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@Markatron84 I did have one at the time and still have my Master System 2 console, but I'm playing on a Mega Drive 2 at the moment with a converter as it's modded to 60Hz. Finding the time to play those Master System games I recall getting good reviews, but never got around to playing as I'd upgraded to the Mega Drive.

Bought a copy of Out Run for the Master System this week so playing that, never owned that version before, pretty good for 1987 and challenging to reach the goals. Better than my old C64 port I had at the time. Also still playing Asterix, which is a great little platformer.

On Switch still playing Super Woden Rally Edge which is excellent, and nice to see 60fps on the original as I don't own a Switch 2.

Still on Super Woden Rally Edge, bought on PS5 too but the game is getting more play on my Switch OLED and Lite, 60fps and perfectly suited to handheld play.

Also not sure why but playing a bit of RE6, been a while since I played it but interesting to return to after Requiem.

Retro wise, might play some more Asterix on the Master System as it's the latest old game that was on my list to play since the 90s (that I remember reviewing well), and happened on a copy in CEX.

I'm just not interested in this one, I remember the 3DS remake seemed so cool, I remember reading about it here, on this website. 15 years later, I'd prefer they made something new personally, within the classic Zelda design.

I did play it on GameCube, nice fur effects but iffy frame rate fluctuations. Gameplay I found very average. I never completed it and not one I'd be rushing to revisit (I'm still on Switch 1).

@SegaBlueSky Dreamcast was where I played that, great game.

I bought Super Woden Rally Edge, was waiting for the console release and initially gone with Switch version for the portable play. Works fine with the digital triggers and is 60fps, even portable, on my Lite and OLED. The visuals are cut back but the gameplay and the drifting are just great. May be my favourite arcade Rally game in years, though nothing will eclipse SEGA Rally on Saturn. Only thing is, seems the PC chase cam cheat is not present in the console version.

Also still playing Super Night Riders on Switch, what a great little Hang-On style check point racer, simple graphics, but again a 60fps mode on the original Switch and good music too.

@jedgamesguy Best option for console is PS4 version on PS5, pretty much a locked 60fps, it's why I never transferred my save over to the PS5 version as I'd seen the gameplay.

I had been playing Sinking City 2 on PS5, but I redownloaded the remaster of the first game and which I originally played on PS4 at launch and so much is lost in the sequel. The combat is streamlined, but the open world with all the strange characters and quests, the freedom and dectective elements, all mostly gone for a linear 3rd person modern survival horror. I think the new game is very well made, but I've found myself wanting to replay the original with the remastered graphics, more than the sequel.

Retro-wise, I bought a copy of Asterix on the SEGA Master System and what a great little platform game it is, I remember the good reviews at the time so glad to get to it at last. Also will be finishing escaping on Ocean's The Great Escape on the Spectrum and I restarted Wonderful Dizzy, which is a great modern Specturm game.

@-wc- Some still here! Does feel a bit like when you take the portable play away, we have another game available elsewhere, just cut back to fit on the Switch 2. In the past games created to make the most of specific hardware often shined the brightest, as they were created for that hardware. Those old consoles or computers, you could recognise the hardware from how the games looked and sounded. I also kind of miss how portable gaming had it's own versions of console games, so many great GBA and DS titles.

This game on 'home' console weirdly works best as cross generation though, playing the PS4 version on the PS5 is a smooth 60fps and looks pretty nice.

I like Elden Ring but am yet to finish it and have the game from launch on PS4. Bloodborne and Dark Souls were probably the two I liked the most (and finished).

Been playing The Sinking City 2 on PS5, I think it's a very good modern Survival Horror game, but going back to the remaster of the first, it really has lost something too without the open world and detective gameplay. In a sense though, good to have two very different games.

Except for that, been playing some Spectrum games so Attic Attack on the Evercade, and want to finish a playthrough of The Great Escape this weekend.

A modern From Software game running at 30fps without inconsistent frame pacing, I'll wait on the analysis as that would be a complete first. If they've figured it out maybe go fix Bloodborne, which I did complete and is a truly great game, just wish it ran with better frame pacing. On PS5 I play the PS4 version of Elden Ring as it's a consistent 60fps not like the native version. I like the game but am yet to finish it depite buying the PS4 game at launch. I think I prefered the Souls games and Bloodborne's approach to smaller interconnected world design.

Doing some traveling so brought my Switch and Capcom Hyper Mega Tech with the Oliver Twin's cartridge to play some Dizzy. NES versions are OK but shame they didn't do a home computer follow up. Also bought Super Night Riders for 98p on Switch and despite looking a bit simple, its a nice little Hang-On style check point racer for a quick play.

@MegaChem Was good back then on PS3, certainly better than whatever memory leak caused Skyrim and Fallout 3 to get worst and worst the more you played.

So far been playing Ocean's Batman the Movie and Platoon on C64. I do own a NES copy, but C64 Platoon remains one of my all time favourite games, the music alone is outstanding. On Saturn, some SEGA Rally as usual. Might play The Great Escape on the Spectrum later, something about that game, the methodical gameplay, the black and white visuals, almost complete silence except for the bell, it has a particular quality modern games cant match. In the modern (ish) world, I might download those new Quake updates on Switch and see how they are.

Not quite up to From Software's best games for me, the environmental design and lore didn't capture my interest in the same way, but it is an excellent game. Also was patched to have an easy mode for people who have trouble with From Software's games. I owned on PS4 so downloaded the PS5 version when I got the console at Christmas, but couldn't transfer my save and didn't feel like starting over even for the 60fps.

I feel like going back to the 8-bit micros this weekend, so perhaps The Great Escape and Scuba Dive on the Spectrum, then possibly Platoon on the C64. Might also play some Mega Drive, perhaps some Castle of Illusion. I did also buy the newly released Arcade Archives title TX-1 on Switch, never played it but reminds me of Pole Position and the arcade version of Buggy Boy so will give it a go.

Still playing Lost Judgement on PS5, one of the best games I have played in a long time, it's also got me into playing more of RGG studio's other recent games, and the SEGA classics therein. Currently trying to get better at gear drifting in Daytona USA 2 in Pirate Yakuza, what a great game shame it never came to Dreamcast. Also Virtua Fighter 3, and been playing G.G. Shinobi in Kiwami 3, it's one of my favourite Game Gear games, nice emulation too. Lastly, SEGA Rally on Saturn as always.

@Damo Nice. I still have my original VHS copy ot Ghostbusters. The box has a space where a Betamax cassette could be inserted as an alternative. I also remember when VHS were top loaders, and our first one had the remote connected with a wire, most likely rented from Rumbelows! I no longer have a VHS player though. The pan and scan was in retrospect, not the best way to watch movies. What we had at the time though, eh. Cheers for the trip down memory lane.

Last thing I bought there was a Master System / Game Gear converter for the retron 5 about a year ago. Was actually a lot cheaper than online, and though my Retron 5 broke it does work with a real Mega Drive 2 for Master System games. I used to get games in their fairly frequently back in the day. Shame that nowhere in my local town sells new games anymore, HMV came back but no games. I miss the days of going in and looking at games on shelves, there is CEX of course and I think that will stick around for a while, what with the speculated cost of next gen compared to the cost of living. When I was very young it was WH Smiths where I'd go, shelves of cassette games available for the 8-bit mircos.

Still playing the great Lost Judgement on PS5, but I also picked up Like a Dragon: Pirate Yaukza in Hawii as I realised the game has Virtua Fighter 3 and Daytona 2, both versions. I will get to the game proper after Lost Judgement, but great to play VF 3 again. Also playing VF 5 R.E.V.O.

Over on Saturn be some SEGA Rally.

@-wc- A thing that I find frustrating is when the design is made more homogeneous in the remake, for example when people dismiss things like fixed camera horror games as out-dated. Thank goodness for newer indy horror games like Tormented Souls.

Im not too keen on remakes, but it really bugs me when they drastically change the art or the game design, and originals are not easily accessible on modern platforms and in effect replace them for younger players unless they source expensive originals or take the emulation route. Demon's Souls, Fatal Frame 2 and Silent Hill 2 for example.

Really interested in Alien Isolation, I preordered the original on PS3, still have my Steel Book version. Replayed on PS4 and that original Switch port was outstanding. Great atmosphere and the ending was a cliffhanger or sorts. Will need to be PS5 for me though as no Switch 2.

Crazy Taxi has me interested but will wait and see how it turns out. I played the Dreamcast games until my fingers hurt from the triggers, managed to beat all the mini games too, I became really good at 1 and 2. I could play the arcade mode for ages without running out of time.

Stranger than Heaven looks interesting too, been playing Lost Judgement recently and it's great. I guess they won't be able to get any arcade or Master System games in due to the period setting though, which is a shame.

Still Lost Judgement on PS5, I also picked up Judgement as was £8 on sale and the sequel I'm finding to be a really compelling game, one of the best I have played in a while. The very dark tones of the story somehow work with all the absurd stuff, the combat and the retro games, it all just all comes together. Also fun to play the extended Japanese version of Enduro Racer within the game, I had the smaller memory international version on my Master System.

Really been picking my Switch back up too, I didn't even know Parking Garage Rally Circuit was out and it's great, also got the European DLC. Finally, started replaying Legend of Grimrock which is console exclusive to Switch and perfect for the OLED, the controls are so well implemented. I wish Night Dive would do Dungeon Master next, but Grimrock captures the feel of that game well with modern graphics.

The OLED is still a very nice device, as a non Switch 2 upgrader it still gets a good amount of use from me.

Still playing Lost Judgement on PS5, but I also picked up Cloudpunk as was on sale for 2-3 pounds. Wanted to play that one back on Switch but didn't seem to run well. Even on PS5 its not a super smooth game, but has good atmosphere. As usual will also fit on some SEGA Rally on Saturn.

It was really solid 30fps on PS4, but the pro got a 60fps mode, not that I owned one. I played it at launch back on PS4 and great game for the time. I started a replay on PS5 recently at 60fps as was very cheap on sale and still good.

@-wc- I've not managed to get into retro hand helds, I mostly play Saturn and Mega Drive on the real hardware, though I do have one of those little 'Hyper Mega Tech' hand helds (the Capcom one) and a few Evercade carts I bought when that first came out. I think in future I'll look more into those devices as mainstream consoles are getting madly expensive. GT1 was great, though SEGA Rally on Saturn was my favourite racing game that generation, and possibly even now.

@-wc- Ha thanks! As you get older it's finding the time, I've played quite a few Tekken games but never really got beyond button mashing. Is on my list, as classic arcade games remain my favourite type of video game. Having said that, I'm still not great at Virtua Fighter after all these years. I did pretty good in VF5 R.EV.O. on PS5 recently online though, never played the game online so was a good test. With Street Fighter 2, has to be Hyper Fighting for me, the 'New Challengers' still manage to beat me but the original roster I know how to exploit.

@-wc- I am starting to think I should properly learn Tekken, the only fighter I ever got really good at was Street Fighter 2. Though also pretty decent at Virtua Fighter 2 as I had a Saturn over a PS1, plus I used to play the arcade at the Trocadero in London back in the 90s. Those old arcade games, they always revealed their depth with extended play, even something like Crazy Taxi.

I have Tekken 3 on PS5 / PS1 emulation, love that classic intro alone. The original Tekken I never really learned the game, Virtua Fighter won me over no doubt, especially in the arcade.

I liked the original on PS3, ran better than Skyrim over there. This Remaster didn't look so good to me, even on PS5. Wonder how low they'll drop the render resolution to get this on Switch 2, seems like quite a technically demanding game, be interesting to see. They also seem to have stopped support without even really resolving the games issues on PS5, Push Square just posted a story on that.

Technically I'm still playing Lost Judgement on PS5, and I think this game is really great...but I'm also playing Alex Kidd in Miracle World in Yagami's office which I'll aim to play through this weekend for old times sake. Also picked up the New Lego Batman on PS5 so will probably play some more of that, I just unlocked the 1989 suit and Batmobile.

See the thing is, nothing could replace my nostalgia for my actual original cartridge, where my thumb has worn the picture out from taking it out of my Mega Drive for 35 years. Quite fun that they light up though. I also prefer the PAL Mega Drive art work to the first game, with the stylised pink background.

@spiderman0616 True, but in an immediate sense, the package here is pointless as soon as you put that code in. I still take my Master System carts throught to my Dreamcast discs out and play the games. I could sell them as tangible things I own. They will not last forever any more than anything else, but the boxes do at least contain an actual video game. Im not anti digital games, I like the convenience and PS5 has some really good sales, but a full price code in a box, not for me.

I'm quite happy to not buy it. A code in a box is literally plastic rubbish once you've redeemed that code.

I bought this digitally PS4 so had the PS5 version 'for free' when I got that console around Christmas. PS5 looks and runs better, but I just can't get into this game, it feels so weirdly aimless and overly complex at the same time. The lack of upgrade vs. the PlayStation version, is also a poor show from SEGA for people who bought on Switch.

Ha I'll never be convinced on this one, the Analog stick also gives out over time. I'd take the Saturn Analog controller with the triggers any day which I think was also better than Dreamcast. I do see though how it worked for Super Mario 64 though at the time, playing that game when it was new was something else.

I picked up Lost Judgement on sale on PS5 this week digitally for about £10, and find myself really drawn into the game, even more that I have with the Yakuza games I've played. There are so many strange and contrasting themeatic moments. Plus, can always go back to the office for some Alex Kidd in Miracle world, or Super Hang On at the arcade, there is even a House of the Dead spoof. Aside from that, still some Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.VO.

30fps is a shame, the game recieved a 60fps PS4 Pro update, and is certainly smooth 60fps when played over on PS5 and pretty cheap at this point. I played it originally back at release on the PS4, good sequel.

There was no upgrade for this 'Redux' on PS5, I owned on PS4 digitally. Was on Plus though so I did try that version recently and 60fps and improved visuals did enhance the atmosphere. Interesting game but never a 9/10 for me, I liked the style and themes a lot but the gameplay was lacking somewhat. Push Square have it at a 7 for the Redux version, and probably more where I'd place the game. Still, a good game when I played through back on PS4.

I'll just stick with PS5 for these RE engine games, the 60fps is preferable.

Keep coming back to Virtua Fighter R.E.V.O. on PS5, really bringing back VF2 memories on Saturn. Also still playing Tormented Souls 2 which I think does a great job and bringing back the classic Resident Evil Style, which is missing from the newer games and remakes in that series. 'Retro' wise maybe some Ridge Racer 7 on PS3.

Honestly, I don't care for this type of thing. Probably with the exception of the 'This is cool' Saturn and the 'Hello Kitty' Dreamcast, but I'm never going to pay out for either of them.

Still seeing that distracting line of grass rendering that the Switch has on the original, something the Wii nicley hid with its lower resolution. Shadow of the Colossus remake over on PlayStation had a similar problem. I did really like the original on Wii, but I never finished it strangely, I think I'm just more of an arcade game fan and lose interest in epic tales. I did try the 'definitive ' version on Switch but again never finished the game, so not games that will push me to get a Switch 2.

I bought the PS4 version on PS5 recently, and it's not great. It's a PS2 emulation that never got updated to the newer version of Sony's emulator, so no multi region options or rewinding. PS2 was also interlaced and it is blurry to play in motion even on PS5. I still have the PS3 version was was a nice widescreen update, and my US Dreamcast version somewhere (the PAL version ran at 50Hz so I imported a 60Hz version at the time). Would be a nice NSO edition (not that I own a Switch 2 or subscribe at the moment), but so would RE2 on N64, and they never added it.

This has a kind of 'break glass in emergency' feel to me as remakes go, certainly feels like something they know people have wanted for some time. I had a Saturn at the time, but I've since played Ocarina first via the GameCube collection, then the VC and the 3DS versions, the 3DS update was great. I really liked Twilight Princess, got that one lauch day on GameCube. I do like the original game, but again, it's not something that would push me to buy the console.

I'm also not always sold on the visuals of remakes, Demon's Souls for example lost a lot in the translation to me, though there is very little to go on for Ocarina from this trailer. It's to Nintendo's credit at least that they keep the N64 game accessible on their platform. Games like Silent Hill 2 and Demon's Souls only being available on modern platforms as their 'remake' is a real shame.

I quite liked this one at the time, ran way better on PS4 than the remaster of the first game in the newer trilogy, which was unlocked. PS4 on PS5 via BC also adds in a nice 60fps update, I redownloaded it again recently and still quite a good game.

Dragon's Dogma 2 makes the PS5 grind to a halt at times, that will be an interesting Switch 2 port. The game really pushes the RE engine far more than something like Requiem, which was pretty much a locked 60fps on PlayStation for me. I like the game and it's really cheap 2nd hand on PS5 (I paid £10), but I did put it on hold a while back.

It's a really good game, played quite far on PS4 and as I owned it digitally, I had the PS5 version in my Library when I bought the newer console. Unfortunately, it's one of those games where I couldn't transfer my PS4 save, and I didn't feel like starting again. They also added an easy mode so even if you're not into the Souls games (I am), it's more beginner friendly too I believe. Not up there with Bloodborne or Dark Souls for me, but still a great game.