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  6. Posted

    I read most of that and pretty much gathered this, you haven't played a good games that used the touch screen worth a damn. But they do exsist I assure you.

     

    And that's exactly what I said someone would say. The problem isn't that I haven't played enought games, the problem will come when I play games you like, and may, or may not like them. I'll still get the same response either way, what I play/like is completely irrelevant to the responce I will recieve.

     

    OK, let me get this straight.

     

    The Nintendo DS has all the buttons and D-pad needed to allow the Arwing controls to be exactly like they were in the SNES Starfox (the only one with good controls), and they use the touchscreen exclusively instead?

     

    Exactly, and this is what I'm talking about, the DS has a perfect SNES style pad, and yet, few games use THAT to it's POTENTIAL. IMO, the DS has so far, in my experiance, been hurt by the fact that apparently, game makers feel some obligation to useing the touch screen, and will sacrifice the games controlls to do it.

     

    Tell me, in a FPS, how hard would it be, if you had to shoot someone on the screen by pointing at them? Kind of ruins it for me.

     

     

     

     

    Metroid

     

     

    Inversion is totally possible in the options menu. As is stylus sensitivity, left handed play and even the option to use the action buttons as looking (although I don't recommend it).

     

    Well, if it's available, I haven't found a way to do it. As I said, through the options, I can find an inversion setting, but only if I'm useing the touch screen. Maybe I'ms ome sort of dumbass, but I've tried everything I can think of, and still haven't pulled it off.

     

    Not to anyone in particular....

    I still, to this day, don't see what the facination is with the touch screen, I've done that since before video games existe. It's called Pen and Paper (by the way, befor systems got advanced enough to do them, that was the only way to play RPG's) Somehow, this seems more a step back for me, than a step forward. Nice that it's there, not nice that it's required when the buttons do the same thing, just as good.

     

    So go play something else.. what's the problem here? :lol:

  7. Posted · Edited by Major_Havoc

    Thanks guys. Updated binary to be posted soon... How do the 'new' landers look?

    Sorry-- but concerning the new landers :thumbsdown: . They're still quite a step away from the arcade original look. The legs need to be converged more like a tri-pod

     

    I haven't actually seen the game via emulator at all yet, but just judging purely by the screenshots, I like the landers they have now (the screenshots on top of the 3rd page) better than the ones you have in your screenshot.. theirs seems to match the arcade a little more. But then again, like I said I haven't tried either via actual gameplay :)

     

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  9. Posted

    So, has anyone else finished Marathon Mode yet? I thought 200 lines would be impossible, but the new mechanic where you can flip a piece indefinitely before it sets down really helps.

    It's a shame you can't watch the game footage on the top though when the action gets crazy.

     

    Well sure you can. That flip a piece indefinitely mechanic you mentioned works great as a way to "pause" the game while you watch the footage :lol:

  10. Posted

    Anyone making offers for it is trying to rob the seller, as they rightly expect it will go much higher than their offer before the auction ends.

     

    These offer makers are scum. There, I said it. It is reprehensible, it is unfair to the seller, other bidders, and even to eBay as they deserve the final value fee the item brings, fair and square. The offer maker gets a steal and everyone else gets screwed. I don't see how they can justify it.

     

    Go whistle blowers :P

  12. Posted

    and did anywhere did i say i've played all the other mario karts?

     

    NO, so how am i supposed to know?  The only other mario kart i own is the GBA version and i never played it that much to notice any different.

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    It's just the way it goes. The leading players get crap items, the trailing players get the real good stuff. It's not racing.. it's Mario Kart. That's the game :)

     

    And of course items aren't 'be all end all'. Getting a Bullet Bill or spiked shell when you're in last doesn't mean you're going to win. The items really mix it up and that's the fun of the game.

  14. Posted

    Nothing wrong with this.. Pinball tables have all sorts of themes. Hello... Dr. Who, Adamms Family, Playboy, Flash Gordon, Defender, Terminator 2, X-Files.. you could almost go on forever. :P

     

    Granted this aint a real pinball machine... but still :D

     

    I'm actually interested in that new Muppet Pinball Mayhem to be quite honest.. got decent scores and the playfields looks kinda fun :ponder:

     

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  15. Posted

    Here's the deal with Jr. Pacman. You know the speed hack that you see on most Ms. Pacs these days? Well the very same speedup does WONDERS to Jr. Pacman. :)

     

    It makes it infinitely more playable and enjoyable since the speed lends itself well to the larger mazes. It's still challenging too! Try it out sometime in Mame. Lots of arcade collectors I know who have a Jr. Pac put in the hack as well..

     

    Anyway I know Nukey made a 5200 version with a sped up Jr. Pac not all that long ago. The 2600 version is already pretty speedy in and of itself all around.. I wonder if a speed boost though on that would help out at all.. hmmmmm

  19. Posted

    They were in the toy department next to the Jaks game-on-a-stick things.

     

    They're not in the electronics area

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    Ah, THAT's my problem. I didn't look in the toy dept. Target (where I usually shop) sometimes puts the all-in-one joysticks in BOTH departments, but the Flashback has always been in electronics with the other video game systems.

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    Well you figure, the single very first post in this thread says...

     

    I decided to stroll over to the toy section and lo and behold, the Flashback 2!
    ;)

  24. Posted · Edited by Major_Havoc

    I have now decided that Pacman (Atari 82).atr is the superior version simply because of the accuracy of the sounds :D

     

    Is there any chance to HACK that sound into the Atari 5200 version. If so THAT would be the definitive of 8-Bit Pacman with

     

    1. Accurate Sound, and;

    2. Intermissions :)

  25. Posted

    Keita Iida  I've done a few trades with him from back then, I remember he got a little pissed once because in an email I spelled his name wrong, or used it backwards or something, oops.

     

    Again.. Keita is frequently on #rgvc. Although usually idle, I did communicate with him not all that long ago (maybe in Feb?). He's in Japan a lot these days so the best times to catch him are the off-hours there ;)

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