AndrewTS

Parodius had games during the PS1/Saturn generation, so it's not really that long dead. If they revive it in Japan maybe it could make its way over here. A goofball shooter parody would probably sell a hell of a lot better than a brutally hard, totally serious shooter that brings nothing new to a series, which by definition will appeal only to a very, very niche audience.

Um--what? I thought the DVD sales and high Adult Swim ratings spawned the return? And all of those in turn spawned the DTV movie (which isn't actually out yet)? Is there a DTV movie I haven't so much as even heard of before floating around now?

DC had a new Chakan in the works. Cancelled. There was an SNES Kid Icarus in the works. Ditto. "I thought the original was part of GBA's NES Classic Series...or did it just not leave Japan?" Never left Japan. Streets of Rage 4 looked promising, but never was finished because Sega of America are frickin' idiots. http://xcult.sonic-cult.net/dispartx.php?c...subid=1&artid=1

Half.com has it for 50, so forget there. Places that sell used DVDs like EB Games, Gamestop, CD Warehouse, FYE, etc--you should be able to find it. It's really not that uncommon. WM2000 is probably rarer, but since X7 is such a damn good show, people are probably less likely to want to sell it. *got mine for 7.99 used at CD Warehouse*

That one isn't too surprising.

All-political comic strips tend to always be awful. Doonesbury gets really painful too. At least Boondocks changes it up once in a while.

MK's biggest problem is how much it screwed with the games' story. However, compared to Street Fighter, it isn't as big a deal and is okay in it's own right. Shit Didn't see Shit Shit House of the Dead, MK: A, Alone in the Dark and Street Fighter are hilarious, though. Apocalypse completely sucked ass. WS just wrote a script based around letting his girlfriend play a superhero, made the actual game characters incompetent or unlikeable, reveled in stupid action movie cliches that would make Bruckheimer groan a little, and the big fight they build up to Nemesis and Super-Milla was awful, cut it a spastic bs way that was even worse than AVP's Pred/Alien wrestling match. WS didn't even direct it, he passed it off to his 2nd-unit guy. However, it feels like WS directed it. He wrote the thing and probably had a lot of say in storyboarding. The only upsides to RE:A were the wise-cracking pimp, the little bit of nudity, and them going for a traditional make-up/rubber suit approach for the Nemesis. The movie can be best summed up when the Jill and company are about to be killed in the cathedral, then Milla comes to the rescue bursting through the window on a motorcycle with gratuitous bullet-time.

*bump* You can play the PC Sonic CD on a computer with XP, but you have to do a full install and download a patch for it. Edited some details about the previous collections. The Japanese version of the game includes Vectorman 1+2 just like the US version now, in addition to the Bare Knuckle (Streets of Rage) Trilogy and Bonanza Bros. Meh.

I expect a trickle after Slam. And afterwards I think at least Snitsky will be let go. It seems that he's only still around because of his connections with the Lita/Edge/Matt storyline, plus the writers seem to get a kick out of him.

Yuna: Ebert, that bastard! How dare he criticize Johnny Depp!

I have the Chaotix one--only one I want right now. Thanks, though.

It happens in Fighting Force as well. Ditto on Aqua Teen Hunger Force. I think it is because "explosions are cool."

Definitely. ^ Any time I haven't played Revenge in a while, I always watch the intro all the way through. Screw pre-rendered CGI, real-time cinemas can kick serious ass. Some people like it more than either of the AKI WWF games, too. Nightshade (PS2 game) kind of sucks but I like it. It's a spinoff of the previous Shinobi PS2 game. As far as games starring kick ass ninjas chopping up dozens of robots in 3D on the PS2, it's one of the best still, repetitive gameplay, crappy textures and pits aside. Cool link, Pist.

Gene Wilder was on Conan recently, plugging his new book, Kiss Me Like a Stranger. I barely recognized him (he's put on some weight), but it was a great interview.

As long as it has nothing in any shape or form to do with Armada, it could be fun.

I have my doubts. Isn't Transformers a bit too reliant on character development for Michael Bay to handle it? Seriously though, this should be right up his alley.

Renegade forgot.

Anyone have or know when I can get the BIOS to play 32X games on Gens? I'm currently using another emulator, and frankly it sucks. Colors are wonky as heck and it apparently doesn't support a joypad.

Why are they using everyone's last known photograph? (except for the stupid Diva crap)

Christian squashing Booker T--that sounds strange.

This guy looks like a young Joe Wilson.

The disclaimer is amusing in its condescention.

"Isn't Virtua Cop 2 a port of the PC version?" That seems to ring familiar. It does look better than I expect for a Saturn game. "The VF1 in Evo is not actually VF1. It's a new version made just for PS2. It's got the presentation of VF1 but plays more like 4. You can even be the newer characters." I'm not too surprised. I guess there were even fewer examples than I thought. CD taking so long allegedly was an emulation hold up as well. Perhaps they did emulate the PC one after all. Meh.

The Saturn emulation probably is a good argument. You don't see many Saturn games emulated. Offhand, I can only think of: Panzer Dragoon in Orta (which was on a very emulation-friendly system, too) Virtua Cop 2 on Smash Pack (a system Sega knew in and out) House of the Dead in 3 (I heard the rumor both 1 and 2 are included in 3, but I'm not certain. another X-Box game) Also, they chose to emulate the Genesis version of Sonic 3D Blast on the Sonic Mega Collection instead of the superior Saturn version. R's a Saturn game, but it was also supposedly an easy emulation on the PC, so it's probably a special case. Hell, you could even make a case for "why did they make a new collection from scratch when they could have simply upgraded Jam a bit?" Similar case, I'm guessing. Curiously, I've heard that the loading screens from the PC version of Sonic CD are supposed to be in this version. I hope that doesn't mean that they're emulating the PC version. EDIT: for anyone who has Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution, is it the Saturn version of VF1 that's included in it, or is it the arcade? Or am I mistaken about them throwing in VF1 and it's just VF1-style textures?

That was something JBL did on his own just to be a douchebag. It wasn't an angle written and approved by the entire booking team. So Hassan/Magnus shouldn't be punished for it regardless. Hassan isn't a ten year + veteran that Vince obviously has taken a shine to, though.