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Title: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: sirhcman on July 25, 2016, 02:16:28 AM
I stumbled across this gem last night during an ebay search and immediately thought of HailingTheThings. I've never even heard of the game, has anyone tried it?

(http://www.thesmartass.info/img/boxart-full/Sega Genesis/Flicky.png)
Title: Re: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: Medic_wheat on July 25, 2016, 02:34:28 AM
Never heard of t. However the screen shoots makes me think of Mappy
Title: Re: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: lukester on July 25, 2016, 02:41:46 AM
Fun game, never got good at it. I think if you get far enough there's a photo of a naked lady

Ever try the even older sega sg-1000 port? It doesn't have the annoying lizards.
Title: Re: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: Digi.k on July 25, 2016, 02:47:01 AM
Later on Flicky got demoted and became an extra for......

(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/1/18/Flickie_Zone.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20160313135739)
Title: Re: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: Lost Monkey on July 25, 2016, 06:55:27 AM
Flicky > Flicky's Island > Nights

Flicky is an awesome game to try and max out your score. 

The arcade version is on a Saturn Memorial comp, usually pretty cheap.
Title: Re: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: wildfruit on July 25, 2016, 07:21:10 AM
It's quite fun and frustrating . I'm surprised some of you haven't already had the pleasure. I've had a couple of sega compilations it's been on.
Title: Re: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: Joe Redifer on July 25, 2016, 08:41:28 AM
It's on the large majority of Sega compilations. It can be fun after you get the hang of the controls but that's a task in itself. They're so slippery!
Title: Re: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: HailingTheThings on July 25, 2016, 10:49:08 AM
Fun game. I played it a while back, I think it was on that ps3/360 compilation? Or maybe the ps2 one, I can't remember. :3
Title: Re: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: Joe Redifer on July 25, 2016, 11:54:57 AM
Probably both. I know I had to achieve above a certain score to get a trophy.
Title: Re: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: ccovell on July 25, 2016, 12:11:13 PM
Flicky's fun for a little bit, but I assumed it was on a lot of compilations/Genesis official multicarts because it was only 128k and thus useful for padding out the ROM after the menu code was put in there.  :P
Title: Re: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: Sarumaru on July 25, 2016, 12:12:51 PM
That cover art is terrifying
Title: Re: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: Joe Redifer on July 25, 2016, 05:23:21 PM
Yeah one of the few 1 meg games on the Genesis. If I'm not mistaken I think Columns is the only other 1 meg game on the system. How big is Fatal Labyrinth? That was a Sega modem game in Japan so it can't be huge.
Title: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: esteban on July 25, 2016, 05:57:01 PM
I played Flicky a billion years ago... it's OK(?) but there are other, more worthwhile games featuring CUTE CATS to obsess over (such as the addictive CITY CONNECTION).

City Connection has CUTE CATS and is fun-as-hell.

That is all.

:)
Title: Re: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: sirhcman on July 26, 2016, 02:58:29 AM
but there are other, more worthwhile games featuring CUTE CATS to obsess over


(http://pspmedia.ign.com/psp/image/object/740/740675/catz306_gbabox.jpg)
Title: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: esteban on July 26, 2016, 03:19:59 AM
but there are other, more worthwhile games featuring CUTE CATS to obsess over


(http://pspmedia.ign.com/psp/image/object/740/740675/catz306_gbabox.jpg)


That GBA game *cant even compare* to the cute cats in City Connection!

:)

I should clarify: I spent a billion hours playing the NES version...I bet the arcade version might have had an even cuter cat!
Title: Re: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: wildfruit on July 26, 2016, 06:51:32 PM
Yeah one of the few 1 meg games on the Genesis. If I'm not mistaken I think Columns is the only other 1 meg game on the system. How big is Fatal Labyrinth? That was a Sega modem game in Japan so it can't be huge.
I can't verify this but I'm finding info it's 2 mega power.
Title: Re: Flicky (Sega Genesis) - HailingTheThings
Post by: seieienbu on July 27, 2016, 09:43:18 PM
I played this with my girlfriend earlier this year.  It's a fun little game that I found somewhat similar to the original Mario Bros.  The flickys themselves show up a few other times.  One game that I remember, in Sonic 3D Blast the whole purpose of the game is to collect the various flickys from wherever they're hiding.