Christ, that Amstrad version :x
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Originally posted by Yakumo View PostIt looked good but I never really rated it as a shooter. Maybe because I was playing Japanese shooters for a while before Xenon 2 came along.
I also loved Battle Squadron on both the Amiga and Mega Drive too. Back then Western teams could make the odd good shooter before the Japanese showed them how it was done later on in the Mega Drive life lol
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Originally posted by Yakumo View PostIt looked good but I never really rated it as a shooter.
Hybris was an early Amiga shooter that actually felt like a reasonably fun arcade game. Then Battle Squadron, by the same developer, offered arcade style thrills with top quality graphics and music.
It's just a sad fact that lots ofUK/Euro shoot 'em ups were usually quite poor next to the best examples from Japan. Even something very basic like 'Astro Warrior' on the Master System is much better than most of the rubbish found on 16-bit computers. The Amiga can do all the things a good shoot 'em up demands, but creating fun, polished gameplay was obviously beyond a lot of UK/Euro devs.Last edited by Leon Retro; 28-10-2019, 20:35.
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Originally posted by Team Andromeda View PostI had played quite a few Japanese shooters by the time of Xenon 2 on the Amiga (more so in the Arcades) But I liked Xenon 2 at the time it looked great, lovely smooth scrolling and those Bomb The Bass samples were awesome: shame the Mega Drive sound chip was so crap at samples wit it limited to one channel, because other than the sound the Mega Drive version kills the Amiga game .
I also loved Battle Squadron on both the Amiga and Mega Drive too. Back then Western teams could make the odd good shooter before the Japanese showed them how it was done later on in the Mega Drive life lol
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I hated the game but nobody could deny Super Nashwan Power was brilliant in any language.
I think Midnight Resistance was the better Amiga game that year. Had a cracked version and ended up playing it uncracked for the difficulty cos I played it so much.
Then the MD version flounces out a year or so after and wipes out how cool it was away...
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Just come up on my YouTube, watched it now, BRILLIANT vid but I **HATE** the game.
It's rubbish!!!!!
Just reminds me of the old Amiga days where they got so good at bas relief-style gfx, they decided to make games around it.
UGH!!!!
Bitmap Bros back in the day to me equalled bas relief boredom.
Bloody ACE vid, tho, and it's nice seeing it again, it *looks* quite seductive in motion but actually playing it will make your inner soul go all pale.
Sheet-white with the most dreadful of apathies.
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Originally posted by JazzFunk View Post(I had the 1990 A500 Batman pack with Batman, New Zealand Story and my mate had given us a free pirate copy of Xenon 2 (and Monty Python) in order to bolster my collection upon startup).
Best game was BATMAN!!!!!! It was ace!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by JazzFunk View Post(I had the 1990 A500 Batman pack with Batman, New Zealand Story and my mate had given us a free pirate copy of Xenon 2 (and Monty Python) in order to bolster my collection upon startup).
Best game was BATMAN!!!!!! It was ace!!!!!!!
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