NinSEGA Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I've received stuff from France that only took 5 business days to New England, and I chose the cheapest shipping option. Shipping time varies. What I do hate is that La Poste doesn't have a shipment tracker on their English site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzLee Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Mine arrived yesterday.... Fired it up, not intending to play much. I like the new speed mode and additional colors. I got about 1/2 through the game before I had to go to bed. I am surprised I still remember what to do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 My game arrived yesterday as well. Box Art is top notch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronMongeR Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Mine also arrived yesterday, will be playing it tonight, finally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkoVitch Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I am somewhat annoyed! Recieved my parcel from France today, opened it.. AND THERE ARE ONLY 54 little green bits of foam!!!!!!!!!11111oneoneone This is just not acceptable! If they hadn't put that bloody Atari Jaguar game in there, there would have easily been enough room for 64 little green bits of foam! worse it has even squished some of the 54!! When will I get my 64 bits of foam!? Yeah mine turned up today! top notch packaging game box is pristine, just wish I had more time to play it now! well done guys! (and yes, I did count the packing peanuts ) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 (edited) Got mine from the post office today, it arrived yesterday but it seems that I didn't hear the doorbell or something :-/ and now I must wait until tonight to play it. Very much looking forward to it. BTW I did not count the bits of foam but the game box looks fantastic. Very well done! Edited December 18, 2013 by PeterG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitari Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I am somewhat annoyed! Recieved my parcel from France today, opened it.. AND THERE ARE ONLY 54 little green bits of foam!!!!!!!!!11111oneoneone This is just not acceptable! If they hadn't put that bloody Atari Jaguar game in there, there would have easily been enough room for 64 little green bits of foam! worse it has even squished some of the 54!! When will I get my 64 bits of foam!? Yeah mine turned up today! top notch packaging game box is pristine, just wish I had more time to play it now! well done guys! (and yes, I did count the packing peanuts ) Surely you mean there were only 32 bits where you were expecting 64 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im_reg Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I'm yet to receive mine but have been told it's on it's way. Can't wait. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minux Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Got mine today with the tracking number never showing up in the Post's system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Mine arrived in the States on Friday, but doesn't seem to have moved since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Mine arrived in the States on Friday, but doesn't seem to have moved since. The people at the customs probably have a hard time playing it through. It is quite the trial-and-error kind of game so they need some time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 It's really well packaged, customs are probably trying to work out how to damage it Mine arrived in the States on Friday, but doesn't seem to have moved since. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K3V Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Got mine today. Fantastic work, all - the first level came back to me just like I was playing it yesterday. Proud to give this one a home on my Jaguar games shelf. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtori Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Surely you mean there were only 32 bits where you were expecting 64 I'm not sure about anyone else, but I appreciated that joke. And mine arrived today too! Amazing presentation: top quality box, manual and cart. Can't wait to play it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinSEGA Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Wow, you guys are making me jelly. Is anyone going to upload some gameplay to YouTube? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 So, I'm getting concerned... Lettre Recommandée Internationale 13/12/2013 US Arrivée Does that mean that it arrived in the US on the 13th, or that it was supposed to have arrived at my house? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Wow, you guys are making me jelly. Is anyone going to upload some gameplay to YouTube? You're obviously new to this. New homebrews are usually praised for nice boxes, then put on the shelves and dusted off on a weekly base until resale. That said, here is a video by janatari. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 After spending some time yesterday with the game I can share a few thoughts. As many others already said (myself included) this is a really nice release. Aside from the box you can see that a lot of effort went into the release with a nice booklet with quite a few languages. (The game also let's you choose different languages, although in this game it is not that important but still nice.) The only downside to the box is that it catches fingerprints rather easily but I don't mind that and I don't think it is to dark either. It really does look good on my shelf. The label is perfectly applied to the cart. Everything screams quality so from the outside this is a really good example of a quality release. Guess Jagfans can be quite sattisfied with the releases of Impulse x on cart and Another World this year. Concerning the game I made a few surprising experiences. I remember playing the game back in the day but now I realized that I never made it very far. (More and more games of my childhood came up like that lately, where you have fond memories and then see that you didn't even make it through the game. :-)) Well I did yesterday and I had a great evening although the game can be quite frustrating. It's interesting that I remembered it a bit more fluidly like Flashback (which is not that fluid to start with :-)) I hoped that the speedy mode would help with that but I can't imagine how anyone can play the game in this mode since some of the fights and jumps and whatnot need quite some timining. Maybe this was added only to be able to get past some of the more tedious parts of the game. Speaking of which the game has a few drawn out parts and it shows it's age while it is perfect in other aspects. Every time I fell down a hole I wished, I could hold on to the ledge like in Flashback. So some of the parts are a bit to much tapping the joypad in the right direction instead of moving on but still I could not let go because I wanted to know how it goes on. And knowing that the game itself is not that long it made the frustrating parts endeurable because I died a lot. But there was only one part of it where I thought the game is broken. You have to blast a hole in the ground and I did not know how or that it must be done and I was to stubborn to look it up on a walkthrough, so I lost a lot of time there. But aside from that I enjoyed it very, very much how you come up to the solutions after some time and trying out different things and failing. Didn't think I still have the patience for trial and error but you are rewarded with a few really nice moments and quite a few nice comedic moments. (On a sidenote I had a interesting bug. Underground where you have to evade the monsters in the ground and on the ceiling I had an interesting death, where my protagonist split in two. One was killed with leg in the ground, while the other still had his running animation and fell down or something. That was odd but only happened one time) My critiscism for the speedy mode aside I do like very much that one can choose language, game mode and evrything on the fly. I like looking at the original vs improved backgrounds. I was thinking how a modern remake would look like but then I remembered how dissapointed I was with the Remake of Flashback, so maybe it is just nice that we finally got the Jaguar version. Thanks for this release! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBO Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 (and yes, I did count the packing peanuts ) And thanks for the information. Now I know how many I have to find in my flat since my cats played with these... (just kidding, I got it at last RGC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I'm beginning to think they are shipping in *reverse* order from the numbers... I'm #53 and still have not got mine but the other guy in Kentucky did... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebRmv Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 PeterG, thanks for your review. I am really happy to see that people appreciate our work.Regarding the speedy mode, here is the story.I had a meeting with Eric in february 2012 where I showed him the (almost) final version so that he can give me his criticisms.During the meeting, I showed him this hack to demonstrate the raw power of the Jaguar (he was clearly astonished that the game runs so smoothly).As he had lots of fun to finish the game this way (yes, he did it!), we finally decided to incorporate this hack to final release. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) Hey Seb, yes I am really happy that the game is out now and you can be proud of the work you've done. It is also nice that the creator of the game himself had fun with it ( does he own a Jaguar himself now;-)) Well I could imagine that if anyone beats the game in this mode, it must be Eric. Heh, well I thought it would be the modern way to speed things up in between because there are a few scence quite painful like in the end dragging along the pavement. But to play it at this speed...instant death :-) And for those who can do it. It is over in ten minutes. Edit: And thanks for sharing this story, it is always interesting to hear stuff like that. I didn't know it was intended merely as a hack, I thought it was supposed to be a alternative to play the game. But I started in standard anyway because I wanted to experience the game as it was intended. Edited December 19, 2013 by PeterG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinSEGA Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 PeterG, thanks for your review. I am really happy to see that people appreciate our work. Regarding the speedy mode, here is the story. I had a meeting with Eric in february 2012 where I showed him the (almost) final version so that he can give me his criticisms. During the meeting, I showed him this hack to demonstrate the raw power of the Jaguar (he was clearly astonished that the game runs so smoothly). As he had lots of fun to finish the game this way (yes, he did it!), we finally decided to incorporate this hack to final release. You guys are awesome. Thanks for including that mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Hey Seb, yes I am really happy that the game is out now and you can be proud of the work you've done. It is also nice that the creator of the game himself had fun with it ( does he own a Jaguar himself now;-)) Well I could imagine that if anyone beats the game in this mode, it must be Eric. Heh, well I thought it would be the modern way to speed things up in between because there are a few scence quite painful like in the end dragging along the pavement. But to play it at this speed...instant death :-) And for those who can do it. It is over in ten minutes. Edit: And thanks for sharing this story, it is always interesting to hear stuff like that. I didn't know it was intended merely as a hack, I thought it was supposed to be a alternative to play the game. But I started in standard anyway because I wanted to experience the game as it was intended. Buy an Amiga 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Buy an Amiga An ST. The game was first developed on an ST! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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