This is the situation that the video game history foundation made their famous study, to have as ammunition for their debate in favor for libraries and research and historians. What a sad ending, I hope they find another way in the future.

RPGshrines is one I’ve used, I like this one for Aria of Sorrow here https://shrines.rpgclassics.com/gba/cvaos/walkthrough.shtml

I know wizzardy is a big foundational game from the beginning, but I’ve never played them and they sounded very grindy. I’m curious about a mobile game, but I will wait for reviews.

I’ve been meaning to play the original, I’m a big fan of disgaea.

Do emulators support fx-3?

Thanks, this is helpful. Got any links to the Japanese review you read? Sounds way more useful than retrododo.com article.

Does anyone know what the AI actually does?

I’m assuming it’s based on image recognition like the Shinden gun. It’s a branch of AI different from the LLM systems that power things like ChatGPT.

Honestly, the fact that the article writer is shilling an AI product without actually explaining what the AI does is kinda making me doubt their journalistic integrity.

Ha ha hell yes, retro dodo is garbage, they are a site that posts whatever silly thoughts they happen to have about old video games. This kind of announcement about upcoming release is about the best they are good for, and you still have to read through the filler to see that they don’t know anything more than the Japanese Twitter post that actually announces the thing.

Shinden also works on image recognition, so this sounds fine, but I need to read more. Light gun games were some of my favorite in the Arcades, I’ll buy this or something like it.

it requires removing parts from an original Super Game Boy cartridge and attaching them to the new board.

I am in awe of the deep technical knowledge in the retro community. I just emulate things and am satisfied. Some take it to new heights, seemingly just because they can.

Jeremy Parish has a whole video series about the system if, like me, you never heard of it: https://jeremy-parish-fanclub.neocities.org/video_series/segaiden

I’m not much of an 8-bit gamer but it’s cool to hear about these early consoles. The general narrative is that the Famicom ruled in Japan, but it had some competition and it’s interesting to see what other companies released.

There’s so many providers, and they don’t always make it clear when they change hardware. Amazon AWS feels pretty open about it, they are good. I doubt the resource you are looking for will ever exist. You won’t be able to make a purchase decision with all the info you want.

Having said that, you did bring a ton of resources together in this post, thank you for that!

I like this idea. I’ve been self hosting using A VPS cloud server, but this is a great reason to do something in my home.

Thanks for the summary, I haven’t heard of it. Sounds similar to kanboard, I’ll check it out.

Ah, I’m not on Twitter so haven’t heard that. But he had a big video about changing patreon & trying to be more productive! Well, I hope they come back strong when they are ready, very good quality stuff from the SSFF crew.

Please keep working on it, thank you for your effort.

Yep, I love his energy and positive attitude. Feels like he slowed down on releasing videos

It’s gotta be Jeremy Parish and his many videos. just super informative.

• Puzzle Games
  • Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo (GBA, other platforms)
  • Puzzle League (GBA, paired with Dr Mario same cart)
• Roguelikes
  • Dragon Crystal (Sega Master System, GG too)
  • Shiren the Wanderer (Nintendo DS, others too)

I find puzzle & roguelikes the best for just diving in for a little bit and not worrying about when you drop off.

I think it’s cool they are using myBB, I’m a big fan for that style of community.

It’s a pretty lame situation. I used to have a big collection, but I sold 95% at the beginning of the pandemic when I realized I just don’t play them. I’m more likely to emulate, even stuff that I own. Game collecting is different from game playing and it’s almost like a separate hobby with a lot of overlap. It’s a bummer for people who want to have a cool thing and can’t have it.