Good old times... there is also Gradius Origins just released:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2897590/GRADIUS_ORIGINS/ [External Link]

That's amazing!

I don't know for sure anymore which parts I played, Nemesis, Nemesis 2, Salamander I guess?
All an MSX for sure.
Man, it was so good and so difficult!

Now with rewinding and save points...
... one might be attempted. :)

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Unfortunately, Wero is far from ideal, as you need to use either Android with Google Play Store or an iPhone...

I wasn't aware you cannot use it with a browser. :-(

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that wants to __eliminate__ video games all together.

That's nons... implausible. They're making money with video games.

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Have you ever noticed how any new solutions/alternatives just seem to add more middlemen? That is what is racking up the cost of everything ...

Hm, I don't think so. I'm sure they're doing it to actually lower the cost. And if you compare it to... much earlier, like bank transfers needing a day, or sending around cheques needing several days...

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Similarly, in the EU there would be SEPA Instant Transfer, which could be used for a payment processing solution. However, it's optional for banks to implement it, and again, it's limited to EU...

If a bank is offering SEPA transfers (I'm not aware of banks here that don't), is has to offer SEPA Instant Transfers for the same price since early 2025.

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Waiting for Wero...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wero_(payment) [External Link]

Man, I hate it that they have cut off the system before (Giropay in my case) before the new one is kicking in!

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Well, Germany here... No problems finding some Pilsner. And then some more. :D

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So happy that they solved this. If you are a fan of the PS1 era racing games like Colin McCrae rally or V-Rally then this is for you!

Oh man, how we loved playing V-Rally, with a four-player adapter! Everybody being so stressed that we could have pressed diamonds in our backsides! ...except Sven, who felt asleep during the race. :grin:

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Valve do actually work around it in a lot of cases, where they re-encode the videos into something Proton supports. To actually get those videos downloaded with the game, you need to ensure you have the Shader Pre-Caching system enabled

I heard this yesterday in the Steam forums and was very surprised. Does this connection exist for a long time already? Because people often recommend to disable shader cache due to games always downloading stuff and it not helping too much...

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That does sound interesting.

Only...

Low Overhead: Runs on CPU—no dedicated hardware or GPU required.

... sounds to me like "All your super-duper GPU circuits will remain unused, we're hogging the CPU instead!"

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