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Title: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: guyjin on February 23, 2008, 01:58:52 AM
Not a lot to choose from, but it was the first year.

pick the best one.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Tatsujin on February 23, 2008, 03:23:18 AM
very very hard. still can't decide between bikkuri, kato and victory run. the kung fu was damn good as well for its time!!
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Black Tiger on February 23, 2008, 04:28:34 AM
I voted for Kato chan & Ken chan. I would've picked Bikkuriman World, but it retains the cheapness and quarter stealing bs of the arcade.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Kitsunexus on February 23, 2008, 04:47:28 AM
Victory Run FTW.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: SignOfZeta on February 23, 2008, 04:49:07 AM
Kato and Ken all the way. The game set the mood for all the weird-ass PC releases yet to come.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Necromancer on February 23, 2008, 05:15:12 AM
Bikkuri for me.  Sure it's tough and a bit cheap, but that's also it's arcade-esgue charm.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: nat on February 23, 2008, 05:50:03 AM
Bikkuri. Dude, Wonderboy trumps all.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: spenoza on February 23, 2008, 06:42:47 AM
I'm logging a protest vote in the form of The Kung Fu. I kinda thing all these games are sucky.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: guyjin on February 23, 2008, 06:48:06 AM
shanghai would be a better protest vote, since there are people who actually like the kung fu.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: nat on February 23, 2008, 07:14:29 AM
If Bikki whatever was the first wonderboy then i've played that one too.

The second, Wonderboy in Monsterland as it's known in the US.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: nodtveidt on February 23, 2008, 09:13:56 AM
The Kung Fu for sure. All of these games were pretty primitive, but at least The Kung Fu had a killer sprite engine and is probably the only "garbage storm" game to ever be released on a console.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: nat on February 23, 2008, 09:30:48 AM
Shanghai got no love, which is funny, because that would've been my pick if Wonderboy wasn't an option. I can't believe people don't like Shanghai.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Keranu on February 23, 2008, 10:22:25 AM
Wow, finally a poll where J.J. & Jeff / Kato & Ken Chan is in the lead! You I know I voted for it, as usual 8) . Then again I have a feeling if the Japanese version was the same as the American version, then it would've got less votes.  :evil:
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Joe Redifer on February 23, 2008, 11:03:35 AM
Ug.  Those choices make my head hurt.  It's safe to say I would not have bought the system in 1987.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Turbo D on February 23, 2008, 11:07:30 AM
I voted Bikuriman World. That game is bad-Ass!
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Black Tiger on February 23, 2008, 12:48:03 PM
Wow, finally a poll where J.J. & Jeff / Kato & Ken Chan is in the lead! You I know I voted for it, as usual 8) . Then again I have a feeling if the Japanese version was the same as the American version, then it would've got less votes.  :evil:

I'm sure that KC&KC/JJ&J would top some negative polls. :wink:
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Keranu on February 23, 2008, 01:20:12 PM
Wow, finally a poll where J.J. & Jeff / Kato & Ken Chan is in the lead! You I know I voted for it, as usual 8) . Then again I have a feeling if the Japanese version was the same as the American version, then it would've got less votes.  :evil:

I'm sure that KC&KC/JJ&J would top some negative polls. :wink:
The thought already crossed my mind :( .

Quote from: nat
Shanghai got no love, which is funny, because that would've been my pick if Wonderboy wasn't an option. I can't believe people don't like Shanghai.
Actually I do love Shanghai. I used to play this version Windows back in the mid-90's all the time and the PCE version has some amazingly catchy tunes.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: MissaFX on February 23, 2008, 04:41:08 PM
Ug.  Those choices make my head hurt.  It's safe to say I would not have bought the system in 1987.

I totally agree with you Joe.  These games (for the most part) leave a taste on my tongue worse than a mouth full of flaming impossamole or whatever the freak that game is.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Tatsujin on February 23, 2008, 05:15:26 PM
haha..you ignorants!! those games were the killers back then.

the kung fu = bigger sprites than many arcade games ever showed up with until that time.
bikkuri world = 1:1 100% perfect arcade wonderboy II (except of some of the sprites).
victory run = best console racer released until that time.
kato & ken = a pure living game, great dynamic, fast, funny jokes and something completely new for its time.
shanghai = if you like that kind the game, it's fun.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Keranu on February 23, 2008, 05:33:09 PM
I agree with Tatsujin. For a three month period of games during the launch of a new system in 1987, it was a pretty impressive line up all considered.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: guyjin on February 23, 2008, 06:46:04 PM
Shanghai got no love, which is funny, because that would've been my pick if Wonderboy wasn't an option. I can't believe people don't like Shanghai.

it's just kinda boring, like Solitaire for the PCE.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: nat on February 23, 2008, 06:50:27 PM
Yeah, I can't stress enough how awesome Wonderboy II is. Obviously you people haven't actually played it for any length of time.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Kitsunexus on February 23, 2008, 07:16:50 PM
Myst wasn't released for the system. FAIL.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Tatsujin on February 23, 2008, 07:25:40 PM
Myst wasn't released for the system. FAIL.


(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/5439/gremlintb0.jpg)
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Kitsunexus on February 23, 2008, 07:31:27 PM
(http://www.dailypets.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/puppyeyes.jpg)
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: guyjin on February 24, 2008, 03:03:31 AM
Myst wasn't released for the system. FAIL.


(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/5439/gremlintb0.jpg)


bwuh?
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: spenoza on February 24, 2008, 03:05:52 AM
Bwah ha hah hahahahahahh!

You guys are messed up  :)
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: natethegreat82 on February 24, 2008, 05:12:41 AM
I voted for Victory Run. It's the only game I own of the five.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Black Tiger on February 24, 2008, 11:13:38 AM
Yeah, I can't stress enough how awesome Wonderboy II is. Obviously you people haven't actually played it for any length of time.


Kinda like JJ & Jeff. :wink:
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Keranu on February 24, 2008, 04:28:05 PM
Yeah, I can't stress enough how awesome Wonderboy II is. Obviously you people haven't actually played it for any length of time.


Kinda like JJ & Jeff. :wink:
Exactly what I was thinking!  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Game and Watch Kirby on February 24, 2008, 05:44:39 PM
A small list, but I have chosen Kato Chan & Ken Chan. After all, it is supposedly a very humorous game, and it was available in the US as the "lovable" J.J. and Jeff game for the TurboGrafx-16. The other titles, including The Kung Fu which came in second, are not as remotely interesting or even of high quality.

I am wondering, too, Guyjin, if you were doing something special with the results from these "Turbo/PC Engine Game of the Year" topics? A thought like this had occurred in my mind :P.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: MissaFX on February 24, 2008, 06:55:16 PM
I voted for Bikkuri World because it is actually pretty good.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Tatsujin on February 24, 2008, 09:37:42 PM
I voted for Bikkuri World because it is actually pretty good.

oh..you changed mind? :)
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: guyjin on February 25, 2008, 01:41:58 AM
I am wondering, too, Guyjin, if you were doing something special with the results from these "Turbo/PC Engine Game of the Year" topics? A thought like this had occurred in my mind :P.

There will be an ultimate showdown. Of ultimate destiny.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: MissaFX on February 25, 2008, 05:41:03 PM
I voted for Bikkuri World because it is actually pretty good.

oh..you changed mind? :)

No, that's what I voted for the day I posted that I thought they were all pretty meh games.  I just neglected to say what I voted for.  Even in a turd sandwich, you might be able to find one good bite if you are really pressed to find it. :lol:

I do wish though that the game took up more of the screen.  It seems like it could have been a LOT better.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Spector on February 25, 2008, 10:21:18 PM
I had to go for Kato and Ken  :)
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: nat on February 26, 2008, 06:25:02 AM
I voted for Bikkuri World because it is actually pretty good.

oh..you changed mind? :)

No, that's what I voted for the day I posted that I thought they were all pretty meh games.  I just neglected to say what I voted for.  Even in a turd sandwich, you might be able to find one good bite if you are really pressed to find it. :lol:

I do wish though that the game took up more of the screen.  It seems like it could have been a LOT better.

It's a 1:1 port of the arcade version. That's how the arcade is. It's up there with R-Type for arcade-correctness if you forget they changed the boss characters.

Even the music is 1:1.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: MissaFX on February 26, 2008, 06:55:40 AM
I voted for Bikkuri World because it is actually pretty good.

oh..you changed mind? :)

No, that's what I voted for the day I posted that I thought they were all pretty meh games.  I just neglected to say what I voted for.  Even in a turd sandwich, you might be able to find one good bite if you are really pressed to find it. :lol:

I do wish though that the game took up more of the screen.  It seems like it could have been a LOT better.

It's a 1:1 port of the arcade version. That's how the arcade is. It's up there with R-Type for arcade-correctness if you forget they changed the boss characters.

Even the music is 1:1.

I'm not blaming the port.  I did think it was close to the arcade version though, I didn't know it was 1:1 though.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: nat on February 26, 2008, 06:58:46 AM
It really is, except for the bosses. It might be the closest port in terms of arcade accuracy out of the system's entire game library.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Sinistron on February 26, 2008, 07:00:21 AM
Bikurriman Worlds ends where Dragon's Curse begins- so that's my pick.
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Game and Watch Kirby on March 05, 2008, 05:09:13 PM
I am wondering, too, Guyjin, if you were doing something special with the results from these "Turbo/PC Engine Game of the Year" topics? A thought like this had occurred in my mind :P.

There will be an ultimate showdown. Of ultimate destiny.

That's just like I thought. I am anticipating for this ultimate showdown, and what it'll be like 8).
Title: Re: 1987 PC Engine game of the year
Post by: Black Tiger on March 06, 2008, 12:57:22 AM
I voted for Bikkuri World because it is actually pretty good.

oh..you changed mind? :)

No, that's what I voted for the day I posted that I thought they were all pretty meh games.  I just neglected to say what I voted for.  Even in a turd sandwich, you might be able to find one good bite if you are really pressed to find it. :lol:

I do wish though that the game took up more of the screen.  It seems like it could have been a LOT better.

The PCE version actually takes up more of the screen than the arcade version.