Let's all give it our best shot and talk about the experience here.
If you don't have it yourself, be sure to check out Bernie's scan of the manual. Starting on page four is some information you'll definitely want to have, especially on how to perform the special moves. http://www.tg-16.com/contributors/bernie/Battle_Royale/Battle_Royale.pdf
I'll spare you all any wordy introductions. Just go play that mother.
January 15-21: Battle Royale (TheClash603) January 22-28: Drop Off/Drop Rock (esteban) January 29-February 4: Bonk's Adventure (roflmao) February 5-11: Silent Debuggers (vestcoat) February 12-18: Somer Assault (BigusSchmuck) February 19-25: Splatterhouse (FiftyQuid) February 25-March 5: Bloody Wolf (Jibbajaba) March 5-11: The Lost Sunheart (Gogan) March 12-18: Sapphire (BlueBMW) March 19-25: Energy (PunkicCyborg) March 26-April 1: Air Zonk (_joshuaTurbo) April 2-8: OPEN!
Rules: -All members are allowed one submission. When there are no further submissions, we will have a reset and everyone will be able to submit another game. -Each game may only be submitted once. -If you wish to retract your submission, please do so at least two weeks before your game is due. Your next submission will go to the back of the cue. -Please don't submit games that have a high language barrier or will take too long to complete (particularly RPGs). -Please don't submit games that are too expensive. Below $50 is best. Above $100 won't work.
(If you have any questions or comments about the GOTW system, please either PM me or post in the old thread)
Title: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: esteban on January 14, 2014, 11:59:54 PM
Perhaps I never matured, because I am still amused by the "taunt" feature in this game. I wish more games, of all genres, had this feature. True, taunting would rarely rise above being "corny" or a "passing novelty that wears thin quickly"...but I can dream.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: Punch on January 15, 2014, 10:08:01 AM
Can I submit a game? Let the 2nd April game be... VEIGUES TACTICAL GLADIATOR. Seriously, what an underrated game. Don't let my crappy high score be the only one in the Highscore thread :)
If my request is lame feel free to mock me and request its removal. I still think it is a (rough) gem though. Now to play osme BATTLE ROYALE.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: SamIAm on January 17, 2014, 01:47:35 PM
It's Saturday morning here in Japan, and after a busy week at work, I sat down for a while with Battle Royale.
Reading the manual was essential. A couple of weeks ago I checked out the game briefly, and basically just wound up mashing buttons. Knowing how to use the special kick and how to throw your opponents out of the ring is essential, and restoring your power comes in handy, too.
It's a little weird that they have the SELECT button involved in so many moves, but what a perfect opportunity to break out the Avenue 3 pad. The difference is like night and day.
Mongo Kahn seems to be work well for me. Better than that sissy little Spitfire Spike. Which fighter do you think works the best?
After losing two matches, I have to admit, it was exhilarating to successfully clobber a guy, pick him up and toss him out of the ring.
The only thing that really bugged me was that sometimes your character won't turn around quickly when he's facing the wrong way. I think tapping the d-pad in the correct direction helps, but not always.
How many fights do you have to go through to beat the game?
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: TheClash603 on January 17, 2014, 06:31:47 PM
I am getting pumped reading some Battle Royale talk... I set aside some time on Sunday to really sit down with the game. I never read the manual before and it seems like that is the only way to play.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: esteban on January 18, 2014, 01:28:38 AM
YOU BASTARDS BETTER BE PLAYIN' BATTLE ROYALE. (Tats, I'm talking to you, specifically.)
(http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: Flare65 on January 18, 2014, 07:28:55 AM
My god this game sucks.... Good thing Electronics Boutique let you return opened games back in the day. I only played about 10 minutes of it before I returned it and have avoided it ever since. I've always said there are great games for the TG16, but it sure has it's share of turds. This game is one of the biggest in the bowl.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: A Black Falcon on January 18, 2014, 08:35:00 AM
Battle Royale is another one of th3e games that came with my TG16, and this is the worst one of the seven. Yeah, I didn't like China Warrior too much, but at least there's some game there. This game, though, is irredeemable. I like the "control a manager and run over to choose a wrestler" starting bit, but it's pretty much pointless as this is just a single-match game and the managers aren't relevant after that selection bit. It's a weird way of selecting characters. Amusing, though.
Once you get into the game... yeah, it's bad. The controls are confusing and require a manual or control list to understand. Why does the most important move, throws (since you defeat people mostly by throwing them out of the ring) require a multiple-button-press combo that includes Select, I think? Did the people who programmed this expect that people would have 3-button controllers or something? And beyond that the gameplay is no good either. I dislike wrestling in general so that doesn't help at all, but I can tell that even for a wrestling game this is bad.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: FiftyQuid on January 18, 2014, 12:15:51 PM
It's a little weird that they have the SELECT button involved in so many moves, but what a perfect opportunity to break out the Avenue 3 pad. The difference is like night and day.
What? How so? I feel gimped on my two button TurboStick. The SELECT button is even further away from the I and II buttons than on a TurboPad.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: SamIAm on January 18, 2014, 12:24:19 PM
What? How so? I feel gimped on my two button TurboStick. The SELECT button is even further away from the I and II buttons than on a TurboPad.
The Avenue 3 Pad (or the Avenue Pad 3, I guess) lets you map either the start or the select button to a third button next to I and II.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: Keith Courage on January 18, 2014, 01:08:59 PM
I always liked this game as a kid. Very fun when 4 friends came over for some gaming.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: roflmao on January 18, 2014, 01:43:51 PM
I *love* that they included the manager fight. :) It adds character to the game. I'm hoping to spend some quality time with Battle Royale tomorrow or Monday.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: csgx1 on January 18, 2014, 03:31:38 PM
Just played this game for the first time. Initially I thought this game was total crap. However, after playing a good 30mins and getting familiar with the controls, the game is actually pretty fun. I love side scrolling beat-em-ups and this game kind of resembles a basic beat-em-up.
I've logged in a few hours now and easily beat the amateur tournament. I get whooped on at the intermediate level. Does this game need to be beat on professional to get an ending?
Also, I've been using Mongo Kahn and now 2 year old son has been screaming "You Die!". #-o
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: PunkicCyborg on January 19, 2014, 05:37:37 AM
Just fired it up!! Played this one a bit a while ago but didn't try to beat it or anything. The sound quality is pretty bad. Lots of crackling and popping and no bass at all. Love the character designs though and artwork. Hopefully I can beat it!
It's a little weird that they have the SELECT button involved in so many moves, but what a perfect opportunity to break out the Avenue 3 pad. The difference is like night and day.
What? How so? I feel gimped on my two button TurboStick. The SELECT button is even further away from the I and II buttons than on a TurboPad.
Do you seriously not know about the ave 3 pad button mapping? n00b! :P Yeah i don't know how you or anyone plays with the "turbostick". I pretty much only use the ave 3 pad and shuttle pad
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: PunkicCyborg on January 19, 2014, 07:11:32 AM
Looks like you have to do tournament to get the ending. Thing I have a hard time with is picking up characters. I'll have them knocked down and most the time I cant pick them up unless I go down a little and at them at an angle while they have fallen. I watched a vid on yt and seems like the guy picked up enemies with no problem without having to do this. Also my copy has some glitchy lines when transitioning screens like at the battle results screen.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: PunkicCyborg on January 19, 2014, 02:25:20 PM
Beat it with The Executioner I started with mongo who has some nice fast attacks but he takes too long to knock out the enemies. Executioner is a little slower but takes one or two less hits to knock out opponents and he takes less damage. My strategy was basically to lock opponent in a select+II lower kick loop over and over till they are down then throw them. This doesn't work very good for mongo and the mohawk guy though since they are too fast so what I'd then do is slam against the ropes to knock them down, then hammer them with a special which would knock them to a yellow band then all it takes is one or two more hits for them to go down. When there is a lot of opponents on the later levels, best strategy is first to get to a safe spot, let the others knock their life down a bit and pick an open guy to pick on. Clear out the faster guys and leave the sumo guy and man eater since they are slow and easier to deal with last. Don't ever get in between two opponents. Also be careful on later levels when you want to power up because you can only do it so many times. Save it for when you are getting locked between two guys and are at risk of getting KO'd. Otherwise just walk around for a bit till it goes back up to black This was on the default first level setting tournament. There are 15 levels total. My personal opinion is this game was total shit but I still had a little bit of fun. The button combos though are a pain in the ass and my right hand hurts from holding the controller funky have a finger on each of my 3 buttons on the ave 3 pad. Sorry for the bad blurry pick. (https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mY59qutBrk8/UtyUZfIFElI/AAAAAAAACks/PAAuV9V4tfo/w1001-h563-no/14+-+1)
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: SamIAm on January 19, 2014, 06:17:47 PM
Hear ye, hear ye.
PunkicCyborg is awesome.
Now, to try it myself.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: glazball on January 20, 2014, 05:20:20 AM
I'm not proud to admit that back in the N64 days, my roommates and I went through a wrestling phase. As much as I hate wrestling, it was a blast to play against friends (who weren't big gamers otherwise).
I think Battle Royale requires a TurboTap and some friends to really be worthwhile. I finally played it last night for about 2 hours and confirmed what I had thought: it's really a turd. As a lover of all games, I like playing the turds along with the gems, so I did have some fun throwing fools over the ropes. I enjoyed using Mongo Khan the most, but actually had better luck with the Sumo guy.
But really, there's not much of a game here for 1p. The controls are poor, the graphics sub-par, and the characters are just goofy. If I had 4 friends and extra controllers, there would be some fun to be had, but otherwise it's not going to get much more time in my system. After about 2 hours, I'd had all I could stand and decided I'd much rather be playing Galaga 90 and Blazing Lazers!
(btw, I do love this Game of the Week idea for the fact that it will make me play the turds that I haven't given much time to! You have to play the turds to appreciate the good ones, right?)
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: TheClash603 on January 20, 2014, 04:46:22 PM
I put 2 hours into Battle Royale tonight. As was said earlier, reading the manual is a must! All of the times I had played before this, I never really understood how to pick up someone and throw them out. Also, I didn't realize Select was used to perform so many moves.
When I started tonight I used Spitfire Spike. I only made it to the 3rd stage my first try.
Then I used Maneater. I was roughly equally successful, making it to about the 3rd stage.
I switched then to Sumo. I was able to make it to the 5th stage, where you fight 2 people. After two trys, I only was able to make it to the 6th stage once with Sumo.
Next I tried out Executioner. It wasn't long before I realized the Select + I + II attack (back-scratcher) was the best move in the game. I was able to win the first 4 matches in 11-13 seconds each using this move.
Where the game is tricky for a novice is the 2 vs. 1 matches, until you come up with a strategy. For the 2 vs 1 matches, the best strategy is to run away and try to get only one person next to you at a time. You CANNOT win a fight with two people in close proximity. If you run around the ring too much, your guy seems to slow down. To make him fast again either use the Up + Select move, or stand still a little bit. These matches are EASY if Sumo is one of the characters, because he is a lot slower than everyone else, so you can get separation really easily.
The 3 vs. 1 matches and the 4 vs 1 match are essentially the same principal, get separation and fight only one guy at a time. This is trickier with more guys, but you will see the computer opponents accidentally fight each other more often in 3 vs. 1 and 4 vs. 1, which is when you can make your move to take someone out. I do note, the 4 vs. 1 fight suffered TERRIBLE slowdown, as the TG16 couldn't handle everything going on.
At the end of the day, I was able to pretty much breeze through the Amateur fights. After an hour of playing, I don't think I would pick this difficulty level again, it was WAAAAY too easy. Thankfully, you go straight into the intermediate level after beating beginner and your score carries into the next fights.
Intermediate 1 vs 1 is still really easy, I made it through these fights no problem using the back-scratcher move with Executioner. Once I made it to the 2 vs 1, then it got a bit harder. The opponents on intermediate use their healing power more often. Also, what makes intermediate much more difficult is once the opponents get low on health, they have a tendency to run away.
I was able to make it to the 13th stage, out of 15, before I finally was taken out. I am fairly certain I could beat intermediate tournament next time I tried, but my hand was very tired after 2 hours of play. I found rapidly trying to mash Select + I + II was getting harder, and I wasn't hitting all the buttons simultaneously with ease anymore. So instead of back-scratcher, I was doing shitty punches and kicks. I was a bit pissed, because I would like to have beat intermediate... and I was only 2 stages away. I wish I had an Avenue 3 pad, or that when I tried my Avenue 6 pad it would've worked.
In the end, I think this game is quite a bit better than I thought it was before. The game gets a bad reputation because it looks incredibly simple, but that is because I don't think many people know there are so many moves available. Unfortunately all of the best moves use the Select button, which makes controls awkward, but what else could they have done with a 2 button pad? I actually think if you had 5 people playing that knew what they were doing, it could make the game quite a bit of fun. Perhaps this is one to pull out at the next gaming festival, if there are 5 guys that want to put in a little practice beforehand.
On a 100 point scale, I'd give this game a 42. I think my preconceived notion was a 15 or so, so I am glad I played a little more... though it still is definitely not a great game by any means.
Now, can anyone beat my score of 17,330?
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: Punch on January 21, 2014, 09:22:54 AM
God this game is crap. Why did they design the game around a three button controller? Is this a port of another console or some european computer? Maybe this could be better with an Ave 3 controller but still.
Another bad aspect of the game is the cheap western art style. I'm pretty sure the girls were made by digitizing pictures of famous actresses and touching them up. I'm pretty sure I recognize the TV announcer from somewhere... they're the only good art pieces.
Also there isn't much strategy going on with the game even with the different characteristics of the 5 fighters and the different moves. Maybe playing it multiplayer with other 4 people who know what they're doing makes the game better and less shallow? The only redeemable portion of the game is the manager fight. Well thought out and adds character to the game, specially on real 5 player human matches. Overall, in my opinion this game could be a great addition to the turbo library if it had good art and polished gameplay.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: PunkicCyborg on January 21, 2014, 09:37:29 AM
BTW - Is there an earlier sports game with instant replay? I can't think of any, which would put that feature ahead of its time.
You know, that's a good point! I'm the opposite of a sports game expert, though back then I did play a baseball game here or there. Maybe Bases Loaded had an instant replay? No clue, but hey you did find something redeeming about the game!
(I do have a feeling that a 5p game would be great for much hearty laughter, so bad it's good. Afterwards you may have 4 less friends though...)
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: csgx1 on January 21, 2014, 03:17:34 PM
I can't seem to beat this game on intermediate tournament. Got to round 13 and was gang raped. Pretty hard to not get surrounded in the later rounds with more opponents.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: TheClash603 on January 21, 2014, 03:49:36 PM
I can't seem to beat this game on intermediate tournament. Got to round 13 and was gang raped. Pretty hard to not get surrounded in the later rounds with more opponents.
...but did you have 17,330 points?
I am going to give the intermediate tournament one more whirl this weekend.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: FiftyQuid on January 21, 2014, 04:19:07 PM
Do you seriously not know about the ave 3 pad button mapping? n00b! :P Yeah i don't know how you or anyone plays with the "turbostick". I pretty much only use the ave 3 pad and shuttle pad
Yep, complete noob here. Never had the opportunity to use, let alone see one. I use the Turbo Stick for pretty much everything. I like that it sits in my lap and the ball joystick is awesome.
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: csgx1 on January 22, 2014, 07:37:45 AM
I can't seem to beat this game on intermediate tournament. Got to round 13 and was gang raped. Pretty hard to not get surrounded in the later rounds with more opponents.
...but did you have 17,330 points?
I am going to give the intermediate tournament one more whirl this weekend.
Nope, you're probably the reigning champ. I didn't get close since I started on intermediate. When I did start on amateur, I got to round 8 intermediate level with about $12k.
I tried professional just for the heck of it, to see how difficult the computer is and it seems damn near impossible against multiple opponents.
Overall, I wasn't expecting much out of this game, but it was surprisingly kinda fun for me. It's a game that I would have never given a chance without the motivation here. But I think I had enough of this game for awhile. :-&
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: esteban on January 22, 2014, 09:13:25 AM
Dear lord, the week is already over and I wasn't able to play much. I read all the posts and I was pleasantly surprised that folks stuck with the game. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: PunkicCyborg on January 22, 2014, 09:41:40 AM
Dear lord, the week is already over and I wasn't able to play much. I read all the posts and I was pleasantly surprised that folks stuck with the game. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
Not devoting time to play yet you still subject us to play drop off? evil man
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: PunkicCyborg on January 25, 2014, 03:35:24 PM
Just realized I left my duo on for 6 days with Battle Royale running oops
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: _joshuaTurbo on February 05, 2014, 01:56:30 AM
As usual, I'm WAYYY behind, but figured I would try to play catchup rather than just skip the earlier weeks. :)
I didn't beat it, but only devoted about 30 minutes to playing around with Battle Royale. I do recall getting through the game on beginner mode with executioner so that's what I tried. I got raped in the 3 on one matches and had to give up. I still have a slight urge to try it again so one day perhaps I'll get that elusive top score and end credits...
Here's some low-lights of my session-
Title: Re: (1/15/2014 - 1/21/2014) Game of the Week: Battle Royale
Post by: TheClash603 on February 05, 2014, 02:07:19 PM
Nice video with some good commentary. The pro of doing a video is you get to get much more in depth, no one wants to type the 1000 things you said. I am wondering if you are going to be so positive in the future, or if you will call out the real stinkers.
I now feel like I need to play catch-up too, since I missed the last few weeks...:/
P.S. - I am the world's greatest Battle Royale player.