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Shiryu
11/23/09

In reply to The Nintendo Download: Bits, Trips, Karts, And Blobs
Sure took Nintendo a long time to emulate the DSP chip on their VC software... 3 years! Makes me think they might have just requested help from the emulation scene. Still, nice to see this and Pilotwings hitting the SNES VC.
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cjlopez
11/23/09

@Shiryu: its been in the jap and eu wiishop since a while

wonder why it took so long over here, hell there's even a couple of injected wads with this game while longer than their official releases
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Shiryu
11/24/09

@cjlopez: ZSNES was the first emulator to achieve DSP emulation, this was like 8 years ago or something... Im old, because I remember being there...
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cjlopez
11/24/09

@Shiryu: sorry dude, i'm older. Zsnes achieved DSP emulation in 1997. Thats when i started playing roms on my old 486 and mario kart was one of my first games.

Though i first tried snes9x, but when i found znes, i never looked back to it!!!

Man, now i feel old, xDDDDDD
#speakup
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Shiryu
11/24/09

1997 was when I got Internet at home, 1996 was the first time I got ZSNES, was version 0.300, the first one with correct transparencies emulation. FF6 only looked good on that, SNES9x came much later with them, mostly colabs between authors of ZSNES to implement the coDe. the DSP code for Mario Kart was also ported from ZSNES to SNES9x. Good times... now BSNES rules supreme. I am indeed old for remebering all of this. #speakup
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cjlopez
11/24/09

@Shiryu: dam, beat me to it. i got internet till 1997, but i began emulation in 1996, with gb97. I was working as an apprentice of a computer technical on a goberment department, and in one of the pc's i gave support (just running a antivirus program) i found this folder with gameboy as a name, was pretty curious and checked, then i saw this files, zelda.gb, kirby.gb, mario.gb, kof96.gb and i was like, what is this, decided to copy the whole thing to a 31/2 1.44mb floppy disk and brought to my house. found the readme text file and i was mind blowed by what i found!!!!

later in 97 i got internet in my house and the first thing i looked for was "snes roms" on altavista. and that how it all started, xDDDDDDD

#speakup
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Shiryu
11/24/09

@cjlopez: Good times... I don't think its piracy at all, but of course this is questionable. The fact was that even if I was in pure bliss with my PSX, the truth is that being a gamer in Europe, or even worse, in Portugal meant that I knew all about those amazing SNES games out in the States and Japan that never saw the light of day in Europe. Playing from one end to the other of "Final Fantasy VI" and "Chrono Trigger" were priorities. Truly, we were really bady served over here in Europe in those times... I had my revenge, then. =)
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(Starman) Starman
11/23/09

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RAAAINBOWWW ROAAAAD.
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excel_excel
11/23/09

@(Starman) Starman: Do do de do de do do! God my childhood......aww
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DigitalHero
11/23/09

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Will download Super Mario Kart, I actually enjoyed that version more than all the later ones. I also remember it being the best Christmas in 1992 when I was 12 when I got it. :)
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High Speed Indeed
11/23/09

@DigitalHero: Area Hachi-juhachi!
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716
11/23/09

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"PooYoos"?

Poo. Yoos.

...

...really?
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reverend_green
11/23/09

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Super Mario Kart is the only Mario Kart I haven't played extensively. Is it worth it for more than nostalgic value? Also I don't have classic controllers...
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716
11/23/09

@reverend_green: Just so you know, you NEED classic or GameCube controllers to play SNES games. Not enough buttons otherwise. So this would be a bigger up-front investment for you than just eight bucks.

My friends and I played the hell out of Mario Kart as kids, so there's definitely some fun to be had there... but it's one of those games that I haven't revisited too often since the bigger better sequels came out. The "wow" factor of mode-7 definitely wouldn't be there anymore.
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reverend_green
11/23/09

@716: Yah I have a gamecube controller but it is just aweful for snes games. I am stubbornly waiting for that club nintendo controller to come to the US. So I can buy it.

#speakup
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mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
11/23/09

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C'mon Mike. Just because you liked Mario Kart when you were younger doesn't mean it's still one of the best racing games around. *finger wag*

Wait, it's just now coming out on Virtual Console? I guess Nintendo must've awakened earlier than expected from their winter hibernation.
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Outkastprince
11/23/09

@mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta:

Man: What's your favorite scary video game?

Fahey: I don't know.

Man: You have to have a favorite.

Fahey: Uh...Mario Kart. You know, the one with the guy with the black mustache who just sorta rides around and stalks the other racers. What's yours?

Man: Guess.

Fahey: Uh...Sonic Unleashed

Man: Is that the one where a hedgehog had claws for fingers?

Fahey: Yeah...Werehog.

Man: Sonic-that's right. I liked that game. It was scary.

Fahey: The first one was, but the rest sucked.
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d_r_e
11/23/09

@mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: *finger wag* right back at you. Super Mario Kart is still 100% awesome.
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Mr. Pie. Also Known As Mr. Pumpkin!
11/23/09

@mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: Dude, show some respect fr the karts, it was one of the best (well... the only thing remotely similar to ) car racing games of the moment. Even stunt race lacked the beauty and cleverness of those banana peels. damn banana peels....

It'll always be one of the best, cause it's not a matter of polygons, cockpits and physics, it's all about the boost mushrooms.
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mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
11/23/09

@Mr. Pie. Also Known As Mr. Pumpkin!: I guess I meant to say Super Mario Kart. The DS Mario Kart is nearly the greatest game ever to bear Mario's name.
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Modus_Operandi
11/23/09

@d_r_e: I think he means its a nostalgia title. You remember the fun but I comparison to newer entries it might not feel so hot now.
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