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Sega 3D Classics Wave 2 |OT| October: 3D Sonic 2
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sixteen-bit
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Great tunes for sure. Outrun's soundtrack goes so well with its aesthetic tho. I can't hate.
We can all agree Hiroshi Kawaguchi is a god of music.
sixteen-bit
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Shadow Hog
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Honestly I prefer Hang-On's sole track to anything in Super Hang-On and was let down that Super Hang-On doesn't have even a remix of it
I'm not saying Super Hang-On's soundtrack is bad, any soundtrack with "Outride a Crisis" can't be bad, it's just that it could've been even better
Oh, and Super Hang-On isn't Hiroshi Kawaguchi, although Hang-On is; Super is Katsuhiro Hayashi, Koichi Namiki and Shigeru Ohwada.
I'm not saying Super Hang-On's soundtrack is bad, any soundtrack with "Outride a Crisis" can't be bad, it's just that it could've been even better
Oh, and Super Hang-On isn't Hiroshi Kawaguchi, although Hang-On is; Super is Katsuhiro Hayashi, Koichi Namiki and Shigeru Ohwada.
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Deleted member 126221
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Oh wow! I only started following the 3D Classics series with Afterburner II and Outrun, so this sale is the right moment to pick up anything I missed!
I think I'm interested in every single one of them except Ecco and Altered Beasts... Any other game I can safely skip? Please note I never played these games except for Sonic 1, so there's no nostalgia factor for me; I'm only wondering which games are still worth playing today.
I think I'm interested in every single one of them except Ecco and Altered Beasts... Any other game I can safely skip? Please note I never played these games except for Sonic 1, so there's no nostalgia factor for me; I'm only wondering which games are still worth playing today.
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Alright, remind me the differences between the Japan & International versions of Sonic 1 (something about being invincible after getting hit on spikes?) and then Genesis 1 & 2 of PSG Emulation? & what's the "Special" trigger for?
Edit: Oh okay, JPN fixes that spike bug & has moving backgrounds & Special triggers the stage select. Not sure on the sound, though.
Edit: Oh okay, JPN fixes that spike bug & has moving backgrounds & Special triggers the stage select. Not sure on the sound, though.
shaunLEGEND
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YES, finally a sale. I'm getting all of them!
JP Sonic 1 has more layers of scrolling in BG
PSG emulation affects sound quality
dunno about Special
From what I've read, one is more on the Mega Drive, while the other is Genesis, though it can be hard to tell unless you're a big sound/music enthusiast.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Altered Beast is the only release most recommend skipping, as Streets of Rage obsoletes it. Every game's equipped with means to make tough sections/playthroughs easier, so a game like Galaxy Force II or Super Hang-On's playable for non-experienced players.
Great timing for a sale, as I have money in the digital wallet. I'm just going to wait for SoR2 to mosey along.
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Thanks!
Does SoR2 makes SoR1 "obsolete", or are they both worth playing? And is it any fun in single-player?
lovely ladies
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They're both pretty fun games. I think 2's a better game because it's a bigger game overall (more stages, characters, variety, even more godlike music than the original) but you can't go wrong with either. The 3D port is a bit barebones in terms of extras though, it has a 3D mode and a one hit death mode. For three bucks though, you really can't go wrong... you'll have a very fun hour and change playing the game.
Takes more than a couple tries to complete the race (expert course)
Turbo button makes things interesting
FlashbladeGAF
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No, although 2 is better, 1 is still special.
2 mixes it up a bit so they are different enough
The Bankslammer
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i was going to say "time to pick up all the ones i don't have" but i realized that between the retail collection and the ones i've bought individually, that's just altered beast
so never mind
so never mind
Null Pointer
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Close but not quite. One is for the Model 1 Genesis/Mega Drive, and the other is Model 2.
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showth...-good-Genesis-1s-and-Genesis-2s-from-bad-ones
The Model 1 has better sound than Model 2. But why have an option for worse sound? Because M2 is that hardcore and wants you to play it the way you remember it!
SoR2 definitely makes SoR obsolete. Playing 1 after 2 makes 1 feel terrible and will just frustrate you. You will have a better experience playing them in order or skipping 1 altogether. 1 is great on its own, mind you, but in a world where 2 exists, 1 is for collectors only.
Don't skip Altered Beast or Ecco. They're great games in their own genre, it's just that people don't seem to like the genres.
Outrun is a driving game with a racing element. Super Hang-On is a straight-up racing game. The bike handles way differently to the Ferrari and it's especially fun to play with gyro controls, I think.
Super Hang-On is awesome. In some respects it plays very similar to Out Run, but the courses are much narrower and you also have a turbo button, which makes the game a bit faster. Also, if you loved the soundtrack in Out Run, Super Hang-On has some rockin tunes as well. Out Run may have a slight edge over Super Hang On, but that doesn't mean it isn't an amazing title that still holds up after 20 years.
Hell yeah, the man composed so many classics that are integral to the Sega arcade legacy.
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But... it's the Genesis port, if it were the arcade version then it would be more attractive.
I am debating on getting this and Ecco, I doubt I'll play them much but at $3 is not like it will be a big loss; then again I have some eshop games on my radar too...
the Genesis port isn't all that different from the arcade to be fair.
get them all.
AcademicSaucer
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lol
It's the same game for sure, but the presentation gets a noticeable downgrade on Genesis particularly on the sprites and music..
The Genesis version does have parallax scrolling and maybe my memory's a little fuzzy, but I think it plays/controls better too. The voices are hilariously bad in some cases, though, and yeah, not having transparencies and other subtle scaling effects hurt the visual presentation.
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sixteen-bit
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Yeah, arcade had some neat scaling going on when u dismember the opponents.
These are the ones I know of:
Altered Beast
Golden Axe
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
Wrestle War
shaunLEGEND
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So I'm playing Galaxy Force II on a n3DS and it says do I want to play with a circle pad pro and I say yes and...it does nothing. Is it bugged or am I doing something wrong?
Also Altered Beast easily has some of the best art direction of these games and the concept is so damn cool that it's easily recommended at the current sale price. I can't for the life of me get past the third stage though.
Also Altered Beast easily has some of the best art direction of these games and the concept is so damn cool that it's easily recommended at the current sale price. I can't for the life of me get past the third stage though.
Neff
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The Mega Drive version really isn't so bad. The arcade version is a nightmare.
Naked Snake
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Someone should make a new thread about the sale, or update the thread title. Or some interested people will miss out.
Naked Snake
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I agree, and I've said it before here. It's the better game overall in my nostalgia-free opinion.
AcceptableGhost
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please skip altered beast
