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Openly weeping at a Kev O'Neil reference outside my usual 2000ad circles. 🥲

I saw it as part of the game's generosity towards the player, as it chimed so nicely with always offering a suite of missions across the difficulty spectrum. It's part of the invitation to get stuck in and truly play with the systems.

Thanks Tom! It's a genuinely special game.

Though obv the correct answer is NTSC-J PC Engine HuCard.

NeoGeo pocket EU!

GameCube must be the last decent platform to fullset. Or maybe WiiU?

There was a guy on r/gamecollecting going for a PAL PS2 fullset and the amount of late-era, short-run shovelware licensed rubbish they needed to find was genuinely alarming. Can't imagine what it's like trying to do the same for the Wii.

Did the opposite, lent a Dreamcast and games to a mate, never saw them again. Had a PAL Cannon Spike in there.

Heat Signature: The Definitive Review Always. Be. Crashbeaming. Glitchtrapping. Shotgunning. Wrenching. Subverting (extreme range, self-charging)

With huge apologies to @pentadact.com , I have written about #heatsignature , the best space heist stealth murder gadget hacking tactical puzzle game ever made:

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In reference to my R-Type Final 3 Evolved stuff, here's the first thing I ever saw about R-Type, via Commodore User's arcade pages. These four screenshots set my imagination ablaze.

Why I simply have a CRT on hand for these things, don't you know.

Eh, get a real Speccy 128 and a DivMMC Future.

The tramp watching the first heist.

How To Play R-Type Final 3 Evolved: The Definitive Review Or any of the R-Types Final, as it goes

Because you should love it like I do, here's how to play #R-Type Final (and 2 and 3 and 3 Evolved):

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The 8-Bit Experience - The Commodore Plus/4: The Definitive Review Riding behind the wave, 48KB down

The 8-bit machine that was sort of the Xbox Series X of its day, only with better corporate management: open.substack.com/pub/affectio...

The Discreet Charm Of The Filler Game: The Definitive Review Actually another piece on R-Type Final 3 Evolved

It's time for another #R-Type Final 3 love-in. It's my filler game for October, as I genuinely think I can get all the ships before Outer Worlds 2 comes out.

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There was a banger of a TV series in the Harris/Hemmings bomb defusal double-act. Surprisingly decent film.

Unless it's Yakuza Zero. Then it is fine.

I sometimes wish colour printing was never invented.

Avowed’s Last Maps: The Definitive Review I vowed, I sowed and I wowed.

A wonderful game full of heart and soul, Avowed is just too nice to be ignored. #avowed #obsidian

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Thanks Andy!

One More Win: The Definitive Review Ridge Racer Romance Realised

With huge apologies to @ultrabrilliant.xyz , here is my review of his fanzine, which actually becomes some vague mess about late-era PS1 racing games and other waffle. open.substack.com/pub/affectio...

Breakpoint at 3?!? 😘❤️

Strider: The Definitive Review Always. Be. Striding.

After a month off, here's a thing about Strider, which is really about rock-hard combat platformers.

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Oh fuck he's an exec producer 😭

TRON Ares was always going to be trash, James. I am a Lisburger fundamentalist. Without him, it's nothing.

Just a FYI that I haven't given up on Affectionate Discourse, I was merely on holiday. For ages! Lucky me.

One of the most consistently great writer/artist combos. Classic 2000ad vibes at its very best. Much like Azymuth!

Oh man. This is as saddening as the Cheshire Catalyst. Eric's interview segments were great. His PC setup was awesome, too. One of the greatest accidental joys of BBS: The Documentary is glimpsing the various early-noughts battlestations.

50p!