finally installed the fixes for the PC version of NiGHTS, which at time of writing means all 9 of these: https://gamebanana.com/mods/games/8764 (most of whose thumbnails + screenshot captions are very cute)
it's a bit surreal seeing the HD version running at 60FPS, with the right shade of purple, with the other nightmaren actually shaded. (okay it was already a lot surreal, but that's on purpose because, y'know, dream world. but this is different.)
getting rid of massive deadzones is also a welcome change, especially for a game that was the original reason the Saturn had an analog controller at all.
not having to sit through a long PEGI 7 + epilepsy warning + SEGA logo every time it boots up is welcome too.
the jackle cape fix is pretty funny to me -- the original HD port literally used a prototype 3D model in conjunction with the final model's texture, and it looks accordingly fucked-up unless you fix it.
the nearest-neighbor scaling for the retro-mode doesn't quite apply to me, as if i wanna play the game with that aesthetic i'm just gonna reach for either my actual Saturn or mednafen. (the B/E rank letters being upside-down fix doesn't really apply to me either, since I don't know how not to overshoot A rank by miles any more.)
the 60fps mod is fascinating because it literally just does something like this:
| before | after |
|---|---|
loop {
tick();
tick();
render();
}
| loop {
tick();
//tick();
render();
}
|
the world if sega gave a shit.
