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Unread postby icycalm » 02 Feb 2014 10:17

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42588

Ghegs wrote:I feel slightly uncomfortable advertising like this, but since I know many people here play racing games as well, here goes.

I like arcade racing games a lot, but have always been kind of bummed out that there isn't a centralized place to talk about them, like there are for shmups and fighters. Older racing games don't get talked about much at all online, even though they are still perfectly playable and fun. I'd love to get some time attack competition going on in something like Sega Rally or Side By Side or an older Ridge Racer. So I finally decided to make such a place myself: http://www.rolling-start.com/forum/

I'm hoping it'll be a gathering place for arcade racing game fans with discussions of techniques, comparing track times and finding new cool racing games to play. The forum is ready and fully functioning, but as it's still starting up here's a good chance for people to let their voice be heard and let me know what kind of a forum they want. What kind of subforums should there be? Things like that.

So, please check it out.


He is a hateful ill-meaning retard, but so was EOJ and his site rocked. So maybe this one will be cool too. Check it out if you are into arcade racers, and report back.

(And how ridiculous it is to feel "slightly uncomfortable" telling other videogame fans that you launched a videogame site? How are they supposed to find out? Via black magic?

This retarded hatred for "advertising" your own site on the internet is another thing that needs to be deconstructed at some point. But it's such a retarded hangup I don't even know what there is to say about it besides the fact that it's retarded.)
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Unread postby icycalm » 02 Feb 2014 12:23

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 95#p869295

Ghegs wrote:Big update!

The forum is now a full-blown site, not unlike our shmups.com main page. So far the only real content is my article about the neGcon, but hopefully others will follow.

http://www.rolling-start.com/index.html
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Unread postby Amor fati » 12 Feb 2014 22:06

I have browsed the site occasionally for about a year. The signal to noise ratio in the forum is better than most but is still quite poor with most posters offering little critical insight. It’s mainly useful for news about smaller upcoming racing games and for anyone interested in time attack/trials i.e. playing for score. The neGcon article (http://www.rolling-start.com/articles/n ... Ghegs.html) is fine when he is evaluating the hardware but is noticeably weaker when dealing with the compatible racing games with notable howlers including stating Rally De Africa & Rally De Europe are “great games” and Motor Toon Grand Prix 2 is “an excellent title” (bear in mind I have only played about half of the games he has included so there may be more). He also failed to appreciate that the reason that V-Rally “doesn’t seem to work quite right with the neGcon” is because the game has crap handling irrespective of control input device or settings. Thus I have my doubts that any upcoming game reviews on his site will be of any great value.
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