Scott Robison Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 51 minutes ago, Strider said: Funny they thought Neo-Nazi's had to be removed, but Hitler's (Master-D in the English version) head exploding, all good. Hogan's Heroes would never fly today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroByte Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 The game’s title in Japan: Top Secret , Hitler’s Resurrection. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Chow Seymour Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Here's something a little different. I sometimes watch this one comedy/cartooning YouTube channel called "Drawfee" (Like "Coffee" but with drawing, because they used to only stream in the mornings before work). Their humor is sometimes a little Millennial for me (references I don't get, mostly) but it's usually fun. Anyway! Last week they did a challenge based on old video game box art. One of them would describe the original box art, and another one had to draw it without seeing the original, just based on the description. So we could borrow their drawings for our own little forum game here. I'll show you three of their resulting drawings, and we'll see if the forum can get what the original game was. They actually did four drawings - the one I left out was too obvious, it's everyone's go-to example of terrible game box art, the North American release of Mega Man. If you want to watch the original, it's here. (Spoilers for the answers, of course). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroByte Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 This was a cool post. While watching, I actually kinda got which game the middle title is. Never even heard of the other two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Chow Seymour Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Yeah I'd never even heard of the first game, and while I had heard of the last one I'd never seen the box art (and didn't expect it to look like that!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted September 6 Author Share Posted September 6 Keeping the NES theme going. 1. This game was based on a popular licensed IP, but it's story was actually unrelated to that IP. There was an arcade version as well, but it was also a completely different game, even though it shared the same name and IP. 2. The arcade version of the game got generally good reviews, but it's NES counterpart did not fare nearly as well, with mostly mediocre and poor reviews. It was lumped into a "clone" category as many games of it's type did back then. 3. It wasn't until much later, in retrospect, that the game got some overdue notoriety. Featuring a unique colorful graphic style that changes when in battle, fun enemies and bosses, and a good soundtrack. Many people found the overall game to be quite enjoyable. 4. You fight with both a sword and magic, and can even transform yourself. The game is actually quite long, but in a good way. You defiantly got your monies worth out of it. To this day it's one of my many favorites, as is the IP it was based on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroByte Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 (edited) I know it - gonna hold off for a bit. Edited September 7 by ZeroByte 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted September 7 Author Share Posted September 7 Also released on the Commodore Amiga, with generally poor reviews? The IP in question was created by two of the most well known names in the industry, especially at this time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroByte Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 The arcade version uses a YM2151. I bet the Commander X16 could do a near-perfect port. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelli217 Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Does it perchance involve trochaic tetrameter? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroByte Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 I just looked up a video of the Amiga version, and omg it's awful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 I played through both the arcade and NES versions recently, and watched the movie. Still one of my favorite fantasy adventure films, and one of the "best of the 80's" in my opinion. So many good films of that type back then. Even though the arcade and NES versions are vastly different in every aspect, I still like both. The arcade follows the film, looks great, and is a lot of fun. The NES really only uses the characters from the film, but is a fun RPG adventure title in it's own right. I never played the Amiga version back then, I only tried it out recently, and yeah... awful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickers11001001 Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Strider... good one. I remember watching some play-throughs of the NES version on youtube some time ago, and laughing at what the 'changes in battle' effect did to their video compression. Artifacts galore! LOL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Chow Seymour Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 (edited) Ohhhhhh, I finally got it. It took me way too long, but it was @kelli217's trochaic tetrameter clue that finally turned the lightbulb on. Since Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers never had a movie (as far as I know), it must be... Just kidding of course. As you likely know, I got that from xkcd, which also helped with the trochee clue. The only thing that's throwing me off is... On 9/6/2021 at 6:32 PM, Strider said: You fight with both a sword and magic, and can even transform yourself. I never played any TMNT video game, but I don't recall any magic in the MNT universe, or transformations. So maybe I haven't guessed correctly! Edited September 10 by John Chow Seymour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalvan Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 On 9/6/2021 at 6:32 PM, Strider said: Keeping the NES theme going. 1. This game was based on a popular licensed IP, but it's story was actually unrelated to that IP. There was an arcade version as well, but it was also a completely different game, even though it shared the same name and IP. 2. The arcade version of the game got generally good reviews, but it's NES counterpart did not fare nearly as well, with mostly mediocre and poor reviews. It was lumped into a "clone" category as many games of it's type did back then. 3. It wasn't until much later, in retrospect, that the game got some overdue notoriety. Featuring a unique colorful graphic style that changes when in battle, fun enemies and bosses, and a good soundtrack. Many people found the overall game to be quite enjoyable. 4. You fight with both a sword and magic, and can even transform yourself. The game is actually quite long, but in a good way. You defiantly got your monies worth out of it. To this day it's one of my many favorites, as is the IP it was based on. Willow. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroByte Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 14 minutes ago, Kalvan said: Willow. Ahh! That was the correct answer! (or at least I'm 99.9999% sure it is - obviously Strider may say I'm wrong too - lol) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 (edited) 1 hour ago, ZeroByte said: Ahh! That was the correct answer! (or at least I'm 99.9999% sure it is - obviously Strider may say I'm wrong too - lol) That .0001% chance failed to prove you wrong this day! Excellent film in my humble opinion. George Lucas and Ron Howard did a great job as always. I actually plays the NES game before it showed up in my local arcade. I had a blast playing it back then, and again recently. Once I seen the arcade version, it ate a lot of my quarters. It's sad many of the ports to other platforms were so poor for just a great IP. Edited September 10 by Strider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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