Game recommendations for various platforms here please!

Post by **Muttley** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:20 pm 0

List updated...

Muttley

NorthWay · Post by **NorthWay** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 3:08 am 0

SeattleStokie wrote:Here's a few Atari XL/XE recommendations:

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Fort Apocalypse
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Got any pics of these anywhere? How was the Atari version of FA compared to the C= 64 one? (Was the Apple II the original version?)

How was Elite on the Atari?

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Generally, I think it is very interesting to compare versions when it was available for multiple systems and someone recommends a particular version.
Of course I went through my younger years believing that the C= 64 versions were simply better. (Good that I was right most of the time, eh? :-)

Mr Anderson · Post by **Mr Anderson** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:12 pm 0

Here are a few recommendations for various gaming platforms. I've tried to avoid games that have already been listed but apologies in advance for any duplicates.

Atari ST

Kick Off 2
Gunship
North And South

Wonderswan

Golden Axe

SNES

Mystic Quest
Boxing Legends Of The Ring
Super Bomberman
Breath Of Fire
Breath Of Fire 2

Dreamcast

Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Headhunter
Shenmue
Metropolis Street Racer
Dead Or Alive 2

Megadrive

Streets Of Rage 2
Phantasy Star
Phantasy Star 2
Risk
Toejam And Earl
Castle Of Illusion
Ecco The Dolphin

Mega CD

Snatcher
Final Fight

Neo Geo

Neo Turf Masters
Viewpoint

Neo Geo Pocket Colour

Metal Slug 1st Mission
Puzzle Bobble Mini
King Of Fighters R2
Neo Turf Masters

PC Engine/TurboGrafx

R-Type
Bomberman '94
Military Madness
Galaga '88
Klax
Pac Land
Parodius
Out Run
Ghouls 'N Ghosts

Spectrum

Nodes Of Yesod
Deus Ex Machina
Skool Daze
Bak To Skool
Horace Goes Skiing
Barry McGuigan's Boxing
Football Manager
Saboteur
Specventure

Phew!

andym00 · Post by **andym00** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 1:13 pm 0

NorthWay wrote:How was Elite on the Atari?

Elite never made it onto the old 8bit Ataris.. Though if you Google a bit[1], there's someone doing an 8bit port at the moment, based upon the freely available l33t 6502 source code that Ian Bell put out years back..

[1] I've just tried Googling for it, and can't find it but I know I've got it bookmarked somewhere.. Failing that a seach on AtariAge will probably come up trouser trumpets..

kel · Post by **kel** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 3:07 pm 0

Not a big list from me as a lot of my favourites have already been picked.

Neo-Geo
Last Blade
Last Blade 2
Ninja Masters
Windjammers

The Last Blade series contains some of the finest 2D art out there imo, and both games are great to play, even in single player. Ninja Masters is probably my favourite beatem-up, insane combos and the choice to fight with or without weapons at any point in the game, I'll have to pick this for the Lleague next season, it's fucking brilliant

Windjammers, a great two player game, and requires the reflexes of a twat, or should that be cat

lightengine · Post by **lightengine** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 8:59 pm 0

Fantastic thread, people.......

Now I know what to go for.

Nice one.

NorthWay · Post by **NorthWay** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 1:53 am 0

andym00 wrote:
NorthWay wrote:How was Elite on the Atari?
Elite never made it onto the old 8bit Ataris.. Though if you Google a bit, there's someone doing an 8bit port at the moment, based upon the freely available l33t 6502 source code that Ian Bell put out years back..

My bad. And too bad for the Ataris...

You thought if this then? http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/demos/
(Turns up bad, so better try http://www.users.waitrose.com/~elitearc ... 061100.zip)

(Though Elite was never "my" game. I thought Mercenary and Tau Ceti were much more interesting as such.)

Zotmeister · Post by **Zotmeister** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 2:31 pm 0

What the hell - no NES recommendations? I'll fix that; there are obviously some titles for that most would likely need no recommendation for, but here are the greatest that you may have missed:

The Guardian Legend (quest/shooter)
Battletoads (beatbuster/platformer)
Gun-Nac (shooter)
Bionic Commando (platformer)

I am also morally obligated to add Tech Romancer (dueler) to the Dreamcast list. Damn, I love that game. It's a crying shame my favorite fighting game is one so few others have played.

Muttley seemed to express interest in a MAME list. That would take me a little time, but there's one game I don't need to think about, and that's Butasan (melee). If you haven't played this game, you should, like, now. MAME emulation of it isn't perfect last I checked, but the game is amazingly fun. I'll add a few more a little later. - ZM

Zotmeister · Post by **Zotmeister** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 4:38 pm 0

A quick list of MAME recommendations (again, I'm skipping past all the ones you've probably heard of, concentrating on those others might not be aware of):

Butasan (melee), of course. My avatar at the time of this post is the high-score guardian of the game. Pigs and bombs - what more could you ask for?

Aero Fighters (shooter)
Anteater (maze)
Asura Blade: Sword of Dynasty (dueler)
Avenging Spirit (platformer)
Bal Cube (puzzle)
Bank Panic (guardian)
Blaster (space)
Bubbles (melee, sort of... perhaps a maze game without the maze?)
China Town (puzzle): requires familiarity with mah-jongg
Cloak & Dagger (melee)
Commando (melee): the Capcom 1985 game
Cosmo Gang: The Video (shooter): Man, I wish MAME's half-second input lag on Namco games could get fixed.
Daioh (shooter)
Domino Man (guardian)
Dungeon Magic (beatbuster)
Elevator Action (platformer)
Elevator Action 2 (platformer)
Eliminator (thruster)
Flashgal (fighter/shooter)
Go Go! Mile Smile (maze)
Logic Pro (puzzle)
Magic Sword (platformer)
Martial Champion (dueler)
Metro-Cross (race, for the most part)
More More Plus (variety)
Mr. Jong (maze): Pengo with mah-jongg rules. Genius.
Niyanpai (puzzle): Not safe for work.
The Outfoxies (platformer/dueler, and how)
Pepper II (maze)
Pipi & Bibis (platformer): Not safe for work.
Power Instinct (dueler)
Quartet (platformer)
Rally Bike (race)
Rolling Thunder (platformer)
Rolling Thunder 2 (platformer)
Silk Worm (shooter): The jeep is better than the chopper.
Solomon's Key (platformer)
Stocker (race)
Sunset Riders (platformer)
Superman (beatbuster/shooter)
The Ninja Warriors (fighter)
ThunderJaws (shooter/platformer)
Tinkle Pit (maze)
Trog (maze): Also give its prototype a spin.
Warriors of Fate (beatbuster)
Wise Guy (puzzle)
Zoo Keeper (guardian)

I would also mention Streaking (maze) if for no other reason than it is apparently the first video game with a female player-character.

The following are Neo-Geo titles, and as such fit two platforms:

Breakers (dueler)
Pulstar and Blazing Star (shooters): The original is like an R-Type remix. The sequel is more unique and amazingly beautiful.
Magical Drop II and III (puzzle)
Money Puzzle Exchanger (puzzle - go figure)
Ganryu (platformer): Listed under "Musashi Ganryuuki" in MAME.
Nightmare in the Dark (platformer): The modern successor to the likes of Snow Bros. and Tumblepop.
Savage Reign (dueler)
Shock Troopers (melee)

Barra · Post by **Barra** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 4:29 pm 0

For SNES:
Earthworm Jim
Harvest Moon

For Megadrive:
California Games
Road Rash 1, 2 and 3

I recon the Road Rash series are the best games on the Mastersystem!

Total Cult · Post by **Total Cult** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 4:47 pm 0

Another two MAME recommendations: Outrun! I'm not a fan of driving games at all, but I love this game!

Space Harrier: Not all that into it at the moment, but I was not so long ago. Tis a good game, yes.

Also, Outrun and Space Harrier are on Sega Ages volume 1 on the Saturn, w/ After Burner II, so that might count on the list too.

I know everyone and their dog has played both of these, but they're great games and I'll mention them anyway

shimeril · Post by **shimeril** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:31 am 0

Excellent idea this thread.

C64

Alternate Reality - The Dungeon (RPG)
Doomdark's Revenge (Strategy/Adventure??)
Lords Of Midnight (as above)
Theatre Europe (Wargame)

Amiga

Cosmic Pirate (Shoot-rm-up)
Dungeon Master (RPG)
IK+ (beat-em-up)
Kick Off (football)
Player Manager (football)
Reach for the Stars (strategy)

Saturn

Soukyugurentai (shoot-em-up)

Should we have Nintendo 64 on the list as well? If so:

Nintendo 64

Excitebike 64

Heaps of others I know, but I'll leave that to those who know more of this platform than I. But I do enjoy Excitebike.

Post by **Muttley** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 9:34 pm 0

OK. I've updated the list again.

Muttley

SeattleStokie · Post by **SeattleStokie** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:03 pm 0

Here's a few more Sega Dreamcast recommendations

Gigawing 2
Le Mans 24 Hours
Samba De Amigo (with Maracas)

Zotmeister · Post by **Zotmeister** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 7:57 pm 0

I'd note that "Cosmo Gang" isn't a sufficient shortening of the arcade title. There's Cosmo Gang: The Puzzle and Cosmo Gang: The Video, and I only recommend the latter.

- ZM