[Lambda]

GeneHF, on 06 May 2014 - 11:26 PM, said:

If the fans really want to make their voices heard, you all need to shake up SoJ.

...Are you proposing a movement?

[Falk]

A bowel movement specifically?

I mean, essentially the message that needs to get across is 'people give a shit', right?

Right?

Man I'm hilarious.

This post has been edited by Falk: 06 May 2014 - 11:36 PM

[TheKazeblade]

GeneHF, on 06 May 2014 - 11:26 PM, said:

I don't doubt that he has his backers in SoA. Sales for all the games suggest they were quite healthy, and they won some awards too. The main concern is likely going to be SoJ. It doesn't take a genius to see SoJ doesn't like being upstaged. Hell, a handy look at our lovely Sega Retro wiki will show various instances in the past where SoJ and SoA are at odds, but SoJ ultimately wins because they're the main branch.

If the fans really want to make their voices heard, you all need to shake up SoJ. No disrespect to M2 for how impressive the GigaDrive is (and really, I respect the amount of work they put in to it and how it largely shames Nintendo's VC offerings), but Stealth and Tax have taken some classics, lovingly touched them up and made them super appealing to buy once again, and with bonus features incentives. It's like how Square Enix ported Chrono Trigger to DS and added stuff (opinions may vary on quality.)

How would we go about doing this in a way that would sound respectable and actually be considered seriously?

[Lambda]

Falk, on 06 May 2014 - 11:36 PM, said:

A bowel movement specifically?

I mean, essentially the message that needs to get across is 'people give a shit', right?

Right?

Man I'm hilarious.

I was GOING to say "Are you proposing a movement? I like a good movement"

Then I decided not to 'cuz this. :P

TheKazeblade, on 06 May 2014 - 11:38 PM, said:

How would we go about doing this in a way that would sound respectable and actually be considered seriously?

Money talks... loudly...

However, I guess we're assuming that pride is keeping them from listening to the green...

This post has been edited by Lambda: 06 May 2014 - 11:42 PM

[Mykonos]

I'm all for some kind of message to SOJ here, what we've gotten to see looks great and I want to support more of that more than anything these days.

[GeneHF]

To be honest, I'm not sure. There's clear demonstration that people have spoken with their wallets and shown that these remasters are popular, even to the point of people saying they want to see them put out on consoles so they can buy them there.

SoJ is a very stubborn entity. They know about the west and their exploits. Hell, the PSO2 team over there is pretty damn impressed with how the west basically circumvented Sega's... roadblock, I guess would be a good word, and made their own translation patch just to play the game. Honestly, the mentality change has to happen right at the higher levels, and if they're not responding to surges of money, I'm not really sure what else can be a motivating factor.

Stupid stubborn Japanse pride mentality.

[Dark Sonic]

GeneHF, on 07 May 2014 - 05:50 AM, said:

To be honest, I'm not sure. There's clear demonstration that people have spoken with their wallets and shown that these remasters are popular, even to the point of people saying they want to see them put out on consoles so they can buy them there.

SoJ is a very stubborn entity. They know about the west and their exploits. Hell, the PSO2 team over there is pretty damn impressed with how the west basically circumvented Sega's... roadblock, I guess would be a good word, and made their own translation patch just to play the game. Honestly, the mentality change has to happen right at the higher levels, and if they're not responding to surges of money, I'm not really sure what else can be a motivating factor.

Stupid stubborn Japanse pride mentality.

But Sonic 4 is better than all of this because it comes from Japan. Only good comes from Japan

Jappppaaaannnnnnn />

This post has been edited by Dark Sonic: 09 May 2014 - 05:12 PM

[TheKazeblade]

That's really a shame, especially when it's that same stubbornness and pride that almost killed Sega to begin with.

I hope the people at SoA are able to find some sort of exploitable loophole to make a Taxman original project a reality.

[Elliot Gindi]

Does anybody else thing a cool function for Sonic CD would be to toggle songs on a per track basis?

I like Sonic Boom but like most of the Japanese soundtrack but at the same time I love the US special stage song.

[MathUser]

Here's a question. I didn't buy it yet, but I was wondering if the PS3 version supports custom soundtracks. Judging from the demo it doesn't which is odd cause Sega likes to make it's games support that feature on PS3. I played Virtua Fighter 2 with a custom soundtrack the other day.

[Xilla]

Elliot Gindi, on 21 May 2014 - 04:21 PM, said:

Does anybody else thing a cool function for Sonic CD would be to toggle songs on a per track basis?

I like Sonic Boom but like most of the Japanese soundtrack but at the same time I love the US special stage song.

Absolutely! SFIV did it for the characters voices afterall.

I remember switching the soundtracks for the PC version (including editing the video files) and I did keep a few US tracks (Act Clear, Invincible are the ones that spring to mind) so to do this in-game would be nice.

[Elliot Gindi]

Xilla, on 22 May 2014 - 04:09 PM, said:

Elliot Gindi, on 21 May 2014 - 04:21 PM, said:

Does anybody else thing a cool function for Sonic CD would be to toggle songs on a per track basis?

I like Sonic Boom but like most of the Japanese soundtrack but at the same time I love the US special stage song.

Absolutely! SFIV did it for the characters voices afterall.

I remember switching the soundtracks for the PC version (including editing the video files) and I did keep a few US tracks (Act Clear, Invincible are the ones that spring to mind) so to do this in-game would be nice.

I wanted to do that but couldn't find an idiot proof way to do it. It'd also mean that picking the alternate soundtrack would be a compilation of songs I didn't like as much which could be funny.

[Xeeynamo]

Recently the emulator RPCS3 (a PS3 emulator) was able to run some commercial games. The first full-compatible game that was tested is... Sonic CD!
https://www.youtube....h?v=8iEq-xONawg

[TimmiT]

It's not the first full-compatible game:


Still really cool that it works though. It's great to see this much progress on the PS3 emulator.

[Machenstein]

Part of me hopes we get a Sonic CD "Gold" which has Desert Dazzle, Final Fever, as well as new fixes that address the flaws the original game had. At the same time, I'd like to see Taxman and Stealth use the Retro Engine for a brand new 2D Sonic once they are done with Sonic 3. One thing at a time, I suppose.