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o.pwuaioc · 07/06/2014, 11:41 AM

Yeah, Terranigma is an awesome game. I never heard of "terinigma" though.

Medic_wheat · 07/06/2014, 11:43 AM

Quote from: guest on 07/06/2014, 11:41 AMYeah, Terranigma is an awesome game. I never heard of "terinigma" though.

Yeah wasnt sure how to spell it.

seieienbu · 07/06/2014, 01:16 PM

Quote from: Medic_wheat on 07/06/2014, 10:20 AMIt's on my short list of sega cd games to pick up.

I guess it should be on mine too. I thought I had everything I wanted on the console, hawhaw.

Joe Redifer · 07/06/2014, 04:44 PM

Terminaisiga was released in Japan so it would not fit in a Left in Europe episode. We made some mistakes on a couple of games in our Left in Japan series. It's funny, we get yelled at for featuring a game in Left in Japan that also came out in Europe. Then we get yelled at (a lot) for not featuring games like Termrienegma which also came out in Japan. Can't win. You just can't please everyone. Which is why we only worry about pleasing ourselves. OK that sounds kind of nasty...

Medic_wheat · 07/06/2014, 06:07 PM

Quote from: Joe Redifer on 07/06/2014, 04:44 PMTerminaisiga was released in Japan so it would not fit in a Left in Europe episode. We made some mistakes on a couple of games in our Left in Japan series. It's funny, we get yelled at for featuring a game in Left in Japan that also came out in Europe. Then we get yelled at (a lot) for not featuring games like Termrienegma which also came out in Japan. Can't win. You just can't please everyone. Which is why we only worry about pleasing ourselves. OK that sounds kind of nasty...

I guess it would make a game like Termrienegma a "left out of America" game only lol

HailingTheThings · 07/06/2014, 06:44 PM

Fun episode! I have that terrible He-Man game, it's amazing! lol

Quote from: seieienbu on 07/06/2014, 06:47 AMFlink

There was a cart ver. that was Europe only, I believe?

o.pwuaioc · 07/06/2014, 09:31 PM

Quote from: Joe Redifer on 07/06/2014, 04:44 PMTerminaisiga was released in Japan so it would not fit in a Left in Europe episode. We made some mistakes on a couple of games in our Left in Japan series. It's funny, we get yelled at for featuring a game in Left in Japan that also came out in Europe. Then we get yelled at (a lot) for not featuring games like Termrienegma which also came out in Japan. Can't win. You just can't please everyone. Which is why we only worry about pleasing ourselves. OK that sounds kind of nasty...

Ignore the bitchers, Joe. They just can't handle getting gamesacked.

Medic_wheat · 07/06/2014, 09:47 PM

Quote from: guest on 07/06/2014, 09:31 PM
Quote from: Joe Redifer on 07/06/2014, 04:44 PMTerminaisiga was released in Japan so it would not fit in a Left in Europe episode. We made some mistakes on a couple of games in our Left in Japan series. It's funny, we get yelled at for featuring a game in Left in Japan that also came out in Europe. Then we get yelled at (a lot) for not featuring games like Termrienegma which also came out in Japan. Can't win. You just can't please everyone. Which is why we only worry about pleasing ourselves. OK that sounds kind of nasty...
Ignore the bitchers, Joe. They just can't handle getting gamesacked.

IN THE FACE!

Tatsujin · 07/06/2014, 11:17 PM

wow, I didn't even know about that 2nd samurai game. even looks & sounds quite kewl.

Psycho Punch · 07/07/2014, 12:13 AM

Elite PAL NES English

VenomMacbeth · 07/07/2014, 12:27 AM

Quote from: guest on 07/07/2014, 12:13 AMElite PAL NES English

YES! Such an awesome game. The fact that it's even playable on that hardware is incredible.

TR0N · 07/07/2014, 03:26 AM

Quote from: seieienbu on 07/06/2014, 06:47 AMI liked the bit at the end about the names.

If you guys do another Left in Europe, check out the Mega CD game The Misadventures of Flink.

edit:...waaait, I second guessed myself and, uh, Flink came out stateside according to wikipedia and gamefaqs? Wow, I feel unintelligent and misinformed! My only experience with the game was a friend who had the European version and he said it never came out in the states. ...huh.

Only the cartridge version of Flink came out in europe for the sega-cd,that version came to the u.s.Game Sack did cover the sega-cd version awhile back to.

Tatsujin · 07/07/2014, 04:59 AM

Quote from: VenomMacbeth on 07/07/2014, 12:27 AM
Quote from: guest on 07/07/2014, 12:13 AMElite PAL NES English

YES! Such an awesome game. The fact that it's even playable on that hardware is incredible.

it was also playable on the c64 hardware years before the NES ;)

PCEngineHell · 07/07/2014, 08:23 AM

Quote from: guest on 07/07/2014, 12:13 AMElite PAL NES English

That is much how I'd imagine Wing Commander to be if it was ported to C64......

wildfruit · 07/07/2014, 01:22 PM

I rented elite from a video shop when i was about 10. It confused me greatly.

dingsbums · 07/07/2014, 02:50 PM

As always - great episode

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I remember playing the Master System version of Asterix a lot as a child

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Good PAL only stuff - puh there are not that many great ones

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One game that would really have deserved getting mentioned:
Power Strike 2 on the Master System.

And one of the best NES / Famicom titles in my opinion:
Over Horizon (but since that got a Japan release it doesn't really count

)

Joe Redifer · 07/07/2014, 03:39 PM

Unfortunately Elite only draws to about half the screen when run on NTSC hardware.

Tatsujin · 07/07/2014, 08:10 PM

that's interesting.

VenomMacbeth · 07/07/2014, 10:04 PM

Gah I almost forgot! There's also Bloodshot/Battle Frenzy on the Mega Drive. It might have come out in the US on the Sega Channel, but I'm pretty positive the only physical releases were European.

NightWolve · 07/14/2014, 02:22 AM

Quote from: Medic_wheat on 07/06/2014, 11:23 AM
Quote from: guest on 07/06/2014, 11:08 AM"Terinigma" wut?

Anyway, cool video! I never heard of the Taz game before, and now I'm bummed I can't play it.

Great game, which goes for all of 'em in the series! For those unfamiliar, Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia came before it and it can be played via emulator fully English. Enix had closed its US subsidiary by the time the English translation was finished, so it only saw official release in Europe/Australia.

TR0N · 07/20/2014, 02:16 AM

Game Sack - Console Modding

Dicer · 07/20/2014, 02:33 AM

Really good Ep...

HailingTheThings · 07/20/2014, 05:52 AM

I like the setup for this episode. Just you and an old friend talking while he mods a Turbo Duo, then a Genny 2. Nice choice. Should feature him again down the line.

Cheers. <3

SuperPlay · 07/20/2014, 06:44 AM

Still loving the sack! Great work guys.

toktogul · 07/20/2014, 07:12 AM

That was awesome! It's crazy how Joe kept the video at the shop for like what? 24 years. wow.

great job

EvilEvoIX · 07/20/2014, 02:40 PM

Glad to see people like that still exist! Great episode!

Tatsujin · 07/21/2014, 03:14 AM

wow, that was a surprising nice to watch ep. and that bill is one cool guy

did he actually already knew about the "simple" s-vid mod before peeps did find out in here?

munchiaz · 07/21/2014, 05:26 PM

Another awesome ep. Bill is one cool dude

NightWolve · 07/24/2014, 10:49 PM

Quote from: Tatsujin on 07/21/2014, 03:14 AMdid he [Bill] actually already knew about the "simple" s-vid mod before peeps did find out in here?

I just watched the episode and I wondered about that. He used a 100 Ohm resistor instead of the 220 Ohm that everyone here (steve included) thought was just about proper. Thus, the Luma/Y is more bright out of Bill's S-Video mod for Joe's friend (Dave). Bill speaks of the capacitor maps online, and I only know of RedGhost's that come from here, so yeah, I wonder. He credits only console5.com for things.

Not a great job though, to be honest; he just soldered a bent-up transistor right on pin 40 of the 6260 video chip, didn't use a new PCB to solder all components on instead, resistor and capacitor included, etc. Not exactly how I would want it done, but yeah. To be fair, a pro like steve does things like that too. No shortcuts with the cap replacement work certainly, that was fine.

Anyway, other than that, it was a great episode.

Medic_wheat · 07/25/2014, 03:08 PM

Quote from: NightWolve on 07/24/2014, 10:49 PM
Quote from: Tatsujin on 07/21/2014, 03:14 AMdid he [Bill] actually already knew about the "simple" s-vid mod before peeps did find out in here?
I just watched the episode and I wondered about that. He used a 100 Ohm resistor instead of the 220 Ohm that everyone here (steve included) thought was just about proper. Thus, the Luma/Y is more bright out of Bill's S-Video mod for Joe's friend (Dave). Bill speaks of the capacitor maps online, and I only know of RedGhost's that come from here, so yeah, I wonder. He credits only console5.com for things.

Not a great job though, to be honest; he just soldered a bent-up transistor right on pin 40 of the 6260 video chip, didn't use a new PCB to solder all components on instead, resistor and capacitor included, etc. Not exactly how I would want it done, but yeah. To be fair, a pro like steve does things like that too. No shortcuts with the cap replacement work certainly, that was fine.

Anyway, other than that, it was a great episode.

I like it when people pick apart techniques on modding. Not in a bad way or anything. Its just interesting to see how diffrent people would tackle something in a new way.

johnnymad · 07/26/2014, 01:22 PM

Loved the last episode. I have a small electronics background but I'm always impressed when someone can work on a project and still hold a conversation. I can barely stand having the tv on when I'm working on something.

CGQuarterly · 07/27/2014, 04:15 PM

Great episode, Joe. And I loved you telling that commenter where to stick his HDMI cable. Tool.

imparanoic · 07/30/2014, 10:34 PM

it would be nice to see a gamesack episode - new 'left in japan' showing official accessories and controllers which most people in the west has never seen

etc, hori controllers - such as the Hori Super Robot Wars Controller and hori gamecube controller

para para paradise controller and densha de go shinkansen controller

even the super rare megadrive AX-1E analog controller

or even the Japanese only pachinko or mah jong controllers

TR0N · 07/31/2014, 02:13 AM

Quote from: imparanoic on 07/30/2014, 10:34 PMit would be nice to see a gamesack episode - new 'left in japan' showing official accessories and controllers which most people in the west has never seen

etc, hori controllers - such as the Hori Super Robot Wars Con
Quote from: imparanoic on 07/30/2014, 10:34 PMit would be nice to see a gamesack episode - new 'left in japan' showing official accessories and controllers which most people in the west has never seen
hori gamecube controller

The hori gamecube controller was released in the u.s.

imparanoic · 07/31/2014, 03:28 AM

Quote from: TR0N on 07/31/2014, 02:13 AM
Quote from: imparanoic on 07/30/2014, 10:34 PMit would be nice to see a gamesack episode - new 'left in japan' showing official accessories and controllers which most people in the west has never seen

etc, hori controllers - such as the Hori Super Robot Wars Con
Quote from: imparanoic on 07/30/2014, 10:34 PMit would be nice to see a gamesack episode - new 'left in japan' showing official accessories and controllers which most people in the west has never seen
hori gamecube controller
The hori gamecube controller was released in the u.s.

ah yeah, thanks for reminding me, I was actually referring to the hori super Gameboy controller

http://www.ausvgc.com/index.php?topic=74.0

TR0N · 08/03/2014, 03:03 AM

Game Sack - Fanboys Forced to Switch Sides

spenoza · 08/03/2014, 10:10 AM

But... but... The Forever Man!

Medic_wheat · 08/03/2014, 10:26 AM

Quote from: guest on 08/03/2014, 10:10 AMBut... but... The Forever Man!

Eh the forever man is no shadow man.

Psycho Punch · 08/03/2014, 11:21 AM

Quote from: guest on 08/03/2014, 10:10 AMBut... but... The Forever Man!

it allows you to play the uber awesome chakan! it's made of pure unbelivable magic! respect is due!

Dicer · 08/03/2014, 12:49 PM

Off to play some Faceball on the superior OBEY Version...

BlueBMW · 08/03/2014, 03:06 PM

We all know Faceball is best played on Virtual Boy...

Medic_wheat · 08/03/2014, 03:38 PM

Quote from: BlueBMW on 08/03/2014, 03:06 PMWe all know Faceball is best played on Virtual Boy...

What no Vetrex love?

BlueBMW · 08/03/2014, 03:41 PM

Vectrex doesnt give me a headache so no.... ;)

HailingTheThings · 08/03/2014, 07:54 PM

Great episode! I remember seeing the cart for Faceball ever so often and always wondering what it was all about. Thanks for letting me know how ech it is! Yeah!

VenomMacbeth · 08/03/2014, 08:26 PM

Joe, at least he didn't make you play Wolfenstein.

johnnymad · 08/03/2014, 08:43 PM

Quote from: HailingTheThings on 08/03/2014, 07:54 PMGreat episode! I remember seeing the cart for Faceball ever so often and always wondering what it was all about. Thanks for letting me know how ech it is! Yeah!

Ha. I thought the same thing when I first saw the cart. Great episode, btw!

seieienbu · 08/04/2014, 12:06 AM

I haven't played Faceball since I was pretty young but I recall having fun playing it with some friends one weekend. I never got around to taking another look at it as an adult because, like every FPS game on the SNES, I was sure that it's awful. Thanks for saving me the effort!

TR0N · 08/04/2014, 02:10 AM

Quote from: guest on 08/03/2014, 10:10 AMBut... but... The Forever Man!

Still it's better to be a batman instead of a forever man lol !

EvilEvoIX · 08/04/2014, 12:34 PM

That Kirby Game looks beautiful, so many colors and I love Kirby so I have to look for that one.

JoshTurboTrollX · 08/04/2014, 01:07 PM

Great episode!

I believe Chakan is pronounced like (Chak-in), not ChuKahn.

I'll have to share the story about how I met the guy that created the character for Sega. http://www.rakgraphics.com/

Also, I'm really a fan of the Faceball game on SNES, however it doesn't hold a candle to the 4 player simultaneous Turbo version!!

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