12th May 2017, 11:08 PM
So other than the thing I made a thread for (Wii U), I got these games recently as well:
3DS
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Shifting World - $1, cart in generic case - a decent puzzle-platformer. You can jump with one button and flip the world with the other. When you flip the world it makes it so that all platforms become open space and all open space becomes platforms, and you switch from walking on the 'floor' to walking on what was the underside of that floor. It gets confusing quickly, but it's a cool idea and they execute it well I think.
DS
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Death Jr. & the Science Fair of Doom - $3, cart only - The DS spinoff of this otherwise PSP and Wii-based action-platform franchise.
Atari 5200
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Star Wars: The Arcade Game - $11, cart and manual, from ebay - This is a pretty solid (for the hardware) port of Atari's vector space shooter to the 5200. Of course on 5200 there are no vectors, so instead you get very pixelated visuals, but it looks nice for the system; the scaling's decent and it plays well. The controls are analog, but targeting is tricky and it can be hard to hit enemies. Still, solid stuff, and it's nice to have a 5200 game that uses more of the system's power -- the 2600 version of this game is hugely downgraded, if you look it up. This arcade game is the one that both the early '90s Sega arcade Star Wars game and the Rogue Squadron series were inspired by, and while it's no Rogue Squadron and I'm sure it'd be far better in the original vectors, this version is fun.
3DS
--
Shifting World - $1, cart in generic case - a decent puzzle-platformer. You can jump with one button and flip the world with the other. When you flip the world it makes it so that all platforms become open space and all open space becomes platforms, and you switch from walking on the 'floor' to walking on what was the underside of that floor. It gets confusing quickly, but it's a cool idea and they execute it well I think.
DS
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Death Jr. & the Science Fair of Doom - $3, cart only - The DS spinoff of this otherwise PSP and Wii-based action-platform franchise.
Atari 5200
--
Star Wars: The Arcade Game - $11, cart and manual, from ebay - This is a pretty solid (for the hardware) port of Atari's vector space shooter to the 5200. Of course on 5200 there are no vectors, so instead you get very pixelated visuals, but it looks nice for the system; the scaling's decent and it plays well. The controls are analog, but targeting is tricky and it can be hard to hit enemies. Still, solid stuff, and it's nice to have a 5200 game that uses more of the system's power -- the 2600 version of this game is hugely downgraded, if you look it up. This arcade game is the one that both the early '90s Sega arcade Star Wars game and the Rogue Squadron series were inspired by, and while it's no Rogue Squadron and I'm sure it'd be far better in the original vectors, this version is fun.