5th March 2007, 10:18 PM
Impressions no one asked for on the ones I've played:
Gauntlet IV: Awesome! As you may or may not remember I was a big fan of Gauntlet Legends (N64) and Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (GC) and while Gauntlet Arcade (arcade, Midway Arcade Treasures) was good, I prefer something with structure that you can actually complete, not an infinite game like that. This is that game... classic Gauntlet, but with a quest mode structure that clearly was an influence in the development of Gauntlet Legends, and new features. Inventory (some items can be disabled, a few like invisibility just activate), four themed areas to go through, special tiles and stuff, a four player mode, saving, some awesome music... great stuff! I think I like it more than Dungeon Explorer for the Sega CD, though that has some good points too.
There is a bad side, of course. Thirty character password to save your character. Additional ten character password to save your progress in the current tower. Yup... ouch. Still a great game though...
Beyond Oasis: And my luck with Genesis games holds! While some of my battery-backed SNES games have dying batteries and have for some time, all of my battery-backed Genesis games (and the Sega CD system itself) are fine, and this one is no exception. Cool. Looks like a good action-RPG too, with good reviews; haven't gotten into it yet though.
TigerShark -- I've heard of this one before, and it was also released on PC. It would benefit greatly from joystick controls, or even just analog (pre-Dual Shock game), but oh well... fun action/sim flight (er, submarine, close enough) combat game. I like it. The controls take a bit of getting used to, but that's true for any game like this...
The others: I need another PSX memory card.. I have three, but only have two free blocks total. I'll need another one to actually save all four of these games... :)
Gauntlet IV: Awesome! As you may or may not remember I was a big fan of Gauntlet Legends (N64) and Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (GC) and while Gauntlet Arcade (arcade, Midway Arcade Treasures) was good, I prefer something with structure that you can actually complete, not an infinite game like that. This is that game... classic Gauntlet, but with a quest mode structure that clearly was an influence in the development of Gauntlet Legends, and new features. Inventory (some items can be disabled, a few like invisibility just activate), four themed areas to go through, special tiles and stuff, a four player mode, saving, some awesome music... great stuff! I think I like it more than Dungeon Explorer for the Sega CD, though that has some good points too.
There is a bad side, of course. Thirty character password to save your character. Additional ten character password to save your progress in the current tower. Yup... ouch. Still a great game though...
Beyond Oasis: And my luck with Genesis games holds! While some of my battery-backed SNES games have dying batteries and have for some time, all of my battery-backed Genesis games (and the Sega CD system itself) are fine, and this one is no exception. Cool. Looks like a good action-RPG too, with good reviews; haven't gotten into it yet though.
TigerShark -- I've heard of this one before, and it was also released on PC. It would benefit greatly from joystick controls, or even just analog (pre-Dual Shock game), but oh well... fun action/sim flight (er, submarine, close enough) combat game. I like it. The controls take a bit of getting used to, but that's true for any game like this...
The others: I need another PSX memory card.. I have three, but only have two free blocks total. I'll need another one to actually save all four of these games... :)
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