Your Daily Dose of Gaming.

[esteban]

Played some Valis III on the MD last night. The PCE version is still the definitive version though. I also played some Gunstar Super Heroes which I picked up at the Retro City. I have to say that I expected nothing less from Treasure, game is awesome.

I don't like "waiting" in Gunstar Heroes...I wish that the "first" encounter with a boss/enemy/stage was dramatic, but that it could be "sped up" to make replay more fun....

UPDATE: I never even knew there was a GBA Gunstar SUPER HEROES... hot damn!

[DragonmasterDan]

Played some Valis III on the MD last night. The PCE version is still the definitive version though. I also played some Gunstar Super Heroes which I picked up at the Retro City. I have to say that I expected nothing less from Treasure, game is awesome.

If you like Gunstar Super Heroes, you'll love Treasure's Astro Boy on GBA. It's honestly my favorite Treasure developed game.

[esteban]

Played some Valis III on the MD last night. The PCE version is still the definitive version though. I also played some Gunstar Super Heroes which I picked up at the Retro City. I have to say that I expected nothing less from Treasure, game is awesome.

If you like Gunstar Super Heroes, you'll love Treasure's Astro Boy on GBA. It's honestly my favorite Treasure developed game.

I never knew about the Gunstar GBA game. I did know about Astro Boy. Updated my prior post.

[VenomMacbeth]

Played a little bit of Dungeon Explorer II.  Emphasis on the "Dungeon" part.  I've been playing for 15 minutes and I've traversed, what, 3 dungeons?  4?

Anyway, the game is fun, but it's not too far ahead of the first one graphically, and I think the control is actually not as good.

Thankfully, the graphics are improved marginally & there's a lot more good conversation to have with the NPCs.  Also, I could just watch the cutscenes over and over.

ALSO, did anyone else notice that the orb of Ora looks suspiciously like the Lok-Nar from Heavy Metal?

[wildfruit]

More Ys 4. Ive now been turned into a little blue creature. hmm

[Necromancer]

More Ys 4. Ive now been turned into a little blue creature. hmm

Heh, we're at about the same spot.  He's a cute lil monster, but I like the one with a tuft of red hair from Ys II better.

[esteban]

More Ys 4. Ive now been turned into a little blue creature. hmm

Heh, we're at about the same spot.  He's a cute lil monster, but I like the one with a tuft of red hair from Ys II better.

YESH,

Ys II's monster was better.

[shawnji]

I finally got around to finishing Hyrule Warriors yesterday evening after having set it aside for four months or something like that.  I've just played too many Dynasty Warriors titles and clones thereof to really enjoy the gameplay for more than a few hours at a time.

I enjoyed myself a lot more today by starting a new playthrough of Vagrant Story, which, coincidentally, may be my favorite game of all time.

[blkodirty808]

Currently on a Sega inspired slant mainly Genesis
Played some "Crossfire" a hybrid shooter of sorts kind of quirky and fun game with airwolf inspired artwork.

Keeping with Heli shooters Loving Twin Cobra kind of reminds me of Raiden with heli copters.

And finally Crackdown on the Genesis played it in the arcade back in the day and is surprisingly faithful to the arcade.

Sadly My Turbo Duo needs a audio recap so no Turbo gaming for me was just getting into Vasteel and Valis II.

[esteban]

Currently on a Sega inspired slant mainly Genesis
Played some "Crossfire" a hybrid shooter of sorts kind of quirky and fun game with airwolf inspired artwork.

Keeping with Heli shooters Loving Twin Cobra kind of reminds me of Raiden with heli copters.

And finally Crackdown on the Genesis played it in the arcade back in the day and is surprisingly faithful to the arcade.

Sadly My Turbo Duo needs a audio recap so no Turbo gaming for me was just getting into Vasteel and Valis II.

OK, I, too enjoy the old skool flavor of Twin Cobra. When you have a chance (i.e. fix up your DUO!), check out  Kyukyoku Tiger (HuCARD)...of course, there are many other Toaplan games on PCE...

Daisenpuu (Twin Hawk) HuCARD, for example, has a similar setting/atmosphere to Twin Cobra...folks don't talk about it much here, but I like it.

I haven't played the Genesis version of Twin Cobra in a few years, but I enjoyed it (back in the day). It would be fun to do a comparison of the two (not that you have to).

Yes, Tiger Heli was a fave of mine. I think my brain was wired around it.

I remember Crossfire and Crackdown, but I haven't played them for years and years. Of the two, I would rather play Crackdown, if I had to choose. Ha!
 

[blkodirty808]

Sweet estaban glad to have another Twin Cobra and Tiger Heli fan . I just like the style of play tough as nails dodging and you die because it was your mistake not too much the game. Got to try tiger hawk sometime and compare the too I'm sure the PC Engine sounds better than the Genesis sound but I really like the Genesis sound of Twin Cobra. Curious Estaban is the NES version of Twin Cobra any good I have the game but fear that I might be let down.

If you into Heli Copter shooters I also on occasion play Firepower 2000 on the Snes and Silkworm on the NES I always pick the Copter. But your right when my Turbo gets fixed going to try out your suggestions and also play Raiden Super CD and HellFire CD on the PC Engine CD side of things both with pretty awesome soundtracks.

[esteban]

Sweet estaban glad to have another Twin Cobra and Tiger Heli fan . I just like the style of play tough as nails dodging and you die because it was your mistake not too much the game. Got to try tiger hawk sometime and compare the too I'm sure the PC Engine sounds better than the Genesis sound but I really like the Genesis sound of Twin Cobra. Curious Estaban is the NES version of Twin Cobra any good I have the game but fear that I might be let down.

If you into Heli Copter shooters I also on occasion play Firepower 2000 on the Snes and Silkworm on the NES I always pick the Copter. But your right when my Turbo gets fixed going to try out your suggestions and also play Raiden Super CD and HellFire CD on the PC Engine CD side of things both with pretty awesome soundtracks.

I love Tiger Heli NES but I don't think I played Twin Cobra NES much. I must have rented it, but I know I never owned it.

Raiden CD adds TWO EXTRA LEVELS (exclusive to PCE) and, IMHO, a nice soundtrack. IT IS NOT A KICK-YOUR-FACE sort of affair, but once you accept it (symphonic elegance), it actually is quite nice. I have heard the standard songs SO MANY TIMES that I probably just needed something different to be happy

To be honest, Raiden still kicks my butt. It took me years and years before I beat it... I still choke when I get to the last few stages.

[VenomMacbeth]

Raiden irks me, because there's nothing about that game that makes it wholly unique...except for the music, with its awesome sampled drum tones.  There is no home port that properly replicates the game (music) in an unadulterated manner.  Not even Raiden Project.

[lukester]

Finally started Call of Duty: World at War. The Wii version since it's the only one I have.

Also, I started it because it's the only COD that came out after COD 4 that I haven't beaten yet. And for Black Ops 3 hype.

It's pretty good so far. The destruction is insane too, and it's the only COD I've played that has a flamethrower (rather disturbing weapon).

[esteban]

Raiden irks me, because there's nothing about that game that makes it wholly unique...except for the music, with its awesome sampled drum tones.  There is no home port that properly replicates the game (music) in an unadulterated manner.  Not even Raiden Project.

I just think of Raiden as Tiger Heli Mark II

I'm happy with that.