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ok, best emu's for their prospective platforms IMO. NES: FCE Ultra is all the rage plays damn near anyhting including Castlevania 3. Genesis: I use Kega Fusion, it supports just about every old sega system known to main including Sega CD and 32x. SNES: Tough call, SNES9X is keen, but I always preferred Zsnes, just works nicer. Turbografix/CD: Well, you have two options Magic Engine which is the shit, or Yame which is also the shit. Magic Engine only does TG-16 stuff, while Yame also does some nintendo systems. Still Yame is free while Magic Engine is not. There should be an english version of Yame somewhere at : Retro ISO Gaming Guild. Now you can play all the old Turbo-CDs you missed out on. Neo-Geo: Lotsa chouces though I would stick wiht either NeoRageX or Kawaks, several versions of MAME also support Neo-Geo. You can get all of these at Zophar's Domain. Badass site. For ROMs I go to EmuAsylum As far as pads, Radio Shack oddly enough has some good cheap ones, I picked one up for $20 the other day, dual analog.

Gotta get 2 from ya again sometime. Also, I'm glad to hear that they seem to still be using the same composer, as the music was one of the best parts about the series.

Well, he has more faith now that he saw that video link. Thing is, you first see that thing and you just go WTF??? I think that is has a lot of potential and I'm more intrigued by it that I have been for a nintendo product for a long time. We'll see what'll happen.

Yeah, I just know a lot about em, played most of em too. Lemme also mention that Bloodlines kicked major butt. Aria, Harmony and Dawn all are very similar to Symphony, Aria especially was great because it really got a lot of things spot on. None of them are quite as good as Symphony but Aria is damn close. There was an Arcade game called Haunted Castle (Akumajou Dracula in Japan, same title as all the others) it was tough as balls but had pretty nice graphics for the time, and you could use more than just a whip. I believe the plot was that Dracula kidnapped your bride or some shit. The music rocked too. This game was really rare, I think the only time I played it in the Arcades was at a K-Mart in North Miami when I was like 10 or so. You can play it with MAME nowadays. There was a Playchoice 10 version of Castlevania 1 too, but it was the same game as the NES one. Richter was the man, not only did he get a ton of friggen awesome moves in SoTN, he was just friggen awesome in Rondo of Blood. He didn't have Simon's sometimes ability to whip in any direction, but he had hte item crashes which were friggen cool as shit. Not to mention anyone who can square off ewith the Grim Reaper while running across moving carriage AND horses is tops in my book.

Looks like there is another one incoming, loved the first 2, the third I didn't play much. The fourth I heard blew, but hey, the fifth looks interesting. You can see a 10 minute trailer on Gamespot. Looks alright, and hey VOICE, but I'm a little annoyed in that it looks like the main character is mute again. GAH why won't that cliche DIE?

BTW that new Castlevania is hitting Xbox as well. Just to set the record straight, there are 3 gameboy games, the last one starred Sonia Belmost and featured the first Belmont/Dracula fight, and was pretty cool in that it hinted that Alucard fathered a kid with her which would make Trevor (or his gay Japanese name RALPH C.) Belmont and all the rest descendents of Dracula. Kinda an interesting spin on things. Circle of the Moon didn't follow Alucard, but it did follow some Vampire Hunters, dunno if they were Belmont Descendents or not, but they probably were. The cool thing is there is a pretty decent storyline and there are traditions followed. For example in every game that takes place after Symphony, the Belmonts are apparently gone, somehow the bloodline split off into some other names. The Schieder's and the Morrises in particular (in fact the main character of bloodlines was Quincy Morris' son, yeah the guy from the original Dracula novel is a Belmont.) Other fun facts, Alucard fathered another family line that showed up in the genesis game too. The LeCardes, Eric Lecarde uses a spear thingie that Alucard can get in the Saturn version of Symphony, and it's called the Alucard Spear. Best game? Tough choice, Super was awesome, but really easy, Dracula X for the PC Engine was tops for a while (the SNES one blew), but Symphony has got to be tops, hell you play as Alucard, but after you beat the game you can play the wholoe thing as Richter, who has to be the most badass Belmont of all time. Hell I remember importing the game back in highschool and using the double-swap trick to play it. It had a bug that fucked me for a while, but still great. Playing the US one is great too as, hey, ENGLISH, but the voice acting was atrocious. Just a note Symphony is the direct Sequel to Dracula X, they are considered in the same series, and I believe that Aria of Sorrow is the next game in line, and it's badass, almost as good as Symphony, but not quite, I still have high hopes for the Nintendo DS one though. Dracula X was also the game that started the musical refrences in the titles, it's full name was Akumajou Dracula X: Chi no Rondo or Demon Castle Dracula X: Rondo of Blood. I always say it's a shame that Rondo never came out here, as it was just bloody amazing, and hey it was the first storyline advancement for the series since Castlevania 3 (IV was a remake of part 1.) I think the Castlevania games that are missing on this list are: The Castlevania Adventure(GB) Castlevania Adventure II: Belmont's Revenge(GB) Castlevania Legends(GB) Castlevana Chronicles(PSX) Castlevania : Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) not going to mention the Arcade or MSX games. One last note, it seems that the Japanese titles as a whole are a lot cooler, some examples: Aria of Sorrow = Minuet of Dawn (Ok, not that great.) Symphony of the Night = Nocturne in the Moonlight Harmony of Dissonance = Concierto of the Midnight Sun Castlevania 64 = "" Apocalypse Castlevania Legends = Dark Night Prelude Dawn of Sorrow = Crucifix of the Blue Moon oddly enough Lament of Innocence was called Castlevania in Japan the first time that title had ever been used for one of the games. Seems like titling something Demon Castle Dracula, when he isn't in the game would be kinda tough. Wow the random amount of knowledge I have on this series frightens even me.

I appreciate the want to keep things revolutionary, but it looks like Miyamoto may have seriously made a booboo on this one. Getting third parties to support this thing is going to be one hell of an uphill batte, not to mention, am I the only who sees this controller flying out of people's hands when they are swinging their swords in game or what have you? DIE GANNON DIE!!!! *Fling* *crash* "Dude, I think you killed the TV." Still I think there are some interesting possibilities, but I think this announcement has crushed gunsmith's soul. He is a hardcore nintendite, but after the controller announcement he's seeming well, listless and dead inside. Also curious how you are supposed to play old games with this thing, because it looks like it'd be tough for anything other than NES games. Edit: Just saw the video, looks interesting, though I still see that thing flying out of people's hands, even more so now. if anyone can make it work it's nintendo, though again, third part support is going to be a bitch and a half. I understand the idea a bit better now, but how this plays in the market is going to be the big question.

Taken from gamesarefun.com Looking pretty cool haven't finished Xenosaga 2 yet, but I do enjoy the series, nowhere near as good as Xenogears, but it's hard to top that. Still I like the new character designs as they look more in the vein of Xenogears, and is it me or does Shion get less clothing each game. Personally I love the idea of dialogue trees, I think JRPGs have needed them for quite some time. The remake looks cute, very Xenogears-ish, so if it plays at all like it it could also be one to pick up.

I'd heard there was an Animal Crossing DS on the way. Comes out in December I think.

I actually first saw this game when someone I knew imported it, or DLed a japanese copy. Played it, lot's of fun I really should get back into it, it's just so damn twisted, it's great. The Japanese do still have the pure fucking randomess angle nailed when it comes to games.

Don't know if Shenmue 2 ever got an OST, though I know that the Shenmue Dojo is supposed to have every pice of music from the game, so that is a plus. I'd add in for the requests some of the lesser known Lunar releases, they were half drama CD but the other half had some great music that wasn't on any other CDs.

Cool site, just listening to some Suikoden MP3, well since I own that OST I don't feel bad, damn that was an awesome soundtrack. One of the best of the Playstation era.

Can't believe I missed this post, hell yes set that shit up again. It was awesome!!! I have a bunch of Ys CDs I could upload to it too. Also for those who want to try out some Ys music considering the serious lack of popularity that that series has had over here check out:The Legacy of Ys they have a shitload of the soundtracks up there to dl, and a bunch of them are amazing, I would reccomend Symphony Ys, The Perfect Collections, and well, most of it. Symphony Ys 95 is the one that is probably closest to standard FF sound, but badass, the others tend to go for really badass synth-rock.

I could probably use it also as my old copy is on a PC that is dead as dirt right now. Not to mention I htink I only made it it volume like 27. BTW, anyone who can afford to keep up with the actual Dark Horse manga release, because shit like this deserves to be supported in the US, too often we get generic Shonen or SHojo titles and very rarely to we get stuff as good as Berserk.

Three issue run, trade comes out in January, has been selling like mad, the first issue alone is up to its third printing. Third issue just came out. The story is supposed to bridge the TV series and the movie. As I said pretty good stuff, I own issues 2 and 3, (1 is a bitch to find) and dled it from Zcultfm.

Yeah the dubs pretty much blew, but the Xbox version wasn't too bad either, less loading some cool filters and no disc swapping for the win, or tie I guess. Still the Euro version did rock my socks, that scene with Shenhua, damn friggen awesome. Still Cowboy, I could've sworn we needed an adapter to play that game when you lent it a while back. Meh, whatever. Also you guys may want to check this out: Funny shenmue movie

I was thinking of discussing the comic here but not sure if I was better off doing it in the comics forum. It was pretty damn cool though, some absolutely awesome scenes in the last issue.

Moving this dead thread back to the hetero, and to the girls who would eat me alive is: and since anime seems to be under represented here, and who doesn't want high school girls: Ayukawa Madoka from Kimagure Orange Road: and Nabiki from Ranma 1/2:

Bebop is a great series, I love it to death but I did always feel that it suffered from Multiple personalities. I just felt that the main story arc of the show was just so damn friggen dark that things like Ed and stuff just didn't gel with where the series went. It's like there is a happy go lucky-ish adventure series sandwiched between a very dark John Woo Hong Kong action flick. Still has to be watched by anyone who is an anime fan.

Yeah back to the talk or "I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you!"

Yes, there are other forums than just Politics and Current events, ones where we don't try to kill eachother, well, except for fight club.

When yer midters are done, watch, you will enjoy. I mean come on, if Jacks and I can agree on something it has to be good, or possibly the spawn of the devil, one of the two. As for lines, me and gunsmith tend to use the special hell a whole lot.

Ok, another damn hottie, Morena Baccarin of Firefly/Serenity fame:

Story from Gamespot:

I'm also hearing Yu Suzuki is involved with this game, I'm gonna see if I can find more info. I'm still hoping for a traditional Phantasy Star though. I hope Universe's single player is better than PSOs. It's wierd with sega, because they never stopped, making stuff, it just fell under the radar. Still we even have stuff from SEGA USA that is looking very good, Condemned (an upcoming game for the 360) also looks like it could be very interesting, combinging the feel of Se7en with detecteve work and an interesting looking combat systems could make it a sleeper.