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My understanding is that it's software made in-house by LRG that is able to 1:1 emulation on modern systems. Apparently with it they can also make modifications where they want while keeping the core gameplay intact.
Lots of systems have been 100% reverse engineered. Because of this, emulators (and I assume this engine) no longer need proprietary BIOS files to operate accurately.
That's a great summary and outline of the potential of such an engine. I'm excited about the potential hereIt's an emulator package, but with hooks for modification. So they can add FMV/still cutscenes and new music to the River City Girls Zero port of Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka, or it can (I assume, by the trailer) replace the FMV of Tomba with an upscaled version, or it could allow Trophy/Achievement unlocks, etc. It runs the game, but then also has the engine on top of it to interrupt or replace aspects of the game on demand. (They're saying they want "carbon copy" releases accurate to the originals, but given that they're also modifying the games for localization/modernization, hopefully they're not too opposed to options such as retouched assets or speed stabilization hacks or maybe widescreen hacks where applicable... and ideally they'd treat them as "options", so you could play the original version or turn on the hacked alternative version in the same release.)
These things aren't unfamiliar in ROM hacking communities (and Digital Eclipse has done some of these things too,) but it's a step above what's typically done in emulated console releases.
Carbon Engine
Limited Run Games is the industry-leading publisher and distributor of award winning collector's editions, rare video games, and merchandise for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PS5, PC, and retro consoles. Each Limited Run game is officially licensed, highly collectable, and only printed once...
X-Men is sooo good. Love playing that 2 player.
Same. I saw a couple of those limited run trailers and the complete lack of gameplay makes me more than a little worried.
Isn't Last Story a Nintendo IP? If it isn't, then it's absolutely baffling as to why it hasn't been ported to everything, because it's a magnificent hidden gem.
Carbon Engine isnt the only "engine" that can do that, nor is MVG the only one doing it!
I hope they add HDR on the platforms they support (think auto HDR like MS did for XSX) as they could then add scanlines / CRT filters that do not over darken the game (they can balance that effect with the heightened brightness and contrast possible with HDR).It's an emulator package, but with hooks for modification.
So with an old game inside Carbon, they can add FMV/still cutscenes and new music to the River City Girls Zero port of Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka, or it can (I assume, by the trailer) replace the FMV of Tomba with an upscaled version, or it could allow Trophy/Achievement unlocks, etc.
It runs the game, but then also has the engine on top of it to interrupt or replace aspects of the game on demand. (Limited Run is saying they want "carbon copy" releases accurate to the originals, but given that they're aready modifying the games for localization/modernization, hopefully they're not too opposed to options such as retouched assets or speed stabilization hacks or maybe widescreen hacks where applicable... and ideally they'd treat them as "options", so you could play the original version or turn on the hacked alternative version in the same release.)
These things aren't unfamiliar in ROM hacking communities (and Digital Eclipse has done some of these things too,) but it's a step above what's typically done in emulated console releases.
Carbon Engine
Limited Run Games is the industry-leading publisher and distributor of award winning collector's editions, rare video games, and merchandise for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PS5, PC, and retro consoles. Each Limited Run game is officially licensed, highly collectable, and only printed once...
It was ported to the wii u, im guessing Nintendo owns the rights to the first game but not sure about the IP as a whole
Yes, it is a Nintendo IP.
Is it? Just curious because both developers and nintendo the publisher put money towards the game, also it was never intended to be exclusive to the wii it just ended up on the wii because a majority of programmers that worked on the game came from nintendo
www.dualshockers.com
That was just a re-release of the wii version as a digital download. They did the same with Pandora's Tower (great game),
