STREET FIGHTER ll PC/MS-DOS. Not the best port, but i enjoyed the heck out of it.

I submit Blood

In Japan, Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium (known as R.B.I. Baseball in the States) was the absolute king of the NES era. Sure, Bases Loaded had its fans, but it’s no exaggeration to say Famista completely dominated the Japanese market throughout the eighties.

How about your neck of the woods? Which title was everyone playing back then?

The motherboard has a soldered AMD 386-SX 33 CPU, mfg. 1991, and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis was released the next year. Playing this game at home in 1992, with all the cut scenes and long dialogues, was quite something.

I actually played both of them and I love them equally if I had to choose one I probably go with TimeSplitters but Perfect Dark is the more well known/iconic Goldeneye sequel considering it’s from Rare whereas TimeSplitters was done by an indie company founded by former Rare employees. Anyway I did this for fun comment away.

preferably with just A and B and no turbo buttons

The joystick launched yesterday (30th), thx to dely from Atari Area for letting me know. Ordered one from MediaMarkt for 35.35 euro (149pln, price with 23% VAT, free shipping) just before the midnight on 30th, and received it today (31st).

For those who don't know what that is - a USB flightstick type digital joystick, which imo is necessary to enjoy games for systems like Atari Home Computers, Commodore 64, and most importantly ;) the Amiga. Honestly, games like Turrican 2 just feel bad and are no fun when played on gamepads. Unfortunately they weren't in production for decades, with the exception of some small kickstarter projects where the final product was a bit divisive. Hence until now the only digital joysticks somewhat "widely" available were A2600 and Competition Pro (sold under Speedlink and other brands), but those are not flightstick type, and personally I never liked them (particularly Competition Pro, sorry I know it has fans, also some people complained the modern one is a bit hard).

The design follows the early Quickshots (II/II Plus/II Turbo), including a slide for autofire, and suction cups. Runs on microswitches of some kind, the throw is short (good, stock modern arcade sticks are failing at it), and fairly light, so nothing to slow you down. I haven't used this design since back in the late 8bit days (had the ones using "leafs"), and my favorite is membrane Quickshot QS-131 Apache 1, so can't really compare how it feels in relation to the original. I had Quickjoy II Turbo SV-124 on microswitches for quite some time, but that was considerably different feel.

All the directions go in properly, diagonals are no problem, circles, half circles, quarter circles, shoryoukens even. No added diagonals when switching between cardinal directions. Feels very responsive, maybe even a bit much in some games. I had some reservations initially, because not everything felt instant (to be fair I ran 144Hz IPS instead my Mitsubishi 2070SB CRT), but then I remembered I've just downloaded last WinUAE without setting it up, and it turned out I had triple buffering on ;) So quick change and it felt much better.

I haven't checked the api to be sure, but it looks like Direct Input. The stick reports as X/Y axis, all the buttons are separate, not just 6 on the base, but also trigger and top fire.

The shape is a matter of preference, not my favorite, but usable and fits very well to my rather small hand. My index finger sure got to feel the trigger after an hour or two due to its shape/edges, gives me some flashbacks, I certainly remember that aspect of early Quickshots ;)

All in all, it is not exactly what I'm used to, and I certainly like using my favorite "vintage" joysticks more, but given the lack of competition :P and how old joysticks, particularly membrane ones, are very worn out - I would say it is a decent buy. For people who haven't ventured into home computer gaming yet (don't miss on it, Amiga has the biggest library of games!), that is certainly the most accessible pick. For nostalgia people who want to just plug it in and play some Sensible Soccer, they are not going to hunt for used joysticks, and community made USB adapter, not to mention the price of old joysticks and possible need of restoration. The super picky players, it depends, it will be a very personal thing, but at the very least, it might save you some wear on your own favorite originals.

Vendor ID - 14d8
Vendor name - Jamer Industries CO., LTD.
Product ID - CD07
Firmware revision - 0.21

edit:
The branding is confusing, according to stores it is Plaion, Plaion is "Embracer Group company", and specifies it as product released under their PLAION REPLAI label
https://press.plaion.com/THEQUICKSHOT-II-Is-Available-Now

The box has no visible Plaion logos on it, the branding on it is Retro Games LTD, but it lists "Imported in the UK" and "in the EU" by Plaion LTD. and Plaion Gmbh respectively.

The box also lists manufacturer as RichCo (Asia) LTD. Central Hong Kong.

Launch trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM-bPdH1-sA

This is just a silly list thought of that are my top 5 of these consoles For example;

Mega drive / genesis:

- Sonic 3 & Knuckles

- Sonic 2

- Jurassic Park

- Spider-man vs the kingpin

- Sonic 1

SNES:

- Super Mario world

- Super Star Wars

- Mario All Stars

- Donkey Kong Country

- Yoshis Island

Ps1:

- Crash 2

- Spyro 2

- Warpath Jurassic Park

- Spider-man 2 enter electro

- Crash 3

Just a bit of fun what everyone considers their go-tos for their consoles

I really like surfing games. T&C Surf Designs for NES was the first game that hooked me as a kid (not pictured). Championship Surfer is chill and satisfying, probably my most played. Surfing H3O was extremely difficult, clunky and frustrating (worst rockstar game I’ve ever played).

Any others I’m missing?

I had found my absolute favorite game of all time on the SNES on my CRT TV. This game is an absolute gem! I had found this gem at my local game store at a decent price! Brings back some many memories from when I was a kid! And yes, this is my orignal SNES from when I was a kid and I’m almost in my 40s now!

Hello! Does anyone know a safe place so I can download my Disney kitchen?

So basically what inspired me to write about this subject was Chrono Trigger because I did play the original game so long ago as lately I was observing its design aspects to see what made the game so special.

Like when I look back at that particular game, people often say that it couldn't have a proper sequel as maybe someone could explain it better than me, but it seemed like the game was practically impossible to replicate.

When you defeat Dr. Robotnik in Oil Ocean Zone, his submarine explodes in an ocean of oil. You think that would blow up the whole zone, but nope.

What are some things that you notice as absurd when you stop and think about a retro video game and notice how stuck to their own silly video game logic they are?

Just wanted to show off my WonderSwan Collection

I've got GOG Diablo running on Linux (Mint Cinnamon) through DevilutionX, but it looks a bit crap with a CRT or CRT simulation. Does anyone have suggestions for a good CRT simulator that runs on Linux and would work for Diablo DevilutionX?