Fascinating stuff, though would've been nice to have the DS version in there alongside the N64 version as I believe it was a port? Just curious to see how they both stack up alongside each other.
Was also fascinated by the Zeebo. Never heard of this before! It had a port of Resi 4???! And a curious-looking one at that!! I'm guessing it was more a "clear the area of baddies"-type of game, judging by what I Youtubed of it. And it had a Viewtiful Joe rip-off, could *do* Quake and had an action RPG on it that looked kinda cool and Japanesey?? Interesting, verrry interesting.
(Not tempted to buy one, btw, but nice to know about it )
I think if you go for a Zeebo (or Weebo as I miss typed it at the end of the show) I think it needs to be loaded with games since you can't download anything any more from what I know.
There's a YouTube vid I saw last night that says it has all the Zeebo games on it. Some look like OK PC/console ports, others like shovelware. But apart from that, I'm in the dark!
Was also fascinated by the Zeebo. Never heard of this before! It had a port of Resi 4???! And a curious-looking one at that!! I'm guessing it was more a "clear the area of baddies"-type of game, judging by what I Youtubed of it. And it had a Viewtiful Joe rip-off, could *do* Quake and had an action RPG on it that looked kinda cool and Japanesey??
I found the video you mentioned, and it's a very strange mix of games. In particular the version of Tekken 2 actually looks very good (kinda like how I picture Tekken 2 would look on Dreamcast).
Many of the games are early iOS/late era experimental phone games. The "J"-RPG you mention is actually a Korean game called Xenonia; you can get that for iOS now, along with several sequels. It wasn't great, but was novel for being the first game of that type on iOS.
The City and Mountain tracks from Rave Racer appear in Ridge Racers, not R4.
R4 is absolutely terrible. I have no idea why anybody even remotely likes it. The only good thing about it is that you get Ridge Racer Hi-Spec Ver. for free.
Yep, same for me. Even though I enjoyed Rage, R4 is the one that absolutely got it completely right for me. I played the ass out of that game. And the music is sublime.
R4 is absolutely terrible. I have no idea why anybody even remotely likes it. The only good thing about it is that you get Ridge Racer Hi-Spec Ver. for free.
I've always adored the game. It has such bold and brave design decisions; they took the rave culture of 1990's Europe which is infused throughout the very circuit board of Ridge Racer and brought on the Sunday morning come down. It's pastel coloured race tracks combine with the ambient dance music to create a chilled out racer, something that's never once been replicated. Hazy skies, office blocks with only a few lights on, night time Japanese cities that have fireworks exploding in the far distance so you can admire across a inky blue sea, it's such a unique and beautiful racer.
I adore the game and won't tolerate any bull**** thrown at it!
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