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I have this on my Sega CD. It's called Road Avenger in the US. Same exact game, but this SNES version actually looks cleaner. That's pretty amazing. Fun game, if you like these kind. I get a kick out of them. I also have Dragon's Lair on my 3DO and Time Gal on the Sega CD. Good stuff. :)
I love this kind of stuff. And I remember being totally intrigued by this potential add on at the time. As well as the add on the N64 was supposed to get but never did.
This definitely isn't the Sega/Mega CD version. LaserActive, PlayStation and other systems had ports of it.
I wish my Sega CD copy looked as good as this though. =/
I wish my Sega CD copy looked as good as this though. =/
The Nintendo/Sony thing is one of the two insane "what if" scenarios in gaming history, the other being if Atari had gone through with distribution rights for the NES in North America.
I mean, think of how different the landscape could be if that happened? Like you said, CD consoles at the time were pretty much unanimous failures, and if this happened would Sony have pulled out of the gaming market forever? Would Microsoft have even gotten into it at all if the Playstation hadn't supplanted Nintendo as the "default" video game system and made gaming a more mainstream activity? Would we still be looking at a Nintendo/Sega exclusive hardware rivalry?
Fucking blows my mind to think about man.
I mean, think of how different the landscape could be if that happened? Like you said, CD consoles at the time were pretty much unanimous failures, and if this happened would Sony have pulled out of the gaming market forever? Would Microsoft have even gotten into it at all if the Playstation hadn't supplanted Nintendo as the "default" video game system and made gaming a more mainstream activity? Would we still be looking at a Nintendo/Sega exclusive hardware rivalry?
Fucking blows my mind to think about man.
@scotty: Doubtful, Sega would probably still have fallen. Their system was ahead of the curve at the time, but very poor marketing and probably being to advanced for the time lead to its downfall.
Ugh I tend to quit games if they have even one quicktime event in them. And entire game based on them? How about not.
The sega cd version was pared down in both resolution and animation in order to fit the cd. The full crispy version is available for iOS or the Daphne emulator. However both are missing the awesome Sega CD intro by J-Walk.
Actually Sony's entrance into the console arena completely changed Sega's plans for the Saturn. It's entirely possible Sega wouldn't have crashed and burnt.
Although this isn't really much of an actual *port* the MSU is an unofficial (ie homemade) chip basically allows the SNES to play full motion video. While it's still neat it should be noted there was absolutely no way this could have been done in this manner during the SNES's lifespan.
Although this isn't really much of an actual *port* the MSU is an unofficial (ie homemade) chip basically allows the SNES to play full motion video. While it's still neat it should be noted there was absolutely no way this could have been done in this manner during the SNES's lifespan.
So this guy basically designed an emulator plugin to enable FMV and 4GB additional storage. I'm impressed with his coding ability, but adding virtual hardware to frameserve video to an emulator for a very old console is not that impressive in and of itself.
Actually, in reviewing his site, his participation and accomplishments in decoding SNES DSP coprocessors is much more impressive and useful. I guess once you've taken the mystery out of all of the chips in play, the only thing left is to make your own.
Actually, in reviewing his site, his participation and accomplishments in decoding SNES DSP coprocessors is much more impressive and useful. I guess once you've taken the mystery out of all of the chips in play, the only thing left is to make your own.
This is absolutely amazing; like RE2 on N64 silencing idiots everywhere back in the day.
Oh, and great point ScottyG! Think about it myself quite often...
Oh, and great point ScottyG! Think about it myself quite often...
Pretty cool, but a remake within a real racing game engine would be far better.
What's really impressive are those people who are doing FMV with a C64 using DMA and storage plugged into the cartridge slot. Heck some people are even playing MP3 files on stock C64 hardware. They sound terrible, but they do play.
What's really impressive are those people who are doing FMV with a C64 using DMA and storage plugged into the cartridge slot. Heck some people are even playing MP3 files on stock C64 hardware. They sound terrible, but they do play.
@Aequitas:
I'm more impressed that he saw fit to just invent a whole new co-processor of this magnitude apparently just because.
I'm more impressed that he saw fit to just invent a whole new co-processor of this magnitude apparently just because.
@Spaz: I believe the problem Sega faced during the Dreamcast era was that they lost so much money on the Sega CD and 32X, and the Saturn didn't do well either. The Dreamcast was doing alright, but not well enough to earn back what they had lost.
Is there any basis to saying the MSU-1 is "much, much more powerful" than the SuperFX? All it does is stream audio and video to the SNES as the SNES CD would have. Hell, the SD2SNES will supposedly eventually support MSU-1 emulation IN CONJUNCTION WITH SuperFX1/2 emulation.
So I'd imagine it's not really very powerful at all, and this article's author is just one of those people who's overly impressed by shiny objects, much like the people who consider Donkey Kong Country a great technical feat or the people who pee their pants over Square FMVs on the DS. "WHOA, I didn't know the DS was capable of graphics like this!" "It's not. This is FMV. If they used live-action, would you think the DS was capable of stuffing real people under the screen?"
So I'd imagine it's not really very powerful at all, and this article's author is just one of those people who's overly impressed by shiny objects, much like the people who consider Donkey Kong Country a great technical feat or the people who pee their pants over Square FMVs on the DS. "WHOA, I didn't know the DS was capable of graphics like this!" "It's not. This is FMV. If they used live-action, would you think the DS was capable of stuffing real people under the screen?"
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