Video Game General v8.01D : PC Gaming Golden Age, Big Box (Part 1)

Never seen that color Saturn before, nice

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It’s Japanese. They came in all kinda of colors over there. Always wanted a white one myself.

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Cause of all the cum stains.

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Does it have that add on to play X-Men vs street fighter?

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Thats a expansion Ram cart that fits in the cart slot behind the Disc Drive door.

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Yea as Darksakuke said that’s an expansion port. I don’t have the 4mb ram cart no. I did have the action replay 4mb cart that did the same thing but it went missing some years ago and I never got around to replacing it.

The 4mb ram cart is on my shopping list tho yea.

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The Expansion Ram cart comes in 1mb and 4mb variants
Some games need the extra 1mb, some need the 4mb, some that need the 1mb glitch on the 4mb.
And there like 2 or 3 games that need their own dedicated expansion cart for that particular game.

The Slot can also be used for memory back up carts, as the game saves on the console rely on the 2032 Coin Cell that sits in the back, it also keeps language setting and the time and date.

The Action Replay Cart allows to substitute for 1mb and 4mb Ram Carts, can be used for Back up Saves, a cheat engine as well as helping bypass security to run imports.

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Yup yup.

And the Saturn works so woot woot.

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https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1297624378905989120?s=21

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Naw this isn’t some cancel culture hype, in business/life in the public stage if you mess up on a public stage you either need the cloat/funds to bury it or step aside.

Mike is taking the gamble that he has the power to weather this, but it would have been easier to take the money and start over.

Fuck yeah, the best Shmup on the console.

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Man I remember the ram cart being a pita. Pretty sure my bros and I went through a few of them, but I don’t remember why.

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Its that the cart slot breaks easily if misused
Also many of the 3rd party ones were junk

Also some games need their correct Cart, some 1mb games don’t play well with 4mb.
And there a few games that need their own dedicated cart like King of Fighters 96 need’s its own special cart.

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It’s my namesake for a reason man.

With that said the Saturn is swimming in amazing shmups if you are willing to pay the money for it. It’s still the only place to play a proper copy of Batsugun, Toaplans last shmup and the last Shmup Ikeda made before forming CAVE and changing the game completely with the Dodonpachi series. More Dakka!!!

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Hard disagree.
The only outrage is in social media by the usual cancel culture retards.
Not giving a shit about their stupidity is the best course of action

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Apple may not care about gaming all that much (though Apple Arcade’s existence kidna suggests otherwise), but they’re still earning revenue from it as it takes a 30% cut off EVERY in-app purchase, so the biggest f2p titles give them hella cash because of the microtransactions in gachas and the like. It’s in their best interest to keep companies like Epic on the platform, they just got extra pissed off since Fortnite bypassed a way for Apple to collect those 30%, and Apple pletty much expects Epic to just bend over (not sure about Google here)

Dude if Apple cared about games they not half ass the game collection on Apple Arcade on the Apple TV. Apple cares about selling its phone, laptops, desktops and workstations for people who are or think they are artists. Apple never cared about gaming, even when they partnered with Namco Bandai on their only console the Pipin.

This is the only thing you got right, Epic needs Apple more than Apple needs Epic.
This is the same with Google, Google also kicked Epic off it’s Android Play Store.
Microsoft doubling down with Epic just to spite Apple, which is to be expected as MS and Apple feud with each other all the time over the most petty shit.

Look at the quality of most mobile games, they are quick cash grabs with most of their revenue coming from ads, not in app purchases. In app purchases are not guaranteed money, Ads are. Little shit games that most gamers ignore that people like my mother would play when shes bored is the majority of whats on the mobile market. Unity is a drop in the bucket for whats out there. Apple don’t need nor want Epic. They don’t care about Fortnight when they got Pokemon GO, Candy Crush, and Angry Birds, and Words with Friends.

Just got done with my initial run of Trials of Mana. Just under 33 hours. I’d write my impressions on it but It’s 3:35 in the morning and I’m exhausted from a busy weekend.

That said: I’ll leave write my overall thoughts on it when I wake up but after I do the Class 4 item fights and the post game dungeon.

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I just got my copy of Samurai Shodown V Special Limited Edition in the mail this week! Its a great package and even though I’ve bought the game like 4-5 times, I didn’t own a physical copy, which, for most games is ok with me. But this is like wanting to own a vinyl copy of one of your favorite albums for me.

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