Vapor Trail

[Sega Uranus]

Merry Truxton to all, and to all a good Truxton.

[jerry coeurl]

I'm a little confused. Is Gaiares just what they called Vapor Trail when they brought it over to America? Because I looked up Vapor Trail on eBay and there was one result and it was a Japanese game and it was like 150 bucks.

[Mark Robert]

I'm still to this day blown away by the graphics and music of Gaiares. The gameplay is fast and frantic. It's hard as hell though. The checkpoint system really kicks my ass. Vapor Trail is a completely different shmup btw.

[Kollision]

wut?
why talk Gaiares all of a sudden in a Vapor Trail thread?

[cowboyscowboys]

Vapor Trail is my favorite shooter on the Genesis (2-Player mode FTW). Damn angers me so many games were only 1-player back then. Let the gamer have the choice of they want to play it with slowdown and flicker, yea Mercs I am talking to you.

[retrospiel]

I'm a little confused. Is Gaiares just what they called Vapor Trail when they brought it over to America?

No, Gaiares is Gaiares in the US. Pretty sure Vapor Trail was originally released as Kuuga: Operation Vapor Trail in Japan.

[jerry coeurl]

wut?
why talk Gaiares all of a sudden in a Vapor Trail thread?

I was confused by the super awesome 90's print ad on the first page of this thread. When I looked up Vapor Trail on eBay the only result was a Japanese copy of the game, so I thought maybe they called it Gaiares when they localized/released it in America. It's all been cleared up now, though!

[Melf]

I would buy that Gaiares shirt! I won't wear a mullet though.

[Cornholio857]

I would buy that Gaiares shirt! I won't wear a mullet though.

Awww.....why not? Just look at how happy that mullet made Nintendo Dude.

[xelement5x]

You know what I don't get after looking at that picture again, the posters on the walls. It's like they are posters of posters that are intentionally skewed but still hung straight on the wall.
I'm confused.

[Ecco]

Awww.....why not? Just look at how happy that mullet made Nintendo Dude.

^Awesome! I had an old Nintendo Power magazine, with that same photo as part of an ad! (The ad was probably just for a subscription to the magazine, but not sure.)

I remember as a little kid, thinking that the kid and his room looked SO COOL... The ad totally worked on me as a young kid. lol It looks like the coolest friend possible, like you'd visit him and that's exactly how you'd find him: playing Mario 3 w/ his legs up, surrounded by the coolest stuff: RC car, hanging airplanes, etc.

I remember Nintendo Power would do that now and then: They'd construct the coolest room possible, to represent the typical NES fan, or magazine subscriber. There was one that was like a 3-page foldout picture of someone's cool room, and it was an item hunt IIRC. The cool dude wasn't there, but his room was a great mess of NES stuff, plus cool clothes, jock stuff (footballs, basketballs, maybe trophies)... Anyways it was an amusing advertising style that really worked on me back then. lol

[Jadty]

^Awesome! I had an old Nintendo Power magazine, with that same photo as part of an ad! (The ad was probably just for a subscription to the magazine, but not sure.)

I remember as a little kid, thinking that the kid and his room looked SO COOL... The ad totally worked on me as a young kid. lol It looks like the coolest friend possible, like you'd visit him and that's exactly how you'd find him: playing Mario 3 w/ his legs up, surrounded by the coolest stuff: RC car, hanging airplanes, etc.

I remember Nintendo Power would do that now and then: They'd construct the coolest room possible, to represent the typical NES fan, or magazine subscriber. There was one that was like a 3-page foldout picture of someone's cool room, and it was an item hunt IIRC. The cool dude wasn't there, but his room was a great mess of NES stuff, plus cool clothes, jock stuff (footballs, basketballs, maybe trophies)... Anyways it was an amusing advertising style that really worked on me back then. lol

Nowadays you can't do that with an actual NES, because they're so sensitive to movement, that if you move your feet on the table the NES will freeze/reset. Unless of course the console has been thoroughly cleaned and the contact port (whatever it's called) has been replaced with a new one.

[Melf]

Awww.....why not? Just look at how happy that mullet made Nintendo Dude.

Sega Dude's (John Sauer) room was cooler.

[xelement5x]

Reposting for great glory

[jerry coeurl]

Jesus, I want that fucking hat.