Recommend me Sharp X68000 games!

[TR0N]

[Arkhan]

Scorpius (found on accident one day while looking up crap for the old Amiga game Scorpio, lol:

why.)

Goddess Blazon?

Ajax? 

Angel Dive?

Jumping Fla... I mean, Geograph Seal (<3)

Illumination Laser (doujin shooter) was pretty awesome.

Code Zero

I say play Geograph Seal, though.   That game f*ckin rules.

Glad you already found Toilet Princess.   That game also f*ckin rules.

Too bad you're not into the titty games or adventure games.    You could play 177 just for a laugh.   You basically chase a lady home and try to diddle her.    I am fairly positive that was ported to X68k.

You might want to fire up Hydlide 3 on X68k just for the soundtrack.  It's one of the most charming game soundtracks I think I have ever heard.   X68k got a pretty nice version of it.   The Megadrive probably got the best one though.

If you liked Star Luster, you should check out the Star Wars game too.

After posting in this thread, I still try to figure out why Japanese people wanted an Amiga back then.   The x68000 basically operates as an Amiga that isn't full of garbage games.

seriously.   What the shit are we even looking at here.

The music is more for a dance club than a game, and the game itself makes me sleepy.

[SuperDeadite]

Scorpius is excellent, but hard as balls.  Recommended for those who find R-Type too easy.
Goddess Blazon is a rather "meh" doujin fighter.  Graphics look very PCE-ish though.
Ajax was a great port for it's time, but since he's emulating, may as well stick to the arcade version.
Angel Dive is wonderful, but not so n00b friendly as you have to HDD install it, and music is MIDI only, no FM.
Code Zero is all about the music, love it.

177 does exist on X68K, but it's actually a doujin port of the X1 version, not official.  Same goes for Laydock, which is actually a port of the obscure as hell SuperMZ version.  There is even a doujin port of Yosaku, the best game on the original Cassette Vision.

In general, the X68000 is just an excellent machine for making things more badass.
For example, Missile Command Special Version:

Regarding the Amiha, the X68K port of Lemmings retains the weirdo 2 player split-screen option with dual mice support.  Yay.

[esteban]

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There is even a doujin port of Yosaku, the best game on the original Cassette Vision.

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Regarding the Amiha, the X68K port of Lemmings retains the weirdo 2 player split-screen option with dual mice support.  Yay.

What was the name of the racing game on Cassette Vision (it looks like Pole Position/Lap Twin) with "NEC" road signs... you posted videos, IIRC, a few years ago.

I found some screenshots I took of those "NEC" billboards on an old harddrives and was scratching my head...


DUAL MICE SUPPORT?

Ok, that is an intriguing topic. How many games have done that (on any platform).

It is especially intriguing when we consider the pre-USB  era of hardware...

[SuperDeadite]

That was Pole Position II, but for Super Cassette Vision.  Super Cassette Vision was a Famicom era console.  The original Cassette Vision was a completely different console from the Atari 2600 era.  Power wise, slightly weaker then the Atari even.  Only 12 games released.

Dual mice wise.  PC's have never supported this feature.  afaik only the Amiha and X68000 allowed it.  The Atari computer versions of Lemmings also had 2 players, but used digital joysticks, not analog mice.  The DOS/Windows versions of Lemmings all had the 2 player mode removed.

On X68000, Lemmings, Marble Madness, Shufflepuck Cafe, and others all have this feature.

[Arkhan]

I figured since emulating was happening, Doujins were good to go.   Goddess Blazon is pretty ho-hum gameplay wise, but the art/music/sfx make it a fun one to f*ck with.

[SuperDeadite]

Most doujins are simple.  Angel Dive is a special case though.  The floppy image on the net is some pirate shit a hacker made.  Its missing the final stage and has no sound.  Game was never meant to run off floppies.

To play it correctly, you need the original lzh archive that came on a cd rom based fan magazine.  Must be installed properly on an HDD.  You have to manually add sound drivers, and music is MIDI only.  So you need to get that setup as well.  Great game, but requires quite a bit of work.

[Michirin9801]

Doujins are fine so long as they're fun to play...
I just tried Goddess Blazon for a little bit, let's just say it doesn't feel very 'solid' >w>
It's not even as good as Tatakae Konyako, which in itself isn't even that good... It has slightly better graphics than that, but the music isn't as good...
I guess I can't really expect anything on this system to come even close to Asuka 120% now can I? Oh well... I'll try the other games sooner or later, I've also played Geograph Seal, it's really impressive, and it wipes the floor with Star Fox in terms of just how smooth it runs, but Star Fox is still more fun to actually play, all in all it's good, but I still don't exactly know what to do in it, I'll need some more time to figure it out...

[Arkhan]

I've also played Geograph Seal, it's really impressive, and it wipes the floor with Star Fox in terms of just how smooth it runs, but Star Fox is still more fun to actually play, all in all it's good, but I still don't exactly know what to do in it, I'll need some more time to figure it out...

Well your first problem is probably that you're comparing it to Star Fox, which plays completely differently... lol

The levels tell you what to do, so you kind of just run around and do said thing, while jumping around on stuff, or shooting it into a coma.

It's the non kawaii version of Jumping Flash.