(Retro) What have you been playing this week?

[nakamura]

That's alright S3M, most will know it as Mana 2 though. It's utterly sublime. I will certainly finish it again in the future, for me both games are much better than the Final Fantasy titles on the system.

[S3M]

That's alright S3M, most will know it as Mana 2 though. It's utterly sublime. I will certainly finish it again in the future, for me both games are much better than the Final Fantasy titles on the system.

No arguments there from me. Just a shame Square didn't keep the same winning formula for the later mana games, one can only guess why they took out the multiplayer and went with some odd game play.

Legend, Children, Sword, Heroes & Dawn are not a patch on the first three games in the series.

[Atticus]

I'd love to play secret of mana 2. Are there any super famicom carts with english language conversions kicking around?

[nakamura]

No arguments there from me. Just a shame Square didn't keep the same winning formula for the later mana games, one can only guess why they took out the multiplayer and went with some odd game play.

Legend, Children, Sword, Heroes & Dawn are not a patch on the first three games in the series.

I quite like the later games but yes they aren't as good as the earlier ones. Legend is particularly annoying as the music, world and characters are lovely but the structure is not.

I'd love to play secret of mana 2. Are there any super famicom carts with english language conversions kicking around?

I sold a spare I had on here a while back to Jamie or Losersclub. Pretty sure they sold it on here afterwards.

[Atticus]

I'll have to watch out for one. Cheers.

[DJ Mike]

Aero Blasters on my Mega Drive. Looks lovely doesn't it!! Real hardware running in 720p RGB via a Framemeister. Wonderful!

I bought me one of them thar Framemeisters recently - superb piece of kit. My Saturn looks as crisp as an emulator on a PC running through it!

This week's been rather a PS2 week for me... revisiting Outrun 2006 (looks fab in 480p which I'd never been able to play up till this point!), Kingdom Hearts 2, We Love Katamari...

[Atticus]

Played sotn through on my vita. Awesome as ever. Also capcom generations 2 on the saturn and the incredible battle garegga.

quite tempted to get another Framemeister (nice screenshot yakumo). I sold my last one because I couldn't get it to get along with my saturn ... But I'm close to giving one another try.

[Nu-Eclipse]

I'm currently halfway through the original NES version of The Legend of Zelda (3DS VC version). 4 out of 8 Triforce pieces recovered. First Quest.

Forgot how bloody difficult this game was to begin with - died several times early on. That said, it is pretty easy to find/power-up/upgrade items and accumulate heart containers quickly (16 maximum in the original as opposed to the now standard 20), thus making things considerably easier as you progress. Game mechanics obviously haven't aged well.

I'm tempted to try and eventually re-playthrough all the Zeldas (obviously barring the sh1t CD-i ones) in the run-up to A Link Between Two Worlds being released. Thanks to the 3DS Ambassador Program and eShop/VC, my XL alone also plays host to Adventures of Link, Link's Awakening DX, both Oracle games, The Minish Cap and Four Swords Anniversary Edition. I also have copies of Twilight Princess, Ocarina of Time 3D, Skyward Sword & Wind Waker lying around. Need to get a copy of Majora's Mask but I can always download that from Wii VC in the worst-case. Already have A Link to the Past on Emu on my Wii, ahem.

Hmmm...

[nakamura]

Zelda is extremely hard. I admit I used save states to complete it as I didn't want to be told frustrated. Quite fancy the second at the moment.

[Kit]

Need to get a copy of Majora's Mask but I can always download that from Wii VC in the worst-case. Already have A Link to the Past on Emu on my Wii, ahem.

Hmmm...

Emulation for Majoras Mask on Project 64 is perfect - played the whole thing through at 1920x1200 and it was stunning.

[CMcK]

Bit of Chuck Rock on the Megadrive last night. Pretty mediocre and kind of sloppy in places. Enemies appear stuck against walls then instantly attack you as you draw close. And I really noticed the lack of a brief period of invicibilty after taking a hit. Land on spikes if you can't clear them your a life down right away.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Just cleared Dungeon 6 (1st Quest) in NES Zelda. Hella annoying if you don't go into it with full health and backup potion. Took my overall game death count to 10 so far.

Forgot just how much I feckin' hate Wizzrobes!

[Sam The Man]

Bit of Chuck Rock on the Megadrive last night. Pretty mediocre and kind of sloppy in places. Enemies appear stuck against walls then instantly attack you as you draw close. And I really noticed the lack of a brief period of invicibilty after taking a hit. Land on spikes if you can't clear them your a life down right away.

Was playing Chuck Rock aswel but then i took it out of the machine and put Alisia Dragoon in. Love the artwork and style of the levels but it's the wonderful music that does it for me. If you havn't played it then definitely try it.

[CMcK]

Had the PAL version years ago. Great game. Shame the Japanese version is rather pricey.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Finished NES Zelda this morning. Not too difficult all in all, more tricky than anything - especially if you enter the last few dungeons with small amounts of health. Had to resort to using restore points on my 3DS to get it done.

Started playing Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Got as far as clearing the 1st "palace" before having to stop due to the headache that I received from how frustrating the game is. Has to be the worst Nintendo-made Zelda game ever, surely? Will get back on it later.