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Sega Ages Virtua Racing announced for Switch (out now)
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Looks pretty washed-out to what I remember when I played the arcade version, but I only touched it once.
Yeah, normally when a game has the same SKU across all the 3 regions, you can download in a different region if you already bought it in one region.
Already grabbed my Japanese eshop points of Play Asia. Now just waiting for this thing to release!
This is especially useful on the NES Online app, because you can download the Famicom versions of the NES games. Some of the games have a better soundtrack (Zelda 2, Kid Icarus, Metroid) and the Japanese app has more games.
It's out now!
Yeah I knew about the NES app, but didn't think it worked for others. Might as well go download the NA copy of Outrun because I got impatient there too.
Just had a quick race and it feels great. Lovely 60fps so I wonder if you'll unlock the original 30fps mode after completing all tracks. The collisions are so much better than the PS2 port :D Looks stunning, very vivid.
What's the easiest way to get a JPN region points code? I have a JPN account on my switch just not sure how to acquire or load points onto it.
I used Play-Asia. $12 for a 1000yen digital point card. I received the code in just a few minutes.
Once in the Japanese eshop just go to the bottom, which you'll see is where you enter that code.
You can buy a 1000Yen card from https://www.seagm.com/ for $10.25. I just got mine from them using my paypal wallet.
Extremely stocked to play this!
Looking forward to seeing how hilariously tiny 8 player splitscreen is in Tabletop mode! :D
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Thanks for the code suggestions. Has anyone tried a credit card on the switch eshop using a credit card with no foreign transaction fees?
You're sure about this? The NES app is one thing, as those games are free to anyone with a subscription. So of course you can download different regions of that with no cost. But actual games in a different region being free when they hit the US? 1st I'm hearing about that and was curious if anyone else can confirm.
I've noticed games I own appear greyed out in other stores, but only the one I bought them from lets me download them, even if I delete it from the system.
The games looks and plays like a dream. M2 is a marvel! Pls more remakes.
I bought it using my debit card, issued in Costa rica. No problem.
I bought it using my debit card, issued in Costa rica. No problem.
Awww really? I mean, that's technically more accurate to the arcade but still. :-/
Comparing the above video in Robin64's post to this one it appears you're correct. Seems intentional, as the text on the flags and the drivers gloves in first person view are still bright red but the car itself is pink. If it were an emulation issue, the colour shift would be universal so I guess it's an intentional change to give the game a more natural, sun-lit colour pallet. I like it but I have no nostalgia for the original. I can see why those hoping for arcade perfection would be off-put by it.
They're definitely off, far too bright.
It seems like a replica of the Model 2 emulator bug; many years ago the games on that emulator ran without acknowledging certain colour values, and games like Daytona appeared washed out as a result. Apparently those colours were stored in a different way. Iirc, this same procedure applied to Model 1 as well, in many ways Model 2 works the same since Model 1 was going to be just an internal prototype, but they decided to test it on the market.
I remember this because it took ElSemi (the coder of the emulator) a long while to figure it out (he had to code Trojans to get the data out)and while he didn't share sources he told MAMEdev what was going on and fixes were implemented (and he was given a special thanks) and they were for Model 1 and 2. I'm fairly sure of this, but it happened like ten years ago or more. And I remember him talking about it in my forum (he's Spanish like me), which doesn't exist now :(
Or maybe it's an aesthetic preference. Apparently M2 had the source code and this isn't emulation.
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Yeah, that's the thing. M2 has the source and they are known for getting the details down perfectly. So it seems intentional.
I wonder if Normal steering is meant to replicate previous home console ports?
Man, April has really been a Month of Great Nintendo Switch Ports™, and it seems it will continue all the way to June...
Yeah the car being a pinkish red and the bridge on the beginner stage being a bright orange is a bit jarring. I don't remember the green hills being that bright either.
Siliconera translated Game Watch's article about how Virtual Racing's source code almost became lost, if not for Reiko Kodama asking around...
Apparently somebody had the Virtual Formula version of Virtual Racing, and reverese-engineered to code from there (as well as re-implement the multiplayer aspects too). Could it be this version of the code had a slight palette change?
Scud Race at 60fps 1080p on Switch would be a dream come true.