#Bionic Commando: Rearmed

[icpe]

Bionic commando, doodles 31

[madlichen]

old youtube screenshots i found saved on my phone

[saiyanprincefiregod]

Maverick Hunter X should be Ported to HD Consoles, Port Begging for: Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X

Port Begging for: Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X

Publisher: Capcom

Developer: Capcom

Original Platform: PlayStation Portable

Port it to: PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2

When the PSP originally launched back in 2005, Capcom made some big bets on the platform by bringing over some quality titles, like Darkstalkers and Street Fighter Alpha 3, as well as remakes of the two Mega Man titles - Mega Man Powered Up, and Mega Man X.

Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X kept itself very close gameplay wise to the original game, but was remade entirely in 3D and widescreen, added a lot of dialog and awesome anime cutscenes, added a special mode where you can play as Vile.

Unfortunately the game didn’t sell that well, as was the case for a lot of PSP titles at the time, before Capcom’s Monster Hunter went crazy in Japan. But in the same world where we are getting Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network games like Bionic Commando Rearmed, Resident Evil 4 HD, Strider HD and 1942: Joint Strike, it seems bizarre that MM MHX never got a HD re-release.

The above screenshots were taken with PPSSPP at a high resolution with anti aliasing, and outside of some blurry effects and pixelated HUD, the game still looks really great and would work well on any console platforms out there. It may have done poorly on the PSP, but it would have done a lot better as a digital game across multiple platforms.

Make it happen, Capcom!

[videogamerzero1]

Well everything mostly came here for my Christmas gifts, from my sister, she gave me Master Detective Archives: Raincode, I had 100 dollars that I'm gonna save it on stuff I'm going to get when I get back home in Florida, a cousin gave me a 35 dollar Nintendo EShop Card that I used it to finally get Ys VIII & a sick Quake Inspired Shooter, WRATH: Aeon of Ruin & a Best Buy gift card that sadly didn't work with purchasing other gift cards but thankfully my aunt helped out for 20 dollar PS cards & a 30 dollar Steam card & the games I got on Steam are Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed, Blades of Time, Magicka, Fallout New Vegas, Bionic Commando Rearmed, Alice: Madness Returns, X-Blades & Lost Planet Extreme Condition, so yeah pretty dope gifts I'm happy to get!

[randomisedgaming]

Xbox 360 XBLA titles without Xbox One /Series X Support, still available to buy!

Following our latest video on the Xbox 360 store shutdown, here is the full list of Xbox Live Arcade games still up to buy on the Xbox 360. If you haven't seen the video you can watch it below.

With the Xbox 360 store closing on the 29th of July, this list baring the odd error shows all the XBLA games in the United Kingdom Xbox 360 Marketplace Shop. That don't work on Xbox One or Series X and will be lost for good at the end of the month. Some have Xbox One releases, but many are Xbox 360 exclusive. Now the final price drop event on 360 is due to happen on the 16/17th of July.

It seems unlikely any DLC will get reduced so the expensive Samurai Warriors 2 Xtreme Legends DLC you will just have to pay through the nose for! If we get time we will try to cover on Demand Games and DLCs next week.

Note at present we are still notes games not all games with extra download content on XBLA are listed correctly yet same with Xbox One versions of some games. As we discussed in our previous videos using the website to buy content is next to impossible and we are buy content via the Xbox 360 in console store.

Warning as per our previous video about the problems we had with the Rabbids Invasions Season Pass. We advice users avoid season passes on the service most are broken.

Any mistakes or omissions please do let us know. Drop us an email, comment or send us a tweet. Also let us know about any Japanese, North America or other games not available in the UK on XBLA and still up and we will add them. If you are looking for games already delisted then visit the excellent website https://delistedgames.com/ for a full list.

XBLA Titles still available to buy on the digital store:

# - Symbols - No games now listed

A (12)

Abyss Odyssey

Alien Breed Episode 1 (On Xbox 360 retail disc in UK Alien Breed Trilogy)

Alien Breed 2: Assault (On Xbox 360 retail disc in UK Alien Breed Trilogy)

Alien Breed 3: Decent (On Xbox 360 retail disc in UK Alien Breed Trilogy)

Alien Rage

Alien Spidy {Has DLC}

Amy

Ancients of Ooga {Has DLC}

Anna - Extended Edition

Arkadian Warriors

Assault Heroes

Awesomenauts [Has Xbox One version] (Released on modern formats with more DLC)

B (18)

Backbreaker Vengeance

Bastion [Has Xbox One version]

Batman: The Telltale Series [Has Xbox One version] (Warning to all, there is a retail version, but this is a season pass disc, which only has the first episode on it and must download the other episode, after the shutdown you will only be able to play the first episode on them.)

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition (Listed as Blackgate Deluxe Ed.)

Battle Academy

Battlezone

Bejeweled Blitz LIVE

Bionic Commando Rearmed (Listed as BionicCommando Rearmed)

Black Knight Sword

Blade Kitten

Blazing Birds

Bloody Good Time

Bomberman LIVE {Has DLC} (On Xbox 360 retail disc in Europe, but base game only, no DLC)

Boogie Bunnies

Boxing Fight

Brothers [Has Xbox One version]

Bubble Bobble Neo! {Has DLC}

Burnout Crash!

C (11)

Call of Duty Classic

Capsized

Charlie Murder

Child of Light

Choplifter HD {Has DLC}

Cloudberry Kingdom

Cobalt [Has Xbox One version]

Constant C

Crazy Machines Elements

CrazyMouse

Crimson Alliance {Has DLC}

D (18)

Darkstalkers Resurrection [Included games featured on Xbox One version of Capcom Stadium 2 & Capcom Fighting Collection]

Darts Vs Zombies

Deadliest Warrior Battlegrounds (Listed as DW: Battlegrounds)

Deadlight [Has Xbox One version]

Death Tank

DeathSpank

Deep Black - Episode 1 (Listed as Deep Black - Ep. 1)

Defenders of Ardania

Defense Technica

Diabolical Pitch

Dogfight 1942

Dollar Dash

Double Dragon II

Duke Nukem 3D [Has Xbox One version]

Dungeon Defenders {Has DLC}

Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale

Dust: An Elysian Tail (Only Xbox release, also on PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, PC)

Dustforce

E (3)

Ecco the Dolphin [Included on SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis Classics]

EXIT {Has DLC}

EXIT 2 {Has DLC}

F (12)

Fatal Fury Special (Not shown in A-Z listing has to be found using Bing search on console) [Has Xbox One version by Arcade Archive, but that lacks online play]

Fez (Only Xbox release, also on PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, PC)

Field Goal Contest

Final Exam

Fire Pro Wrestling

Fireburst

Freefall Racers

Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition

Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight {Has DLC}

Fruit Ninja Kinect {Has DLC}

Full House Poker {Has DLC, most is delisted}

Fusion Genesis

G (7)

Guilty Gear XX A Core Plus (Listed as GGXXACP in store, make sure to download the free DLC upgrade) {Has DLC}

Gel

Geon

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

Goosebumps: The Game

Gotham City Impostors {Has DLC}

Guncraft: Blocked and Loaded

H (9)

Happy Tree Friends

Haunt

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit {Has DLC}

Hexodius

Home Run Stars

How to Survive [Has Xbox One version How to Survive: Storm Warning Edition]

Hunter's Trophy 2 - America

Hunter's Trophy 2 - Australia

Hybrid

I (1)

Ion Assault

J - All listed as Xbox One supported

K (2)

Kinect Fun Labs {Has DLC} (Not shown in A-Z listing has to be found using Bing search on console for both game and DLCs. Base game is listed as an add-on in store and can only be run via the Games & Apps page on the guide button, select recent then press RB twice for all and scroll down.)

Kinect Party - Base Game {Has DLC}

L (4)

Leedmees

Life Is Strange Episode 1 [Has Xbox One version] {Has DLC}

LocoCycle [Has Xbox One version] {Has free DLC, required to play game}

Lucidity

M (12)

Mark of the Ninja [Has Xbox One version Mark of the Ninja: Remastered]

Mars Rover Landing [Free Game for Kinect] (Not shown in A-Z listing has to be found using Bing search on console)

Marvel Puzzle Quest [Has Xbox One version] {Has DLC}

Masquerade The Baubles of Doom [Has Xbox One version]

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

Meteos Wars

MicroBot

Mighty No. 9 (Has Xbox One version, but 360 doesn't have broken achievement) {Has DLC}

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Outdated version released on all modern consoles) {Has DLC}

Minesweeper Flags

Mini Ninjas Adventures

Mortal Kombat Arcade

N (1)

Naughty Bear Panic in Paradise {Has DLC}

O - All listed as Xbox One supported

P (11)

Panzer General Allied Assault

Penalty Saver

Penny Arcade Episode 1

Penny Arcade Episode 2

Pinball FX2 [Has a now delsited Xbox One version, most table are on Pinball FX3 & FX4] {Has DLC}

Ping Pong

Prison Architect: Xbox 360 Edition [Has Xbox One version, 360 version is unfinished trash] {Has DLC}

Prize Driver

Puzzle Arcade {Has DLC}

Puzzle Bobble Live!

Puzzle Chronicles

Q - All listed as Xbox One / Series supported

R (15)

Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure! (Listed as Rainbow Islands: T.A.)

Raystorm HD (Only Xbox release, newer ports also on PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, PC, however this version includes content not on the newer ININ Games release)

Resident Evil Revelations 2 (Listed as RE Revelations 2) [Has Xbox 360 retail version] [Has Xbox One version] {Has DLC}

Reaction Rally

Red Johnson's Chronicles

Rekoil: Liberator

Renegade Ops {Has DLC}

Rez HD (Only Xbox release, newer Rez Infinite release on PS4, PS5 & PC)

Risk

Risk Urban Assault

Rocket Riot

RocketBowl

Rotastic

Rush'N Attack: Ex-Patriot

Rush'n Attack

S (22)

Sanctum 2 [Only console port, PC Steam version has more content] {Has DLC}

Schizoid

Sealife Safari

Section 8: Prejudice {Has DLC}

Ski Race

Skulls of the Shogun (Only Xbox release, also on PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, PC)

South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!

South Park: Tenorman's Revenge

Space Channel 5 Part 5 (On Xbox 360 retail disc Dreamcast Collection America & Europe)

Space Invaders Extreme (Only Xbox release, also on PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, PC)

Spare Parts

Spyglass Board Games

Star Raiders

State of Decay [Has Xbox One version State of Decay: Year-One]

Storm

Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting (Listed as Street Fighter II' HF) [Included on Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection & Capcom Stadium for Xbox One]

Street Fighter III: Online Edition [Included on Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection for Xbox One]

Streets of Rage 2 [Included on SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis Classics & Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage for Xbox One]

Strider [Has Xbox One version]

Super Time Force [Has Xbox One version]

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (Listed as SuperStreetFighter2THD)

Syberia 2

T (18)

Takedown: Red Sabre

Tempest

Terraria - Xbox 360 Edition (Newer versions, more updated)

The Bluecoats - North vs South

The Bridge

The Dishwasher Dead Samurai (Listed as The Dishwasher)

The Dishwasher Vampire Smile (Listed as The Dishwasher: VS)

The Fancy Pants Adventures

The Path of Go

The Wolf Among Us {Has DLC}

Things on Wheels

Thunder Wolves

TiQal

TNT Racers

TotemBall

Track and Field

Trials Fusion {Has DLC}

Tron (Not shown in A-Z listing has to be found using Bing search on console)

Twisted Pixel Games Bundle (Bundle of games)

U - All listed as Xbox One / Series supported

V (3)

Valiant Hearts [Has Xbox One version]

Vigilante 8 Arcade

Voodoo Dice

W (15)

War World

Warlords (NB: Not to be confused with the 2012 release of Warlords on Xbox 360 which is a different game and is back catalogue support, this one is the original arcade & an evolved update.)

Warp

Watchmen The End is Nigh

Watchmen The End is Nigh Part 2

Way of the Dogg

Wik: Fable of Souls

Wing Commander Arena

Wits & Wagers

Worms {Has DLC}

Worms 2: Armageddon {Has DLC}

Worms Revolution {Has DLC}

Worms Ultimate Mayhem {Has DLC}

Wreckateer {Has DLC}

Wrecked Revenge Revisited {Has DLC}

X- No games now listed (RIP X-Men Arcade)

Y (5)

Yar's Revenge

Yie Ar Kung-Fu

Yo-Ho Kablammo

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Decade Duels Plus {Has DLC}

Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels {Has DLC}

Z (5)

Zeit 2

Zeno Clash 2

Zeno Clash Ultimate Edition (Listed as Zeno Clash UE)

Zombie Driver HD [Has Xbox One version]

Zombie Wranglers

0-9 Numbers (4)

0D Beat Drop

10 Frame Bowling

1942: Joint Strike

3 Point Contest

Japan Only XBLA Releases

Cyber Troopers Virtual-On

Virtua Striker

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[coffeecatttt]

Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 is kinda fucked up

So anyway, I finished playing Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 last night because I love modern, current video games that all the cool kids are into. And hoo jeez, is this game really a time capsule.

Did They Even Talk To Anyone?

For a game centred around a bunch of disabled soldiers with bionic limbs, it is shockingly, stupidly ableist.

First, the plot is centred around the disappearance of Colonel Brubaker - a triple amputee who is a brilliant tactician but uses a floating hover chair to get around - orchestrating a staged mission in a Latin American-inspired dictatorship, so that he can wipe out his team and steal their bionic limbs for himself.

Of course, installing someone else’s bionic limbs on your body doesn’t just risk rejection, it literally, canonically “drives you crazy”. So naturally, this happens not just to the main villain... it also happens to another squadmate, who does the same out of desperation when his unit is all but wiped out. The final couple of bosses of the game both have you killing these characters who have been turned "crazy" by their bionic implants.

So not only do we have a pretty bad depiction of visible disabilities, we also have a super cool depiction of mental health as well, implying that using technology to better live with their disabilities is actually dangerous and risks insanity. Great.

Oh also, this game has by far the number of instances of the word "cripple" I've seen used in a long time. So there's that.

America, Fuck Yeah

So anyway, this vaguely Latin American country. It's led by a dictator named General Sabio, who is perhaps predictably heavily modelled after Fidel Castro. He's basically everything you'd expect - a tyrant, works his people to the bone for his own good, and has a military full of giant robots with extremely specific weaknesses that he rides around in.

Alas, Not-Castro ends up being an unwitting pawn in Brubaker's plan, who lies to him about the purpose of the whole scheme, and when confronted with the information that he's been duped by the main character, rather than come to his senses, he doubles down and decides he'd rather go down fighting. Truly a great showing for the game's only non-white character.

Women, What Are They Good For

Surprisingly, this game isn't colossally sexist... it's only kinda sexist. The only female character in the entire game is Jayne "Mag" Magdalene. She spends the vast majority of her time off-camera, only showing up at the very end in an injured state, telling the player to go on without her.

But! She's the only character in the game other than the player who survives the story. Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 is truly a champion of egalitarianism!

Granted, since this is a video game from 2011, she still gets to wear a skintight outfit with a low cut top, despite being in the military. So I guess a step forward, a step back?

Speaking of...

Sexual Assault is Funny Actually?

So yeah, this is a relatively small one, but let's get this one out of the way. The game's level select screen has a prison rape joke. No I could not make this up.

In Conclusion

Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 is obviously a product of its time. It's not a great game, and it's not one anyone cares about. I only played it because I like mediocre video games and apparently enjoy self-abuse.

But it really is shocking playing this game in a modern context just how incredibly dated it all feels. A total lack of sensitivity and maturity in its approach to its themes, and despite being a game about disabled people, it's pretty apparent the developer didn't do much to consult with the disabled community to see if they could maybe improve their language and depictions of people. I don't exactly expect high art from a game called Bionic fucking Commando, but come on.

I know the game's developer, Fatshark, is still around. I would be really curious how the people who worked on Rearmed 2 feel about it today.

[experimental-sponge]

Oh hey, I just sound out that Simon Viklund, who was the composer for most of the Payday 2 soundtrack, also did the soundtrack for Bionic Commando: Rearmed, which I played long before Payday 2 and loved the soundtrack for. And now that I go back to listen to it, the similarities are unmistakable:

[fridge-reviews]

Bionic Commando: Rearmed - Blast Review

Developer: Capcom Rrp: £6.49 (Humblebundle and Steam)

This game is bad. Well I found it to be such. I understand that its trying to be like the old platformers of the past such as Shinobi and Battletoads, but that doesn't make it good. In fact those old games were designed to be frustrating, because when they were originally released they were in arcade cabinets and they wanted the players to keep putting coin after coin in. But this game is on PC, I already bought the game and there isn't anything more to get out of me monetarily (since this game has no microtransactions).

I already know what some of you are thinking, the game was too hard and he never completed it. Well, you'd be partially right, the game is too hard for no reason, but I did complete it. That's why I'm so incensed by this game, I felt no real reward for all that challenge.

If all you want is a challenge then maybe pick this game up, but I'll be happy to see the back of it. Oh, it should be mentioned that there is a hacking mini game that doesn't work on 4K resolutions, if you want to actually do those you'll need to drop the resolution, I ended up playing the game in 1080p because of it. It's no big hardship as this games graphics really don't take any sort of hit from the drop in resolution but it's stupid that the game allows you to play in 4K only for a very vital part not to function.

[icpe]

Bionic commando, doodles 30

Random Russian doodle just for fun

[g4zdtechtv]

FULL EPISODE: Cheat! - Rearrange the Letters And You Get Teach

Class is in session.

[mysteamgrids]

Bionic Commando ReArmed

[crazy-talk]

Liam was talking shit to me the other day, so I was like "I see how your mom looks at me, I'm gonna be your step-dad by the end of the week."

Matt

[malamiteltd]

Raichu Day

So for those who aren't aware, Raichu is one of, if not my favorite Pokemon of all time. Everyone had known Pikachu when the series was introduced to America, but when I saw a series of mini strategy guides that featured artwork of Ken Sugimori, I learned of its evolution, and comparing the art of the two, I liked Raichu more.

Naturally, over the years I had drawn the critter a number of times. In some instances, however, I decided to play with the name and present Raichu in different costumes. All with questionably punny names.

This was one of the first: the Legendary Warrior Raigar. Based on the game series "Rygar" from Tecmo.

And then there was Raiden, God of Thunder from Mortal Kombat. I learned later that the pronunciation was more like "Rayden" (and that very spelling was used for some home versions, maybe to differentiate from the Raiden shmup series?), but it was still an opportunity I didn't want to pass up.

Nathan "Rai" Spencer, the Raionic Commando. The design is a mix of old and new, taking some cues from both the NES game and the Rearmed remake. On that note, music was made in FamiTracker to coincide with the concept: a mixing of two Bionic Commando series' songs, intended to sound like a Pokemon enounter.

After a few years I ended up making something else punny via a newly acquired Android tablet. It's less of a costume and more of a fusion:

Raiolu.

Finally, this year I made a Raichu wear the outfit of one of my own characters. The character in question is known as Tetsuba Qailan; he's pretty cool, but I hadn't made much use of him for quite a while.

Plus he was in need of a few tweaks in design.

So I ended up with this:

Tetsuba Rai-lan, complete with his own Chou Kagaku (known to some as the "Black Butcher"). Hmm, one of these days I need to finalize the design of his bike Gekizou too.

But yeah, I don't know how many other outfits I'll end up giving Raichu over the years to come, but it's always kinda fun to think some up, even if things can end up a bit of a stretch.

I think the little guy is worth it.

[ultrace]

For a while now I've been auctioning off my video games, soundtracks, even an anime shirt or three. I'll be moving soon to include practically anything else in our basement, and that includes our PAX swag.

We attended PAX [Prime] for four years (2009-2012) before ultimately deciding that, for a variety of reasons, the experience was no longer working for us. However, during each of those years, we scoured the convention floor, played games and collected all manner of free (at least monetarily free) stuff. At the end of each PAX, our booty would be carefully boxed for storage. [Pictured above: the PAX 2010 collection]

Now the results can be yours. If you're into unusual and rare video game memorabilia, or just the time capsule of where popular domestic gaming was, this is for you. And there are indeed some interesting items. Fake moustache from Bionic Commando: Rearmed? Yup. One Ring on a Chain from Lord of the Rings Online? Check. Lenticular art card for Katamari Forever? Sure. There are also some ultra-rare items, such as the die-cast metal GM-authorized toy cars from the XBox Live Arcade game Scrap Metal, and the complete set of three Firefall miniature figures (but you will not get my shot glass!)

All of this should be coming to my eBay listings sometime over the next week or so. For those interested, good luck and happy bidding!

[hopeymchope]

Ninja Gaiden on the NES and its sequels (or, if you prefer, the SNES trilogy repackage) are incredibly tight platformers. For my money, they remain the absolute highlight of the franchise. Put these alongside the Xbox/360 trilogy, and the NES titles still contain better stories, better characters, better music composition — hell, better everything except for graphics. (Sadly, both trilogies contain brutally unfair difficulty at times. Of all the things to carry over... )

But it’s the “stories” thing that I want to call attention to, because it’s impossible to overstate just how important the STORY of these games was. Ninja Gaiden on the NES introduced the world to the idea of CUT SCENES. They’re inescapable today, but back then? Seeing story-based scenes that sometimes interrupt gameplay or take place in-between levels, furthering the narrative... it was revolutionary. Yes, the storylines may seem pretty basic compared to what we get today, but keep in mind that this kind of storytelling in video games was mind-blowing to people in 1989. The notion of there being a plot outside of the instruction manual was like, WHOA. The idea of there being “plot twists”? In a VIDEO GAME? Unheard of.

Man, I hope someday Tecmo sees fit to remake the whole trilogy. Do it in modern 2.5D like the “Bionic Commando Rearmed” games, give the cut scenes full quality voice acting, and really let modern gamers immerse themselves in this world of ninja magic, revenge, demons, genetically engineered beasts, and CIA subterfuge.

[blazehedgehog]

and all those instances of japanese hiring americans to make their games, weren't they all a failure anyway? especially the boom franchise.

Not always. Yes, Capcom hired GRIN to do the awful fully 3D Bionic Commando reboot, but we also got Bionic Commando ReArmed out of that (also by GRIN), which still rates as one of the best Xbox Live Arcade games ever released, I’d say, and an early example of “hey what if we HD-ized this classic game and actually made it EVEN BETTER?” actually working.

I mean, who knows, if the Mania team tried making an original 3D Sonic game, maybe it’d be a train wreck? Maybe it would be Edgelord Dreadlocks Bionic Commando all over again? Heck, maybe Sonic Mania 2 will be similarly poorly received like Bionic Commando Rearmed 2! We just don’t know!

Game development is not just magic. It’s not a coin toss, either. It’s a very difficult balancing act and any small thing can make it tip over and fall. The real issue is that the game industry has bred a hostile environment where even a single failure means you don’t get a second chance to pick up the pieces and try again.

Imagine a world where Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link was the last Zelda game we ever got. That’s the kind of game industry we’re in right now.