#sega pocket arcade

[miloscat]

[Review] Sega Pocket Arcade: Ecco the Dolphin (1995)

A rare dolphin treat.

A while ago I bought the Sega Pocket Arcade: Ecco the Dolphin from 1994 (pictured on the left, below). Much to my dismay, problems with the unit design caused hardware issues that rendered the game unplayable. Still, it’s a great collector’s item in a unique form factor. However, a much rarer item is the second Ecco the Dolphin handheld from 1995-according to the back of the unit (pictured on the right)-or 1997 going by the packaging. Although Tiger is often credited for the initial “red label” games in this line, their branding is absent from the packaging so Sega of America may have internally developed the first model and manufactured it in the US, but the 1995 blue label model was certainly and proudly developed by the experienced LCD game company Tiger and made in China… and by the way, the hardware did not almost instantly fail on me.

Sega’s initial Pocket Arcade line had a few different case designs, some with slide-out screens. Their clamshell units included Ecco, Columns, and Football. When Tiger took over, all of their line, such as this second Ecco, Nights, and the enticing Panzer Dragoon, used the screen-protecting clamshell design. They also seem to universally use a much smaller inset screen compared to the first lineup, no doubt a cost-saving measure that unfortunately hampers playability somewhat.

Now, observe the two units side by side. Note the differences in screen layout and button distribution. These are in fact two completely separate games with differing design, graphics, and controls. Both have Ecco auto-swimming to the right, avoiding hostile sea life over a number of levels, but each has unique features. The first game has an active sonar mechanic, which can reveal tunnels to swim through (similar to the OG dolphin game, Activision’s Dolphin) and interact with glyphs. It has a speed control mechanic, hazardous seagulls above the waves, and dolphin family members to rescue, not to mention descriptive level write-ups in the manual.

By contrast, this second unit seems simpler, more of a straightforward survival game. But there’s enough depth for an LCD game, with three planes of action and the life/air bars to juggle. Surfacing for air is necessary but sometimes blocked by a jellyfish, and health can be refilled by tapping the Eat button on the lower lane when a fish comes along amongst the coral. There are many hazards on the bottom layer to be wary of, though.

The biggest foe is the octopus who emerges from the right to menace two lanes with tentacular ferocity! Combine this with a jelly up top and you’re in a right pickle. However, a back-dodge can grant temporary sanctuary especially when chained together. More types of sharks appear as the levels progress to threaten each lane, and other, more difficult to identify, creatures add to the dangers of the deep. This game features a passive sonar to help you avoid the larger threats, with a sort of status bar that displays the direction of imminent attacks.

There are six levels in total (compared to the first unit’s seven), with the action speeding up as you advance. Beat level six and you win the game, or so the cardboard insert claims. The pace of gameplay and the intense rate at which your air depletes at this stage meant that I couldn’t manage to clear it. Your number of lives resets to 3 on each stage, so there’s no way to stock up or lasting penalty for taking a few dings. The game also tracks your score, which as far as I could tell just increases naturally as you progress regardless of your actions. It seems a little pointless, especially because it maxes out at 9990 partway through level five!

The soundscape is a few mere beeps and dare I say boops governed by your actions, and the majority of the backdrop is just a blue gradient… of course, this means it doesn’t obscure sprites like some other LCD games’ busy backgrounds. Those sprites are lovely, distinctive and detailed. Well, most of them anyway; some of the enemy critters don’t show up well on this tiny screen.

From what I could tell of the first unit, it tries to make each level somewhat distinctive, with an adventure feel as you can start from any stage you’ve unlocked, while this second one is content to just up the speed and add a couple of new enemy types as you advance, making it more of a score-chasing action game. It does have some nice little touches though, like the land edges that border each stage, and the lightning storm in the skies above, while the printed sandy coral layer on the sea floor mitigates the lack of the stunning sky vista the first game had. The two complement each other well, and I feel a lucky collector indeed to now own both, even if the first one is busted and the second has an ever so small screen. I just love dolphin games that much!

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

So I was mostly going through them for uh research out of curiosity

But I think it might interest Sontails fans to know that shockingly few of the English game manuals comment about either Sonic or Tails seeing the other as a brother/sibling.

For reference, as I went down the list of Sonic games on Wikipedia and checked the english manuals, I didn't see a single English manual before Sonic Heroes list them as brothers to each other (no mention of relationship at worst, and best friends/buddies at most). Funnily enough, the Sonic Heroes Manual was also the first English Manual I saw list that many ages at once. The only ones I could find before that listed Knuckles' and Charmy's ages. So as far as I've gathered, Sonic heroes may be the first English Manual to claim Tails as 8 years old (which also was the manual that changed Charmy's age from 16 to 6), and was the only English manual I found that listed Tails' age at all

And between Sonic Heroes and the Wii U/3DS Sonic titles (when manuals stopped having any extra info aside from controls in them), I found—what—like four that mention them being like brothers?

I did look at this a couple weeks ago but like. Those four I found were Sonic Heroes, Sonic Advance 3, Sonic Rush, and Sonic Rush Adventure.

*Four* Sonic game manuals from the plethora of games that released before 3ds/wiiu titles came out. 3 of those 4 are handheld nintendo exclusives. That's 1991 through about 2011 (3DS) or 2013 (WiiU)

Here's some shots I have of some of the manuals (aside from those four) that mention their relationship in any capacity.

From the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 English Sega Genesis Game Manual (Page 3)

From the Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble English Sega Game Gear Game Manual (Page 1)

From the Sonic Blast English Sega Pocket Arcade Game Manual

From the Sonic Adventure English Sega Dreamcast Game Manual (Page 20)

From the Sonic Adventure 2 Battle English Nintendo Gamecube Game Manual (Page 8)

From the Sonic Advance 2 English Gameboy Advance Game Manual (Page 4)

From the Sonic Colors English Nintendo Wii Game Manual (Pages 3-4)

From the Sonic Generations English Playstation 3 Game Manual (Page 4)

Is this...interesting to anyone else?

Let me tell you, I went through a lot of game manuals. Even for games Tails doesn't star in. The rest of the manuals I looked through only had one of either Sonic or Tails, didn't list character bios for them, or didn't note their relationship to each other in any capacity.

Given what I've heard about the Knuckles Chaotix Japanese game manual also listing Vector and Espio's ages as well as Charmy's (whereas the English Manual only lists Charmy's), I'd love to see translations of the Japanese versions of all the Sonic game manuals. It's hard not to wonder what changes there are between the versions.

But in any case, food for thought.

[gmlocg]

12.) Space Invaders

Release: April 1st, 1978 | GGF: Action, Arcade, Shoot 'Em Up | Developer(s): Taito Corporation | Publisher(s): Universal Affiliated International, Inc., Taito Corporation, Midway Mfg. Co., Sidam, Inversiones Recreativas, S.A., Sears, Roebuck and Co., Atari, Inc., Polyvox, SEGA Enterprises Ltd., WiZ, Sharp Corporation, British Sky Broadcasting Ltd. | Platform(s): Arcade (1978), Atari 2600 (1980), Atari 5200 (1980), Atari 8-bit (1980), MSX (1985), NES (1985), SG-1000 (1985), Game Boy (1990), PC-98 (1992), Windows 3.x (1997), Sharp Zaurus (2001), Terminal (2002), J2ME (2003), PlayStation 2 (2003), WonderSwan (2004), PSP (2005), Windows (2005), Xbox (2005), VG Pocket (2008), iPhone (2009), Wii (2009), iPad (2010), Android (2011)

[shinigami-striker]

Evolution of Knuckles | Friday, 02.02.24

Here's an evolution of Knuckles the Echidna throughout the Sonic video game franchise (since his debut in 1994 with the North American of Sonic the Hedgehog 3) down below.

1994

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (GENESIS, 02/02/1994)

Sonic & Knuckles/Sonic 3 & Knuckles (GENESIS, 10/18/1994)

Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble (GAME GEAR, 11/15/1994)

1995

Sonic Drift 2 (GAME GEAR, 03/17/1995)

Knuckles' Chaotix (SEGA 32X, 04/20/1995)

1996

Sonic the Fighters (ARCADE, May 1996)

Sonic 3D Blast (GENESIS/SATURN, 11/09/1996)

Sonic Blast (GAME GEAR/MASTER SYSTEM, 12/12/1996)

1997

Sonic R (SATURN, 11/18/1997)

1998

Sonic Adventure (DREAMCAST, 12/23/1998)

1999

Sonic the Hedgehog: Pocket Adventure (NEO GEO POCKET COLOR, 12/20/1999)

2000

Sonic Shuffle (DREAMCAST, 11/13/2000)

2001

Sonic Adventure 2 (Battle) (DREAMCAST/GAMECUBE, 06/19/2001)

Sonic Advance (GBA, 12/20/2001)

2002

Sonic Advance 2 (GBA, 12/19/2002)

2003

Sonic Pinball Party (GBA, 06/01/2003)

Sonic Battle (GBA, 12/04/2003)

Sonic Heroes (MULTI-PLATFORM, 12/30/2003)

2004

Sonic Advance 3 (GBA, 06/07/2004)

2005

Shadow the Hedgehog (MULTI-PLATFORM, 11/15/2005)

Sonic Rush (DS, 11/15/2005)

2006

Sonic Riders (MULTI-PLATFORM, 02/21/2006)

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) (PS3 & XBOX 360, 11/14/2006)

Sonic Rivals (PSP, 11/16/2006)

2007

Sonic & The Secret Rings (WII, 02/20/2007)

Sonic Rivals 2 (PSP, 11/13/2007)

2008

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (PS2/WII, 01/08/2008)

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS, 09/25/2008)

2009

Sonic & The Black Knight (WII, 03/09/2009)

2010

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (MULTI-PLATFORM, 02/19/2010)

Sonic Free Riders (XBOX 360, 11/04/2010)

Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS version) (DS, 11/11/2010)

2011

Sonic Generations (MULTI-PLATFORM, 11/01/2011)

2012

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (MULTI-PLATFORM, 2012)

2013

Sonic Dash (MOBILE, 03/07/2013)

Sonic Lost World (10/18/2013)

2014

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (WII U, 11/11/2014)

Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (3DS, 11/11/2014)

2015

Sonic Runners (MOBILE, 02/25/2015)

Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom (MOBILE, 07/01/2015)

2016

Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice (3DS, 09/27/2016)

2017

Sonic Mania (Plus) (MULTI-PLATFORM, 08/15/2017)

Sonic Forces: Speed Battle (MOBILE, 09/08/2017)

Sonic Forces (MULTI-PLATFORM, 11/07/2017)

Sonic Runners Adventure (MOBILE, 12/20/2017)

2019

Team Sonic Racing (MULTI-PLATFORM, 05/21/2019)

Sonic Racing (APPLE ARCADE, 09/19/2019)

2022

Sonic Frontiers (MULTI-PLATFORM, 11/08/2022)

2023

The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (PC, 03/31/2023)

Sonic Superstars (MULTI-PLATFORM, 10/20/2023)

Sonic Dream Team (APPLE ARCADE, 12/05/2023)

2024

Sonic X Shadow Generations (MULTI-PLATFORM, Fall 2024)

and many more to come soon...

[archoneddzs15]

Sega Saturn - Virtua Racing Sega Saturn (Time Warner Interactive's V.R. Virtua Racing)

Title: Virtua Racing Sega Saturn / バーチャレーシング セガサターン

Developer/Publisher: Sega / Time Warner Interactive

Release date: 22 December 1995

Catalogue No.: T-4803G

Genre: Racing

I bought this Japanese version hoping that it would be different from the God-awful US and PAL versions (which I stupidly bought with my own school pocket money back in 2014). Guess what. It's the same bloody game with everything in English and that annoying woman's voice is still there when you watch the movies for each track. Oh well, at least they changed the title to Virtua Racing Sega Saturn (^v^).  The following text is pasted from my PAL review script I had in hand, but never published. Note: I have since sold my NTSC-US and PAL versions just so I could buy myself some basketball shoes at one point.

If you've already read my Race Drivin' post, you'll know just what I think of Time Warner Interactive. My classmate from high school told me that his father was lucky enough to see an early beta of Virtua Racing many months before the official Japanese launch of the Saturn. What I saw then based on the footage he sent me during computer class was a diabolical mess. Try to imagine a very poorly built course moving along at something like 15fps, a bit like an Atari Jaguar 3D racer really (^v^). Anyway, Time Warner Interactive promised that the final release of Sega's Virtua Racing would be every bit as impressive as the arcade plus many new tracks and cars. Well, they sort of kept their word.

The Saturn version did indeed have many more tracks and cars but my arse it was as impressive as the arcade. The game still moves at a very poor 20fps if that. The controls are very unresponsive, and the pop-up is pretty bad too. After seeing Time Warner's Race Drivin' which was released before Virtua Racing, I sort of suspected that Virtua Racing on the Saturn would turn out to be a massive pile of steaming poo. The thing that gets me is why did Sega hand over such a great license to such a shitty company? 

I urge everyone to play the far superior Sega-made 32X version or even the Mega Drive version, heck even the Sega Ages Playstation 2 or Sega Ages Nintendo Switch version over this crap. Oh, one more thing, one of my older copies was the PAL European release, but it works perfectly in a Japanese Saturn. In other words, it's region-free. Very odd indeed.

[charlie2zer0]

[Completed It] Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

A few short thoughts about the new Yakuza/Like a Dragon game, I’ve been a long time fan of the series and followed Kazuma’s story from start to somewhat-finish. I was sad when I finished Yakuza 6 and realised it was the end of Kazuma’s story, at least thats what I thought. Although they have gone a new direction with Ichiban, including a complete change to the games combat system, it seems they can never really leave Kazuma Kiryu behind.

Constantly dragging him back into the mix of things to torture him, knowing full well he’ll never get to see the kids at Sunshine again. Gaiden ups the ante, not only constantly threatening the kids at the Orphanage, but also everyone seems to know that Joryu is in fact Kiryu (not that they went to any great length to hide his identity, just a pair of glasses in the same vain as Clark Kent/Superman). This makes the whole ‘Kiryu faking his death’ thing rather redundant.

Like a Dragon Gaiden is a short affair, taking roughly 20 hours to complete when taking into consideration some of the side content (I didn’t complete everything, but will slowly work on that over the course of the next few months). There is plenty in this game to keep you going, including the re-release of some classic Sega games in the arcades, and the return of Pocket Circuit. As with all Yakuza/LAD games, the main story is just a moderately sized piece of a larger pie. And this ‘short’ sequel/prequel has plenty to keep you engaged.

[beefgnawpolis]

I am now the proud owner of a Retroid Pocket 3 Plus (transparent blue) and after a week of playing this thing pretty much nonstop, here are my impressions.

[tl;dr: kind of a grind to set up, but works pretty great once you do!]

If you decide to get yourself one of these devices, I cannot recommend Retro Game Corps' starter guides highly enough. Here's one specific to the Retroid Pocket 2+/3/3+/Flip. Here's one that goes into more detail on RetroArch. And just for giggles, here's a general Android emulation starter guide. Oh, and you might be cool with Retroid's frontend but you'll probably like Daijisho a lot more, so here's a guide for that (sadly only in video form).

Initial setup and copying of ROMs and whatnot was a slog. Mostly because pretty much all the emulators on my PC work fine with ROMs in unzipped .zip files while (according to the wiki and I'm going to cry if I spent all that time unzipping .zips for nothing) most of the RetroArch cores other than MAME want the ROMs unzipped and hand-fed to them. Also, you'll probably need to reconfigure some controls and other settings. HOWEVER! Once you've got all your shit where it needs to go, and once you've got all your emulators set up and Daijisho in and pointed to all the right paths, that's the hard part done and over with. From there on out It Just Works. You can even set Daijisho such that you never even have to see the Android behind the curtain. Battery life is pretty decent. It feels fairly comfortable in my tiny hands, I wish there were grippy-bumps or whatnot on the back but now apparently Retroid is making a grippy case add-on? The buttons feel good, though apparently future stick drift is a possibility. One that can be fixed for about $25 with a pair of Gulikit hall sensor sticks, so I'm not too worried about that right now. The screen is nice and bright and apparently can be software-tweaked to be better but I didn't bother, this is fine. Audio is... okay but that's why God made earbuds and whatnot. Also, one caveat: playing heftier stuff on this system will make it hot. Never alarmingly "oh shit turn it off now" hot and it barely gets lukewarm on older-system stuff, but it's definitely noticeable with PS2 and graphics-heavy games like NieR: Reincarnation.

Now, as for what it can play:

The RP3+ can, in my personal experience so far, reliably play pretty much everything up to PS1/PSP/Sega Saturn tier with no or minimal tweaking, with a couple of exceptions (I had to twiddle some settings for N64 and MAME, and Duckstation and AetherSX2 have to be hand-fed a BIOS in initial setup).

My current values of "everything" are:

Atari 2600

Game Boy

GBC

GBA

Arcade (MAME)

NES

SNES

N64 (mixed results; Mario Kart runs like a champ but Pokemon Snap crashes)

Genesis

Saturn

PS1

PSP

As for systems beyond: I've had mixed results that skew "definitely playable" with PS2 and had to change some stuff in the AetherSX2 setup wizard to get that. I haven't played a lot of PS2 stuff on it yet but Final Fantasy XII seems to run pretty great so far. Fatal Frame runs pretty well (though apparently there's something I need to tweak in the per-game settings to make anomalies and whatnot show up). Magic Pengel, of all things, ran like hot garbage but that was before I RTFM and reran the setup wizard with changes so it might do better now. Sadly my PC's DVD drive has shat the bed so I can't rip anything else until the replacement comes in. There's a community spreadsheet linked in the RP3 setup guide up there that will tell you what per-game tweaks you might need to make.

I haven't tried Gamecube or Dreamcast yet, but word is it's the same deal as PS2. It can run DS/3DS/Wii emulators, but honestly I can't stomach the idea of playing DS/3DS on a single screen (and besides that is what I have a hacked 3DS for but never mind that) and the WiiWare I've tried runs okay but Wii with touchscreen-instead-of-wiimote just feels weird (and that is what I have a hacked Wii for but never mind that)

And of course, being an Android device, it can of course run Android games. NieR: Reincarnation ran like refried ass on my phone, but it runs great on the RP3+. It does have micro HDMI out, and you can pair it with an Android-compatible controller, though I haven't tried that yet. And of course you can install your streaming apps of choice on it if you want.

Anyway, it's definitely a lot of handheld for not a whole lot of money and I'm digging it!

[xolta]

part 4

Xolta's Big old recommended games list Part 4 Gen 5

Gameboy Color: Bomberman Max (bomberman/adventure) Bomberman Quest(action advenutre) Dragon Quest Monsters 2(monster rasining rpg) Pokemon Gold and sliver(monster rasining rpg) Game & Watch Gallery 2&3(mixed bag) Konami GB Collection Vol. 1-4(mixed bag) Pocket Bomberman(Adventure/bomberman) Pokémon Pinball(pinball) Shantae (metroidvania) Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (platfromer) Wario land 2&3(Greedy bastard em up) X-Treme Sports (anime sports) X-Men: Mutant Academy(jank ass fighting game)

N64: Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 (Tps) Banjo-Kazooie (3d platformer) Banjo-Tooie(3d platformer) BattleTanx 1&2(tank combat) Blast Corps (blow shit em up) Bomberman 64 (bomberman) Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!(bomberman) Buck Bumble(shooter) Mario kart 64(kart racing) Chameleon Twist 1&2(platformer) Conker's Bad Fur Day (platformer) Custom Robo1&2(tiny mecha fighting) Diddy Kong Racing (kart racer) Mario 64(3d platformer) Resident evil 2(Miracle port/ survival horror) Extreme-G 1&2(SUPER FAST RACING F zero X(SUPER FAST RACING) mystical ninja starring goemon(adventure) Hybrid Heaven (action rpg/wacky) Mace the Dark age(fighting) Killer Instinct Gold (fighting) Kirby 64(platformer) Mario party 1-3(party/ firend ship destoryer) Mischief Makers (platformer) Super Smash bros(platfrom fighter) Paper mario(rpg) Turok 1&2(fps/bullshit in latter levls) doom 64(fps) Starcarft 64(rts) pilot wings 64(flight sim)

Sega Saturn: Astal (platformer) Burning Rangers( tps) Castlevania Symphony of the night(metroidvania) Daytona USA: Circuit Edition(raceing)

3D0: Super Street Fighter II Turbo (fighting)

Neo Geo Pocket/color: Bust A Move! Pocket (puzzle) Gals Fighters(fighting) King of Fighters R-2 (fighting) Metal Slug: 1st Mission&2 mission(run and gun) Sonic the Hedgehog: Pocket Adventure (platforming/pits every were) SNK VS. CAPCOM: CARD FIGHTERS' CLASH(tgc)

Playsation 1: Air Combat 1&2(air combat) Ape Escape (platformer) Croc(platformer/werid controls) BattleTanx: Global Assault (tank combat) Bomberman Party Edition (bomber man) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (metroidvania) Castlevania Chronicles (platformer) Crash Bandicoot 1-3(platformer) Crash Team Racing (kart racer) Dino Crisis (survival horror) Doom(fps) Final Fantasy VII(jrpg) Final Fantasy Tactics (Srpg) Future Cop L.A.P.D. (Tps) Ghost in the Shell (action/jank) Rapid Reload (run and gun) Heart of Darkness (platformer) Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (fighting) Klonoa: Door to Phantomile(platformer) Lomax(platformer) LUNAR: The Silver Star Story Complete (rpg/bad transaltion) Marvel vs. Capcom (fighting) MediEvil 1&2(plafromer) Mega Man Legends (action adventure) Mega Man X3-5(Platformer) Metal Slug X(run and gun) Mortal Kombat Trilogy (fighting) Oddworld 1&2(platformer) Parappa the Rapper (rhythm) Point Blank (light gun) Quake II(fps) Resident Evil 1-3(surivival horror) Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman (character action) Silent Bomber(BOMBS!) Spider-Man (action) Spyro 1-3(platformer) Time Crisis(light gun) Twisted Metal 1&2( combat racing) Vigilante 8 1-2(combat racing) Wipeout (future racing)

Jaguar: Alien vs Peradtor(fps)

Vitural boy: Wario land(greed/play with 3d moded out)

[noitesnojapao]

Noites no Japão - Episódio Piloto (Parte 3)

Imagem retirada do site: https://wowroms.com/pt/roms/super-nintendo/x-men-vs.-street-fighter-unl/30195.html

Algo que quase todo player já deve ter ouvido falar são dos jogos ilegais que circulavam pelas lojas de cartuchos ou até mesmo por aquelas lojas de brinquedos ou artigos do paraguai. Lojas de coisas mais ou menos baratas, porém muito boas! Claro, haviam mercadorias mais caras...porém era só pra quem podia msm.

Então, esses cartuchos não eram originais (obviamente). Digo que não eram originais não só naquele sentido de serem cartuchos piratas fisicamente, mas também pelo fato de não serem jogos oficiais, ou seja, feitos por uma empresa oficial de jogos.

Muita gente se questionava se esses jogos eram adaptações oficiais para o Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

Bom...alguns devem conhecer "X-Men vs. Street Fighter" e "Street Fighter Ex Plus Alpha". Ambos foram lançados originalmente para Arcade. E somente depois vieram as adaptações para consoles caseiros, tais como Playstation 1 (PS1); entre outros.

Mesmo dando na cara que aqueles games foram feitos por um desenvolvedor desconhecido, com personagens, sprites e sons retirados de jogos das franquias, bem...ainda assim alguns tinham dúvida se aquelas conversões para o SNES eram realmente oficiais!

Imagem retirada do site: https://romspure.cc/roms/super-nintendo-entertainment-system/street-fighter-ex-plus-alpha-2/

Não se sabe quem fez os tais jogos, nem sequer quais pessoas fabricaram um ou mais jogos ou quem fez os outros. Fato é que todos esses programadores publicaram os seus jogos pela "DVS Electronic Co."

Acredito também que muitos desses programadores trabalhavam na própria DVS!

E a bizarrice não para por aí...o Randal, eu, o Raul e meu irmão Denis curtíamos muito jogar esses cartuchos na época do Colegial. Comprávamos na antiga "Brinq Escola" aqui de Junkeira.

Claro...a jogabilidade era péssima. Mal dava pra executar os comandos perfeitamente algumas vezes. Tinha que ser muito pró pra dominar um jogo daqueles! O som era de baixa qualidade. Se ao menos eles tivessem ripado as músicas diretamente do console, mas não! Devem ter pego de outra fonte desconhecida. Ou as músicas ripadas passaram por algum outro processo antes de serem colocadas no game.

Enfim; os tais cartuchos eram muito divertidos de se jogar quando você queria apenas passar o tempo. Era mais pra ter na coleção mesmo. Porque os jogos não tinham nada de extraordinário. Até que o conteúdo em si fazia algum sentido. Por exemplo...no caso de "X-Men vs. Street Fighter", cada personagem começava enfrentando um rival fixo. Depende do personagem que vc escolhia. Em "Street Fighter Ex Plus Alpha" a mesma coisa acontecia.

"X-Men vs. Street Fighter" tinha os cenários de X-Men com as músicas de Street Fighter! E tudo tinha alguma linearidade, se é que me entenderam realmente.

NADA E NENHUM JOGO "NÃO OFICIAL" É CRIADO DE QUALQUER JEITO, TUDO SEGUE UMA LÓGICA BASEADA NA SÉRIE ORIGINAL!

Com exceção de raros jogos muito mal-feitos, claro...mas esses nem chegam a ser comercializados. Nem de forma "não oficial". E se chegam são esquecidos no espaço-tempo.

Muitos desses cartuchos também foram lançados para o famoso Mega Drive, chamado de Sega Genesis na América do Norte.

Imagem retirada do site: https://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-1423808108-picachu-pocket-monsters-super-nintendo-paralela-usada-_JM

Imagem retirada do site: https://www.gameblast.com.br/2014/07/blast-from-the-trash-pocket-monster-picachu.html

Imagem retirada do site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=55dSh2lud38

Imagem retirada do site: https://retroachievements.org/game/11640

Imagem retirada do site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgVZwYdhKoM

E falando sobre jogos, algo que me remete à saudade é o saudoso Counter-Strike 1.6!

Ainda existe essa versão do jogo oficialmente, na Steam. Passávamos horas nas "Lan Houses" jogando CS 1.6 através daqueles cabos diretos que conectam os computadores entre si. Pessoal mais novo talvez não pegou essa época em que os campeonatos de CS 1.6 rolavam com direito a prêmios e tudo mais.

Counter-Strike começou em meados dos anos 90, isso é fato. Embora ainda conseguimos pegar parte dessa época do primeiro Counter-Strike, que foi o começo dos anos 2000.

O Counter-Strike 2 é recentíssimo!!!

Foi lançado há poucos meses...

O que quero dizer é que pegamos uma época em que o CS dava seus primeiros passos como um jogo completo! Começou como todo software...versão 0.1 em fase de teste (acredito), alphas, betas, gamas, deltas, até chegar na versão 1.0 (acho). Ainda assim tinha muitos bugs ou erros de programação.

Foi na versão 1.6 que a coisa começou a ir pra frente!

Há um tempo atrás, o CS 2 era o famoso CS:GO...

Foi meio que uma evolução do CS 1.6 e ao mesmo tempo uma versão intermediária entre o primeiro CS e o segundo.

O CS:GO já era muito mais evoluído!! E agora chegou o CS 2 pra aperfeiçoar mais ainda esse jogo maravilhoso.

Nunca fui um bom jogador de CS. Apenas fazia estrago nas "Lan Houses" quando os jogadores do outro time eram ruins! Meu irmão, por outro lado, engrenou no negócio. Participava até de campeonatos e vencia quase todos eles. O time dele era composto somente de profissionais para cima! Entre eles podemos citar o nosso querido Luis Ricardo Pinotti Horta e o Jeferson Hayakawa (Takinha).

Bom...pros ruins eu era bom! E isso já bastava; francamente! Nunca tive pretensão de ir muito longe. APENAS ME DIVERTIR!

Como era bom passar alguns minutos jogando apenas contra bots. Francamente, eu gostava muito de passear pelos mapas de vez em quando sozinho. Removia todos os bots (personagens controlados por inteligência artificial) e ficava observando cada detalhe do mapa!

Aquela famosa musiquinha tocada no rádio do mapa Italy lembrava algo tranquilo, de noite...talvez até alguma coisa relacionada à mafia italiana. Não importa como você interpretasse, eu saía sozinho pelo mapa com uma AK-47 na mão.

Imagem retirada do site: https://www.techtudo.com.br/listas/2020/08/counter-strike-16-curiosidades-e-referencias-do-polemico-mapa-rio.ghtml

E quem não se lembra do famoso mapa do Rio de Janeiro?!

Com aquela famosa música controversa tocada na rádio da base dos Terroristas? (OS CT SÃO TUDO UM BANDO DE FILHA DA P...UM BANDO DE C...)

E lá ia eu de AK-47 e Glock 18 novamente!!! KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!

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No Bar do Peixuxa tocava uma música do Zeca Pagodinho se não me engano...adorava ficar horas e horas naquele bar fingindo estar tomando umas e passeando pelo andar de cima do bar!

Imagem retirada do site: https://interativos.ge.globo.com/esports/materia/meu-vizinho-jogou-a-historia-do-mapa-que-proibiu-o-cs-no-brasil.ghtml

Imagem retirada do site: https://tecnoblog.net/responde/como-instalar-mapas-no-cs-1-6/

Se não me engano, o mapa do Rio de Janeiro não era oficial. Por isso não está incluído no CS 1.6 Oficial. Você precisa baixar e instalar ele!

O mapa da grande São Paulo, aquele da estação de metrô, também não era oficial, acredito.

Uma coisa muitos concordam: ERA MUUUUUUUUITOOOOO DIVERTIDO JOGAR NESSES MAPAS FEITOS POR FÃS!!!

Alguns deles eram tão bizarros que desafiavam até as leis da física e da gravidade!

Cenários psicodélicos, surreais, parecendo cenário de sonhos e pesadelos eram comuns!

Isso sem mencionar os "Easter Eggs" ou "Surpresas" escondidas pelos mapas que alguns descobriam e postavam na internet.

E claro, haviam os cheats! Dava pra brincar com as leis da gravidade em qualquer mapa! Adicionar munição infinita, mais vantagens pra um time ou outro, vida inifinita, aumentar a sua defesa ou a precisão da arma que estava usando, etc.

Mapa de São Paulo abaixo...

Imagem retirada do site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sigilo/4936123765

Imagem retirada do site: https://www.moddb.com/games/counter-strike/addons/de-sampa-bot-waypoint-fix-cs-16-map

Imagem retirada do site: https://gamebanana.com/mods/84926

Imagem retirada do site: https://gamebanana.com/mods/390996

Imagem retirada do site: https://baixe.net/de-sampa

Imagem retirada do site: https://gamebanana.com/mods/84927

Imagem retirada do site: https://socialgames.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/mapas-criados-por-mataleone-para-cs-15-16/

Haviam também inúmeras Skins para os personagens criadas por fãs. Umas mais normais e outras bem bizzaras! Tinha até skin do Homer Simpson segurando uma rosca gigantesca. E sim, você podia jogar com ele baixando a Skin!!! Eu vi essa skin jogando o CS 1.6 que meu irmão havia baixado na época. Meados de 2005/2006...

E todo jogador que já está há um tempo no CS:GO (agora o novo CS 2) sabe que nesse jogo da franquia as skins de armas aumentam a precisão! Pode ser desde uma skin que custa centavos até uma que custe sei lá, por exemplo, uns R$ 20.000,00 !!! Tem jogador que paga caro por essas skins, embora o valor é mais simbólico mesmo. Apenas questão de beleza e decoração, pois toda skin de arma aumenta a precisão da arma na mesma proporção. Não importa o preço dela!! (Corrijam essa informação se ela estiver errada)

Aliás, falando sobre as armas do Counter-Strike: EU PREFIRO AS ARMAS DOS TERRORISTAS!!!

Não que elas sejam melhores, mas apenas por questão de gosto pessoal mesmo !!!

CS é um jogo extremamente realista! Tanto que quando você pega nas armas você sente isso na pele! O dano causado, a precisão, o coice, a taxa de disparos e o tipo de munição usada, bem...TUDO ISSO INFLUI NO JOGO, OBVIAMENTE.

O preço de cada arma, saber administrar a munição e usar a pistola quando a munição da arma principal acabar. (Ou somente a pistola em questão muitas vezes)...

Existem os mapas de resgatar reféns (sigla CS) e os mapas de detonação (sigla DE). Outros tipos de mapas devem existir também, acredito. Ou outros modos que podem ser jogados nesses mesmos mapas.

Às vezes é mais vantajoso usar a pistola, então é preciso saber trocar de arma rápido, pelas teclas de atalho. Isso vale também quando você estiver resgatando reféns como Contra-Terrorista (CT) ou armando a bomba como Terrorista (T). Ou até mesmo desarmando uma bomba como Contra-Terrorista. Ou seja, além de ficar de olho no tempo é preciso olhar a área ao redor pra não ser atingido enquanto faz essas tarefas. Principalmente se você estiver com apenas mais 2 amigos do mesmo time. Ou 1 amigo! Ou sozinho...

Saber comprar colete e capacete quando possível também é bom, se tiver dinheiro e achar que vale a pena. O kit para desarmar a bomba como CT também é bom. Contudo, vale aquilo o que eu disse anteriormente...ADMINISTRE SEU DINHEIRO E SUA MUNIÇÃO COM SABEDORIA!!! Existem armas que perfuram colete e capacete, porém se vc estiver usando proteção elas têm mais dificuldade em penetrar tanto no colete quanto no capacete. É uma proteção a mais que vc tem!

USE AS GRANADAS COM SABEDORIA! Tanto as de explosão como as de luz e as de fumaça também. Existe também o coquetel molotov e muitos outros itens extras que podem fazer toda a diferença.

Eu não tenho toda essa habilidade pra usar as armas e nem as granadas, mas enfim...consigo aquilo o que quero. Pra quem se contenta com pouco e já é um Sargento no ranking do jogo, ótimo! Meus objetivos são simples e não tenho tanta pretensão assim.

Tenha algo em mente quando estiver jogando em time: O SUCESSO DO TIME É MAIS IMPORTANTE DO QUE O SEU SUCESSO EM PARTICULAR!

Outra coisa importante é saber quando o time deve ficar guardando a base ou partir pro ataque. Se o mapa é de reféns, os terroristas muitas vezes não precisarão invadir (rushar)! Apenas guardar os reféns e impedir que os contra-terroristas os resgatem!

Se o mapa é de detonação, os contra-terroristas também a maioria das vezes não precisarão invadir (rushar). Somente proteger a base e impedir que os terroristas implantem a bomba...

Esse negócio de rushar muda muito de acordo com o caminhar da partida. Então saiba a hora de mudar a tática se comunicando com o seu time pelo microfone do computador. Use você fones de ouvido com microfone ou aquele microfone tradicional!

Ah, sim! Tenha em mente também que todo jogo de tiro, seja ele realista ou não, funciona quase que 90% como na vida real! Já viram aqueles filmes de faroeste americano!?

Pois então...os Rangers mais experientes do Corpo de Rangers usam táticas avançadas para emboscar vários inimigos, mesmo quando estão apenas em 1 ou 2 contra vários ao mesmo tempo. Ou aqueles bandidos mais experientes...eles sabem os locais onde você deve ou não deve ficar se possível. Linhas de fogo são lugares perigosos e devem ser evitados ao máximo.

Isso sem falar dos jogadores profissionais que conhecem quase todos (senão todos) os mapas detalhadamente. Cada lugar do mapa e onde ir ou onde evitar...ELES USAM AS GRANADAS DE MANEIRA QUASE 100% PERFEITA!!! SEJA PRA JOGAR A GRANADA E REBATER NUM PONTO DA PAREDE E/OU CALCULAR A HORA CERTINHA DA EXPLOSÃO! Sejam granadas de explosão, luz, fumaça, distração ou coquetéis molotov!

Esses jogadores profissionais jogam as granadas por cima das paredes muitas vezes e sabem exatamente todas as consequências dos efeitos das explosões...isso sem mencionar que um ou dois deles, combinados com as táticas avançadas que adquiriram durante todo esse tempo de experiência com o CS, podem acabar com um time inteiro em questão de minutos...!!!

Veja bem...não importa sua pontuação! O importante é que o time vença! Só assim todos da equipe ganham mais EXP e adquirem vantagens melhores mais rápido!

Só fechando o post, gostaria de deixar dois longplays dos games que citei lá em cima. Apenas para razões de entretenimento e para que vocês se sintonizem mais uma vez com o espírito do blog "Noites no Japão"...fiquem com Deus e aquele abraço!

[msith]

Also, if it is okay, I would like to make a request !!

I'm not sure if you write for girls but could I get Nene + Toya(separate) meeting reader who had beat their score in an arcade ?

I need more Nene content. Though it's okay to deny this if you don't want to do it<3

Thanks in advance! :D

BUT... HOW???

Not for fic notes: cute idea!!:33 subbed and liked:3 Also doing fics because I don't write enough of it also ALSO happy birthday mod mafuyu *pulls out comically large birthday hat and comically large cake from doraemon's pocket*

For fic Notes: reader is a senior a year 3 to be exact (toya),reader schools in miyamasuzaka (nene),toya plays DDR and hardly fps!!1!1! Real im sonic and sega told me

I can't write fics goodly I'm so sorry mod mafuyu

It was just another day after school. Nene going to the arcade as usual and you too! You ran as fast as you can to the arcade! And you finally reach it! And you wanna try to break the score in one specific game.. that's right! Puyonara! A shooting game where we have to shoot incredibly cute but dangerous puyos! And of course you immediately sat down after securing that nobody is gonna play it and on the road to beat the high score!!!

As you walked down to the arcade you immediately went to the game puyonara and.. saw that someone is already playing it.. what a joke playing here.. maybe I can watch them play it? You silently watched behind them and.. SAW THEM BEATING YOUR HIGH SCORE THAT YOU KEPT FOR 2 YEARS?!? HOW?? you were utterly shocked and they noticed you watching them play. They immediately get embarrassed and blushed slightly

"erm hello?.. were you gonna play this game? Sorry! I'll let you play it.." they immediately rushed to another game like the official Miku ddr.. maybe you can see them again in the same place? You smiled idiotically and blushed slightly to yourself. Maybe you can get to know them better?

After a tiring and boring week spending time at school you finally can go to the arcade this weekend!! You wonder what game you will be playing.. DDR? Fps? Any comically cute Kirby game?? Ahh.. just thinking of the arcade makes your head hyperfixate it for another year (it's been 3 years) and you get ready and run as fast as you can to the arcade!

Finally you reached the arcade! After swiftly running and also swiftly getting tired you finally reached the arcade!! Now.. what game should I play... Oh I know!! One game that nobody's highest score have beaten the highest of them all.. the Hatsune Miku DDR.. to be exact.. AMARA THE GREAT INTELLIGENCE SONG!!!. oh you're so excited! You're gonna beat the high score of course! Isn't it breath relieving to finally beat the high score??!

You walked slowly going to the arcade you only go there on Saturdays now... Since your overly busy schedule especially since akito is gonna have a live show again.. it's better to relax a bit hm.. you walked to your favorite ddr just to find someone else playing it... Tough luck.. you got closer to see.. your upperclassmen? And.. they're beating your high score?! Huh?! They look so cheery.. you never.. ah it's better to stop talking.. "ahaha! Done and done!!" You saw them cheered and when they turned their back.. oh they were embarrassed.. oh so embarrassed.. "ah!! I'm sorry if you wanted to play it!! Erm I'll get going now!!" They wonder off as they left you dumbfounded

[hrani-zdarma]

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Hry jsou uspořádány podle platforem, takže se mohou objevit vícekrát.

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PC Engine - Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams

Title: Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams / コットン

Developer/Publisher: Success Corp. / Hudson-Era H.K. / Hudson Soft

Release date: 12 February 1993

Catalogue No.: HCD3043

Genre: Shooting

Format: Super CD-ROM2

Cotton was an arcade game originally developed by Success Corp., published by Sega, and which ran on the Sega System 16 arcade board. It also saw several ports to systems like the Sharp X68000, this PC Engine version, the Neo Geo Pocket Color, and the Sony PlayStation.

Anything goes in a game like this; you never know what's going to show up next. I appreciate the imagination but sometimes it's hard to tell what's harmful! Sure you can brush up against that jagged landscape but touching a cloud is fatal. Each stage ends with an obligatory boss encounter and some transform into several forms so never let your guard down. I recommend using turbo to engage rapid-fire until you reach a boss, at which time you'll want to use your charge attacks. Cotton is a challenging game. Enemies drop crystals but they are hard to gather because when you shoot them they fire into the air like rockets. Collecting them once they settle on the ground is risky because there's often something lurking in the scenery. The upbeat musical score is a lot of fun but the explosion effects have some static. The game offers three continues and saves high scores. Cotton is a thoroughly ridiculous shooter that's occasionally irritating but always entertaining.

Oh, and one note, the US version of this game has no voice acting in the cutscenes, while the Japanese version does, as you can see on the back of the case. Yes, this is another PC Engine CD game that saw an American release.

[freekw]

Best nes emulators libretro

It uses stolen code and is all around dodgy. These cores can also be used in other programs that implement the Libretro Application Programming Interface (API). These plugins are called cores, and you need to install them inside RetroArch to be able to use them.

Sony PlayStation 2: The only legit emulator is called Play!, but it is still early in development. RetroArch is a modular program that runs emulators and games within its framework as if they were plugins.

Sega Saturn: uoYabause (for GLES 3.0 compatible devices) or Retroarch Yabause core.

Neo Geo Pocket/Pocket Color: Mednafen (Libretro).

Pixel Perfect (Integer Scaling) not working right libretro/libretro-fceumm41. matcarfer mentioned this issue on Apr 11, 2016. Here’s our list of the best emulators available for Android in 2021: Display aspect ratio should not be 4:3 libretro/libretro-fceumm40. This includes a multitude of computer systems as well. It was first released in 1983 for the MSX, NEC PC-6001/8801, Sharp MZ-700 and FM-7 in Japan, and for the ZX Spectrum in Europe (under the English language title Eric and the Floaters). Overall best emulators for Android in 2021Īt this point, there are Android emulators for almost every system up to the sixth generation of consoles. Online version of Bomberman for NES.Bomberman is an arcade-style maze-based video game developed by Hudson Soft. Many of the emulators we recommend below are paid products, but they’re typically easier to configure and include features that aren’t available in Retroarch. Unfortunately, Android doesn’t have the plethora of free emulators available on PC. Users will have to either download the cores manually and place them in the right location or sideload the APK from the RetroArch website, which includes the core downloader. John NES is NES/Famicom emulator for android 2.3+.This app does not work without your own game files. The versions found on the Google Play Store don’t include the core downloader due to store policies. It utilizes Libretro a powerful development. However, it’s can be harder to set up since it relies on individual cores that have to be downloaded. RetroArch is definitely one of the best Super Nintendo emulators which come with cross-platform support. For those looking for the best free emulators for Android, Retroarch is usually the answer.

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