Space Channel 5 part 2: Special Limited Edition Boxset
Advantages of DUX delays
Taken from the DUX blog:
"Given DUX is receiving many delays since its first release date announced at april 2008, I'd like to explain a bit how these delays have been occurred and how its all for the good of the game.
Originally DUX has been intended just to be side-project with only 5 stages and simple scoring system. During the development our quality bar to meet has been increased from time to time, so upgrading and expanding is what we're using the delays for. Now the game is a full-scale project with 6 instead 5 stages. Additionally, most stages are longer and featuring way more enemy types then before. The game also now features a more advanced scoring system, given the bullet soaking ability of your pod. The difficulty settings are more balanced as well, to make the game a fair but still challenging experience. All in all the game has a lot of advantages from its extra time given, which is of course a good thing for players.
To give an exact release date is currently hardly possible, because this depends on very hard to estimate factors. From now on I'll report how thing going with the release of this game once a week, so more on this in the next week."
I am actually pretty excited about this one chaps...
Let's Play Dynamite Cop!
Pippin At(black)mark(et)
Virtual On: XBLA
It's Virtual On. On Xbox Live Arcade. Do I need to say more?
Well, actually, yeah. The guys over at Gametrailers fucked up. Virtual On: Ontario Tagram? WTF? It's Oratorio Tangram, you twats...
Eat My Shorts
Radical!
A Dreamcast Flightstick?
I found a new controller that I had never heard of before. Perhaps someone here has seen one before but it doesn't seem to be listed on any of the major Dreamcast sites and is only mentioned in the odd message board post.
Behold the Dreamcast Panther Flightstick:
Apparently this controller was also able to be used with FPS games like Quake 3 and perhaps even the unreleased Half Life.
As it is there are several opinions out there ranging from "Crap it doesn't work on many games" to "Wow this works awesome on Starlancer" to "Ugh Madcatz...". (I personally never had a problem with Madcatz stuff on the Dreamcast My steering wheel works well and my lightguns are good. I actually sold a new madcats controller for nothing because I was told that 3rd party controllers shorted out the Dreamcast's control board...then a first party controller shorted out my control board...)
As soon as I get this and my copy of Starlancer I will give a proper review of this seemingly rare controller. Is it a good controller? Is is crap? Is it worth it as a collectors item?
Only time will tell.
Unveiling a moment in history...
Some Wind & water fan art for ya.
Take this artwork as an apologise for still not getting around to sorting out that video review I promised.Sorry, it might get done one day!
Wind and Water - €12 + Shipping
Dreamcast: A Forensic Retrospective
Any comments on this?
I personally thought that this line made the article worth reading:
"most gamers opting to wait for the sure-to-be-awesome PS2, with its mysterious "emotion engine" and games that would literally emerge from the screen and fellate you senseless."
I am somewhat disappointed that never happened...
In other news I am setting up another classic video game day and the the Dreamcast will play a huge role (Powerstone 2 and Marvel vs Capcom 2 Whoo!). Last time I had hooked up the Dreamcast to the VGA port of a projector and the Soul Calibur matches looked really nice. Perhaps this time I will actually edit some of the footage from the matches and showcase them here.
In other other news Saturnalia is going on at the other Junkyard. So if you enjoy other CD media game devices from Sega check that out.
The Year of the DUX
Given DUX is almost done, it only takes about a month to release this game. Currently end of February is aimed, but perhaps early March becomes more realizable as issues may happen. So gameplaywise the game is already on spot and all important features are implentent - from now it's just about the last bits, and publishing this game. By this opportunity I'd like to thank all purchasers who are patience about their pre-order, and aren't abused by the many delays. The additional development time that the game receives makes it a way better game then it should have been orginally. Taking pre-orders early also assures the quality of the product, as its an active investment to the games development budget. Additionaly, there's going to be a (very) small bonus for all DUX pre-orders on HUCAST.net Btw, the soundtrack of the game is going to be published early February instead of January. |
Monday Morning Reds...
Sunday Night Blues
NTSC vs PAL game storage
Read about 24 hours of Dreamcast
Luckily the rest of our contributors have been doing a much better job of it!
Anyways, I am somewhat pissed off that my job made me miss out on an excellent 24 hour Dreamcast event!
The people over at http://www.ihaveadreamcast.com/ played the Dreamcast for 24 straight hours and did a live feed!
I may have missed out on the live feed but the blog itself is fun reading if you are bored.
I might have to record the next video game event I organize and show off my own dreamcast skills.