Sega did it quite tastefully, in a way that is well integrated to the game.
"Shenmue" had real-life soft drinks (japanese "Shenmue" had Coca Cola machines, but the name was changed to 'Jet Cola' for the american version; "Shenmue 2" had Sapporo drinks) and a Timex wristwatch.
Sonic Adventure 2 had ads for Soap shoes (which are designed for grinding, which Sonic does a lot in that game). If I ever find one of these here in Brazil, I swear I'm getting one!
Oh, and let us not forget "Ferrari F355 Challenge"... that was a huge ad for Ferrari. And a great simulator.
Yeah. My elder sister usually got to Marble Zone - when she was lucky enough to get there at all - with one or two lives left. Me, I usually had ten lives or more...:P
> How do you spend seven years developing > a game for a console that's only been around > for less than half that time?
Sometimes developement starts for a platform, but the product is moved to another one. For example, Elemental Gimmick Gear and Shenmue started as Saturn games, but went to Dreamcast... Eternal Darkness and Starfox Adventures started as N64 games, but went to Gamecube...
Yeah, let them get to the wharf. And if they survive that, witness their despair as they face the labyrinth. Let's see if the controllers won't get thrown... Revenge of Shinobi is cool, but these parts are hell! Shinobi 3 is much more fluid.
Now wait a second there. Do not, I said do NOT, dare to insult Shinobi 3 - Return of the Ninja Master. That was one of the most fun and intense action games ever made.
I guess it must be some learning project, because, from a player's point of view, this makes no sense. Isn't NES emulation near-perfect on the DC anyway?
Actually, from what I heard, the Dreamcast can read a CD-RW... if you tune up the drive's potentiometer. But then it will no longer read CDs, CD-Rs or GDs unless you tune the potentiometer down again.
Another bug on Metropolis Street Racer --- remember how the levels were supposed to reflect the actual time, according to the console's internal clock and the time zones? Well, it was night about all the time in Tokyo. Argh.
Anyone knows if it was corrected for the USA release?
Why didn't people like that movie? It was great. It was a beautiful supernatural sci-fi fairy tale. Of course, if you were expecting a dumb action flick as those Hollywood churns out all the time, you're bound to be disappointed...
> Mario Brothers, Street Fighter 2, Tomb > Raider... hardly games known for their drama.
It is true that the "Street Fighter" movie was a train wreck. What a surprise: directed and written by Steven E. de Souza - same writer of "Judge Dredd", "Beverly Hills Cop 3", and -gasp- "HUDSON HAWK"!
But I suggest you to check "Street Fighter II - The Animated Movie", or the series on which it was based, "Street Fighter II - Victory". See, the problem was not really the source material, it was a clueless writer who did not know what to do with it.
I recall reading somewhere that they refused to do it in France... until the lack of understanding between tower and pilor caused a crash that killed dozens. o.O
from FYI's Blog [ fyiblog.blogspot.com ], translation by me:
-----------
"The Brazilians in Orkut"
For some reason I still do not grasp entirely, Orkut became a craze in Brazil. Nothing against the site, I also am a member, but suddenly everyone is talking about it. It became so pop, even Veja [Brazil's most important magazine] published an article about it.
Thus far, that's ok. However, most of these people have not joined it to know people, or to take part in the discussion groups. They are only going to make a ruckus out of it.
Dont ask me how this nonsense began exactelly, but all of a sudden I started getting emails inviting me to "join the brazilian movement in Orkut". It seems the idea was that we should invite other brazilians to enter in the site, to make the number of brazilians bigger than that of Americans.
For what, you ask? Ah! It seems that someone named Gary, supposedly an american, somehow insulted the brazilians there. He said that we were a bunch of dicks who start speaking portuguese in american groups, something like that.
And to prove that we are not ignorant indians, but educated and intelligent people, which better reply of the one than... to beat the USA in sheer statistics?
The Saga continues, and it seems that Gary person was banished. However, "Gary's followers" started showing up.
One of the countless messages I received came from one of these followers. I found interesting as the such individual had a nazi-styled photo, and had poor english. Tracking his messages, I found he spoke portuguese! It seems he had studied in Brazil (huh?), therefore things were like that.
But that was just the beginning! Now, whenever I log in, I receive dozens of messages telling me I should change my photo to a flag of Brazil in the september 7th [brazilian independence day], or that I should change my photo to a flag of Iraq (?), or change my photo to a pic of the twin towers in the 4th of july!
Seriously, why is our concentration of stupidity so high? I check the profiles of the senders of those childish messages expecting to find 15-year-old brats, and find 30-year-olds.
Why can people from Iran, Japan, Slovenia, India, etc, keep civil, while we get in this nonsense? Ah, this bloated ego of ours... or, more precisely, our inferiority complex.
Phantasy Star Online's maps may seem random at first. Truth is: they are exactelly the same locations, with only three or four variations of gates and enemy placement for each level.
Ustvestia's sexuality was removed from the american release, and Ash was just removed. Actually, SoR3 was seriously softened for the american release and, as Diehard Gamefan put it - they changed a GREAT game into a GOOD one.:-\
> Yeah, I do mean that. More expensive, yeah. > But it's so much better as a present than cash > or a modified dreamcast which he won't > understand (unfortunately).
First of all, you do not need a modded Dreamcast to run burned CDs; the only mod available, as far as I know, is a region chip. But they are not relevant, as you can use a boot disk to play. Burning the emulator CDs may be tricky, but you can find detailed tutorials at:
[ www.dcemulation.com ]
Now, I must insist: a Master System would be an AWFUL gift, it could even destroy your friendship - I know I'd be royally annoyed if somebody gave me that piece of junk!
You know, this reminds me of when my aunt gave me a dorky t-shirt as a birthday gift. It was so... bleh... I could not even force myself to pretend that I liked it! Sure, she wasted her time and money to buy something that she honestly thought I'd appreciate... but in the end it was a very bland, uninteresting gift.
And so would be a Sega Master System. Puh-leeze, that is an almost 20 year old system, damnit! It's an old piece of junk - except for nostalgics, who can either play its games under emulation, or buy an used machine and a bunch of games for a fraction of the new one's price.
If your friend likes games, get him a respectable machine, like a Dreamcast, or maybe a Gameboy Advance SP. I am sure he will appreciate it a lot more.
The Dreamcast has... RAM: 16MB video RAM: 8MB sound RAM: 2MB.
[source: GameFAQs]
The Atomiswave has... Main RAM : 32 MB Main Memory : 16 MB Graphic Memory : 16 MB Sound Memory : 8 MB
And the NAOMI has... Main Ram : 32 megs Main Memory : 32 MByte Graphic Memory : 16 MByte Sound Memory : 8 MByte
[source: System16.com]
Now, I don't know what's the difference between "Main RAM" and "Main Memory", that's just what the site says... can anyone clarify?
Well, anyway. It is clear that the hardware is very similar, but not the same. Of course, a good developer come with arcade-perfect ports in a very short time - as Sega, Capcom, Treasure, Sammy, GRev, and Success have done; but I don't believe it is as easy as you make it sound.
Slashdot Mirror
...DNF?
Sega did it quite tastefully, in a way that is well integrated to the game.
"Shenmue" had real-life soft drinks (japanese "Shenmue" had Coca Cola machines, but the name was changed to 'Jet Cola' for the american version; "Shenmue 2" had Sapporo drinks) and a Timex wristwatch.
Sonic Adventure 2 had ads for Soap shoes (which are designed for grinding, which Sonic does a lot in that game). If I ever find one of these here in Brazil, I swear I'm getting one!
Oh, and let us not forget "Ferrari F355 Challenge"... that was a huge ad for Ferrari. And a great simulator.
But the most enjoyable song was the Ice Cap theme from Sonic 3! By the way, looking at yout username, I guess you should check this out:
MrMonkeyMan's TREASURE fanpage
- http://www.mrmonkeyman.com/
Yeah. My elder sister usually got to Marble Zone - when she was lucky enough to get there at all - with one or two lives left. Me, I usually had ten lives or more... :P
How well does TR sell in Japan?
> How do you spend seven years developing
> a game for a console that's only been around
> for less than half that time?
Sometimes developement starts for a platform, but the product is moved to another one. For example, Elemental Gimmick Gear and Shenmue started as Saturn games, but went to Dreamcast... Eternal Darkness and Starfox Adventures started as N64 games, but went to Gamecube...
Yeah, let them get to the wharf. And if they survive that, witness their despair as they face the labyrinth. Let's see if the controllers won't get thrown... Revenge of Shinobi is cool, but these parts are hell! Shinobi 3 is much more fluid.
Now wait a second there. Do not, I said do NOT, dare to insult Shinobi 3 - Return of the Ninja Master. That was one of the most fun and intense action games ever made.
Activision's Pressure Cooker for the 2600, anyone? ~_^
I guess it must be some learning project, because, from a player's point of view, this makes no sense. Isn't NES emulation near-perfect on the DC anyway?
This depends on the emulator. For example: Boycott Advance gives near full speed on my iMac/500, but VisualBoy Advance crawls in the same machine.
Actually, from what I heard, the Dreamcast can read a CD-RW... if you tune up the drive's potentiometer. But then it will no longer read CDs, CD-Rs or GDs unless you tune the potentiometer down again.
Maybe, and decapitation simulation as well...
Another bug on Metropolis Street Racer --- remember how the levels were supposed to reflect the actual time, according to the console's internal clock and the time zones? Well, it was night about all the time in Tokyo. Argh.
Anyone knows if it was corrected for the USA release?
My first one was Jungle Hunt for the Atari2600.
Why didn't people like that movie? It was great. It was a beautiful supernatural sci-fi fairy tale. Of course, if you were expecting a dumb action flick as those Hollywood churns out all the time, you're bound to be disappointed...
> Mario Brothers, Street Fighter 2, Tomb
> Raider... hardly games known for their drama.
It is true that the "Street Fighter" movie was a train wreck. What a surprise: directed and written by Steven E. de Souza - same writer of "Judge Dredd", "Beverly Hills Cop 3", and -gasp- "HUDSON HAWK"!
But I suggest you to check "Street Fighter II - The Animated Movie", or the series on which it was based, "Street Fighter II - Victory". See, the problem was not really the source material, it was a clueless writer who did not know what to do with it.
> all air traffic control is
> done in English
I recall reading somewhere that they refused to do it in France... until the lack of understanding between tower and pilor caused a crash that killed dozens. o.O
from FYI's Blog [ fyiblog.blogspot.com ], translation by me:
-----------
"The Brazilians in Orkut"
For some reason I still do not grasp entirely, Orkut became a craze in Brazil. Nothing against the site, I also am a member, but suddenly everyone is talking about it. It became so pop, even Veja [Brazil's most important magazine] published an article about it.
Thus far, that's ok. However, most of these people have not joined it to know people, or to take part in the discussion groups. They are only going to make a ruckus out of it.
Dont ask me how this nonsense began exactelly, but all of a sudden I started getting emails inviting me to "join the brazilian movement in Orkut". It seems the idea was that we should invite other brazilians to enter in the site, to make the number of brazilians bigger than that of Americans.
For what, you ask? Ah! It seems that someone named Gary, supposedly an american, somehow insulted the brazilians there. He said that we were a bunch of dicks who start speaking portuguese in american groups, something like that.
And to prove that we are not ignorant indians, but educated and intelligent people, which better reply of the one than... to beat the USA in sheer statistics?
The Saga continues, and it seems that Gary person was banished. However, "Gary's followers" started showing up.
One of the countless messages I received came from one of these followers. I found interesting as the such individual had a nazi-styled photo, and had poor english. Tracking his messages, I found he spoke portuguese! It seems he had studied in Brazil (huh?), therefore things were like that.
But that was just the beginning! Now, whenever I log in, I receive dozens of messages telling me I should change my photo to a flag of Brazil in the september 7th [brazilian independence day], or that I should change my photo to a flag of Iraq (?), or change my photo to a pic of the twin towers in the 4th of july!
Seriously, why is our concentration of stupidity so high? I check the profiles of the senders of those childish messages expecting to find 15-year-old brats, and find 30-year-olds.
Why can people from Iran, Japan, Slovenia, India, etc, keep civil, while we get in this nonsense? Ah, this bloated ego of ours... or, more precisely, our inferiority complex.
And again, the joke is on us.
-----------
Phantasy Star Online's maps may seem random at first. Truth is: they are exactelly the same locations, with only three or four variations of gates and enemy placement for each level.
More two:
:-\
Ustvestia, Phantasy Star 2
Ash, Streets of Rage 3
Ustvestia's sexuality was removed from the american release, and Ash was just removed. Actually, SoR3 was seriously softened for the american release and, as Diehard Gamefan put it - they changed a GREAT game into a GOOD one.
"Game & Watch" how Nintendo called their old portable games. It's just engrish, man, chill.
> Yeah, I do mean that. More expensive, yeah.
> But it's so much better as a present than cash
> or a modified dreamcast which he won't
> understand (unfortunately).
First of all, you do not need a modded Dreamcast to run burned CDs; the only mod available, as far as I know, is a region chip. But they are not relevant, as you can use a boot disk to play. Burning the emulator CDs may be tricky, but you can find detailed tutorials at:
[ www.dcemulation.com ]
Now, I must insist: a Master System would be an AWFUL gift, it could even destroy your friendship - I know I'd be royally annoyed if somebody gave me that piece of junk!
You know, this reminds me of when my aunt gave me a dorky t-shirt as a birthday gift. It was so... bleh... I could not even force myself to pretend that I liked it! Sure, she wasted her time and money to buy something that she honestly thought I'd appreciate... but in the end it was a very bland, uninteresting gift.
And so would be a Sega Master System. Puh-leeze, that is an almost 20 year old system, damnit! It's an old piece of junk - except for nostalgics, who can either play its games under emulation, or buy an used machine and a bunch of games for a fraction of the new one's price.
If your friend likes games, get him a respectable machine, like a Dreamcast, or maybe a Gameboy Advance SP. I am sure he will appreciate it a lot more.
The Dreamcast has...
RAM: 16MB
video RAM: 8MB
sound RAM: 2MB.
[source: GameFAQs]
The Atomiswave has...
Main RAM : 32 MB
Main Memory : 16 MB
Graphic Memory : 16 MB
Sound Memory : 8 MB
And the NAOMI has...
Main Ram : 32 megs
Main Memory : 32 MByte
Graphic Memory : 16 MByte
Sound Memory : 8 MByte
[source: System16.com]
Now, I don't know what's the difference between "Main RAM" and "Main Memory", that's just what the site says... can anyone clarify?
Well, anyway. It is clear that the hardware is very similar, but not the same. Of course, a good developer come with arcade-perfect ports in a very short time - as Sega, Capcom, Treasure, Sammy, GRev, and Success have done; but I don't believe it is as easy as you make it sound.
I believe Bungie's Marathon for Mac did it first, back in 1994.