The Gamer's Quarter

GSL · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:29 am Post subject:

EA doesn't own Bond at all, they just had the rights to publish the more recent games in the series. I'm not sure if they're exclusive rights or not, but they certainly don't own any part of the franchise. And I don't know, I think it's aged quite well--I still have a blast playing it!

Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

I think Banjo-Kazooie too. Not that anyone cares.

It's a good thing Dinosaur Planet had the star fox characters slapped in so Krystal would forever be locked into Nintendo's IP domain, right? right?
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SuperWes · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:13 am Post subject:

Mister Toups · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject:

Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

Super Mario Bros. has a couple minor issues but otherwise seems extremely well done in terms of emulation. I'm seeing rainbows on the white pipes (and this is on a normal TV with RCA cables, I can't imagine on an LCD screen) and there are some flicker issues with more than three enemies on the screen, but neither are horribly distracting.

Street Fighter II is way more fun than I remember it being!
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:44 pm Post subject:

Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

World Warrior (the one available on the US Virtual Console anyway). I'd only played this one in the arcade a few times while on vacation, but spent a lot more time with Turbo. I had assumed the lack of additional moves/characters would turn me off but I'm still enjoying playing quite a bit!
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simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

I downloaded Soldier Blade. It's really good and appealing, in a way I can't quite describe. It just seems to have its own little presence. I think it'll be something I return to for casual play more than the R-Types or Gradius.

But I take it Star Soldier isn't as good?

GSL · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:29 am Post subject:

I haven't tried Solder Blade yet, but Super Star Soldier is... well, it's okay. There's nothing particularly BAD about it, there's just nothing that stands out as particularly amazing, if that makes any sense. It just feels like a fairly generic, top-down shooter. I'm interested in giving Soldier Blade a shot, though.

The strangest thing is, every time I pick it up to play it I'm gripped by the compulsion to return to my PC and play ChoRenSha68k instead.

Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:10 am Post subject:

Super Star Soldier is good, it's just not as good as Soldier Blade.
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Lestrade · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:32 am Post subject:

Today's releases = WHAT!?!?!?

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:39 am Post subject:

today's releases = what?

(someone fill me in.)
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Mister Toups · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:55 am Post subject:

link to the past, apparently.
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Fred · . Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 99 Location: Iowa

Nintendo has a press release out stating that it will be the Super Nintendo Zelda game, but it wasn't up on the shop site when I checked it just now.

Also--how did I miss XEVIOUS coming out last week? Oh man. If I weren't already dropping five bucks a month on the Xevious cab at the local arcade, I would be all over that...

//edit: damn you, toups.

aerisdead · . Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada

I hate this crap when they only put one game up.

I don't think much of Link to the Past - I struggled with it for ages on the GBA and just gave up.
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Mister Toups · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:10 am Post subject:

aerisdead · . Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada

Terribly, particuarly if you're used to the streamlined 3D Zeldas (or even just Link's Awakening!)

Link to the Past surprised me by being much closer to the original game, in that you spend quite a lot of your time wandering about with no real direction and basically just come upon your upgrades or next dungeon by chance. Some might complain that the latest Zeldas hold your hands too much but I've reached the stage where I absolutely hate "wasting time" in games, so after the second dungeon in the mirror world (or whatever it is) I gave up because I was just bored. I didn't think much of the dungeon design up to that point either.
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Mister Toups · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:23 am Post subject:

JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

LttP is still tied with Link's Awakening for my favorite Zelda game. And putting up only one game makes a lot of sense in this situation - pretty much anything else they put up is going to get overshadowed to a ridiculous degree for most people.

SuperWes · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:53 am Post subject:

Yeah, this is a hard one to turn down even though I've got the cartridge sitting in the closet 20 feet from the Wii. Grrr.

-Wes
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Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

I don't know since I have the GBA port still (and it may be sitting in my GB Player as we speak).
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SuperWes · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:27 pm Post subject:

Oh! Joystiq is reporting that Bonanza Bros, Comix Zone, and Gain Ground are also due out today. Not sure if it's true, but since all of those are pretty shitty I guess it really doesn't matter!

-Wes
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Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

I enjoyed Comix Zone when it came out but I already have it on the PS2 Sega collection from last fall.
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dessgeega · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:30 pm Post subject:

bonanza brothers is fantastic two-player co-op stealth action. gain ground is a very clever shooter-like action-strategy title. comix zone . . . has a coherent visual theme?
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GSL · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:31 pm Post subject:

mechanoriINtransit · . Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 33

I've always thought of LttP as an urban exploration game, whereas the original Zelda is more of a landscape exploration game. The 3D games aren't really exploration games at all.

SuperWes · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:47 pm Post subject:

Mister Toups · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:53 pm Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:17 pm Post subject:

SuperWes · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject:

Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

Dude, I bought Gunstar Heroes yesterday.
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JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject:

wes-ism?
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Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

BLUE WES IS ABOUT TO DIE./
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silentmatt · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:44 pm Post subject:

david · . Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 170 Location: b, md

Hey guys I've been playing R-Type for TG16 and it's awesome, except I've never been one for the extremely punitive nature of most shooters. I just don't take it very well when all my weapons I've built up (and a precious continue credit) is blown up by a single stray bullet, emitting from an enemy too close to avoid, in a hail of fire where there hardly seems to be anywhere else to go. I know this is part of what gives the game tension and makes it interesting, but all the same, are there any cheats to mitigate the difficulty? I could check GameFaqs but it seemed more true to the 16-bit era to ask friends.
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dessgeega · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:46 pm Post subject:

david · . Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 170 Location: b, md

THANKS.
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dessgeega · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject:

(^_^)7
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Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

david · . Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 170 Location: b, md

I'll suck as much as I please, god damn it.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

That's what SHE said!
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silentmatt · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:34 pm Post subject:

JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

I took a pottery class during my Junior year of high school in which I was told to "try not sucking" by the teacher, in reference to a slab of clay I was beating into submission.

Seems pretty relevant right about now.

david · . Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 170 Location: b, md

silentmatt · Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:15 pm Post subject:

On the virtual console?

I've been played through R-Typer 3 (? whichever one was released a couple weeks ago)... no sign of only three credits.

Are you playing on Difficult or Normal?
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Mister Toups · Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:25 pm Post subject:

david · . Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 170 Location: b, md

But yeah, you get restarted from the last checkpoint, which is pretty nice. If I had unlimited continues I might not have a problem.

Is R-Type III as awesome/more awesome?
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dessgeega · Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:54 pm Post subject:

significantly less awesome.
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