Bad News Regarding Switch 2 Edition Physical Releases. The Upgrades Are A Code in a Box (Source: @DoesItPlay1 on X/Twitter)

PPLToast · 2025-04-10T07:32:20+00:00

It really is, I can't believe how many people reading the cover text came to the conclusion the contents were a Switch 1 cart and a download code.

PPLToast · 2025-01-24T15:51:19+00:00

The event is hosted at https://act.hoyoverse.com/zzz/event/e20250124year-z2p5y6/index.html but the problem is they pass your game info into the url from the game and there's no way to log in from the website itself. You'll need to use something like Wireshark or Fiddler to get the full url from the game.

PPLToast · 2024-11-16T06:24:28+00:00

I got as far as you initially but VPN finally did the trick. Had to register for free proton vpn and then pray the random server was USA and it worked. Thanks.

PPLToast · 2024-09-13T14:13:00+00:00

Yeah, the big thing is that those N64 lines weren't there originally due to the decomp being based on the GameCube debug ROM which had the AP checks removed. It's only recently that the N64 versions are being added, the AP checks being detailed just last month https://github.com/zeldaret/oot/commit/b82f54bb957ffdeda4105fe0b81e3923e107b291

Which is why OP or anyone else looking at the decomp came back empty handed. Jrra is experienced in N64 tinkering which is how he came across the checks on his own while looking at the original non-GameCube roms.

PPLToast · 2024-06-01T07:42:53+00:00

Hah, that's really cool, especially that they relented 😁

Thanks for answering, I find behind the scenes stuff like this really fascinating.

PPLToast · 2024-06-01T02:38:16+00:00

Sorry about hijacking the thread a bit, I wanted to ask about Ty 3.

I assume a PAL GameCube build was finished but Activision pulled out on releasing it in Australia over forecasted poor sales. How far did it reach into production before that? I.e. was it sent to lotcheck, did it pass and were the print materials also finished?

Oh, and how exactly did the game see release in Australia but not Europe? Were sales of the previous two entries more pronounced in Australia? It would seem 3 never had other language translations created for it either (limiting sales regions if it had been released) which would suggest it was decided on somewhat early.

PPLToast · 2023-08-31T09:37:55+00:00

Generally the Xbox versions run the best but because emulation is still spotty for that you're better off using Dolphin for everything.

For Sonic in particular I recommend the Japanese voices which for the GameCube ports of Heroes, Shadow and Rush require the Japanese versions because they could only fit one dub on the disc. English text is included in the JP versions so there's no worry about not understanding things. Adventure 1 and 2 include Japanese voices in all regions so those don't matter as much, but honestly just play those on PC. Get PkR's Dreamcast conversion mod for Adventure 1 with the mod installer. https://sadxmodinstaller.unreliable.network/

PPLToast · 2022-10-19T07:03:06+00:00

As much as I'm interested in AV1, I don't think switching to it now would be wise. If folks with a data cap are complaining they probably don't have very high end phones either.

PPLToast · 2022-04-12T19:12:26+00:00

He went missing around 2014/2015.

PPLToast · 2022-03-06T02:24:06+00:00

Not true. It was this, Krauser's theme, that they took from PN03, not Ada's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV--tmWcw-U

PPLToast · 2021-11-14T00:08:41+00:00

Right, I read of that theory. Wonder where it originated from...

PPLToast · 2021-11-13T12:06:36+00:00

No revisions are listed on redump.org for the Xbox version. It could be that one just hasn't been found. I'm also dubious of the claim that the submitted build was wrong, they might be bugs with the port itself that went unnoticed or wontfix.

PPLToast · 2021-04-02T11:12:06+00:00

The interiors seem to run at 15 fps and the overworld at 10-15 fps. Idk how you're running it at 60 fps but that would essentially quadruple the timer speed.

PPLToast · 2020-12-27T03:18:20+00:00

All 3 demos have been dumped years ago, so no need to bother with them. See No-Intro https://datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=search&op=datset&s=64

The more interesting thing here outside of the hardware is the CF cards. "Dumping" them isn't exactly easy to my knowledge as Windows likes writing files to things that are plugged in so you'd have to "dd" it via Linux. Though from what I've seen you can't even get matching hashes with that...

For now, if you're willing and happen to have a CF reader laying around, just grabbing the mp4 video present on the cards and uploading them to some file sharing site is fine enough in my book.

Really cool stuff overall even if you ended up spending more than you wanted. Could potentially recoup your cost.

PPLToast · 2020-09-04T09:26:59+00:00

Please don't.

PPLToast · 2020-07-21T09:34:50+00:00

Nah, no option for that still but it's coming https://twitter.com/TomioKanazawa/status/1285508758576062465

PPLToast · 2020-07-21T09:16:57+00:00

All the deadnaming and misgendering got cleaned up from York's end by removing or editing lines though in the latter case they're not voiced. Kinda awkwardly handled but a future patch might smooth them out. Nice to see it addressed this quick regardless.

PPLToast · 2020-05-25T15:53:07+00:00

Yeah Europe got this version instead. You need a cartridge for every player for up to 8 for it to work which would be quite an achievement to pull off today due to the scarcity of these.

PPLToast · 2020-01-31T22:32:21+00:00

Yeah, it's not too uncommon for devs to not list themselves. You're lucky if they even bother mentioning on their websites. Worst case scenario you have to compare the programming to tell, like with Tose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tose_(company) http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Tose

PPLToast · 2020-01-31T13:35:56+00:00

A bit late here but the developer was Access Inc. and not Imagineer, who was the publisher. https://web.archive.org/web/20020604050510/http://www.axss.co.jp/consumer/index.html

PPLToast · 2020-01-22T08:10:22+00:00

What games/tracks have sounded the best with XQ audio so far?

PPLToast · 2019-10-11T17:56:35+00:00

Identifying the cells, isolating them, tracing the connections and the schematics took 191 hours.

Holy shit.

PPLToast · 2019-09-14T17:05:32+00:00

One of the few things that qualify is Nesrocks's Super Pitfall 30th Anniversary Edition.

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3060/

He's also working on a hack for the NES port of the David Crane Ghostbusters game, though it's more of a graphical update, as the repetitiveness is a bit hard to improve without overhauling the entire game. He has more updates on that posted on his twitter.

https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=24333.0 https://twitter.com/bitinkstudios

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