4 ms·

Haven't seen so many uninformed comments in a while on HN :-/ This is a MegaDrive game running in an emulator for the modern ports. Made by Makoto Wada and Yuzo

Haven't seen so many uninformed comments in a while on HN :-/ This is a MegaDrive game running in an emulator for the modern ports. Made by Makoto Wada and Yuzo Koshiro. Doesn't get mich more authentic than that imho. Original hardware, original artists. I understand it's not everyone's tea (anymore) tho.

gryson 4mo ago
Don't you know - everyone's an expert because they saw a YouTube video about how modern pixel art isn't authentic... Seriously, this game is a miracle, and the amount of love Ancient put into it is unlike anything we've ever seen for a modern commercial release on hardware that came out in 1988! It certainly beats out a good portion of the games originally released on the Mega Drive.
- pezezin 4mo ago
  [dead]
smaudet 4mo ago
While this is an informative comment, did HN start deleting comments? These comments you mention do not seem to exist...
- pohl 4mo ago
  People do delete their own comments after they've had a moment to consider what they've written. It's an honorable thing to do, IMO.
- tomhow 4mo ago
  We (moderators) don't ever delete comments (except in rare cases where a user later asks us to do so for privacy reasons). The most obvious candidate for what the parent commenter is referring to is this one, which has been flagged/killed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275838 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275838
vunderba 4mo ago
Just to put it out there, since some people might not know, Koshiro who is probably best known for Streets of Rage, is widely regarded as a master video game composer, right up there with Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy) and Koji Kondo (Mario/Zelda). Give the Stage 1 music from ActRaiser a listen to see (or hear) what I mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB9Pym-sdbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB9Pym-sdbs
- flobosg 4mo ago
  The Red Bull Music Academy web series Diggin’ In The Carts has an episode featuring Koshiro: https://www.redbull.tv/en/page/page:rrn:content:episode-videos:6f9c3598-a6f3-5632-b047-78311d77319b/the-cool-kid-diggin-in-the-carts-s01-e04 https://www.redbull.tv/en/page/page:rrn:content:episode-vide...
- pezezin 4mo ago
  I know some people who know him, and by all accounts he is also a very friendly guy, he loves attending all sort of gaming events, both within Japan and abroad.
tomhow 4mo ago
> Haven't seen so many uninformed comments in a while on HN Can you link to the ones you mean? As another commenter has pointed out, there don't seem to be "many", but without links it's impossible for anyone to know what you mean. It's not cool to slur the community like this. HN users are of a highly diverse age range and awareness level of older technologies. It would be much better if you can point to the ones you mean and respond to them constructively. (It's also against the guidelines to comment like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html)
joemi 4mo ago
The title of the thread itself says "Mega Drive-Style Shoot-Em-Up" (which implies it's not a Mega Drive game bit just one made in that style), so it's likely that's what's tripping people up.

gryson 4mo ago

Don't you know - everyone's an expert because they saw a YouTube video about how modern pixel art isn't authentic... Seriously, this game is a miracle, and the amount of love Ancient put into it is unlike anything we've ever seen for a modern commercial release on hardware that came out in 1988! It certainly beats out a good portion of the games originally released on the Mega Drive.

pezezin 4mo ago
[dead]

smaudet 4mo ago

While this is an informative comment, did HN start deleting comments? These comments you mention do not seem to exist...

pohl 4mo ago
People do delete their own comments after they've had a moment to consider what they've written. It's an honorable thing to do, IMO.
tomhow 4mo ago
We (moderators) don't ever delete comments (except in rare cases where a user later asks us to do so for privacy reasons). The most obvious candidate for what the parent commenter is referring to is this one, which has been flagged/killed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275838 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275838

vunderba 4mo ago

Just to put it out there, since some people might not know, Koshiro who is probably best known for Streets of Rage, is widely regarded as a master video game composer, right up there with Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy) and Koji Kondo (Mario/Zelda). Give the Stage 1 music from ActRaiser a listen to see (or hear) what I mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB9Pym-sdbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB9Pym-sdbs

flobosg 4mo ago
The Red Bull Music Academy web series Diggin’ In The Carts has an episode featuring Koshiro: https://www.redbull.tv/en/page/page:rrn:content:episode-videos:6f9c3598-a6f3-5632-b047-78311d77319b/the-cool-kid-diggin-in-the-carts-s01-e04 https://www.redbull.tv/en/page/page:rrn:content:episode-vide...
pezezin 4mo ago
I know some people who know him, and by all accounts he is also a very friendly guy, he loves attending all sort of gaming events, both within Japan and abroad.

tomhow 4mo ago

> Haven't seen so many uninformed comments in a while on HN Can you link to the ones you mean? As another commenter has pointed out, there don't seem to be "many", but without links it's impossible for anyone to know what you mean. It's not cool to slur the community like this. HN users are of a highly diverse age range and awareness level of older technologies. It would be much better if you can point to the ones you mean and respond to them constructively. (It's also against the guidelines to comment like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html)

joemi 4mo ago

The title of the thread itself says "Mega Drive-Style Shoot-Em-Up" (which implies it's not a Mega Drive game bit just one made in that style), so it's likely that's what's tripping people up.