Retro Gaming

[Black Valkyrie]

To bad they never really existed on SS.

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

I don't think Berzerk counts as the player is just a human and not piloting a mecha even if it may be the first to feature robot enemies.

So you were looking for PILOTED mecha as main characters, got it. There was also Namco's Finest Hour, quite a rare find at the arcades.

To bad they never really existed on SS.

That beat-em-up is still the best Alien based game, IMO.

[Black Valkyrie]

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That beat-em-up is still the best Alien based game, IMO.

I totally agree.

[Black Valkyrie]

Contra Hard Corps,

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

Black Valkyrie, is it hard to do these custom covers? i love them, at least for the games i remember... was that called ryzor or contra on that saturn cover with the dual pack...

not sure about beat em ups but i really loved the aliens game done none other than by konami. i felt that was the best alien game ever.

beat it with a quarter as well:

Edited January 22, 2014 by davidwhangchoi

[Black Valkyrie]

Yes and No, it depends what covers you desire. Contra but in Europe for the arcades and the home computers Gryzor.

- Official Arrow Flash (jap) cover,

[Black Valkyrie]

One more custom cover,

[Black Valkyrie]

Some golden oldies needs to be revived,

[dizman]

I'm up for a Snatcher remake/sequel. Every now and again you'll see it referenced in modern games (my favorite nod to the series was in fallout 3 with the note and the tiny house) but you don't hear much out of Konami about it. I wonder what a modern Snatcher game would look like anyways, maybe something like LA Noir?

[Black Valkyrie]

R-Type II Gameboy,

[Black Valkyrie]

Some more cover goodies,

[Black Valkyrie]

I'm looking for some certain scans : Bionic Commando GB jap cover, Pop'n Twinbee SFC and Nemesis/ Gradius GB jap cover. I`d be appreciated.

Thanks.

Must be high resolution, from 300 dpi to 600 dpi.

[Black Valkyrie]

Final Fight anyone,

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

i just remember final fight for snes was stupid bc you couldn't select Guy. then they come out with final fight "Guy" just let us select all three. Meanwhile (bare-knuckles) street of rage you can pick from three characters and had so many on screen characters/enemies at once compared to final fight snes.

[renegadeleader1]

i just remember final fight for snes was stupid bc you couldn't select Guy. then they come out with final fight "Guy" just let us select all three. Meanwhile (bare-knuckles) street of rage you can pick from three characters and had so many on screen characters/enemies at once compared to final fight snes.

The biggest blasphemy was the lack of a two player mode in the snes version. I did enjoy 2 and 3 though.

[terry the lone wolf]

Guy not being included in the 1st SNES home version was very traumatic for me..

Has anyone seen the SALAMANDER anime (Gradius)? I recently acquired all three of the OAV; Haruiko Mikimoto did the character designs..

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

Guy not being included in the 1st SNES home version was very traumatic for me..

Has anyone seen the SALAMANDER anime (Gradius)? I recently acquired all three of the OAV; Haruiko Mikimoto did the character designs..

really? an anime exist on one of my favorite retro game series!! i still play salamander in my downtime. let me know how you like it. i may want to pick it up.

Edited February 11, 2014 by davidwhangchoi

[terry the lone wolf]

really? an anime exist on one of my favorite retro game series!! i still play salamander in my downtime. let me know how you like it. i may want to pick it up.

Do a search on YouTube; Anime Classic Reviews channel has all three chapters..

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

Do a search on YouTube; Anime Classic Reviews channel has all three chapters..

thx! found it

[Black Valkyrie]

The SNES version wasn't that bad if you replay it play the Jap version, I also like Final Fight 2. back in the 90s many of the US/EU SNES side scroll beat`em ups were censored. As for the Sega-CD FF was intact but only the colors were down graded but it had an excellent BGM and an extra side game.

Overall I prefer the GBA game.

[Black Valkyrie]

Enemy intruder has penetrated our force field,

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

on the back cover i see the vic viper and the (road) lord british space destroyer, the distinction of the twin thrust and single. like in the arcades.

the only thing that bothered me for the nes verision of salamander both ships had twin thrust, while gradius had a single thrust. hated they left out that detail. but the nes version had so much extra that the arcade didn't have.

i just watch the first OVA and it seems to have the bosses from the nes/famicom game.

also i played the super famicom verision of final fight and super E.D.F. with that simple mod to file off those two small tabs in the snes.

posting up that cool MSX vid on the overview of the game including tidbits on the history of the gm including the original arcade music composer:

Nice covers as always!!!

Edited February 13, 2014 by davidwhangchoi

[Black Valkyrie]

Thanks, nice video the MSX version was one may fave ports back then. I remember it took me Four months to complete it back in 88 to 89, at the same time I also played the C64 version was also a very good port.

I hope someone will remake the MSX version with better graphics, BGM and in HD.

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

This is an awesome game that i loved to drop quarters in:

here's a complete play through on one credit:

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

I have always had a deep distaste over that Robocop game ever since my childhood 7-11 store replaced the SHINOBI machine with it. SHINOBI was soo much better...

I only saw this game twice during my youth in all the arcades I've ever been to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_LY94PmqmA

I remember thinking it was the bestest game ever. Now that I got it to finally work on MAME, it almost brings a nostalgic tear to my eye when I boot it up.

[Beltane70]

I have always had a deep distaste over that Robocop game ever since my childhood 7-11 store replaced the SHINOBI machine with it. SHINOBI was soo much better...

I only saw this game twice during my youth in all the arcades I've ever been to:

I remember thinking it was the bestest game ever. Now that I got it to finally work on MAME, it almost brings a nostalgic tear to my eye when I boot it up.

Cobra Command also known as Thunder Storm on some machines was my favorite arcade game when I was around 13 and the only arcade game that I could beat! I've always loved the into theme to that game. In fact, I loved it enough that I actually took a tape recorder into an arcade to record it.

The animation for the game was produced by Toei.

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

i beat shinobi in a quarter plenty of times. (one of my favorite games of all time) i could go on a limb and say in one life but i can't beat Mandara and sometimes Lobster on the first try, other than that, i can beat the game provided that i remember the ninja pattern in stage 5-2.

i didn't know you get a special bonus each stage for not using any projectile. This crazy dude does it for every stage:

Edited February 15, 2014 by davidwhangchoi

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

Cobra Command also known as Thunder Storm on some machines was my favorite arcade game when I was around 13 and the only arcade game that I could beat! I've always loved the into theme to that game. In fact, I loved it enough that I actually took a tape recorder into an arcade to record it.

The animation for the game was produced by Toei.

Yeah, it was the same for me, but I never thought about taking a recording of it. I should have, considering how rarely I saw the machine.

i beat shinobi in a quarter plenty of times. (one of my favorite games of all time) i could go on a limb and say in one life but i can't beat Mandara and sometimes Lobster on the first try, other than that, i can beat the game provided that i remember the ninja pattern in stage 5-2.

i didn't know you get a special bonus each stage for not using any projectile. This crazy dude does it for every stage:

Well, not EVERY stage, he biffs it on 2-2 and later on, but I never knew you could "bump" your way through the statues on the Mandara boss! Those things always drove me nuts.

Edited February 15, 2014 by Valkyrie Hunter D

[Beltane70]

Yeah, it was the same for me, but I never thought about taking a recording of it. I should have, considering how rarely I saw the machine.

Believe it or not, Cobra Command was in quite a few arcades down by me. I can think of about five arcades in my area that had the game. What's really sad is that out of those five, only one of those arcades is still open. All the others are long gone.

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

Believe it or not, Cobra Command was in quite a few arcades down by me. I can think of about five arcades in my area that had the game. What's really sad is that out of those five, only one of those arcades is still open. All the others are long gone.

where's that arcade... is it in NJ? there was one in chinatown (NYC) but they closed down and the owners reopened in Brooklyn and made it into a console fighting game place. i haven't seen an arcade in years. (i guess i haven't looked around)

Back in the 80's the one in 34th Penn Station was my favorite arcade (it was called Space Station? i believe). they had mach 3 and firefox, but i didn't even know what was going on back then to understand the tech behind it...

there was this one game that tricked me. i hated konami for it. i spend my precious 50 cents on it and it wasn't what i thought it was initially.

take a look at the first 30 seconds of this vid,

demo mode showed a tomcat. and i thought i was going to be an F-14 tomcat from the intro and then i'm a helicopter!!! i wanted my 50 cents back... (i was only 7, so i didn't make it far to see the plane section)

Ever since then i never put in a quarter until i saw someone else play it.

Freakin A-JAX

Edited February 16, 2014 by davidwhangchoi

[Beltane70]

where's that arcade... is it in NJ? there was one in chinatown (NYC) but they closed down and the owners reopened in Brooklyn and made it into a console fighting game place. i haven't seen an arcade in years. (i guess i haven't looked around)

Back in the 80's the one in 34th Penn Station was my favorite arcade (it was called Space Station? i believe). they had mach 3 and firefox, but i didn't even know what was going on back then to understand the tech behind it...

That last arcade is down in Point Pleasant in Ocean County. It doesn't have Cobra Command anymore, though. I hope that I didn't confuse you there. I only meant that it was the only arcade that's still around, not the only arcade to have the game.

[Black Valkyrie]

A-Jax a very hard game indeed but it has an awesome BGM.

[renegadeleader1]

Just so you guys know if you ever visit weirs beach in New Hampshire there is an arcade called Funspot that has 400 arcade games including Cobra Command. Its also known as the American Classic Arcade Museum.

http://www.classicarcademuseum.org/gamelist.htm

Http://www.funspotnh.com

[Beltane70]

Threre's also a very large retro-arcade in Chicago called The Galloping Ghost. They also have Cobra Command, but it wasn't up and running when I was there during this past June. That arcade also has the DYRL game.

Red Bank, NJ also has a retro-arcade, Yestercades, but it's nowhere near as big as The Galloping Ghost or American Classic Arcade Museum.

[dizman]

Red Bank, NJ also has a retro-arcade, Yestercades, but it's nowhere near as big as The Galloping Ghost or American Classic Arcade Museum.

I'll have to get to yestercades someday, I've been itching to play some of the classics. There are some arcades down in Ocean City, Wildwood and Sea Isle but they mostly have modern arcade games.