Ice Beam wrote:Sima Tuna wrote:God fucking damn it! I just checked the eshop's "upcoming games" section and saw "Elevator Action Returns S-Tribute." Nooooo! Not like this! Not this way! Dear god, why? Why do Shitty Connection get their hands on Elevator Action Returns, while Metal Black is blessed by the Hamster gods? What cruel twist of fate is this?
I suppose it's possible ACA could still release EAR under their own label, but they never did with Rayforce. This news is very discouraging for me. I do not intend to give Shitty Connection any of my money for their piss-poor ports. This newest listing says it uses the same fucking awful "zebra engine" as all the other shitty connection ports.
My cope is that this is the Saturn version of EAR, not the arcade version. Considering M2 is releasing the arcade versions of Rayz, I hold out hope that the arcade version of EAR will be released by a competent company.
Yeah, I think that's very fair to say. Wouldn't surprise me to see S-Tribute cash-ins on Gun Frontier, Metal Black, and Mizubaku Daibouken, despite all's AC versions being in pristine form on ACA, these being further Saturn favourites.
As to ACA EAR, Bubble Symphony, and other A+ goodies; as cliche as it sounds, it's really a "watched pot" situation, imo. After a near-decade's consistent work, Hamster have carved a legitimate niche, in low-frills, high-frequency, yet hobbyist-quality (and often hobbyist-obscure) home releases. Other than M2, similarly untouchable for super-deluxe boutique releases, virtually every other outfit is pushing laggy junk I wouldn't give to my retarded dog. He's very elderly and still loses his shit at animals on the tv!
It wouldn't surprise me to see Hamster take on ambitious projects like Taito F3, or Konami GX, or Seibu SPI, someday, but you'd go insane waiting on 'em. Another cliche, but I've found it a good time to catch up on the million arcade games I only dabbled in over the years. Become an
AC OYAJI while u wait
I wonder if we'll ever see ACA Rayforce and Darius Gaiden. I'd happily double-dip for a job well done (M2's Ray'z obviously not out just yet). I picked up ACA Darius before Cozmic had hit PS4, but I'd have done the same there. (as Rastan has pointed out before, there's even a noteworthy distinction in it being 60hz vs Cozmic's PCB-accurate refresh... which is kinda like the PCB/60 switch most if not all ACA Namco releases have featured)
***Obligatory "Where the FUCK is my ACA Rainbow Islands" ;3
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So it appears that Moon Cresta ACA is the only STG w/ out autofire?
Suppose that’s cause it’d break the emulation/game within ACA’s emu.
Might just be the ACA version's age; a lot of the very oldest (2014) releases like Rygar and Double Dragon lack autofire, HS modes and other standard-issue features.