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TwistedPear , in Games where an emulated console version outclasses the PC port?

Extreme G 2 on pc loses the analog steering from N64, which turns out is a big deal. Throwback Entertainment made a port-of-a-port and introduced a speed hack in the launcher menu where you can slow down the game a bit, which helps, but doesn't fix the issue.

In some other cases like Hexen, there were alterations on console that I find generally more appealing, like an ost remaster or lighting effects.

The Genesis game Zero Tolerance and Dreamcast version of Expendable are games I prefer on console simply because of the control schemes on pc.

FinalRemix ,

Never thought I'd hear someone say anything good about Zero Tolerance's controls...

TwistedPear ,

Now imagine that, but on a keyboard. No mouse. That's pc controls for ZT

FinalRemix ,

Yeah, I have it on GOG. It's terrible controls on both. Lol.

CaptainEffort , in Games where an emulated console version outclasses the PC port?
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Persona 3 Portable

dcooksta26 , in What’s Your Oldest System?
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PS3, modded with HEN 1.5 TB SSD.

Blackmist , in Poor Sega just didn't get the timing right.

Poor Sega. There just wasn't room for four consoles.

cupcakezealot , in What’s Your Oldest System?
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i dont use it as much but i stil have my snes which i got specifically to play secret of mana again (its not my original one but i got it on ebay mid 2000s again; i dont know what happened to our original)

shnizmuffin , in Games where an emulated console version outclasses the PC port?
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Spider-Man 2 (the Sam Rami movie one) is almost a totally different game.

There is also a ton of between-consoles differences from the SNES/Genesis generation, where games with the same title are sometimes radically different. Jurassic Park, Star Trek TNG, and the Power Rangers brawler come to mind.

Toes , in Games where an emulated console version outclasses the PC port?
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The older Silent Hill games had awful PC versions.

Esp 2. Playing them on a emulator is the way to go.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill_2

Kolanaki , in Games where an emulated console version outclasses the PC port?
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I always preferred the SNES version of SimCity to the original PC version. The graphics and music are way better and the gameplay is exactly the same.

wizardbeard , in Games where an emulated console version outclasses the PC port?

Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 (and their console remasters, DX and Battle).

Mods fix them up and make them better than emulation though.

TCB13 , (edited )
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Wait, is there a SA Mod Manager type of thing / installer / recommended mods for Sonic Adventure 2?? Is the Steam version any good (compared to the Dreamcast version)? Or does it have all the colors wrong and audio messed up?

c0smokram3r , in ANBERNIC Officially Reveals New RG40XX H After Recent Leaks | Retro Dodo
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Their naming conventions are meh & a little confusing. Something distinct/cute woulda been nice!

Ephera , in Minecraft Is Being Ported To Dreamcast And GameCube | Time Extension

With that name, I hope the guy is also a fan of Minetest: https://wiki.minetest.net/Mese_Block

🙃

woelkchen , (edited ) in Minecraft Is Being Ported To Dreamcast And GameCube | Time Extension
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"Remaking Minecraft on the Nintendo GameCube. My aim is to replicate enough of Minecraft's mechanics"

A remake is not a port.

Edit:

It's no longer even going to be a remake. I get the impression he called it a Minecraft port to generate buzz. I hope he wasn't misleading people on purpose.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cbed6fbb-5a99-4341-9f4a-8bc66d261612.png

cupcakezealot , in Poor Sega just didn't get the timing right.
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i beg to differ; dreamcast was my life during first and second year uni. i played the hell out of phantasy star online.

UnderpantsWeevil , in Poor Sega just didn't get the timing right.
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I'm going to take a bold position and say they were all good consoles. It was a beautiful time for video games.

wjrii , in ANBERNIC Officially Reveals New RG40XX H After Recent Leaks | Retro Dodo

LED joysticks that can select from over 16 million color options. This might not be practical, considering only about 25 different color settings would have been sufficient.

So the RGB leds come with 256 levels of brightness for each color. Don't worry, article-writer, the company wasted zero extra effort on this "feature."

I consider getting one of these things every once in a while, but then I remember that I've pulled my hacked PSP out of the drawer like three times in the last ten years, and I shrug and move on. It's generally more fun for me to plug a USB controller into my computer for retrogaming.

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