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Need for Speed(still need to get a hang of the drifting), Age of Calamity and Doom 2. Doom 2 was started but then got left for a while so will be finishing that.

I bought mine on launch day. I think the game pad concept was a great idea when you consider the successful dual screen gaming of the DS, brought to the home console. With it, better immersion in games like Zombie U, Batman Arkham City and Deus Ex through the hacking gameplay.
It was easy to think the new hardware concept would result in more clever ideas with more 3rd party support. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t work out that way.
Still, the console had some amazing games and it’s good to see some of them ported to Switch for a second chance.

I would like a remake with current gen, modern visuals. I think the fictional world of dead side and supernatural elements warrant it all the more. The updated visuals and previously cut content are still welcome as they are. Day one purchase for me.

My Game & Watch will be arriving in the post today. I’m waiting for a review of Need for Speed. If it scores well, I’ll buy. I passed on Burnout Paradise.

Happy Birthday! It was reviews for Wii Virtual Console games that led me to this site. It’s been my main source of news ever since. More so when ONM was no longer published.

There were some great games that were visually stunning like Resident Evil Revelations and Luigi’s Mansion 2. The Game Boy virtual console was also a highlight. The console boarder view, with depth between the grey boarder and the screen behind it, when the 3D slider was turned up. It was a nice touch.

Anyone who’s seen Father Ted will know speed 3 is the one with the milk float.
The game looks very promising. I like the idea of a more realistic simulation. Will wait for the review.

Because of the amount of things you can upgrade there’s more empowerment between runs and far less grinding at the same level to get fewer upgrades that are too distant. I think the game is more generous with permanent upgrades and run specific upgrades and that’s what makes the gameplay loop more addictive and fun.

If you like the Greek mythology side of things, I’d recommend reading Stephen Fry’s Mythos and the follow up Heroes.

I played the entirety of this game on 3DS with the game boy boarder, the black and green colours and the 3D depth slider up. I love that you can play like that, as originally experienced. It did have a great soundtrack.

A lot of industry veterans have put their past games to good use. Through legacy collections or miniature consoles. Surely Sega are bound to do the same. Perhaps a collection of 2D games beyond just the master system and mega drive entries. Also including GBA, CD and DS games. That would be a nice package with more games for one series than the average collection. Mega man, Castlevania etc.

Astral Chain is one of the best action games I’ve played. It was a refreshing gameplay experience. There a lot of other amazing AAA games on the Switch but this definitely stands out in the crowd for all the right reasons.

@JayJ If that’s the case I hope it gets resolved. I agree with other comments, putting Sonic to one side, there are other games that could do with the spotlight.

With Sonic 3 & Knuckles left out of various collections, I wonder if it was to avoid hurting the sales of an upcoming Sonic legacy collection. Although there are plenty other games to include. All titles on Mega Drive, Master System and Sonic CD. I hope this is a project M2 are working on.
I never owned a Saturn or Dreamcast so any gems from these consoles would be good along with other Arcade games.

I never played Doom and only rented Zero Tolerance on the Sega Mega drive. Goldeneye was the first FPS that really got me into the genre. That it was James Bond also attracted me to the game. Other greats would follow including Half-life, Turok 2 and Perfect Dark. They were some of my favourites. I’d love to see a remaster of Goldeneye. Maybe improved and additional objectives would be the modernisation it needs.

So many great games and soundtracks. Blast Corps, Jet Force Gemini, Killer Instinct (SNES and N64), Perfect Dark. In the absence of past gems on the Switch, a Rare mini console would be good. Capcom has released one after all. Although not so mini.

Some games have really enjoyable and satisfying gameplay where easy mode doesn’t take away from that. Like Doom. I am also finding I now prefer to get through games quicker especially with the back log due to the amount of games the Switch has.

I loved this game and would welcome a remaster. As I’ve not followed WWE since, I would be ok with the same roster, but with CD quality entrance videos and music. Also later themes. E.g. The Game performed by motorhead rather than the previous HHH theme that featured in the original game.

I’ve recently completed project warlock. Good to see lots of people playing YS VIII. Still working my way through this. I’ve been wondering what game to play alongside it, but I may continue with just this game until it’s done. It’s very addictive.

@Brodieman it’s a very good FPS. In the beginning you have to make use of an infinite throwing knife to reserve ammo for your pistol but stick with it. You soon find more weapons. They are satisfying to use and the upgrades are well done. The sets of levels are very diverse. You have medieval, Arctic, Egyptian among others. If your a fan of the genre and retro style graphics I highly recommend.

There is a minor glitch. When standing on the small elevators you hit the switch on the back wall to make it go up. Problem is, there are other switches on walls that reveal hidden enemies. So you hit a switch, step back turn around only to realise you were standing on an elevator. Elevators can’t be lowered back down so you have to restart the level to reach the area it takes you to, so you can complete the level. I’ve played through a lot of the game and have only encountered this twice. In other cases the level design is more clear that your standing on a lift. Otherwise it’s a great game.
I’ve seen the developer has been made aware via message board so hopefully will be patched soon

I’ll be continuing Ys VIII and Project Warlock with some Picross S4 as well. Looking forward to the Sega picross

I played and completed Zelda 2 on the Wii having never completed the original on the NES due to the difficulty. It’s a good entry in the series and would benefit from a Wonder Boy style remaster.

I’d like to see the whole list of games before buying. Given the third party offerings on previous mini consoles, it will be interesting to see if there are any for this console. Any of the Mortal Kombat arcade games would be a good inclusion.

Road Redemption is a good game. Spiritual successor to Road Rash. This site scored it 8/10
You purchase upgrades to help you along your run but if you die all is lost. However, the experience gained is used to unlock permanent upgrades from a skill tree.

I still have my N64 cartridge. One of the best adventure games I’ve ever played. It had the collectathon element as well with 150 dark souls to find. It was also on PC and Dreamcast. I take it it’s the improved graphics from those versions that will be built upon.

Even if it isn’t a Dreamcast 2 it could still be a new dedicated Sega console. That would shake up the industry with 4 big competitors in the console market. Preferably without partnering with Microsoft or another rival company. If Sega is to come back into the hardware arena, then it should be alone, as they were before. The exception being partnerships for certain parts of the console, like Nintendo and NVidia for the graphics chip. I look forward to hearing the news.

I’d like an Earthworm Jim 3. The mega drive games already had the hand drawn graphical style with fluid animation. The second game had diverse gameplay, run and gun, salamander and rocket ship levels etc. So there’s lots of scope for what they could do with a new entry.
I know Earthworm Jim isn’t a Sega IP but if the developers got the rights to do it I think it would be a good revival.

@Dragonslacker1 couldn’t agree more. Especially the rock and roll part.
With Sony and Microsoft it’s just the same power house every time except with improved specs, so developers will continue to throw the same games at it. Like they have to play it safe. Maybe that comes from never having their own software that’s as strong as Nintendo’s.

Trials of mana is quite addictive, and I finally got back to the mummy demastered. Coming to the end. I bought Steamworld quest and Road redemption on that recent sale (40% and 50% off).

I’d love to see another Kid Icarus game. I was anticipating a release on the Wii U but probably for the best it didn’t happen given the success of the Switch, it would be the better platform. On the subject of 3DS games I’d also like a sequel to Kirby planet robobot with expanded mech play. Kid Icarus first though.

@DrDaisy I loved Mickey Mania on the Mega Drive. It was difficult but was maybe the best looking game on the console. It was a great idea to play through the past cartoons. I haven’t played it in years but remember it well. Perhaps it could benefit from some modern updates including balancing difficulty. I would buy it for the switch.

I played the Mega Drive version of Aladdin back in the day. There was a level skip cheat. Pause the game and press ABBA ABBA. Not sure if you had to hit start again. Wonder if this is still included. This release will be a nice trip down memory lane.

Not sure how many of their staff members worked on Killer Instinct but a one on one fighter would be interesting. Maybe with a tag element that’s used in other beat em ups. Although there are a lot of that genre on Switch. Maybe a first person shooter.

Only the episode with Simon falling in love with mother brain rings a bell. I think it also feature that song “nice day for a white wedding” not sure if that’s the title. Great cartoon.

Edit: the song is White Wedding by Billy Idol

I’ll be 35 this year. Lots of fond memories playing this. Still love those graphics and those sounds. Good game to go back to every once in a while.

Empire movie magazine gave this 5 stars. Good to see a positive review from a non gaming specialist.

https://www.empireonline.com/gaming/reviews/astral-chain/

I bought the physical copy on Switch so the initial patch was already available. I’ve been playing it since and it’s ran just fine. If you already have a copy I would recommend giving it a go.

@Zuljaras no problem if this hasn’t been clear, just in case, your initial comment sounds like you think Aspergers is responsible for / the cause of aggressive behaviour. It isn’t. That’s all. Just need to be careful how some things come across.

The drift issue on previous consoles occurred when the analogue stick was held in a direction before and while the console was turned on. Is it possible users are doing this, not knowing the effect?
The analogue stick should be in neutral position as the console is switched on.

Preordered this from Waterstones. Very interesting reading. Would buy a SNES book if released.

@Nerdfather1 that’s true. A lot of people on the internet love to hate things and go over the top with extreme criticism or just plain abuse and will maintain that regardless. In this case though there is some fair criticism in the appearance of Sonic. It’s good of the people involved with the film to note that and make a cosmetic change to make Sonic look more like he does in the games.

F Zero X is the best game. I preferred the soundtrack and the physics. I agree that although different, GX was still well designed. Fond memories of the magazines. I would buy 2 mags a month, N64 and ONM.

I’d like to see DC beat em up injustice 2. With MK 11 on the way hopefully more chance of this happening. Past MK games would be welcome either in the form of SEGA ages range or the arcade collection.

I will also play my SNES classic for nice memories of the past but I also have the Switch Mega Drive collection to play as well. Plus Smash Bros Ultimate.

I have the N64 version. It also included additional content. It had a brown folder called ‘Ex files’ where additional files were stored. These included a file found in the STARS office which was a report on the events of RE Zero from Rebecca. Zero was originally planned for N64.

I got the Sega Mega Drive 2 bundled with Sonic 2 one Christmas. Enjoyed some great games including Mickey Mania, Micro Machines 96 with track editor, point and click Cosmic Space Head, Toejam and Earl and many more. Looking forward to the mini console. I hope it will include Mortal Kombat 1 and 2.

@Quarth same here. Got a lot of the games you mentioned there. Some I haven’t started yet. Finishing Hollow Knight at the moment. Of course the games being that huge and grand is a part of what makes them great. Is part the reason for their critical acclaim, but there are so many gems like that that are worth playing. Good for the Switch, glad to see it, but difficult to find the time to experience them all, or just some of them.

I think Zelda 2 was a great entry in the series. It was an enjoyable game to play through. All that would need to be tweaked is the unforgiving difficulty. It would be good if it got the wonder boy treatment, being able to switch between modern and original sound and graphics on the fly.

It’s easy to think that there isn’t much more that can be done with this series but there may be a new take on the formula which could justify MK 9. If not then I’m fine with DLC for 8 in the form of new tracks.

If MK 9 isn’t possible then they could always make Super Nintendo Kart. I think this idear may have been mentioned on this site before, regarding the inclusion of Link in 8. There would be lots of course possibilities from different IPs. Kirby, Metroid etc.

Death Sqaured is great puzzle game. The kind of challenge that’s rewarding to solve. Glad it’s doing well. Hollow Knight is also well worth buying.

I understand everyone’s scepticism. I also won’t be buying this as potential problems aren’t worth the risk.