SlickDizzy

I just recently got a new computer, and have been loading it up with ROMs and stuff. However, it seems the EmuSoCrax MAME client (always my favorite, it supported TONS of games) no longer exists. Their site now only has the official MAME builds for download. Would anyone be willing to send me the final build of theirs, or is there another decent build out there? I need one that supports newer games, I'd like to play the newer KoF's and such.

I've wanted to play this again for the longest time. So after finding an Amiga emulator, stumbling around in the GUI and getting it to work, I got it to run the game. Problem is, the game has this silly protection, where it shows a tire tread, and you have to match it with one in the manual. Great. And there's over 30 pages to choose from, so it's not a simple trial and error. So, is there a fix for this, or some way to bypass the protection? I'd love to play this game again.

All the better reason to move to England or Australia when I'm 18.

Sammy has never made the GG games. Arc System Works has always created/developed, various publishers have existed over the years (Sammy, Majesco, and Atlus).

Good thing that these people don't have the funds to make a full-length movie out of it. I could have made something scarier.

Why not the original? PS1 Guilty Gear is my favorite of the series.

Well then it still had to do with the game, and your comment was wrongfully placed.

The thing is, GT is a road racing game, not a drag racing game, and those cars you mentioned aren't exactly road racing cars (I could imagine an old like that having serious cornering issues). Plus, Gran Turismo hasn't jumped into the visual modifications on cars yet (except for wheels) so it'd be kinda hard to chop a car, regardless. I'm looking forward to it. Shame it isn't online (and yes, I know about XLink, but I don't really count that).

Winding Heat is a 3D driving game released by Konami in '96. Apparently it has indeed been dumped but is not emulated yet, though Caesar has a screen of it doing a ROM check in MAME. So does anyone know anything about it's status?

That's still not as correct as the sticks GK posted. Sure, it'd work, but the others would feel more like a real MVS. MVS NeoGeo Prostick (not quite correct) 10-button Prostick (almost better than the NeoGeo Prostick, though still not correct) X-Arcade (more incorrect than the other two)

The problem with the X-Arcade is, as I said, it doesn't have 4-button rows. It has 3-button rows, like Capcom fighting games. The Neo Geo had a single 4-button row though, so in order to replicate the NG, you need a stick with 4-button rows.

Wow, as a self proclaimed Neo Geo master, you sure don't have your facts straight...

It's primarily third-person with a somewhat useless first-person view available.

I think I will sometime. If I can find them used I might pick them up, if not there's always BitTorrent. Have you heard about BioShock, the new game? It's not supposed to be a sequel, but is a "spiritual successor" to the first two, which I know very little about.

Believe it or not, I never played Perfect Dark. I do remember it being somewhat of a pain to play FPS's with the N64 controller, though. I still think that doing day-to-day errands (albeit with a flocked up twist) and having the power to urinate in someone's face, or douse someone in gasoline and light them on fire, or throw a diseased cow's head in their direction makes the most entertaining possible premise for a video game. The errand where you had to vote was hilarious, the ballot made me laugh so hard.... But enough about that. Counter Strike is arguably one of the worst FPS's out there, yet I was addicted to it for about 2 years. Same with Unreal Tournament, though that was a bit more notable. Giants: Citizen Kabuto, though not a FPS (still technically a shooter) is probably the second most addictive game I've ever played. Shame that it never really caught on, especially the online part of it. It was great fun.

Same here. Now, if they were saying "Damn, I wish I was playing King of fighters '96...." that would be a bit of a different story. Postal 2 remains as the most entertaining FPS I've ever played. I want to try the System Shock games sometime, they seem Marathon-esque.

/me raises hand I remember all that Halo could have been but never was. Watching that first MacWorld (or was it E3?) video was spectacular. Then the news came that it was going to be an FPS and then that it would be an XBOX exclusive. And I am a Marathon fan. One of my friend's had a Mac so that was awesome. First picture of Halo ever from 1999: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> *sniff* I would say "Ah, the beginnings of a great series..." but it's really more like the beginnings of an overrated and mediocre FPS that isn't much fun...I'd rather play Postal 2, for instance, any day of the week. I wish there was an early playable build of Halo out there somewhere, I'd be all over it like Elaine on an opportunity to dance...with the little kicks and the thumbs and everything. I should fire Marathon up again... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There was NEVER anything at all revolutionary about Halo, in the beginning or the final release. But I like your "overrated and mediocre FPS that isn't much fun" sentence. That pretty much sums up how bland Halo is. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, revolutionary might have been a bit of an exaggeration, but for 1999, it was looking pretty damn cool. Plus, IIRC, the game seemed to have some real-time strategy elements involved as well (I remember a demo movie where you saw Master Chief directing his comrades to do things). But regardless, it turned out to be just another FPS. I'm just glad they didn't use the Marathon title on it; it would be blasphemous.

...was that even a legitimate sentence?

/me raises hand I remember all that Halo could have been but never was. Watching that first MacWorld (or was it E3?) video was spectacular. Then the news came that it was going to be an FPS and then that it would be an XBOX exclusive. And I am a Marathon fan. One of my friend's had a Mac so that was awesome. First picture of Halo ever from 1999: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> *sniff* I would say "Ah, the beginnings of a great series..." but it's really more like the beginnings of an overrated and mediocre FPS that isn't much fun...I'd rather play Postal 2, for instance, any day of the week. I wish there was an early playable build of Halo out there somewhere, I'd be all over it like Elaine on an opportunity to dance...with the little kicks and the thumbs and everything. I should fire Marathon up again...

and hopefully receive the same treatment as Mike Crow kid did (i forgot his surname ) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It was Mike Rowe Soft....

That, and Bungie is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft still made money when Halo was ported to PC and Mac, rather than porting it to the PS2, an absolute direct competitor. The Xbox already suffers from less-than-great sales, so why ruin it ALL by porting one of the few extremely good Xbox exclusives? If you go by that logic, Xbox users should get Gran Turismo 4. Grand Theft Auto was done by a third-party who would make money regardless of what it was ported to. (off topic, but does anyone remember the Halo of old? From back when Bungie was a Mac-exclusive publisher, and it was looking like one of the most revolutionary games out there? Shame that the released game was NOTHING like the early versions....) (off-topic part 2: any Marathon fans here?) EDIT: The Ps2 could "handle it" in a way. It would either be completely unplayable with a frame rate of 1-2 per second, or it would be bogged with so much loading that the game would become worse than Stuntman... As far as gameplay, it's nothing special, but the graphics are woth noting, and that's the part the PS2 would have trouble with...

Seems like I missed the rush, but I'm part of the team now. Yay.

Ah, thanks, EXACTLY what I was looking for. Seems like they're all the same except for color and button number, I'll probably just get the 10 button so it'll also work for Capcom fighting games.

I'm wanting to buy a nice PC arcade stick setup for MAME and other emulators and such, and I was looking at the X-Arcade, but it only has 3-button rows (which are great for everything BUT Neo-Geo games). Does anyone know of a good arcade stick with 4-button rows so it'd feel like playing an actual MVS?

I thought the music in Chinnen's stage was awesome, then again I'm a eurobeat fan so I'm biased.