You don’t even have to look at homebrew demos for some of the awesome things the 68000 could do. Panorama Cotton was a real game that was released (barely) and it’s amazing what they were able to do without dedicated hardware.

Mode-7 was pretty great when used properly. I’ve wondered for a while why Sega didn’t incorporate something similar in the Genesis. The Genesis has a lot similar to a stripped down System-16 arcade board which was famous for its Super Scaler Technology (r). Maybe they were worried that if Not-So-Super Scaler…

The impressive part of DKC from a technical perspective was done before you turn it on. All the assets are prerendered so combining a 32-megabit cart with decent compression can yield an awesome looking game. Rare had some pretty great programmers. It doesn’t really show off the system though and is mostly notable for…

The thing that made the SNES special was that Nintendo knew that it was a pretty crappy piece of hardware so designed it from the beginning with the idea that you could expand it dramatically on the cartridge itself.

Not in Japan where there hasn’t been inflation in decades.

The anime is so good.

I was fine with this until the weird normal people. I don’t think I can play anymore with the clashing art styles.

One of my most vivid memories was waiting in the hospital playing Sonic for the Game Gear after my friend was hit by a car.

This statement says so much about the Japanese game industry:

My girlfriend works at an eye doctor’s office. This old woman was pulling in to get checked to see if she could still drive. Instead of pushing the break pedal, she pushed the gas and in her panic slammed down until she ended up in an exam room pinning a doctor and a patient against the wall. Needless to say, she…

Those characters are disgusting looking.

If a person accepts a contract negotiated by a union for them, they should pay for services rendered whether they are a member or not.

A best game ever contest that doesn’t even include M.U.S.H.A. is wrong from the start.

You’re right. I completely forgot about the Amiga.

Yeah, but John Carmack programmed this in a few nights for hardware that wasn’t supposed to be able to do this sort of thing. It’s not like this is a finished product that’s been optimized. It’s not meant to look good. When they sent this to Nintendo, they were basically letting them know that this was possible on a…

Before anyone shits on this for being ugly or incomplete, this is essentially the first tech demo for smooth side-scrolling done on a western PC. While Japan had machines like the X68000, which was basically a CPS arcade board converted to a general purpose PC, most PCs of that era were designed for business…

You owe it to Classic Game Room to buy one.

Are you attached to the US version because the Japanese version is like 20 dollars. Even the US version isn’t that expensive. I want to buy gifts for you. You’re easy. Unless you meant Saga, in which case you can’t have my copy. :)

An MVS is a lot better nowadays because the games are more affordable. AES are nice because they’re obviously designed for the TV but unless you have a shitload of money the MVS is the way to go.

Lately I’ve been collecting retro Japanese gaming PCs. So, I’d like either an MSX2 or a FM Towns.