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Updated from 2019, expect software listings, hardware breakdowns, historical context, and gorgeous screenshots.
Oh, I didn't know there was an i-mode game, but seems like there is and if that is what you mean then it is for sure the same series! ( www.artdink.co.jp/japanese/tit...)
As for A-Train itself, yep its been running since 1985 and has a LOT of sequels ( www.artdink.co.jp/products/a-t... )!
If you need this version game I've heard its available at some archive online on the internet. :)
Weekend Project: Translate the Windows 95 version of A-Train 1 into English, introduce scaled graphics so it can be enjoyed on modern monitors, make map editor easily accessible. Available now at github.com/maspling/a-t... if anyone is curious about the start of the long running series.
Someone mentioned that no-one had scanned the A-Train 6 manual for PS2. Since the game is notoriously hard to wrap your head around (with no in-game tutorial), I decided to scan it! Outside of my normal PC Engine work, but hey, it's Artdink! archive.org/details/a-tr...
Rad! I'm getting some reaction guys vibes from the expressions as well :D
That's....Sonic Heroes isn't it? I'm not sure how to feel about recognizing it tbh.
I wanted to play some #PSOBB on #Ephinea, and had some trouble configuring wine/proton (Linux) to get it to run, so I made a flatpak to make the process easier. Hopefully it can be helpful for others in the same situation (should work on both desktops and steamdecks!) github.com/maspling/eph...
Yeah, it does have the smell of "Management is forcing us to implement AI, lets collect data to create an argument against it"
They use livekit with a matrix layer to handle room presence, calling it MatrixRTC. I believe nheko and fluffychat also have support for it. But yes, in general I think matrix has a big issue of element basically implementing features and then forcing matrix to adopt them because it is in use.
now that megaman 12 has a release date we can finally confirm that clarissa explains it all takes place in the year 2027
people don't want an agentic os they want to do this
So, โOrder of the Sinking Starโ by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I havenโt been very involved but itโs a great concept and looks cool.
Sunsoft's City Hunter game for the PC Engine returns in 2026, in multiple languages. An early game developed by Flight-Plan (Summon Night). www.youtube.com/watch?v=acYc...
PC-Engine's Kato-chan Ken-chan, played by Kato-Chan!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMol...
Back from Japan, ended up picking up some PC engine games, but also ihatovo monogatari, moon and some artdink stuff!
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
The Newer Zealand story
Went into the local surugaya looking for more PC Engine games, but yet again I get enticed by the artdink games :D
Record of Lodoss War (1992) | RPG | PC Engine CD | Humming Bird Soft
Released only in Japan, this take on the famous fantasy epic featured an intro closely following the one used in the 1990 anime adaptation featuring the theme song, Adesso e Fortuna, sung by Sherry!
If you've ever wondered what the connection is between the erotic mahjong game series Super Real Mahjong and the summer holiday game series Boku no Natsuyasumi, here's a short article about Asako Kumura / ็ๆ้บปๅญ:
vgdensetsu.net/asakokumura/
I just learned about a site with previously-unpublished cheat codes (joypad sequences) for PC Engine games ! (Japanese language)
One of these (Tekipaki Working Love) will help me examine a new bug in MiSTer's PC Engine core.
Owner is Twitter user yamada_arthur
makainyumon.web.fc2.com/cheat/
Not to mention that it would be a gateway to being able to do ROM hacks and hardcore retro game development down the line!
ShaderGlass 1.0 has been released! Big update! ๐จ
Apply shaders to any app on your desktop: gaming, pixel art and video. ๐บ
Free and open source! Links in reply.
Throwing everything into the Action-Adventure bucket is a time-honored tradition!
I talked with the IGDB team a few years ago about it. Conclusion being that genres are broken and fluid anyway and the only way to get something aligning with general consensus is to have something like steam's tagging system. But then you get overcorrection as well, like sport games tagged as coop.
Nintendo's marketing department calls Mario an adventure game. It is very hard to use them as a measuring stick when they optimize for SEO and other tricks to get the game to show up in as many contexts as possible.
Accidentally stumbled on a YouTube channel with a ton of super-obscure Japanese video game commercials from the 80s and 90s, like this one for Hudson's early PC Engine JRPG Susano-o Densetsu
@sonoota.bsky.social I just played the new MASH VP update where SEETHE / SO87 is featured, and I just wanted to share this highlight with you of my first reaction when I heared it in the song list. The track is amazing! www.twitch.tv/videos/23498...
j.b. harold murder club, turbografx cd (1991) archive.org/details/tgxc...
