Games I just got!

[Shooto Gamer]

JIGOKUMEGURI AKA: BONZE ADVENTURE: What a fun platform game! For some reason I love taito games. And on that note, I picked up..

KYUKYOKU TIGER - AKA: TIGER HELI: Loved playing this in the arcade. The Pcengine port is fantastic. Am also trying to find a good deal on the sequel for the saturn lol.

NINJA WARRIORS: Okay, so it's missing a lot of details from the arcade, but I still enjoy it

SHINOBI: Same deal here. Not quite like the arcade and missing a lot of levels, bonus stages and close quarter moves. I still like it though.

I think both games just have that nostalgic factor. I used to play both games all the times in the arcades and always wanted to own them myself.

These ones were cheap, but I enjoy them:

DRAGON SPIRIT: Good port of the arcade game. I have it on the Namco compilation, but it was really cheap so I grabbed it anyway.

PAC-LAND: It certainly is different from other pacman games! But it turned out to be a fun little game.

Next on my list are:

BLOODY WOLF, MR. HELI, DEVIL CRASH, ALIEN CRUSH (First want the superior sequel before buying though), PC DENJIN - PUNKIC CYBORGS AKA: AIR ZONK, CORYOON: CHILD OF DRAGON, DON DOKO DON, TWIN BEE, PARODIUS, SALAMANDER, GRADIUS (Anything from Konami), NINJA SPIRIT.

Also, does anyone think that the WONDERBOY games are worth getting for pcengine? How about ATOMIC ROBO KID SPECIAL?

[GUTS]

The Wonder Boy series is one the best series ever, get them all.  Atomic Robo Kid kinda sucks, but its ok if you can get it REALLY cheap.

[Keranu]

Definitely check out any Wonderboy games, they're all pretty decent. I've always had a liking to the Atomic Robo Kid games. It has unique gameplay and is pretty fun.

[gundarN]

Coryoon can be kinda expensive, and it's on my list too.

[FM-77]

The Wonder Boy games are okay, but features some of the worst level designs you'll ever see (unless you love empty corridors). Nice that you got Dragon Spirit - awesome shooter with some of the best music I've heard in a game.

[Tatsujin]

why in gods sake, everyone praises dragon spirit always that much? for me that's just one of those boring shooter with a sloppy gameplay.
the sprite and its hitarea is far to big and the backgrounds are boring due to less details and repeating elements. the BGM is some of OK.

it's not a really bad game but profoundly overhyped IMO.

[runinruder]

I agree with Tatsujin.  It's beyond me why Dragon Spirit receives so much praise when there are so many superior shooters available for the Duo.  I thought it was slow and ugly, and only one tune from its "amazing" soundtrack really made an impression on me (I believe it was stage 6). 

[Shooto Gamer]

lol

I do agree that Dragon Spirit is not the best shooter on the system. However, I bought it complete for 250 yen! That is a little over 2 bucks American

As far as Atomic Robo Kid, I can get it cheap. So I will be picking it up also. Wonderboys are also on my list now too

The sad part is that I saw a copy of Coryoon for a good price and didn't buy it at the time Hopefully when I go back, It will still be there.

[Tatsujin]

i'm aware that dragon spirit is a very common and cheap game. sometime i've seen it for even less than 100yen. but that's not the point. since long long ago the game is always praised to heaven which i never could understand.

[Shooto Gamer]

I understand. I was not aware that people praised the game that much. I do enjoy the game, but there are way better titles of the same genre on pcengine for sure.

[Keranu]

I don't like Dragon Spirit too much (I used to think it was really cool when I first played it). As Runin said, it's slow and ugly and I'd much rather play something like Blazing Lazers. However I did think the multi head feature was really badass and the music was amazing (after the first stage, anyways). I found Dragon Saber to be a lot more fun, I think it's mostly because it's two players. The music wasn't quite as good, but still decent.

[ParanoiaDragon]

On KYUKYOKU TIGER, I'm pretty sure, that game is not Tiger Heli, but infact, the sequal to Tiger Heli, aka Twin Cobra in the US.  I've gone back n forth, making sure, playing the various versions & doing research, & everything points to it being the sequal to Tiger Heli.  I have the NES version of Tiger Heli, & it's a totally different game, it's similar, & made by the same people, but, the music is different, the weapons are different, etc.  Here's a wiki on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyukyoku_Tiger

[Digi.k]

why in gods sake, everyone praises dragon spirit always that much? for me that's just one of those boring shooter with a sloppy gameplay.
the sprite and its hitarea is far to big and the backgrounds are boring due to less details and repeating elements. the BGM is some of OK.

it's not a really bad game but profoundly overhyped IMO.

Thats just it! its the music!!!  I just love it!!  :-"  and so do a lot of other folk.

[FM-77]

Shooters are supposed to be slow! Dragon Spirit is the perfect example of a true classic shooter. Just the kind I like, along with Twin Bee.

[vestcoat]

On KYUKYOKU TIGER, I'm pretty sure, that game is not Tiger Heli, but infact, the sequal to Tiger Heli, aka Twin Cobra in the US.  I've gone back n forth, making sure, playing the various versions & doing research, & everything points to it being the sequal to Tiger Heli.  I have the NES version of Tiger Heli, & it's a totally different game, it's similar, & made by the same people, but, the music is different, the weapons are different, etc.  Here's a wiki on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyukyoku_Tiger

Good to know.  I have Kyukyoku Tiger on a pirate 4-in-1 hucard (with Super Volleyball, Hot-Blood High School Dodgeball and King of Casino).  I always figured it was just a version of Tiger Heli.  Pretty good game either way.  Is the PCE version 2-player?