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OutofPrintArchive, to retrogaming
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Review for NiGHTS Journey of Dreams on Wii from NGamer 20 - March 2008 (UK)

This issue can be downloaded here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/ngamer.html



Review for NiGHTS Journey of Dreams on Wii from NGamer 20 - March 2008 (UK) score: 70%
Review for NiGHTS Journey of Dreams on Wii from NGamer 20 - March 2008 (UK) score: 70%
Review for NiGHTS Journey of Dreams on Wii from NGamer 20 - March 2008 (UK) score: 70%

vencabot,
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@OutofPrintArchive Vastly underrated game, but I don't think that '70' is an unfair score. It's a must-play for any fan of Into Dreams and I think that it mostly succeeds as a sequel. If they re-released it as a 'directors cut' or something with no cutscenes, it'd be a 10x better game. The graphics are also quite booty for the Wii, but time will be more forgiving in that respect.

vencabot,
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@OutofPrintArchive Yeah, I agree and that's a good point. I think that Journey of Dreams gets more hate than is due; I love the variety of 'mini games', I like the stages and bosses. I agree that the score-attack aspect is way better in the first game, but maybe that doesn't bother me as much because I score attacked the first time so hard for so long. At some point, there's really not much more you can do in NiGHTS, but maybe you'd disagree.

vencabot,
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@OutofPrintArchive Once you have the stages routed, it kinda feels like you're just doing The Thing anyway, over and over, so maybe that's why it didn't bother me as much that, like you said, the stages in Journey of Dreams don't have as much replay value. But the bird was definitely shittier than the ideya captures.

OutofPrintArchive, to random
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Woohoo. Just bought the full set (I believe) of Sega Force magazines.
Not cheap, but I’ll save on shipping this way, instead of hunting for a couple of issues here and there and then paying €20 shipping for each order.

vencabot,
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@OutofPrintArchive Thank you for your incalculable contributions to media preservation.

OutofPrintArchive, to random
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Remember how I said that the Purple ninja in Sekiro was easy when I realised that there aren't 2 different kanji that pop up like someone said there were in a tutorial video and thus I was trying to counter when I had to jump over them?

Well, let's do this again, but he has 2 health bars.
Ok, nothing too crazy.
But also do it in a confined tunnel where you don't see anything when you get pushed into a wall due to the camera going nuts... :cat_ick:

Over an hour later and he's finally dead. 💀

vencabot,
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@OutofPrintArchive That fucking room is so annoying. FromSoft, you know this camera is ass. Why make me fight someone so fast in such an enclosed space. T_T

vencabot,
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@OutofPrintArchive I'm also playing through the game for the first time. My advice would be to explore in lots of different directions and get those prayer beads for increased stats, beat any bosses you can before facing the ones that are harder for you, since they raise your stats, too. It makes a huuuuuge difference.

vencabot,
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@OutofPrintArchive Yeah, the camera in this game can be brutal. Most of the time it's tolerable, but that fight in particular is funny because... why in this tiny room, where the camera is going to be at its absolute worst?

platformalist, to gamedev
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Too fast? Not fast enough? Remains to be seen.

video/mp4

vencabot,
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@platformalist Wow, this looks crazy but like a fun idea!

vencabot, to streaming
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SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE (2019) is streaming with Owncast!

🐱‍👤 https://live.vencabot.com 🐱‍👤

It's been years since we played any of the classic FromSoft Souls-like games, and this is one that I've never played before! But it's not really a Souls-like, right? Let's find out!

Feel free to come say hi if you're down for some late-night fightan!

PixelBandits, to retrogaming
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If you like your , our entire playthrough of Abe's Oddysee (played on original PS One hardware) is now up on YouTube.

Start just here - https://youtu.be/2swfYQjoxCw

Dino Crisis following very soon!

vencabot,
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@PixelBandits Getting a tattoo "really only hurts like being stung by a really rubbish bee," lol!

metin, (edited ) to Sonic
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Sonics. 🦔

#sonic #SonicTheHedgehog #sonic_the_hedgehog #art #artwork #artist #ArtMatters #DigitalArt #illustration #CharacterDesign #design #3D #B3D #VoxelArt #cartoon #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #retro #game #games #gaming #sega #megadrive #CreativeToots #FediArt #MastoArt

vencabot,
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@metin These are all gorgeous. I can't pick my favorite!

gabek, to random

Why are podcasts and YouTube videos concerned about length? I always hear people say "we don't have time" or "we're running out of time". They're not on network TV. Go ahead and take the time, storage for your extra few megs of content won't break the bank. That's the beauty of this type of content, you can take as long as you like.

vencabot,
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@shadowfacts @gabek This. As a content creator, I can tell you that it's a constant challenge to keep videos under a certain length. In my case, it has less to do with being concerned about platforms' algorithms and more to do with the fact that I don't want for viewers to be intimidated out of watching by long video lengths. I understand that my viewers have more to do than just watch my content and they might not want to budget in a 3 hour video.

MrSujano, to Emulation
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I've been creating videos for awhile, and this is my first one to hit a million views! Thanks everyone for watching!

vencabot,
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@MrSujano Congratulations, dogg! A fitting one to reach 1M; you provide an excellent service to the retrogaming community with these guides.

PixelBandits, to retrogaming
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We're finally ready to bring you our GOTY submissions... for 1993!

As 2023 hasn't ended yet, we've headed back 30 years (don't even) to bring you our top ten Game of the Year titles

#RetroGaming #VideoGames #GOTY #GameOfTheYear #90s

vencabot,
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@PixelBandits Get Sonic Spinball off of this list RITE NAAAAAOOOOOOOO lol! Nah but seriously that game has a kick-ass soundtrack and nice graphics, no bones about it.

I haven't played all of the games on this list, but I'm thinking it's gotta be Link's Awakening if there can be only one!

OutofPrintArchive, to retrogaming
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Coming Soon feature for NiGHTS into Dreams on Sega Saturn from CVG 177 - August 1996 (UK)

One of the best games ever created and one that till this day is still misunderstood.

This magazine can be downloaded here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/computerandvideogames7.html



Coming Soon feature for NiGHTS into Dreams on Sega Saturn from CVG 177 - August 1996 (UK)
Coming Soon feature for NiGHTS into Dreams on Sega Saturn from CVG 177 - August 1996 (UK)
Coming Soon feature for NiGHTS into Dreams on Sega Saturn from CVG 177 - August 1996 (UK)

vencabot,
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@OutofPrintArchive @JoeyPajamas Strong recommend for playing it on a modern Saturn emulator, like Beetle Saturn (RetroArch). The Steam version is also very good, and it includes very accurate approximations of both the Saturn release and the PS2 version, including their respective differences in physics / handling.

All of the versions are great for new players, but superfans (like myself) get caught up in the minutia.

vencabot,
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@OutofPrintArchive @JoeyPajamas As explained, it's a gorgeous, fascinating score-attack game that was misunderstood in its era and is still misunderstood today.

It was criticized by the press at the time for not having truly 3D gameplay in an era where that was seen as a sleight -- maybe even false advertising. Completing the game's early stages is trivial, but the final stage can't be completed without learning the mechanics. Most players didn't understand that and didn't bother.

gabek, to random

On my way home. It’s been so cool the past few days being able to talk to people about Owncast in person. I rarely have a chance to do that. Everyone can say “I love virtual” all they want, but get a bunch of great people in a room and magic happens. That doesn’t happen on Jitsi.

vencabot,
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@gabek Safe travels!

gabek, (edited ) to random

Those who made a cameo in my talk today:
@jumboshrimp, @retrostrange, @vencabot, @meljoann, @hatnix, @kyle, @aaronpk. Not that I asked, but thank you all for participating!

Streams:
@rstv
@strim
@hatnix
@kyle
@automated

vencabot,
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@gabek I'm honored, sir! Keep up the good work, and thank you as always.

MrSujano, to beer
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Enjoying some brews! Happy Saturday All!

vencabot,
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@MrSujano Happy Saturday!

vencabot, to streaming
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SILENT HILL (PSX, 1999) is streaming on Owncast!

🌁 https://live.vencabot.com 🌁

It's our second week of this all-time survival horror classic, and it's quickly becoming one of my favorite games of all time! Talk about living up to your reputation!

If you're down to stay up late whicha boy, swing by and check out the retrogaming vibes!

gabek, to iOS

I was going to wait to talk about this until I could actually release it, but it’s becoming unlikely that will happen.

A few months ago I built an and app for watching streams natively on your phone and tv. You could browse the directory, or add your own private servers that aren’t listed publicly. It would send you push notifications when your favorite streams went live and it all worked pretty well.

Apple has been unable to understand how the “rights” work in this case. I can’t get them to understand that people opt into the directory, and the Owncast project owns and runs the directory. Instead they see it as me “using content without rights” and “accessing a catalog without proper rights”. They asked me to provide the paperwork detailing the agreement I have with every Owncast server. Clearly that’s impossible. The number of servers that want to be public on the directory change every day, I couldn’t send them new documentation every day. I tried to explain that the directory is kind of like a search engine and the application is like a browser. A browser doesn’t have explicit rights to every webpage ever made, as that would be ridiculous. I also tried to compare it to a podcast client. A podcast client can play back any podcast without asking for permission, and there are tons of podcast directories.

They’ll approve the application if I don’t use the directory and don’t have any Owncast servers directly available from the application, however. But I’m not willing to do that as that kind of defeats the point of the convenience.

I contacted a handful of attorneys, and I was willing to fight this. I hoped if I could get an attorney to draft a document that explains, in legal terms, something that Apple’s legal team would understand it could be cleared up. But I haven’t been able to have a meaningful conversation with any of them, as none of them understand what I’m doing or aren’t interested in working with a non-corporate entity.

So I think this is dead, killed by Apple. I tried to build something cool for you all, as a side project, to make viewing Owncast streams more convenient. It’s just not going to happen and I feel bad about it.

Screenshot from the Owncasts iOS application showing the stream detail.
Screenshot from the Owncasts iOS application showing the stream detail menu.
Screenshot from the Owncasts iOS application showing an offline stream.
Screenshot from the Owncasts iOS application showing an in-app action.
Screenshot from the Owncasts iOS application showing the landscape full screen player.

vencabot,
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@gabek Hm, that’s an interesting dilemma. I’m sorry about your frustrations and that your creativity is being stifled by something as stuffy as this.

vencabot, to gaming
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NIGHT SECURITY (2023) by Chilla's Art is streaming on Owncast!

🌆 https://live.vencabot.com 🌆

It's Spooky-Ass October, and every year we play some titles by Japanese developer "Chilla's Art"! These bite-sized, budget-priced experiences are psychologically-focused, narrative-driven adventures guaranteed to make your skin crawl!

Stop by and turn the lights off! It's gonna be a doozy!

vencabot, to outerwilds
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(2019) is on

🌌 https://live.vencabot.com 🌌

We've finished the Echoes of the Eye expansion DLC -- and it was amazing! Before we put this to bed, I want to see if we can't unravel a few more mysteries of the main adventure!

Swing by if you're down for some late night !

xan, to gaming
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Why does Rock have hair but X canonically doesn't?

vencabot,
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@xan Reading this got me thinking, so here's my spitballing: Rock also had a cute little sister, and pets. In general, we see that X seems to be thought of & treated more like a tool. In Light's era, the robot master were "Mans", where-as in X's time many of the reploids are animals and more.

And X doesn't have hair.

Maybe there was some regret, in Rockman's time, about humanizing the robots so much? Maybe Rockman gets destroyed and the heartache informs the new designs to be less sentimental.

vencabot, to outerwilds
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(2019) is on !

🌌 https://live.vencabot.com 🌌

Our adventures continue with the Echoes of the Eye expansion! This space mystery is a real head-scratcher; let's do some more investigation!

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