Episode 181 - The Video Game Episode

[Arthur Ratnik]

[Fanboyimus Prime]

[ljacone]

[Hair-Metal Hero]

I have to give Final Fight my nod for favorite beat em up. On Sega CD it was even better, it had a screaming hard rock driven orchestral score and full voice acting.

[NewFun#6]

[NewFun#6]

[NewFun#6]

Dragon's Lair 3D for the PC a couple of years ago wasn't a bad game --

[NewFun#6]

[ljacone]

Scott, the big games for the Saturn included:

Virtua Fighter / Virtua Fighter 2
Daytona USA
NIGHTS
Panzer Dragoon

The big games for the Dreamcast included:
Soul Caliber
Shenmue
Virtua Fighter 3
Sonic Adventure

And so forth.

The Saturn controller remains my favorite controller of all time as well:

[NewFun#6]

[NewFun#6]

[ljacone]

The 2600 adapter for the Colecovision (Expansion Module #1)



Note the difficulty switches and buttons on the front.

And here it is attached to the Colecovision:



The 2600 was made with off-the-shelf parts, so Coleco very quickly reverse-engineered it and put out their Expansion Module. IIRC, Atari sued them but Coleco argued that they did not file a patent on their system and the judge ruled in their favor.

[NewFun#6]

[Hair-Metal Hero]

Dude, LOOM is unbelievable! One of Lucasarts best point and click adventure games. If you can track down a copy of the CD-Rom version, get it and download SCUMMVM to play it, you will not be disapointed. It helps that you are a musician, as plying on the hardest difficulty almost requires a total ear for music. If you dug Monkey Island or Maniac Mansion you owe it to yourself to play this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom_(video_game)

Update-It is available on STEAM for only 4.99, just without the CD-Rom soundtrack and voices.

[Hair-Metal Hero]

Blah to the PS2, and the original PS. Never liked it, and it has the worst controller I've ever held. Seriously, the big boy original xbox controller is better than the Sony controller, I do not understand how that design has endured it is AWFUL. The 360 controller is my favorite currently(every current controller should have offset analog thumbsticks), but the 6 button Genesis controller and the original NES controllers are probably the best ever.

[ljacone]

[ljacone]

We got the Sega Genesis the first year it was out, Christmas 1989. We were almost always "early adopters" and this was no exception. We got the Power Base Converter, which allowed it to play all of the Master System games as well. This system raised the bar as far as I was concerned. Because while the SMS could do arcade adaptions, the Genesis hardware was capable of reproducing straight arcade games. And it did it with panache! We got a pile of games, including almost all of the launch titles, and my brother and I logged hours and hours and hours on the Genesis. That thing was a WORKHORSE and it worked hard for YEARS, it was the machine of choice for us until I got the Saturn and that was in 1995.

Some of my favorites include:

Golden Axe -- Sega's original "Killer App" as far as I am concerned. See what I said above about reproducing straight arcade games? Look no further. In fact this one had two extra levels than the arcade. Insanely awesome hack and slash game.

Ghouls n Ghosts -- I played the ever living hell out of this game, still come back to it for its simple charm.

Revenge of Shinobi -- One of the best platform games ever made. Period.

Herzog Zwei -- The ORIGINAL RTS game, baby. Took me forever to figure it out but once I did I was addicted. I used to play two player by myself sometimes and set up massive battles back and forth. Like a war simulator!

Moonwalker -- Nevermind the Michael Jackson stuff, this was a very fun and nicely balanced platformer with an emphasis on exploration.

Target: Earth -- The first "mech" game I ever played totally fun, although it is HARD AS HELL.

Bimini Run -- Crazy run 'n' gun game which is best as a two player co-op where one player drives and one fires the gun. My brother and I were all over this game. "Kenji, come in!"

Sonic The Hedgehog -- when this game came out, it was a HUGE DEAL and it delivered. AWESOME game all around and changed the dynamic of the Sega/Nintendo rivalry.

Decap Attack -- OH MY GOD. This may be my favorite 16 bit game of all time. I even wrote a about it. Crazy story, awesome graphics, fun gameplay, great level design... this game had it all as far as I am concerned.

Starflight -- I played this game for hours and hours on end, trying to find the Black Eggs... totally freeflight space game which is the closest thing to a Star Trek style game I have ever played.

Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday -- The first "real" RPG I ever played, I just enjoyed the heck out of this classic scifi game. You have to love a game where you end up visiting nearly all the planets in the Sol system.

Streets of Rage -- Oh jeez, what a great beat-em up. I don't even know what I can say about this game except that if you want a brawler this is where I go first.

Desert Strike / Jungle Strike -- EA's classic chopper games. Never beat either of these games but had a blast trying!

X-Men - This game was a BIG DEAL when it came out and it still has one of the nastiest tricks ever -- when you have to RESET the computer in Mojoworld by... pressing Reset on the Genesis. WTF?!!!

Street Fighter 2 Special Championship Edition -- Oh my God this game had a huge amount of hype when it came out and it delivered. And it was the Championship Edition when the only one (at the time) on the SNES was the regular one. Mwuahahaha!

The EA Sports Games -- NHL Hockey, John Madden Football, NBA VS/Showtime/Live, Bill Walsh College Football, FIFA Soccer, Rugby World Cup, World Series Baseball... the list goes on and on. My brother and I would play at least one of these every day. I kid you not. We were freaking addicited to these games and they all delivered.

I still have my Genesis, and it is still in great shape. My collection of games is pretty impressive too, we really were lucky with the amount of games we had. Best video game system EVER.

This is a great Genesis site if you want a trip down memory lane: http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/index.html

[NewFun#6]

Talking about controllers and the Genesis just reminded me of another game I played the hell out of and that was "Jurassic Park". I may not have liked the movie very much, but with my special controller that had semi-auto and full-auto settings I could kick some serious dino ass in that game.

Also, I forgot that there were actually two "of Illusion" games for the Genesis. There was "Castle of Illusion", which I'm pretty sure was a one-player Mickey Mouse game --



And "World of Illusion" which was one or two players. It was more fun with two players because it added a lot of dimension to the game if you cooperated to solve problems. Both great games!

[ljacone]

[Hair-Metal Hero]

I loved Ducktales for NES, that was a rad Disney game.