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Title: Best TG-16 / PCE 2D Platformers?
Post by: Robknoxious1 on May 16, 2012, 06:14:49 AM
Like the title says - What, in your guys opinion, are the best 2D platfomers on TG-16/PC Engine?
I already have the Bonk games, Kieth Courage (of course), and my treasured copy of Dracula X. I've tried a couple in the past whose names escape me but I wasn't impressed (Bravoman maybe? Not sure.) I play a fair amount of Mario, Kirby, DK ect. and some XBLIG platformers and wondered if I'm missing some gems on my TG-16. Please be objective. If the game is meh and you know it don't bother. I'll probably feel the same way. If it's quality though please post it.
Thx!!! :mrgreen:
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Post by: Nando on May 16, 2012, 06:20:20 AM
Yes, it is. One of the best on the system. More of a run n gun than a platformer, but definitely worth checking out!!
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Post by: Black Tiger on May 16, 2012, 07:37:43 AM
Fausette Amour is a great game and a lot of fun.
Blue Blink is popular.
Rainbow Islands is an amazing port of the arcade.
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Post by: Necromancer on May 16, 2012, 07:41:03 AM
Splatterhaus.
Title: Re: Best TG-16 / PCE 2D Platformers?
Post by: Robknoxious1 on May 16, 2012, 07:57:29 AM
Wow a lot of replies so quickly! Thanks everyone.
In my haste I forgot to mention I have Legendary Axe and am familiar with LA 2. Ninja Spirit I do like a lot but - right or wrong - I don't usually think of as a platformer.
I saw a bunch of games you guys listed that I wasn't familiar with. That's exactly what I was hoping for :mrgreen:
I forgot to ask if you could specify HuCard or CD/SuperCD.
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Post by: OrangeArmy on May 16, 2012, 09:14:28 AM
Would Tiger Road be considered a platformer? I quite enjoy the game though I seem to be in the minority.
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Post by: nectarsis on May 16, 2012, 09:49:41 AM
Genji Tsūshin Agedama underappreciated gem
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Post by: galam on May 16, 2012, 10:00:22 AM
Addams Family.
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Post by: Robknoxious1 on May 16, 2012, 10:07:07 AM
If you don't mind the fact that a good chunk of the stages auto scroll then, this is a gem of a game. Good graphics, fun power ups. Little details. Having a lil Hana Taaka as your side gun is pretty awesome.
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Post by: roflmao on May 16, 2012, 11:12:29 AM
Is it because you're suggesting it because it's excellent even though I said I owned it.
Is it because I refer to the game as Dracula X instead of Rondo of Blood? If so that's just because when I imported the game from Diehard many years ago when it came out that's what the gaming magazines were calling it - Dracula X. That's just what I'm used to. Hey I'm 45, hard for old dogs to learn new tricks :mrgreen:
Or was it for a different reason? Just curious - I hate feeling like I'm missing something.
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Post by: Tatsujin on May 16, 2012, 01:15:31 PM
lol, because noone else mentioned it so far, except you in your initial post. it sure is one of the best platformer out there, platform wise, in whole history of video game, and beyond of that, ever :)
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Post by: Nando on May 16, 2012, 02:24:30 PM
The next Castlevania needs to be nothing BUT platforms, that's it. You fall you die. HARDCORE!!!
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Post by: nodtveidt on May 16, 2012, 02:41:30 PM
Jungle Bros.
...what? :P
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Post by: Lilgrafx on May 16, 2012, 04:52:15 PM
Ninja Spirit is definitively my favorite, with Legendary Axe in a close second.
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Post by: Robknoxious1 on May 16, 2012, 04:52:31 PM
Yeah I was just looking at that earlier when I was checking out the homebrew section of these forums :D it looked interesting. I liked the Mario-esque backgrounds. Not sure how I feel about the lead character yet.
Last year I saw a very cool homebrew NES game called Super Bat Puncher. I looked and sounded great and the play machanics and level design were very nice. I think the guy plans to even put out some actual NES carts when completed. Last I heard though the project is limbo right now. Seems like that happens more often than not with these HB games.
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Post by: soop on May 17, 2012, 04:21:06 AM
The New Zealand Story. I absolutely love that game. A great difficulty curve, but it gets VERY hard. However, there's a ton of secrets (warps etc) to help you if you can find them. A fantastic game. And a +1 for Pac Land too.
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Post by: turbokon on May 17, 2012, 04:43:50 AM
Really, where because it's going for $60 to $80 on eBay.
:-s :-s one at $1.25 (open bid), BIN's of $20, and $30
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Post by: Damon Plus on May 17, 2012, 06:27:11 PM
Even though I haven't tried too many platform games on the system, I quite like Legendary Axe and its advance-stop and think-charge and slash mechanics.
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Post by: turbokon on May 18, 2012, 12:45:00 AM
Found one for $24 shipped :dance:
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Post by: Gao on May 18, 2012, 01:09:17 PM
Well I rather enjoyed Shubibinman 3, at least for the half hour that game lasts. It's a shame it wasn't fleshed out more, but what's there is still worth playing.
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Post by: bartre on May 19, 2012, 05:09:14 AM
The New Zealand Story. I absolutely love that game. A great difficulty curve, but it gets VERY hard. However, there's a ton of secrets (warps etc) to help you if you can find them. A fantastic game. And a +1 for Pac Land too.
agreed, NZS is fantastic, the levels are little short, but it makes up for it with lots of them.
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Post by: TheClash603 on May 19, 2012, 10:58:28 AM
How did this list get made without Camp California?
If I am not playing that, the other 2D platformers I enjoy going back to is New Adventure Island or Dragon's Curse.
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Post by: Firebomber7 on May 19, 2012, 11:22:49 AM
How about Yukon Warrior? It's the Canadian version of China Warrior.
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Post by: Nando on May 19, 2012, 11:42:10 AM
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Post by: henrycsc on May 21, 2012, 11:06:39 PM
Adventure Island/Dragon's Curse
Monster Lair
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Post by: JapanTokei on May 27, 2012, 03:15:18 AM
There are quite a few amazing platformers on TG/PCE. I think we all think Shooters first on this system but after cleaning up my game closet last night, I realized my platformers titles have grown, and now I have more of them vs. shooters!
Some of my favs:
Dynasty Wars SCD (Tenchi o Warou) - played this capcom arcade as a kid big time! Wonderboy I - awesome, i play the sh*t out of this thing. Wonderboy 3 (aka Dragons Curse/Advanture Island in JP) - for most this is the best of the Wonderboy series (not for me though, I love #1). Wonderboy 5 SCD (aka Dynastic Hero) Tekahashi Yumeijin (NEw Advanture Island) Cadash (yes it is awesome) Altered Beast (I love this for historical reasons, even though the Sega/MD version is much better) Ninja Spirit (one of my favs!!) Bonanza Brothers (not sure it counts as Platform, but it is a blast with the 2 player mode). Dracula X SCD goes without saying Downtown Nekketsu SCD! (River City Ransom) lastly, Ninja Gaiden is awesome. The Hucard version is similar to the NES but with sharper graphics, and ability to choose to play in 3 languages (JP, English or Chinese!)
Title: Re: Best TG-16 / PCE 2D Platformers?
Post by: JapanTokei on May 27, 2012, 03:18:13 AM
r u serious.. that was prob one of the worst platformers ever...
It's supposed to have Prince of Persia like gameplay. Most people don't seem to like it. I've wanted to play it for years ever since putting off purchasing it new from a local store which soon went under.
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Post by: Tatsujin on May 27, 2012, 03:56:57 PM
There are quite a few amazing platformers on TG/PCE. I think we all think Shooters first on this system but after cleaning up my game closet last night, I realized my platformers titles have grown, and now I have more of them vs. shooters!
Some of my favs:
Dynasty Wars SCD (Tenchi o Warou) -> (Tenchi o Kurau) :wink: Wonderboy I -> you sure mean Bikkuriman World (Wonder Boy in monster land) which isn't the first but the 2nd of all wonder boys, or you mean Wonderboy II - Monster Lair? The very first Wonder Boy was never translated to the PCE, closest to that would be takahashi meijin no shinboukenjima :wink: Tekahashi Yumeijin (NEw Advanture Island) -> takahashi meijin no shinboukenjima :wink:
some corrections :wink:
Title: Re: Best TG-16 / PCE 2D Platformers?
Post by: JapanTokei on May 28, 2012, 12:14:53 AM
Hahahah, yes, Tats-sensei-sama.. all your corrections are correct... lol.
There are quite a few amazing platformers on TG/PCE. I think we all think Shooters first on this system but after cleaning up my game closet last night, I realized my platformers titles have grown, and now I have more of them vs. shooters!
Some of my favs:
Dynasty Wars SCD (Tenchi o Warou) -> (Tenchi o Kurau) :wink: Wonderboy I -> you sure mean Bikkuriman World (Wonder Boy in monster land) which isn't the first but the 2nd of all wonder boys, or you mean Wonderboy II - Monster Lair? The very first Wonder Boy was never translated to the PCE, closest to that would be takahashi meijin no shinboukenjima :wink: Tekahashi Yumeijin (NEw Advanture Island) -> takahashi meijin no shinboukenjima :wink:
some corrections :wink:
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Post by: Nando on May 28, 2012, 02:27:11 AM
It's supposed to have Prince of Persia like gameplay. Most people don't seem to like it. I've wanted to play it for years ever since putting off purchasing it new from a local store which soon went under.
Might be worth checking out on the emu side. Reviews don't seem too bad
Fiend Hunter is an excellent game. It's the closest shit you'll get to a flashback-style game on the Turbob.
Fiend Hunter got a slowly,slowly start. That looooong conversation between the player and a NPC in japanese....
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Post by: meka on August 07, 2012, 07:32:04 PM
Son Son 2 is pretty good.
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Post by: JapanTokei on August 08, 2012, 12:32:31 AM
I thought fiend hunter was shit... It has a lot of potential but the excitement is just not there... Kinda like an amped up, better version of Ninja warriors.. okay that is still shitty..
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Post by: Kaijuboy on August 08, 2012, 11:40:48 AM
It's supposed to have Prince of Persia like gameplay. Most people don't seem to like it. I've wanted to play it for years ever since putting off purchasing it new from a local store which soon went under.
I own it. It's decent. Really nice cut scenes. Gameplay is like Prince of Persia. It takes a while to get used to, but I enjoy it.
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Post by: Bardoly on August 09, 2012, 06:49:51 AM
It's supposed to have Prince of Persia like gameplay. Most people don't seem to like it. I've wanted to play it for years ever since putting off purchasing it new from a local store which soon went under.
I own it. It's decent. Really nice cut scenes. Gameplay is like Prince of Persia. It takes a while to get used to, but I enjoy it.
I quite liked it; and I was just doing the emu thing. The intro is quite long though, but I am sure it sets up the whole story proper style. I really enjoyed the character animations.
You and Ark pretty much nailed the overall style of the game.
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Post by: Kaijuboy on August 09, 2012, 08:01:20 AM
Never understood why Altered Beast (and several others) freak out with any other card. :?
Several others? Do tell.
Ditto.
I was under the impression that Altered Beast was the only game that required the 1.0 card.
I could be mistaken, but there were 3 (?) games that needed older system cards (Not necessarily the 1.0 card but older cards in general) to run without crashing or what not. Bonanza Bros was another, and not remembering the other. :-k
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Post by: Necromancer on August 09, 2012, 09:20:33 AM
I could be mistaken, but there were 3 (?) games that needed older system cards (Not necessarily the 1.0 card but older cards in general) to run without crashing or what not. Bonanza Bros was another, and not remembering the other. :-k
Oh, you're thinking of games that have problems using US region system cards. Bonanza Bros., Shadow of the Beast, and A. III (and any others I'm forgetting) will choke on US syscards but work just fine on the PCE versions.
Title: Re: Best TG-16 / PCE 2D Platformers?
Post by: Bardoly on August 09, 2012, 09:22:40 AM
I could be mistaken, but there were 3 (?) games that needed older system cards (Not necessarily the 1.0 card but older cards in general) to run without crashing or what not. Bonanza Bros was another, and not remembering the other. :-k
Oh, you're thinking of games that have problems using US region system cards. Bonanza Bros., Shadow of the Beast, and A. III (and any others I'm forgetting) will choke on US syscards but work just fine on the PCE versions.
But will these three games work fine on a U.S. Duo or a Japanese Duo or both or neither?
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Post by: Necromancer on August 09, 2012, 09:43:46 AM
But will these three games work fine on a U.S. Duo or a Japanese Duo or both or neither?
They work fine with any Japanese Super System Card capable machine (it doesn't matter if the syscard is on a huey or built in), but they'll have problems on a US Duo or US Super System Card.
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Post by: vestcoat on August 09, 2012, 10:20:42 AM
But will these three games work fine on a U.S. Duo or a Japanese Duo or both or neither?
They work fine with any Japanese Super System Card capable machine (it doesn't matter if the syscard is on a huey or built in), but they'll have problems on a US Duo or US Super System Card.
So a region-modded Japanese DUO should play these three games fine?
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Post by: Necromancer on August 09, 2012, 11:10:01 AM
So a region-modded Japanese DUO should play these three games fine?
That would be a 'Japanese Super System Card capable machine', so yes. It would, however, have problems if you tried to run it off a US 3.0 card stuffed in the huey slot.
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Post by: Bardoly on August 09, 2012, 11:52:51 AM
So a region-modded Japanese DUO should play these three games fine?
That would be a 'Japanese Super System Card capable machine', so yes. It would, however, have problems if you tried to run it off a US 3.0 card stuffed in the huey slot.
I understood that a DUO (Japanese or U.S.) already has the System 2.0 AND 3.0 Cards internally built into the system itself, so the only additional card needed is the Arcade System Card. Right?
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Post by: Black Tiger on August 09, 2012, 01:26:08 PM
So a region-modded Japanese DUO should play these three games fine?
That would be a 'Japanese Super System Card capable machine', so yes. It would, however, have problems if you tried to run it off a US 3.0 card stuffed in the huey slot.
I understood that a DUO (Japanese or U.S.) already has the System 2.0 AND 3.0 Cards internally built into the system itself, so the only additional card needed is the Arcade System Card. Right?
That's correct for officially licensed games, other than the <1%* of games that have issues. Games Express CD games require and come with their own system cards.
*I think that Kaijuboy was also thinking of games like Altered Beast which require the 1.0 card to run as intended.
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Post by: Bardoly on August 09, 2012, 06:02:30 PM
Great! Thanks for the info.
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Post by: HercTNT on August 09, 2012, 06:43:38 PM
Bardoly, step 1. buy a duo-r, send it to steve for a region mod then beg other users to sell you some cd's. step 2. enjoy, the duo has some amazing games, and most of them are japanese and still playable for english speaking folk.