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Post by crithit5000 on Dec 24, 2007 0:24:25 GMT -5
It's all fine and good. Just keep in mind that while nobody is going to argue against correcting spelling, "correcting" people's choices of words is another matter entirely. If you do that, then it's going to come off like you're telling people that their writing is "wrong" and it needs to be "fixed". I doubt that anybody is going to appreciate that. Myself, I put a great deal of work into these, and am VERY specific about wording, so I would prefer that you stick to just correcting spelling. There are several other people who have written for this site, and it's just fair to let the authors have their own wording preferences. I think HG101's writers all have strong writing voices and skills, and as somebody who writes a lot as well, I completely understand the amount of work, research, and time involved. I definitely am not trying to convey an attitude that says someone's writing is 'broken' at all, because it isn't. People just make minuscule errors and don't notice them, that's all. If you look through the four posts I've made that suggest corrections, the majority of things I have pointed are mainly incorrect spellings, missing commas, and repeated/missing words. I think only two were suggestions to reword sentences very slightly; one for better flow (beginning a sentence with 'However,' instead of 'But') and the one in this thread about how the word 'music' is a singularity. When pointing these out, I do make a conscientious effort in my suggestion (remember, it's a suggestion, not an ultimatum) to keep the writer's intent the same while trying to keep the sentence's wording and structure in tact as much as possible. I try to keep cleanup on issues on stuff like that as slight and as unnoticeable as possible. I believe each individual author of each article should have final say over any changes that are not related to anything minor like spelling or punctuation. If I make a suggestion and somebody disagrees--or even better, makes their own suggestion on how it should read--I'm certainly not going to make a big stink over it.
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Post by Shellshock on Dec 24, 2007 2:14:37 GMT -5
Are you not being a tad excessive? Grammar and spelling are not so important that you really need to do this. I'm pretty much positive that nobody really cares about such trivial details. I'm gonna have to disagree with you. Grammar and spelling are important. They add credibility to the author's words, shows that he cares enough about his writing to keep it neat and clean, and makes it look professional (regardless of if you want to make a career out of it or not). Sloppy people don't go the extra mile, people who take the time to correct their mistakes and clean things up are more passionate about what they do. It's a way of life. Here's a perfect example, Bits Studios' website (they worked with Irem on their GB R-Type ports, Ninja Spirit, and other licensed crap). There's a couple of very obvious typos here and there (check their "Sega Arcade Gallery" banner for starters). I know that if I was president of Irem I wouldn't want ports of my games associated with this unprofessional studio. The whole website makes them look like they work in their mom's garage. www.bitsstudios.com/default.asp
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Post by zzz on Dec 24, 2007 10:03:56 GMT -5
Like I said, it's all fine and good. I'm really not worried about other people's writing being "corrected". Back when I first started posting here regularly, I would point out spelling errors myself.
However, I don't consider "professional" writing to be a good thing, and am very, very specific about grammar and wording. As long as corrections of what I have written are kept to spell checking, then I have no complaints whatsoever.
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Post by ReyVGM on Sept 28, 2010 16:03:56 GMT -5
The PC Engine game Power Drift has an extra stage in which your car turns into the Afterburner plane. I gots teh save state if anyone wants them. sharebee.com/293ca8f7
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Post by Discoalucard on Sept 28, 2010 19:01:33 GMT -5
So does the arcade one, I think. I think there's a Hang On one, too.
I need to properly update with After Burner Climax stuff, now that it's got a home port and I've spent more time with it.
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Post by lanceboyle94 on Jan 17, 2012 19:57:21 GMT -5
Just read the article after God-knows-for-how-long and here's some stuff that should be added: -There's an FM Towns port of After Burner done by CRI. It's absolutely horrible. -After Burner 3 was originally an FM Towns game (also by CRI), which is probably why the Sega CD version barely uses the system's capabilities. -The remixes of the original music on the Sega CD AB3 were actually taken from the FM Towns AB1. The FM Towns AB3 used entirely different music, which sounded like elevator music. -The possible reason why After Burner 2's Sega Ages version wasn't included on the Sega Classics Collection is because that version had the licensed planes, and since that license was only for Japan maybe the American and European divisions didn't want to license them just for a compilation (as is the case with many compilations in which they simply don't license anything*) -The emulated version from Shenmue II is also included on the Yu Suzuki's Game Works Vol. 1 disc for the Dreamcast, which, apart from having the games included on both Shenmues, also has Power Drift. -The PS3 and Xbox 360 ports of After Burner Climax. *With the exception of Ace Combat 2 on the NamCollection... but then again that was also only in Japan so whatever.
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Post by Discoalucard on Jan 17, 2012 20:51:48 GMT -5
Hmmm! I didn't know at all about that FM Towns AB3. That would certainly explain a lot. Info about the platform was certainly less known when this was originally written nearly six years ago. Thanks!
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Post by lanceboyle94 on Jan 17, 2012 22:22:54 GMT -5
Hmmm! I didn't know at all about that FM Towns AB3. That would certainly explain a lot. Info about the platform was certainly less known when this was originally written nearly six years ago. Thanks! No problem! Glad I could help. And for reference here are both FM Towns After Burner games:
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Post by savagepencil on Nov 13, 2013 11:14:11 GMT -5
Of (possible) interest, but I stumbled upon the XE-1 AP, an analog joystick made around 1989 by Micomsoft/Dempa, who also did many conversions for home systems and computers: www.arcade-gear.com/Games/After_Burner/After_Burner.htmAccording to this site: segaretro.org/XE-1_AP , the analog function is usable in a handful of Mega Drive racing and shooting games, including After Burner. If that site is to be believed, even M.U.S.H.A. utilizes it! Does anyone have any info on this, and whether or not the US versions support the analog?
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