Quoting: ElectricPrismIt's been a long time since I've beat MGS1, but man did I enjoy the story. It's definitely worthy of preservation and upgrades.

I've still got all of my old PlayStation discs and I revisited it a couple of years ago under emulation - it's still just as great as it ever was, and it doesn't need to be meddled with, which is always good to see. :grin: Go back and play it again now - you won't regret it.

Honestly, from my perspective they really could've gotten away with a simple emulated re-release with simple internal-resolution upscaling for a tenner, and I'd've grabbed it on day one. It shouldn't've been possible to mess it up! :shock:

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Quoting: legluondunetAre you sure about that?

Yes, I am sure. :smile:

The Master Collection version of MGS1 was made by M2 [External Link] (MGS2 and MGS3 in this package were handled by other studios - there's a reason the only properly-working parts at launch were the ones M2 handled), a company which entirely specialises in emulated re-releases; They're probably best known for the Sega Ages series, but they also did stuff like some of the official mini-consoles of recent years, and parts of the non-Switch ports of Super Bomberman R.

As an aside, it even includes a feature to emulate Psycho Mantis reading particular saves for other Konami PlayStation releases from the emulated memory-card, which you otherwise wouldn't see in a re-release like this. That's M2's thing - they tend to go out of their way to include details like that.

Quoting: EriSadly, yes. Every version of MGS1 in this collection are emulated PSX versions. The PAL voiceover versions at 25fps, NTSC Jap and US, included Integral.

Not many people know that the English PAL voiceover is different, too. :grin: (For anyone wondering what that's all about, check this out [External Link].)

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Quoting: ElectricPrismAnd for that matter, living in the age of AI, it should be trivial to AI upscale all the textures in the game

This particular one's just an emulated PlayStation title. To be honest, even just multiplying the internal resolution and turning on geometry-correction would've made it look worlds better - that's what I do by default when emulating any PSX game, since I've found that trying to mess with anything else graphics-wise tends to break things more often than not.

All of that to say, if they had issues with fancier upscaling breaking stuff, that's the baseline under emulation that usually doesn't break things, and they should've used it. :tongue:

Quoting: ElectricPrismDid they ever __NOT__ add Denuvo? Because memory is fuzzy but that was absolutely nogo for me. I ain't buying that trash.

As far as I know, this collection never had it. :smile:

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I just picked up a few games. :grin: Namely, Doodle World Deluxe [External Link] (Proton), Splody [External Link] (Native Linux), Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation [External Link] (Proton), and Worms Armageddon [External Link] (Proton).

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Quoting: tuubiI never really got into the original Flash animations and whatnot,

You can make up for lost time now - they've got an official YouTube channel for them [External Link]. :grin:

The highlight on the website back in the day was (I think most would agree) Strong Bad Email [External Link], which made Strong Bad a breakout hit - those are still incredibly funny today. Some of my favourites are "Trevor the Vampire [External Link]", "Comic [External Link]", "Japanese Cartoon [External Link]" and "Kids' Book [External Link]". :grin:

Some people are squirrel-handed. Gregor is a weird name.

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Quoting: pilkOW! my skin!

PUNT! Dag, yo.

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Quoting: pilkThing is, though, how am I going to purchase this with boxing gloves on?

Same way as you draw and sell crappy Xeroxes of a comic [External Link] at Bubs', of course! :grin:



ARROWED!

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Oh goodness, I spent my teenage years watching Strong Bad, and it's beyond wonderful to see all of the references packed into the official Linux trailer, both from Homestar Runner and the Linux gaming community - top marks for the "Linux checkbox"! :grin:

I've had my eye on this game for a while, so how can I say no now? :grin:

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As ever, I am obligated to point out that Super Bomberman R 2 [External Link] is in this sale for 40% off. :tongue: :grin:

And now it's time for me to see how my wishlist is looking now that the sale is here. :grin:

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Quoting: Avehicle7887I had one of those back in high school.

This lives on as a free game for android -
https://f-droid.org/packages/de.tobiasbielefeld.brickgames/ [External Link]

That is genuinely awesome. :grin: I had a miniaturised keychain version all the way back in 1997, myself!

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