DutchDimension
Punkic Cyborg
Posts: 122
Homebrew skills: Pixel, 2D and 3D art
Fave PCE Shooter: Override
Fave PCE Platformer: Mizbak's Adventure
Fave PCE Game Overall: Too many to choose from
Fave PCE RPG: Ys series
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Post by DutchDimension on Feb 5, 2019 6:42:28 GMT
So whatever happened to that highly promising Golden Axe remake that Nodtveidt/Old Rover, Black Tiger and Paranoia Dragon were working on a few years ago? Here's the PCEFX thread on it.It looked so promising, but the updates just stopped all of the sudden. Does anybody know what happened?
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roflmao
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Ha! Face-to-foot style. How do you like it?
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Post by roflmao on Feb 5, 2019 21:20:02 GMT
I don't remember where I read it, but Rover (nodtveidt) said somewhere that once Lucretia is finished, he's planning on hanging up his programming hat.
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DutchDimension
Punkic Cyborg
Posts: 122
Homebrew skills: Pixel, 2D and 3D art
Fave PCE Shooter: Override
Fave PCE Platformer: Mizbak's Adventure
Fave PCE Game Overall: Too many to choose from
Fave PCE RPG: Ys series
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Post by DutchDimension on Feb 5, 2019 23:04:19 GMT
Well that's unfortunate. Especially since he sounded so confident [in that PCEFX thread] that the Golden Axe remake would get finished.
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Post by Mathius on Feb 6, 2019 5:16:34 GMT
I was really looking forward to this too. Rove and I used to chat about what improvements could be made. The moving eyes in the turtle and hawk from the arcade wasn't translated into the MD port, so that's the first thing I brought up. I haven't talked to him in a very long time. Hope he's alright.
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Post by ginoscope on Feb 6, 2019 17:29:28 GMT
I have never played golden axe on the pc engine. I need to try it out to see how bad it really is. That project did look amazing but I am just grateful for any translation/homebrew we get on the pc engine these days.
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Post by dshadoff on Feb 6, 2019 18:12:59 GMT
While it wasn't the best version, I never thought it was as bad as the comments made it seem. There were lots of other games on other platforms at that time which were more deserving of such rancor, but never seemed to receive it.
Dave
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Post by soop on Feb 6, 2019 19:58:07 GMT
It would be a sad day when Old Rover stops coding. But tbh, he's shared a lot of his passion, so we were lucky to be around while he did.
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Post by Galahad on Feb 6, 2019 20:47:20 GMT
First game I owned on Genesis,actually bought a Genesis because of Golden Axe and Shinobi.Never played the pce CD version,must give that a try.
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Post by soop on Feb 6, 2019 21:39:29 GMT
First game I owned on Genesis,actually bought a Genesis because of Golden Axe and Shinobi.Never played the pce CD version,must give that a try. The Sega version was much better imo
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Post by Mathius on Feb 6, 2019 21:47:53 GMT
First game I owned on Genesis,actually bought a Genesis because of Golden Axe and Shinobi.Never played the pce CD version,must give that a try. The Sega version was much better imo For sure definitely. I remember getting Golden Axe for Christmas way back when. I was obsessed with the arcade version so that made for a fun Winter day.
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Post by soop on Feb 6, 2019 22:06:22 GMT
The Sega version was much better imo For sure definitely. I remember getting Golden Axe for Christmas way back when. I was obsessed with the arcade version so that made for a fun Winter day. The Megadrive was home to some incredible arcade ports. I like the SNES better now (and the PC Engine was a myth at the time in the UK), but the Megadrive had some stunning games very early on. I'm actually pretty happy with my Megadrive collection, but I wouldn't say it's huge
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Post by lukester on Feb 6, 2019 23:24:21 GMT
First game I owned on Genesis,actually bought a Genesis because of Golden Axe and Shinobi.Never played the pce CD version,must give that a try. It's worth a try! Just to see how disappointing it is... There are a lot of folks on here who have strong reservations against the pce port of Strider. The level of disparity between the pce and genny ports for Strider, is even greater with Golden Axe. Off the top of my head, the controls are rather shoddy, the music is very cheesy synth, the colors are poor, and the fat dudes are ridiculously aggressive.
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DutchDimension
Punkic Cyborg
Posts: 122
Homebrew skills: Pixel, 2D and 3D art
Fave PCE Shooter: Override
Fave PCE Platformer: Mizbak's Adventure
Fave PCE Game Overall: Too many to choose from
Fave PCE RPG: Ys series
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Post by DutchDimension on Feb 7, 2019 1:18:41 GMT
Is Old Rover/Nodtveidt a member here? I couldn't find him scanning through the membership list. Would be good to see if he is okay as well as find out what made him decide to stop coding. It might bring some closure to the high anticipation that was there for the Golden Axe project.
I know Black Tiger made it across from the PCEFX community, maybe he has some more information?
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Post by Mathius on Feb 7, 2019 3:50:09 GMT
Is Old Rover/Nodtveidt a member here? I couldn't find him scanning through the membership list. Would be good to see if he is okay as well as find out what made him decide to stop coding. It might bring some closure to the high anticipation that was there for the Golden Axe project. I know Black Tiger made it across from the PCEFX community, maybe he has some more information? After the PCFX mass migration, and finishing up his last project with Saru, Rove kinda fell off the map. He could be hanging out on Discord though.
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Post by spenoza on Feb 7, 2019 15:22:55 GMT
Maybe some of the intense discussion in our Homebrew subforum could lure him in. Anyone on Discord wanna try and fish over?
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