POWERSPHERE
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VOOK said:
Source? So does that mean it drops at midnight? Coz that's only 20 minutes away!!!
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Official bitching about Hudson abandoning VC support. [VC/WiiWare = lost cause]
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Source? So does that mean it drops at midnight? Coz that's only 20 minutes away!!!
You are not alone. The button mapping is useless for SMB. For those that haven't had the pleasure, the b and y buttons are set to one function (dash I think), and the a and x buttons to another (jump). It's easy to press b and y at the same time, and it's easy to press a and x at the same time. It's almost impossible to press one of the dash and one of the jump buttons at the same time. >___<Teppic said:
I've never had a problem buying and keeping old games and systems around, so for me Virtual Console has to be perfect emulation or I won't buy. That's ok though, since I have all you suc^H^H^H guys here to let me know if there are glitches in any of the games.
So far, both Super Star Soldier and Super Castlevania IV are aces and I bought Military Madness despite knowing it had the problem with sound in scrolling simply because I don't currently own a TG-16.
So far, both Super Star Soldier and Super Castlevania IV are aces and I bought Military Madness despite knowing it had the problem with sound in scrolling simply because I don't currently own a TG-16.
Segata Sanshiro
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SumGamer said:
Maybe I'm missing a joke or something, but uh...that's what the boomerang is supposed to do.
Also, wanting to get to the bottom of this emulation glitchery, I popped Zelda into my SNES, which is hooked up via composite for stereo sound. The result is that the same thing happens in SNES Zelda that happens in the emulation - the sound effects try to take advantage of the stereo sound, and sometimes end up muffled depending on where you are standing. Maybe people are remembering differently, or they didn't have their SNES hooked up stereo (if you have the SNES hooked up via RF Modulator, the sound is consistent). I don't think the emulation is suspect here - maybe people just played the GBA one more recently or something?
I've tested this, and yeah, LttP SNES on composite has the same problems as LttP VC on composite. I also heard similar problems on Super Mario World, so maybe this was a problem with early first party SNES games. So what, do these games only sound right on RF hookups?Segata Sanshiro said:
Segata Sanshiro
Member
I haven't seen it on either version, but I can believe it, that is something more consistent with an emulator flaw. But who knows? Even on the SNES the flicker "hit" effect went flaky in some games.
Cyan said:
Emulation is never 100% perfect and I've not encountered the glitch you mentioned.
What would have been nice is if they could have included SNES,NES,TG-16 and Genesis on a chip solutions (you know like those plug and play TV things) as part of the Wiichipset. This would effectively emulate the hardware for us and there would be no need for emulators except for if they choose to add new consoles later on.
Christopher
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maharg said:
um the controller houses 6 buttons bedsides the d-pad' +, -, A, 1, 2, B. The Gameboy Advance had the same amount of buttons and worked fine.
- : select
+: start
1.: sword
2.: item
A: map
B: "action" button.
it's not that hard.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
The trouble with the system-on-a-chip solution is that the NES, SNES and Genesis both had carts with custom chips. Including all of these could be a real headache.
Segata Sanshiro said:
Thanks for checking. My SNES is hooked up via RCA, but only a mono feed (crappy TV with only a 'left/mono' RCA in)and I dont' own a LTTP cartridge, so I was only going on memory. Most likely when I played LTTP the first time, it was hooked via RF.
I guess this means we won't see an update fixing it.
I have not noticed that LttP problem. As a matter of fact I just went and tried it and really tried to make the glitch happen, but I noticed nothing.
Furthermore, I don't see how this glitch is anything of consequence. If it happens to me I'll be able to more accurately give an opinion....but does the game lose something if its suddenly a little more imperfect? It does not sound like anything that Nintendo should waste their time fixing.
Maybe I'm just used to playing my old (launch) NES....with all of its crazy flashing-in-and-out graphics (Rygar says hello) and its ability to just lock up on me when I am near the end of the game (just my copy of Super Mario Bros. 3), but I accept and sometimes expect small glitches.
~Tauran
Furthermore, I don't see how this glitch is anything of consequence. If it happens to me I'll be able to more accurately give an opinion....but does the game lose something if its suddenly a little more imperfect? It does not sound like anything that Nintendo should waste their time fixing.
Maybe I'm just used to playing my old (launch) NES....with all of its crazy flashing-in-and-out graphics (Rygar says hello) and its ability to just lock up on me when I am near the end of the game (just my copy of Super Mario Bros. 3), but I accept and sometimes expect small glitches.
~Tauran
:Motorbass
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Downloading Mario Kart 64 :]
200 Blocks
200 Blocks
Cosmonaut X
Member
MK64 actually comes in at 129 blocks, not 200. Really impressed with it so far - really sharp & clean, and the framerate seems really smooth, even if it does seem to be only 20-30fps.
dr3upmushroom
Banned
quit talking about it... Makes me want it more ...
...Interesting to see that according to the Mario Kart 64 manual, the Virtual Console doesn't seem to support the controller pak (so no saving ghost data). Also, is it me, or were the TV screens on some of the stages really as laggy as on the N64 as they are on VC?
Anyway, good to play the game again.
Anyway, good to play the game again.
Cheesemeister
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Cheesemeister said:
No big surprise, but this one just popped up for NA, too:
EphemeralDream
Member
Cosmonaut X said:
I'm a little confused. They do actually optimize 64 games right? I never bough SM64 but I was curious to see how it looked.
Chibbi Brady
Member
Isn't MK64 supposed to be out next week in the US as well? Find it a little hard to believe that they'd put up 6 games at once, especially with 2 really big hitters like MK and SMW, not to mention Contra.
Cheesemeister
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Dimmuxx said:
Just Mario Kart 64. Nothing posted today for Japan.
Cosmonaut X
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EphemeralDream said:
Well, I'd have to compare against my old copy of MK64, but it appears that the framerate is now locked at whatever the maximum was in the cart version rather than skipping up and down. It looks a hell of a lot sharper than I remember, but that may be down to using SCART cables on Wii instead of the old AV cables I used on the N64. IMO, it looks about as good as you could expect an N64 game to look without doing any kind of upscaling, retexturing etc.
AndyMoogle
Member
Where exactly is this update button you talk about? I've never seen it. Must be blind or something...
Conrad Link
Member
Hmmmmmm, thats a worry about the controller pack thing - I never thought about it, could they emulate that somehow? Or will they just never bother with games that only saved on the memory card? (Goemon nooooooo ;( ) Cause that would suck.
Father_Mike
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Conrad Link said:
Theres no reason why it couldn't be emulated.
MasterMFauli
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Well, perhaps its only a problem when save data are being save on cartridge AND controller pak. With MK64, Nintendo chose to go for the internal cartridge-save data, as its more important thatn ghost data. But for a game like, let´s say Armorines: Project SWARM, where the complete save data are being saved on the controller pak, this will make the data being saved on the Wii´s flash memory.
Just a guess, though...
Just a guess, though...
:Motorbass
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Cosmonaut X said:
Yeah, weird, I could swear it said 200 blocks before the download. 14xx blocks will be left. Then after the dl it said: 15xxfree blocks remaining. Maybe it needs some free blocks for unpacking or something....
Yeah well. Controls are good with CC. You can even use the "X" button for items like in MKDS. really nice. Why didn't they put similar thoughts in other VC controls?
:Motorbass
Member
maharg said:
Mhm. But what about the added x-button functionality from MK64? It would have to be changed in the Rom.
Oh. And this is my first N64 game on the Wii, so that's not the reason. :]