6th July 2011, 8:31 PM
Neo Geo Pocket Color
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Samurai Shodown! 2 - Story mode, Normal, with Rimururu - Great game!
Fatal Fury First Contact - I'd heard this is one of the weaker NGPC fighting games, and it is. Fewer options than the others I have (there's arcade mode and nothing else), fewer characters, and simpler gameplay. It's an okay game, but compared to KOF or SS? Yeah, not so great.
Super Nintendo
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Super Turrican - Normal difficulty. I'd beaten this game before in emulation, but not on the actual cartridge... now I've beaten both. Super Turrican is a truly great game, and one I've written about before, but ... yeah, it's still amazing. The only real flaw is that it's a big short, and the third level in particular is really pretty disappointingly short and easy. There isn't even a boss in the third level! Levels 1, 2, and 4 have bosses, why doesn't 3? It's got shorter stages, almost no hidden areas with stuff in them (you'll get almost everything every time, unlike levels 1, 2, or 4 which have a bunch of hidden stuff), and more. It's disappointing. Now, the bosses in this game aren't that hard -- in fact, they're pretty easy -- but still, it's weird that level 3 doesn't have one at all. The first and second levels have several bosses or challenge areas. The third? One challenge area but no bosses.
I love the first level so much, it's long, has amazing music, lots of hidden areas, some alternate paths, great level designs, and more... but the rest of the game doesn't quite hold up to the greatness of the first level. I mean, the second and fourth levels are good, but not as good as the first one. They don't have multiple paths for instance.At least they do have plenty of hidden stuff to find. Level two is a machine level, like in a factory. It's my least favorite level to play -- it's full of moving platforms, tricky jumps, fire shooting out of the walls, and more. Kind of a pain. It's an okay level, but not as good as the first one. As for level three, despite my complaints above, I like the theme of the level -- it's the ice level, and has some nice graphics and good variety. It's just too short and easy and feels unfinished, particularly in the last, very short, almost enemy-free stage of the level. The "use the wind to go up higher" theme is cool, but there's so little to the stage... what happened? As for level 4, it's pretty good, it's the alien stage like one of the later stages in Mega Turrican and it's pretty cool, with several nice long levels and the highest challenge level of the game. The middle part is a quite difficult jumping puzzle stage on top of a long alien train. It's pretty tough, and is the main reason I haven't beaten the game more times, and barely finished it this time -- I often die at this one point late in the stage. I went through a good 7-8 lives there this time, only barely got past it.
Overall though, despite some issues with the level designs in the later three quarters of the game, it's a great, great game. A true classic really. It's great fun, actually possible to finish, has great music, some great level designs, variety, lots of hidden stuff to find, and more. Factor 5 did great work.
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Samurai Shodown! 2 - Story mode, Normal, with Rimururu - Great game!
Fatal Fury First Contact - I'd heard this is one of the weaker NGPC fighting games, and it is. Fewer options than the others I have (there's arcade mode and nothing else), fewer characters, and simpler gameplay. It's an okay game, but compared to KOF or SS? Yeah, not so great.
Super Nintendo
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Super Turrican - Normal difficulty. I'd beaten this game before in emulation, but not on the actual cartridge... now I've beaten both. Super Turrican is a truly great game, and one I've written about before, but ... yeah, it's still amazing. The only real flaw is that it's a big short, and the third level in particular is really pretty disappointingly short and easy. There isn't even a boss in the third level! Levels 1, 2, and 4 have bosses, why doesn't 3? It's got shorter stages, almost no hidden areas with stuff in them (you'll get almost everything every time, unlike levels 1, 2, or 4 which have a bunch of hidden stuff), and more. It's disappointing. Now, the bosses in this game aren't that hard -- in fact, they're pretty easy -- but still, it's weird that level 3 doesn't have one at all. The first and second levels have several bosses or challenge areas. The third? One challenge area but no bosses.
I love the first level so much, it's long, has amazing music, lots of hidden areas, some alternate paths, great level designs, and more... but the rest of the game doesn't quite hold up to the greatness of the first level. I mean, the second and fourth levels are good, but not as good as the first one. They don't have multiple paths for instance.At least they do have plenty of hidden stuff to find. Level two is a machine level, like in a factory. It's my least favorite level to play -- it's full of moving platforms, tricky jumps, fire shooting out of the walls, and more. Kind of a pain. It's an okay level, but not as good as the first one. As for level three, despite my complaints above, I like the theme of the level -- it's the ice level, and has some nice graphics and good variety. It's just too short and easy and feels unfinished, particularly in the last, very short, almost enemy-free stage of the level. The "use the wind to go up higher" theme is cool, but there's so little to the stage... what happened? As for level 4, it's pretty good, it's the alien stage like one of the later stages in Mega Turrican and it's pretty cool, with several nice long levels and the highest challenge level of the game. The middle part is a quite difficult jumping puzzle stage on top of a long alien train. It's pretty tough, and is the main reason I haven't beaten the game more times, and barely finished it this time -- I often die at this one point late in the stage. I went through a good 7-8 lives there this time, only barely got past it.
Overall though, despite some issues with the level designs in the later three quarters of the game, it's a great, great game. A true classic really. It's great fun, actually possible to finish, has great music, some great level designs, variety, lots of hidden stuff to find, and more. Factor 5 did great work.
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