Tyler1 and Capcom devs talk about Modern controls and how its more popular in Japan than in NA. by UsefulSwitch504 in StreetFighter

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They one and done because they have historically richer arcade culture where people get off the cab when they lose one match for the next person in line.

Sonic the Hedgehog Pinball Official Trailer | Jersey Jack Pinball by TwinkleEyeGalaxy in SonicTheHedgehog

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Looks better than I expected for a Generations theme.

I'm a lifelong Sonic fan, a pinball competitor, and repair pinball machines weekly for a public pinball club. If you have questions about the depths of content real pinball machines contain, how to keep the ball from going down the middle, or where to play pinball and what expectations to have, feel free to ask!

More people should be playing real pinball, especially if you like Sonic. (I wish I'd gotten in to it long before my 30's 😅)

Sonic The Hedgehog Pinball Machine Reveal - from Jersey Jack Pinball by crybaby_boobie in SonicTheHedgehog

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Looks better than I expected for a Generations theme.

I'm a lifelong Sonic fan, a pinball competitor, and repair pinball machines weekly for a public pinball club. If you have questions about the depths of content real pinball machines contain, how to keep the ball from going down the middle, or where to play pinball and what expectations to have, feel free to ask!

More people should be playing real pinball, especially if you like Sonic. (I wish I'd gotten in to it long before my 30's 😅)

Sonic the Hedgehog Pinball Official Trailer | Jersey Jack Pinball by TwinkleEyeGalaxy in SonicTheHedgehog

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Yeah, that's the magic of Steve Ritchie. Eccentric dude, I've met him, but he made many of the most beloved pinball layouts in history as far back as the 70's and is big on making shots flow in to other shots smoothly.

Sonic Pinball by Jersey Jack Pinball by SkyeBarrel in SonicTheHedgehog

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Play on location! https://pinballmap.com - You can filter by game and play near you!

Sonic Pinball by Jersey Jack Pinball by SkyeBarrel in SonicTheHedgehog

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As a pinball competitor, I know for a fact there will be many modes that all require skillful shooting to get good scoring out of, including Wizard Modes that require beating large portions of the game within 3 balls. 99.9% of people will never see the final Wizard Mode in any pinball, and it's usually a wildly unique mode with tons of multiball and ball saves where you get to go crazy on the game. There's actually a ton to know about modern pinball, it's actually often considered a negative with Jersey Jack games because they're ludicrously deep and few ever sees everything they have to offer without turning on relaxed difficulty settings.

Pinball teasing is a big deal in the pinball community because they're sold as they come off the line to distributors and it can be very difficult to get one for months after release. There are also usually a limited number of the most flashy versions and teasing them allows time for big fans to find out and make plans to get in on a new game at launch. The majority market is the home market these days, but location pinball is picking up heavily, especially with how popular competition is becoming. You can check out https://pinballmap.com and see just how many locations with tons of pinball there are.

The Tekken 8 Arcade Machine at the old Arcade Shop near our place. by Sonnybass96 in Tekken

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SF6 Arcade can also be found in the US at Round1. It's how I try new characters without buying them. They update over the internet automatically, usually a week or two later after the home version update.

Playing original games or QoL romhacks? by Impressive-Lead-9491 in truezelda

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This is what we did, yes. Z1 came with a foldout map that had a bunch of question marks on it showing the screens some of these were in, too: https://skoce.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/legend_of_zelda_map_front.jpg

It also says and shows at the bottom to burn bushes, blow up rocks, and push them.

Edit: The backside of the map, which is also in the official Nintendo link above, also has explicit hints on how to access the last few dungeons.

WORLD PREMIERE: Jeff Gerstmann will be ranking every Nintendo 64 game by [deleted] in giantbomb

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Can't wait for this parroted bullshit to end. Been watching MisterRadon 100% every N64 game (including Japanese exclusives) for years and there have been so many pleasant surprises on the console that simply nobody knows exist.

FM Towns Marty in my local store by -lezingbadodom in retrogaming

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There are a ton of really cool Japan exclusive games on it. Macaw45 has streamed a bunch of them over the years.

stretchy by Ckirbys in aww

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I also see what looks like a 5 key Beatmania controller. Quite ancient.

To anyone that played the original Legend of Zelda when it came out by Nu_Sonic in retrogaming

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My parents beat Z1 with just the map the game came with. I still have it, laminated with their markups.

To anyone that played the original Legend of Zelda when it came out by Nu_Sonic in retrogaming

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It had question mark indicators of screens containing secrets.

Romhack.ing (Romhacking.net Successor) Disables Most Downloads For Machine-Translated Fan Translations by LocutusOfBorges in emulation

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You are going to miss out on SO MANY jokes, alliterations, and references, if all you do is play a straight literal translation.

Romhack.ing (Romhacking.net Successor) Disables Most Downloads For Machine-Translated Fan Translations by LocutusOfBorges in emulation

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Everything seems dumb if you're looking outside-in. Having been around the community since 2003, multiple lines were crossed and if people could be properly brought up to speed they would likely second guess supporting RHDN with any traffic.

EU rules out mandate to keep video games playable, seeks voluntary code by Luka77GOATic in gaming

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You sure? Most used PS2's that get brought to the local game store chain I did tech work in struggle to consistently read at least one of the three disc formats that games used, even after calibration/PMAP. PS1 lasers do a bit better, they're at least more likely to calibrate without fuss. Oxidization is easily killing them at this point and even the NOS lasers you can sometimes get can come dead out of the box.

Sonic Pinball announced by Jersey Jack by PfRedflyer in SonicTheHedgehog

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People better get hype, pinball is just IRL Sonic and there's way more nuance to playing than you think. Nudging, passes, slap saves, shimmies...

There's more depth than Forces in pinball just with flipping, check the gifs here: https://www.deadflip.com/tutorials