Moot_Geeza wrote:

I'm finding the bloke in the Zenon II shop rather rude.  I also didn't realise your energy doesn't replenish in between levels, so I'm currently all tooled up with just a slither of health.

I seem to remember that game being rock hard, actually.

Going back and playing my favourite 16-bit games has just emphasized how far my skills have fallen (or how easy modern games are). I used to be able to one life Turrican and blitz through The Chaos Engine with barely a problem. Let's just say this is no longer the case...

Would anyone like to volunteer/do me a favour and write/post the blurb for the Megaman Free Choice fortnight starting on 28/10 (Vectorman starts tomorrow)?  Apart from not knowing a great deal about the franchise I'll also be off honeymooning in Malta for the first week.  I'll update the OP when I get back. 

Been playing Gods a bit, and it's better than I thought it would be.  I'm not sure why I'd always assumed it might be average, but there's a fair bit to it and with a bit of patience everything works well.  I get the impression it's a much more solid conversion than Xenon II.  Will probably do a few more levels this evening.

I've only been abroad abroad on holiday once, when I was twelve (two school battlefields trips to Ypres don't really count).  Malta was the destination then too.  The Popeye Village, the Blue Lagoon, bus drivers who didn't pass the Formula 1 entrance exam etc, brilliaaaant.

Edit: And a soft drink called Kinney/Kinny.  I hope they still have that.

Without save states I would've been lucky to see level three.

Good luck.  Don't go right at the first multi-path section.

I found gods slow and clunky. Had it on the a500.

mk64 wrote:

I found gods slow and clunky. Had it on the a500.

It's a lot quicker on MD and SNES.

JonB wrote:

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Would anyone like to volunteer/do me a favour and write/post the blurb for the Megaman Free Choice fortnight starting on 28/10 (Vectorman starts tomorrow)?  Apart from not knowing a great deal about the franchise I'll also be off honeymooning in Malta for the first week.  I'll update the OP when I get back.

Yeah, I'll do it.

Thanks.  I plan to play Megaman 2 on a beach whilst smoking foreign ciggies.

I've been enjoying Speedball 2 Evolution, although I'd love the option to revert to ST graphics and one button control.  I also yearn for the old intro, which I used to watch every time I started the game up, just for the music.



I've also been playing a little bit of The Chaos Engine, which I used to drool over in magazines, but never played until last week. It plays pretty much as I expected, and stands up better than a lot of games of the time. It's an odd thing where going back to these old games sometimes sours the memory, but I think with Speedball 2 my nostalgic feelings have helped, because it's such a strong game. With The Chaos Engine, though, I don't have nostalgia beyond screenshots in magazines, so I'm not feeling the same way about it, despite its obvious strengths.

I would say something about MIDI, but by the time I finished saying Atari ST 520 FM with 1 megabyte of RAM, you'd've kicked me in the shins and run off.

In that case I'd cry and you'd feel better about yourself but it would be false and empty and fleeting and throughout your life you'd feel pangs of guilt and wish you could go back and stop all the kids from picking on the kid because of material things, and everyone would play together.

Have you opened your old file on me?

My Spectrum's rubber keys deflected all criticism back in your face.

I had Turrican on my ST.  And a demo of Creatures, I think.  Maybe not.  Was uridium what my mum put on my verrucas?

Forty three (week): Vectorman (Megadrive, various compilations)

Just a week for this one, rather than the usual fortnight for 16-bit titles, condensed due to Megaman taking priority.

Considered by many Sega fans in 1995 to be the Megadrive's answer to Donkey Kong Country - in terms of graphical style for bragging rights rather than any gameplay similarities - this run-and-gun 16-bit showpiece was well received by critics. It used pre-rendered 3D models in its level and character designs, and although this style (arguably) dated pretty quickly, it definitely had the wow factor at the time, although it's certainly more sparse looking than DKC.

Developed by Blue Sky (developers of the imo pretty piss-poor MD Jurassic Park title), there was a fair amount of buzz surrounding this title for those still enjoying their ageing 16-bit consoles. Diehard Gamefan, my American publication of choice, were particularly enamoured with it (in hindsight they did tend to go potty over everything).

You control Vectorman, and orbot who takes it upon himself to destroy the sentient nuke/machine hybrid called Warhead and save planet Earth.



Play and discuss, or simply reminisce.

Schedule:

(28/10, fortnight): Free choice Megaman
(11/11, week): PC Kid 2/Bonk 2 (PC Engine, VC)
(18/11, week): Wonderboy week
(25/11, week): Kirby week
(02/12, fortnight): Solstice II/Equinox (SNES)
(16/12, week): Fantasy Zone (MS)
(23/12, fortnight inc. Christmas break): Pinball free choice
(06/01, fortnight): Blackthorne (various)
(20/01, week): Pilotwings Week (various)
(27/01, week): Atari 2600 High-Score Challenge Returns

I've spent a lot of today playing.  My next challenge is to score 500+ points and not concede in a game.  I've gotten the 500 points several times, but in one game the opposition hit the 2 point come with about 4 seconds to go.  I think once I've maxed out the whole team's stats, I might just make it.