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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine City old episodes available]

Definitely a great series.  I just started playing Bikkuri Man and Youkai Douchuuki for the first time, and a few of the songs were already familiar!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?]

Juuryoku Soukou Metal Storm
http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/metal-storm/screenshots

It has cool mech stylings like many PCE games, so it would have fit right in.  Not sure what they could do to make it better aside from better graphics and sound, I just would have liked having more levels to play!

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

Got my Core Grafx II yesterday!  (Controller and AC Adapter and AV cable not shown...)

[Off-Topic / Re: Steve Jobs is iDead]

Who needs multitouch gestures when you have a right mouse button?

I would honestly only use them for window management (three finger swipe up for Expose, three finger swipe down for show Desktop, etc).  The "pinch" gestures are so incredibly unintuitive to me, so I don't mind losing them at all.

Theres a few options for multi workspacing (I've used Crystal Desktop).

I haven't tried that one, but the handful that I did try all seem to work minimizing/restoring windows as you switch desktops.  It always ends up being buggy.  Either the windows don't show up properly, or if they do the wrong program has focus.  Maybe this one is better, but all that I've tried has been so hacky that I don't care to try anymore.  I'm using Win7's keyboard shortcuts and two monitors to handle things, and it's working well enough.

There is also some dock nonsense that mimics OSX.  I think it was called Stardock.  I forget, since docks serve no purpose for me.

Stardock is the company, Objectdock is the product.  I agree that the dock is totally useless.  Of course, I'm a guy who always sets the taskbar to auto-hide, so maybe I'm a bit biased.  Stardock makes quality software, though.  I use Fences on just about every Windows installation that I have.

[General Gaming / Re: Favourite Game Name]

King of the Monsters 2: The Next Thing is my favorite title for a sequel ever.

[Off-Topic / Re: Steve Jobs is iDead]

A Mac is not more versatile.  I've yet to find someone tell me something their mac can do that a PC can't.  I don't think I ever will. I'm open to suggestions.

I've yet to find a Windows laptop that handles multi-touch gestures on the touchpad in a competent manner.  They say that they're multi-touch, but, oh man, are they ever awful.  I also haven't found a good solution in Windows for having multiple workspaces/desktops (although Linux handles this beautifully).

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

I was fully expecting to lose this auction a few seconds before it ended, but nobody else ended up bidding.  Button-mashing fun arriving at my door (in like 3 weeks from now...).

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Nekketsu Koushin Kyoku (4-players?)]

So is this one still based on running or is this the pit fighting one? It looks like it could be either, from the screen shots.

This is the running one.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Nekketsu Koushin Kyoku (4-players?)]

Is that the one where it's basically a race, but you can beat the shit out of the other runners? I love that one. Isn't there a US version, Crash and the Boys, something like that?

Crash and the Boys is a different Nekketsu game (Bikkuri Nekketsu Shinkiroku! Haruka naru Kin-Medal).  There was no NES release of this one in this thread (Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyoku: Soreyuke Daiundoukai).

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

Aw yeah, time for boring crazy Pachinko action!

[NEC Console Resource / Re: New member introduction section]

I searched for a while for such a thread before making my own intro thread, just to make sure I wouldn't look like a doofus for missing it.

[Off-Topic / Re: Game Sack]

Wow, good stuff.  Gonna have to work my way through the archives sometime.

The "Tetris 2" released outside of Japan is actually "Tetris Flash", more of a spinoff than an actual sequel.  The real sequel was "Tetris 2 + Bombliss", which is actually pretty awesome and a game I definitely consider a worthy sequel. 

The "Tetris 2" portion of the game is the same mechanics of Tetris, but with an extra mode.  The "Bombliss" portion is a spinoff where you have to make bombs and try to clear the entire board.  It was released by itself for the Gameboy outside of Japan as "Tetris Blast". 

It's got a battery backup so you don't lose your hi scores or your progress through the puzzle mode of Bombliss.  The music is also grade A stuff, composed by Koichi Sugiyama of Dragon Quest/Warrior fame.

Yeah, though, Tetris Flash sucks something awful.

[General Gaming / Re: AVGN + NES Punk video]

NintendoAge.com has every NES manual scanned as far as I am aware.

Yeah, but Vimm has that sweet 1997 web aesthetic that keeps bringing me back.

[General Gaming / Re: AVGN + NES Punk video]

Instruction books.  They give instructions.  Most people apparently don't read them.

This.  Seriously.  I hate seeing games get ripped because the player is too stupid to google up the instruction manual.

[General Gaming / Re: The 3DS!]

if KI sucks, the 3DS will be thrown against a wall.

Wait until they push the update that lets you record 3D video.  Then you can record it being thrown against the wall in 3D...assuming the SD card can be pulled from the wreckage.

[General Gaming / Re: The 3DS!]

It's the original Twinbee.  The graphics look similar to the NES version, but I think there are some minor differences.  The 3D effect work quite well.

[Off-Topic / Re: Hello!]

Thanks for the warm welcome, guys!

Welcome! I like the FW website, but it hasn't seemed to help me on my Twin Fami issues. Those disc drives are a pain!

The best FDS repair guide that I'm aware of is over at FamicomDiskSystem.com.  The drive in the Twin is the same as the drive in a plain old FDS, so the guide does apply.  The drives are a huge pain in general, though.  I was sure to buy mine "guaranteed working" from a trusted forum member.

[Off-Topic / Hello!]

Didn't see an "introductions" thread, so I figured I'd make a thread for myself. 

I go by Ugly Joe.  I'm the admin over at Famicom World.  I've had a passing interest with the PC Engine for a while now, but I'm just starting to get into it.  I bought a HuCard lot over at FW, so now I'm on the lookout for a console to play them on.  I managed to fry two Famicoms before I was finally able to play FC games, so I'm hoping to absorb enough info from here to avoid any PC Engine casualties.

Ugh, I suck at intro posts.  Nice to meet you all!