Lost Dragon Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 11 hours ago, Yakumo1975 said: The weekend is here so that means another Battle of the Ports Thought you went very easy on the C64 version. Story behind that shambles: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/operation-thunderbolt-v1/ The Amstrad GX4000 version should of been much better, but without a userbase to justify the time needed to recode the game for the enhanced hardware, it was never going to happen. Great video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 On 10/19/2019 at 8:38 PM, Lost Dragon said: Thought you went very easy on the C64 version. Story behind that shambles: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/operation-thunderbolt-v1/ The Amstrad GX4000 version should of been much better, but without a userbase to justify the time needed to recode the game for the enhanced hardware, it was never going to happen. Great video. It's a shame about the original C64 version. Just imaging a game that looked like it did but with playability. that would have been amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 Ever thought the beloved 16 bit Nintendo console had next to no shooters on it? Well think again. In this 4 part series we will take a look at every commercially available shooter on the system. Part 2 will be released on October 30th 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfleet Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 On 10/22/2019 at 8:33 AM, Yakumo1975 said: Ever thought the beloved 16 bit Nintendo console had next to no shooters on it? Well think again. In this 4 part series we will take a look at every commercially available shooter on the system. Part 2 will be released on October 30th 2019 Watched this one last night. Nice work! Looking forward to seeing the upcoming episodes in this series. Japan definitely got A LOT more shooters on the SNES/SFC than we did here in the states, that's for sure! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 It's time to take a look at a computer game that was a actually an arcade game first even though it was running on a home computer. Strange. This is the Bitmap Brothers Xenon. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 On 10/25/2019 at 6:10 PM, Yakumo1975 said: It's time to take a look at a computer game that was a actually an arcade game first even though it was running on a home computer. Strange. This is the Bitmap Brothers Xenon. .... I'm not too sure about the Arcade first vs concurrent development. The opening screen with the copyright is from 1989: but that could be the ROM of the Arcadia system itself rather than the game. Even their own page is not exactly clear which way they went: http://www.bitmap-brothers.co.uk/our-games/past/xenon.htm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 2 hours ago, phoenixdownita said: I'm not too sure about the Arcade first vs concurrent development. The opening screen with the copyright is from 1989: but that could be the ROM of the Arcadia system itself rather than the game. Even their own page is not exactly clear which way they went: http://www.bitmap-brothers.co.uk/our-games/past/xenon.htm it is a very odd situation. Too much conflicting information regarding this game. On other news, a new upload of a Mega Drive plug'n play joystick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 11 minutes ago, Yakumo1975 said: it is a very odd situation. Too much conflicting information regarding this game. .... I also just noticed that the copyright MXMLXXXIX is plain wrong, 1989 is MCMLXXXIX .... it was Mastertronic that built the Arcadia so .... Edit: In MAME (0.159) though the first copyright notice (from the Arcadia board as it boots) is MCMLXXXIX, it's only on that startup screen that (in MAME) it's reported as MXMLXXXIX .... who knows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 Welcome to part 2 of this 4 part Retro Core 5 Special. We are taking a look at all (to my knowledge) SFC / SNES shooter to be commercially available. Check out part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6X0Y... Please think about supporting the show by subscribing to the channel or becoming my patron. Thank you so much! http://www.patreon.com/retrocore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 OK, why not? Let's jump on the Halloween band wagon (admittedly a few days late) with a spooky Battle of the Ports. Here were are taking a look at 4 versions of the Japanese only cult classic, Clock Tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 Today we are taking a look at the generic PSP looking clone that's been around for a while. Are the more modern versions an improvement upon the original? Let's take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 (edited) Welcome to the third part of this four part special on the Retro Core Channel where we are taking a look at every single commercially available SFC / SNES shooter released. Please see part 1 for the rules of what classifies as a shooter for this series. Part 1 - Part 2 - Please think about supporting the show by subscribing to the channel or becoming my patron. Thank you so much! http://www.patreon.com/retrocore Edited November 6, 2019 by Yakumo1975 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher5.0 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Wow that Super Dogfight game looks impressive. Ill have to check that one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 So, two weeks ago we took a look at Xenon. Now it's time to take a look at Xenon II, a game that may be effected by rose tinted glasses than many others out there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 There are so many Famicom clones on the market and let's be honest, most are awful. This one however I actually like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yakumo1975 Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 (edited) There's an error on this video where the C64 and ZX Spectrum ports are labelled as "Arcade". Sorry. Here's one that you may have never heard of in the arcades but it still managed to get some home ports. Just a shame they're all crap. Edited November 15, 2019 by Yakumo1975 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Yakumo1975 said: There's an error on this video where the C64 and ZX Spectrum ports are labelled as "Arcade". Sorry. Here's one that you may have never heard of in the arcades but it still managed to get some home ports. Just a shame they're all crap. Fun Fact: The prototype of the arcade version ran off a Commodre 1541 disk drive! Why I don't know, but I can't even imagine the reliability issues that must have had. I'm trying to find where I read about it, but so far I'm coming up empty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Charlie Cat Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 15 hours ago, Yakumo1975 said: There's an error on this video where the C64 and ZX Spectrum ports are labelled as "Arcade". Sorry. Here's one that you may have never heard of in the arcades but it still managed to get some home ports. Just a shame they're all crap. Thank you for taking my request Mark. I love the beauty of what the arcade version has to offer and music is top notch for the arcade verion. I also posted a comment on your vhannel regarding it. 8^) Anthony.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParallaxUltra Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Yakumo, I really appreciated the 2 episodes of Battle of the Ports on Parodius. Did anyone notice that the PSX and Saturn ports of the first arcade game, Parodius Da!, on the first level, the palm trees do not animate when the pirate ship cat boss is flying near them? The trees do not animate in the Sharp X68000 version either, however they do somewhat in the Super Famicom version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 The RG-350 promises many great points. True 60htz screen with v-sync. Glass screen, fast emulation and HDMI video out. Just how good is it? Let's take a look. If you'd like to buy your own RG-350 you can pick one up at TomTop for 85.99 as of this video going live - https://www.tomtop.com/p-f1996b.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Today I posted a new video of this month's pick ups. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 A game about pigs blowing each other up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8_is_enuff Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Just now, Yakumo1975 said: A game about pigs blowing each other up? Popp-a Pig? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 Zool was a game Amiga fans loved and even went as far as saying it was the Sonic The Hedgehog killer. Was it? I doubt it but let's take a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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