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Damn just got all the way to the final boss of Sonic 2 with all chaos emeralds my first time trying as Knuckles, but even with 4 continues I kept messing up on the egg bot

I even resorted to watching a video guide on my last continue and still ended up with game over 😞

Picture of a Sega Genesis with Sonic and Knuckles in it and Sonic 2 in the lockout slot

Picture of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on a CRT TV with Knuckles being played in Green Hill Zone

Haven’t finished Sonic 2 yet but got the Sonic and Knuckles cart today so naturally had to try with Knuckles

I am just not a single genre type of gamer, end of last year my mindset was going all in on JRPGs, and I do love JRPGs but I thrive on variety

Lately been playing Sea of Stars, Sonic 2, and a couple bullet hells (Mushihimesama and Blue Wish Resurrection Plus)

End thoughts on SMTV, I did 3 endings total - 2 in CoC and 1 CoV

First playthrough was great, totally in love but on NG+ and CoV I was tired of the huge open areas and going through fast I realized how weak the writing is

Overall 6/10, but interested in other SMT titles because combat was 10/10

It looks really good!

WIP illustration screenshot of Hatsune Miku in a Sonic costume with Sonic the Hedgehog.

Two comfort characters in one canvas #wip

Screenshot with a list of mainline Sonic the Hedgehog games

These are the Sonic games I’m planning on playing, I’m going in release order not timeline

Asterisks mean I plan on playing it but might go out of order for that one

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Picture of CRT TV showing the bonus stage summary with 6 chaos emeralds in Sonic 1 on Genesis

Been working on this all week, beat Sonic 1 today with 6 chaos emeralds!

Can move on to 2 now!

Screenshot of Sonic the Hedgehog on Sega Genesis. Sonic is shooting into the air in Spring Yard Zone and the word COPE is in the background in sparkling letters.

This game is quite literally taunting me

Fanart of Kay from Gravity Rush. She's floating against a turquoise sky, looking directly at the camera, with the silhouette of an upside-down city behind her. Close to her is also the silhouette of a distant tree. In the foreground floating with her is a red apple.

GRAVITY RUSH

Right now I’m just before going to get the Vespertine, and to be clear so far I’d still rate this game VERY highly it’s just one gripe that kind of pulls me out when it happens

Playing Sea of Stars still and as much as I’m loving the gameplay I am really put off by all the 4th wall jokes and modern dialogue quips.

Story is good and the characters are likable, but the dialogue feels off. Which is sad because it started strong and around the pirates started going downhill.

Started Sea of Stars, this game is absolutely stunning, really pushes the boundaries of pixel art

Really fun too!

Screenshot of Sonic 2 on a CRT TV. Sonic stands on a hill at a checkpoint.

Screenshot of Sonic 2 on a CRT TV. Sonic is running through a Ring Challenge level.

This game looks amazing, I know SNES can technically display more colors and has real transparency and all that but the Genesis does look really good still

Picture of a Sega Genesis model 1 attached to a model 2 Sega CD with extender and a 32x

Hunting down all the early Sonic games so I'll need to build this monstrosity, it's a struggle finding good deals on some of this

Also MAYBE the Power Base Converter for the 8 bit Sonic 1 and 2

A Sega Genesis console with an in box copy of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 next to it on a hardwood floor. In the bottom left you can see the corner of a 3 button controller.

I got a Genesis and Sonic 2, but Sonic 1 won’t be coming til Monday, should I just start with Sonic 2?

There are so many Sonic games

I guess this applies to games before 16 bit era too idk why I wrote it like that but whatever

Stumbled across the mess of HD CRT videos on YT

I'm begging you

Please do not use HD CRTs for games from the 16 to 32 bit eras it's a waste and doesn't make sense, these are 4:3 games built for SD CRTs

Just get a regular CRT and composite cable, that's what everyone really used in the 90s anyway

Screenshot of CRT TV showing the end screen of Star Fox for SNES after finishing the easy path (middle on the map screen)

Easy path done :)

Screenshot of CRT TV at the beginning of the first boss fight in the SNES game Star Fox

Star Fox holds up so well. There is maybe one boss (not this one) where you have to fight against the controls a little but for the most part it’s got all the charm I remember

I have a lot of admiration for older games where you just pick it up and play, get as far as you can and that’s that

YouTube video by Godpuu Why CRT TVs Are IMPORTANT for Retro Gaming

Found this video on why CRTs are better for retro systems, describes it well and gives great examples

Only note would be it shows many examples very zoomed which can look bad and unlike it would look on CRT, though I understand that's probably to better show differences from pixel perfect displays

Don't get me wrong I really appreciate it too, I just think it could still be a little faster for how often you want to save - still way better than many JRPGs for sure

SMTV sort of has it, pressing d-pad left opens the save menu (at least in Vengeance on Xbox)

Could be better imo if instead of opening the save menu it just saved to a designated quick save slot though, because in that game you want to save every 5 seconds and constantly opening the menu gets old

Two I see is either all reposts but media tab is empty or just a few posts but the art style is all over in both style and skillset

Unfortunately these aren’t 100%, they could be a real artist and new or trying new things (hell my art can be inconsistent), hard to tell sometimes

Wow she's gorgeous! You really did it with the shading on this one it looks SO good, I love how the highlights are really bright and popping but it still manages to look like night because of the rest of the shading

An entry for Kurt’s Christmas Lyra DTIYS Lyra is sitting on Santa’s sleigh while winking and waving at the viewer, she’s high up in the night sky with the moon brightly shining behind her; everything is very sparkly and blue tone

Christmas Lyra for @kaatokunart.bsky.social 🎄❤️✨
#lyradtiysXP #lyradtiys

When the Switch 2 was announced for the first hour or so I thought it was coming out in April, and I still think about it

A cropped image of Miku holding the surgefire SMG from Fortnite. She is visible from the waist-up and is pouting looking to the right, offscreen. She is shaded with solid black. There is large japanese text obscured behind her and a distant battle bus in the corner. The image is messily drawn.

WIP >.<