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16-Bit Blast Processing Heroes - Ecco, Vectorman, Ristar, Kid Chameleon, etc
Berto:
The Original Version Of Columns For The HP-UX Has Just Been Found
--- Quote ---Most people will probably know of Columns from Sega's versions of the game — which have since been reissued across various compilations and mini consoles — but the title actually has an interesting history that predates those releases.
It was originally designed by Jay Geersten for the HP-UX operating system while working at Hewlett Packard in 1989, who later gave his source code to various other developers to produce additional versions for MS-DOS, Atari ST, Macintosh, and Windows 3.x.
In the past, Geersten's original HP-UX version of the game was considered to be lost media, but yesterday, the video game collector @TrevgauntletNeu announced that they had found the original title and had managed to get it working in MAME. They've since shared ...
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Article : https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/05/the-original-version-of-columns-for-the-hp-ux-has-just-been-found
Berto:
SEGA Talk #139: Tom Kalinske (1976-Now)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd1IwWK9Ltc
--- Quote ---On this episode of SEGA Talk we look back at the career of Tom Kalinske, the man who started at Mattel and took on Nintendo with the SEGA Genesis and leaped over to take over the education toy market with LeapFrog.
This is the retrospective of Tom Kalinske!
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Article : https://segabits.com/blog/2024/04/30/sega-talk-139-tom-kalinske-1976-now/
Berto:
🎮🐉 Now Shipping: LEGEND OF WUKONG for GENESIS / MEGA DRIVE!
Strictly Limited in partnership with Piko Interactive.
--- Quote ---A 13-year-old boy alters the course of Chinese history after a time machine accident sends him back hundreds of years.
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Link : https://ecs.page.link/KvfRW
Mystic Monkey:
--- Quote from: Berto on May 03, 2024, 01:12:44 am ---Kirby also has many other interesting characters such as Meta Knight, Bandana Waddle Dee, and King Dedede.
Ristar doesn't have any memorable one other than himself.
May be if the game has a sequel it could introduce more characters but sadly there was none.
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But what pisses me off is that he could of! If he had more than one game, new characters could've been introduced and expanded upon.
For example, some of the chharacters from the first game could be expanded upon, such as Planet Flora's elder or Ristars parents.
Berto:
--- Quote from: Mystic Monkey on May 04, 2024, 06:01:53 pm ---But what pisses me off is that he could of! If he had more than one game, new characters could've been introduced and expanded upon.
For example, some of the chharacters from the first game could be expanded upon, such as Planet Flora's elder or Ristars parents.
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Yes, unfortunately the sales weren't that good since it has to compete not just with 16-bit games such as Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Donkey Kong Country 2 but also with many 32-bit games such as ...
If only it was released three years earlier.
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