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

[Leon Retro]

Gradius 3 on the SFC, lots of slowdown, pretty fun though.

Nice sharp visuals and excellent music. Just the slowdown spoils things a bit, but still a really enjoyable shooter.

[dyer60]

Millennium soldier:expendable (Dreamcast) for me this week.

Not the best shooter in the world but a fun filled no brains blaster that wasted a few hours!!!

Nice explosions as well.

[Leon Retro]

Millennium soldier:expendable (Dreamcast) for me this week.

Not the best shooter in the world but a fun filled no brains blaster that wasted a few hours!!!

Nice explosions as well.

Yeah, it offers a nice dose of blasting action. The lighting effects and explosions are good. I haven't played it for a quite a while, so I'll probably have a go at the weekend.

[dyer60]

Yeah, it offers a nice dose of blasting action. The lighting effects and explosions are good. I haven't played it for a quite a while, so I'll probably have a go at the weekend.

I would recommend it, great fun!

Is there anything else similar on the Dreamcast you know of?

Oh and a bit of Super Aleste on the SNES for me today, what a game....

[Leon Retro]

Is there anything else similar on the Dreamcast you know of?

The only similar game I can think of is Capcom's 'Cannon Spike(aka GunSpike), where you choose a character and run around blasting everything. It's different in quite a few ways, but offers the same sort of arcade action.

[ShadowDancer]

Spartan X Famicom (Kung Fu NES) If Twin galaxies is up to date (which I think it is) I'm up to 3rd in the world, although, there must be many players out there than can achieve my score to be honest. Top Score is over 3 Million, which is impressive.

[Jaz]

Jeanne d'Arc PSP on PS3. Really loved this game back in 2006 and it is still fun to play now.

[Cepp]

Ridge Racer 64 arrived so having a bash on that. It's... OK I guess? It's cool that you can select different driving controls/collision detection from previous games. The other cars have a tendency to jerk around the track, sometimes to the point that they look like they're glitching and the music/graphics are average. It's not bad overall but I'm glad it was cheap.

[nakamura]

Ridge Racer 64 arrived so having a bash on that. It's... OK I guess? It's cool that you can select different driving controls/collision detection from previous games. The other cars have a tendency to jerk around the track, sometimes to the point that they look like they're glitching and the music/graphics are average. It's not bad overall but I'm glad it was cheap.

It's a decent enough game at a low price but has issues. The later stages are just too fast for the controls which don't feel right on that pad.

[Cepp]

OK, duno how I double posted here. Apologies.

[Cepp]

Yeah they do get insanely fast lol. Lots of crashing into things before I adjusted.

[Leon Retro]

It's not bad overall but I'm glad it was cheap.

I loved the Ridge Racer games on the PS1, so hoped the N64 edition would be good, but I was gutted. I think it's weak in all departments.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Playing Super Mario Bros. 2 Japan (AKA Lost Levels) (NES VC, 3DS).

Not massively difficult 30 years on but tricky/irritating in a way that 2D Mario games haven't felt for some time.

[DoDonJoshua]

Getting stuck into Parodius Ps1; I can't remember it being this difficult, but it took me a little while to adjust to how slow the player moves. Used to quicker these days.
(is this retro?) Simpsons Hit and Run, as I think it's a solid game. Some of the controls of some of the cars are a bit unwieldy, but its still enjoyable.

[Jay]

Jeanne d'Arc PSP on PS3. Really loved this game back in 2006 and it is still fun to play now.

You can play PSP games on PS3?