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Lestrade Bug Fister
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:45 am Post subject: Contra on XBLA |
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Hey, Contra's coming this week! I'm definitely going to grab the demo and give it a whirl. I've never played the arcade version before, and I'm hoping to rope somebody into a two-player game.
Is anyone else looking forward to it? |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:47 am Post subject: |
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what i like about the arcade version is just the little map that they show you during those room-by-room stages. _________________
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:52 am Post subject: |
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I haven't been too happy with Digital Eclipses work with Konami games in the past, so I am for sure getting the demo before I buy the game. But yeah, I have been looking forward to this one. Next one that I know of which I'm looking forward to is Small Arms. That's going to be amazing for multiplayer. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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OtakupunkX .
Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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Contra arcade > Contra NES. |
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dark steve .
Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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hey let's not say things we can't take back _________________
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Lestrade Bug Fister
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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I just realized that Contra is online co-op. Sweet! |
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squidlarkin .
Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 100
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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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OtakupunkX wrote: | Contra arcade > Contra NES. |
This is one of the wrongest things I've ever read. When I press a diagonal direction and shoot, that means I want to shoot diagonally now, not five seconds from now. |
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OtakupunkX .
Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:50 am Post subject: |
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Maybe it's just because I've spent more time with the arcade version and so I'm used to that one, but it feels better to me for some reason. |
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Lestrade Bug Fister
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:40 am Post subject: |
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I played the demo last night while talking on the phone. It seems fast and fluid enough, but man that vertical orientation makes everything so small. not even a widescreen HD can save you now!
It controls well, but the more detailed and less iconic art of the arcade version doesn't seem as nice as the stark, yet more impactful NES game. |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:44 am Post subject: |
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I don't know. I played the demo last night and it looks like crap, just like every other Digital Eclipse game does for the 360. Konami needs to fire their slacker asses. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 3725
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:59 am Post subject: |
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Shapermc wrote: | I don't know. I played the demo last night and it looks like crap, just like every other Digital Eclipse game does for the 360. Konami needs to fire their slacker asses. |
Looks better than the PS2 version I paid $30 for. Damn you Oretachi Geasen Zoku Sono 16! Damn you to hell!
-Wes _________________
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:08 am Post subject: |
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SuperWes wrote: | Looks better than the PS2 version I paid $30 for. Damn you Oretachi Geasen Zoku Sono 16! Damn you to hell! |
Yeah, but you knew that version had problems when you bought it.
Anyways, you should bring it over soon and we can run a comparison. Mame/PS2/XBLA. I have a feeling the XBLA version will rate the lowest. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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Lestrade Bug Fister
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, post some side-by-side comparison shots of that! |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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Let's do it this weekend! What are you doing Sunday, Matt?
-Wes _________________
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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SuperWes wrote: | Let's do it this weekend! What are you doing Sunday, Matt?
-Wes |
Sorry, busy. We'll do it soon. Perhaps this upcoming weekend. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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