Yeah it happens quite a bit. It's really frustrating when you glimpse nuggets of goodness and you don't know how to catch them, or if it's possible at all.
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Yeah it happens quite a bit. It's really frustrating when you glimpse nuggets of goodness and you don't know how to catch them, or if it's possible at all.
The game in question is "Street Supremacy" for PSP, which is actually a Tokyo Xtreme Racer localized. I understood immediately what it was going for because I heard about the series recently. Evidently the reviewers of the era did not.
*Randomly stumbles upon a very niche Japanese game from the 00s*
"Hey this is pretty cool although a bit weird"
*Checks reviews of the era*
"Oh right, reviewers really hated mid-tier Japanese games back then..."
Okay, these two shmups here look EXTREMELY legit from the trailers, but have four user-reviews between them. What gives?
store.steampowered.com/app/2262880/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3091520/...
I swear, every time I go looking at Steam for more than five minutes I dig up something cool.
Hey you, do you remember THAT indie game?
The one you’ve bought at a deep sale and really enjoyed?
Leave it a short review, even if it’s just a few words.
Each single review goes a long way for their visibility.
Just to add my own 2p's worth: this is probably the best stage based block breaker available The ball never gets to unhinged speeds & it's fully playable without a mouse / dial. Scoring is sane & targets are easy to hit
It's at least on par with Gunbarich (no idea what its port's like though)
Zelda MC for GBA
Zelda PH for DS
Zelda WW for GC
Fable 2 for Xbox 360
Metroid SR for 3DS (bleh)
Zelda BotW for Switch
Yeah I like Zelda.
Tearaway for Vita
And now Ridge Racer 2 for PSP despite the fact that my Vita is hacked
J'espère que cette folie s'arrêtera bientôt 🙏
Blaze of Storm (Axelay reference)
Blaze of Storm (possible Layer Section reference)
Blaze of Storm (Truxton bomb reference)
Blaze of Storm (possible Raiden reference)
Blaze of Storm is a very fun and solid shmup. It also has a TON of shmup references in it. I know I saw at least Phelios, Guardic (Guardian Legend), Axelay, Layer Section (Rayforce), Raiden, Tatsujin (Truxton) and Musha Aleste (M.U.S.H.A.) references in it plus more I probably missed.
#shmuo
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a sketch of a smartphone with tactile buttons for home/window/back, headphone jack, no AI BS, sim card thingy you can open with your nail, camera that doesn't cover the damn screen, and a 5 inch/127mm screen which is a reasonable size
I wouldn't say I'm massively into phones or anything but I sketched this out of frustration bc why are there no modern phones with these features, it would be so perfect and I'm mad the only ones are old and slow
"My technology will take political capital away from one of your greatest enemies—liberal women with degrees—and give one of your favorite demographics to patronize—working-class men—more political power to transfer to you [the GOP]."
Palantir CEO promises that his technology will reduce educated women's economic and political power newrepublic.com/post/207693/...
Screenshot of a Tweet by @TheChiefNerd inclusing an interview with Sam Altman. The text in the Tweet says: SAM ALTMAN: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”
The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever.
It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.
Gun Frontier and Metal Black are masterpieces
Play Xevious next if you haven't. It's rough and old and very good.
I've been trying all shmups since 1962 (I've recently started 1990)
www.cosmo0.fr/retrogaming-...
You might find something that looks cool, and if you give me criterias I might help you pick something. I can't help about long term though, I just play a few levels to get a feel.
I think Wonder Planet has permanent upgrades purchase but it's a Xevious style shmup.
There are very good ones in the early 80s! Plenty of "forgotten classics" like Phoenix, Astro Blaster, Gorf, Pleiads, Spiders, Satan's Hollow...
"Why are younger players gravitating toward retro titles - and how should studios respond to this trend?"
Heroes III is the top-selling retro game on GOG... and almost half of buyers are under the age of 25.
GOG's theory: for younger generations that grew up with Minecraft and Roblox, graphical/technical fidelity *does not matter*, which is a huge market shift #GDC2026
How do you define retro? Interesting: GOG is defining "retro" from a marketing angle. Specifically, it's a game where nostalgia can be part of its marketing, even if it's only ~10 years old #GDC2026
Wait a minute lol...so Sega reused their own art a few years later for this title screen
It's part of a short lived trend of submarine-styled Space Invaders clones in 1980: Tomahawk 777 (Data East), Polaris (Taito), Helifire (Nintendo), and N-Sub (Sega).
Funny how they all rushed at once then dropped it as fast as they could.
Funny how people go "it's a PSP memory card!" while it was used extensively in all of Sony's products: phones, cameras, etc. Only the PSP remains in the collective consciousness.
Ito sees this as their cause, and their way of giving back to the industry
they also note that, while it seems like the commercial reissue industry's booming, in reality, it's just old folk rebuying old games, whereas reissuing these games within Yakuza for free is introducing them to younger...
...players who wouldn't necessarily get them otherwise, and simply informing them of the history should hopefully generate interest that can help keep them alive into the future
Horii notes that you'd be surprised by how many younger folk say they'd never played games like Outrun until Yakzua 0
reminder for anyone who doesn't want to wait, or is worried that Granzella might implode between now and the informal June ETA for the intl versions: R-Type Tactics 1+2 Cosmos launched on consoles in Japan today, with a full multi-language loc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDg68HEJd14
Go buy Gun Frontier and Metal Black if you haven't! They're legit masterpieces.
Hamster / Taito ad
10 Arcade Archives Taito games are on sale, ranging from relative trash which is stull fun (Final Blow / Violence Fight) to legit masterpieces (most of the others) to Dino Rex (beyond ranking, it is simply Dino Rex tier)