Nintendo announces MD/Gen (AND Turbografx) support for Revolution

England are the isolationists who drive on the wrong side of the road.

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Originally Posted by Joe Redifer

Also, Europe/England confuses me. To me they are the same thing because they both begin with the letter "E".

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You're not the only one. However... I thought PAL 60 had the same resolution as NTSC? Somewhere I read that or something. Hmm...

It does, but it makes everything the same... as in no need to change to a lower framerate just for those Euro countries.

Bet it's gonna be the same than supernes games emulated on the gba: 40$ for a 16 bit game playable on a next gen system.
Ridiculous.

My Genesis / Mega Drive Gamelist for the Revolution.
I had posted my list in Seganet Forum, a Brazilian forum about Sega.

- Alex Kidd in Enchanted Castle
- All the Sonic the Hedgehog games
- Streets of Rage 1, 2 and 3
- Golden Axe 1, 2 and 3
- Revenge of Shinobi
- Shinobi III: Return of Ninja Master
- Shadow Dancer
- Super Hang On
- Super Monaco GP
- Ayrton Senna´s Super Monaco GP II
- After Burner II
- Out Run
- Turbo Out Run
- Space Harrier II
- Shinning in the Darkness
- Shinning Force I and II
- Phantasy Star II, III and IV
- Comix Zone
- Vectorman I and II
- Alien Soldier
- Alien Storm
- E Swat
- Altered Beast
- Hokuto no Ken / Last Battle
- Kujaku Ou 2 / Mystic Defender
- Kid Chameleon
- Decapattack
- Columns
- Columns III
- Castle of Illusion
- Quackshot
- Alladin
- Toe Jam & Earl
- Toe Jam & Earl 2: Panic on Funkotron
- Spider Man
- Dick Tracy
- Eternal Champions

I HOPE AWESOME POSSUM IS AVAILABLE!!!~!~!111one <3
*/end sarcasum*

If nintendo keeps the price dirt cheap on the VC, translates games that weren't before, and creates original games for the old systems...they'll do well this generation.

Even so, a new xbox to mod costs 100 bucks now.

So Nintendo are doing for the Revolution and charging for downloads what the blackwar installer & Unleash dash does for my Xbox for knackers all? I think I'm quite comfey with what I have in that respect.

Knackers all? What does that mean?

It means nothing.

British English rocks.

I can imagine a bunch of Brits sitting around a table discussing a new word that must be created which will mean "nothing". One of them says "Knackers all!" with glee. They all agree that since it is so random, it will indeed be the new phrase. A law is passed and the new phrase is put to use.

At least we Americans come up with logical stuff like "It's da bomb yo" and "phiggidy phat mad tight". Both obviously mean "I approve".

Well so much for "You can't do this on Nintendo, Genesis does!"

Eh, I'm still somewhat skeptical, especially in regards to the game selection that it actually ends up with.

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Originally Posted by Emerald Rocker

The part that bothers me is they say "over 1,000 Genesis titles", but they're clearly referring to the TOTAL number of Genesis games. Nowhere do they even mention how many they actually plan to offer. It's like they're just throwing "OVER A THOUSAND" out there to impress people... without actually revealing anything.

Does "best of" = one Smash Pack's worth of games? Two Smash Pack's worth? Five? Does "best of" mean underappreciated gems like Warsong, or does it mean "popular" games like Streets of Rage that are already easy to find? Will the multiplayer games have actual online support (like Xbox 360's Smash TV), or will they just be straight emulation?

Another question: will the TurboGrafx support only be Hucards (most of which are not very good, sadly) or will there be CD game support? Again, how many games are we really talking about here?

How much will each game cost? The compilations coming out nowadays are 15-20 games for 20 bucks. Will the downloadable games be cost-effective?

And now back to the whole "Revolution" concept. Does this service actually promote small developers with new ideas for online retro gaming, or is this just a quick and easy way for big companies (Nintendo, Sega, Hudson) to make more money without putting forth effort?

With all those question marks, I'm having trouble getting excited about this. The way Nintendo has made this announcement, it's not "information", it's "hype". I'm getting a little tired of this "reveal tiny but THRILLING details!" approach that Nintendo is using in regards to the Revolution. If they actually cared about the marketplace, they would reveal MORE... and then use the advance feedback to strengthen their product before it actually hits store shelves.

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Oooohhh, stop whining. Of course they won't show their hand just yet, how long is it until the system's ready to even launch again?

It's been confirmed that many many many titles will be available from all our favourite systems of yesteryear - ACCEPT THIS AS GOOD NEWS. IT IS HAPPENING. EXACT DETAILS HAVE YET TO BE CONFIRMED.

Christ, have a little patience.

This doesn't really set me on fire. Since I modded my Xbox I couldn't give a monkey's what they do with backwards compatability. I'm doing it all now. For free.

That is the number one reason to own an X-Box after all. I've actually been playing NES, Genesis, Super Nintendo, and other various assorted roms on my Dreamcast myself for a long while.

I just think it's cool that Nintendo is finally recognizing the need and want for classic games and is offering a more legal channel to obtain them that hopefully won't be as ridiculous as their GBA Nintendo Classics bull. I mean $20 per NES game? Give me a break I can get just about any original NES cartridge for less than that.