Paprium: The Official Thread Mk 2

[axel]

Is Virtua Racing an actual Mega Drive game?

Yes. Of course. It runs on all MD/Genesis models that existed at the time of its release and it uses components that existed during the lifespan of the console.

I'm all for people pushing consoles to their limits but I don't find it interesting when your game needs so many enhancements just to run that it breaks compatibility with early hardware revisions. At that point you may as well make an 16-bit themed game for the Switch.

[oldskool]

Got the e-mail yesterday too.. but it was only about it shipping on the 16th. I just only now converted my gems into a (U) Investors Edition. So I have not recieved any e-mail yet to confirm address.. it's been a long 8 years! I've moved twice! LOL. I was patient with it.. I figured if I lost my $50 then so be it. No worse than a slot machine. I never asked for a refund because if by chance.. it did release.. I still wanted it.

As long as the game is playable from start to finish I will be OK with it. I don't care if there is a glitch or two. Only way I will be upset is if it's unplayable.

[Benkei789]

Where is any video showing this new 'complete' version

There probably wont be any vids because the game is still a mess.

Fonz himself even warned us of this...

The game ... is ... there! Surely it's not perfect but..

[zborgerd]

Yes. Of course. It runs on all MD/Genesis models that existed at the time of its release and it uses components that existed during the lifespan of the console.

I'm all for people pushing consoles to their limits but I don't find it interesting when your game needs so many enhancements just to run that it breaks compatibility with early hardware revisions. At that point you may as well make an 16-bit themed game for the Switch.

Poor Genesis 3. Never gets any love.

[zborgerd]

There probably wont be any vids because the game is still a mess.

Fonz himself even warned us of this...

He also said this:

6. What about the connector on top or my cartridge?
Do not connect anything there, yet, more announcements soon.

Maybe it's so you can update the Datenmeister later to enable Mega Blast² Processing :P

[zborgerd]

Also, Luis said this:

https://twitter.com/XLuis__MartinsX/...70376570052609

It is more then the game we wanted to make. I believe people will be surprised. What I believe WM ment to say is that we can always do better but at some point it has to ship.

That's also what I personally got out of Fonzie's comment.

[Ryoandr]

Waiting for
It's better than nothing ! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[axel]

Poor Genesis 3. Never gets any love.

It's true. That's my point though. A developer can't be responsible for future hardware compatibility. There's a handful of early releases that won't run on a TMSS system either. If Paprium could not run on a Genesis 3 that would be one thing... but why make it incompatible with one of the most popular hardware revisions?

I look at it like making a game region-locked for no apparent reason. Hey, did anyone archive the pre-order/investor pages? Wasn't there a blurb it would be compatible with all Mega Drive/Genesis consoles?

[Stifu]

Free hint: there's a multi-quote button somewhere on your screen that you should consider start using one of these days.

Please, zborgerd, follow that free hint. Seeing double or triple posts is both confusing and tiring.

Also, Luis said this:

Sooo Luis does not know what Fonzie meant and has to guess. Whatever.
We'll see when people get to play the game. I guess I expect a pretty looking game with rough edges.

[Joe Redifer]

So what is this Sega CD 2-player mode? The way it is written doesn't make sense, I assume because of Watermelon's limited grasp of the English language. Does it mean you need a Sega CD to play 2-player co-op? Or does it mean the Sega CD acts as a fake second player?

[zborgerd]

Please, zborgerd, follow that free hint. Seeing double or triple posts is both confusing and tiring.


Sooo Luis does not know what Fonzie meant and has to guess. Whatever.
We'll see when people get to play the game. I guess I expect a pretty looking game with rough edges.

Thank you for chiming in and continuing to remain off-topic. We're talking about Paprium here.

[zborgerd]

Internet Archive does have snapshots of the old site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190715...mefactory.com/

[Black_Tiger]

Many ? I can only name 3, not counting EA or Accolade, before they got officialy endorsed.

Here's 20(?):

http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/...ssues.html?m=1

[DarkKobold]

I really do not understand this. He just sent out shipping notifications for Paprium, and as far as I know, no one has actually gotten their copies yet. The timing/optics seems awful - at least wait a week until people have Paprium, and it's actually as mind-blowing as promised. Unless it's actually really bad, and he wanted to capitalize on the "we deliver" and not the "we deliver trash."

[Ryoandr]

Funny they don't mention Landstalker not working with VA0.