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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 5h

not to mention they just fuck up sometimes

like, do I personally care that they "fixed" Turok 2? no, but can anyone who played a version that didn't have them wandering aimlessly for hrs really say they played Turok 2?

(speaking of MP: T2's MP is completely different to the existing modes)

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 5h

there's also a degree of inconsistency to the changes: sometimes they're based on cut/unfinished content, sometimes they're back-ported from other versions, sometimes they're completely from the minds of the porters; some of the more recent ones were sourced directly from fan mods, etc...

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 7h

~1hr! www.youtube.com/live/HvSjVEX...

(yeah I originally typo'd this as 14:00, gotta hit that quota)

GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 8h

yeah, and it does seem like the backers and general public overwhelmingly understand the reality of the situation, but it's all so pointless... dude could've maintained his reputation, produced more games and made more money if he just did what he said he was going to do

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 9h

Pixel Co.Ltd president Hidekuni Sasaki posted a statement concerning their ongoing legal action against Motoaki Furukawa & co., the ex-Konami composer behind the controversial failed crowdfunded game Steam Pilots mastodon.social/@gosokkyu/11...

icymi, the backstory web.archive.org/web/20250107...

GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Pixel Co.Ltd president Hidekuni Sasaki posted a statement concerning their ongoing legal action against Motoaki Furukawa & co., the ex-Konami composer behind the controversial faile...

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 12h

yeah, haven't heard much from all those "give it to Platinum!" people lately...

re: Nightdive, my specific issue is how little acknowledgment their changes even get in some quarters—ppl reflexively report that they're putting out exacting recreations when that's increasingly, obviously not true

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 23h

yknow what, for as much as I wonder how certain people let commercial available dictate what they can or will play, I've come to terms with that stance

the psychos out there slapping the ~Lost Media~ tag onto Super Mario RPG or whatever, they gotta go

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 1d

otoh I understand that most peoples' concerns around "preservation" begin and end with being able to pay for something on a modern digital storefront so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 1d

tbh I wish people were louder about them doing stuff like this—as time goes on, they've gotten more brazen about how they editorialise or straight-up change the games they're "preserving" while also expecting one to jump through increasing hoops in order to identify or undo their changes

Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 1d

For those unaware, this might be one of Nightdive's weirdest remasters. They took the PC and N64 versions of Forsaken - basically two different games with completely different levels - and stapled them together into a frakensteined hybrid.

It works surprisingly well.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 1d

Forsaken Remastered (Steam) is $2.99 on Humble buff.ly/6Aiq9AE #ad

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 1d

oh, cool! don't knock yourself out on my behalf

fwiw they did originally address the input issues for the later SNES version, but there are other fixes/changes from the SNES version that weren't replicated for the NSO SFC release, so they didn't merely replicate/backport the SNES fixes

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 1d

ah np, I'd hoped they were still operating akin to the old VC plaintext patches but what can ya do

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 1d

@luigiblood.bsky.social yo! I figure you're the one to ask: how difficult is it to identify & analyse game-specific NSO patches on the backend? it seems they've attempted to fix Garou Densetsu Special's notoriously finnicky input buffer, among other fixes, so it'd be nice to get a direct fix list

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 1d

aight so I did a quick sweep for JP oldheads showing off this port... and along with chopping some Dolby-related stuff, it seems like they actually went in and messed with the input buffer for the NSO reissue? curious...

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 1d

that's a modern homebrew from a few years back and, strictly speaking, the console version's a sort of remake

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 1d

the ridiculous laws set to go live over here in Dec expect ID for every goddamned thing and I'm at a loss on how to handle it... tbh I'd gladly walk away from SNS but they're talking photo ID for basic email (& addresses older than the kids these laws absolutely will not protect). total fuckery

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 1d

and yeah, right up against Evo #5675678, so good luck

JP stream link if ya want it www.youtube.com/live/BN5l-_T... 🇯🇵 the official intl restreams from community folk are starting to be announced, too, might dig em up later

【ウォッチパーティー】Puyo Puyo Global Ranking Series SEGA Official Tournament 3

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 1d

the third official Sega-hosted Puyo Puyo Global Ranking Series tournament's scheduled for October 11, 14:00 Japan time www.youtube.com/live/HvSjVEX... icymi, this is part of the leadup to the live finals in Japan in March (& for boring reasons, intl Sega does virtually no promo for any of it...)

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 1d

it varies from platform to platform, basically

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 2d

in this instance, I have to imagine they were banking on nobody being able to notice the presence or absence of any of those clowns either way, and it's not like they were wrong

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 2d

that would require the relevant parties to remember that Genesis NSO's a thing, and you're lucky if that happens twice in one year

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Robin Charm Password @rondoofblood.bsky.social · 2d

genuinely surprised at how long theyve avoided adding genesis ff2 in favor of these

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 2d

guess I should use the FFSP drop to remind people that the NSO SNES app is host to all sorts of rollback-equipped fighting games

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 2d

SFC Jubei in action www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3_0... btw, you can pause, charge an EO input during the pause (the stronger ones take quite a while, like 15secs), unpause and have them ready to go, too

jubei pls

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 2d

the EO throw thing is the same oversight you see with a lot of games, but made worse by other issues... like, Jubei already has broken stuff (his air throw can hit from across screen on certain charas) and now he has what's tantamount to an instant, near-avoidable teleport command grab, it's insane

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 2d

as far as anyone can tell, the SFC input issues are related to the input parser "filling in" the inputs between the directions you hit or something, so if you don't manually drop to neutral it'll add quarter/half circles where they shouldn't be

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 2d

two major Garou SP differences:

a ton of moves don't come out unless you drop to neutral between certain inputs (particularly cardinals like 64)

there are EO specials by holding D for various lengths of time, including command grabs that'll track+hit anywhere on screen with basically no recourse

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