Gaming deals and sales

40 bucks..you mean hundreds.

Will work out to a buck a year at the pace they're going.

Cave Story Plus free on Epic.

Or you can do like me and just play the original with fan patch, in 50 fps glory.

I was going to mention some deals, but it's Thanksgiving, so all the Black Friday/CyberMonday/Commercialholidaysales are in full swing. Probably best to just log on to your favorite gaming platforms and check stuff out.

There's 70-80% off deals on a lot of stuff. You can find some 50$ games for like 10 bucks at the moment. In hindsight, there's a few recent purchases I probably could have waited on.

Ikaruga half price

I still play on a 360 and have the XBLA version, so not sure if I need it.

Then again, that's an imperfect port..

Originally posted by cdtm

Or you can do like me and just play the original with fan patch, in 50 fps glory.

That's how i first played the game too.

Anyone with Ikaruga Steam edition, is it a little tiny image surrounded by giant pillars on the screen?

I keep wanting to use 16:10 aspect ratios, because even though they distort the image on a 16:9 screen, it stretches out a bit more horizontally.

Have you gone to PC gaming wiki?

Sonic Mania sale looks tempting.

So is Raiden V worth getting? It seems to have middling reviews on Steam.

Raiden IV Overdrive is far cheaper, and has far better reviews.

I only wish Raiden Fighters Jet was available on Steam, for the sales. They almost never see a sale on Xbox.

Originally posted by cdtm
So is Raiden V worth getting? It seems to have middling reviews on Steam.

Raiden IV Overdrive is far cheaper, and has far better reviews.

I only wish Raiden Fighters Jet was available on Steam, for the sales. They almost never see a sale on Xbox.

Never mind, Raiden Fighters Aces was delisted on Xbox in 2018. And a Steam and Gog edition of Jet does exist, but is poorly emulated and much too fast.

Because of COURSE.

Now I wish I spent the 15 on Aces and it's perfect emulation when I had the chance. You can't even emulate it properly in M.A.M.E., there is literally no way to play these games short of owning an arcade cabinet.

Picked up Crimzon Clover, Judgement Silver Sword, Raiden IV Overdrive, and Sonic Mania.

The good news, they all work. Crimzon Clover and Raiden IV had a well known problem running in Windows 10, so they either fixed that or I lucked out.

The bad news: Sonic Mania does not recognize my Playstation 2 gamepad.

The Shmups work just fine with it, its only Sonic Mania that does not. This has become an ongoing problem with modern games. Microsoft Xbox gamepads work fine, Playstation 4 gamepads work fine, its the older non MS devices that become an issue.

Personally, I think this is on purpose. Force people with old gamepads to buy something new, or at least get an MS gamepad.

I'll just use Joy2Key, like usual.

I don't even use either console joypad for PC gaming, Logitech works good for me.

I totally ****ed up buying a game by itself, and passing on a better deal with a two pack and digital music. Wasn't sure on the second game, and changed my mind.

Guess I could refund, and just buy the pack, but eh... Is it really worth it for a digital music dlc I don't care about?

Are you talking about Doom Eternal?

Originally posted by Adam Grimes
Are you talking about Doom Eternal?

Nah, a few arcade shmups.

Decided I don't like either game, and asked for a refund.

The last one was immediately refunded, but the first they claim they are looking at. It was about 8 hours, 4 minutes of gameplay, I should be covered.

My given reason shouldn't matter, I assume (Bought by mistake.)

I mean, they say "any reason", so I shouldn't even need to give one.

Originally posted by Surtur
Some good news, one of the games I've talked about a lot on here is free next week(Tyranny). Pillars of Eternity is also free:

Epic Games Store Makes Two Massive Obsidian RPGs Free Next Week

The trailer:

YouTube video

Are Twisted Pixel games good?

Looking at the four pack for 30 bucks. Splosion Man, Ms Splosion Man, The Maw, and Comic Jumper.

I only wanted to get Splosion Man, but I figure the pack is a better value... If the games are any good.

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world

It's back.

Will be buying.