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Just to preface, this isn’t a post about should it have been released etc, we all already know the issues around that. Although I would like to hear people’s thoughts on the game, I think it obviously wouldn’t be able to compete with Mario 64 and crash but it still could’ve been a good game if finished. Anyway back to the main point.

Every now and then I get the urge to check if any of the x-treme fan games have made any progress (usually they haven’t but you never know). But one thing that bothers me about them is how short the levels look. It takes a couple of minutes per level but that’s when they’re collecting everything and most people wouldn’t do that, so I imagine you’d blitz through them if heading straight for the goal, (I’m not saying it should be a 5-10 hour game or anything but I imagine something like 2 hours would be fine). So I was thinking of ways to lengthen them a bit and thought I’d put it here on the off chance someone making a fan game sees it.

1. have it like sonic 8 bit where the chaos emeralds (or games equivalent) are hidden in the levels to entice exploration. This might negate the need for special stages but I imagine you could also introduce another collectable for them

or even just hide the special stages entrance like 3d blast (that would probably be best).

1. in the trailers you see these bridges with loops that send sonic to another point on the map, so maybe you could make them activate by a switch that’s hidden somewhere else and make the bridge progress you to another area that’s otherwise blocked off. Not the next act but more like a little puzzle to be able to progress to the goal, again this would entice exploration more.
2. either make it so you have to destroy every enemy (like sonic 3D blast) or give an incentive to do so, I was thinking something like odd world (or the opposite I guess) where getting everyone leads to the good ending, I know the emeralds usually do this but I think it could still work and you could still use the emeralds to unlock the final boss or level or something (or have it the other way round), or this could just be something extra to do on top of that that would lead to an even better ending. You could even do it like banjo where doing everything makes the final boss easier, just something to incentivise it.

That’s some ideas that I just wanted to get off my chest lol, I’d be interested to hear anyone else’s as well, like what do you think would’ve made it a better game?

So I got a copy of NiGHTS about a week ago, the disc had a few scratches and one mark in particular that looked quite bad, initially everything seemed fine but Claris’ last cutscene would always freeze. So I ended up buying another one and this one works all the way through, however although the disc looks better at first glance it seems to have light scrapes all the way around so I’m not sure if it’s been in a disc cleaner or not. So I wanted to ask, if it has been in a disc cleaner would that have any long term effects like make it more susceptible to damage or rot or make it wear down over time or something? And if you were in this situation which one would you keep?

I tried to take a video but it wasn’t showing up on the camera but I described it as best I can.

This may sound like a stupid question as one works great and the other doesn’t play the last cutscene but the reason for my concern is that I heard Dreamcast games can get damaged if put through a cleaner and I’m not sure if it’s the same for Saturn.

Any advice is appreciated

I know there’s a video after the final boss but after I beat it nights’ face comes up and then the screen fades to black, is this normal and it just takes a while or is something wrong with my disc?

The score saved (I checked after resetting) so it recognises I beat it but the video isn’t showing.

Edit:
It’s not normal. It was happening with Claris so I tried with Elliot and it was fine, then I tried Claris again and it started but kept freezing at the same point every time so I think I’m going to return it and get another copy.

I was just playing nights and I finally got a good score on stick canyon and all I had to do was defeat the boss (which was reala) but nights’ trail (sparks I guess?) wasn’t there so it wouldn’t let me loop so I couldn’t beat it.

I understand movies and stuff take time but what about the merch? its been months and I still haven't seen anything.

I know its a bit shitty that they aren't doing new games but this isn't a post about that, Im just curious as to what's going on or if it still even is.

The only plug I have is a MacBook one but it said not to use fast charging plugs, can I just buy any other plug or does voltage or anything else matter?

Before I buy a saroo can someone confirm that it lets you:

.Play physical imported games (like an action replay)

.Use it as a ram cart for those physical imported games

.Use it as a memory card

.Play reproduction games

I’ve been told these things and I’m just double checking, any help would be appreciated.

What’s it like playing imports on a pal Saturn preferably from the perspective of someone who lives in pal territories?

I hear they run worse (slower, black bars and off sounds or music) but to what extent is this a problem to you? Pal games already have black bars (or at least my ps1 always has (although not with imports but I hear that isn’t the case for the Saturn)) and it’s never really bothered me and pal games usually run slower anyway, so is it just in line with the rest of the pal library and only really noticeable by people who’ve played on 60hz consoles or do you notice it running bad as-well?
Also how bad is the sound and music problem in your experience?

I was looking into the Saturn and quite a few of the games I want to play are imports or burned games (for the likes of fan translation), specifically

Astal, King of fighters 96, Samurai showdown 4, Saturn bomberman fight, Gundam side story 1,2,3, Shtokou battle 97, Prikura daisakusen

And for burned games

Bulk slash, magic knight rayearth, Shinrei jusatsushi taromaru, Sakura wars 1,2, princess crown, radiant silver gun, policenauts, grandia, panzer dragoon saga, linkle liver story, Albert odyssey

I’m guessing if imports run a lot slower fighting games may be affected horribly but I don’t know for sure.

Any opinions would be appreciated

I was looking at getting a Saturn in the near future and would like to know if there’s a cartridge that has the memory card, ram expansion and action replay in one?

Obviously I’d like the memory card for saves, but I also want the action replay for imports and the ram cart for snk and fighting games (that will be imported), so can you get one with all 3 or will I have to do a lot of switching? And can you even switch from the action replay to boot the game then the ram to play the game then the memory to save?

just as the title says really, I just bought my first import and need to burn codebreaker to a disc but don't know how.

I've only ever burned audio cds and don't think I have the software for this so ill also need something like imgburn but I heard it isn't available on Mac so could someone give me some alternatives or a link to a guide please.

Just saw this game randomly and thought it looked like an indie game that would have come to Dreamcast in like 2003 or something

I wanted to get some imports and I know you can get boot discs to do so but which one is best and how do I go about obtaining one? Should I buy one or just burn it?

I’ve never played an ace combat game before but I love the aesthetic of 3 and wanted to get it. I know the Japanese version is better in every way but I don’t like playing on emulators so I can only play the international version, so I’m wondering is it still good? I don’t see why it wouldn’t be but all the reviews just play the Japanese one (for obvious reasons).

I know it’s not ace combat but I was also looking at deadly skies (airforce delta) for the Dreamcast which I hear is basically ace combat so can anyone tell me there thoughts on that as well.

The email said that some of the classic keypads weren’t up to standard and orders including them will be pushed back 2-3 weeks till late June.

I also got another email saying my order would be shipped this month and (if I needed) to edit details before the 12th of June (which is a lot better than the “edit before 3rd of August” message I previously got) so hopefully it won’t be too long.

I ordered on the 4th of June btw so I’d assume people who ordered before then will also not have to wait much longer.

I wasn’t originally planning on getting a case because I heard they weren’t great but thought I might as well just in case. But before I do could anyone tell me if the dark case is grey or black? Because the old videos when it was being shown off looks black but it looks grey in reviews, is that just lighting or did they change the colour before the release?

Hello I wanted to do the whole dumb phone thing and got a 4g Nokia but the call quality isn’t great and it keeps getting glitchy a couple minutes in (I live in an old house in the north of England btw and I’m not sure if it’s because of that or if it’s just the cheap phone itself) but other than that I was enjoying the experience and wanted to get a better one. I was hesitant on the side phone though, mainly because i didn’t like the keypad but the new one has fixed that issue but i still have some questions and thought this would be a good place to ask.

I’m assuming it’s 5g but could anyone confirm that?

Can anyone in England tell me if the call quality is good because as I said thats my main issue with my Nokia?

I’ve heard the customer service is great but tbh I’m still a little worried about the longevity of it as it’s a new product, so I’d like to know if the build quality is good? are the bugs actively getting fixed and are new ones popping up and if so are they also getting fixed?

Is the storage much of an issue? I know you can’t expand it and I don’t plan to use it much but will stuff like frequent updates use it up?

Lastly I’d like to know what the app compatibility is like i don’t really need much but i noticed it mentioned email but which ones can you access, can i use my gmail and iCloud or not? Also browsers it’s says Firefox is supported but I’ve never used it so can anyone tell me if it’s any good I’ve been using duck duck go for a while is that also available? Can you also get banking apps? and what is the Callander like because quite a few only let you set weekly reminders but I need one every fortnight so does it let you do that? And is there also any to do list apps, weather apps and notes apps? Also what the customisation like can you change the wallpaper?

I apologise for the ramble but I’d appreciate any answers to my questions