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Right now jammin' to a live DJ mix performed using two Amigas.  Cool chap who also co-hosts The Retro Hour podcast.

I seem to remember this a bit more fondly... haha.  Maybe it was one of the faster-paced home computer ports.  I noticed the manual actually says you can adjust the speed.  I assume decreasing speed is not allowed, but Is increasing the speed allowed?

One of the gaming greats. I will try to get an early score in.  

That price was wild.  Hopefully it wasn't anyone here who bid that much haha, but to each his own.  A bit more info, Jeff is part South African and Korean.

A few I can think of so far.  I love going to shows.  Nothing quite like live music.

• Anthrax
• Autopsy
• Avenged Sevenfold
• Behemoth
• Black Sabbath
• Buckethead
• Cannibal Corpse
• Carcass
• Cavalera (Max and Igor of Sepultura, Beneath the Remains and Arise albums, Oct '22)
• The Chasm
• Chibi-Tech
• Chicago
• Chris Huelsbeck
• CKY
• Clutch
• David Wise
• Death (Death To All Tours 2013/2014)
• Deceased
• Deep Purple
• Disturbed
• Dream Theater
• Edgar Winter Group
• Entombed
• Exhumed
• Fleshgod Apocalypse (March 2023)
• Fuckface Unstoppable
• Ghost
• Gorguts
• Heart
• Hellyeah
• Immortal Technique
• Incantation
• Inter Arma
• Iron Maiden
• John Carpenter
• Judas Priest
• Juggaknots
• Kinuyo Yamashita
• KISS
• Kreator
• Lamb of God
• Mago de Oz
• Manami Matsumae
• Marilyn Manson
• Megadeth
• Mercyful Fate (Oct 2022)
• Meshuggah
• Metallica
• Motorhead
• Napalm Death
• Natural Elements
• Nile
• Nirvana 2002
• No Mas
• Non Phixion
• Obituary
• Obscura
• Offspring
• Pentagram
• Pestilence
• The Pietasters
• Portal
• Possessed
• Power Glove
• Primus
• Psychostick
• Queensryche
• Rammstein (2022)
• Rex Viper
• Rob Zombie
• Rush
• RushJet1
• Slayer
• Slipknot
• Suffocation
• Super Guitar Bros.
• T La Rock
• Testament
• Toothgrinder
• Transiberian Orchestra
• Ulcerate
• Wolfheart
• Yuzo Koshiro

My CV1 had the same problem (crashing on Grim Reaper 3+ times til I finally learned it was bugged). I thought only the Famicom re-release from 1993 fixed issues?  Mine is a 3-screw with the newer nintendo logo which seems like it'd be revised by then. I'll have to check my copy's back label for that "A", but I have it in a shadowbox since I got it signed by the composer.

Well, since this is a Star Keeper thread I'll share my thoughts as well haha, especially since most of the info has vanished from the original NA threads.  I've supported homebrew since Battle Kid was announced in 2008, and obviously this game as well.

It's a shame the original sale thread is missing most the posts. The dev's operation from initial interest check to post-sales was some of the finest I've seen, especially considering the language barrier. It wasn't overly limited either (many other homebrews had far smaller runs), and the price was very affordable.   Star Keeper was one of the cheaper priced homebrews I've ever seen (especially for the quality), and it was produced in sizable quantity and even multiple batches.  It wasn't some uber elite thing only 5 or even 50 people got. 

Also, where is the story of him not liking Famicom coming from?  I remember him saying he loved Famicom as a child and had fond memories with it.  I think the disconnect may have come from him mentioning western folks on forums sometimes believed Chinese made FC stuff was often thought to be dubious/clones.  That's probably why he wanted to release as NES, to help differentiate himself and appear more legit to western buyers. 

The Famicom homebrew scene, while active at that time, wasn't as rampant as NES was, so perhaps that was also a reason.  I don't think he had any negativity towards Famicom, quite the opposite.  Huang Di and some of the Waixing games are fun original games, but 87arts obviously was trying to do his own thing for a variety of reasons. Regardless man, it's the developer's choice to release on NES carts (the biggest homebrew market at that time), and if you don't like it then don't support it.  No need to cry about it.  If Star Keeper was released on FC, I still would have bought it, because I liked the dev's game and what he was doing and wanted to support.  

Lastly, I think it hasn't been dumped by entitled pirates because it's too difficult with its custom PCB.  To my eye, it has a few more custom chips and would be more than just a CHR/PRG dump to run properly.  Another kudos to the dev I'd say.  I'm not here to argue the ethics of game ROMs, but I do advocate the thought of supporting a niche market in the hobby.  Not every developer is going to work for months/years and release their stuff for free or an open-source license.  If you don't like that, don't feel entitled about it.  I'm not made of money either and I've had to pass on many homebrews and pick/choose my favorites to support. I'm not sore about it though nor feel entitled to pirate them.

And if the secondary market value has you annoyed, well, you weren't there supporting the developer originally when the game was priced fairly.   The game will probably end up on pirate express eventually, but at least I'll know there is a sizable group of people who actually supported/still support developers, the dev took measures to prevent piracy, and fans helped it come to fruition.  Lastly lastly (lol),  most homebrewers do this as a side-gig passion project.  They're not big manufacturing plants who can just instantly spin up another production 5 years after their initial product release; it's a big time investment regardless and they have lives, time and other interests to carry on.

Whew...

It's a bit weak to publicly dump/distribute someone else's work in the hobby as a homebrew maker, without permission, as if one is entitled to it 'for the community'?  I'm all for preservation, but that's overstepping boundaries a bit at this point.  It'd be nice if 87arts released a digital version for it though so more people can play it, but I can also see the reason he'd be against it.  His choice!

Called "Game Pochette" and it was published by Tokuma Shoten.  As mentioned, it's a collection of Famicom BASIC programs and related manga.  My Japanese isn't very good (studied it briefly years ago) to make out the rest.  Also found this https://yosshin4004.github.io/famibe/overview/index.html with a little more info.

Biggest difference I've seen is in the shift register IC's.  Functionally they're all PISO shift registers, but from different manufacturers (TI, Motorola, Mitsubishi. Toshiba, etc.). One stuck out to me because it had an old Toshiba logo, which I've never seen until that point. Looks like their corporate name changed in 1984 and logos were all updated by 1986. Makes me wonder if that can relate to an early release NES or is just a coincidence.  Guess one way to find out would be to check an original non-deluxe ROB set's controllers.

Sabbath, Boston, Earth Wind & Fire. 

I never cared for that Joan Jett song, but Weird Al spoofed it so that's my reasoning for picking lol.

Lol, my collector buddy Jeff will get a kick out of this.  Thanks for sharing, that is awesome! 

Any game from the first 3 in the series gets a 10 for me personally, and are games I grew up with as a kid.  If I had to rank the series (of games I've played):

Sonic 3 & Knuckles > Sonic 1 > Sonic 2 > Sonic Generations > Sonic CD > Sonic Mania

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgfWVjKM0J8&t=107s

If you haven't already seen it, Slayer at the 2022 Grammys.

14 hours ago, drxandy said:

Saw this in the theater last weekend and it was pretty fun, a lot going on but some really nice fight scenes and a lot of humor. 

I saw the trailer for this awhile back and it looked really interesting.  I somehow forgot about it but was reminded of it yesterday and now today. Going to see it sometime this week.

Just finished Geist.

I never knew that "One Night in '63" song had the drummer on lead vocals, always like seeing that. Not sure if I'd choose that band/song over Chicago though.

I definitely have Three Dog Night in my head now after reading this thread title.   Thanks for reminding me of that great song 

Re-listening to this classic from their latest album Heir to Despair (2018). A fun listen between the Iron Maiden-esque intro and the Sigh-style unhinged guitar playing throughout.  Solid jam and great song name to boot.  

Here's Kunitaka Watanabe, an original Sega Saturn composer, who still loves making music.  Here, he's covering a track from the rather infamous "Death Crimson" game he did the music for, which had bizarre gameplay but a pretty epic soundtrack. 

Nice, yeah the game boy one was cool.  I think my favorite might be his cryptocurrency synthesizer, it's such an odd but fun idea.  If I remember correctly, it uses analog oscillators that change frequency depending on cryptocurrencies' value trends lol.

Discovered his website years ago when I was looking for a simple oscillator circuit for a project I was building.  Then shortly found his music and it's actually pretty good.  His channel has grown a lot which is cool.  He builds lots of fun/crazy stuff with surplus electronics and uses it to make music.

Video Editor (built into Windows 10) is basically the modern version of their movie maker software.  Simple to use and should work fine for basic stuff.   

If you want even more control/professional look, there's the open source Davinci Resolve software, which is even used professionally, but comes at a steeper learning curve.  It's my go-to now that I've learned it a bit. 

Re: Roulette powerup. Interesting, yeah this game has some quirks that weren't in Gradius 1 or 2, but I guess that's to be expected.  I'll have to give it some more time and figure out its bag o' tricks.  I'm only at about 60K 'cause those darn roulettes gettin me lol.