But I thought you already had Geonosis in Battlefront II… and you played as Mace Windu, not Obi-Wan… what the hell, Lucasarts?
Oh wait… right… not Battlefront II, but the gambling-encouraging money pit that is using the name of a genuinely good game to get people going.
Meh… you know what? I’m up for some Battlefront, actually.
So Nintendo has decided to drop their Creator Program thing where Youtube folks had to send videos and channels for approval to be monetize and opted for more loose guidelines for people to follow. So I guess that means Nintendo reviews will be up and about, right?
I’ll take a wait and see approach on this one. Right now, the planned reviews for the final stretch are picked out, but who knows what comes forth next year?
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| Pretend that Steve Austin is the Gameband people and that Vinny Mac is the suckers who gave them money. |
So, once upon a time, there was a thing called Atari Gameband that was kickstarted because people are stupid. A gaming watch? Sure, I’ll go with that. Somewhere along the way, Gameband lost its Atari branding because even the clueless putz running today’s shell of the former company had the sense to get away from that nonsense and focus on their Linux machine disguised as a video game system. Now Gameband is officially cancelled and all those suckers who donated money might not even get a refund.
You poor, deluded fools.
All failed mocking aside, I feel bad for the folks who donated money to this thing… well, almost. And it only serves to reinforce why I have a hard time putting my faith (and dollars) into these crowdfunding bits unless the people holding it have something of a track record behind them. I’ve contributed to a couple of these things and can say that I’m satisfied with what I’ve got… but only because they’ve delivered goods in the past and proven trustworthy as a result.
Atari started a Kickstarter for their gamewatch thing and then bailed on the people making it. And despite their so-called runaway success with Ataribox’s campaign, nigh a word was mentioned since then beyond a couple signings here and there. And then there was attempt to get investors to send them money so they can release a mobile version of Roller Coaster Tycoon onto Switch despite the mobile versions being reviewed poorly. Not quite a track record worthy of forking over money.
A shame, really. That would’ve been a neat gimmick for people to presumably mock and not actually buy.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/27/fortnite-200-million-players/
What can I say? Modern FPS games or just mass multiplayer games in general don’t appeal to me in the slightest, so it’s been the easiest thing in the world to avoid Fortnite like the plague. Looks like a fun game, but honestly, never had the patience or time for that sort of thing. Still, nice to see it gain enough traction to gain that sizable player base.
So the list that was posted yesterday was the International release. This is the list of games included on the Japanese Playstation Classic… and it’s not that much better, either.
Arc the Lad
Arc the Lad 2
Armored Core
Biohazard Director’s Cut
Final Fantasy VII International
G-Darius
Gradius Gaiden
Intelligent Qube
Jumping Flash
Megami Ibunroku Persona: Be Your True Mind
Metal Gear Solid
Mr. Driller
Parasite Eve
Ridge Racer Type 4
SaGa Frontier
Super Puzzle Fighter IIX
Tekken 3
Toshinden
Wild Arms
XI [sái]
Mind you, there’s a couple good entries in there that makes this much more enticing than what we’re getting, such as Gradius Gaiden and Armored Core. But again, the lack of any Castlevania disappoints me and while some might appreciate the wider selection of RPGs, I’d prefer a little more variety and some games that made Playstation worthwhile.
Once again, it’s a hard pass for me. Even that C64 Mini seems to have a more worthwhile selection of games and I don’t particular care for the hardware all that much. (I was more of a VIC-20 fellow; and even then, most of my time was spent writing up little programs in BASIC.)
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/29/playstation-classic-game-list/
For those wondering what games will be featured on Sony’s upcoming Playstation Classic mini plug and play system, here’s the game list:
Battle Arena Toshinden
Cool Boarders 2
Destruction Derby
Final Fantasy VII
Grand Theft Auto
Intelligent Qube
Jumping Flash
Metal Gear Solid
Mr Driller
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
Rayman
Resident Evil Director’s Cut
Revelations: Persona
Ridge Racer Type 4
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Syphon Filter
Tekken 3
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six
Twisted Metal
Wild Arms
Well, that doesn’t quite excite me. I’m rather surprised that they coaxed Konami into allowing Metal Gear Solid onto the package, but no Symphony Of The Night. Certainly would’ve been a nice way to sell some units to Castlevania fans not excited by Requiem’s use of the revised PSP version. The lack of Gran Turismo is rather surprising as well as any semblance of a proper Street Fighter game. Surely, you could’ve stuck Alpha 3 on there. Could’ve done without Rainbow Six as well; that game and its ilk are a dime a dozen and playing it on non-analog PS1 is just ridiculous.
I don’t know, kids. This game list doesn’t quite excite me enough to fork the hundred beans over for a mini Playstation gimmick. I might as well buy some of this stuff off the Playstation Store and play them on my PS3. Sorry, Sony… but this is a very easy pass for me.
So sometime ago, the Immortal John Hancock reviews one of these Blast things – the HDMI sticks that has built-in games and wireless Mega Drive controllers – and the version had featured a number of Namco arcade games. However, it turns out that this version was never intended for retail purchase and what people in stores got instead when buying these things were the lesser NES versions, with even lesser emulation quality. From the few videos I’ve seen, the sounds seemed a bit lower pitch and the framerate wasn’t quite up there.
I haven’t seen these things in stores myself; lessons learned from the Genesis Flashback not selling gangbusters, I suppose. Even the usual flea market outings are content not touching these and sticking with the much older Genesis plug-and-play things and bootleg NES and Super NES mini consoles. But yeah… featuring arcade screenshots on your box and including inferior ports on the actual hardware? Pretty scummy move. Even the casual shopper picking this up as an impulse buy would be smart enough to put two and two together and realize that one does not look like the other.
Don’t get me wrong; the NES versions aren’t generally too bad contrary to what most folks will tell you. But when people expect arcade emulation and you don’t deliver, that doesn’t exactly help your already tattered street cred.
A shame, really. But I suppose it’s just another day in the office for ATGames.
Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1408938247/collectorvision-phoenix-an-fpga-colecovision-conso
CollectorVision, a company who produces homebrew games for older systems, have recently launched a Kickstarter to fund their Colecovision clone system, a smaller system that plays Colecovision systems on modern days and with semi-functional parts. They have a working prototype on hand that hasn’t been debunked by anybody as of yet, so this one looks somewhat promising.
I am hesistant to throw my hat into this thing; one because so far pickings have been slim – though there’s still 27-ish days to go – and the last time there was a Coleco-related crowdfunding campaign, it didn’t exactly turn out the way people were expecting or even hoping.
Regardless, all the best to these guys and if this gets legs, maybe I’ll chip in a couple bucks for the cause and possibly get one myself.
Yes, I did get zee Mega Man Elevenz on the Steamz.
I’m saving my extended thoughts for the end of the year (a.k.a. the last video review of 2018), but I can say this much. This did a far better job of recreating the classic style of Mega Man than the two non-8-bit entries in the series… at least in terms of the feel and the controls. The new Double Gear gimmick is helpful for certain spots, but I’ve been able to clear a couple levels with little to no use… which is nice for those who would rather do it old-school… though the gear helps in weapons boostage. It’s not a whole lot to go on for the moment, but from what little I’ve played thus far, it’s definitely a step in the right direction.
Oh, I will say this one other bit. This 2018 release runs way the fuck better than 2016’s Mighty No. 9 did.
Think about that for a bit.
So… yeah… ATGames has BLAST things. A shit ton of plug-and-play things.
This page also has more details on that Legends Flashback thing that I mentioned an hour-ish ago.
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