultra expensive by today's standards either way, but some of these old catalog pictures floating around the internet are actually showing the Canadian prices
April 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Do you know if these prices are in USD or Canadian dollars. Still ultra expensive by today's standards either way, but some of these old catalog pictures floating around the internet are actually showing the Canadian prices
People are bringing up that its price in Japan is going to be the equivalent of about $334, in order to accuse Nintendo of simply being greedy for pricing it over $100 higher overseas... they're so close to realizing...
April 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
People are bringing up that its price in Japan is going to be the equivalent of about $334, in order to accuse Nintendo of simply being greedy for pricing it over $100 higher overseas... they're so close to realizing...
I think this really comes down to my definition of shovelware being looser than others. To my mind, low-budget licensed games that languish in bargain bins, that nobody in their right mind would ever play if they have agency over what games they own, might as well be shovelware
February 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I think this really comes down to my definition of shovelware being looser than others. To my mind, low-budget licensed games that languish in bargain bins, that nobody in their right mind would ever play if they have agency over what games they own, might as well be shovelware
Bad licensed games and shovelware overlap so much that I don't find it meaningful to distinguish those two categories
February 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Bad licensed games and shovelware overlap so much that I don't find it meaningful to distinguish those two categories
The Gamecube wasn't really a smashing success yet literally half of its library is licensed games (I counted, there are over 300 of them). Of course, some of those games are actually good, but the shovelware to actual game ratio on the Gamecube is quite high despite its relatively low sales
February 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The Gamecube wasn't really a smashing success yet literally half of its library is licensed games (I counted, there are over 300 of them). Of course, some of those games are actually good, but the shovelware to actual game ratio on the Gamecube is quite high despite its relatively low sales