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by Nexus-X
Sat May 25, 2024 8:47 pm
Forum: Sony and Microsoft
Topic: The Vita is now officially dead
Replies: 6
Views: 11402

Re: The Vita is now officially dead

I’ve been playing mine a lot lately. Like it’s the only console I’ve touched in the last 3 weeks. I redownloaded Need for Speed: Most Wanted and I’ve been playing through the campaign, taking it seriously for once. Though it has major performance issues, it’s still a pretty amazing little handheld o...
by Nexus-X
Thu May 09, 2024 8:37 pm
Forum: Sony and Microsoft
Topic: Playstation 2 games that support mouse and keyboard via USB?
Replies: 32
Views: 46518

Re: Playstation 2 games that support mouse and keyboard via USB?

While not on official hardware, this person has a wealth of mouse injector hack gameplay and resources for both PS1 and PS2 titles. This allows users to add mouse support into games via emulation. Some noteworthy examples: Jumping Flash! Armored Core: Project Phantasma Armored Core 2 Ghost in the Sh...
by Nexus-X
Sat May 04, 2024 1:27 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Limited Run Games shipped CD-Rs to customers
Replies: 13
Views: 539

Re: Limited Run Games shipped CD-Rs to customers

Similar things have happened with Limited Run before and they will happen again. I ran into several orders issues with them a few years ago and I avoid buying from them now, unless it’s something on the shelf at Best Buy or readily available through Amazon. Ironically, their least troublesome produc...
by Nexus-X
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: Sega
Topic: Assault Suit series appreciation
Replies: 105
Views: 561257

Re: Assault Suit series appreciation

City Connection confirmed on Twitter that the physical and digital Asian and Japanese releases WILL NOT include the English translation. This will be exclusive to digital releases on Xbox and Steam.

This could mean a western release is coming up.
by Nexus-X
Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: Shmups
Topic: Contra is back
Replies: 17
Views: 17188

Re: Contra is back

I don’t know what’s going on with them. This will probably end up like River City Girls 2. That game launched on all platforms with a 30fps cap and it had some performance issues. I think those issues even made it into the physical copies. Some time later it was patched up at 60fps on most platforms...
by Nexus-X
Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:49 pm
Forum: Shmups
Topic: Contra is back
Replies: 17
Views: 17188

Re: Contra is back

I’ve seen collectors do some weird things. Like printing out labels for digital only games and putting them in empty cases so they can line them up on a shelf with their other physical games. I’m also glad that games are more accessible today than ever. I feel like developers should still strive to ...
by Nexus-X
Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: Shmups
Topic: Contra is back
Replies: 17
Views: 17188

Re: Contra is back

Yes, LRG appears to have exclusive distribution rights in the US unfortunately. The game is getting a general retail release in Europe and it will be available around the end of April. LRG says September for theirs. Amazon should ship to the US at least: m There is one caveat. The Switch version of ...
by Nexus-X
Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:39 pm
Forum: Shmups
Topic: Contra is back
Replies: 17
Views: 17188

Re: Contra is back

I think Contra Hard Corps had a 1 hit death option in Japan on hard difficulty, but I might be misremembering. I wouldn’t be surprised if 1 hit deaths were imposed on the western release to inflate the difficulty so that people couldn’t beat the game in a single rental, as was a popular tactic back ...
by Nexus-X
Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: Shmups
Topic: Contra is back
Replies: 17
Views: 17188

Re: Contra is back

This is out next month. The demo dropped earlier this week on all platforms. The Switch and PS4 versions are capped at 30fps and suffer from heavy input lag. Stick with the PC, PS5, and Xbox Series versions. I’m not a fan of the aesthetic, but it’s alright. It feels like Contra III with a double jum...
by Nexus-X
Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:58 am
Forum: Old-School Gaming News
Topic: Tomb Raider trilogy remasters release tomorrow!
Replies: 7
Views: 611

Re: Tomb Raider trilogy remasters release tomorrow!

I’m holding out for physical. From what I’ve seen, a few things could be improved with updates too. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were some patches to adjust lighting and some other collision issues soon. Hopefully a potential disc version would be patched up and it isn’t distributed by some awfu...