tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post6365773469155732056..comments2024-03-23T00:57:10.650-07:00Comments on Chrontendo: Phantasy Star! Here at Last!Doctor Sparklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328442015557051088noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-36725447680345390032010-05-15T03:42:14.338-07:002010-05-15T03:42:14.338-07:00God the FM sound is terrific to games I probably w...God the FM sound is terrific to games I probably wouldn't play anyway (and rather a shame someone didn't bother perfecting a good pin converter for these games or I'd try to play import Master System/Mark III cards on my US console or vice versa).<br /><br />FANTASY ZONE II<br />Aside from the lackluster Arcade port of the game, a far better treatment occurred nearly 25 years later with the PS2 release of the Fantasy Zone collection through the Sega Ages volumes, in which the entire game has been programmed using the same System16 hardware of the first game, giving it a unique reproduction and a "what-if" to a game that would've bee sweet in the arcade if Sega had tried.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZrpnwCk6Tc<br /><br /><br />ZAXXON<br />ZAXXON and CONGO BONGO were my classic Sega favorites. Still, this port on the Mark III/Master System is a lot better than the Atari 2600 (god the ColecoVision port was superior for it's time). :-)<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh0qiaYDTkI<br /><br /><br />PHANTASY STAR<br />Still think of how dumb it was for the US consoles not to get the FM chip at all. The music sounds terrible with the default hardware.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-72137439243372648222009-11-14T18:26:58.848-08:002009-11-14T18:26:58.848-08:00Yeah, those Legacy of the Wizard speed runs are cr...Yeah, those Legacy of the Wizard speed runs are crazy. Why anyone would want to devote so much effort to THAT game is beyond me. <br /><br />As for Zillion, there were no more games after The Tri Formation. The show wasn't on the air for very long, so I assume Sega simply didn't feel the need to pursue that particular franchise any further.<br /><br />Ep 26 is a bit of a tough one, with both Mega Man and FF. I've finished playing FF, and I was able to plow through pretty quickly, since a) I've played it before and b) I used cheats to bypass the grinding. And of course, the game can be beaten quickly: http://www.archive.org/details/finalfantasy-tas-theaxeman<br />This speed run is Tool Assisted however. It's worth noting, by the way, that the NES FF is WAY harder than the GBA version. It's a pretty brutal game.Doctor Sparklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328442015557051088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-65423684764588968822009-11-14T15:34:54.133-08:002009-11-14T15:34:54.133-08:00Oh man, just saw that a speedrun to that awful Leg...Oh man, just saw that a speedrun to that awful Legacy of the Wizard game was uploaded on speeddemosarchive.com (lookie here: http://speeddemosarchive.com/LegacyOfTheWizard.html )...I am starting to watch it right now.qaylIS aka Nicolas Deußerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03943098766424527157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-39598989821955302412009-11-10T00:23:08.069-08:002009-11-10T00:23:08.069-08:00Chronsega 4 was in interseting episode, nice to fi...Chronsega 4 was in interseting episode, nice to finally see the typical fault of SEGAs marketing strategy started in the 80s...not just poor Alex Kid, also Zillion. While the first one was arguebly the only Metroid competition on the Sega Side, Part 2 blew it allready. Part 1 wasn't a price either, but it was an interesting start with some unique concepts, which could really become a Metroid Killer in the course of the series. But Zillion 2...meh. I don't know if there are any more parts of the series, but I am interested to see.<br />Oh yeah, and take your time with Chrontendo 26, I know that it takes some time to finish Final Fantasy, I played the GBA Version across the course of two months or so in college...which is the reason why some of my notes from seminars have teleporter sequences in them... =)qaylIS aka Nicolas Deußerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03943098766424527157noreply@blogger.com