SlidellMan Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Speaking of JoyCons, I suggest that you look into the GameCube-style ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 This week we check out a classic Data East title set in the old wild west. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted May 6 Author Share Posted May 6 Baseball playing Power Ranger and more! - Life in Japan New video in 4K 60fps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 In all honesty, I'm surprised that Taito and Allumner got away with female nudity in that game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schuwalker Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 I loved me some Taito Gladiator. Looks like it got the very short stick end when it came down to the ports 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 I only saw Gladiator once in the arcades. Fun game, wish I could have spent more time with it that day. I'm curious as to why they decided to make the final boss invincible in the Amstrad and Speccy ports (I had heard that story as well). How hard would it have been to just make a simple 'You Win! The End.' screen? Surely they could have feed up enough room for that? Most home ports of games back in that time didn't have elaborate endings anyway. Looks like it may actually be a bug after all. If a simple POKE can fix it then I can't believe it was intentional. I wonder if David's memory was wrong (thinking of a different game perhaps)? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 (edited) 43 minutes ago, SlidellMan said: In all honesty, I'm surprised that Taito and Allumner got away with female nudity in that game. In Japan it wouldn't be a issue but I the western release, yeah it is quite surprising. Edited May 12 by Yakumo1975 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmonyFM Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Americans are nothing if not puritanical… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 (edited) 20 hours ago, harmonyFM said: Americans are nothing if not puritanical… Very true. It's okay to blow someone's head off but not to show a bit of nipple 😅 Edited May 14 by Yakumo1975 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 3 hours ago, Yakumo1975 said: Very true. It's okay to blow someone's head off but not to show a bit of nipple 😅 I've always found it interesting at what is and what isn't acceptable in each country to show on TV or in film. For example and correct me if I'm wrong, but as lax as Japan is on nudity I believe that it is (was?) illegal to show pubic hair. You could do that in the US as long as it was in an adult movie or magazine. Just some of the quirks from country to country. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 (edited) 10 hours ago, Tempest said: I've always found it interesting at what is and what isn't acceptable in each country to show on TV or in film. For example and correct me if I'm wrong, but as lax as Japan is on nudity I believe that it is (was?) illegal to show pubic hair. You could do that in the US as long as it was in an adult movie or magazine. Just some of the quirks from country to country. That is true. Adult videos or at least those distributed by official channels will have pubes blurred out. Also, in Japan before the year 2000, there were no age ratings on movies or games. Even now, movies don't have any age rating on them that's clearly visible. Cinemas do have age ratings but you know, I've never ever seen it mentioned on any movie posters or enforced. Edited May 14 by Yakumo1975 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostdragon Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 (edited) Just updated via the comments section, a few background details on the home conversions for some of your older videos. The C64 version for this one: ZX Spectrum versions for this one: I always like to provide developer sourced, background information on how the conversions turned out as they did, wherever possible. And add new information once it becomes available. Edited May 17 by Lostdragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted May 18 Author Share Posted May 18 Here we go with the squeal to last weeks show. This is Blandia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 I forgot to post about this upload last week And there's this one that went live today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 This game was everywhere back in the mid 90's but was it worth playing? Battle of the Ports - Power Drive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 I bet if you added rotary controller support to the Jaguar version of Power Drive, it would make the steering more responsive. Overhead racing games are much more enjoyable with steering wheels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 21 hours ago, SlidellMan said: I bet if you added rotary controller support to the Jaguar version of Power Drive, it would make the steering more responsive. Overhead racing games are much more enjoyable with steering wheels. I think you have a point there. Using a D-pad made it rather tricky once the stirring loosened up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted Saturday at 01:11 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 01:11 AM We are going truly old school this week with Battle of the Ports - Pitfall! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted Saturday at 02:36 AM Share Posted Saturday at 02:36 AM I remember playing Pitfall back in the late '80s-early '90s at one of my parents' friends' house. It's lamentable at what Activision has become in the past 15 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted Monday at 02:40 PM Share Posted Monday at 02:40 PM On 5/31/2024 at 8:11 PM, Yakumo1975 said: We are going truly old school this week with Battle of the Ports - Pitfall! This was one of the first video games I remember ever playing when I was three or four years old. It was a classic when I played it in 1983 and still is today. Take care and looking forward to many more videos yet to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted Monday at 02:42 PM Share Posted Monday at 02:42 PM On 5/24/2024 at 8:47 PM, Yakumo1975 said: This game was everywhere back in the mid 90's but was it worth playing? Battle of the Ports - Power Drive Power Drive is a not a great racing game, but I do enjoy the Mega Drive / Genesis version reasonably enough as I found it to be reasonably compelling to play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted Monday at 11:12 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 11:12 PM (edited) 120htz display, dlp projector and powerful enough to run Game Cube emulation! The Tank 2 Pro from Unihertz. Edited Monday at 11:13 PM by Yakumo1975 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted Monday at 11:48 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:48 PM That Switch controller mentioned previously has got me unreasonably excited. Does that D-pad work as well as the ones on the Saturn pad and six button Genesis pad? Because that'd make the controller a slam dunk must have purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted Tuesday at 03:18 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 03:18 PM 15 hours ago, Jess Ragan said: That Switch controller mentioned previously has got me unreasonably excited. Does that D-pad work as well as the ones on the Saturn pad and six button Genesis pad? Because that'd make the controller a slam dunk must have purchase. It's not even close to the Japanese Saturn pad. The only controller that is are the 8BitDo 2.5GHz Mega Drive looking controllers. I've never tried the Genesis 6 button so I can't comment on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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