u/Krathoon

I did not quite follow the plot of this one.

I am going to have to look at a summary. There was this technology on this planet where all the information of an object could be stored on a keycard. The card could be plugged into a machine where it would rebuild a copy of the object. It did not work on living creatures. The creature would die when it was built.

The main computer on the planet was actually this creature called Moloch. He was the predicted evolution of these aliens. He tries to beam aboard the Liberator and take it over. He forgets that the computer he was attached to was keeping him alive and dies.

I think it was a case where the actors got a little too big for their britches.

The one that played Blake was afraid of being typecast and felt he did all he could do with the character. I disagree with that. We barely get to know Blake in those first two seasons.

The one that played Jenna left because her role was not that big on the show. Still, I think she should have stuck with it and waited for episodes that focus on Jenna.

Is there a way to do it? I see a command line converter on gitlab that might do it. Some homebrews are only in finalburn format.

Initially, I thought the episode was stupid, but it won me over.

The crew of the Liberator come across a metal sphere in space. It is totally shielded. Blocking out all signals.

Cally gets taken over by an alien force again and teleports into the sphere. The crew go in to rescue her. It turns out that the sphere is Ultraworld, a big computer with a brain as it's core. All they want to do is absorb the minds of the crew into there computer and put the Liberator in a museam.

Avon and Cally get absorbed, but Terrant and Dayna outsmart the aliens and save the day. They manage to restore the minds of Avon and Cally. The aliens take over the Liberator remotely and dock it in the sphere. It turns out that Villa and Orac confuse the core brain with comedy and cause it self destruct. The crew get back to the Liberator and make it break loose from the docking clamps. They narrowly escape before Ultraworld explodes.

Really, the original space effects are pretty good. The models are good for the most part. I like the use of light on the models. Space on the show is actually colorful.

This is a weird ass episode.

Of course, it is a Cally episode.

Cally gets possessed by a powerful alien again. Centuries ago, it was alien royalty and it tries to make the crew of the Liberator her subjects. She can take control of the minds of the crew and manipulate them. She can also knock you out with an electric shock. The alien tries to absorb Cally, but Avon knows Cally will not let it kill him. So, Avon waltzes up to it and takes her ring, the source of her power. The alien begs for her life. She does not want to die. Avon chucks her ring into the fire.

What cracks me up is that the sets are so damn cheap on the show. You really see it on Servalan's ship. The set is like painted cardboard. Her ship also looks really fake too.

I think they were relying on the old TV sets to blend the image.

I am suspecting that the Optane memory setup is slowing things down.

I may have to replace it with a full SSD. I notice it is kind of laggy with the start menu and file explorer. Mainly just the start menu.

I disabled all the internet stuff on the start menu and that seems to have helped.

It still runs games great. I upgraded the video card to a RTX 4070.

Since they are starting to get expensive. I went ahead and got a C64 Maxi on eBay. The seller threw in a power adapter, an HDMI cable, and a usb stick full of games, so it was a good deal.

I may mess around with the operating system on it. Never had a C64.

What are some good things to mess around with on it?

I am wondering if using a HDMI to component converter would get rid of the default filter effect that the console has.

It seems pretty much impossible unless you can find one at a flea market.

I would not mind messing around with one before getting the AES+ in the mail, but it seems like fat chance of that happening.

I am surprised that there are no Chinese knock offs. Just consolized MVSs.

That cart has the most funky smelling case ever. Not certain what that plastic is made out of, but it is some nasty stuff.

I will have to wait until I get the AES+ to try it out. I am taking a gamble it will work.

It is supposed to be version 2.1 of the cart. That version fixes some of the major bugs with the cart.

It is kind of a humorous crash.

It is on the loading screen. Dr. Muto runs along and a bunch of other Mutos repeat after him. Then, it locks up.

I will have to try that latest version and see if it is still crashing.

Really it is just kind of a fancier Mr. Do.

I actually like the style of the original more. The graphics and animations were cooler.

Is there a list somewhere of all the modern Neo Geo games?

Stuff that has come out recently?

I know about Xenocrisis and Vengance Hunters.

It is so dumb that it comes out the other end as hillarious.

Good thing that it is a hard as nails game to redeem it.