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TwistedPear

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  • Japanese Xbox 360 Exclusive Tetris The Grand Master: Ace Gets An English Translation | Retro Dodo

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  • Tangentially, the title is one letter away from this being a very different kind of Tetris game.

    That : after Master is doing some work, too

  • Doom 64 Fan Port Lands on Sega Dreamcast

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  • I don't know if it ever stopped. Seems like every other month there's a port or a homebrew that eventually goes retail.

    The Atomiswave arcade ports are great.

    Dreamcast Junkyard is the typical forum for all things that are "still thinking"

  • 'SuperSega' FPGA Console Will Play Genesis/Mega Drive, Master System, Saturn And Dreamcast Games | Time Extension

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  • Short answer, absolutely not.

    The Virtex Ultrascale+ FPGA boards are $10,000 AND UP.

    If you look up why Mister will not move up to more powerful FPGA chips, this is why.

    Would it be cool? Yes. Definitely.

  • Games where an emulated console version outclasses the PC port?

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  • Now imagine that, but on a keyboard. No mouse. That's pc controls for ZT

  • Games where an emulated console version outclasses the PC port?

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  • Extreme G 2 on pc loses the analog steering from N64, which turns out is a big deal. Throwback Entertainment made a port-of-a-port and introduced a speed hack in the launcher menu where you can slow down the game a bit, which helps, but doesn't fix the issue.

    In some other cases like Hexen, there were alterations on console that I find generally more appealing, like an ost remaster or lighting effects.

    The Genesis game Zero Tolerance and Dreamcast version of Expendable are games I prefer on console simply because of the control schemes on pc.

  • List of unofficial console PC Ports with Tutorial (Re-/Decompilations)

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  • Yeah, the Doom 64 projects are a bit different in scope, so I figured they deserve separate listings. Anywho:

    D64-RE is a decomp that you recompile yourself. There are some minor features like additional cheats, but it's a pretty raw "here is all the code" project that you can mess with yourself.

    Doom64 EX + is a fork of the original work by SVKaiser, called Doom 64 EX.

    Doom 64 EX is a mish-mash of reverse engineering and source port conversion. Famously, Kaiser now works at NightDive Studios and brought his proprietary KEX engine with him.

    EX+ basically rips out Kaiser's KEX engine, while keeping the improvements of the modern commercial release like loads of bug fixes, performance increases, and aims to be faithful to the original game.

    In addition, EX+ is able to be played on other platforms besides Windows, and can accept DeHacked64 patches. This allows for tweaks to values throughout the game (monster health, damage, weapons, etc), while bringing in support for a number of existing map packs.

    Strangely, EX+ does not have controller support - at all. It is mandatory mouse/keyboard.

  • List of unofficial console PC Ports with Tutorial (Re-/Decompilations)

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  • The Sonic 1,2 and CD projects are cool since they are decomps of the remastered Android versions with proper widescreen plus modding support on 1 & 2 built in.

    The Sonic Mania decomp allows you to choose your renderer (DX11 / DX12, and Vulkan), among bug fixes and mod support. Did you know the official release doesn't let you use more than one controller in Competition Mode? The decomp lets you fix that. Plus mod support, of course. Most of the mods for Mania are cosmetic, but occasionally you get some cool stuff like more abilities or extending movesets to other characters.

    Gamebanana.com is a good resource on all counts of classic Sonic modding

  • List of unofficial console PC Ports with Tutorial (Re-/Decompilations)

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  • List of unofficial console PC Ports with Tutorial (Re-/Decompilations)

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  • Have video games become expensive now?

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  • Not to pile on, but print ads from the 90's are wild to look at. Sonic 3 launched at $70. You know, games that require a couple of hours to complete casually. Stuff got replayed a LOT.

  • This Windows tool makes it super easy to debloat and cut down ads on your Android TV

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  • Definitely going to try this.

    I have DNS adblocking / tracker blocking set up on an Android TV (spoiler: Amazon is very noisy, even if you don't watch anything on Prime Video), but it doesn't help against native launcher ads.

    When the launcher first started showing ads, you could disable certain services, but it would break playback on other apps.

  • What are your favorite third party controllers?

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  • To me that looks like RetroArch running Genesis Plus GX.

  • What are your favorite third party controllers?

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  • Retro-bit, Retro Fighters, and Krikzz are a few more manufacturers I can think of making controllers with original ports.

    In particular, Retro-bit's Saturn Pro pad is...interesting, let's say. I have also used Retro Fighters Striker Dreamcast pads - they're quite nice.

    In yonder days, a few companies like ASCII and Hori come up a lot for reliable stuff.

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    What are your favorite third party controllers?

  • Just because case specs say "360mm of gpu clearance", that does not mean "comfortably" or "you won't have to disassemble everything around it".

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  • In this instance, the CPU fans are pulling rather than pushing, and yeah it's because of memory clearance.

    Surprisingly, temps of the parts aren't that bad. Under load the CPU tops out at about 70c, and the gpu only goes up to 65c while ray tracing and the whole bit.

    Still, if money were no object, I'd like to have the Silverstone Sugo 17 shoebox style case when it becomes available.

  • PC Master Race @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    Just because case specs say "360mm of gpu clearance", that does not mean "comfortably" or "you won't have to disassemble everything around it".

  • Please, don’t buy an AMD GPU right now

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  • For just a few hours, the XFX Merc310 AMD 7900 XTX was $800 US, sold by Amazon (not a seller on Amazon, but Amazon themselves).

    Hopefully, more price drops will be more common in the coming weeks.

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    PB High Score on Primal Rage (Arcade 2.3w)

  • DOOM 32X Resurrection Gets Another Update

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  • 32X Doom tried to be like the original PC game, but it was rushed through development as a launch title with a small team. The result is.....tragic. Specifically: half the maps were missing, both the game window and resolution are reduced to get playable framerates, the original soundtrack famously sounds a bit like a farts at times, several visual effects like parallax texture scrolling, transparency (this also means no Spectre monster), and lighting effects are gone (there's a room in E1M5 near the end that the light alternate between on/off, but the monsters on 32x are always visible.)

    My favorite jank is after the credits when you finish the game, it dumps you into a fake DOS prompt. It just shows C:\DOOM> and you are unable to interact with it in any way.

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    DOOM 32X Resurrection Gets Another Update

    www.retrorgb.com /32x-doom-resurrection-3-0-lands-with-mips-mapping-and-sega-cd-pcm-speed-boost-support.html

  • Turok 3 is getting a 4K remaster

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  • I for one am thrilled to relive the jank. Hitscanners that can shoot through walls, auto aim that kinda-sorta works, tools that get used maybe three or four times the entire campaign...

    Word around the highly suspect, not very reliable, rumor mill was that the source code was for this game was "lost" and that's why a port hasn't been worked on before now. I wonder if that information was wholly incorrect, or if another method was used to reverse engineer the game into KEX. In either case, Night Dive has been cranking out amazing releases, and I expect nothing less from this one.

  • Doom @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    Anyone tried 32X Doom Resurrection?

    www.romhacking.net /hacks/6269/

  • Nightdive's Quake 2: Enhanced, out now

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  • I noticed a few things while playing the N64 campaign.

    It's not 1:1 parity with the console version, and it's not meant to be (and that's a good thing, actually).

    How it works is they use N64 textures, OST, and maps. Everything else is from the new engine - including the new enemy AI changes and balance adjustments, etc.

    A good portion of the game is spent in anti-gravity. You may not have the rocket launcher, or much ammo for it yet, relying on grenades to take down bigger baddies like enforcers or tanks. The trajectory of a grenade on authentic hardware is net positive, so it's about impossible to aim. On Q2 Enhanced, it just means the grenade fires straight out of the barrel. Little things like that stand out.

    The Nintendo 64 campaign on Hard, with deaths, took me about 3 hours. This is how I have always wanted to play this version of the game. It's indescribably better than trying to play it on an actual Nintendo 64 or even emulated.

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    Nightdive's Quake 2: Enhanced, out now

    www.gog.com /en/game/quake_ii_quad_damage
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    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    Scott Host Gives Beta Access to Demon Star to Supporters

    www.patreon.com /scotthost

  • Rise of the Triad, the Nightdive release is here

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  • I've played it for about two hours, and the only hitch I've noticed is the midi ost can stutter. If you swap it for OPL, it's fine, though.

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    Rise of the Triad, the Nightdive release is here

    www.gog.com /en/game/rise_of_the_triad_ludicrous_edition
  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    I re-purchased a Sega 32X. I don't know why...

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    Fire sword man Vs. Pecky girl (Mace: the Dark Age)

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    Video: MVG - Doom 3 on the original Xbox

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    Ever get so mad you hit 'em with a space shuttle?

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    Retro Game OST's on Bandcamp

    bravewave.bandcamp.com /music
  • GOG @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    Release: Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine

    www.gog.com /game/dr_fetus_mean_meat_machine
  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    Heads up: New Batch of Analogue Mega SG's Apparently Cannot Jailbreak or Downgrade

  • PC Gaming @lemmy.ca
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    Yas, Queen! Slay!

    fighting-chance.itch.io /drag-her
  • PC Gaming @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    Slayers X Mini Review (Spoiler Free)

    store.steampowered.com /app/1931020/Slayers_X_Terminal_Aftermath_Vengance_of_the_Slayer/
  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    TwistedPear @lemmy.world

    Sequel Wars: Homebrew MM4 - MM6 remake for SG / MD

    woodfrog.itch.io /mega-man-the-sequel-wars-episode-red