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It's too hot outside in most places. If ever there was a reason to stay inside where it's cool, summer is it! And with so many great games to play, there's more than enough to entertain. This month, our staff and readers have a diverse selection of titles to share, so read on and see what they've been playing!
That was an enjoyable Roundtable. Many different entries from entirely different genres and platforms. :D
The link to the Urusei Yatsura review is broken though.
It's to bad I don't have the $150-250 to throwaway for the Sega Ages for the Saturn just to get arcade versions of Space Harrier (of which I'm not to crazy about), After Burner II and Out Run it would be a nice addition to my Saturn library. I need to use more of Knuckles in Sonic 3, I am always using the blue blur.
Edit: But just like Ken I also admire the Genesis version of Out Run with the only bad thing I can say about the game is the missing engine sound of the Ferrari if it where not for that I wouldn't care about Saturn Sega Ages version as much.
I like the entry on Sonic 3 & Knuckles. I could talk endlessly about comparing it to Sonic 2 which is also my favorite platformer and maybe my favorite game of all time.
S3&K has massive stages that sometimes seem like you're not even going anywhere, and can sometimes take almost the full 10 minutes to beat. The saving makes S3&K a huge epic to complete it with all character choices, and all emeralds. And to race the best times in the split-screen 1 player mode. S3&K has its great moments and its lame moments (especially in stand-alone Sonic 3).
In contrast to all that, Sonic 2 is just awesome without any lame parts, at all. S3&K is more of a mish-mash, that often doesn't have the magic that seems everywhere in Sonic 2. And it has about the same number of stages, in one little cart (they're just shorter stages).
S3&K the mixture of fast and slow sections can be annoying to me, although I understand what they were going for, it lacks the simple flow of just bombing through Sonic 2...
And nothing can really compare to the fantastic soundtracks of Sonic 1 and Sonic 2, each is basically a full album from that Japanese pop group. :cool:
Well I could go on, but anyway. When I first found sega-16, I was expecting everyone to dislike Sonic 3 lol (the way everyone generally dislikes Sonic Spinball).
I like the entry on S3&K. I could talk endlessly about comparing it to Sonic 2 which is also my favorite platformer, and maybe my favorite game of all time.
S3&K has massive stages that sometimes seem like you're not going anywhere, and can sometimes take almost the full 10 minutes to beat. The saving makes S3&K a huge epic to complete with all character choices, and all emeralds. And to race the best times in the split-screen 1 player mode. S3&K has its great moments and its lame moments (especially in stand-alone Sonic 3).
In contrast to all that, Sonic 2 is just awesome without any lame parts, at all. S3&K is more of a mish-mash, that often doesn't have the magic that seems everywhere in Sonic 2. And it has about the same number of stages, in one little cart (they're just shorter stages).
S3&K the mixture of fast and slow sections can be annoying, although I understand what they were going for, it lacks the simple flow of just bombing through Sonic 2...
And nothing can really compare to the fantastic soundtracks of Sonic 1 and Sonic 2, each is basically a full album from that Japanese pop group. :cool:
Well I could go on, but anyway. When I first found sega-16, I was expecting everyone to dislike Sonic 3 lol (the way everyone generally dislikes Sonic Spinball). I did eventually find some love for Sonic 3 but it took me like 20 years lol.
Huh, I'm surprised that guy hadn't even heard of Sonic 3 until two years ago. I pretty much share the same opinion with him, though I will say that I like how Tails is a lot more useful in that game than he was in Sonic 2, especially if you have a second player around (Marble Garden's boss is still my personal favorite because of the co-op).
I always thought S3&K was the Sonic game everyone sang their praises to. XD
Meanwhile, I'm glad someone else gets a kick out of Bubsy, though I personally just like to laugh at how badly designed it all is. You definitely need that password system, because otherwise you'd never beat it! XD