Really nice game, especially for those 1,99€ at the moment if you own another game by them (for me it was Mini Trains).
Good controls, nice presentation, hard to master, plenty of different cars. Wished you could change the car‘s colours...
Are Infos about ZR/ZL official? I cannot find them on Nintendo websites. The German website even says they are compatible with games using D-Pad, A, B, X, Y, L & R - There is no mentioning of ZR/ZL at all! Because of size and shape those buttons could be home and snapshot, couldn‘t they?
The game I played through the most times was Eternal Darkness. So sad there was no sequel.
Was a little disappointed of Wave Race Blue Storm, while I loved Wave Race 64 where I had a long time competition with my sister
Had much fun with Gauntlet and with Smuggler‘s Run
Beach Spikers was great, too, despite I don‘t like sports games very much
And V-Rally 3. The first realistic rally game I played.
Soo many great games on this machine...
I really liked that game. Bought it twice on N64 and Dreamcast. Had some trouble with the English speech that days, but the German version (which was fully dubbed with very good voice actors) was censored unfortunately. The missing blood destroyed the scary athmosphere, but more silly was you could not kill the enemies, just stun them, so the German game was much harder...
@bluezbro then maybe you are very lucky with your TV. Most flat screens cannot show N64‘s standard resolution of 240p/288p, they render it as it is 480i, and that (interlaced instead of progressive) is unfortunately a very visible loss in quality.
Every time I read „Battle Worlds: Kronos“ I am wondering if there are Klingons in the game 😂 And will there be sequels like „Battle Worlds: Romulus“ or „Battle Worlds: Andoria“? ... seems I have watched too much Star Trek recently...
@dumedum It is the way to differ textadventures and graphicadventures with text parser from the later adventures you just need the mouse and no text input. The name at least tells what they are. In difference to the special scrolling fighting games called „brawler“.
Wulverblade is great. And filled with so many historical facts. Really cool for people interested in celtic or roman history. First a little hard in single player, but got an easy mode.
@impurekind you are right, S-Video is already much better than Composite. A problem nowadays is, that video grabbers and flat screens mostly have no S-Video anymore AND don‘t support the N64‘s low video resolution of 240p. So they convert it to something terrible looking.
@impurekind N64 had no RGB, but the SCART adapter had a much better picture as composit because of using S-Video (same cable as for SNES) RGB output seems to been planned by Nintendo, but they didn‘t finished it. French consoles of the first batch have some parts in them, so that they can be finished with RGB output; so as written before, RGB just with modded consoles.
Since this Joy-Con update reaction in Fitness Boxing is much better. Especially my right neon-red Joy-Con had big problems (losing connection while standing 1 Meter in front of the Switch, strange long vibrations, not reacting...) Now all is running fine.
@Paraka
„Don't plants have all the equipment to be considered both "sexes" anyway?“
Not necessarily, kiwi plants for example are either male or female.
@CurryPowderKeg79
„This is awesome i love him in The Little Shop Of Horrors.“
Well, Audrey2 is a „mean green MOTHER from outer space“, despite of a more male voice, but nevertheless, it‘s a really great film! Have the vinyl somewhere, should hear it again.
@Sandro89
What‘s your problem? Just because someone tell‘s an „it“ a „she“, after it was told a „he“ twice he/she propagates feminist bs? Just ignore it, but don‘t fill the comments with anti-feminism bs, please.
Got mine today and just finished the third challenge with 3 out of 3 stars. Really cool and slow game. A little too much mud till now It‘s not often I start a game and have a big smile after a few minutes while playing.
Great for simulation fans!
Analogue throttle would be helpful, but with stuttering digital throttle it is manageable.
@Gerald Well, I was a little ironic, I know every system has its strenghts. But as you mentioned, there are games showing what really was possible at the CPC, but there also are so many loveless ports, especially the many speccy ports because of their similar hardware, which may be great at the Spectrum, but are slower at the CPC and additionally often uglier than on the C64. I also loved some of that Mastertronic games, and they where cheap enough for a pupil.
You should take a look at some of the newest games released the last few years. For example the winner of this years CPCRetroDev competition „Operation Alexandra“ is really great! And I hope the port of „Pinball Dreams“ will be finished soon, the playable demo is phenomenal.
btw. I played Saboteur 2 at my CPC those days, but was not very good at this game. But I loved the music, one of my top 5 songs of 8bit games. Rob Hubbard is one of the best!
@Gerald because the CPC always was the best 8bit computer by far and everyone was/is frightened, it could get world domination (Just made mine even better last week with a Gotek USB-Floppy-Emulator)
My game arrived today. Haven‘t played it yet, but am a little disapointed about the package. I know, manuals are oldschool, and also the PS3 version just had an info card about the controls. But the switch package doesn‘t even have a nice picture at the inside! My computer version had a (so called) short(!) manual of 34 pages with stories, maps and descriptions of the hero classes! Diablo 2 had even more pages and I really don‘t know, how often I read it. The game doesn‘t deserve such lovelessness...
Why again is „Death Race“ mentioned? It is a movie by this director, but it is not a movie to a game!? It‘s the remake to a movie of 1975 (Death Race 2000). Maybe because Carmaggedon was inspired by the original movie?
Oh no, Conker as soldier?
Banjo & Kazooie look nice (if the quality is right)
As written before Totakus often look cheap, not as good as Amiibos. Ryu for example is painted in semi-gloss all over resulting in an oily beige suit, just terrible. They are far too expensive for the quality.
I only own one Totaku, a Lemming. It looks OK (even if the paint is a little sloppy and has some fluff) and was reduced to 10€... and is a lemming
@The_ghostmen my lemming has got no metal but a plastic base
Just saw a gameplay video. Ugly boring short-leged avatars with nearly no animation, jet-pack much easier to navigate, uninspired awful music, no starting and landing!?
No, I‘d rather play Pilotwings64 again, even with its outdated graphics...
Game is now at 9,99€ at the European Store without being marked as a discount, so it seems this is a new regular price. Played the spring world and that far really enjoyed it as an old amiga gamer.
Nintendo should add support for Philips Hue Entertainment to the Switch rather than developing mood lights existing already from different companies...
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Re: What Do You Get If You Mix Rocket League And Tony Hawk? REKT!, Apparently
Really nice game, especially for those 1,99€ at the moment if you own another game by them (for me it was Mini Trains).
Good controls, nice presentation, hard to master, plenty of different cars. Wished you could change the car‘s colours...
Re: Nintendo Releases The Stretchers, A New Co-Op Rescue Game For Switch
It‘s already in the European eShop for 19,99€
Re: Bandai Namco Celebrates Pac-Man's 40th Anniversary With Official Theme Song And Music Video
Awful, awful video and song. PAC-Man deserves something MUCH better.
Re: Feature: The Most Memorable Ghosts In Nintendo Games
But what about John Raimi from the GameCube game „Geist“?
Re: Guide: Where Can I Pre-Order The Nintendo Switch Super NES Controllers?
Are Infos about ZR/ZL official? I cannot find them on Nintendo websites. The German website even says they are compatible with games using D-Pad, A, B, X, Y, L & R - There is no mentioning of ZR/ZL at all! Because of size and shape those buttons could be home and snapshot, couldn‘t they?
Re: Poll: Vote For Your Favourite GameCube Games
...wait! Gadget Racers (aka Choro-Q!) is missing in the list! You can‘t forget the Choro-Q games! I‘m totally irritated now...
Re: Poll: Vote For Your Favourite GameCube Games
The game I played through the most times was Eternal Darkness. So sad there was no sequel.
Was a little disappointed of Wave Race Blue Storm, while I loved Wave Race 64 where I had a long time competition with my sister
Had much fun with Gauntlet and with Smuggler‘s Run
Beach Spikers was great, too, despite I don‘t like sports games very much
And V-Rally 3. The first realistic rally game I played.
Soo many great games on this machine...
Re: Nightdive Studios CEO Says Shadow Man On Switch "Is Possible"
I really liked that game. Bought it twice on N64 and Dreamcast.
Had some trouble with the English speech that days, but the German version (which was fully dubbed with very good voice actors) was censored unfortunately. The missing blood destroyed the scary athmosphere, but more silly was you could not kill the enemies, just stun them, so the German game was much harder...
Re: TimeSplitters Co-Creator Joins THQ Nordic To "Plot The Future Course" Of The Series
@liveswired
„Timesplitters: past perfect
Timesplitters: future past
Timesplitters: past future.
I've already sorted it.“
You forgot:
Timesplitters: Simple Past
&
Timesplitters: Future Progressive
Re: Community: Pokémon GO Friend Codes - Share Yours Here To Gain Easy XP
3869-0393-9184
Re: Hyperkin's Next Party Trick Is A Nintendo 64 Clone
additional to post above: My new TV even does not have S-Video nor SCART anymore...
Re: Hyperkin's Next Party Trick Is A Nintendo 64 Clone
@bluezbro then maybe you are very lucky with your TV. Most flat screens cannot show N64‘s standard resolution of 240p/288p, they render it as it is 480i, and that (interlaced instead of progressive) is unfortunately a very visible loss in quality.
Re: Video: 11 Wonderful New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In June
Every time I read „Battle Worlds: Kronos“ I am wondering if there are Klingons in the game 😂
And will there be sequels like „Battle Worlds: Romulus“ or „Battle Worlds: Andoria“?
... seems I have watched too much Star Trek recently...
Re: The Award-Winning Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons Comes To Switch With Exclusive Co-Op Mode
Really great but short game. Finished it two times on PS3, so will skip it here.
Re: CoroCoro To Share "Latest Information" On Pokémon Sword And Shield Next Month
@N64-ROX Of course not, but there will be a spin off called „Pokemon Sword & Shield Stadium“
Re: Buta san Explodes Onto Switch Today As Part Of Hamster's Arcade Archives Range
Had a lot of joy with Psycho Pigs UXB on my Amstrad CPC, but nevertheless this is a strange choice...
Re: Random: Rare Promo Art For Unaired Cartoon Show Features A Metroid Gender-Swap
Well, let‘s take a look into the official manual of NES Metroid:
„[...] Samus Aran. [...] He is a cyborg“
Re: New GRID Autosport Trailer Shows Off Its 'Freedom Of Control'
@MrKai yep, PS3 wheel support with force feedback would be veeeeery nice
Re: Review: Shadowgate - A Faithful And Tricky Remake Most Suited To Retro Fans
Really dislike the graphical style of this. Would rather play the original again...
Anyone remembering Shadowgate 64? Was a nice try to modernize the genre...
Re: Review: Shadowgate - A Faithful And Tricky Remake Most Suited To Retro Fans
@dumedum It is the way to differ textadventures and graphicadventures with text parser from the later adventures you just need the mouse and no text input.
The name at least tells what they are. In difference to the special scrolling fighting games called „brawler“.
Re: Super Rare Games Announces A Handful Of Physical Releases For Nintendo Switch
Wulverblade is great. And filled with so many historical facts. Really cool for people interested in celtic or roman history.
First a little hard in single player, but got an easy mode.
Hm, maybe I will buy it again...
Re: Nintendo Releasing VR Updates For Super Mario Odyssey And Breath Of The Wild
@Cee
Battlezone and Megaton Rainfall where originally VR games, before been ported to Switch...
Waiting for VR updates and a head strap
Re: Yooka-Laylee's Demastered Nintendo 64 Mode Is Out Now On Switch
@impurekind you are right, S-Video is already much better than Composite.
A problem nowadays is, that video grabbers and flat screens mostly have no S-Video anymore AND don‘t support the N64‘s low video resolution of 240p. So they convert it to something terrible looking.
Re: Yooka-Laylee's Demastered Nintendo 64 Mode Is Out Now On Switch
@impurekind N64 had no RGB, but the SCART adapter had a much better picture as composit because of using S-Video (same cable as for SNES)
RGB output seems to been planned by Nintendo, but they didn‘t finished it. French consoles of the first batch have some parts in them, so that they can be finished with RGB output; so as written before, RGB just with modded consoles.
Re: Random: Multiple Nintendo Characters Appear In Mixer Banner On Xbox One Dashboard
Filming a (horizontal) TV vertically!? sigh
Damn vertical video syndrome...
Re: Tetris 99 Datamine Suggests Three New Modes Will Be Added In A Future Update
Reached #10 in first game, 16th in second game. Really nice idea, funny game. But single player mode would be welcome
Re: Nintendo Switch System Update 7.0.0 Adds New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Icons
Since this Joy-Con update reaction in Fitness Boxing is much better. Especially my right neon-red Joy-Con had big problems (losing connection while standing 1 Meter in front of the Switch, strange long vibrations, not reacting...)
Now all is running fine.
Re: Game Developer Survey Shows That Nearly Half Of Devs Are Most Interested In The Switch
@dew12333
Well, developers can be interested in multiple platforms
Re: Piranha Plant Will Become Available In Smash Bros. Ultimate “Around” February
@Paraka
„Don't plants have all the equipment to be considered both "sexes" anyway?“
Not necessarily, kiwi plants for example are either male or female.
@CurryPowderKeg79
„This is awesome i love him in The Little Shop Of Horrors.“
Well, Audrey2 is a „mean green MOTHER from outer space“, despite of a more male voice, but nevertheless, it‘s a really great film! Have the vinyl somewhere, should hear it again.
@Sandro89
What‘s your problem? Just because someone tell‘s an „it“ a „she“, after it was told a „he“ twice he/she propagates feminist bs? Just ignore it, but don‘t fill the comments with anti-feminism bs, please.
Re: Limited Run Games Publishing Dragon's Lair Trilogy Physical Edition
@carlos82
There where some more games (around 13 in total): e.g. Myst, Highlander, Hover Strike, Baldies, Iron Soldier 2
I have a JagCD, too, but don‘t own Dragons Lair or Primal Rage. But a few of the others...
Re: Random: Nintendo Fan Turns Television Into A Gigantic Switch
That‘s some kind of blasphemous because the TV is from Sony 😂
Re: Review: Spintires: MudRunner - American Wilds Edition - Dirt-Splattered Realism That's Surprisingly Addictive
Got mine today and just finished the third challenge with 3 out of 3 stars. Really cool and slow game. A little too much mud till now
It‘s not often I start a game and have a big smile after a few minutes while playing.
Great for simulation fans!
Analogue throttle would be helpful, but with stuttering digital throttle it is manageable.
Re: Saboteur! And Its Sequel Receiving A Physical Makeover On Nintendo Switch
@Gerald Well, I was a little ironic, I know every system has its strenghts. But as you mentioned, there are games showing what really was possible at the CPC, but there also are so many loveless ports, especially the many speccy ports because of their similar hardware, which may be great at the Spectrum, but are slower at the CPC and additionally often uglier than on the C64.
I also loved some of that Mastertronic games, and they where cheap enough for a pupil.
You should take a look at some of the newest games released the last few years. For example the winner of this years CPCRetroDev competition „Operation Alexandra“ is really great! And I hope the port of „Pinball Dreams“ will be finished soon, the playable demo is phenomenal.
Re: Saboteur! And Its Sequel Receiving A Physical Makeover On Nintendo Switch
btw. I played Saboteur 2 at my CPC those days, but was not very good at this game. But I loved the music, one of my top 5 songs of 8bit games. Rob Hubbard is one of the best!
Re: Saboteur! And Its Sequel Receiving A Physical Makeover On Nintendo Switch
@Gerald because the CPC always was the best 8bit computer by far and everyone was/is frightened, it could get world domination
(Just made mine even better last week with a Gotek USB-Floppy-Emulator)
Re: Review: Diablo III: Eternal Collection - More Loot Than You Can Shake A Magical Pointy Stick At
My game arrived today. Haven‘t played it yet, but am a little disapointed about the package. I know, manuals are oldschool, and also the PS3 version just had an info card about the controls. But the switch package doesn‘t even have a nice picture at the inside! My computer version had a (so called) short(!) manual of 34 pages with stories, maps and descriptions of the hero classes! Diablo 2 had even more pages and I really don‘t know, how often I read it.
The game doesn‘t deserve such lovelessness...
Re: Horizon Chase Turbo Speeds Onto Switch At The End Of The Month
Yay, finally!
Great game, great music.
Re: Try Not To Get Too Angry At The First 'Hero' Shot From The Upcoming Monster Hunter Movie
Why again is „Death Race“ mentioned? It is a movie by this director, but it is not a movie to a game!? It‘s the remake to a movie of 1975 (Death Race 2000).
Maybe because Carmaggedon was inspired by the original movie?
Re: Video: Ubisoft Releases Cinematic Starlink: Battle For Atlas Launch Trailer
Really great trailer. But the voice at the end destroys everything
Re: Hand Of Fate 2's The Servant And The Beast DLC Is Headed To Switch "Soon"
Would be nice to have a sale of the game when the DLC arrives...
Still waiting for a good offer
Re: Zen Studios Under Fire For Censorship In Pinball FX3, Explains It Was To Keep Game "Family-Friendly"
Especially the censored animations at the display of Medieval Madness are really annoying.
They even changed the cabinet flyers, so this is a kind of faking history – despite this is not the end of the world this is really questionable.
Zen uses licenses of Doom, Skyrim, Walking Dead, Jaws and Aliens, but wants to be family friendly? This must be a joke...
Give us the uncensored tables! The excuses are ridiculous!
Re: '90s Classic Space Shooter Descent Is Getting A Reboot, Now Confirmed For Nintendo Switch
@Dethmunk
What have they done to one of my favorite TV shows?
:,-(
Re: Random: Banjo-Kazooie And Conker Are Being Added To The Totaku Collection
Oh no, Conker as soldier?
Banjo & Kazooie look nice (if the quality is right)
As written before Totakus often look cheap, not as good as Amiibos. Ryu for example is painted in semi-gloss all over resulting in an oily beige suit, just terrible. They are far too expensive for the quality.
I only own one Totaku, a Lemming. It looks OK (even if the paint is a little sloppy and has some fluff) and was reduced to 10€... and is a lemming
@The_ghostmen my lemming has got no metal but a plastic base
Re: Feature: Fireproof Games On Why Award-Winning Puzzler The Room Is Perfect For Switch
Wonderful game, but played it a second time after a few years on my iPad just early this year.
But I can recommend it to anyone interested in weird puzzle games.
Re: Satisfy Your Pilotwings Desires With Pilot Sports, Flying Onto Switch Next Month
Just saw a gameplay video. Ugly boring short-leged avatars with nearly no animation, jet-pack much easier to navigate, uninspired awful music, no starting and landing!?
No, I‘d rather play Pilotwings64 again, even with its outdated graphics...
Re: Rumour: Diablo Animated Series Might Unleash Hell On Netflix
Waiting for this since I saw the for that time phenomenal cutscenes of Diablo 2
(Even have them on DVD)
Re: Review: Fox n Forests (Switch eShop)
Game is now at 9,99€ at the European Store without being marked as a discount, so it seems this is a new regular price.
Played the spring world and that far really enjoyed it as an old amiga gamer.
Re: Nintendo And Panasonic Filed Patent Applications For Two 'Quality Of Life' Devices In February
Nintendo should add support for Philips Hue Entertainment to the Switch rather than developing mood lights existing already from different companies...
Re: Nintendo Confirms That Animal Crossing is Coming To Switch Next Year
Finally. Wow, can‘t wait to catch some insects for the museum
Re: Animal Crossing's Isabelle Joins The Fight In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Eeeerm... okaaay... but why Isabelle?