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Dang, I love Bomb Jack
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Interesting that on the website they don’t actually say which system these games were made for.
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annoying that console archives is only on the new consoles. the switch can’t emulate nes and ps1? madness.
you will not be shocked to hear that scoring in top speed centres around achieving high speeds and not crashing. also it goes insane with the number of branching paths later in the game
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Yeah it’s kind of silly, especially considering that there are emulated NES and PS1 games you can already buy on Switch, but I guess they don’t want to develop and test two apps for Nintendo.
I also find these releases less exciting because console games are much easier to just emulate yourself than arcade games are.
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Oh, a thing that was announced only in the Japanese Direct and not in the other regions, they’re bringing UFO: A Day in the Life to Console Archives.
Beside the widespread copyright slavery syndrome in Japanese. I think they are targeting Japanese players who are dislike the high price second-hand retro market and never own a computer (Yes, there’re a few of them in Japanese retro market).
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Also I feel like Japanese gamers are less familiar with emulators in general, because they’re usually developed by and for English speakers and almost never cross over into the Japanese-speaking part of the internet.
Would you agree?
It feels like PCs are treated as a specialized skill in Japan, and ordinary people don’t see it as a necessary skill which is different from rest of the world. I don’t think language is a issue cause I’ve seen the Japanese war gaming community crazily translating overseas information and rules, even publish their work in English by AI… So I guess it’s still copyright. After all, this is a country where you’d get some sly comments accusing you of filming illegally even if you tape yourself in an arcade post online.
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I found this: any modifications are illegal after 2018 I guess. And let alone the T-Rex-level pressure faced by the Japanese when discovered in public online or offline to be different from others.
but these are may be just biased, as I don’t reside in Japan. What if there is a super illegal, underground community in Japan, similar to a fight club, exchanging ROMs for emulators using code words in the darkness? Back to 2008, PC98 or PC88 game ROMs on Internet were all uploaded by Japanese on Share.
But at least under the strict law, it’s definitely won’t discuss or a business openly like in English world.
reminds me again that every society may slip into a state like Japanese strict copyright laws, ultimately resulting in the loss of our rights to own anything.
Always remember to copy and burn game locally.
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Metal Black! Liquid Kids!
