Amazing deal for a LaserActive on Ebay

[InfraMan]

Road Blaster and Thunder Storm were also released on DVD-ROM for Windows PCs.  They were ported by a doujin team, but fully licensed.  Fully patched they officially support Windows 8.  Both are excellent ports, Road Blaster even adds some exclusive features such as an optional video blurring effect for when you hit the turbo or break.  Highly recommended and pop-up for sale on amazon japan quite often.

That's awesome, I'd never even seen those before! I'll have to keep an eye out for them.

[elmer]

Road Blaster and Thunder Storm were also released on DVD-ROM for Windows PCs.  They were ported by a doujin team, but fully licensed.

And they actually made them run on the X68030??? That's so very cool! 

[SuperDeadite]

Road Blaster and Thunder Storm were also released on DVD-ROM for Windows PCs.  They were ported by a doujin team, but fully licensed.

And they actually made them run on the X68030??? That's so very cool! 

The doujin group who made these have a very long history of working with the X68000.  So just for fun, yes these ports also include versions of the games programed for X68030 machines.  However it's really just a gimmick for the fans.  On a stock 030 the video runs at 7fps, if you are insane enough to own an X68060 Turbo, they will run at a whopping 14fps.

[SignOfZeta]

Well, either way, fuck the Saturn ports then. Fuck the LA version even.

Do we know if there was a new telecine done for this or did they just cook the hell out of the LD? The later genuinely works a lot better than I though it ever would, but of course the former would be superior.

[RyuHayabusa]

Road Blaster and Thunder Storm were also released on DVD-ROM for Windows PCs.  They were ported by a doujin team, but fully licensed.  Fully patched they officially support Windows 8.  Both are excellent ports, Road Blaster even adds some exclusive features such as an optional video blurring effect for when you hit the turbo or break.  Highly recommended and pop-up for sale on amazon japan quite often.

Awesome, didn't even know these existed. It would nice if there was a Time Gal release but I don't see any info on one ever coming out.

[johnnykonami]

I used to want to get all of these for the Saturn.  Would be nice if there was a Steam release or something now, I would totally buy it.  Never played Ninja Hayate or Time Gal, and would gladly play more Road Avenger.

[SuperDeadite]

Well, either way, fuck the Saturn ports then. Fuck the LA version even.

Do we know if there was a new telecine done for this or did they just cook the hell out of the LD? The later genuinely works a lot better than I though it ever would, but of course the former would be superior.

Like most Japanese PC ports, they run in 640x480.  But each game video is just one long mpeg, the game uses timestamps to jump between scenes, and the sprite overlays are done by using a subtitle track.  So while I haven't tried this yet, I'm sure you could probably edit the video to your heart's content and the games would still play them.  If not, PC also has other options to help, such as adding scanlines via SweetFX.

[InfraMan]

So much cool information in this thread!

On another slightly unrelated note, the LaserActive game Triad Stone was also released on the Saturn and 3DO as Strahl. I don't hear it talked about much, but I have the Saturn version and I think it's a fun game, very much in the vein of Time Gal/Ninja Hayate, etc. Plus it can be picked up for dirt cheap... always a plus!

[SuperDeadite]

Finally got off my lazy ass and did a quick recording of Road Blaster Windows.

[TheClash603]

Finally got off my lazy ass and did a quick recording of Road Blaster Windows.

But why did you let those guys kick your ass in stage 5?  I gotta see more!