The Computer/Console Gaming Thread

[kurdt_the_goat]

Their market share interests me in one sense, enough to pay attention to it... but ultimately as long as they're still making games i couldn't care less even if i was the only one playing them

Regarding the Virtual Console... tbh i've had enough of buying roms period. Maybe cause i tended to buy games i already have or had already played...
The reality for me is half those ancient games aren't worth the price they're charging regardless of how many systems i could play it on

I do think it sucks which systems are emulated on which new machines though. 3DS should really have SNES and DS games downloadable from the shop. Why they've got GBA games on the Wii U's shop i have no idea!

But i think if i were in their position, i'd also be reluctant to have the cross buy feature as well. I mean, coming from historically where you buy a game for a specific console, it changes the entire business model to have it work on several consoles. As a longtime gamer i actually feel like i'm ripping off Sony when i cross buy on PlayStation, but ultimately i'm not complaining of course

Another World... i had that on SNES! I never saw the Mega Drive version, was it really much different? There's no real need for that kind of (SFX chip) innovation anymore though, the systems are more than powerful enough to handle any concepts they can come up with.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Another World... i had that on SNES! I never saw the Mega Drive version, was it really much different? There's no real need for that kind of (SFX chip) innovation anymore though, the systems are more than powerful enough to handle any concepts they can come up with.

I played a lot of Another World on the MD. It was mighty impressive, although really just a game long quick time event. Didn't know it was on SNES too.

Off to youtube!

[kup]

Their market share interests me in one sense, enough to pay attention to it... but ultimately as long as they're still making games i couldn't care less even if i was the only one playing them

Regarding the Virtual Console... tbh i've had enough of buying roms period. Maybe cause i tended to buy games i already have or had already played...
The reality for me is half those ancient games aren't worth the price they're charging regardless of how many systems i could play it on

I do think it sucks which systems are emulated on which new machines though. 3DS should really have SNES and DS games downloadable from the shop. Why they've got GBA games on the Wii U's shop i have no idea!

But i think if i were in their position, i'd also be reluctant to have the cross buy feature as well. I mean, coming from historically where you buy a game for a specific console, it changes the entire business model to have it work on several consoles. As a longtime gamer i actually feel like i'm ripping off Sony when i cross buy on PlayStation, but ultimately i'm not complaining of course

Another World... i had that on SNES! I never saw the Mega Drive version, was it really much different? There's no real need for that kind of (SFX chip) innovation anymore though, the systems are more than powerful enough to handle any concepts they can come up with.

VC runs on an emulator, the game is not made from scratch, it's a rom as you mentioned. There isn't much development time on that and they already have the same tittles on both. All you need is something that tells you that you already own that game so you can download it to your console similar how Steam allows you to download games you own from any computer you have.

Another World was still good and pretty much the same on the SNES as the Megadrive as far as I know with some music changes. However the Megadrive had noticeably smoother animation and back in the day, it really reinforced the 'Blast processing' argument on the Sega side.

I did not say that we need a new FX chip, what I meant is that we need Nintendo to be striving to be better than their competitors and not resign themselves as a 'side console' only there for the exclusives.

[twincobra]

The mega drive had a better CPU than the snes (hence the slowdown of some games) but the snes had a much Better graphical performance, but that also came down to 3rd party's poor programing as well.

[Trent]

Fallout 4 special edition is going to come with a real Pipboy.

That. Is. Awesome.

[benny444]

Finally own the Australian Version

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Niiiiiice! Hope you didn't pay $80 for it though

Since I got to Japan, I have been playing Strikers 1945 and loving the crap put of it. As well as thinking that it's a natural progression from the shmup classic 1942.

Turns out, it's not.

I just assumed that the makers of Strikers (Psikiyo) was a name for the internal programming group in capcom. The reason I thought so though, was that after the likes of 1943 Kai, it seemed logical to sex up the game with transforming mechs and whatnot.

Strikers has a selection of WWII era planes, the main one being something that resembles the p-38 lightning fighter, exactly like the plane in 1942. Crazy!

[llamatron]

Fallout 4 special edition is going to come with a real Pipboy.

That. Is. Awesome.

Yes, yes it is.

Looks like this edition is exclusive to EBGames in Australia.

I pre-ordered the pip-boy package for PS4 tonight... now I just need to get a PS4

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Fallout 4 special edition is going to come with a real Pipboy.

That. Is. Awesome.

Aww finally, now there are 2 games I wanna play and will need a ps4 for.

[benny444]

Niiiiiice! Hope you didn't pay $80 for it though

Haha nah definitely didn't pay $80 for it, was under $30
Definitely one of my favourite Mega Drive games that I used to play