From what I can tell: Paramount Germany removed an episode of the show “Nathan For You” in Germany (then other Paramount branches in other countries did the same) for the reason that they were uncomfortable with “anything that touches on anti-semitism” following the start of the Israel/Hamas War, so the show creator made a new episode in the 4th season of the show that depicted Paramount as Nazis for “trying to overcompensate for the past by censoring Jewish creators.”

Though following it is a bit difficult because the show is a comedy that parodies reality, so it is easy to mix details between reality and what is created for the show.

R36S can do the same (PS1, most N64, and even some PSP and Dreamcast) in a DMG form factor for like $30ish USD shipped right now. There is also the R36H if you prefer horizontal form factor for about the same price. I think it uses the same chip.

R36S, R36H, and the ones mentioned by OP are not FPGA though.

Ah, so it seems about the same as the R36S I have already. I would prefer something more pocketable, but at the price its hard to consider compared to what I already had. If the performance was a bit better it might have been more enticing. I wouldnt ever expect GameCube or PS2 games or anything, but I think N64 and Saturn shouldn’t be so difficult on devices of this from factor and price.

Whats the most intensive system this can play well? I am assuming all 2D stuff probably works fine, but how is N64, PSX, Dreamcast, and PSP? I don’t expect anything newer than that to do too well, and PSP might be too much for it as well.

I don’t really care about achievements in general, personally. I play the game normally and if I get them, whatever, if I don’t, whatever. It doesn’t change my enjoyment of a game either positively or negatively.

I come from a Gamer generation when the only achievements you got were telling your friends that you reached the end screen and beat/defended the high score. So I don’t really care either way. I don’t change how I play to specifically get achievements, but I don’t go out of my way to avoid them either.

Playing Episode 1 Racer captivated exactly the feeling it needed to. It made you feel like you were barely in control of this hyper hotrod dragster that was trying ro rip itself apart at every moment. The controls were loose enough to make that fantasy believable, while still being tight enough to not be overly frustrating. The development team did a really good job with it.

C&C Generals AND Half-Life? Whoever is nostalgia baiting with this is using some high quality bait.

Probably, but telling you where to find it would be illegal in many countries (depending on instance country and applicable law, hosting comments or messages containing such information could be considered copyright infringement). Patching your own legally obtained ROM is pretty easy, though.

If the economy wasnt so bad and I had any disposable income I would definitely buy them. Especially malware(DRM)-free.

Also, there is a difference in signal output clarity from RCA/SVideo compared to VGA/DVI.

Well as I said, the same people worked on both games, the only difference being Eric did Out of This World, and Paul did Flashback, but they had both worked together previously.

Flashback (1992) was inspired by Out of This World (1991, called Another World in Europe) but was not made by Eric Chahi. However, Eric and the creator of Flashback, Paul Cuisset, both worked on a game called Future Wars in 1989.

Out of This Worlds original Amiga version credits just two people: Jean-Francois Freitas who did music and sound effects, and Eric Chahi who did everything else.

Personally, I prefer the SNES Interplay port’s music by Charles Deenan, but all versions of the soundtrack are good in their own way.

Dont most tables with something like that either have a rotating plate or an electromagnet that only magnetizes the ball when it is powered? Probably could so something like that.

Dark Souls is pretty easy once you learn how to actually play the game.

Metroid Prime 2 just had poor difficulty pacing. Rather than a smooth ramp, it suffered from some pretty egregious spikes at an irregular interval. Some bosses were unnecessarily hard, followed up with a really easy boss. I think Retro just didn’t have enough time to tune everything properly. Then the New Play Control version for Wii came out that made it very easy. This version was what was included in Metroid Prime Trilogy, with some minor changes.

Not for $130 USD. No way.

Something I just thought of that I didn’t before is powering the consoles on and off. You might be able to get a power strip with a wireless connection to remotely turn off individual outlets. Then you set each console to the on position and turn them off by turning off the outlet.

Not sure what the consequences on the hardware level would be, but essentially unplugging it from the wall while it is powered on doesn’t usually harm a game console any different than just powering it off with the switch would. Maybe on the newer stuff, or the original Xbox maybe, since theyre more similar to PCs. But older stuff I can’t see that being a problem.

If you wanted a truly remote setup, that is.

Wireless controllers hanging on the wall with receivers already plugged into the consoles, app controlled power outlets, remote for TV, and remote for input matrices. Might be able to consolidate with a control system or IR based solution to reduce to 1 remote for TV and input matrices. Flaschcart or modded consoles loaded with all the games already. Etc.

More TVs, obviously.

EDIT: You could probably use an HDMI Matrix for your HDMI needs. Don’t know about component/composite needs though.

Thanks to exploiters like Jim Halperin!

I am being completely honest when I say I would want Jack Black in a Pitfall movie based on the game. Jack Black was in the games commercials, so it would be a nice way to round that off.