1st July 2016, 8:35 PM
That's interesting about Crystalis GBC. I've owned the NES cart for a long time, but the battery was dead when I got the game and I never did get it replaced or play it emulated much, so I still haven't played much of the original game... but as for this GBC version, you're a little off -- Crystalis was made by NST, the team who went on to make Bionic Commando" Elite Forces (one of my favorite GBC games, of course), Ridge Racer 64, Wave Race Blue Storm, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, and such, not Left Field, the developers of Excitebike 64.
Anyway, I played through the first dungeon on GBC, and the game's fun. That first area was quite easy, as an '80s NES game it doesn't visually match games which push the GBC, and I did seem to often take hits while trying to damage enemies, but you have enough health that that's not too bad. It's simple fun Zelda-ish stuff. I like some of NST's additions too, such as the voice acting. The menu font looks exactly like the font in Bionic Commando: Elite Forces, too, which is great.
So, it's the Steam Summer Sale now. Steam sales now don't have limited-time offers, just one block of sales that last for the whole sale, and so I got all this stuff mostly at once.
PC DD - Steam sale
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Assault Android Cactus - $9.89
Shovel Knight - $10.04
PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+ All You Can Eat Edition Bundle - $3.74
FOTONICA - $1.50
Unpossible - $2.00
Lococycle - $2.00
The Banner Saga - $5.00
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re:Birth 3 - $6.00
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number - $3.74
Gear Grinder (aka Sledgehammer) - $1.60
Quantum Rush Champions - $7.00
Quantum Rush Champions DLC - $1.40
Lovely Planet - $1.50
Anyway, I played through the first dungeon on GBC, and the game's fun. That first area was quite easy, as an '80s NES game it doesn't visually match games which push the GBC, and I did seem to often take hits while trying to damage enemies, but you have enough health that that's not too bad. It's simple fun Zelda-ish stuff. I like some of NST's additions too, such as the voice acting. The menu font looks exactly like the font in Bionic Commando: Elite Forces, too, which is great.
Quote: To finish off this list, they've gone and replaced all the music in the game with their own compositions. Once again, the new music is grating, repetitive, and lacks any of the charm and scope of the original. I must again ask why they felt the need to make all these changes.Maybe they didn't have the rights to the soundtrack or something? It would need changes to work on GBC, the sound hardware isn't the same, but it is odd that they'd totally redo it. Either it was just because Crystalis GBC was one of NST's first games, and they didn't entirely know what they were doing yet? But BC: EF was their first game and I REALLY love that game, so I don't know.
Quote: You found a good deal with that copy of Silent Hill 3, but it comes down to one thing. Are you actually going to play that game? If not, sell it. If so, open it.Indeed, that is the question. For now I think I'll leave it still wrapped, in my PS2 shelf. I'll decide later... :p
So, it's the Steam Summer Sale now. Steam sales now don't have limited-time offers, just one block of sales that last for the whole sale, and so I got all this stuff mostly at once.
PC DD - Steam sale
--
Assault Android Cactus - $9.89
Shovel Knight - $10.04
PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+ All You Can Eat Edition Bundle - $3.74
FOTONICA - $1.50
Unpossible - $2.00
Lococycle - $2.00
The Banner Saga - $5.00
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re:Birth 3 - $6.00
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number - $3.74
Gear Grinder (aka Sledgehammer) - $1.60
Quantum Rush Champions - $7.00
Quantum Rush Champions DLC - $1.40
Lovely Planet - $1.50