WonderSwan The WonderSwan was robbed

[thanonyx]

Does the WonderSwan have a flashcart that saves games?

That's a good question, I'm not sure.

 

[Toppis]

Because I am going to buy a Wonderswan someday

 

[PhrawzT]

based on what i know and heard about konami, they just don't care. they tried to replace silent hill with the movie tie-in saw games; and when that failed, they decided that anyone can just write a horror story, so that why the next 4 silent hill games after silent hill 4 are a mixed bag.

I have heard that as well. That's why we never got an updated version of Symphony of the Night or the Silent Hill games. Someone lost the hard drives with the source code long ago.

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That's a good question, I'm not sure.

It does. The Flash Masta, but it can only hold 10 games.

WS Flash Masta USB (Cartridge for WonderSwan) – Flash Masta Developments

www.flashmasta.com

It is a bit cumbersome to use compared to other flash cards. You have to connect it to your computer with a USB cable and use a special program to move files on and off. You can only have one save game at a time, but you can back it up saves and move them in and out of the flash memory. Despite all the issues, I have used it a lot and beat Final Fantasy using it. It's the only option that I know of but it works.

 

[thanonyx]

It does. The Flash Masta, but it can only hold 10 games.

WS Flash Masta USB (Cartridge for WonderSwan) – Flash Masta Developments

www.flashmasta.com

It is a bit cumbersome to use compared to other flash cards. You have to connect it to your computer with a USB cable and use a special program to move files on and off. You can only have one save game at a time, but you can back it up saves and move them in and out of the flash memory. Despite all the issues, I have used it a lot and beat Final Fantasy using it. It's the only option that I know of but it works.

OMG, the WonderSwan even got robbed when it comes to flash carts,

 

[Lee__Kanker]

Twice!?

Twice

When a western company had to make the firsr pc port they didnt bother keeping the source code and only had a beta

Then Square e wanted to make a new port for the ps4 and steam and asked for the code to the pc port, they didnt have it

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based on what i know and heard about konami, they just don't care. they tried to replace silent hill with the movie tie-in saw games; and when that failed, they decided that anyone can just write a horror story, so that why the next 4 silent hill games after silent hill 4 are a mixed bag.

Its not just konami, most companies dont care, once a game has finished its initial commercial run its discarted

 

[Ikagura]

When a western company had to make the firsr pc port they didnt bother keeping the source code and only had a beta Then Square wanted to make a new port for the ps4 and steam and asked for the code to the pc port, they didn't have it.

Lmao!

That's some golden-grade level of fail.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

Lmao!

That's some golden-grade level of fail.

So the steam and ps4 version is a reverse engineered port of the beta, this is why the backrounds are compressed
On the other hand capcom kept the source code for Biohazard 0 so all the backrounds are pristine

 

[HawkR]

I had an issue of Pocket Gamer (or something like that) magazine when I was very young, and I remember being in awe of the Wonderswan, but it was black and white. The Gameboy had absolute domination in the handheld market for such a long time, and despite"better graphics" (I've never seen this actually matter, and I'm convinced it's just a verbal nerd badge), it didn't really have anything to offer. Why would I want a black and white SNES? It seemed like such a step backwards.