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Zephyr_Arsland
Title: Wild Honey Pie
Joined: Nov 12 2009
Location: Argentina
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Okay, I'll concede. I played Zanac only after playing the fuck out of Tyrian on my PC, fifteen years ago. I found it good for being a NES Shmup, and also had this "Wow, it's like Tyrian, only with less colors..."
Tyrian is awesome, BTW.
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Valdronius
Moderator
Title: SydLexia COO
Joined: Aug 22 2005
Location: The Great White North
Posts: 4465
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| PJX wrote: |
| It's under appreciated, you got a good deal! As far as I'm concerned (next to Lifeforce) it's the best shooter on the NES. |
My favorite NES shmup is 1943, which I completely forgot didn't make the list. That's bullshit. |
Yes, I believe you were going to talk about 1943 as an honorable mention. Or something. Maybe I'm crazy.
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| A Hispanic dude living in Arizona knows a lot of Latinas? That's fucking odd. |
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 24887
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Yeah, that sounds right...
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scamrock
Title: Space Bastard
Joined: Jan 26 2008
Location: Planet Druidia
Posts: 2392
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| I just found it generic. The graphics, the settings, none of it really stood out. Maybe if I had played it 22 years ago instead of 2, I'd be more forgiving. |
Yeah, it actually is pretty generic. I didn't think that was a bad thing necessarily because most games like that on the NES were pretty generic except for a few that really stood out.
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PJX
Joined: Jun 20 2008
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 408
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| I just found it generic. The graphics, the settings, none of it really stood out. Maybe if I had played it 22 years ago instead of 2, I'd be more forgiving. |
Yeah, it actually is pretty generic. I didn't think that was a bad thing necessarily because most games like that on the NES were pretty generic except for a few that really stood out. |
I disagree, the game is unique in the way it challenges you, if you're kicking aris, then it will up the amount of enemies thrown at you. The graphics may not be mind blowing, but the sound and gameplay are very strong. It has a large amount of power-ups compared to other NES shooters and the way it throws 1ups at you gives it a great balance.
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Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
Joined: Sep 23 2008
Posts: 4274
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| I just found it generic. The graphics, the settings, none of it really stood out. Maybe if I had played it 22 years ago instead of 2, I'd be more forgiving. |
That's probably why. I got Zanac when I was 6 or 7 from my brother for Christmas. The only other Shoot'em ups that we (as far as I can recall) had were Starship:Hector and Stinger. And of the three only Stinger and Zanac that were playable and fun as hell. Zanac was great because of the way the game changed every time you played it, the only reliable factors were the bosses.
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slapolakinkaido
Title: Illegitimate Son of God
Joined: Jul 14 2009
Posts: 1565
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project, preferably where Bubble Bobble is. Chrono Trigger probably still would've beat it, though. |
I don't know, Chrono Triggers 32 meg memory kept fucking up my NES.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Look, I'm sick of this, OK?! I'm talking about the outcome of the 95th poll I posted when I first joined here and you all know it! Chrono Trigger won with 9 votes to Bubble Bobble's 3, but even if TMNT3 was option 1 in that poll, I think it still would've lost!
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slapolakinkaido
Title: Illegitimate Son of God
Joined: Jul 14 2009
Posts: 1565
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| I love Destiny of an Emperor. It was on my personal list. It was perhaps too Asian for most peoples' tastes. |
You know what else is Asian? Nintendo. Aka Famicom. I guess most English speaking gamers aren't even aware of that.
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Don't be silly, of course evert knows that. But all the characters in DoE have very Chinese names that may make the game inaccessible to Western audiences. Not to mention that game is based a manga that was based on a classic historical story, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, that most Westerners aren't familiar with.
Also the stark, black battle screens may have been offputting to some people.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16136
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| Look, I'm sick of this, OK?! I'm talking about the outcome of the 95th poll I posted when I first joined here and you all know it! Chrono Trigger won with 9 votes to Bubble Bobble's 3, but even if TMNT3 was option 1 in that poll, I think it still would've lost! |
whoa, calm down buddy. its called JOKES. its all just fun & games. shits & giggles so to speak.
granted, they are making fun @ your expense, but we can all have a sense of humor about it
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| I'll eat a turkey sandwich while blowing my load |
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Valdronius
Moderator
Title: SydLexia COO
Joined: Aug 22 2005
Location: The Great White North
Posts: 4465
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Why do women have boobs?
So you have something to look at when you talk to them.
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| A Hispanic dude living in Arizona knows a lot of Latinas? That's fucking odd. |
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Douche McCallister
Moderator
Title: DOO-SHAY
Joined: Jan 26 2007
Location: Private Areas
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| Also the stark, black battle screens may have been offputting to some people. |
That didn't stop Dragon Warrior from being awesome 
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NERO
Title: Mark Hamill
Joined: Apr 28 2008
Location: Chilliwack
Posts: 176
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| Has anyone ever played the fan translation of Bahamut Lagoon? I've been meaning to for years, but never got around to it. |
It is kinda unique in that if you feed them right you will move to your enemy just as your dragons kill them. The writing is amusing at best, but the core mechanic is really good. I recommend it.
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
Posts: 5316
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Am I the only person to like Rainbow Islands? Probably not a top 100 game, but I'd probably have it in the top 120.
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slapolakinkaido
Title: Illegitimate Son of God
Joined: Jul 14 2009
Posts: 1565
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| Douche McCallister wrote: |
| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| Also the stark, black battle screens may have been offputting to some people. |
That didn't stop Dragon Warrior from being awesome |
Dragon Warrior sucked. Destiny of an Emperor was a thousand times better than that game.
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slapolakinkaido
Title: Illegitimate Son of God
Joined: Jul 14 2009
Posts: 1565
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
Don't be silly, of course evert knows that. But all the characters in DoE have very Chinese names that may make the game inaccessible to Western audiences. Not to mention that game is based a manga that was based on a classic historical story, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, that most Westerners aren't familiar with.
Also the stark, black battle screens may have been offputting to some people. |
I don't know, I first played the game when I was 13 or 14 and once I got used to all the characters names (and the names of all the tactics), I found them all pretty fun to say. My friend and I spent countless hours making fun of all those Chinese names. Also An Sha was awesome. Success! Cao Zhangs head was taken by Zhu Ge Liang! Good memories.
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Spanish Meatloaf
Title: Denim Clad Road Warrior
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: Olympia, WA
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Monsters in my pocket was one of my all time favorite NES games... It was a little tedious but the monster variety was top notch and two player was fucking awesome even though it was based off a toy line... also it had perhaps the best graphics on the NES. CAN ANYONE FIND ANY GOOD PICS OF IT?
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slapolakinkaido
Title: Illegitimate Son of God
Joined: Jul 14 2009
Posts: 1565
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Why do women have boobs?
So you have something to look at when you talk to them. |
Gynecologist walks into a bar and says to the bartender "Hey, got an opening?"
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Spanish Meatloaf
Title: Denim Clad Road Warrior
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: Olympia, WA
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| jprime wrote: |
| Look, I'm sick of this, OK?! I'm talking about the outcome of the 95th poll I posted when I first joined here and you all know it! Chrono Trigger won with 9 votes to Bubble Bobble's 3, but even if TMNT3 was option 1 in that poll, I think it still would've lost! |
OKAY I'm really getting pissed. Crono trigger was on the SUPER NES. If I am wrong about that because I'm in some alternate reality please tell me.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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That's right, you're new here. When I first joined two years ago, I had something HUGE to get off my chest: A series of polls that compared the games on the NES and SNES lists according to position. Since there were 100 of them, it took months, so I got flamed for a good chunk of the project. The 95th poll, Which #6 is better?, pitted Bubble Bobble against Chrono Trigger with the latter winning. I'd have preferred that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project be #6 on the NES list and thus, option 1 in that poll, but I think Chrono Trigger would still have won. The others are just joking about it at my and, apparently, your expense.
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Douche McCallister
Moderator
Title: DOO-SHAY
Joined: Jan 26 2007
Location: Private Areas
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Chrono Trigger on NES? Roller Games is distinctly missing from this list.
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slapolakinkaido
Title: Illegitimate Son of God
Joined: Jul 14 2009
Posts: 1565
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| jprime wrote: |
| That's right, you're new here. When I first joined two years ago, I had something HUGE to get off my chest: A series of polls that compared the games on the NES and SNES lists according to position. Since there were 100 of them, it took months, so I got flamed for a good chunk of the project. The 95th poll, Which #6 is better?, pitted Bubble Bobble against Chrono Trigger with the latter winning. I'd have preferred that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project be #6 on the NES list and thus, option 1 in that poll, but I think Chrono Trigger would still have won. The others are just joking about it at my and, apparently, your expense. |
On a more serious note, I can't believe Chrono Trigger was ranked lower than Super Mario World on the Super NES. That's just plain fuckin wrong. I don't care if Super Mario World was a more popular game, Chrono Trigger was far superior.
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Klimbatize
2010 NES Champ
Title: 2011 Picnic/Death Champ
Joined: Mar 15 2010
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 5000
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^I'm extremely interested in your opinion about the SNES. When you get the chance let's see your list of your top 100 games ranked in order.
Good luck!
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