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JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

Some of those sound pretty interesting, especially Catan, but the two services still don't seem very comparable as far as I'm concerned.

SuperWes · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:48 pm Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject:

depends on whether alien hominid includes the bonus game that's better than the actual game.
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Mister Toups · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:59 pm Post subject:

eets isn't very good, either.
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SuperWes · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:00 pm Post subject:

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Lestrade · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:35 am Post subject:

It's 9:30! Where we at? What games iz there?

Lestrade · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:49 am Post subject:

I see Mario World, Gain Ground and Vigilante. D'oh, I'm 100 points off from being able to get Mario World!

Lestrade · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:38 pm Post subject:

Oh, well, I broke down and added Wii points so I could get Super Mario World. I just can't stop loving this game.

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:44 pm Post subject:

Ethoscapade · . Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 276

seriously, what's the deal with gain ground? the only robotron-alike i really enjoy nowadays is shock troopers, and that game's like ninety percent metal slug.

JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

Gain Ground is a Robotron-alike?

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:09 pm Post subject:

think of gain ground as a realtime strategy game where you only control one unit at a time.
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:52 pm Post subject:

I've always thought of Gain Ground as a more strategy inclined Gauntlet with single screen stages that have a fixed amount of enemies in them.
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JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

Lestrade · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:42 am Post subject:

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dessgeega · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject:

i guess it's not in the pce version, but vigilante has this amazing sound clip of someone goind "hey c'mon" that plays when you fight the bosses. it is probably the best sound clip ever (besides "fight it out").
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JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

That clip's in the PCE version, dess.

It's a pretty good port!

JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

Whoah.

They actually bothered to fix Military Madness' scrolling problem!

SuperWes · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:26 am Post subject:

Kirby's Adventure, Kid Icarus, and Ice Climber today. AWESOME.

I'm gettin' me some Kid Icarus for sure. I never had it, but I did beat it on a temporary trade back in the day.

-Wes
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silentmatt · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:18 am Post subject:

No real multiplayer gems = No giving any more money to Nintendo today.
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Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

I have spent more time playing Super Mario Bros. on my Wii than any other game.

I have spent more time playing XBLA games on my Xbox 360 than any other commercial game.

I have copies of Dead Rising and Excite Truck still wrapped that I haven't gotten around to playing because I get distracted by R-Type and Assault Heroes.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Oh god...

Kid Icarus.

Shit. I think that's two backlogged games to get when I find the time to even turn on my Wii (it's been glowing blue at me for like 5 days).
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SuperWes · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:26 pm Post subject:

silentmatt · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject:

Ha! No - I haven't.

Worth the price of admission?
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SuperWes · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:51 am Post subject:

Lestrade · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:25 am Post subject:

Today:

• Legend of Kage (NES)
• Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
• Streets of Rage (Genesis)
• New Adventure Island (TG-16)

Hmmm... nothing for me here, unfortunately.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

OH SHIT! Legend of Kage! Sweet.

I think I might have to celebrate today.
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JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

You don't like Adventure Island, Lestrade?

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject:

Fred · . Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 99 Location: Iowa

I am okay with there not being many good games coming out this month. Maybe by March I can finally get to the second stage in Kid Icarus!

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

MSX and Neo Geo?
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Lestrade · Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject:

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

Also you can buy that Gamecube zelda collecton with it and Masters Quest for about as much as you'd be paying for the VC game.
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JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

It's very possible that we'll get Neo Geo and MSX stuff too, despite the latter seeming significantly less likely.

The Gamecube version is also usually more than $10 from what I've seen on ebay.

Lestrade · Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject:

Pijaibros · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:02 am Post subject:

The N64 games are generally cleaner looking on the GC. They are able to be played in progressive scan, too

Mister Toups · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:36 pm Post subject:

JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

Yeah, it usually goes for far more than $10. The disc that had the NES games and Majora's Mask also goes for a pretty hefty sum, too.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

I have both discs in question, and when ever I try to play majora's mask it locks up. I can't say why and the disc is in pretty good condition, but it locks up opening this one door everytime so I can't get out of the first town after turning into the deku kid.

Anyways, so what people are saying is that these games emulated on the GC output in progressive scan these games look as good as their VC counterpart? I ask because I've held off on futzing with the disc to play majora's mask to just get it when it eventually comes out for the VC.

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JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

Ocarina of Time, Bio-Hazard Battle and Chew Man Fu.

extrabastardformula · . Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 295

That seems odd. I've been emulating the n64 Zelda titles on my PC, and Majora's Mask works beautifully while Ocarina hangs up enterring and exiting menus.

SuperWes · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:07 pm Post subject:

Don't the N64 Zelda games look like shit when played on anything but the original hardware? From what I played of the ZOoT Master Quest it seemed like the pre-rendered 2D planes in the background are blurred in order to look similar to the blurry 3D polygons on top and when you throw the hi-resolution polygons of the emulated versions on top you've got something that looks terrible.

Get it for the N64.

-Wes
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Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

Speaking as somebody who has the originals and the discs for the Gamecube, I don't see much of a difference between them. I'm not much of a hi-fidelity freak though. (Plus, the originals don't look so hot to begin with, since the N64 wasn't really set up for textures.)