18 hours ago, avatar! said:

In an era of 100GB games, breakout Metroidvania hit Animal Well is only 34MB

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/platformer/in-an-era-of-100gb-games-breakout-metroidvania-hit-animal-well-is-only-34mb-so-small-that-its-4k-ps5-background-is-likely-larger-than-the-game/

The game's a fair bit bigger on consoles, particularly PS5, where it takes up 101MB. Basso attributes that to the 4K image that appears as the background in the console UI when you hover over the game icon. According to Basso, that background "is likely larger than the game."

The game is of course an indie

In fact, it's the first game published by a husband and wife duo who founded Bigmode

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I’m sorry but what? Why does its size matter? It’s as if someone put “write an entire article upselling animal well purely due to its 34mb size” into chat gpt

12 hours ago, wongojack said:

I'd say Braid fits in nicely with the list you posted.  Super Meat Boy to complete those from that documentary and then add Celeste and Axiom Verge.

But there's so many others now.  I've seen "Wasteland 2" categorized as Indie.

All of those absolutely. Can’t believe I forgot Celeste and axiom verge!

Other indie games that come to mind in the “challenging AAA dominance” category:

- hyper light drifter

- hades

- deaths door

- FEZ

- TUNIC

- journey

- FTL: faster than light

and more!

in my mind these are so much more memorable than any AAA game in the last 15 years. Another point too, there are so many indie games now, that there are easily a dozen more engaging indie games for every AAA game.

On 5/10/2024 at 2:03 PM, fox said:

No thread here for Animal Well or any other indie releases, but Nintendo slaps a couple old roms on a disc and everyone here loses their dang mind

Seriously. One of the best indie games of the year. Perhaps the best - but we’ll see how the year shakes out.

I def can’t speak for anyone else but almost every game that’s my favorite is not AAA.

for a while here i was doing cards like crazy. but stopped going after the expensive ones because the market is really up right now.

On 4/21/2024 at 11:12 AM, Code Monkey said:

If you want customers to use your product, don't raise the barrier of entry. I'll pass.

Imagine trying to walk into a store and someone steps out in front of you and won't let you by until you interact with them.

Look I hate pop ups as much as the next guy but if that’s the worst I gotta see on their site I think we’re doing alright lol

also

as long as it's 3V it's probably good?

right?

...guys?

All silvers have this. At least all NTSC-U and Japan copies. 
 

Looks like everything but pops are back up. Their statement says they’re tweaking some issues and it’ll be back soon, but no exact date or timeframe.

looking forward to congress not prioritizing a reasonable digital media support standard and we continue to own nothing.

On 4/11/2024 at 2:20 PM, NintendoTwizer said:

These were a pain to find.  I remember seeing many more of his collection but this was the best I could do:

 

 

I would never in my life put my games in an attic knowing something could crash right through the roof. But maybe they live on a ranch and never have fallen tree issues.

That said, dope set!

On 4/3/2024 at 3:15 PM, spacepup said:

I couldn't find the image you probably need, so I did the next best thing and made you one

hehe

 

Pokémon yellow. My team: snorlax, nidoking, jolteon, charizard, slowbro, dragonite

11 hours ago, RH said:

What's your source for deciphering the PCB codes?  I've always wondered what those were and this makes sense. Also, is there a way on the PCB to know the date the were printed?  This gives the month, but what about the year?

As @JVOSS mentioned, I'm less interested in this info for Pokemon and just general knowledge for other GB games.  Thanks for sharing.  Thank you.

 

Oh and my source is community members but I’m sure you could find some public documentation on game boy pcbs somewhere. I didn’t look super hard though because I had great info from people directly.

I also used snescentral for the chips, which translates directly to game boy. I don’t know if they have anything about the pcb itself though, particularly for the date code module.

On 4/9/2024 at 1:19 PM, JVOSS said:

dude this need to be more public as this is the same data for not just pokemon's.  love the data.  can i use this format and change for each board?

It should apply for other game boy games minus third party. also different manufacturers format their date codes differently.

11 hours ago, RH said:

What's your source for deciphering the PCB codes?  I've always wondered what those were and this makes sense. Also, is there a way on the PCB to know the date the were printed?  This gives the month, but what about the year?

As @JVOSS mentioned, I'm less interested in this info for Pokemon and just general knowledge for other GB games.  Thanks for sharing.  Thank you.

 

 The year is just above the pcb date squares.

yeah so idk how i missed this but i would 100% buy one of these cuz the mascot is so cute

Supposed to come q2 now. I assume that means 2028 q2.

Basically most things I own.

19 hours ago, Strange said:

Finally I can stop saying to myself “Damn, I need to get Half-Life”

yo that's just unfair tho. amazing game to have.

Here it is, in all its glory

1 hour ago, RH said:

Wow.  That's the blackest of black box editions, I've ever seen.  What is it?!

It’s a mystery! Lol

Just arrived. Very happy to have this game in a manageable size lol (looking at you,  collectors edition)

2 hours ago, RegularGuyGamer said:

Ther e a ton of factors that go into a max bid for a high dollar item. 

The rarity and desirability of the game helped a lot. I guess that’s why five different people were bidding over 80k lol

16 hours ago, RegularGuyGamer said:

Can anyone give me insight into how this price is reached? Like what factors play into it going to 90k?

2 or 3 to exist, so it's rare. 

Castlevania so cool?

A ton of money on the sideline from other HA auctions and switching into favorites or better long term holds?

Bitcoin went brrr so time to splurge?

Maybe a quick flip? Raw -> grade gets $110k?

Honestly curious. People saying they're not surprised by $90k but that's more than most grails in other sectors of the collectors markets. And those are for graded items. Pivotal game, sure but not historic in my book. 3 is a better game but I guess missing the hangtab factor? $90k is 3x $30k. Like, that's a proper amount of cash.

I feel people are numb to these huge numbers. It's $10k over $80k. That's nothing to stick your nose up at. It makes me think these purchases are with funny money from big profits pulled from other sales. 

It’s easy. What deep wallets felt like bidding that day, and is there a second person who is equally determined. Commence bidding war.