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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: January 02, 2023, 05:28:13 pm »

Beat my first game of the year... Sonic CD from Sonic Origins collection. I guess I'll update my original post...

If you own the original games and the Mega/Gems Collection, is there any reason to buy Origins? I would love to replay 3 & Knuckles in HD but my Apple TV allows me to play 1,2 & CD in HD. I've heard mixed reviews of Origins, but I've been wanting to replay 3 & Knuckles for some time now, but I'm not sure if newer options would eclipse the original game quite like it would with Sonic 1 & 2 (and CD).

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: December 29, 2022, 10:36:09 pm »

Mario Kart 64 (I bought the Japanese version, just need to remove those plastic bits on my American 64 cartridge tray and I'm good to go...)

You can buy a replacement 3d printed one of those trays on easy for under 10 bucks that has no tabs so you can swap between Japanese and North American carts with ease. It's more trouble than it's worth to remove them manually  unless you have a dremel tool and a steady hand.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: December 26, 2022, 01:24:06 pm »

43. Sonic Dream Team (Apple TV) | ✓ Finished: 12/15/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~5 ½ hours to beat
42. Home Alone (SNES)| ✓ Finished: 12/14/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~3 ¾ hours to beat
41. Pang Adventures (PS4) | ✓ Finished: 12/10/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe, took ~2 hours to beat
40. Super Mario Land 2 DX (GBC) | ✓ Finished: 12/3/23 | ✎ Notes: Played alternating with Joe, took ~1 ½ hours to beat
39. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Classic (Apple TV) | ✓ Finished: 12/2/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~2 ½ hours to beat
38. Dixie Kong Country (SNES) | ✓ Finished: 12/1/23 | ✎ Notes: Hack of Donkey Kong Country for SNES that replaces DK with Dixie Kong, took ~2 hours to beat
37. Super Mario World (SNES)| ✓ Finished: 11/27/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~4 hours to beat
36. Super Mario Wonder (Switch)| ✓ Finished: 11/12/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe, took ~16 hours to beat
35. Razing Storm (PS3) | ✓ Finished: 9/10/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe via Time Crisis: Razing Storm, took ~1 hour to beat
34. Return of Double Dragon (SFC) | ✓ Finished: 8/30/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~1 hour to beat
33. Gunslingers (Wii) | ✓ Finished: 8/20/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe, took ~1 ½ hours to beat
32. Deadstorm Pirates (PS3) | ✓ Finished: 7/29/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe via Time Crisis: Razing Storm, took ~2 ½ hours to beat
31. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES) | ✓ Finished: 7/4/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~15 ¾ hours to beat
30. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan (Game Boy)| ✓ Finished: 5/29/23 | ✎ Notes: Played via TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection, took ~½ hour to beat
29. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)| ✓ Finished: 5/27/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe via TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection, took ~1 hour to beat
28. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES)| ✓ Finished: 5/27/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe, took ~¾ hour to beat
27. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge (Switch)| ✓ Finished: 5/27/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe, took ~4 ½ hours to beat
26. Splatterhouse (PC Engine)| ✓ Finished: 4/12/23 | ✎ Notes: Played via PC Engine Mini, took ~½ hour to beat
25. Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (Famicom)| ✓ Finished: 4/8/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~2 ½ hours to beat
24. Splatterhouse (TurboGrafx-16)| ✓ Finished: 4/7/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~½ hour to beat
23. Liquid Kids (PC Engine)| ✓ Finished: 4/3/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~11 ½ hours to beat
22. Trampoline Terror (Genesis)| ✓ Finished: 3/25/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~4 hours to beat
21. Shockman (TurboGrafx-16)| ✓ Finished: 3/14/23 | ✎ Notes: Played via Wii U Virtual Console, took ~3 ½ hours to beat
20. SturmFront: The Mutant War - Übel Edition (Wii U)| ✓ Finished: 3/10/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~1 ¾ hours to beat
19. Nightmare Busters (SNES) | ✓ Finished: 3/9/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~1 ¼ hours to beat
18. Unravel (PS4) | ✓ Finished: 3/7/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~7 ¼ hours to beat
17. Kero Blaster (PS4) | ✓ Finished: 3/3/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~3 ½ hours to beat
16. Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (PS3) | ✓ Finished: 2/28/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~2 ¾ hours to beat
15. Pepsi Man (PS1) | ✓ Finished: 2/25/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~4 ¾ hours to beat
14. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (N64) | ✓ Finished: 2/22/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~3 ½ hours to beat
13. Sonic Triple Trouble (Game Gear) | ✓ Finished: 2/19/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~2 ½ hours to beat
12. Sonic Chaos (Game Gear) | ✓ Finished: 2/15/23 | ✎ Notes: First completed Game Gear game, took ~2 ¾ hours to beat
11. Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (SNES) | ✓ Finished: 2/7/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~4 hours to beat
10. Wild Guns (SNES)| ✓ Finished: 2/3/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe via Wii U Virtual Console, took ~3 hours to beat
9. The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Genesis)| ✓ Finished: 2/3/23|✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe, took ~2 hours to beat
8. Sonic CD Classic (Apple TV) | ✓ Finished: 1/29/23 | ✎ Notes: Took ~4 hours to beat
7. Curses 'N Chaos (PS4) | ✓ Finished: 1/22/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe, took ~10 ½ hours to beat
6. Streets of Rage 3 (Genesis) | ✓ Finished: 1/20/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe, took ~1 ½ hours to beat
5. Goof Troop (SNES) | ✓ Finished: 1/15/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe, took ~3 ½ hours to beat
4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS) | ✓ Finished: 1/10/23 | ✎ Notes: Began in 2022, took ~ 13 ¾ hours to beat
3. Jay & Silent Bob: Mall Brawl (Switch) | ✓ Finished: 1/8/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe, took ~1 hour to beat
2. The House of the Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut (PS3) | ✓ Finished: 1/8/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe, took ~3 ½ hours to beat
1. World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck (Genesis) | ✓ Finished: 1/2/23 | ✎ Notes: Played co-operatively with Joe, took ~2 hours to beat

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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?

« on: December 22, 2022, 02:15:07 pm »

The Banshees of Inisherin - Dark, hilarious, and another movie that could have easily been my favorite movie in a year that wasn't as stacked as 2022.

This was the only movie I watched in the theater this year, absolutely loved it. If I don't get the bluray for Christmas I'm going to buy it myself. Can't wait to rewatch this one.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: Mystery GBA SP EXT.2 cable

« on: December 22, 2022, 11:52:39 am »

I'm almost 100% positive that cable came with this accessory: https://www.amazon.com/Pelican-Accessories-DS-Battery-Charger-Nintendo/dp/B0009SRZ7Y
I used to have this exact accessory (or something like it) and what you did was you plugged your DS charger into the battery pack charger, and it came with a male to male-cable-that connected from the battery pack charger to the DS so you could charge a battery in the dock and the internal one in the DS at the same time. The amazon customer reviews on this product are a bit vague, but they seem to echo this sentiment. If I recall it didn't work very well, but I haven't had the item since 2007 or 2008, so it's been a long time at this point.

EDIT
Someone is selling one on Facebook Marketplace: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/8211408898932475/
It has a picture of the back of the box showing that it came with the male-to-male cable for DS/GBA SP

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Site Feedback / Re: Extra Option requested for "Release Type"

« on: December 16, 2022, 01:56:02 pm »

What physical games have early access?

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Classic Video Games / Re: It's the Wii U, underrated? - Wii U turns 10 years old.

« on: November 23, 2022, 05:19:03 pm »

I don't think I used the Wii-motes for a single Wii U exclusive game.

The only game I can think of that I used the Wii remote for was DKC Tropical Freeze. I actually really like the Wii Remote control scheme in DKC Returns so that's why I eschewed the traditional control scheme in Tropical Freeze. I also used Wii motes in stuff like Wii sports Club and Wii Party U which are both really fun party games on the system.

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Classic Video Games / Re: It's the Wii U, underrated? - Wii U turns 10 years old.

« on: November 20, 2022, 09:12:08 pm »

The one feature I regret this system didn't have was a way to upscale original Wii games - It can play them but still in 480p quality... That alone would have made his console very valuable but sadly as it offered no enhancements to play the previous gen and has now had most of its big titlse put forward to the Switch it does come across as very redundant to me.

It does technically scale Wii games to 720p / 1080p from their original 480p resolution, much like the way a PS3 does with PS1 / PS2 discs, but the end result isn't much different than plugging a 480p Wii into a 1080p monitor so the scaling isn't great. The Wii U doesn't render Wii games at higher resolutions like the PS5 can do with certain PS4 titles or what the Dolphin emulator can do for GameCube / Wii. Personally, I use the Wii in 480p mode into my OSSC which perfectly doubles each pixel to a resolution of 960 pixels which is shy of full HD (1080p) but north of HD (720p). The end result is slightly blockier but much less blurry than the Wii U's Wii software scaling which I prefer.

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Classic Video Games / Re: It's the Wii U, underrated? - Wii U turns 10 years old.

« on: November 20, 2022, 03:34:37 pm »

Always loved the Wii U and never thought it got a fair shake. Honestly, most of what makes the Switch great is just Wii U and PS3/ XBox 360 ports.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Remembering Ray Liotta Voice Of Tommy Vercetti. Who Is Your Fav Voice Actor?

« on: October 25, 2022, 06:39:43 pm »

There are a couple of things to keep in mind there, though.

First, Bayonetta is a historically underperforming franchise.  Platinum had to partner with Nintendo just get part 2 made, which did better than the first game, but was still originally a Wii U game which limited potential sales until the Switch re-release.

Second, she's not the only voice actress for the character, just the English one.  They still have to pay the entire Japanese (and any other translated language) cast.

Third, she was replaced by Jennifer Hale, one if the most prolific VAs in the business, who almost certainly cost more than they offered Taylor.  It's sounding more and more like the low offer was because they didn't want to work with her anymore.

That's all speculation 

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Classic Video Games / Re: Remembering Ray Liotta Voice Of Tommy Vercetti. Who Is Your Fav Voice Actor?

« on: October 24, 2022, 10:56:31 pm »

This is probably also a good place to talk about Hellena Taylor being lowballed out of voicing Bayonetta for the third game.  She was offered essentially the bare minimum to voice the lead in a pretty big release, so she turned it down, and they hired Jennifer Hale, who was almost certainly more expensive.  Lots of rumors swirling around that one.

Wasn't that disproven or at the very least challenged?

Yeah, way more has come out since I posted this, and probably the most generous read of the situation is that she unintentionally understated the offer they made with poor phrasing.  I'll refrain from any further speculation just to say that voice actors are drastically underpaid in general.

It sort of flashed a light on the whole situation for me in general. "How much is a voice actress / actor worth?" She wanted +100k for her role as Bayonetta. Ok.... Is that truly unreasonable? I love her voice in those games as well as Smash Brothers. Underperforming athletes make more than that in one day. The game will make that amount in sales on release day within a few hours. Hundreds of thousands if not millions of people have enjoyed Bayonetta in one which way or the other. The look of Bayonetta and her voice in the newest game don't look or feel like Bayonetta to me. It's like some money grubbing imposter.
Nintendo hasn't turned away from money grubbing practices over the last two decades, with ports and rereleases of older games for full or greater price (especially recently), is 100k or a bit more even a drop in the bucket to them?

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Classic Video Games / Re: Remembering Ray Liotta Voice Of Tommy Vercetti. Who Is Your Fav Voice Actor?

« on: October 24, 2022, 10:07:58 pm »

This is probably also a good place to talk about Hellena Taylor being lowballed out of voicing Bayonetta for the third game.  She was offered essentially the bare minimum to voice the lead in a pretty big release, so she turned it down, and they hired Jennifer Hale, who was almost certainly more expensive.  Lots of rumors swirling around that one.

Wasn't that disproven or at the very least challenged?

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General / Re: Good Video Game Documentaries

« on: October 08, 2022, 11:24:50 am »

If you're into Twin Galaxies and Billy Mitchell, King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters is also great. Watched that for a college English paper.

That guy was outed as a huge cheater so that documentary doesn't hold up unless you just want to laugh at it.

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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?

« on: October 04, 2022, 08:31:36 pm »

Watched B.J. Novak's (that douche from The Office) directorial debut, Vengeance. This film is incredible. It hits the nail on the head so hard and I really hope more people see it. It is so much better than the vapid crap Hollywood has been shilling out in the past 5+ years.

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Off Topic / Re: What is your stance on the Dahmer Netflix controversy? Insensitive Or Art?

« on: September 29, 2022, 08:48:36 pm »

Nowadays, most people have nothing better to do than to be offended by things and create problems where none exist. That's why so many people are so political or overly opinionated on the internet.
The mere fact that you felt obligated to make this post when you probably only heard about this controversy because the 0.2% of people who were actually offended got their opinions validated by other internet lemmings is a perfect example of this domino effect in action.