(Retro) What have you been playing this week? Vol.2

[importaku]

Last 2 evenings been enjoying the wagan land series of games, simple but fun platformers. The bosses are a little tricky with their japanese reliant word games but it tests my vocabulary which i enjoy. While looking online i didnt realise there was a 3rd wagan land game called wagan paradise, the graphics are so nice with a lot of charming details in each level really enjoying that one, been jumping back & forth between them.

Finally finished pang & arkanoid, snes mini save states are a lifesaver for saving between stages and coming back later. Means i can play a few stages at a time & slowly chip through them. Been savouring a lot of games like that, easier to get back into them when you dont have to start way back.

[Cepp]

Resuming my playthrough of Persona PSP and spent far too long getting my copy of Ys IV ripped and patched with the English text/fandub.

[_SD_]

Power Stone 1 and 2 on the Dreamcast, along with the first Marvel vs Capcom. I have a long way to go to unlock all the different weapon combinations in PS2, but overall I find the first game controls better and is a tighter experience.

Last Blade 2, Ironclad and Twinkle Star Sprites on the Neo•Geo...

[Colin]

Was playing the Power Stones myself last week, god a third instalment would rock.

[garrz32]

fan translation of Policenauts Sega Saturn

[Zaki]

Was playing the Power Stones myself last week, god a third instalment would rock.

It's a stupidly obvious choice for an online fighting game isn't it? I've been wishing for a Power Stone HD re-release with online play for years.

The best I can do now is Power Stone at 960p through the OSSC or 480p on a tri-sync CRT.

[Cepp]

fan translation of Policenauts Sega Saturn

This is very close to the top of my to-do list.

[Protocol Penguin]

Flippin’ loved Power Stone. Really surprised me as a new concept for fighting games. Amazing that (to my knowledge) there’s been nothing much like it since.

(Just realised that I haven’t played it, or any other Dreamcast games since 2001. Weird feeling to think it was all so long ago.)

[Zaki]

It's still as pretty and playable as it was 17 years ago!

One of the main reasons I wanted wireless dreamcast pads and a 31kHz monitor.

[Zaki]

Just realised it was released 19 years ago!

I feel so old...

[_SD_]

First time I saw a Japanese Dreamcast running VF3tb I wasn’t overly impressed... the next time was a couple of months later, another import system, and a copy of Power Stone. The guy in the shop let me have a go and that was it, I was absolutely blown away.

I still can’t believe Capcom have just sat on the series and let it die, it really does need an online sequel...

[jonathan_ingram]

This is very close to the top of my to-do list.

Same, was thinking I should get round to this only yesterday

[Protocol Penguin]

Attempted another shot at trying to like The Super Shinobi/The Revenge of Shinobi. I mean, I like it, just not like it. It's part of every Mega Drive collection I've had as an essential, and there's a lot I think positive about it, but... Just don't get on with it. Often feels rather robotic and stiff, and the double-jump is a nightmare, can never reliably pull it off. It's one of those games I admire, but have very little fun actually playing. Think I need to belatedly get round to trying The Super Shinobi II/Shinobi 3 at last...

[mmmonkey]

I tried it again a few years back and couldn’t get on with it, far too clunky.

Yet when it was released I played it to death, but I think that was because I had invested £50 in it and had to play it because I wanted my money’s worth. It ensured I saw it through to the end though! (Although probably not the good ending of the game)

[QualityChimp]

Content-wise, Super Shinobi is better, but for fun, I always played MD Shadow Dancer.