Ninja Scooter
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My little brother fucking LOVED Rastan on the Master System when we were kids.
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Shinobi artwork from VG&CE October 1989 -- Not posting the whole guide, just the badass art 
I'll probably have some stuff on Rastan to post later this week, when I find it.
Edit: here ya go.
I'll probably have some stuff on Rastan to post later this week, when I find it.
Edit: here ya go.
Cool new demo released:
http://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/BeNoSqr-SMS
You can play it with an Everdrive, but your console (Master System or Megadrive) needs to be in 50Hz.
Or alternatively you can just watch it here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i0ZkaHOvE0
But it looks much better on a CRT.
[edit] yo, no more 2am posting for me
http://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/BeNoSqr-SMS
You can play it with an Everdrive, but your console (Master System or Megadrive) needs to be in 50Hz.
Or alternatively you can just watch it here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i0ZkaHOvE0
But it looks much better on a CRT.
[edit] yo, no more 2am posting for me
D.Lo
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Video link for you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i0ZkaHOvE0
My response, visuals are super impressive. Sound uses that ear-bleeding Commodore 64 warble.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
Rastan gets no love. One of my all time favorites. We had a black and white tv when I was a kid and could never remember late in the game which flasks were full of poison and which would replenish life. Awesome music and difficulty. May have to break out my SMS tonight, actually!
davidwhangchoi
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i finally got a power base converter today so i picked up two cheap master system games will post a pic after posting my haul in retro thread later tonight =)
davidwhangchoi
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i was trying to play alien syndrome through the power base converter. the character always goes left. i guess it doesn't work well the the genesis converter or genesis 6 button controller.
D.Lo
Member
Some games need a Mark III or Master System controller to work correctly.
Alien Syndrome
Bomber Raid
Great Volleyball
Montezuma's Revenge
Penguin Land
Shanghai
Tennis Ace
Where in the World is Carmen San Diego
Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Maybe more.
davidwhangchoi
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Also worth noting that 6 button controllers can be a bit picky as well. Sometimes have to hold the mode button when booting a game up.
davidwhangchoi
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i was playing shinobi, and thought this is really cool. i enjoyed it more than when i was a kid. but once i got the little rolling bomb as a power up from knives. i got annoyed, no distance standing fire, and when ducking it rolls so slow that i can't fire out another one till it connects or expires. got me killed.
That is the stupidest upgrade. i remember skipping it when i was a kid. (but i'm not sure if you can skip hostages so i could be imagining things)
That is the stupidest upgrade. i remember skipping it when i was a kid. (but i'm not sure if you can skip hostages so i could be imagining things)
You can skip hostages, but there are other weapons after the bomb. It's just a mildly annoying weapon and it's still useful in the red stage to take out enemies behind crates. You don't want to skip hostages as they give you extra lives and magic.
davidwhangchoi
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i think the gun is the next and last power up. but iirc, it only shoot 2x bullets at a time while knives shoots 3x.
not sure if it has the benefits of the splash damage in the arcades that penetrated shields and cut through ninja swords. i'll try again tonight to use the bomb.
D.Lo
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I did a recent write up of Shinobi here:
https://nintendosegajapan.com/2015/08/22/shinobi-忍-sega-mark-iii-master-system/
https://nintendosegajapan.com/2015/08/22/shinobi-忍-sega-mark-iii-master-system/
davidwhangchoi
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nice write up! i used to be able to beat the arcade with one quarter. i played this so many times after school at my local arcade.
the mark III/SMS version is pretty fun too. i haven't got up to mandara yet (stage three boss) but that looks like a pain to do. (probably the only time i die once in the arcade is the stage 3 boss)
update: i beat mandara on my first attempt: (i discovered you can shoot faster by either hitting down repeatedly while firing or fire and jump you can fire off another shot quickly. (rate of fire goes faster if you move to another action like ducking or jumping.)
up to stage 4-2:
Shinobi was my first Master System game (okay, technically my second because Hang-On was included with my system), and boy was I impressed with it! Up to that point I had only played Atari 2600 and Commodore 64 games, so it was quite an upgrade. It's a great game and I have fond memories of it.
That ending though...
That ending though...
davidwhangchoi
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i just brought Miracles Warriors with Map off amazon. i'll post pictures when it comes in.
That's one game that i want to finish that i never got a chance to.
That map was awesome.
That's one game that i want to finish that i never got a chance to.
That map was awesome.
On the new episode of 'The Last Gamer', a rare Sega Mark III peripheral called the Telecon Pack.
It plugs in and has an antenna to broadcast RF singlas directly to a television without wires. Works with the MarK III and older Sega computers, can;t be used with the Master System or the later released Japanese version of the Master System,
Begins here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4qbff6KShI&feature=youtu.be&t=15m33s
More at http://segaretro.org/
It plugs in and has an antenna to broadcast RF singlas directly to a television without wires. Works with the MarK III and older Sega computers, can;t be used with the Master System or the later released Japanese version of the Master System,
Begins here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4qbff6KShI&feature=youtu.be&t=15m33s
More at http://segaretro.org/
D.Lo
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I have one, it's not really rare or expensive? They pop up on Yahoo Japan quite often. Some consoles came with them in the box.On the new episode of 'The Last Gamer', a rare Sega Mark III peripheral called the Telecon Pack.
It plugs in and has an antenna to broadcast RF singlas directly to a television without wires. Works with the MarK III and older Sega computers, can;t be used with the Master System or the later released Japanese version of the Master System,
Oh it's that Aussie dude with a billion dollars lol.
davidwhangchoi
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i played some shinobi tonight and got killed on stage 4-2. i kept falling down the long pits. damn my jump timing is off.
Shinobi was my first Master System game (okay, technically my second because Hang-On was included with my system), and boy was I impressed with it! Up to that point I had only played Atari 2600 and Commodore 64 games, so it was quite an upgrade. It's a great game and I have fond memories of it.
That ending though...
Hang On was cool except it was tough when you touched another biker instead of being pushed to the side you explode with the slightest touch. I preferred Rad Racer bc of that =)
Shinobi was my first Master System game (okay, technically my second because Hang-On was included with my system), and boy was I impressed with it! Up to that point I had only played Atari 2600 and Commodore 64 games, so it was quite an upgrade. It's a great game and I have fond memories of it.
That ending though...
Words can't describe what I felt when I finished this game when I was young.
davidwhangchoi
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My Miracle Warriors came in over the weekend: Map is taped up: but the guy penned in the secret locations, hmm maybe i shouldn't use this map?
Shin Johnpv
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That is pretty freaking awesome.
davidwhangchoi
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thanks man!!!
davidwhangchoi
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thanks!
i just got a controller so i can finally play alien syndrome on my genesis power base converter =)
davidwhangchoi
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grabbed two more titles today =)
Ninja Scooter
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Man that copy of Double Dragon brings back so many nostalgia feels. The one thing I had in my clip against my NES-owning friends was playing DD with 2 players at the same time.
davidwhangchoi
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oh yeah, loved that game back in the 80s!
i loved playing at my friends house co-op.
i actually liked that you had all the move sets from the start unlike nes where if you didn't have the 3-heart level jump kick by mission 2 where enemy with the bat is, you were pretty much screwed.
D.Lo
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it removes the dumb experience system of the NES game (which by the way you can bypass by punching but not knocking over a guy on the first level a bunch of times) and adds back in two player, but on a basic collision detection level the M3/MS game is waaaaaaaay more busted.
Ninja Scooter
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In retrospect the controls were pretty janky (the SMS pad didn't help) but man I played the shit out of that port. I remember the only way I was able to beat it was using that "Jump in place 30 times on the last level to get infinite lives" trick that I read in a "Tips and Tricks" book in the school library.
davidwhangchoi
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yeah, i had a hard time registering the bat hits. (bat stuns a guy then delay ghost hits him to KO him)
i didn't know that, i died on the last board due to lack of continues.
grabbed a few more titles today (all CIB):
IrishNinja
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Space Harrier's prolly the best of the Suzuki ports
Zillion 2 is fun but drops off so very much of what made 1 magical, i thought
Vigilante is also a really solid arcade port - the TG16 one is obviously better with voice/graphics but as a fan, you really do get most of the game there. good pickups!
Zillion 2 is fun but drops off so very much of what made 1 magical, i thought
Vigilante is also a really solid arcade port - the TG16 one is obviously better with voice/graphics but as a fan, you really do get most of the game there. good pickups!
davidwhangchoi
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thanks for the lowdown on vigilante. i never tried on SMS =)
They had Zillion but the box was ripped and no manual. but i'm going to try and grab it soon.
i'm trying to get alex kidd miracle world. been looking around a bit.
D.Lo
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How did so many people get this wrong? Not just yourself, 99% of people add the non-existant 'the'.
Not quite as bad as the 'Diddy Kong's Quest' muppets though.
How did so many people get this wrong? Not just yourself, 99% of people add the non-existant 'the'.
Not quite as bad as the 'Diddy Kong's Quest' muppets though.
I swear it's because of the song. It just fits with "Alex the Kidd, Alex the Kidd, Kidd Kidd Kidd Kidd Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidd!"
ResidentDante
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I...I wasn't alone singing that song?! I thought I had made a brilliant hitlist videogame song as a kid, childhood ruined!!!I swear it's because of the song. It just fits with "Alex the Kidd, Alex the Kidd, Kidd Kidd Kidd Kidd Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidd!"
I'm so sorry.
Yeesh, it's difficult to sing along to 60Hz lol.
I actually tried singing the theme like that and now it's stuck in my head. Thanks a lot.
Have fun listening to Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (the 'Daytonaaa, let's go away'-guy) singing the Alex Kidd theme
davidwhangchoi
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How did so many people get this wrong? Not just yourself, 99% of people add the non-existant 'the'.
Not quite as bad as the 'Diddy Kong's Quest' muppets though.
i never knew people said alex the kidd. i guess i never heard the song.
it's always been alex kidd in my head =)
sixteen-bit
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dreamcastmaster
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Yes it did