tsukaesugi
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Climbed into the Closet of Death (TM) this afternoon and dug out my Famiclone and a few old Famicom games.
First up was "Great Tank". Spent a good thirty minutes or so on it, but eventually gave up due to frustration.
That's a hard little game.
I think it would have been much more playable if the programmers gave you a fixed turret. Trying to turn and aim the damn thing while being attacked requires more coordination than I have.
The graphics weren't as bad as I thought they'd be though. Not bad at all for 1988. I'll probably end up taking a crack at this thing again.
And the tank driver in the Japanese version is a version of Ralf (I say "version of" because Great Tank is set in WW2, which is a bit before the KOF Ralf's time).
Next up was "Baseball Star".
I hate baseball games (mostly because I'm lousy at them). I was lousy at this too, so the game didn't even last an inning before the Hand of God removed the cart from the Famiclone. No small loss - I only paid 100 yen for it. Again, the graphics were pretty good for 1989. If I actually liked sports games I might be inclined to give it more of a chance.
"Athena" has gone down in price to around 1500 for the bare cart (the same amount I paid for Great Tank). I'm going to try and get my hands on a copy of that one of these days.
First up was "Great Tank". Spent a good thirty minutes or so on it, but eventually gave up due to frustration.
That's a hard little game.
I think it would have been much more playable if the programmers gave you a fixed turret. Trying to turn and aim the damn thing while being attacked requires more coordination than I have.
The graphics weren't as bad as I thought they'd be though. Not bad at all for 1988. I'll probably end up taking a crack at this thing again.
And the tank driver in the Japanese version is a version of Ralf (I say "version of" because Great Tank is set in WW2, which is a bit before the KOF Ralf's time).
Next up was "Baseball Star".
I hate baseball games (mostly because I'm lousy at them). I was lousy at this too, so the game didn't even last an inning before the Hand of God removed the cart from the Famiclone. No small loss - I only paid 100 yen for it. Again, the graphics were pretty good for 1989. If I actually liked sports games I might be inclined to give it more of a chance.
"Athena" has gone down in price to around 1500 for the bare cart (the same amount I paid for Great Tank). I'm going to try and get my hands on a copy of that one of these days.
