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#21
People have probably already seen these but in case they are useful some custom cave artwork in this thread
https://forums.libretro.com/t/4k-vertical-overlay-community-contributions/25247/241
https://forums.libretro.com/t/4k-vertical-overlay-community-contributions/25247/241
#22
I finished Stellar Blade today. Took me 40 hours because I did 100% of most of it (found all outfits & cans, skills maxed, HP maxed, Beta gauge maxed, etc.). Very fun game, reminded me of a mix between Mario Odyssey and Tears of the Kingdom, but with a Dead or Alive girl as the main character. I played most of the game in the black Kunoichi outfit because it looked really cool and made it look like more of a ninja action game, plus I didn't like most of the other outfits. Also, I played through the Japanese version because I preferred the Japanese voices to the English and Korean and unfortunately you can only get those with the Japanese version.
I will probably do a NG+ run in a year or so to get the last 34 outfits and see one of the other endings. But for now I'm going to move on to other games.
I will probably do a NG+ run in a year or so to get the last 34 outfits and see one of the other endings. But for now I'm going to move on to other games.
#23
High Scores - Competition Style / Re: World Record Scores - Home...
Last post by EOJ - June 01, 2024, 07:37:14 PMNew Pink Sweets Ver 1.00 Kasumi WR, by Gray:
19,967,300 - ALL
https://x.com/rgrayGM/status/1796855210524168364
Very close to 20mil!
19,967,300 - ALL
https://x.com/rgrayGM/status/1796855210524168364
Very close to 20mil!
#24
I finished Fire Emblem Engage yesterday. Took me about 31 hours. Really great SRPG, I liked it a lot more than Three Houses due to the great battle system and less focus on the pointless "social" aspects.
#25
Quote from: EOJ on May 20, 2024, 05:45:49 PMAn auction for an Akai Katana "conversion" (=bootleg) has popped up on YAJ:
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/o1137215645
I wonder if CAVE or EXA will shut it down?
Current bid is 10,150 yen, all the bidders are proxies.
Ended at 134,999 yen (=$860 USD ~ 795 Euros), sold to a proxy bidder (of course!).
The guy selling them on ebay had a few listings taken down by ebay due to copyright claims (I'm guessing from EXA or CAVE?). So now he appears unable to list them there, instead he posts a message in his other listings saying "DM Me for SDOJDFKBLDSMBLAK".
I wonder how long that will last until someone notices and takes those listings down too. #26
An auction for an Akai Katana "conversion" (=bootleg) has popped up on YAJ:
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/o1137215645
I wonder if CAVE or EXA will shut it down?
Current bid is 10,150 yen, all the bidders are proxies.
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/o1137215645
I wonder if CAVE or EXA will shut it down?
Current bid is 10,150 yen, all the bidders are proxies.
#27
It runs a little choppy on the Switch, so if you're not in a hurry I'd wait to play it on the Switch 2 next year, which should smooth it out to a consistent 60fps.
#28
This is on my backlog. It was a present from my wife. I loved it on SNES and haven't played it in over 20 years!
Quote from: EOJ on December 04, 2023, 11:04:56 PMI finished Super Mario RPG (Switch) recently. It only took me 10 hours, but it was fun. Currently working through Soul Hackers 2 (PS5), which should take me a week or two to finish.
#29
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CAVE Games / Re: Akai Katana “conversion” (...
Last post by ShootTheCore - May 03, 2024, 06:58:17 PMTo paraphrase Steve Jobs - "piracy is a supply problem." Cave themselves should have been producing more boards (maybe dual game boards or multi boards?) and selling them on their website. Demand for original boards is obviously higher than supply, and I'm sure plenty of us who missed out on buying the boards when they were first released would happily buy from Cave now rather than China even if it cost more.
#30
These keep selling on ebay, week after week. 
Must be at least 30 sold thus far. Games include AK, DFK BL, DFK 1.0, SDOJ, and DSMBL.
I've heard through the grapevine they have the parts to make hundreds of these (and a multi with all CAVE SH3 games on it, though I doubt that will ever be offered for sale as long as people keep paying $1000+ for individual game bootlegs -- they can't beat that profit margin!). Seems like they'll start doing CV1000B board games soon too.
I think this whole thing is terrible. This Chinese syndicate who copied the PCB is making good profits off of CAVE's copyrighted games (they list certain games for more than others, so obviously they are selling both the SOFTWARE and the hardware!), and people buying them are paying way too much. Yes, you can "save thousands of dollars" by buying these instead of the real PCBs, but stop and think where your money is going and who is profiting here - the production cost to make one of these is only $100-$200 USD. If I were still playing these games on PCB I'd never buy one of these bootlegs, just out of principle.
Must be at least 30 sold thus far. Games include AK, DFK BL, DFK 1.0, SDOJ, and DSMBL.I've heard through the grapevine they have the parts to make hundreds of these (and a multi with all CAVE SH3 games on it, though I doubt that will ever be offered for sale as long as people keep paying $1000+ for individual game bootlegs -- they can't beat that profit margin!). Seems like they'll start doing CV1000B board games soon too.
I think this whole thing is terrible. This Chinese syndicate who copied the PCB is making good profits off of CAVE's copyrighted games (they list certain games for more than others, so obviously they are selling both the SOFTWARE and the hardware!), and people buying them are paying way too much. Yes, you can "save thousands of dollars" by buying these instead of the real PCBs, but stop and think where your money is going and who is profiting here - the production cost to make one of these is only $100-$200 USD. If I were still playing these games on PCB I'd never buy one of these bootlegs, just out of principle.