SNES Adventure Games

[Gentlegamer]

I really like Brain Lord and Illusion of Gaia.

Far superior to Soul Blazer, and much much cheaper for authentic carts.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I still haven't played Soul Blazer.  I recall hearing it, as well as Brain Lord have some seriously crunching puzzles to do?  Then again, I did play thru the first Alundra BITD, can't quite recall if I used a guide or not.

[RyuHayabusa]

I still haven't played Soul Blazer.  I recall hearing it, as well as Brain Lord have some seriously crunching puzzles to do?  Then again, I did play thru the first Alundra BITD, can't quite recall if I used a guide or not.

Soul Blazer is actually pretty easy. I beat it the first time I rented it back in the day. Been a long time since I played through it but I don't recall any difficult puzzles.

[seieienbu]

Brain Lord has a bunch  of puzzles.  Soul Blazer has, like, one that I can think of.

[VenomMacbeth]

Soul Blazer has been on my to-buy list for awhile.  One of the guys from Godiego did the soundtrack.  Brain Lord can get pretty confusing with the puzzles sometimes, so I haven't picked it up in awhile.

In other news, I just tried Drakkhen for the first time.  I managed to speak with the first prince dude before night fell while I was searching for the other castle & I got promptly killt by monsters.  Still, I could tell as soon as I started making my characters pluck weapons off the castle walls that this game is something very special.  Hopefully I can get good enough at it to see it through!

[ParanoiaDragon]

Found this in Wikpedia in regards to Dragon View:

"While not "True 3D", the overworld engine simulates depth on its own (without the aid of supplementary hardware such as the Super FX chip) using sprite scaling and rudimentary rendering. This system is able to run smoothly on standard SNES hardware because little more than half of the total screen area is ever in use. Since the top and bottom panels are completely static during overworld navigation, all hardware power is focused on rendering the first person view. Even so, framerates can suffer as many sprites are sometimes present on a single screen."

If this is a case, almost makes me wonder if the Turbob could pull this off, not unlike Faceball?  Even still, I'd rather the overworld be like Legend of Xanadu.

[VenomMacbeth]

Found this in Wikpedia in regards to Dragon View:

"While not "True 3D", the overworld engine simulates depth on its own (without the aid of supplementary hardware such as the Super FX chip) using sprite scaling and rudimentary rendering. This system is able to run smoothly on standard SNES hardware because little more than half of the total screen area is ever in use. Since the top and bottom panels are completely static during overworld navigation, all hardware power is focused on rendering the first person view. Even so, framerates can suffer as many sprites are sometimes present on a single screen."

If this is a case, almost makes me wonder if the Turbob could pull this off, not unlike Faceball?  Even still, I'd rather the overworld be like Legend of Xanadu.

I wonder what they mean by "rudimentary rendering".  The sprite scaling they're talking about is all software, of course: IE the sprite is animated in several frames of depth, a la Hyper Zone or Panorama Cotton.  Honestly though, I think the 3D is a little better in Drakkhen.  The frame rate is worse, but there are more objects & everything just seems more vibrant and interesting to explore than in Dragon View.

But that is an interesting idea...I would love to see a Drakkhenesque game on the PCE!

[technozombie]

Soul Blazer is a good game Brain Lord is an OK game. If Brain Lord released earlier I could have appreciated it more, but it released in 94 and for comparison Secret of Mana released in 93.