The Gamer's Quarter

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:54 pm Post subject:

i'm way ahead of you! i'm pretty sure it rocks my socks, too!

there are good times to be had on a super nintendo when you have a copy device!
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kimkallstrom1 · . Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 26

Two words: Night Slashers.

dessgeega · Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:54 am Post subject:

night slashers is the bloodiest game ever.

unless you're playing the american version. then it's the greeniest game ever!
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chompers po pable · . Joined: 10 Nov 2005 Posts: 142

i either need to pick up an ehks baccks on the cheap or get an adaptor (though two player on the set would be preferable to one player on a computer :lame:), because i need to play night slashers right now.

OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

The pizza place I work at has a Simpsons machine. Someone set the Dip Switches to give everyone who plays way too many lives.

Also, if you thought River City Ransom was boring but liked the look of the game check out Kunio Tachi no Banka on the Super Famicom or the original arcade version Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-Kun (aka Renegade; there was an NES version too, but I heard it was really bad). They're in the same series of games but they're straight beat-em-ups compared to Downtown Nekkestu Monogatari/RCR. I should point out the Kunio Tachi no Banka is the last game in the series besides Super Dodgeball on Neo-Geo and the darkest too. It's a really cool game.

player 2 · . Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 585 Location: Madison, WI USA

You know, if you could map the punches in Final Fight to Wiimotion controls it would probably be the best game ever
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player 2 · . Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 585 Location: Madison, WI USA

Hey guys, pushing buttons really fast a lot is kinda fun. Wtf is wrong with you.
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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

I think a lot of the enduring appeal of Final Fight has to do with how so many of the characters and bosses have been absorbed into Street Fighter over the years.
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boojiboy7 · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:27 pm Post subject:

Final Fight is a bit of a relic. It launched with the SNES, so there is a lot fo love from epople sepcifically tied to that (hence why guy, excluded in the SNES edition, gets no love). It was also one of those games that a lot of people played in the arcades and liked, and hadn't really played a lot like it before. So yeah, SoR totally did what FF does, but better, but a lot of people played FF first.

FF also is part of the Capcom culture. Much like how a lot of people go nuts over SNK culture, Capcom has kind of developed its own, mostly around fighting games, and a LOT less focused on making any kind of coherent sense. They kind of make these characters that people know and love, and then put them in all their games so we see them (i.e. Ryu) and love the game for them. They totally did that with FF characters.

Of course, this gets even bigger when you make it far mroe accessible to american gamers. I mean, very few gamers I know ever got to play any KoF at the arcades, but we all palyed some fucking FF because it was in every arcade out there.

So yeah, FF isn't a great game, just widely influental for a lot people (players mostly, not so much designers).

Isfet · . Joined: 27 Oct 2006 Posts: 107 Location: A New York

.brainiac. · . Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 7 Location: grizzly island

agreeing with people who said or implied that final fight is really only good when you have to feed it a quarter every 5 or 10 minutes in an arcade. it doesn't hold up as a console/emulator game, there's just not enough in it to warrant owning it. and having unlimited free credits kind of kills it. though yeah its aesthetics are superb.

i reckon a huge part of its popularity was prolly its position relative to double dragon. man, double dragon really grabbed a kid's imagination back then. it had so much going in its favor, but its gameplay was mushy & clunky as all get out. final fight's controls, while similarly simple, were so much smoother & easier-to-use. milestone status, right there.

i'd still rather play the punisher or growl, though, just for the greater variety of stuff (shooting stuff, stuff blowing up, etc) in them, despite the aesthetics & nostalgia factors being unable to approach that of final fight.

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:51 pm Post subject:

player 2 · . Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 585 Location: Madison, WI USA

Pijaibros · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:52 pm Post subject:

player 2 · . Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 585 Location: Madison, WI USA

Gouki · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 32 Location: Australia.

Guys, guys, the Punisher!

It's all about doing that, but... as Nick Fury and The Punisher!
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

I prefer Cadillacs and Dinosaurs.
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dessgeega · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:24 pm Post subject:

armored warriors.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

I don't know. I found it too slow paced and designedly iffily. Maybe I'm just not playing it right, though.
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TheRumblefish · . Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 258 Location: Florida

I must play Night Slahers, or my mind will explode. It looks incredible.

Anyone else here a fan of Ninja Warriors or Ninja Warrios Again?
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dessgeega · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:09 am Post subject:

yes.

(ninja warriors again is amazing.)
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:02 am Post subject:

I spy a thread about games where you hit things and no mention of Guardians.

Guardians is crazy, it's like the Marvel vs. Capcom of brawlers so there's fast-paced gameplay, comboriffic combos all over the shop (which can be abused) and the sprite design is consitent. It's also very nice looking and has 'good' music (in that it isn't spectacular but isn't terrible).

And robot martial arts.
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player 2 · . Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 585 Location: Madison, WI USA

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:28 am Post subject:

the japanese name is "denjin makai II".
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Slonie · . Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 141

I think the answer to the original question for many people is "because I played it in 1989!," which is really an admission that the game doesn't hold up. I don't really find it much fun anymore either, but it did have some charisma to it.

Violent Storm really does out-final-fight Final Fight. And Ninja Warriors Again is delightful as well. Been a while since I played it but if I recall it had some grappling type moves that added a lot of variety to the combat. Or maybe I'm mixing it up with Super Double Dragon (which really did benefit from those moves)

(Also: Total coincidence about my sig right now, but Dess already outlawed citing "Haggar" as a reason for Final Fight's goodness in this thread.)
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dessgeega · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:40 am Post subject:

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Ninja Kids is another fun game in this mould. You play one of 5 ninja kids, each with their own abilites, on their journey to defeat THE SATAN. Also at one point you meet some Zombies who say 'here is a graveyard of you.'

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:17 am Post subject:

worth mentioning that ninja kids has a really snappy boss tune. also, instead of inexplicable motorcycle / flying scenes, it has crazy climber. it's a lot like taito does ninja turtles, but with much more difference between the characters.
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OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

Ninja Kids sounds awesome.

Also, back to Golden Tee, the pizza place I work at has this new Golden Tee 2007 machine that's wirelessly linked to every other Golden Tee 2007 via Sprint. It's a really interesting idea and it constantly updates itself (At Thanksgiving one of the on-course commentators was wearing a Pilgrim hat). I guess this would be a really cool thing if you like Golden Tee.

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Also,

Another game of this type I remember being ok is Capcom's Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, if only for the end-of-level win phrases.

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:45 pm Post subject:

homeborg, don't get me started on crude buster. crude buster is the real deal.
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:00 pm Post subject:

The Crude Busters are such bad dudes ninjas are too scared to be in their game.
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TheRumblefish · . Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 258 Location: Florida

Christ almighty Violent Storm is a wicked ass game.

Night Stalkers is cool, I somehow expected more gore, goes to show you how depraved I am.

I think Aliens V.S. Predator by Capcom is 2nd favorite beat em up of all time.
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dessgeega · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject:

Pijaibros · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:02 pm Post subject:

I don't know of any other diamonds in the rough that already haven't been meantioned, but...

I am posting in positive favor of this thread for getting me interested in MAME again. Since there is no other feasable way of playing something as awesome as Night Stalkers and First Funky Fighter (which I now induct as one of my top 5 game titles, ever.)

I love the brawler genre so much, even more if you have someone to share that enthusiasm. I am such an old relic..shooters (not shmups), fighters, brawlers of the 2d variety are always tops in my gaming preferences.

friedchicken · . Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 496 Location: Port Land, OR

benreed · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:48 pm Post subject:

The Soviet Onion · . Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 41

If we're pointing out underappreciated brawlers, then I'd like to mention Guardians Of Altarris. It may be in Flash, but there's something about it that has got me hooked.