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NEC TG-16/TE/TurboDuo => Virtual Console TG/PCE Discussion => Topic started by: Pcenginefx on September 14, 2007, 10:49:59 AM
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Watch this space for up-to-date listings of TurboGrafx-CD downloadable games for the Wii Virtual Console.
Hudson's official Virtual Console site: http://vc-pce.com/usa/e/index.html
UPCOMING USA TITLES
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RELEASED USA TITLES
Released 03/15/2010 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (900 Points)
Released 11/02/2009 - Fighting Street (Street Fighter) (800 Points)
Released 06/22/2009 - SimEarth (800 Points)
Released 10/20/2008 - Gradius II (900 Points)
Released 09/08/2008 - Cho Aniki (900 Points)
Released 08/25/2008 - Ys Book I & II (800 Points)
Released 08/11/2008 - Star Parodia (900 Points)
Released 02/11/2008 - Lords of Thunder (800 Points)
Released 01/14/2007 - Riot Zone (800 Points)
Released 12/17/2007 - Wonderboy III: Monster Lair (800 Points)
Released 12/03/2007 - The Dynastic Hero (800 Points)
Released 11/19/2007 - Super Air Zonk (800 Points)
Released 10/15/2007 - Gate of Thunder (800 Points)
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Wow, Cho Aniki here in the States... but what about Ai Cho Aniki?
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That's really amazing that Chou Aniki is coming out here. It seems the Virtual Console has proved a twofold over the nonbelievers: Japanese AND CD games! :D
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I'll believe it when I see it :wink:
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That's really amazing that Chou Aniki is coming out here. It seems the Virtual Console has proved a twofold over the nonbelievers: Japanese AND CD games! :D
I think its safe to say that anything's realistically possible now for VC releases. Pretty much everything the naysayers swore would never happen now has. [-X
How the hell are they going to bring out Cho Aniki? Its not as bad as Ai Cho Aniki, but doesn't have to pass the ESA rating?
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It's some thing that turbo-cd games are coming to the wii vc.
How is hudson over coming the memory issue ?
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That's really amazing that Chou Aniki is coming out here. It seems the Virtual Console has proved a twofold over the nonbelievers: Japanese AND CD games! :D
I think its safe to say that anything's realistically possible now for VC releases. Pretty much everything the naysayers swore would never happen now has. [-X
Totally agreed 8) . It feels good to be right about CD games finally making it, huh buddy ;) ? As I told Steve, I think Seldane is going to commit suicide once he reads about it.
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First post updated with confirmed US DUO games being released in October.
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First post updated with confirmed US DUO games being released in October.
What the hell happened here? That bunch of bums are taking away Ys and my hope for Japanese only releases coming to the US, the bastards. :cry:
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those bastards :x
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That's too bad for VC fans. Choaniki is much better than Super Air Zonk. I guess it could still happen, though.
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At least they got Gate of Thunder, which is a requirement. I'm assuming it will include the Bonk games and Bomberman with it and if that's the case, I feel sorry for those VC users that already bought those games.
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Still no word from Nintendo or Hudson on this and these games are coming out within a month? I can't read Japanese, so maybe it is on Hudson's Japan site, but I doubt it. Can anyone confirm this as something official?
OD
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Gate of Thunder and Super Air Zonk are confirmed for US. However, I can't confirm that it will be the 3-in-1 Gate of Thunder release or just the game - but the feeling I'm getting is that it will be the GoT game only and not have Bonk/Bomberman with it.
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but the feeling I'm getting is that it will be the GoT game only and not have Bonk/Bomberman with it.
Yeah, I can't really see them releasing the 3-in-1 set. Though I have been wrong on occasion. :)
It's just awesome people will finally be able to play CD and SuperCD games on the wii now. :dance: The NEC/TTI revolution is on its way. :P 8)
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Gate of Thunder and Super Air Zonk are confirmed for US. However, I can't confirm that it will be the 3-in-1 Gate of Thunder release or just the game - but the feeling I'm getting is that it will be the GoT game only and not have Bonk/Bomberman with it.
Not that I don't believe you, but how are these confirmed, and by whom, exactly? :)
OD
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What made my day is that treasure,Sin and Punsihment is on the vc now :shock: :clap:
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What made my day is that treasure,Sin and Punsihment is on the vc now :shock: :clap:
Yeah I found that really interesting too. I hadn't heard of that game before, but it seems pretty cool. Might have to get it on the VC unless N64 importing is easy.
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What made my day is that treasure,Sin and Punsihment is on the vc now :shock: :clap:
Yeah I found that really interesting too. I hadn't heard of that game before, but it seems pretty cool. Might have to get it on the VC unless N64 importing is easy.
N64 importing is the same deal as SNES/SFC games, but S&P was pricey for years for similar reasons as Radiant Silvergun and still goes for something like $40 - $60.
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Gate of Thunder and Super Air Zonk are confirmed for US. However, I can't confirm that it will be the 3-in-1 Gate of Thunder release or just the game - but the feeling I'm getting is that it will be the GoT game only and not have Bonk/Bomberman with it.
Not that I don't believe you, but how are these confirmed, and by whom, exactly? :)
OD
Just go here-http://vc-pce.com/usa/e/index.html.That tells you wich games will be released for the month.Unrelated to the Turbo Grafx,i thought they where going to start releasing Neo Geo games for the virtual console.Have not seen anything yet.
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thanx for the cool link dude :)
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Gate of Thunder and Super Air Zonk are confirmed for US. However, I can't confirm that it will be the 3-in-1 Gate of Thunder release or just the game - but the feeling I'm getting is that it will be the GoT game only and not have Bonk/Bomberman with it.
Not that I don't believe you, but how are these confirmed, and by whom, exactly? :)
OD
Just go here-http://vc-pce.com/usa/e/index.html.That tells you wich games will be released for the month.Unrelated to the Turbo Grafx,i thought they where going to start releasing Neo Geo games for the virtual console.Have not seen anything yet.
There are some,NeoGeo titles for the jpn vc all ready no word on a u.s release though.
Still NOA is like that they prefer to keep the release's down to a trickle....
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Either Gate of Thunder, Super Air Zonk or Samurai Ghost should be released next Monday....which one will it be?..HMMMM
(http://pcenginebible.roarvgm.com/Images-Screenshots/Gate_of_Thunder_01.gif) (http://www.neoromcollector.net/tgcd/zonk1.png) (http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/t16/samurai_ghost.gif)
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Gate of Thunder has been released for the Wii Virtual Console. At this time I don't know how many blocks it takes up....
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Either Gate of Thunder, Super Air Zonk or Samurai Ghost should be released next Monday....which one will it be?..HMMMM
Well, now that GOT has been released, I would have to go with Super Air Zonk.
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Gate of Thunder has been released for the Wii Virtual Console. At this time I don't know how many blocks it takes up....
Update to how many blocks GoT takes...a surprisingly small 220 blocks. For comparison, the Internet channel takes up 233 blocks, Art of Fighting (Neo Geo) takes up 135 blocks, and Paper Mario (N64) takes up 249 blocks.
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Update to how many blocks GoT takes...a surprisingly small 220 blocks. For comparison, the Internet channel takes up 233 blocks, Art of Fighting (Neo Geo) takes up 135 blocks, and Paper Mario (N64) takes up 249 blocks.
Wow!! That's really surprising. (I just did a quick google to figure out what "blocks" are. hehe. You learn something new everyday. heh)
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They must be using some hefty compression. How does the audio sound compared to the real thing? Anyone downloaded it yet?
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I won't be able to try it out for another 4 hours or so....damn work!!!!
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Gate of Thunder? Awesome! Although I'm disappointed that Ys: Book I & II didn't become the inaugural Turbo CD game for the VC, it's still great that we're getting Gate of Thunder. Can't wait to see how this plays out! :mrgreen:
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Seems identical to me, though I haven't given it a good run-thru yet. They must be using some crazy compression for the audio, I don't know how they got it that small. The GOT ROM tracks plus audio tracks in 128kbps CBR MP3 (44kHz) comes to almost 50% more data than the Paper Mario ROM, yet takes up less blocks on the Wii.
OD
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Now that's some turbo compressing right there! I wonder what they did exactly?
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So I bought the game. Some thoughts:
-Interestingly there is a split second loading screen, shown below:
(http://www.pcenginefx.com/main/dls/GoT_loading.jpg)
-Music sounds REALLY good on my 5.1 surround system....Sounds so good in fact that it sounds like it is mixed in 5.1 but I doubt it....
-Gameplay & sound FX seem identical to original.
In conclusion...
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SUPER CD HAS COME TO THE WII!!
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Interesting that they kept the System Card screen, seems like it would confuse people. So does the game just include Gate of Thunder or does it come with the other three games as well?
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i just DLed it today too. I found it strange it included the PCE menu screen, why not the US version? i guess its the japanese version of the game? when you soft reset it takes you back to it also, is it part of the game code maybe? what does the cd 2.0 load screen look like in japan? never had that unit.
that download took forever 220 blocks! how many megs is that? 50?
the game plays great and NO load times, and no song reset times, which i do miss the quaintness of... but i cant tell the difference in sound quality. my turbo never played this game right and music would always stop. despite no scratches.
its like 1993 for me all over again. :dance: now we just need cotton, ys, lords, de2, shadowgate and all the rest. and i hear the value of my games dropping suddenly
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Does the load screen scale and rotate like the GOT CD?
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Does the load screen scale and rotate like the GOT CD?
No, it just appears for a split second then dissapears.
Interesting that they kept the System Card screen, seems like it would confuse people.
Well, the system card screen is not interactive and only appears for a second...maybe they will "fix" this in future releases...who knows.
So does the game just include Gate of Thunder or does it come with the other three games as well?
Just GoT.
i just DLed it today too. I found it strange it included the PCE menu screen, why not the US version? i guess its the japanese version of the game? when you soft reset it takes you back to it also, is it part of the game code maybe? what does the cd 2.0 load screen look like in japan? never had that unit.
What is going on here is that since the emulator running the game was coded by Hudson of Japan, the emu is based off of the PCE System Card, not the US one (thus why it says "PC Engine Super CD-ROM System").
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While it is kinda disappointing that we will barely get to see any of the famous loading screens on the Turbo CD games and the interactivity of the system card screen, they were pretty much not the point to the game. As long as I get to enjoy the actual CD game itself, that's good enough for me. :)
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Does GoT use a blurring filter like the HuCard VC games?
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Does GoT use a blurring filter like the HuCard VC games?
I think that's a complete myth that the bluriness is a problem, I can't really tell much of a difference on my 50" plasma in 480p. The picture is just softened a little, doesn't look better or worse than the NES or SNES emulation - just different. You won't care or notice after you've played a few TG16 games on the VC.
OD
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Does GoT use a blurring filter like the HuCard VC games?
I think that's a complete myth that the bluriness is a problem, I can't really tell much of a difference on my 50" plasma in 480p. The picture is just softened a little, doesn't look better or worse than the NES or SNES emulation - just different. You won't care or notice after you've played a few TG16 games on the VC.
OD
I don't know how it compares to other VC formats, but its very noticible compared to real Turbo hardware. But if you're the type of person who hooks their PS3 or Xbox 360 with composite though, it won't really matter.
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No new TG-CD releases this week. Looks like Hudson is slipping the release date for Super Air Zonk to Nov. Still no official word on the other TG-CD releases planned for the rest of the year.
(http://itsuki.blogsome.com/uploads/itsuki/tsukino-cry.JPG)
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No new TG-CD releases this week. Looks like Hudson is slipping the release date for Super Air Zonk to Nov. Still no official word on the other TG-CD releases planned for the rest of the year.
(http://itsuki.blogsome.com/uploads/itsuki/tsukino-cry.JPG)
Kinda the same deal in Japan. I d/led Ys I II (awesome! duh :)) and even though Cho Aniki came out, Gradius II was pushed back. That possibly delayed the next couple games too.
Oh, and the next CD games in Japan to be released are Dynastic Hero, Take the A Train, Kawa no Nushi Tsuri (Fishing game), and Gradius II. Interesting spread I guess.
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No new TG-CD releases this week. Looks like Hudson is slipping the release date for Super Air Zonk to Nov. Still no official word on the other TG-CD releases planned for the rest of the year.
(http://itsuki.blogsome.com/uploads/itsuki/tsukino-cry.JPG)
Kinda the same deal in Japan. I d/led Ys I II (awesome! duh :)) and even though Cho Aniki came out, Gradius II was pushed back. That possibly delayed the next couple games too.
Oh, and the next CD games in Japan to be released are Dynastic Hero, Take the A Train, Kawa no Nushi Tsuri (Fishing game), and Gradius II. Interesting spread I guess.
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That is interesting, since MWIII already came out on Genesis (didn't it?). Wouldn't that be the first time the same game has come out on different VC platforms?
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Yes, but you're also talking different regions. Wonderboy V came out on the U.S. Genesis VC, and it's coming out on the Japanese PCE VC. Still only one version per region.
Unless it also came out on the Japanese Megadrive VC.. Then that's a different story.
But this brings up another point I've been wondering about for a while. Is SEGA going to put a stop to them releasing the old SEGA games on the TG-16 VC? So far we haven't seen one yet, have we?
Wonderboy is probably a special case since SEGA doesn't exclusively own the rights/license to those games.
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Yes, but you're also talking different regions. Wonderboy V came out on the U.S. Genesis VC, and it's coming out on the Japanese PCE VC. Still only one version per region.
Unless it also came out on the Japanese Megadrive VC.. Then that's a different story.
But this brings up another point I've been wondering about for a while. Is SEGA going to put a stop to them releasing the old SEGA games on the TG-16 VC? So far we haven't seen one yet, have we?
Wonderboy is probably a special case since SEGA doesn't exclusively own the rights/license to those games.
Dynastic Hero isn't a Wonderboy game - shouldn't be any issues with that.
OD
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No new TG-CD releases this week. Looks like Hudson is slipping the release date for Super Air Zonk to Nov. Still no official word on the other TG-CD releases planned for the rest of the year.
(http://itsuki.blogsome.com/uploads/itsuki/tsukino-cry.JPG)
Kinda the same deal in Japan. I d/led Ys I II (awesome! duh :)) and even though Cho Aniki came out, Gradius II was pushed back. That possibly delayed the next couple games too.
Oh, and the next CD games in Japan to be released are Dynastic Hero, Take the A Train, Kawa no Nushi Tsuri (Fishing game), and Gradius II. Interesting spread I guess.
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Interesting, a Konami game is in there. I wonder if Hudson Entertainment will bring the Konami games out here?
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Kinda the same deal in Japan. I d/led Ys I II (awesome! duh :)) and even though Cho Aniki came out, Gradius II was pushed back. That possibly delayed the next couple games too.
Oh, and the next CD games in Japan to be released are Dynastic Hero, Take the A Train, Kawa no Nushi Tsuri (Fishing game), and Gradius II. Interesting spread I guess.
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That is interesting, since MWIII already came out on Genesis (didn't it?). Wouldn't that be the first time the same game has come out on different VC platforms?
Not sure about US Wii VC stuff, but Jpn Wii VC has Gradius NES and PCE versions available. I think that was the first game. Oddly enough Gradius II will be the next multi-platform VC game once the PCE ver is released.
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Dynastic Hero isn't a Wonderboy game - shouldn't be any issues with that.
OD
Uhh, yeah.... I hope you're being facetious.
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Dynastic Hero isn't a Wonderboy game - shouldn't be any issues with that.
OD
Funny, since I used the Wonderboy V walkthrough to play through it. I guess that means I can use the Night Creatures walkthrough to play through Space Harrier, right? I can't wait to get home and try it out! I always knew there was a way to transform the Harrier into a badger!
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No, seriously, it's not. Dynastic Hero is based on Wonderboy V but is an entirely different license. They share some graphics, gameplay, and level design, but they are not the same game. The only official Wonderboy game released on our beloved system is Monster Lair.
OD
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Put down the pipe, Odonadon. The title was changed, but it was handled by Westone and is essentially the same game. Click here (http://www.sega-16.com/Side By Side- Wonder Boy.php) for a nice comparison of Wonder Boy in Monster World and Dynastic Hero.
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Its only called dynastic hero as a pun of the fact that the hero is a dynastid beetle.
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Its only called dynastic hero as a pun of the fact that the hero is a dynastid beetle.
Very interesting - I haven't seen that connection before. 8)
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Put down the pipe, Odonadon. The title was changed, but it was handled by Westone and is essentially the same game. Click here (http://www.sega-16.com/Side By Side- Wonder Boy.php) for a nice comparison of Wonder Boy in Monster World and Dynastic Hero.
Not only the title, but some graphics, the story, characters, and animation as well. Bottom line is there is no mention of Wonderboy, thus not of the Wonderboy license. Like Cratermaze isn't Doreamon.
OD
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Maybe we'll get Doki Doki Panic then.
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Super Air Zonk is out now.
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Big Day The ESRB Two has rated two more candidates for the Wii Virtual Console. Ys I & II, Rolling Thunder 2 Due have been rated which is usually a good indication that they will come to North America in the next few weeks. Ys Book I & II is a role-playing game collection released for the Turbografx-CD and Rolling Thunder 2 is a side-scrolling shooter classic.
Ys I & II.. Picking up steam!!!
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Hooray for Air Zonk! :D
The Turbo CD builds and builds! 8)
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When is the SuperGrafx version of Die Mockee Moora coming out?
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It's being reviewed by the ESRB as we speak!
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Really? I didn't know they stayed up so late!
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Looks like Wonderboy III: Monster Lair is up next after Dynastic Hero.... Sorry if this was already mentioned elsewhere.
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I guess Ys is being saved for Christmas then. ](*,)
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I guess Ys is being saved for Christmas then. ](*,)
I guess hudson hates you jk.
Still cheer up top hunter and baseball stars 2 are getting the vc treatment.
Two worthy neogeo titles if you ask me.
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Baseball Stars 2 Is coming out this month?.Damn it I wasted my money on Alien Soldier and Super Air Zonk.Looks like I`ll have to buy another one of those damn cards :x
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Monster lair has just been released for the Wii Virtual Console.
Will it be a Ys Xmas next week?.....
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No Ys for Christmas. Dammit Hudson! ](*,)
Oh, and Dynastic Hero was released.
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Really strange Ys I and II hasnt been released yet considering its the flagship CD title for the system. Hudson is releasing Omega 5 for XBOXLIVE next week which looks like a modern version of Forgotten Worlds.
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I'm begining to wonder, if they're having problems releasing, do to some of the high profile talent in the game. Mainly Thomas Hayden Church, since his Sandman role, maybe getting a little cocky? Also, some of the other actors, are high profile voice actors.
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No Ys for Christmas. Dammit Hudson! ](*,)
I'm starting to wounder what's the deal is with Ys.
It's been out in jpn for a while now.
The..game is in english all ready yet they can't release it on the vc yet !?
Me thinks lincense problem with,Falcom or as paranoia mention the voice actors that were in it.
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I'm betting someone wants some royalties from Ys if it gets released. Which is sad. Many people need to play this game and realize how awesome it is. Guess I'll just stick with playing my original on my Duo. :)
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I'm betting someone wants some royalties from Ys if it gets released. Which is sad. Many people need to play this game and realize how awesome it is. Guess I'll just stick with playing my original on my Duo. :)
I have to say, since I ran out of storage on my Wii for VC games a few months ago, I haven't purchased a single VC game and have reverted to playing all my games off my modded XBox with MednafenX. The Virtual Console stuff was cool for a bit, but they didn't do a very good job overall with regards to having enough storage in the Wii, and pricing the games properly. I still think $3 per title is high.
So yeah, after all that I'm back to playing the original games I do have off my PCEngine, and card/CD games I don't have off the ol' XBox.
OD
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I have to say, since I ran out of storage on my Wii for VC games a few months ago, I haven't purchased a single VC game and have reverted to playing all my games off my modded XBox with MednafenX. The Virtual Console stuff was cool for a bit, but they didn't do a very good job overall with regards to having enough storage in the Wii, and pricing the games properly. I still think $3 per title is high.
Curious. How much storage does the Wii have? And how many games do you have stored?
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Curious. How much storage does the Wii have?
A whopping 512MB of storage for not only VC, but also save games and anything else that gets downloaded.
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You can transfer games to the SD card easily.
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Can you play games off the cards? I'm starting to run out of room and I've got a couple of SD cards that I can use...
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Can you play games off the cards? I'm starting to run out of room and I've got a couple of SD cards that I can use...
No, which is why it is near pointless that you can 'back up' something that you're free to download again anyway.
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you need to back them up only when the service is ending. That will be a long time from now though, so don't worry about it, haha.
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I'm begining to wonder, if they're having problems releasing, do to some of the high profile talent in the game. Main Thomas Hayden Church, since his Sandman role, maybe getting a little cocky? Also, some of the other actors, are high profile voice actors.
I'm going to laugh my ass off if it shows up on VC will all new voice acting :wink:
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I'm going to laugh my ass off if it shows up on VC will all new voice acting :wink:
Indeed, especially if it's inferior to the worst of Working Designs.
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You can transfer games to the SD card easily.
Easily, but unfortunately not quickly and easily. It is MUCH easier to hit the power button on the PCE or XBox then to fuddle through the file manager to find and move a game to the SD card to free up space, then find the game I want to play and copy it back from the SD card to the Wii. Boo-urns.
OD
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Boo-urns.
Awesome, pure awesome. OD wins the thread.
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OD ftw!!1!!1
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I'm betting someone wants some royalties from Ys if it gets released. Which is sad. Many people need to play this game and realize how awesome it is. Guess I'll just stick with playing my original on my Duo. :)
I have it for my duo as well still it be nice if it was on the vc.
Then i wouldn't have to get my duo-r out to play it every time.
I even check the forums over at hudson-entertainment no answer,there let alone the question being asked what the problem is.
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Since Falcom had no problems with it being released in Japan, I don't think it would be a problem for them, to release it elsewhere. So, if there's truly a holdup on it, I think it has to be the voices.......or, possibly the emulation?
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Someone seems to be asleep at the wheel.
At least according to Kotaku, Riot Zone is now on the VC.
http://kotaku.com/344449/pac+man-puzzles-virtual-console
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Nobody is sleep... I don't always update this thread the second news is out about new VC releases.
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Hmm, I wonder how Riot Zone will go over for VC owners who never touched it.
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Hmm, I wonder how Riot Zone will go over for VC owners who never touched it.
Not very well I don't think. Besides the soundtrack, it is an inferior game to Streets of Rage or the Final Fights.
OD
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Nobody is sleep... I don't always update this thread the second news is out about new VC releases.
*cracks whip* Then what am I paying you for?!?!
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oh wait, I'm not :oops: Sorry. :-#
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They need to release Beyond Shadowgate on the virtual console but not as bad as Ys I, II.
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So far they haven't released any ICOM games on the VC. Does ICOM still exist?
It doesn't necessarily mean they won't ever release it, but the fact other ICOM games like Ghost Manor haven't shown up probably means something.
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This is from Wiki:
ICOM Simulations was formed as TMQ Software[1] in the early 1980s by Tod Zipnick. With the MacVenture series, ICOM pioneered the point-and-click adventure interface and later multiplatform CD-ROM development with Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective. The company was acquired in 1993 by Viacom New Media which closed its operations in 1997. Renamed to Rabid Entertainment, VNM/ICOM was dismantled in 1998.
The rights to ICOM's game portfolio is currently held by the company Infinite Ventures.
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My guess is, since we haven't seen any ICOM games on the VC yet, Nintendo is having a hard time securing the rights to those games from this Infinite Ventures group.
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Damn, I didnt realize there was a Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective part 3 released for the PC. Just looked at ICOM's game catalog.
Camp California and ShapeShifter are some of ICOM's better games but your right about no ICOM releases on the virtual console. Nintendo could be having a hard time getting the rights are maybe Nintendo is not even trying?
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I think their entire Turbo catalog includes:
Ghost Manor
The Addams Family
Shape Shifter
Camp California
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes 2
Yo' Bro
Beyond Shadowgate
Hmm.. That seems like a short list to me. Maybe I missed a few.
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Your not missing any. Thats all of them. I believe Shapeshifter was one of the first SuperCDrom titles released in the US next to Gate of Thunder and Shadow of the Beast.
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Shapeshifter rules.
But on the rights-securing tip, there are a couple developers we haven't seen any games from on the VC. They did manage to secure rights from Data East, who went under around the same time as ICOM I think which surprised me.
Nothing from Telenet/Renovation yet though or any of the SEGA ports.
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So far I've only seen Hudson Soft, Irem, Bandai Namco, and G-mode on the virtual console. Just pick games that were released by these publishers and you will find future releases for the virtual console.
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"G-Mode" is the company that owns the rights to Data East games. I don't think they actually make games, though.
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Well there wasnt a huge selection of data east games made for the turbo. Bloody Wolf is probably their best game for the turbo grafx.
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Sherlock 3 got released for PC? I remember when Bill Huff told me they were in the middle of filming it, never knew it got released for something.
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Well, I went to gamefaq and not only does it say it was released in 1993, somebody wrote a faq for it. :shock: Too bad ICOM didnt cap off the trilogy by releasing it for the Turbo Duo. I remember Sherlock Holmes 2 said SuperCDrom on the cover but you could actually play it on the regular CDRom format.
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Yeah, the 2nd game was bi-compatible or something, like Macross 2036 & Terraforming. Too bad we couldn't somehow get the source code for the 3rd game, & make a release for Turbo :)
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Sherlock 3 got released for PC? I remember when Bill Huff told me they were in the middle of filming it, never knew it got released for something.
Back in the day I saw a magazine review for at least one new Shermatlock game. Maybe they never got to finish filming for whatever would've wound up as the last in the series.
EDIT: Just found a seller in the U.K. on eBay with 3 volumes of what appears to be the PC versions.
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Sherlock 3 got released for PC? I remember when Bill Huff told me they were in the middle of filming it, never knew it got released for something.
Back in the day I saw a magazine review for at least one new Shermatlock game. Maybe they never got to finish filming for whatever would've wound up as the last in the series.
EDIT: Just found a seller in the U.K. on eBay with 3 volumes of what appears to be the PC versions.
Ahhh, I don't think I have Shermatlock 1 or 2 for our beloved system. One of these days...
Speaking of Matlock, I watched an episode recently using Netflix's "download" service. Yeah, I've seen every episode of Matlock.
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Hmm, I wonder how Riot Zone will go over for VC owners who never touched it.
Probably not very good.Going by the bad review Ign gave it.http://wii.ign.com/articles/848/848725p1.html
Yeah I no this is A old topic.
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Lords Of Thunder this Monday! I'm f*cking stoked! :D
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Lords Of Thunder this Monday!
LORDS OF THUNDER!
It is relatively to be released on Virtual Console two days from now (Psychosis had also been announced to be released this month, but the exact date has not been set).
I cannot wait to see its greatness through Virtual Console :D!
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Do you have a Wii, Kirby?
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Do you have a Wii, Kirby?
Not yet, but I should be getting one soon. I'm expecting to get it within a week or two.
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Hmm, I wonder how Riot Zone will go over for VC owners who never touched it.
Probably not very good.Going by the bad review Ign gave it.http://wii.ign.com/articles/848/848725p1.html
Yeah I no this is A old topic.
I guess IGN must've given Final Fight and Streets of Rage 5/10's at the most, going by the writing in the review...
-but it looks like SoR got 6.5 and SNES FF got a freaking 8! Not only is the SNES FF the same kind of 'repetetive plow through the same enemies' style game, but just like Riot Zone (but unlike SoR) its also only single player!
Seriously though, these review scores are perfectly proportioned to how "jounalists" favor/rate the three consoles:
SNES: 8
Genesis: 6.5
Turbo Duo: 4
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I guess IGN must've given Final Fight and Streets of Rage 5/10's at the most, going by the writing in the review...
-but it looks like SoR got 6.5 and SNES FF got a freaking 8! Not only is the SNES FF the same kind of 'repetetive plow through the same enemies' style game, but just like Riot Zone (but unlike SoR) its also only single player!
Seriously though, these review scores are perfectly proportioned to how "jounalists" favor/rate the three consoles:
SNES: 8
Genesis: 6.5
Turbo Duo: 4
I have a strange feeling you're going to add something like this to Blue Shadows :P. Whether it's based upon a magazine or Internet source, that'll be a pretty interesting analysis to make on it :wink:.
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black tiger
Seriously though, these review scores are perfectly proportioned to how "jounalists" favor/rate the three consoles:
SNES: 8
Genesis: 6.5
Turbo Duo: 4
Absolutely, i think it had more to do with how much advertisement were in the mags, especially in the case of the turbo.
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I get the distinct feeling many of today's game reviewers don't know much about the Turbo. So they refer to old publications from the era and see reviews that are reflective of the Turbo failing in the market. Then they generate their opinions based on these old reviews. The "if it wasn't as good back then, it can't be as good now!" mentality.
So regardless of how good these games actually are, any Turbo game released on the VC is automatically going to be 2 points behind where they would be had they been Genesis or SNES games. So for example if Riot Zone had been a Genesis or SNES title, it would've got a 6 on those grounds alone.
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Lets face facts,Riot Zone really is`nt A very good game.On the other hand they gave Super Air Zonk A pretty good review,which i thought was a terrible game.Completely inferior to the original Air Zonk.I'm referring to IGN.I don`t really go by there reviews,I just throw up here to see what other people think.And yeah,it probably is some guy that just sits there and compares them to snes,and Sega Genesis.And does not really have A grasp of what the system can do.
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Lets face facts,Riot Zone really is`nt A very good game.
You're right-- it's not a phenomenal game. But it's not a horrible game, either. There's nothing original about it, and it doesn't do anything better than it's contemporaries. But Riot Zone is still very playable, and it has a good soundtrack.
My real point though is that these VC reviewers would probably rate Turbo games on average 2 points higher if the exact same games were SNES or Genesis titles. See, the VC reviewers probably don't know much about the Turbo, like most of the general public, and rely heavily on what they read about it to create an idea in their head of what it must have been like "back in the day" since they don't have their own memories to base off of. Since most of the history you can find and read online about the TG-16 contains words like "loser" and "failure" and "dead on arrival" it's no wonder they can't help but put a negative spin on all things Turbo in their heads. And this feeling comes across in the scores they give the games. Whether it's actually indicative of the quality of the game in question is another story altogether.
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My real point though is that these VC reviewers would probably rate Turbo games on average 2 points higher if the exact same games were SNES or Genesis titles. See, the VC reviewers probably don't know much about the Turbo, like most of the general public, and rely heavily on what they read about it to create an idea in their head of what it must have been like "back in the day" since they don't have their own memories to base off of. Since most of the history you can find and read online about the TG-16 contains words like "loser" and "failure" and "dead on arrival" it's no wonder they can't help but put a negative spin on all things Turbo in their heads. And this feeling comes across in the scores they give the games. Whether it's actually indicative of the quality of the game in question is another story altogether.
Ugh...it's the late 80s/early-mid 90s all over again... ](*,) hehe But yeah, you just summed it all up there nat. I, for one, am planning on buying Riot Zone. It may not be Streets of Rage, but that's not really the point. Every shmup isn't Gate of Thunder or Nexzr, but I can still enjoy them if they're OK.
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I think that they actually reviewed Riot Zone fairly by their own standards/preferences, but were super biased when reviewing non-Turbo 'classics' like Final Fight and didn't base their review on the actual SNES game so much as "wow, its Final Fight!".
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Hmm, I wonder how Riot Zone will go over for VC owners who never touched it.
Probably not very good.Going by the bad review Ign gave it.http://wii.ign.com/articles/848/848725p1.html
Yeah I no this is A old topic.
I guess IGN must've given Final Fight and Streets of Rage 5/10's at the most, going by the writing in the review...
-but it looks like SoR got 6.5 and SNES FF got a freaking 8! Not only is the SNES FF the same kind of 'repetetive plow through the same enemies' style game, but just like Riot Zone (but unlike SoR) its also only single player!
Seriously though, these review scores are perfectly proportioned to how "jounalists" favor/rate the three consoles:
SNES: 8
Genesis: 6.5
Turbo Duo: 4
Oh man, that's such garbage.
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Oh man, that's such garbage.
Good golly miss molly!! What a joke. Streets of Rage is awesome. It was one of the Genesis's best games. Did they hire old GamePro reviewers?
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Oh man, that's such garbage.
Good golly miss molly!! What a joke. Streets of Rage is awesome. It was one of the Genesis's best games. Did they hire old GamePro reviewers?
What a bunch of crap. I hate the SNES, Like the Genesis and love my Turbo systems. I'd be all over a Wii if they would release Beyond Shadowgate.
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I'd be all over a Wii if they would release Beyond Shadowgate.
Damn, it's been like two years since you've been on here hasn't it?
Anyway, so far no ICOM games on VC. Doesn't mean we won't see them eventually, but it doesn't bode well.
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I'd be all over a Wii if they would release Beyond Shadowgate.
Damn, it's been like two years since you've been on here hasn't it?
Anyway, so far no ICOM games on VC. Doesn't mean we won't see them eventually, but it doesn't bode well.
Yeah, it has been awhile. Been busy as Hell. Nice to see that I am remembered though. LOL. Getting back into the Turbo again. Not that I got out, but had to sell stuff as the real world came crashing down. Getting my stuff back finally. My buddy has a Wii and that has been how I was getting my Turbo fix. Not the same as the real thing though.
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Oh man, that's such garbage.
Good golly miss molly!! What a joke. Streets of Rage is awesome. It was one of the Genesis's best games. Did they hire old GamePro reviewers?
What a bunch of crap. I hate the SNES, Like the Genesis and love my Turbo systems. I'd be all over a Wii if they would release Beyond Shadowgate.
Down with the snes ! :twisted:
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I liked the SNES, but I had that after a Genesis and TG-16. Actually my brother and I won the SNES in a radio show contest. We got it a couple weeks before the SNES release day. I'm not sure if we would've ever bought one. I was never one of those Mario/Zelda fanboys. I like them but thought they were very overrated. I was into mainly just the Konami games like Goemon/Mystical Ninja, Castlevania IV, Turtles in Time, Sunset Riders, Contra 3, Axelay. I also loved Super Turrican, Super Adventure Island, Actraiser, Space Megaforce/Super Aleste, Super Ghouls n Ghosts, Lagoon, Super EDF, Ninja Warriors Again, and FF 4-6. (only FF's I like). The Turbo community then was just as small as it is now. So of course since people haven't heard of it or played it, it must not be that good. I also think this goes into people's reviews of the games. I can't wait till someone reviews Lords of Thunder and mentions the Sega CD version. The IGN review of Dynastic Hero is quite crap. Take a look at the comments as well. People saying the hero looks like Mega Man. Yeah Westone didn't develop it, but still it's not a knock off/rip off title as some reviewers are saying. Hey if people want to miss out on good games that's fine with me. It doesn't keep me from playing all the Turbo stuff. Their loss.
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I liked the SNES, but I had that after a Genesis and TG-16. Actually my brother and I won the SNES in a radio show contest. We got it a couple weeks before the SNES release day. I'm not sure if we would've ever bought one. I was never one of those Mario/Zelda fanboys. I like them but thought they were very overrated. I was into mainly just the Konami games like Goemon/Mystical Ninja, Castlevania IV, Turtles in Time, Sunset Riders, Contra 3, Axelay. I also loved Super Turrican, Super Adventure Island, Actraiser, Space Megaforce/Super Aleste, Super Ghouls n Ghosts, Lagoon, Super EDF, Ninja Warriors Again, and FF 4-6. (only FF's I like). The Turbo community then was just as small as it is now. So of course since people haven't heard of it or played it, it must not be that good. I also think this goes into people's reviews of the games. I can't wait till someone reviews Lords of Thunder and mentions the Sega CD version. The IGN review of Dynastic Hero is quite crap. Take a look at the comments as well. People saying the hero looks like Mega Man. Yeah Westone didn't develop it, but still it's not a knock off/rip off title as some reviewers are saying. Hey if people want to miss out on good games that's fine with me. It doesn't keep me from playing all the Turbo stuff. Their loss.
Like IGN really knows what the Hell they are talking about? Morons, all of them.
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While looking for some Dungeon Explorer II screenshots I came upon this-
http://vc-pce.com/jpn/j/title/dungeon_explorer2.html
Does this mean its already out in japan? Hopefully if they release it over here it'll help drive down the collector's price.
After looking further, it looks like it's probably an unofficial site. However, it lists Dracula X as having a release date of April and the following games as already out-
Panic Bomber
Neo Nectaris
Dragon Slayer
Image Fight
Image Fight II
Gradius
Gradius II
http://vc-pce.com/jpn/j/index.html
Even though Hudson may be too lazy to bring over most of whats getting released in japan, its a nice sign seeing the Konami games getting the VC treatment.
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Does this mean its already out in japan?
Yup, it was released early in February. The only titles that have been rated by the ESRB but not yet released in the U.S. are Break In, Dragon Slayer, Final Soldier, Sim Earth (why?), and Ys I & II.
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Does this mean its already out in japan?
Yup, it was released early in February. The only titles that have been rated by the ESRB but not yet released in the U.S. are Break In, Dragon Slayer, Final Soldier, Sim Earth (why?), and Ys I & II.
Break In? That's kind of random, are you sure it's listed??
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Break In? That's kind of random, are you sure it's listed??
Yup. It received an 'E', though it has a tobacco reference according to the ESRB (I think that's just on the title screen).
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While looking for some Dungeon Explorer II screenshots I came upon this-
http://vc-pce.com/jpn/j/title/dungeon_explorer2.html
Does this mean its already out in japan? Hopefully if they release it over here it'll help drive down the collector's price.
After looking further, it looks like it's probably an unofficial site. However, it lists Dracula X as having a release date of April and the following games as already out-
Even though Hudson may be too lazy to bring over most of whats getting released in japan, its a nice sign seeing the Konami games getting the VC treatment.
Oh man right afther i spend a $100.00+ get a u.s,DE2 for my duo :oops:
I was just thinking to "myself a while back watch it popup pretty soon for the vc.
Still it's no surpise if it does get the vc treatment soon it is by hudson afther all.
No lincense to deal with or paying some crazy fee to get it on there.
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Break In? That's kind of random, are you sure it's listed??
Yup. It received an 'E', though it has a tobacco reference according to the ESRB (I think that's just on the title screen).
That's cool, another japanese game making it over here. When the day comes that I pick up a Wii, I will buy it, only for that reason!
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Oh man right afther i spend a $100.00+ get a u.s,DE2 for my duo :oops:
I was just thinking to "myself a while back watch it popup pretty soon for the vc.
Still it's no surpise if it does get the vc treatment soon it is by hudson afther all.
No lincense to deal with or paying some crazy fee to get it on there.
Unless WD was supposed to get residuals for their part.
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Oh man right afther i spend a $100.00+ get a u.s,DE2 for my duo :oops:
I was just thinking to "myself a while back watch it popup pretty soon for the vc.
Still it's no surpise if it does get the vc treatment soon it is by hudson afther all.
No lincense to deal with or paying some crazy fee to get it on there.
Unless WD was supposed to get residuals for their part.
:lol: All becuase victor ireland was a consultant during it's localization.
It would be mess up if they owe him check becuase of that :roll:
Afther playing,DE2 for a bit it's english dubbing is good but i rate it second to Ys 1&2.
Btw when it hit's the vc i'm sure people at gt,ign and youtube will bash it.They all ways find some way to nickpick on a TG16 game :evil:
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Afther playing,DE2 for a bit it's english dubbing is good but i rate it second to Ys 1&2.
Btw when it hit's the vc i'm sure people at gt,ign and youtube will bash it.They all ways find some way to nickpick on a TG16 game :evil:
Oh I already know what they are going to say. "Same as the first one except with CD music."
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Oh I already know what they are going to say. "Same as the first one except with CD music."
It's amazing how some things just don't change. It was the same BITD and the tradition continues on today. :roll:
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Oh I already know what they are going to say. "Same as the first one except with CD music."
They might notice that it's bigger and has more characters to choose from, though they'll still voice the same complaint. What the hell do they expect? It's a frickin' sequel, for cryin' out loud!
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Well hudson finally next line up for the vc.
http://vc-pce.com/usa/e/index.html
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Well hudson finally next line up for the vc.
http://vc-pce.com/usa/e/index.html
Good to see that Hudson Soft had gotten around to release more TurboGrafx-16 title on the service. THEY'RE RELEASING STAR PARODIER?! WOOOHOOO :dance:!
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Well hudson finally next line up for the vc.
http://vc-pce.com/usa/e/index.html
Break In, huh?
Great song by Fugazi.
As for Hudson releasing Break In... are they trying to tap into the deep pockets of video game billiards aficionados? Are there other billiards games available? Is Hudson releasing this because there is no competing title?
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Hmm, I wonder if it'll be Star Parodia, or Fantasy Star Soldier? Surely Hudson has a copy of their own version of the game!
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As for Hudson releasing Break In... are they trying to tap into the deep pockets of video game billiards aficionados? Are there other billiards games available? Is Hudson releasing this because there is no competing title?
I'm assuming it's because it's an easy Japanese game to be brought over here, due to both language barrier and license issues. Of course I'd much rather see something else if possible :P (like Gateball!).
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Hmm, I wonder if it'll be Star Parodia, or Fantasy Star Soldier? Surely Hudson has a copy of their own version of the game!
Uh, aren't these the same game with a different title screen?
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I think he's asking if Hudson will release the game under the name Star Parodia or Fantasy Star Soldier.
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Plus, the options screen is in english in Fantasy Star Soldier...I don't recall if the credits are in Japanese in Star Parodia, though, I don't like that they took out the opening cinema for the english game.
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Updated main list with new releases.
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Updated first post with SimEarth.
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Fighting Street is slated for release this month. First SimEarth and now this - I guess Hudson's finally releasing the cream of the TG-CD crop. :|
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Fighting Street is slated for release this month. First SimEarth and now this - I guess Hudson's finally releasing the cream of the TG-CD crop. :|
The only thing I can think of: capitalizing on the Street Fighter brand.
Sad, sad, sad...
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Fighting Street is slated for release this month. First SimEarth and now this - I guess Hudson's finally releasing the cream of the TG-CD crop. :|
The only thing I can think of: capitalizing on the Street Fighter brand.
Sad, sad, sad...
Indeed. Fighting Street is lackluster, at best.
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Fighting Street is slated for release this month. First SimEarth and now this - I guess Hudson's finally releasing the cream of the TG-CD crop. :|
The only thing I can think of: capitalizing on the Street Fighter brand.
Sad, sad, sad...
Indeed. Fighting Street is lackluster, at best.
You have to look at Street Fighter, eh hem, Fighting Street from a historical standpoint. It is the first in the series after all.
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Bump.
Because.
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Bump.
Because.
Try again kiddo !?
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Remember when we were curious about what the next TG-16 game would be released for the Virtual Console?
That seems like ancient history now... Aaron had even started a guide for some of the games as they were released...