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Post by toei on Aug 10, 2020 22:13:19 GMT -5
I was going to ask if you were familiar with the comic, out of curiosity. I haven't read it since I was a kid, but I did grow up with it. In Europe (and French-speaking parts of Canada) it was ubiquitous. Everyone knows the Daltons, the horse Jolly Jumper and the song Lucky Luke sings as he rides into the sunset at the end of every volume (I'm a poor, lonesome cowboy...) It's weird to think that in the US, it's probably just some obscure Euro comic. This list has it as the 4th highest-selling comic series of all time worldwide, after One Piece, Asterix and Peanuts. That means it's sold more than Dragon Ball. I've never played a Lucky Luke game, though, I don't think. Seems like there's a handful, but I don't always trust European games. I'll give this one a shot, though.
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Post by Sarge on Aug 10, 2020 22:17:20 GMT -5
I mean, don't expect amazing, but I definitely thought it was solid.
It definitely would have been cool to have access to the comic - apparently there were some published here. But as we old folks know, the Internet was quite limited at that time, and you were pretty much constrained to what you had around you. Since I grew up in a very rural area, it was pretty much whatever I could find at a few libraries, a couple of bookstores, and school. The closest library had a few Tintin books, and it also had a great Buck Rogers omnibus that I actually found several years ago on a whim for under $10. Couldn't believe I found it that cheap after checking it out so many times!
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Post by toei on Aug 10, 2020 22:32:11 GMT -5
I mean, don't expect amazing, but I definitely thought it was solid. It definitely would have been cool to have access to the comic - apparently there were some published here. But as we old folks know, the Internet was quite limited at that time, and you were pretty much constrained to what you had around you. Since I grew up in a very rural area, it was pretty much whatever I could find at a few libraries, a couple of bookstores, and school. The closest library had a few Tintin books, and it also had a great Buck Rogers omnibus that I actually found several years ago on a whim for under $10. Couldn't believe I found it that cheap after checking it out so many times! I found this big paperback volume of '80s Marvel for a couple bucks in a used bookstore as a kid. I don't know how many issues it collected, but as a kid, it felt like a ton. I re-read that thing a lot in elementary. Considering how pricey US comics are if you buy them issue by issue (you're getting what, 20 pages? for 4-5$? at least that's what it was in the '90s), those collections were really cool. I'd have probably gotten into Buck Rogers if that was the book I'd found instead.
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Post by Ex on Aug 10, 2020 23:29:20 GMT -5
Not to diminish any of the other games discussed so far, but I want to extend special appreciation for the choice of this inclusion. It's easy to find droves of wild west games that focus on shooting outlaws, but finding one that more accurately represents frontier survival is a laudable effort. In the '80s my elementary school had The Oregon Trail on the Apple II computers in the library. I played it quite a bit back then. My expedition members usually died from snake bites and dysentery. To this day there's a certain amount of nostalgia for older generations concerning this game. Hence one can find modern products like these: www.amazon.com/The-Oregon-Trail-Handheld-Game/dp/B07B61BFSW/www.amazon.com/Oregon-Trail-Games-Bundle-Items/dp/B077MJ3DMK/I enjoyed reading your review. I've never played The Oregon Trail II myself, but it sounds like it's very much the same game was the original, just with improved aesthetics. It turns out in 1997, there was essentially an The Oregon Trail III released:
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Post by Chema on Aug 11, 2020 6:59:00 GMT -5
My first hour playing Gunman's Proof has been fun. I'm digging the Earthbound-like humor and character designs and even though the gunplay mechanics are not the most advanced or polished, it was fun to shoot at things in Zelda dungeons.
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Post by Ex on Aug 11, 2020 14:32:37 GMT -5
it was fun to shoot at things in Zelda dungeons I've never played this game, though I believe Sarge and paulofthewest have beaten it. So my question is, are the dungeons actually of Zelda-level complexity? If so, I may have to play this one. I was under the impression it was more a lite action-adventure with simple "dungeons" full of enemy fodder.
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Post by Sarge on Aug 11, 2020 16:14:26 GMT -5
I don't think they're quite as complex, but I do think there was at least a little bit of puzzling. It's been a while - it was one of the first games I beat on my SD2SNES. Very good stuff, and well worth a play, especially with that silly sense of humor.
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Post by toei on Aug 11, 2020 17:29:58 GMT -5
Ex The dungeons are more Zelda NES than Zelda SNES, as I stated above. They're simple, but definitely built in the Zelda way, ie a series of separate rooms that each constitute a "screen" (ie no scrolling to travel between them). The overworld is very Zelda too. It has a bit more of a story than Zeldas up to then, but not that much, and it also has some humor. It's definitely a pretty good game.
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Post by Ex on Aug 11, 2020 20:41:30 GMT -5
Sarge toeiThanks for that clarification. I'm gonna play an Xbox game next though. And no I'm not talking about this... ...although I beat that one years ago, and enjoyed it overall.
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Post by EasyHard on Aug 11, 2020 23:44:44 GMT -5
There is a Doom wad call Fistful of Doom that should be mentioned for being cowboy & western themed. It's a two level wad with a good enough reputation/legacy to still get mentioned in doom communities. My memory is that it is the kind of wad where the appeal comes from custom sounds, textures and enemies to create a new setting that is mostly fun to just play through once.
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I decided to try and play through Wild Guns (SNES) for the first time myself. With the first session I think I've gotten a handle on how the game works pretty well. I still keep dying in the stage 2 boss, usually entering with 0-1 lives left. I'm not sure yet but it seems like you can stunlock minibosses by alternating your lasso and 2 regular shots. Right now it doesn't feel too cheap for me because it's not the smoothest pattern to pull off, and the guys I've noticed it on weren't big threats anyway. For the unfamiliar, Wild Guns is a close cousin of lightgun-style games/gallery shooters. At least at first glance that is what you'll notice. The game is entirely about shooting into the screen frantically. Endless enemies pop up from cover or slide into frame in silly and unrealistic fashion, and you randomly get limited weapon powerups which are collected by shooting them. Significantly though, you control a 3rd person character who can dodge which makes the game more interesting to engage with, worthy of a shmup-like experience. It actually reminds me of Star Fox a little bit, because in both games you have to get a feel for how your aiming reticule and your character position are linked together. Wild Guns lets you plant your feet though while still moving the reticule, so you can shift your vulnerable hitbox farther away from where you bullets end up. Right now I feel like I'm mostly doing that and just letting crap come to me, then dodging or jumping at the last second without any greater positioning strategy.
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