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    So in the continuing saga of "retro consoles that aren't lazy garbage and shameless cash grabs"... these guys are trying to resurrect the last great Commodore, the unreleased C-65. http://mega65.org/ Built on FPGAs, none of this ARM+emulator nonsense. REAL IRON! C64-compatible, C65-compatible(where they got the chance to do the necessary hardware tests on one of the prototypes I will never know), and offering a more modern mode that is still recognizably retro. Built-in SD card reader along with the normal hardware interfaces for cartridges and peripherals. And just to secure the title as baddest 8-bit home computer on the market, it can run its 6502-ish at 50 MHz! (Obviously, compatibility requires it to be speed-selectable for the C64's 1MHz or C65's 3.5 MHz. ) They're also trying to get the license to release this as an ACTUAL Commodore product instead of just a compatible look-alike.
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    I wouldn't mind a Legacy Collection X either. I'm sure Capcom will get there eventually. They seem to remember they actually own Megaman, at least.
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    I am actually surprised it WAS omitted. (Also that Capcom hasn't retitled it "Megaman 8.5" yet)
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    Honestly, I like that look. He has the boxy out-of-proportion look that so many of the original toys had, and that tickles my nostalgia bone. Where I'd complain is his shoulders. They come up WAY too high. Any further and they'd attach directly to his ears.
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    Oh, those guys aren't dead yet. After the big pile of BS they spewed the first time around and lengthy radio silence, I assumed the Retroblox people had disappeared. Nice to see they're finding more BS to spew. "First modular HD retro console" my backside. Ignoring that modular in this case means "we sell you extra parts to do what everyone else built into the base unit", the Retrofreak was still modular well before them. (And mark my words, the thing only exists because they saw the Retrofreak and realized it could be made more profitable by splitting the cartridge+controller adapter into a BUNCH of adapters). And they still haven't retired that "hybrid emulation" nonsense that seems to mean "ARM processor running an emulator, just like everyone else". If it doesn't, they should be shouting it from the mountaintops and telling everyone EXACTLY what it means. Their sole noteworthy feature is that they have a CD-ROM drive. And THAT is terrible design, since including the CD-ROM in the base unit instead of one of those (deliciously profitable) expansion cartridges sets a very large minimum size on the console that they can't avoid and that is unnecessary to most of their customers. Also a relatively expensive component that they could sell separately instead of letting it eat into their base profit margin. What is even the point of a modular system if you're building in the most expensive option?
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    Writeup I saw said it had a new more toon-accurate head that could be used instead of the folded-up Eagle Fighter, and a vague statement about improved joints. Didn't see a picture of the head.
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    And then Megaman Legacy 3 will have all the weird spinoffs, right? The racing game and the soccer game and the videoboard game?
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    I just wanted to note that the accent paint on the guns and foot is very nice, and I wish more toys did this.
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    As long as they don't let him make another Robotech movie, he can do whatever he wants. One Shadow Chronicles is enough. Were it fanart, I think we'd be nicer. Don't get me wrong, it would still be very bad, but there is a difference between fanart and the output of a professional artist. One assumes comic book covers come from the later category... though I suppose I wouldn't put it past HG to do a search for "Robotech Macross" and start downloading images wildly, which would explain those first three.
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    Dancouga renewal is awesome. The Dancouga may not be everyone's favorite mech, but he's pretty cool, and it is nice to see him back on the market. If I didn't already own one of the original version, I would be all over the renewal edition. In fact, Dancouga is one of exactly two SoCs I own. For the most part, I'm happy to watch you guys post photos. But he cut an imposing enough figure that I felt he needed a place on my shelf.
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    Honestly, there's not much in the way of story content or anything in Scrambled Valkyrie. There's an options screen, and between levels it says "We got a new machine for the fighting." Other than that... stuff blows up?
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    Wait, is this a Top Gun thread or a Batman & Robin thread? I'm confused.
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    Personal opinion, 2036 is WAY better than Scrambled Valkyrie, though Scrambled Valkyrie is still awesome. And yeah, the other PCE games are strategy games. And I don't think a fan translation of Scrambled Valkyrie exists. The game's already in english, what is there to translate? I think the pirate is just making his bootleg carts with some random ROM image he downloaded, and assuming that since the game is in english he has a translated version.
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    Pretty much spot-on with the difficulties. Max has a freaking homing laser, after all. And I don't even remember his F-mode weapon because B-mode was so useful. *boots game* Ah, a spread gun. The boringest of useful weapons. Hikaru requires you to actually AIM, but he still hits a good region, and deals a lot more damage. And Milia will do ungodly amounts of damage if you're aiming carefully, but the cost of a mistake is much harsher. But... there IS a difficulty setting in the options. I forgot about it too, but it was there front and center when I went to change the sound mix to stereo(I DID remember that the game defaults to mono sound for some strange reason).
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    You're in for a treat. It's not Macross 2036(what is?), but 's still a pretty good shooter.
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    Is anyone besides me bugged by the transparent red Castlevania cartridge? Even accepting that it is not representing the video game(the marginally-legible label DOES carry a Netflix rather than Konami logo), it is still goofy. The NESflix interface was cute, though I really wish they had updated it from the 2015 version of the software. The Nintendo can do better, and to be frank, this DESERVED better than quarter-screen cyan and white(what is this, IBM CGA?). ... Am I focusing on the wrong things here?
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    I'd watch Stealth 2.
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    I just started watching Tiger & Bunny again. Because superheroes.
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    Spock: I examined the problem from all angles and it was plainly hopeless. Logic informed me that under the circumstances the only possible action would have to be one of desperation. A logical decision, logically arrived at. Kirk: You reasoned it was time for an emotional outburst.
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    Pretty much. Aside from the same old novelizations, RPG rulebooks, and Toynami figures we've all seen a decade ago, it is a big pile of cafepress-style "print this graphic on these products" crap. ... Or whoever the cool "print this graphic on these products for me" webstorefront person is these days. I haven't actually heard the cafepress name in a few years now.
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    If I did see it, it was when I was very young and forgiving. I know OF it, and of the color palette issues. But I am pretty sure they would have legal troubles if they took a single episode as carte blanche to start writing stories about the kzin. They paid Niven for a story, not full rights to what we would now call his intellectual property. Even if the script deal COULD be interpreted as carte blanche, it invites legal headaches while all this is sorted out. Were I Paramount's legal team, I would "strongly urge" the writers to create a new, legally distinct race of felinoid belligerents just because no one wants to open that can of worms. The end result is basically the same, only they aren't using Niven's names for things(see also: kilrathi). Apparently previous attempts to re-introduce the kzinti have ended up featuring the legally-distinct "mirak" or "ferasen" instead. Though... while the Trek kzinti comported themselves poorly, I feel obliged to note that the salad thing is a valid response to a Known Space kzin psychic too. The psychic doesn't get "Oh, he ate a salad", he gets the sensations and experience of eating a salad. The end result is an effect somewhat analogous to force-feeding your interrogator raw turds, because vegetables are utterly disgusting to the kzinti.
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    It wasn't really a complete non sequitur. The kilrathi basically ARE the kzin(at best, they were "heavily inspired by"), and Chris Roberts is almost certainly more amenable to licensing them than Larry Niven, so they WOULD be a natural substitute. (assuming Roberts and not EA owns the kilrathi) ... But it would still cost more to license someone else's alien than to make up your own. There's no way the writers would've ever gotten approval to use the kzin or substitute the kilrathi. It also costs more to do an angry Tony the Tiger than it does to make a human with bits stuck to his forehead. So end result: Enterprise would've taken another crap on the lore and figured out a way to bring the hirogen in from the delta quadrant (and rewrite their society) instead of creating a legally distinct race of felinoid belligerents.
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    The internet is naught but smug comments. Anything that seems otherwise is just well-cloaked smug comments.
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    Hey, the kzin are hardcore. They could eat klingons for breakfast... assuming that Paramount was willing to pay Larry Niven to use them(and even less likely, Niven was willing to take the cash). Glad they didn't get a chance to mess that up.
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    I thought the thesis for Enterprise's failure was "crap writing and a stubborn refusal to follow up on promises made". Which was also the problem with Voyager, though Voyager was up-front with its refusal to follow up on promises. One episode in and the half of their crew made up of known terrorists is wearing Starfleet uniforms and happily getting along with the half of the crew sent to arrest them.
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