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Sega CD/Mega CD Appreciation Thread of Welcome to the Next Level
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Barrel Cannon
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That Snatcher case looks mint
Flizzzipper
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I don't normally play much if at all during the week so I haven't put in a lot of time on Snatcher yet. I started it last weekend and played about an hour and a half. I found Jean Jack (awesome segment) and went to his house. The story is great so far although I gave a little eye roll on the amnesia...which I'm sure will factor in some how. The Blade Runner and Terminator influences are right up my alley. I'm so glad there isn't some forced archaic save system so you can simply enjoy the story/adventure. The menu driven system works fine and is about what I expected. I'm hoping for some detective work stuff moving forward. So far I just had to find Jean Jack's age which I could figure out logically in the game, it wasn't some obtuse thing that you might see in some games from the era.
cireza
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Lucky you, discovering Snatcher. I wish I could forget everything about the game and discover it again lol.
There's a bit of detective work later, one puzzle I can think of that stumps some people,
figuring out the name of the hospital,
The atmosphere, graphics, story, and music really keep you intrigued the whole time though. Glad you're enjoying it so far, it only gets better as you start going up against actual Snatchers!
And yes, Kojima wears his influences on his sleeve, even more here than other games. And it's awesome for it.
Flizzzipper
Member
Yeah, I hope to play a lot this weekend. The music has really nailed it so far. I love the track when shit is going down Pleasure of Tension
The RPG/Shooters are all fairly pricey at this point. I like the cases too but we seem to be the minority around here.
Flizzzipper
Member
I completed Snatcher. This game was dope as hell. Yeah, it's pretty much a masterpiece. I can't believe there hasn't been an updated release. The story had some cliche elements starting up but really takes off. Everything was setup to allow you to enjoy and experience the story. I ended up never having to pull up a guide so that was nice.
I also played Lords of Thunder. I somehow managed to beat the game on my first try. Killing things in this game is so damn satisfying. I also love the sword attack when you get in close range of an enemy. Everyone already knows how amazing the music is. Really fun game, I'll probably play through it again with different characters. I played primarily with the fire dude this play through.
blast processed
Member
Yeah I really need to play both of these games.
So glad you enjoyed it! The story itself is pretty cliche, agreed, but it's told so well that you get immersed and can't stop playing. Though to be quite honest, I think the game would not be as well loved if it wasn't for the music. It's perfect, and does a great job getting you pumped, or nervous, or excited.
And I agree about an update: I remember thinking how amazing a DS rerelease would've been back when the DS came out.
On another topic, has anyone ever played Anett Futatabi? I came across it randomly while looking at Japanese Mega CD games, and it looks pretty cool. Bad reviews online, but I absolutely love early 90s anime cutscenes in video games, so I kinda wanna play it.
s_mirage
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I've got it. It's not great and almost feels unfinished. The cutscenes and audio are pretty good, but the gameplay is pretty rough.
Such a shame the whole series seems to share the same problem. I love El Viento and Earnest Evans anime artstyle, but then the games look pretty garbage, in motion, and feel very rough to play.
Flizzzipper
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I'm following up Snatcher with Rise of the Dragon since they are supposedly similar. It is definitely rooted more in the pc adventure game genre.
Rise of the Dragon is really good too, though I originally played it in DOS. The Sega CD version is pretty unique: it has voice acting, whereas the PC version never had a CD release, onlys disks. However, the Sega CD has nowhere near the colours available on the PC, so the graphics end up more stylized, with heavy colour saturation, like the Green in the Matrix movies, for example.
The game gets pretty dark, and in true Sierra fashion (yeah, I know technically Dynamix), there's plenty of hilarious/brutal deaths. Make sure to use the drugs on yourself when you get some in your inventory!
EDIT: Plus, Cam Clarke voices the main character/narrates. It's hard not hear him and not immediately think of Liquid Snake, haha! I'm a huge Cam Clarke fan, my copy of MGS is signed by him.
The game gets pretty dark, and in true Sierra fashion (yeah, I know technically Dynamix), there's plenty of hilarious/brutal deaths. Make sure to use the drugs on yourself when you get some in your inventory!
EDIT: Plus, Cam Clarke voices the main character/narrates. It's hard not hear him and not immediately think of Liquid Snake, haha! I'm a huge Cam Clarke fan, my copy of MGS is signed by him.
IrishNinja
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yeah, i really enjoyed Rise of the Dragon earlier this year - but only cause this time, i played with a guide. you can so screw yourself up in that game!
made me wanna finally play Shadowrun too.
made me wanna finally play Shadowrun too.
Laevateinn
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Tell us more about that Streets of Rage soundtrack.
sixteen-bit
Member
What's that SOR thing?
GuyKazama
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That was an extra I wasn't expecting. 19 Tracks. Haven't listened to it, but found a listing here: http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/...sonora-do-street-of-rage-sor-by-r-w-s-f-m-_JM
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Laevateinn
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Nice
Got backup RAM? Shining Force annoyingly needs more memory than the system supports so if you want to play the secret fanservice book you'll need expanded memory.
Laws00
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Got it one 2 months ago
Laws00
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Okay here's what I
tell me if i'm missing something note worthy
I think i'm going to buy Silpheed next week to have at least 1 real sega cd in my collection
Android Assault aka Bari-Arm
Annet Futatabi If you didn't know it's a cheesy beat'em up. the final in a trilogy of games which include Earnest Evans and El Viento.
Burning Fists
Final Fight
Keio Flying Squadron
Lunar- Eternal Blue
Lunar- The Silver Star
Popful Mail- Magical Fantasy Adventure
Robo Aleste
Shining Force CD
Snatcher
Sonic CD
Space adventure aka Cobra
Time Gal
Vay
Night Trap
burnt
I think i'm going to buy Silpheed next week to have at least 1 real sega cd in my collection
Android Assault aka Bari-Arm
Annet Futatabi If you didn't know it's a cheesy beat'em up. the final in a trilogy of games which include Earnest Evans and El Viento.
Burning Fists
Final Fight
Keio Flying Squadron
Lunar- Eternal Blue
Lunar- The Silver Star
Popful Mail- Magical Fantasy Adventure
Robo Aleste
Shining Force CD
Snatcher
Sonic CD
Space adventure aka Cobra
Time Gal
Vay
Night Trap
Genesis Knight
Member
Dark Wizard, Dungeon Explorer II, Panic!, Road Avenger, Soul Star
Laws00
Member
Will look into those other games and fuck forgot about Road Avenger
cj_iwakura
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If you're gonna go Night Trap, then you also need Double Switch.
If you're "backing-up" games, you have to make sure you have a proper CUE file, and that the music tracks are in the right format to be burned correctly.
I always found Sega CD backups to be easier dealt with in ISO format rather than BIN/CUE, due to the redbook audio.
IrishNinja
Member
damn, the trilogy really goes down after El Viento eh
anyway
Wirehead
Panic!
The Space Adventure
Heart of the Alien
Rise of the Dragon
Earthworm Jim
Revenge of the Ninja
Mansion of Hidden Souls (eh)
Ecco?
Make My Music Video featuring Kriss Kross
anyway
Wirehead
Panic!
The Space Adventure
Heart of the Alien
Rise of the Dragon
Earthworm Jim
Revenge of the Ninja
Mansion of Hidden Souls (eh)
Ecco?
Make My Music Video featuring Kriss Kross
Played 2 Sega CD games recently
Sonic CD- only mega drive Sonic I haven't played. I have the JP version. Honestly this game is very strange. The past and future gimmick is sort of interesting but it's usually a pain to activate. Searching for the thing to destroy in the past zone is not something I feel like doing so I pretty much gave up trying to do that. The JP soundtrack is bizzare, there are a few great tracks but many are downright weird, especially the ones with voices. The levels feel too big and haphazard. Everything looks a bit dull, not as colorful as 2/3/K. All in all, weakest 16bit Sonic by far for me.
The Terminator- The game itself is very average. If it wasn't for the soundtrack I'm not sure I would bother. The levels don't have many interesting scenarios- mostly just pressing on and shooting at the next enemy in your path. The final boss was kind of clever with having to drop the terminator down to the bottom level by shooting the switches but I feel like they could have done more with it. Game is far too easy as well. The soundtrack definitely steals the show here.
Gonna get Batman Returns next
Sonic CD- only mega drive Sonic I haven't played. I have the JP version. Honestly this game is very strange. The past and future gimmick is sort of interesting but it's usually a pain to activate. Searching for the thing to destroy in the past zone is not something I feel like doing so I pretty much gave up trying to do that. The JP soundtrack is bizzare, there are a few great tracks but many are downright weird, especially the ones with voices. The levels feel too big and haphazard. Everything looks a bit dull, not as colorful as 2/3/K. All in all, weakest 16bit Sonic by far for me.
The Terminator- The game itself is very average. If it wasn't for the soundtrack I'm not sure I would bother. The levels don't have many interesting scenarios- mostly just pressing on and shooting at the next enemy in your path. The final boss was kind of clever with having to drop the terminator down to the bottom level by shooting the switches but I feel like they could have done more with it. Game is far too easy as well. The soundtrack definitely steals the show here.
Gonna get Batman Returns next
Flizzzipper
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The driving segments in Batman Returns are so damn hard I could never beat the game. This is even after beating The Adventures of Batman and Robin which was nothing but driving stages and it was hard as hell. I think the side scrolling action levels are okay. The Genesis version is just those levels.
theSlacker
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I have the same opinion on it as you do on The Terminator; great music but not a good game.
Bar81
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That Terminator music slays but I just can't get hyped about the actual game.
Flizzzipper
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I played some of the Terminator today. I gotta agree that it seems very average. I understand that the terminators are strong but it doesn't make it super fun to duck and shoot at them for a while and angle shoot them off ladders. Too much stationary gameplay. I didn't get very far into the game yet though.
KDash31987
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I meant to bring this up a while back, but my Sega CD suddenly doesn't want to spin or read discs. I never had any real problems with it before. Here's a video.
IrishNinja
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^damn, that was the era when GF could sell me on fuckin' anything. that ended right around Tail of the Sun on PSX...
also, i hope everyone here that is on twitter follows this account
also, i hope everyone here that is on twitter follows this account
CannonFodder52
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Anyone here played Iron Helix? It sounds cool from the wiki page.
Sorry, I haven't played it. But as a US only release it didn't receive much coverage in the UK, just one review from my collection .... Sega Power gave it 68% (1 page, June 1995 issue), so maybe half decent?
sixteen-bit
Member
Would you cop?
Laevateinn
Member
Damn. I really thought we could go a page without it.
s_mirage
Member
I can see both sides for this particular game. While the way the Mega-CD version plays is pretty faithful to the arcade original, it is a pretty simplistic game which, when combined with how badly the graphics were downgraded, would certainly kill it for a lot of people. Despite liking the original game, I couldn't recommend this port to anyone lacking a personal attachment to the game, unless maybe they're a big Zuntata fan (as it's the only version with an arranged soundtrack).
The graphic resolution is so badly compromised that my eyes go a bit funny while playing it. Perhaps the extreme blockiness of the graphics wouldn't have looked so bad on a 14-inch TV connected via RF blur-o-vision, but on something larger through RGB they're unbearable.
Hell yeah. I'd be all over it, even if half the games were FMV. Boxart makes it look Tomcat Alley is included, which was my jam back in the day.
There's definitely 21 games worth playing on the Sega CD, and the hardware would look so cool. Though, I'd want it to resemble a Model 1 Genny with Model 2 hardware attached, not just that "cut in half" look in the photoshop.