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dessgeega · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject:

i like that it seems to be taking the same tack as the hopelessly overlooked galaga arrangement: elaborate, mathematically beautiful patterns of invaders.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

I always seem to be the last person to find out about these things, but the ever-wonderful EYEZMAZE has made another entry in his 'Grow' series, Grow Island. http://shingakunet.com/special/16608701/0285/index.html

It doesn't break the mold, but as long as he keeps making these I'll keep playing them.

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject:

for shaper.
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jjsimpso · . Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 94 Location: USA

http://kotaku.com/5025630/dont-be-surprised-if-there-are-re5-controls-surprises

RE5 may ditch RE4's control scheme for a Gears of War type system. This doesn't sound good to me, and is precisely what I feared would happen without Mikami's involvement.

The current demo still has RE4 controls. I haven't actually played Gears, so I don't want to criticize it, but I thought RE4's control scheme was perfect. Does every game need a cover system these days?

E3 so far has been pretty disappointing. Fallout 3 looks pretty underwhelming and now this. The worst part (for me) is that I'm sure I'm in the minority and so I doubt I'll be happy with the way things turn out.

randomuser83 · . Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 20

I was just browsing though MMOsite.com and I just saw that perfect world is having a closed beta for the US version. This is pretty cool because I played the Malaysia version and it was cool but it had such broken English and the lag was horrible. This version is gonna be completely translated to English and the servers will be hosted here. Check it out if your interested. Registration hasn't started yet though. Sad

All the info I could find is listed below.

http://contest.mmosite.com/giveaway/perfect_world/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAWKLDR9x60

http://www.perfectworld.com

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

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

I really wanted like, a ROLL or something like that in RE4. I got frustrated not being able to move at all while shooting.
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dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject:

galaga legions was, in fact, developed by the same team as pac-man championship edition. but "the first true sequel to galaga"?
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject:

Most retro arena shooter yet?
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aderack · . Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1105 Location: San Francisco

Well, you could say that Pac-Man CE was the first true sequel to Pac-Man. Ms., Jr., and all are mostly expansion packs.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

What about Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures!

I actually quite liked some of the Pac-Man sequels that weren't related to his family, like Super Pac-Man. HE COULD TURN INTO GIANT PAC-MAN, just like in the cutscenes in the first game!

I wouldn't see Pac-Man C.E is a sequel, too. More of a... championship edition.
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Lasa · . Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 128

Wow, I just noticed those Bosconian ships in the backgrounds for Galaga '88.

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject:

extrabastardformula · . Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 295

Ms Pac Man was pretty good. Pretty much an improvement on the original in most every way. I would call it a sequel even if it was just a hack to begin with.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

It's not really much of a leap over Pac-man, though!

I thought the first true sequel to Pac-man would be something like Pac 'n' Pal or something like that. I mean it's not very good, but it is at least an attempt at overhauling the game mechanic and creating comething fresh.

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=Cee9qJhv9bI

extrabastardformula · . Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 295

Then I suppose the first real sequel to DooM would be DooM 64, which was done by Midway just like Ms Pacman.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Yeah

By YOUR logic

aderack · . Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1105 Location: San Francisco

Did Iwatani work on any of the Pac-Man follow-ups before CE?

Did anyone on the new Galaga game work on the original? And isn't Galaga a sequel to Galaxian anyway?
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:56 am Post subject:

ms. pac-man was by general computer blackmailing midway, if you want to get technical.

and the honest impression i've gotten is that iwatani's involvement in championship edition was limited to a title.
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KinokoFry · . Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 84

This has made my day.

I was not ready to say goodbye to Pikmin yet, and now I get to imagine how it will work on the Wii, and how extra pretty it will be.

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

Sweet!

I always had a lot of time for Pikmin but whenever I played it after a while I'd get a nagging voice at the back of my head saying I HATE THIS. I don't know what it was. The camera angles? Something about it didn't sit quite right with me.

New Duke Nukem trailer. He's come to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and he's all out of gum. And ass.

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=9nsUwH8wWKo&eurl=http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=39739&what=VOTING

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

what the crap is going on in that trailer

what is being promoted here, i am confused
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:35 am Post subject:

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

Did I mention I met the director of the Pac-Man World games? He was this big Australian bloke who couldn't give two shits about the games he was making. Also he called me a 'wanker'.

Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject:

Sounds like my kind of guy.

EDIT: GRADIUS ReBirth for wiiware. Hooray for wiiware!
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Lasa · . Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 128

Dead Rising Wii port to be horribly, horribly bungled .

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

I dunno, it sounds good to me. I don't think that the first Dead Rising was this perfect, shining paradigm of game design in the first place. Neither the story mode or the endless mode really worked all that well. The most fun I had with that game was playing the demo.

As for the camera, it's a pity it's gone but I'm sure you won't miss it when you're playing. I'm interested to see how they'll pull it off! And I'm very glad it's coming to the wii in some form or another.

KinokoFry · . Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 84

Rhythm Tengoku GOLD for DS!

According to what it says there, it is apparently the same game, essentially, with no new rules or complex controls, BUT it involves the touch pen this time. I have no idea if it will allow you to use the pen and/or the buttons.

Click on the big grey buttons at the bottom to see screenshots of the new levels. The Easter Island one looks great!

This might be the first game I have really, truly looked forward to all year!

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

That DO SUBMISSIONS TO PROGRESS the story stuff sounds pretty dumb to me! The lack of a camera is also unfortunate, but I still think this could be interesting.

I'm a casual gamer now, see Sad

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

Oh wow, they've really done a good job of translating the Rhythm tengoku style into 3D! Box heads! Video games have finally entered the post-technological determinist era!

dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:30 pm Post subject:

i was hesitant about rhythm tengoku gold until it was revealed that the game would be played in the "book" orientation. i think my greatest fear for the game was that (like too many ds games) it would have lots of wasted space. i think the narrower width of each screen in book mode makes it harder to misuse screen space. maybe i'm crazy.

the game looks absolutely devoid of clutter, though. left screen given up entirely to the display, right screen given up entirely to the touch controls.

i'm glad rhythm tengoku's taken off, because warioware hit a conceptual brick wall with the first place. actually, the only place they really could have taken it was a multiplayer game, AND THEY TOTALLY SCREWED THAT UP. it's like someone at nintendo said OKAY I'LL SKIP LUNCH TODAY, HERE'S THE BUDGET FOR MEGA PARTY GAMES.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

I guess! My sister and my brother in law played Wobbly Bobbly a LOT, though.

KinokoFry · . Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 84

dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:09 am Post subject:

the problem with mega party games is IT'S JUST THAT ONE MODE that has actual mutli-player games, and there are only that handful of them. most of the modes are just ONE PERSON PLAYS A WARIOWARE GAME WHILE EVERYONE ELSE WATCHES. what it really should have been was a giant collection of five-second-long multiplayer games.

that STAND ON PEOPLE'S HEADS TO SNATCH MONEY game is PERFECT.

i think the table tennis one actually looks really good. polygons are easy to make ugly, and i think these fit the game's style well.
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:26 am Post subject:

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

Why would you say that? I'm genuinely stunned!

I wonder how many more times I'm going to edit this in the next hour.

KinokoFry · . Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 84

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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:06 am Post subject:

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

GOOD

See like if Cycle said the same thing it'd be ok, but I barely know you at all, so I've no idea how to take it. Sorry I told you to fuck yourself!

dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:26 am Post subject:

someone made defender into a favicon. can you shoot? i have no idea.

also, galaga legions sounds about exactly like what i want it to be. courtesy the two bears.

man, i remember being disappointed when i found out that site wasn't run by a gay couple. i still don't understand who are the bears to whom the site name refers.
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dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject:

nintendo, good job not being losers this time around.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

What you have to remember is that the structure of and flow of Dead Rising was no great shakes to begin with, so I'm open-minded about any changes they want to make. The old version is still there if you want to play it!

Hey look, the robot you build in Rhythm Tengoku Gold looks a bit like Mikey, the Robo-Karaoke Machine.

KinokoFry · . Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 84

I am only getting more excited about this game.