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Lycanthrokeith

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  1. Hello.

    I've been having problems with several recent new releases downloading very slowly, and failing after about 1/4 through the process.

    While some have succeeded after several attempts (Flux # 3), others are failing no matter what. The main problematic ones are GamePro #144, Expert Gamer #58, and Game Player's Sega Genesis Strategy Guide V 2 # 1.

    I am using Windows 10, 8 MB ram. Firefox 66. I have cleared site data, reduced numbers of tabs, closed other online apps, and even tried Chrome (also failed). Up until now, I have never had a downloading issue with Retromags.

    Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

  2. Hello!

    I just got a US (NTSC) Sega Saturn, and I'm also still missing the fun I had playing sit-down-cabinet Virtual On at MAGFest. I'm thinking about getting the Twin Sticks that were released for the Japanese Saturn, but I would like to know if this controller will work on the US (NTSC) Saturn, or only on the Japanese model. If not directly, is there some adaptor or bypass (like an Action Replay) that makes it work?

    Thank you.

    --Keith

  3. Bonk's Adventure and Splatterhouse were two of my favorite games for this system. Bonk's Adventure and Bonk’s Revenge were both good. I remember having a pinball game too. I don’t remember the name of it. I played it a lot.

    There were two: Alien Crush and Devil's Crush. Alien Crush came first. Both were basically pinball on a living table, with AC having a two-level table plus bonus stages, while DC's table was three level's tall (fairly sure it had bonus stages too). AC featured aliens, naturally, while DC had demons (including a woman's face that gradually turned into that of a reptilian demon).

  4. Ah, yes it is time to run some database clean up scripts tonight. When we did the mass import of download links, some of them matched up incorrectly. Looks like issue 43 went into this record by mistake and when it was removed, we forgot to set the status back to Missing.

    So it isn't available, then? That's unfortunate. I was hoping to read the coverage on Shadowrun SNES and the Tom Dowd interview.

    Ah well, I shall hold out hope.

  5. Yeah, and I am pretty sure that at least 99 other members registered on this site would be too :)

    As an extra added benefit, the site would be faster because only Retromags would be the only site on the server. Plus the next tier of dedicated server allows for 10 Terabytes of bandwidth per month, which should take us into 2020! Right now a mere mention of Retromags on Digg, Kotaku or Reddit could bring down the site in just minutes. On a dedicated server we would not be subject to CPU/Memory limits and would be able to stay up during such an event.

    It's certainly a safer way to go than the risk of identity compromising and potential litigation, too. That always makes me gunshy about subscribing to a download service.

    $14 a year is a whole lot better than $8 a month, too.

    Guess the next questions are, would there be any special bonuses for the people who do the donation toward the server cost, and how do we go about donating?

  6. I am right on the edge of putting us on a dedicated server, where we would get 1TB of storage for our magazines and get 5TB of bandwidth for you guys to download directly from us. The only hold up is it would cost us $1400 per year ($119 per month)

    Do we have 100 members out of our 4000 that would donate $14 per year to Retromags?

    I'd be agreeable to this.

  7. I'm getting this message consistently when trying to download something:

    Server Load Too High

    The server hosting this file is temporarily overloaded. You can download this file immediately by upgrading to FileFactory Premium. Alternatively, you can try again shortly.

    Please contact support if you require further assistance.

    I'm following the rules for magazine downloads for the number of posts I've done (I'm still under 25, so I'm sticking to one a day like I'm supposed to). But it's for naught if the external service isn't functioning properly, or worse, if FileFactory is doing this intentionally to hustle paid subscriptions out of people. I understand the benefits, but when I'm being directed there for a free download, it comes off as a hard sell tactic.

    Any ideas as to what's going on with FileFactory?

    Thanks.

  8. Before I saw this thread, I didn't even realize EGM was still around in any form.

    I picked it up once in a while if they had a good strategy spread on something (I remember one on Real Bout Fatal Fury that had some cool artwork in it), but to be honest, they were never my favorite of the magazines. There were too many occasions where they reported incorrect information or unfounded rumors; they seemed to be the National Enquirer of video game magazines. Have they gotten better over the years?

  9. My first 16-bit system was a TG-16. It had a special place in my family, given that the pack-in game was Keith Courage in Alpha Zones. Keith is my first name, and the healing character in the game, Nurse Nancy, shares my mother's name. It made for a pretty cool family adventure.

    Bonk's Adventure, Bloody Wolf, and Splatterhouse were personal favorites of mine.

  10. There's another aspect to the lack of included manuals. Tutorials in-game have replaced them, and often I feel like I'm being talked down to during the course of the game (yes, game, I gathered that I need to press the analog stick to move). Worse, programming time and space has to be devoted to putting the tutorial in, often ruining game flow.

    I like controls and commands available via the pause menu, but I also like a physical manual. Skyrim, for example, had a physical manual I keep right under my monitor for quick control reference.

    As for cost and waste, the book industry has the game industry beaten by a mile. I mean, the Twilight series alone...

  11. For me, it varies. I do use the backwards compatibility on my PS2 and Wii for PS1 and GameCube, respectively. As long as it emulates by hardware/firmware (like those do) and not software to hardware (like the 360 with XBOX discs), I'm down with it. I make an exception for the Wii Virtual Console, XBOX Marketplace, and 3DS downloads, though, as they seem to be done properly.

    When I can, though, I do prefer to use separate systems. I figure the less wear and tear I put on an older and potentially harder to replace piece of hardware, the better off I am long-term.

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