Februari 7th:
Ordered a new battery for my 3DS, hopefully it'll arrive some day next week.
3DS:
a replacement battery
Februari 11th:
Earned some points for the order I placed back in December (Quake III Arena on Dreamcast etc.) and spent them on another game today, it cost almost exactly the amount as the points I had earned from that other purchase so I got it for virtually nothing, which I can live with.
PlayStation 2:
Unreal Tournament
Februari 13th:
Unreal Tournament for PS2 arrived today and I found some other stuff at a second-hand store.
DVD:
Survival of the Dead
Books:
art books: Egyptian art, Roman art, Rumanian art and Rokoko art
Swedish to English incorrect translation humor book
Bad Girl's Guide humor book
Barbie gets Kidnapped
Comics:
Min Häst
Pokemon
Robot
Smurfs
Barbie as a Model
Diamond
Penny
Spiderman
Classic Tales Homer's Odyssey
Moviestar Planet
Smart
Toys:
2x Daphne Blake from Scooby-Doo McDonalds Happy Meal figures (unopened)
Other:
3x Chinese decorative plates, 1 from 1986 and 2 from 1987
Februari 14th:
the replacement battery for 3DS arrived today
Februari 15th:
some second-hand finds today
PC:
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis (Medallion Best Value edition)
Rayman 3-pack (Rayman, Rayman 2 The Great Escape and Rayman M)
Star Stable Spring Rider
Star Stable Summer Rider
Star Stable Autumn Rider
Star Stable Winter Rider
DVD:
Balto Wolf Quest
Disney Fables Vol. 2
Supa Strikas Season 3 DVD 13
CD:
Ambient Worlds - The Mountain Stream
Muzyka Mistrzów - Smetana - Dusza Czech (1997)
NRJ Dance Hits 5 (1998)
Oriental Nights - From the Mediterranean to the Orient (2003)
Comics:
Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo
The Smurfs
Books:
Crazy Funnies
Only as funny as you make yourself
Magazine + Lego:
Mickey Mouse Magazine + Lego Nexo Knights 30378 Shrunken Headquarters
Februari 17th:
some minor second-hand finds today
PlayStation 3:
Skate 2
DVD:
Gladiator Cop
I Am Legend (2-disc special edition)
Hardware:
Xbox One Traptanium Portal
also some gifts from a friend in the form of a Commodore C64C microcomputer and a Commodore Amiga A500 microcomputer with some extra stuff and a whole bunch of diskettes and cassette tapes, sadly neither had video or audio cables
Hardware:
Commodore 64 C64C
+power adapter
+expansion pack
+mouse
+joystick
+cassette tape adapter
+user manual
Commodore Amiga A500
+power adapter
+mouse
and a whole bunch of diskettes and cassette tapes with unknown content
Februari 17th:
some second-hand finds today
PC:
Lemmings 3D
Sonic R (Xplosiv)
DVD:
The Barbie Diaries (Barbie Dagbok)
Barbie in a Mermaid Tale (Barbie i en Sjöjungfrusaga)
The Fairytaler Vol. 12 - H.C. Andersen - The Snow Queen (Sagoberättaren - H.C. Andersen - Snödrottningen)
The Reef 2 (Haja Läget 2)
Comics:
Acke
Min Häst
Kalle Anka
Pettson & Findus
Star Wars The Clone Wars
Vildhästar i Fara
Toys:
Lego Bionicle masks
McDonalds Batman figure (2016)
McDonalds Transformers Optimus Prime with sword (2016)
Transformers Construct Bots - Dinobot Warriors - Autobot Hound & Wide Load Dino (complete in box)
2x robot keychains (Youngtoys 2015)
and a couple of movies from a shop that rents and sells movies
DVD:
Impy's Wonderland (På Äventyr Med Dino)
Monster High - Friday Night Frights + Why do Ghouls Fall in Love (Monster High Dubbeläventyr - Fasansfulla Fredagskvällen + Är Det det Här Monster Kallar Kärlek)
Showing posts with label Sonic R. Show all posts
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Sunday, February 11, 2018
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Now Playing - Oktober 2017
September is over so I will dial down the 32 extravaganza a bit and focus on horror themed games and monster games instead, still with an underlying 32-bit focus though.
Metroid II Return of Samus (Game Boy)
Roswell Conspiracies Aliens, Myths & Legends (Game Boy Color)
S.C.A.R.S. (PlayStation)
WipEout 2097 (PlayStation)
V-Rally 2 (PlayStation)
Jersey Devil (PlayStation)
Fossil Fighters Frontier (3DS)
WRC FIA World Rally Championship (PlayStation Portable)
Alien Trilogy (PlayStation)
Asterix Mega Madness Galenskap i Kvadrat (PlayStation)
Also known as Asterix Mega Madness Galenskap Till Max, is a multiplayer-focused minigame collection for PC and PlayStation developed by UDS and published by Infogrames in 2001.
It's a 3D game with low minimum system requirements and it runs effortlessly without any compatibility problems on my much more modern hardware and software.
The visuals look good enough, not overly impressive by 2001 standards but they get the job done without any issues so I'm not complaining, it plays well with simple and easy to learn and use controls and the gameplay is for the most part fun and varied.
You play as either Asterix, Obelix, Mrs. Geriatrix or Cacofonix.
As I mentioned it's a multiplayer-focused game, so it supports the use of keyboard and a USB controller to allow for 2-player split-screen gameplay, which is very nice to see in a computer game for once!
Asterix Mega Madness (PlayStation)
I decided to check out the PlayStation port to see if there were any differences, and no, it was virtually identical to the PC game, beyond the obvious PlayStation things like loading from the disc causing slightly longer load times (which may be shortened if you play it on a PS2 with the faster disc loading enabled), a lower screen resolution adapted for display on older TVs (which can be changed if playing via an emulator on PC) and the lack of texture filtering (which is available if you play it on a PS2 or via emulation on PC) there are no real differences, some sprites are smaller to fit the lower screen resolution of older TVs better, but other than that the 3D geometry detail, framerate, colors, texture quality, controls, music, animated cutscenes and all other content is completely intact and seemingly identical.
It's an as flawless port as it possibly can be and lives up to the high Asterix & Obelix quality the series is known for.
Kao The Kangaroo Round 2 (PC)
An unusually good 3D platformer, at least by PC standards, seeing as they're usually best found on consoles, this was a multiplatform game though so it's also on PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox but it works very well on PC, even a shitty PC like mine it managed to run fairly smooth.
It seems to use the Massive engine, that powers the excellent AquaNox games, which would explain why it looks as good as it does while still running so well, it's a very good graphics engine.
Sonic R (PC)
Found this game while I was doing some cleaning, I'd put it away in a box with some other older stuff like Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Quake II, Unreal, some racing game and a couple of other games I've never even played because they wouldn't work on the PC I had back then.. maybe I'll give those a try with my current PC at some point as well.
Anyway, I decided to install this and see if I could get it running, and after having found working fixes for the issues I was having (an additional program was needed to make the controls work and a hex edited file was needed for better resolution settings), it works well enough with no major problems, I've seen some minor visual glitches and the resolution is not the same as Windows so it screws up the order of my desktop icons every time I play, but it's no biggie and it plays just fine otherwise.
The funny thing is, I have a russian version of the game, so it's Sonic R.. in russian.
It still plays like normal but all text and the voice clips have been changed to russian, and I don't understand a single word, I can guess what words mean "retry", "save", "load" or "quit" and other such basic stuff, but the rest is just strange symbols mixed with a random handful of recognizable letters.
Still, it's a fun game, I like it, it's one of the few mascot kart racer type games from the 90s I actually enjoy playing because it adds the extra depth to the gameplay with side missions during races, like finding hidden chaos emeralds and stuff.
Metroid II Return of Samus (Game Boy)
Roswell Conspiracies Aliens, Myths & Legends (Game Boy Color)
S.C.A.R.S. (PlayStation)
WipEout 2097 (PlayStation)
V-Rally 2 (PlayStation)
Jersey Devil (PlayStation)
Fossil Fighters Frontier (3DS)
WRC FIA World Rally Championship (PlayStation Portable)
Alien Trilogy (PlayStation)
Asterix Mega Madness Galenskap i Kvadrat (PlayStation)
Also known as Asterix Mega Madness Galenskap Till Max, is a multiplayer-focused minigame collection for PC and PlayStation developed by UDS and published by Infogrames in 2001.
It's a 3D game with low minimum system requirements and it runs effortlessly without any compatibility problems on my much more modern hardware and software.
The visuals look good enough, not overly impressive by 2001 standards but they get the job done without any issues so I'm not complaining, it plays well with simple and easy to learn and use controls and the gameplay is for the most part fun and varied.
You play as either Asterix, Obelix, Mrs. Geriatrix or Cacofonix.
As I mentioned it's a multiplayer-focused game, so it supports the use of keyboard and a USB controller to allow for 2-player split-screen gameplay, which is very nice to see in a computer game for once!
Asterix Mega Madness (PlayStation)
I decided to check out the PlayStation port to see if there were any differences, and no, it was virtually identical to the PC game, beyond the obvious PlayStation things like loading from the disc causing slightly longer load times (which may be shortened if you play it on a PS2 with the faster disc loading enabled), a lower screen resolution adapted for display on older TVs (which can be changed if playing via an emulator on PC) and the lack of texture filtering (which is available if you play it on a PS2 or via emulation on PC) there are no real differences, some sprites are smaller to fit the lower screen resolution of older TVs better, but other than that the 3D geometry detail, framerate, colors, texture quality, controls, music, animated cutscenes and all other content is completely intact and seemingly identical.
It's an as flawless port as it possibly can be and lives up to the high Asterix & Obelix quality the series is known for.
Kao The Kangaroo Round 2 (PC)
An unusually good 3D platformer, at least by PC standards, seeing as they're usually best found on consoles, this was a multiplatform game though so it's also on PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox but it works very well on PC, even a shitty PC like mine it managed to run fairly smooth.
It seems to use the Massive engine, that powers the excellent AquaNox games, which would explain why it looks as good as it does while still running so well, it's a very good graphics engine.
Sonic R (PC)
Found this game while I was doing some cleaning, I'd put it away in a box with some other older stuff like Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Quake II, Unreal, some racing game and a couple of other games I've never even played because they wouldn't work on the PC I had back then.. maybe I'll give those a try with my current PC at some point as well.
Anyway, I decided to install this and see if I could get it running, and after having found working fixes for the issues I was having (an additional program was needed to make the controls work and a hex edited file was needed for better resolution settings), it works well enough with no major problems, I've seen some minor visual glitches and the resolution is not the same as Windows so it screws up the order of my desktop icons every time I play, but it's no biggie and it plays just fine otherwise.
The funny thing is, I have a russian version of the game, so it's Sonic R.. in russian.
It still plays like normal but all text and the voice clips have been changed to russian, and I don't understand a single word, I can guess what words mean "retry", "save", "load" or "quit" and other such basic stuff, but the rest is just strange symbols mixed with a random handful of recognizable letters.
Still, it's a fun game, I like it, it's one of the few mascot kart racer type games from the 90s I actually enjoy playing because it adds the extra depth to the gameplay with side missions during races, like finding hidden chaos emeralds and stuff.
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