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Post by toei on May 4, 2020 16:32:38 GMT -5
I had to look up footage of that thing... can't even put into words how freaking ugly it looks. Imagine mid 90's Adobe Flash. It was one of maybe... 3 or 4 games I owned for a few years of my childhood (my life would've sucked without rentals). It never, ever grew on me, though, and even Tiger LCD games grew on me at one point. ...but isn't that a very good song?
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Post by Ex on May 4, 2020 16:40:45 GMT -5
Gex is done. Liked it, but the last couple of stages were really frustrating. I'd give it a 7/10. Nice beat. Definitely an iconic platformer from the '90s. I remember when Gex was actually a big deal and all over the gaming magazines. IIRC it has a unique mechanic where you can crawl up walls and on ceilings. - There's 17 more games in my "mascot platformer" bucket. I'll keep sampling them and reporting back. I'm pretty sure at least a few are gonna be worth beating this month.
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Post by Sarge on May 4, 2020 17:03:17 GMT -5
Ex : Yep, that's one of the claims to fame here. And it's pretty fun to do, as well. Level designs also take advantage of this fact, so kudos to them for that. That, and being voiced by Dana Gould, so he's always spouting one-liners. Might be annoying to some, and there's an option to turn voices off. I thought it was fine, although some lines repeat a bit too often. Lots of pop culture references - several referring to Star Trek, including a few Kirk impressions. In retrospect, those last two stages weren't awful, and I'd have gotten past that first one if I'd, you know, paid attention. The remote was literally sitting beside a checkpoint. Whoops.
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Post by Sarge on May 5, 2020 12:46:30 GMT -5
So the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to mascot platformers is usually the 16-bit era, animals with 'tude. For whatever reason, my mind doesn't often go to the NES era, despite games being there that fulfill the criteria to some extent or another. I'm probably going to hit up some comfort food in the form of a few NES games - I need something short and sweet right now.
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Post by Xeogred on May 5, 2020 12:59:31 GMT -5
I'm not sure if I think of one era over the other, but I'm sure there's a major difference between the two. The 8bit games being more bite sized and ~60 minute ventures when you get them down. But the 16bit games are when they really leaned into the "adventure" and can be hours long, perhaps influenced by Nintendo's titles and style. But of course the Genesis still kept things shorter and simpler often, so who knows. I'm still wanting to replay Ristar soon and then maybe hit up that McDonald's game by Treasure which seems pretty solid actually.
I wonder if Earthworm Jim 2 counts as well? Probably not, but I've been wanting to do a full run of that game even with save states probably. I think I've maybe only finished it once. Always liked the first game way more but I've beaten that one plenty. So I've had a strange itch to hit up EWJ2 again instead.
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Post by Sarge on May 5, 2020 13:05:38 GMT -5
Yes, I absolutely think EWJ counts. Animals with 'tude, clearly.
The McDonald's game is surprisingly solid, yeah. You'll see some ideas there that made their way into Dynamite Headdy.
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Post by paulofthewest on May 5, 2020 19:25:10 GMT -5
Ya, I jumped over to Ristar and I'm liking it more than Donkey Kong. It is weird to me that some of these Genesis games didn't seem to get the publicity--but then I might have been stuck on the Nintendo Island as a kid.
EWJ should count ; )
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Post by Ex on May 5, 2020 21:20:01 GMT -5
I wonder if Earthworm Jim 2 counts as well? EWJ can count if you want it to count, as this theme is so subjective and all. It's up to you! Personally I'm trying to avoid platformers where the protagonist has a gun-based projectile attack. Mainly because September is Run 'n Gun month, and shooty platformer games fit better there IMO.
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Post by Ex on May 5, 2020 21:22:05 GMT -5
Ya, I jumped over to Ristar and I'm liking it more than Donkey Kong. It is weird to me that some of these Genesis games didn't seem to get the publicity--but then I might have been stuck on the Nintendo Island as a kid. Ristar is definitely good stuff. Especially the Genesis version. You're on a forum with some SNES and Genesis super experts. If you ever want any genre recommendations, we can hook you up with some great rec's.
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Post by Sarge on May 5, 2020 22:27:53 GMT -5
paulofthewest: Yeah, I was on Nintendo Island as well. Although I had quite a few magazines that made me aware of other RPGs. I had a GameFan that covered Shining Force (oh, how I salivated), and another that had Phantasy Star III in it. Not to mention all the ad bombardment. But I had no way to play those games. When I started college, though, emulation had just started booming, and I got to experience a lot of Genesis games at that point. I was enamored enough to snag a Genesis and Sega CD, and went on a little eBay shopping spree. I just wish I'd bought some Sega CD stuff; the RPGs are incredibly pricey now, but I had "copies" so I didn't bother. Derp.
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