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Posted on 07-15-13 04:41:26 PM, in Metroid Fusion + Metroid Zero Mission Prototypes released (last edited by Foxhack at 07-15-13 04:43:06 PM)

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Originally posted by Hiccup
So is this going to be documented on TCRF, then lost forever when depositfiles runs out?
TCRF can't host it, it seems (see ROM policy, missing the requirement by 1 year it seems...)

... this forum isn't a vacuum. It'll get distributed, passed along from person to person. It won't be lost.

Thank you for the dumps.

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Posted on 07-17-13 10:44:09 AM, in Weird Discoveries (last edited by Foxhack at 07-17-13 02:51:26 PM)

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This is weird.

I was checking out all the officially released GBA games that use the PocketNES emulator last night due to some comments a friend made about Capcom Classics Collection. I thought the game might have some leftovers from the original emulator, but couldn't find any unused text or graphics in a tile editor or VisualBoy Advance's tile / map viewers.

So I loaded the Hudson Best Collection series and noticed that volumes 1 through 3 have... an unused Koei (my bad, not Tecmo) copyright in the title screen data. It gets loaded in the game - it's just not used. I'm not entirely certain about Hudson and Koei's relationship in these. I have to dig around game forums to find out.

I found these last night so I didn't add them, but I'll be doing so later today.

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Posted on 07-18-13 02:12:51 AM, in Prototypes! (last edited by Foxhack at 07-18-13 02:15:54 AM)

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Originally posted by AttackedbyGlitch
SNES:
Earthbound

WHO IN THE EVERLOVING FUCK SLABS A FUCKING PROTO

Edit: Oh. It's the owner of GameGavel. You'd think he'd know better...

(Rest of comment removed. I'm still disgusted at the game being slabbed.)

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Posted on 07-19-13 08:49:50 PM, in Prototypes!

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Originally posted by divingkataetheweirdo
Originally posted by Aeonic Butterfly

Just curious, slabbed? I'll assume it has something to do with the game's casing, but I'm not so sure about what that means.

Yep. It's encased in a "polybag" , but that's to be expected for anyone who uses that Video Game Authority rating system to see how good a prototype looks (a Zelda 'prototype' discovered a while back came with a mear-mint boxed copy of the retail game encased like this EB proto too). It outright says on the cartridge that's a final version too.

It's sealed inside a dumb plastic brick (or sometimes a thin plastic box), similarly to some older comics and trading cards are. Then they stuck that plastic brick inside a plastic baggie. But still. You can't get to the game easily, if at all, and if you do want to remove it from that worthless plastic jail, it might damage the game itself.

It's beyond stupid.

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Posted on 07-21-13 04:11:36 PM, in Game Deals

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And once again, most of my wish list isn't discounted further, if at all.

I JUST WANT TUNNEL RATS FOR LESS THAN FIVE DOLLARS, WHY IS THAT SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND

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Posted on 07-25-13 03:49:25 AM, in Bubble Symphony (Saturn) (last edited by Foxhack at 07-25-13 03:50:27 AM)

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I ran that text through Google Translate. It has a code for a Debug Menu in Harukaze Sentai V Force, and that game also has wallpapers in LZH format on the CD. Neat!

"Harukaze Sentai Â· V Force"

Debug menu

To free cursor mode simulation Game
However, while holding down "L, R, X, Z" and "START"
When you press, debug menu will appear.
The experience does not fit in this "Stage Clear"
Please note.

-Hidden wallpaper

CD1: "\ WALL" directory> "VF_BMP01.LZH"
CD2: "\ WALL" directory> "VF_BMP02.LZH"
CD3: "\ WALL" directory> "VF_BMP03.LZH"
Files of these three is a wallpaper collection. Size 320 *
It is a full-color BMP format uncompressed at 240. Game
I collected a picture that was Erisugu~tsu from the movie in.
It should be noted that this data type is of interest for purposes other than personal use
For is prohibited by law.

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Posted on 07-29-13 01:17:12 AM, in Weird Discoveries

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I started futzing around with Paperboy / Rampage on the GBA, and noticed something odd while browsing through the ROM's data - these lines:

Hero idolized by young and old
Being invited to White House

-- are apparently repeats in the game that exist for no reason. The lines that are actually supposed to be used are found in a different section of the game. Also there's text for Paperboy credits, which isn't used, because the credits are shown in the main menu. I'll probably add an article in a little bit.

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Posted on 07-31-13 12:25:49 AM, in The Great Unofficial Game Debate (tm)

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Originally posted by BMF54123
Originally posted by Cuber456
You have got my curiosity. Which games?

Unfortunately, I don't remember exactly which games. One of them was a Valve game that had a website's logo buried in its resources as a shoutout to said site, which might be in a topic somewhere on this board.

You mean this thing?

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Posted on 07-31-13 10:57:56 AM, in The Great Unofficial Game Debate (tm) (last edited by Foxhack at 07-31-13 11:06:29 AM)

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Originally posted by Sheeza
It's simple: unlicensed games are sold, homebrew games are released for free.

I don't agree with you. There have been numerous homebrew games created to be sold in the past few years.

Unlicensed games were typically created by a company. Homebrew games, despite being unlicensed, aren't always. I think the big distinction is "was it mass produced?" Homebrew games aren't printed in large numbers.

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Posted on 07-31-13 11:31:39 PM, in The Great Unofficial Game Debate (tm)

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Originally posted by Sik
That still won't fit the criteria. Pier Solar has been sold, has probably the heaviest DRM of any Mega Drive game in history, the developers formed a company just for it (and now they're making more games) and yet it's still called homebrew, just because of the people who made it. Also where it's true each run was a (relatively) small print, put all the rereleases together and it stops looking so small (and let's not get into the Kickstarter to make HD ports...).

Homebrew is pretty much just a label given arbitrarily. It's about as useless as indie at this point, since it has no hard definition.

I'm not disagreeing with this. I'm just saying that not all homebrew games are made to be sold.

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Posted on 08-03-13 05:36:46 PM, in Does TCRF cover demo versions? (last edited by Foxhack at 08-03-13 05:49:19 PM)

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I'm pretty sure they count. There's stuff like Proto

aper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, which came from a multiple-game demo disc.

I think the only difference would be that you have to say where the demo came from - if it came from a game or something else.

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Posted on 08-05-13 05:06:44 PM, in ygnmsfv

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I don't see why there'd be an issue with linking to other sites with similar themes.

As for ads, I don't care either as long as they don't make noise or take over the mouse / window.

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Posted on 08-06-13 02:48:51 AM, in ygnmsfv

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Originally posted by andlabs
I prefer Monobook over Vector and a huge banner ad at the top might annoy a bunch of people though (see also: popular reception to Wikipedia's donation drives). I don't see a problem with anything else (maybe throw in wow cool facts about gaming as a joke =P )

As long as we don't have Jimbo Wales' ugly face staring at us, we're fine.

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Posted on 08-06-13 11:42:52 PM, in ygnmsfv

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Originally posted by Xkeeper
I'm thinking I could always do something like having the ad show up if you're not logged in, but have it go away if you log in.

This would be good. That way the ads don't bother the regular contributors who tend to load / reload the pages when working on stuff.

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Posted on 08-07-13 11:33:22 PM, in Anyone have the Metroid Prime 2 bonus disc? (last edited by Foxhack at 08-07-13 11:34:48 PM)

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Originally posted by Abahbob
One thing about the trooper names that may be worth mentioning is the name "PFC D. Zoid", which is most likely a reference to David 'Zoid' Kirsch, who worked on Prime 1, 2, and part of 3. Perhaps the other names of the troopers are references to either names or nicknames of people at Retro.

Good point. *checks*

SPC B. Campbell - Might be a reference to Christian Campbell (Thanks in 1 + 2)
LCPL T. Chauviere - Ted Chauviere. (Engineering in 1+2, Thanks in 3)
PFC M. Cheng - Michael Cheng (Designer in 2)
PFC C. Sbrogna - Chip Sbrogna (Design Support in 2)
PFC R. Harris - Ryan Harris (Production Assistant in 1, Assistant Producer in 2+3)
PFC J. Behr - Jason Behr (Designer in 1, Senior Designer in 2, Thanks in 3)
GSGT M Wikan - Mike Wikan (Senior Designer in 1, Senior Design in 2, Thanks in 3)
LCDR M Pacini - Mark Pacini (Lead Designer in 1, Game Director in 2 and 3)
PFC N Trahan - Nick Trahan (Additional Art in 2)
PFC K. Pearson - Kynan Pearson (Design in 2, Thanks in 3)
1LT K. Deckard - Karl Deckard (Senior Designer in 1, Senior Design in 2, Thanks in 3)
PFC T. Ivey - Tom Ivey (Design Support in 2, Senior Design in 3)

The other names aren't in the credits in that form. They may be nicknames, like Zoid.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/gamecube/metroid-prime/credits
http://www.mobygames.com/game/gamecube/metroid-prime-2-echoes/credits
http://www.mobygames.com/game/wii/metroid-prime-3-corruption/credits

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Posted on 08-11-13 05:25:39 AM, in Weird Discoveries (last edited by Foxhack at 08-11-13 05:27:50 AM)

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I started poking around Sonic Adventure DX (the Steam version that's a port of the 360 version that's a port of the Gamecube version) and found a bunch of leftover stuff from the PS3 version. (Mostly Japanese info and such.) There's also some leftover graphics stuff from the 360 version (Leaderboards, daily challenges, etc.)

I also found... the Game Gear games! They're still included in the game files, and I was able to decompress them all. I even found a sixteenth compressed file which, when decompressed, contains this text:

press -r g-sonic.gg g-sonic.prs
press -r labylin.gg labylin.prs
press -r mbmachin.gg mbmachin.prs
press -r prs.bat prs.prs
press -r s-drift2.gg s-drift2.prs
press -r s-tail2.gg s-tail2.prs
press -r skypat.gg skypat.prs
press -r sonic-ch.gg sonic-ch.prs
press -r sonic.gg sonic.prs
press -r sonic2.gg sonic2.prs
press -r sonicdri.gg sonicdri.prs
press -r sonictai.gg sonictai.prs
press -r sonic_tt.gg sonic_tt.prs
press -r spinball.gg spinball.prs
press -r tailsadv.gg tailsadv.prs

There are some references to these games in the executable (file names, and corrupt, possibly compressed menu strings) but there's no way to run them as far as I can tell. I have no idea if anyone at Sonic Retro has uncovered this because their web server hates me and refuses to load anything more than A SINGLE PAGE.

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Posted on 08-11-13 07:19:06 PM, in Weird Discoveries

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Originally posted by omega59
Holy crap, that's interesting. Are they emulatable, or are they corrupted like some of those files?

I'm pretty sure they work fine. The emulator is just not available in the Steam version of the game according to MainMemory. It should still work fine in the older, non-Steam version.

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