...future Nintendo systems since the Nintendo DS. 🎮
What's your favorite controller❓
I really like the PS3 controller because it still delivers all the functionalities a controller nowadays should have without being to complex or special.
🎙 Im Finale unserer achten Podcast-Staffel besprechen wir „Murder on the Mississippi“ (C64, NES). Packt die Notizbücher ein und klärt mit uns den Mordfall auf! Jetzt anhören – Link in der Bio!
...by the limitations of the 8-bit NES, Nintendo chose to remake them for the 16-bit SNES. 🕹️
The developers based the updated designs on those from Super Mario World (1990) and strove to retain the feel of the original games. 👌
🕹️ Trivia about the game consoles of our childhood
...of Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country was released, which resulted in its computer-generated graphics becoming the norm for contemporary SNES games. 🤩
It was too late for the graphic designers to incorporate such a style into Yoshi's Island; instead, they pushed the hand-drawn style further as a way to "fight back". 🖍️
🕹️ Trivia about the game consoles of our childhood
Had a tidy up of the games room. My favourite room of the house. Since last time I have 4 more controllers mounted on the wall, another Quest 2 - my son and I like Walkabout Minigolf - and a few more hand helds… ROG Ally and some Anbernic devices.
Modern Vintage Gamer just dropped a video about the Pro Fighter X Turbo, a SNES disc copier. ↔️
Such devices were used to copy SNES cartridges to floppy discs and create the ROMs nowadays used to play games via emulators.
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🎙️ Unsere neue Podcast-Episode: Wir nehmen abermals Flugstunden im Heli in "Jungle Strike" von EA aus dem Jahre 1993. Wir besprechen insbesondere die PC- und SNES-Versionen. Jetzt anhören – Link in der Bio!
...is the same as the original Super Nintendo version with minor changes. 🧝
Four Swords is the multiplayer portion of the cartridge. Four Swords features gameplay similar to A Link to the Past, with a focus on multiplayer; in it, 2 to 4 players must cooperatively work through a series of puzzle-laden dungeons, while competing to collect rupees. 💎
Four Swords was followed in 2004 by a GameCube sequel, Four Swords Adventures. 🏹
...Dino Crisis uses an original real-time engine with 3D environments. 🧊
The game was a critical and commercial success, with the PlayStation version selling over 2.4 million copies. 💸
It was ported to Dreamcast and Windows in 2000. Two different versions for the Game Boy Color were in development, but both were cancelled. ❌
...Two Multitaps could be used at the same time for up to eight controllers and memory cards, although very few games allowed for more than five players. 👨👨👦👦👩👩👦👦
Mainly sports games ⚽ have supported the Multitap due to the multiplayer aspect of some sport games, though some role-playing video games like Tales of Eternia ⚔️ have taken advantage of it.
Did you have one of these back in the days and what games did you use it for? 🤔
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...Super Mario Land was planned as the game bundled with the launching Game Boy until Tetris was brought to Nintendo of America. 🚢
They were convinced that the addictive gameplay of Tetris would help Nintendo reach the larger audience. 👏
The company subsequently chose to bundle Tetris with every Game Boy purchase instead of Super Mario Land. 📦
...its visuals, gameplay, and translation of the original arcade experience. 🙏
Due to the RAM limitations of the PS1 the developers had to remove certain features for this port, most notably the game's tag team element. 🤝❌
Additionally most game modes were restricted to two-character battles, instead of four. 👨👨👧👦➡️👨👧
Many frames of animation were also omitted as a result of insufficient RAM, particularly in larger character sprites. 🎬
...becoming Capcom's best-selling title for both platforms. 🛒
By the way: Scrooge McDuck's blue shirt sprite on the cover was changed to red ingame to make him stand out and pop more against the blue and dark backgrounds.
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...and to avoid licensing fees to the DVD Forum. 💸
Some GameCube games with large amounts of data span two discs, such as Resident Evil 4, Baten Kaitos, and Tales of Symphonia. 💿💿
Some multi-platform games that fit on single discs for PlayStation 2 and Xbox had certain features removed in order to fit on GameCube Game Discs. ✂️
Full-motion video scenes and audio clips have higher compression or lower quality to fit on a single disc. 🎞️