![]() ![]() House Flipper’s controls and basic mechanics were clumsy and imprecise on PC, so I hoped they’d incorporate motion controls or fix it with the Switch. It doesn’t run that great on the Switch either, unfortunately. I was hoping a little more time would improve this, but by and large, the game looks the same now on Switch as it did on PC two years ago. It’s somewhere in the uncanny valley with its art style–some things look weirdly realistic, like a paint roller swelling with paint, while others, like the background textures and even the main attraction, the houses, feel more like a low poly PlayStation 1 aesthetic. As far as style goes, House Flipper just isn’t particularly pretty to look at. Where I think House Flipper falls flat is all three of those things. When repetition isn’t rewarded properly and feels like a slog it becomes tedious, and tedium is never fun. I guess it boils down to style, mechanics and rewards. Sometimes, repetition is okay and even addictive, where other times it’s a grind. One of the games I haven’t been able to put down since release, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, is actually mostly a list of to-dos. To be fair, there are lots of games I enjoy that involve a fair amount of repetition. In fact, a lot of what I wanted was the opportunity to really dig in and take my time making a house exactly the way I want it before I put it on the market and make bank. What I take from that is it’s looking more for realism than the silly hijinks of games with similar task oriented goals that aren’t sims, like Overcooked or even something like VR The Diner Duo. House Flipper is described as a simulation or “sim” game. There’s something about the Switch that can take a mediocre game for PC or other consoles and sort of add something to it–whether it’s strictly just the option to play it idly while on public transit or vacation or the addition of motion controls–I’ll usually give a game I thought had some potential another spin if it gets to Switch. That is, until I heard it was coming to Nintendo Switch. The game has since added more DLC (Including an HGTV branded pack) and more customization choices, but I never felt the urge to pick it up again. Unfortunately, I found its gameplay and limited choices frustrating and ended up shelving it for other things. ![]() So naturally, when I found out about House Flipper back in 2018, I thought my ship had come in, and I immediately got it for myself on Steam. It inspires me and makes me want to try my own hand. I don’t really care about the hosts necessarily, or even the circumstances surrounding the house hunt or flip.What I love to see is the before and after. One of my guilty pleasures is HGTV–more specifically, shows about flipping houses, or hunting for them.
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** FULL COMBO transitions use default DDR X3 font. ** New ENCORE EXTRA graphics in both ScreenStages and ScreenGameplay (in beta state). ** Oni LIFE GAUGE frame revamped to match with the HD remake (due to 4 LIVES and RISKY options, and CHALLENGE MODE). ** Difficulties use old DDR A's theme as base (deleted for upgrade to A20+). ** ScreenGameplay UI is based on old Takuya's EXTREME theme for SM3.9. *** ENCORE EXTRA in gameplay now is showned instead of only EXTRA STAGE. ** The LIFE GAUGE is DDR(1st)-like customized. Only SPEED, TURN, SCROLL, ASSIST, LIFE GAUGE, DIFFIUCLTY and CHARACTERS can be changed. *** Course (NONSTOP/CHALLENGE/ENDLESS/CLASS) icons, and generic BG use GOLD version instead. *** HOW TO PLAY videos, LIFE GAUGE frames in ScreenStages and both LONG and MARATHON frames use DDR A instead. ** Some frames use some DDR A20 (PLUS) frames. ** New BGMs for DDR A3 Theme (editable in "_common menu music.redir", Default: DDR A3 SELECT MUSIC). ** Flash lamps in ScreenStages are no longer compatible. LOG IN, LOG OUT, CLEARED and FAILED screens replace animations by videos. ** All non-gameplay videos are converted to 640x360. ScreenCaution redirects to ScreenSelectMusic. * SWITCH SP/DP is NEW in DDR A3 theme and in renewal DDR A-based themes, is disabled on EXTRA STAGE and can be switched by changing difficulties. * COURSE MODE is exclusive to default UI of DDR A20+ or later and is in RC state. * PRAY FOR ALL message is used on tohokuEVOLVED only. * To preserve the EX SCORE display like an arcade, keep it on DANCE POINTS. You have troubles if you change to other score systems. * Don't disable CAUTION display or you have troubles. PFC or MFC NO DATA: new or failed songs or cleared songs with <1/2 EX SCORE FAILED: Fail at song ends.) * CLEAR RANK: sort the songs by clear rank (ALL PERFECT/MARVELOUS: Req. * DIFFICULTY: sort the songs by difficulty (due to 3.9 limitations, is splitted to BASIC, DIFFICULT, EXPERT and CHALLENGE) * ABC: sort the songs alphabetically (Due to Stepmania limitations, is sorted by number, A-Z (use translit title), other language and graphic characters) * SERIES FOLDER: sort the songs by folder * GENRE: sort the songs by genre/origin game/events * If you install a new version of the theme, delete the older theme first. Announcers, arrow skins and themes are included and automatically installed onto the respective folders. * Extract this archive onto "(3.9+ or AMX program)" folder. * SM 3.9+ REDUX or AMX (not recommended 3.9 standard due to have some bugs that aren't presents on 3.9+ REDUX/AMX) ** LESSON BY DJ (Both japanese and english versions with lyrics, and with Korean subtitles of the english version) *DDR SELECTION themes (use DDR A3 as base): SM Outfox users: Redirects to newer DDR A-based themes aren't available. SM 5 users: Use Curilang's DDR A3 theme for SM 5.0.12 and later instead. The installation of these themes in any arcade cabinet is strictly prohibited.ĭDR A-based themes for SM 3.9+ REDUX and AMX (now splitted in blue and gold interfaces). ■Some screenshots are taken during developing.The copyrighted music / artwork / characters installed in Stepmania are separately owned by the authors. Place the folder "Random" you download from DDR 2014 thread into "Themes" folder to get the random movie effect if no bg movie set in the song. If no jacket found, it will find song banner and then song background instead. Insert a jacket file for each song, it must be squared. ĭownload DDR NoteSkins and decompress into NoteSkins/dance folder.įor other group names, you can use any name you like, but don't forget to add a jacket into that group. The name of the jacket must be the name of genre.įor example, a genre jacket named 'BeatStream.png' or 'BeatStream.jpg' implies a genre named 'BeatStream'. Put some jackets named as beatmania.png, BeatStream.png. ■ You can add your own extended genre by adding new folder named 'Genres' into the "Themes" folder. ■If the full combo is not obtained with highest score, it will also displayed but with a darker color in the records of music select screen. (Invalid in challenge mode that trails have speed mods ) ■You can change speed in game play screen, just press "/+▲"or "/+▼". ■To change music wheel sort, press "Left + Right". ■To enter option please press "Select" key when in the select music screen. ■Challenge Mode: 8 lives if difficulty is BASIC or DIFFICULT, 4 lives if EXPERT. ■Achievement: Total complete rate for all songs and courses. ■My Groove Radar: Valid in 'MUSIC PLAY' mode. ■If anyone would like to contribute any idea, code or graphic, audio data, please let me know.ġ Tiny Update: Option screen animation changed. ■Special Thanks to theme 'default extended', Risk, pkwp and theme 'DDR 2014' KENp presents DDR X2 theme for stepmania 5 NOTE: The CNTL C feature of CP/M has now been changed to the ESC key. I have found and corrected a couple of problems in the source code, and the HTML Documentation. Old Radio Shack Model 1, 3, 4, & 4P Computers.ĩ. Now you have the full running Radio Shack OS of your choice available, assuming you know how to operate the There is a man page with lots more information located at:Ĩ. Once the Montezuma Micro CP/M system boots, immediately execute CONFIG to set the Floppy drives parameters,Įqual to what the Emulator has selected, which should also match your BIOS settings.ħ. If these configuration settings should persist, then save the Configuration and Emulator Settings.Ħ. It is a port of the very capable xtrs emulator for Unix by Tim Mann. ![]() Verify that the keystretch is set for ~400, or whatever your system requires. sdltrs is a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I/III/4/4P emulator for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. If the Symbolic Links are BLACK with RED Text, that device is DISABLED or DOES NOT EXIST. Select the Image, or Symbolic Link for each Disk Image or Real Floppy Drive. Once the Emulator starts, use F7 to Double check the Model is Model 4, Disk Drive Step is Single and the Size as 5" forĪll eight drives. ![]() Or command line/configuration file options. This allows the emulator to run faster than a real TRS80.īy default, when on, the emulator runs 5 times the speed of a normal TRS80, however, the rate is adjustable through the text GUI, Use the F11 Function Key for Turbo Mode on the Emulator. Use the F8 Function Key to EXIT the Emulator. ![]() Use the F7 Function Key to Setup the Virtual & Floppy Drives. Code: ~/sdltrs_1_1_0/src/linux/sdltrs -keystretch 400 -serial "" -autodelay -model 4 -diskdir. ![]() Learn to cope with that, and you’ll have an issue-free time. Race around at the painfully slow 50cc setting and you shouldn’t notice too many issues, other than a handling system that’s hot garbage, with steering that’s nowhere near tight enough to get round many corners and a drift system that’s far too tight to be useful in every situation. Which brings us to easily the most pressing issue with Furious Racing: it’s broken. There’s a chef’s hat that makes your pie weapons travel faster, a Viking helmet that lets you use several lasagne power-ups in a row, and a cowboy hat that fixes all the game’s collision detection and improves its handling significantly, to the extent that it actually feels like a competent game. Indeed, the only unlockables are ‘comedy’ spoilers that can be put on the back of your car (here’s a spoiler: this isn’t getting a good score), and special hats that can be applied to your racer for extra bonuses. All the characters, tracks and cars are available at the start of the game so there’s nothing to unlock in that respect. There are also eight cars that correspond with each character, though you can swap them around to have, say, Jon drive Odie’s car, if you’re the sort of carefree anarchist for whom such reckless behaviour is likely to have you tearing chunks of flesh from your cheeks in pure unbridled hedonism. That’s a quarter of the entire game, a game based on a cat who famously rarely leaves his house, let alone travels to the chuffing desert. ![]() Consider this: of the 16 tracks available, four of them are desert tracks. It doesn’t even transform them into Race with Ryan contenders. None of these were particularly awe-inspiring in the first place, and slightly improving the environment detail doesn’t exactly transform them into Mario Kart contenders. You also get the same 16 tracks that were in the first game. Well, Harry’s in there along with the rest of the gang. It’s Harry! From Garfield! The thing with the cat! Yes, of course, now you know who I mean. Look, you shut your ignorant mouth, of course you know who Harry is. ![]() You get the same eight racers from the Garfield universe, including the famous feline himself, his tragic owner Jon and other such well-loved characters as Odie, um. On paper, Furious Racing is the same game. That’s not so say it was any good, mind you – we tore it a new catflap when it was released on the 3DS – just that its notoriety came as a result of some sizeable exaggeration. At the risk of an “ OK boomer” comeback, we’ve been in this game long enough to know there have been plenty of titles over the years that were far worse than Garfield Kart. To be clear, it wasn’t: it was nowhere near it. Have you ever considered the possibility that I might just crash your kart for absolutely no reason? Well, consider it, child, because I might.” Let’s go back a step, then.įor those not familiar with it, the original Garfield Kart became somewhat infamous for its low quality, with things stepping up a gear when a prominent YouTuber declared it the worst game ever made. You’re getting quite cocky there, sizing up that turn. You could be looking at a turn ahead of you, thinking of how you’re going to approach it, when the game could ask: “Hold on a minute there, Snappy. We should know better, because Garfield Kart: Furious Racing teaches you not to do that. Amazingly, though, it manages to actually be worse than the six-year-old game it’s based on. Furious Racing is actually a remaster of the original Garfield Kart, in that the tracks have been given a bit of a lick of paint. Despite a description (and a price tag) that would suggest this is a sequel to the infamous Garfield Kart, we’ve got news for you: it’s not. The reality, however, is quite another matter entirely. Race your friends in local mode or online, with up to eight players on 16 iconic circuits from the world of Garfield.“Garfield, the famous lasagna-loving cat, is back!” That’s according to the description for Garfield Kart Furious Racing on the Nintendo eShop. Are you lazy like Garfield? Take shortcuts to overtake the other racers with the Spring! Use crazy bonus objects, like the Pillow or the Magic Wand, to gain an edge and get over the finishing line first. Garfield, the famous lasagna-loving cat is back to take on Jon, Odie and company in a no-holds-barred racing game!Ĭhoose your character and kart according to their characteristics and your driving style, get off the starting line first and control skids to outrun your opponents. There are examples of how to run it with both. 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Gone was the glitter getup and deep pop rhythms, replaced with a fringe dress and sunny country licks from Swift’s acoustic guitar, as she jumped into the Fearless title track, “You Belong With Me” and “Love Story.” The “Fearless” change-up marked the moment that the idea of the Eras tour fully snapped into place, and the crowd was enthralled with the approach. “Tonight, we’re going to be going on an adventure, one era at a time!” Swift declared a few songs into the show - a concept that truly sunk in a few minutes later, when the first era of the evening, Lover, gave way to Fearless both in the set list and stylistically. For both the fans in attendance and Swift herself, the song seemed to represent an exhalation - this tour was finally happening, and this immaculate song, three-and-a-half years old at this point, was finally being performed. ![]() The Cathartic Opening of “Cruel Summer”Īlthough Swift technically opened the show with part of a different Lover track, “Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince,” the brilliant synth-pop single “Cruel Summer” was the first to get the full, stadium-show treatment, complete with a raised platform, backup dancers and Swift unveiling a diamond-encrusted one-piece with matching tall boots.Here are the 13 best moments from the Eras tour kickoff in Glendale on Friday night: And while Swift fans should embrace the entire experience, the opening night provided some clear-cut highlights. The Eras tour is going to satisfy a lot of Swift diehards in the coming months, who will surely find their own favorite pockets of the set list. ![]() The most dominant artist in popular music has used this live run to reflect on the various iterations of her career to date, and the achievement is often staggering, with costume changes, set-piece upheaval, vulnerable moments in a crowd of thousands and sing-alongs that will rival the scope of any tour this year. ![]() “Overwhelming” would also be an apt way to describe the sheer tonnage of the Eras tour: with segments dedicated to all 10 of Swift’s studio albums, the show entertained a sold-out, frequently screaming stadium audience for 3 hours and 15 minutes, as Swift tirelessly showcased her skill set and various artistic personas across a whopping 44 songs. The pop superstar has released a whopping four original albums (plus two re-recorded ones) since last hitting the road, and on Friday night at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., she told the crowd that she had been dreaming about this day - the day that she could finally perform this wealth of new material - for a long time. 17), Taylor Swift described herself as “really overwhelmed, and trying to keep it together all night.” It’s easy to understand: this enormous stadium trek, one of pop’s hottest tickets in years, also happens to be Swift’s first proper tour in five years, thanks primarily to the pandemic. 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