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Line level (unamplified ) audio from Jackie Chan arcade boards


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The Jackie Chan fighting game arcade boards produced by Kaneko (Kung Fu Master and Fists of Fire) both only output amplified stereo audio output - both from the Jamma header and from a 4-pin header on the motherboard near the amplifier heatsink.

Many arcade cabinets and supergun setups these days...

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Unholy Night (SNES)


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Release Date: July 2017

Can you believe it? A fighting game for the Super Nintendo released in 2017. I sure can't, and I've got a copy. Why can't I believe it? Because it's totally unfit for release. Look past the choppy gameplay, unfinished UI (2 player mode dumps you back to the main menu after...

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Jackie Chan in Fists of Fire (arcade)


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Release Date: 1995

Ah, the mid-90s fighting game - who wasn't stealing from both Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat? What do we have in this one? Digitised actors and fatalities, what a surprise.

But it plays far more fluidly and "Street Fighter"-like than a Mortal Kombat game, however in this cas...

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Dangan Ronpa V3 (PS Vita)


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Release date: September 2017 Time to complete: ~35 hrs

Another entry in the Visual Novel series - see my other reviews for previous games. This one is certainly divisive - the characters, story, and minigames all have their strong fans and detractors. The scenario is full of Dangan Ronpa tropes, t...

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Shin Megami Tensei 4 Apocalypse (3DS)


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Release: Feb 2016 (JP), Sep 2016 (NA) Time to complete: ~60 hrs

I put this game on hold to play Persona 5, and it's interesting how much I liked going back to it afterwards. Persona 5 had the best battle mechanics of any of the Personas I've played, and yet coming back to SMT4A was like having str...

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