Gradius III has the exact same problem. Still never beat either.
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"In the Hunt" (irem shmup) and several other new Arcade Archives games announced (Switch)
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Someone made a ROM hack a few months back that fixes the slowdown! The asteroid mission is now practically impossible lol.
I really hope Hamster get around to all the Irem arcade games, even thought there's some licensing issues with a few of them. I'd like Bomberman World, but Konami. Hook is also unlikely.
But I'd take R-Type Leo, Undercover Cops, Ninja Baseball Batman and Superior Soldiers. All the Irem M92 games are great.
But I'd take R-Type Leo, Undercover Cops, Ninja Baseball Batman and Superior Soldiers. All the Irem M92 games are great.
Yes to all those! And Gunforce 1-2.
I want Hamster to start concentrating on later Konami and Taito games as well from the early and mid 90s.
Yes, yes, yes, yes!
I like this news very much, even if i only care about In The Hunt and Twinbee from that list, though i will admit i haven't played Time Tunnel and T.A.N.K.
But who cares when In The Hunt is coming to Switch!?
I like this news very much, even if i only care about In The Hunt and Twinbee from that list, though i will admit i haven't played Time Tunnel and T.A.N.K.
But who cares when In The Hunt is coming to Switch!?
At least Zero Divine gives us physical shmup action on switch in the mean time.
O'm guessing Japan only, right?
Yeah, I saw that...great? Now I have no hope of beating it. Hahaha
They've got a great track record with accuracy. Usually they add the emu options you'd expect (DIP switch per game settings, button config, save states, language/region select, blur filter, vertical orientation sometimes, etc) plus online scoreboards.
Zero.div selfpublished all the games on the western eShops but NISA is also doing 2 packaged collections with all of them.
It's not out yet. As far as I know, an official date hasn't been announced. :(
I hope the price of the ps1 version of In the Hunt takes a dip on ebay. It's one I've been eying for a few years now.
or why we got ACA Neo Geo on the Windows Store and not on Steam?
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Reminder:
Game is out in EU (and US?). Grabbed it immediatly.
addendum: If you think you know 'hard' games, think again.
lol
Game is out in EU (and US?). Grabbed it immediatly.
addendum: If you think you know 'hard' games, think again.
lol
Reminder:
Game is out in EU (and US?). Grabbed it immediatly.
addendum: If you think you know 'hard' games, think again.
lol
Thanks for the heads up! It's available in the US too: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/arcade-archives-in-the-hunt-switch/
It is out in the US. I was checking the store quickly before heading out for work, and it was in the new releases section for $7.99. I couldn't buy it fast enough.
I haven't, however, played it yet. I had an imported Japanese copy for the Saturn, and it had a weird bug where the game wouldn't boot if a controller was connected to the system.
I haven't, however, played it yet. I had an imported Japanese copy for the Saturn, and it had a weird bug where the game wouldn't boot if a controller was connected to the system.
Yes, I have almost all ACA releases on Switch and it creates a problem. We need folders.
If ACA's options bother you , do not buy a Johnny Turbo release. Those don't even allow you to turn off pixel smoothing. Fuck them.
Just bought this game, and the non-Neo Geo Archives have pretty decent choices for filters.
The game looks really, really nice on the Switch, regardless of the lack of scaling, in my opinion.
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It was also one of the few 2D shmups where the ps1 version was better.
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Yeah. You can choose from like 10 different filters (incl scanlines etc) but for whateverreason they don't allow a pixel-perfect non-filtered version. Its so damn weird and frustrating
I only bought unique one-of-a-kind arcade games via turbo arcade on switch.
These are namely the uncut version of Night Slashers (the ONLY official rerelease of the game) and Sly Spy because it's just a damn fun 2D action side scroller.
First ACA game where you can use rapid-fire for High Score mode and it will show on the leaderboards ON/OFF depending if you've used rf or not. Awesome! Now let us play in TATE mode in High Score mode for games besides Nintendo's arcade releases like Donkey Kong.
I've stopped asking about a scaline filter without blur smoothing... I just wish some journalist would ask/pressure Hamster (and Zero Div/City Connection) about it, but considering it's been 2+ years...
Anyway, holy slowdown batman! I didn't remember how heavy it was, but at least it helps making ITH a bit more manageable lol
I've stopped asking about a scaline filter without blur smoothing... I just wish some journalist would ask/pressure Hamster (and Zero Div/City Connection) about it, but considering it's been 2+ years...
Anyway, holy slowdown batman! I didn't remember how heavy it was, but at least it helps making ITH a bit more manageable lol
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Haha
You can "feel" that the metal slug devs programmed it.
It seems like they didn't give a damn what the available hardware could do (without slowdown).
They just went in all guns blazing
You can disable smoothing. Game is gorgeous, playing in very easy and rapid fire to get the hang of it.
That's something i wished that they did not port to the switch version :)
Is it the same as the original ?
Hey, this is awesome, I might have to pick this up.
I read a fair bit about this in Bitmap Book's new Metal Slug book (link), there's a sizeable section of the book dedicated to both ITH and Gunforce 2, and the interviews with the developers speak about them and their time at Irem making them a bit. It's well worth picking up.
I read a fair bit about this in Bitmap Book's new Metal Slug book (link), there's a sizeable section of the book dedicated to both ITH and Gunforce 2, and the interviews with the developers speak about them and their time at Irem making them a bit. It's well worth picking up.
It's criminal that they are releasing these classics in such a state. Thread worthy!
You can turn the smoothing OFF. Smoothing starts at intensity level 0 but you can go - 1. Its literally written "off" .
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There is still definitely some strange filter (or whatever) applied inherently. Even if you turn them "off".
The difference in image quality between johnny turbos games and hamster games is dramatic.
Turbo games look like a blurry mess in comparison.
Oh, I was confused, thought you were talking about the Hamster ACA releases. 😓
Yeah the JT releases look smeared and stretched no matter what you do.
I was having a mini conversation about Johnny Turbo games, not ACA. Or did you mean to tell me that there is a way to turn off smoothing in JT releases? Because there definitely isn't. Despite what it might say in the UI.
I love ACA! (But someone - please tell me why they still default to smoothing? Holy shit, who likes this?)