Yakumo1975 Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Recently did a review of the Chinese HD Retro Game console, AKA A Mega Drive with HDMI. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_convoy Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Stunned at how decent that thing turned out to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 Stunned at how decent that thing turned out to be. So was I. If this had stereo sound and HDMI timing that worked well with capture devices then I'd probably keep this set up as a second unit. Power Instinct or Gōketsuji Ichizoku as it was originally called in Japan is one of the many 1 on 1 fighters that tried to cash in on the Street Fighter franchise but unlike many this has a lot of interesting and original ideas. In fact it was so popular in Japan that it went on to have 4 follow ups with the last appearing on the Neo Geo by Noise Factory. Let's take a look at the original and it's two ports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 We've all seen the Chinese GameBoy Colour clone but have you seen the excellent classic GB clone? In this video we take a look at a $14 US classic GameBoy clone. Is it worth the money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 A little early this week since I'll be in work tomorrow.Battle of the Ports - Crypt Killer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCRAYERT504 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 https://youtu.be/VgClFPPj4ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 The game that excited many teenage boys back in the early 2000's. Dead or Alive 2 on this week's Battle of the Ports 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 Time to pump yourself up and get ripped as we head out on a macho killing spreed with Dynamite Duke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 A game I really don't care for but it was requested many times so here it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 A game I really don't care for but it was requested many times so here it is I think the SNES version wins out on this one, mainly because of the controls. The SNES gamepad is just so well suited to Robotron/SmashTV/Total Carnage type controls. You get the original gameplay the arcade creators intended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Black_Tiger Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 I think the SNES version wins out on this one, mainly because of the controls. The SNES gamepad is just so well suited to Robotron/SmashTV/Total Carnage type controls. You get the original gameplay the arcade creators intended. We live in a day and age when theoretical controller differences have long since been neutralized and you can use pretty much any kind of controller on anything. Of course you still had multiple stock-SNES style pads available for Genesis bitd. https://www.google.ca/search?q=genesis+ascii+pad&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOs4rboqHWAhXm0FQKHRGQD6kQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=947 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 Finally, after months in limbo, the 20th volume of Retro Core 5 is finally released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 A true classic this week with Bomb Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Pity you did it before the revamped C64 version is out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 It looks like Sonic's head and plays games! Oh, and it cost next to nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Hey nice review, mind blown how cheap that was and yet decently functional. The audio was a little off (coin jingle in SMB1), but the visuals seemed fine so not bad overall. If I were someone who rolled around to places in need of some cheap entertainment that would be a good good buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 Hey nice review, mind blown how cheap that was and yet decently functional. The audio was a little off (coin jingle in SMB1), but the visuals seemed fine so not bad overall. If I were someone who rolled around to places in need of some cheap entertainment that would be a good good buy. Yeah, I agree. It's a very good device for the price. I just hope that not all of them have the joystick issue that mine had. A game I really don't like on this week's Battle of the Ports but since it was requested a million times, here it is. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 (edited) Yeah, I agree. It's a very good device for the price. I just hope that not all of them have the joystick issue that mine had. A game I really don't like on this week's Battle of the Ports but since it was requested a million times, here it is. The C64 version has some trippy sound. I actually didn't know there was an Arkanoid port on the C64 back in the day. I spent most of my time playing Krakout III which was a pretty good clone of Arkanoid. I had found it buried in a neighbours pile of floppies. Edited September 23, 2017 by BillyHW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Trippy sound? Yeah, Galway did try out a few things with Arkanoid, it was the first released C64 game with digitised sound in the music (beating Chris Huelsbeck by a month or so). Not a bad conversion, even with the extra lives bug heh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 I do like the soundtrack for the C64 version of the game. So much so that I just had to use it for the comparison section of the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfleet Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 As always, great comparison video!The Arkanoid video brought back some memories for sure. I personally like the game a lot. The first Arkanoid game I played was actually the sequel, Revenge of Doh, on an Apple IIGS in my 4th grade classroom. I have no clue why, but the teacher had a copy of it we could play every once in a while. I had played Breakout on the 2600 and Alleyway on the Game Boy and loved those. Arkanoid added lasers, and lasers make everything better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I know it isn't quite the intent of the thread as it seems more retro centric pretty much, but I'm thinking if this thread is bad for it, one of its own could work but by the looks of things Switch is going crazy with ports from bigger hardware and not maybe suffering much for it at all. It could make for a fun video study with the side by sides popping up of Doom lately. Skyrim and Wolfenstein 2, RiME, Sine Mora EX, sports stuff and more should get some video looks in the near future too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 As always, great comparison video!The Arkanoid video brought back some memories for sure. I personally like the game a lot. The first Arkanoid game I played was actually the sequel, Revenge of Doh, on an Apple IIGS in my 4th grade classroom. I have no clue why, but the teacher had a copy of it we could play every once in a while. I had played Breakout on the 2600 and Alleyway on the Game Boy and loved those. Arkanoid added lasers, and lasers make everything better. Beleive it or not, I actually own Revenge of Doh for the Super Famicom. Never played it though as I know it will drive me nuts. One day though I will power it up. I know it isn't quite the intent of the thread as it seems more retro centric pretty much, but I'm thinking if this thread is bad for it, one of its own could work but by the looks of things Switch is going crazy with ports from bigger hardware and not maybe suffering much for it at all. It could make for a fun video study with the side by sides popping up of Doom lately. Skyrim and Wolfenstein 2, RiME, Sine Mora EX, sports stuff and more should get some video looks in the near future too. Ah, sports games. Not the type of game I play or even own. I like sports but I want to play them for real. The only sport games I enjoy playing are car based mostly. Mainly because I've received way too many speeding tickets over the last 15 years. Could have but a new car the amount of fines I've paid oh well, I learnt my lesson the hard way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 One nice thing about the Apple II version of Arkanoid is that it plays slower than most other ports. Normally this would be a minus, but when you suck as bad as I do at Arkanoid it's a big plus. The Apple II version is the only one I've ever beaten. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I don't care for sports games much either, they have to be fairly specialized in how it is done. Neo Turf Masters/Mario Golf (GBC) style, F-Zero/old school Mario kart style, Baseball Stars ...that kind of stuff. I've never really had to deal with speeding tickets other the one time a cop intentionally set me up to get one nearly a decade ago. Dude was in an unmarked totally black mustang windows and all and tailgated me no more than 2-3ft off my bumper for nearly 2 miles. I was boxed in except up front so I sped up to get around the dude right of me (was in fast lane) and the ass writes me a ticket who caused the situation. Had I not been leaving town weeks later I would have fought it hoping he kept dash cam footage. Dude even at the side of the road acted smug and laughed about it, then did it immediately to another car as he pulled away from me and saw he had another pulled over a mile down the road again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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