light grey and pleasant shades of purple > rainbow and dark grey.
also the US carts had end labels and the controllers had those ultra cool concave x and y buttons.
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light grey and pleasant shades of purple > rainbow and dark grey.
also the US carts had end labels and the controllers had those ultra cool concave x and y buttons.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Does Europeland still call them Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
because that was :lol back in the day. I guess they were afraid kids would attempt to uh...I don't know, turn into mutant ninjutsu-practicing brothers and jump off rooftops or something
because that was :lol back in the day. I guess they were afraid kids would attempt to uh...I don't know, turn into mutant ninjutsu-practicing brothers and jump off rooftops or something
Hot Coldman
Banned
Nope, it's been Ninja Turtles for aaaaaaaaaaages now.
Also, anyone saying the US SNES design is the best needs medical attention.
YOU CAN KEEP YOUR END-LABELLESS CARTS SIR.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Well yeah. Everything beats censorship.
Shadow Hog
Member
I like the US SNES design, but I kinda disliked how they didn't keep the rainbow buttons. Yeah, we got concave buttons in exchange, which was cool, but c'mon, I liked the colors.
I'm down with everything except this.
Hell yeah
Nope
no tricks
The gap is not that big. I'd say it's actually so small that color
ViewtifulJC
Banned
ass > arse
Hot Coldman
Banned
Why do you hate your vocal chords? Mega Drive is clearly the more satisfying to say. Also it fits perfectly with shit like BLAST PROCESSING.
There's a time and place for both. ...but generally I'll be a traitor and say "ass".
Nocturnowl
Member
The truest statement of all regarding this topic.
I think Arse sounds more venomous, if I use Ass it's more laid back, but when Arse arrives then you know that this is the real deal, it's coming in as a true curse word and everyone should be aware.
Fortunately i'm a jolly old gent, Sonic Gaf is more Asses than Arses.
Genesis sounds better in rap songs.
"Where's my fuckin Genesis?" >>> "Where's my fuckin Mega Drive?"
"SUPA NINTENDO, SEGA GENESIS" >> "SUPA NINTENDO, SEGA MEGA DRIVE"
I can't say arse without overdoing the r and sounding super Midwestern
Seriously though I've never quite understood the hate the internet seems to have for the US SNES design. I don't see what the problem is.
Then again, I don't get the love the internet has for the Panasonic Q's look either.
Nocturnowl
Member
You guys are mega driving me mad! well not really.
Bah Gawd fruity delicious skittles buttons wipe the floor with the drab arse lifeless Lilac.
See that, I used Arse, i'm not screwing around this time, business has just picked up.
Though the dark purple buttons are okay.
Bah Gawd fruity delicious skittles buttons wipe the floor with the drab arse lifeless Lilac.
See that, I used Arse, i'm not screwing around this time, business has just picked up.
Though the dark purple buttons are okay.
Nocturnowl
Member
Lilac instantly reminds me of toilet air fresheners.
I wish I was joking...
I wish I was joking...
The Q feels like the total opposite of the normal Gamecube. Gamecube was compact and sleek, the Q seems so bulky and bulging by comparison.
Well it's kind of the purpose of it. I mean I prefer the normal cube(N64 and Gamecube are my favorite consoles), but I still like the Q since it's a more 'classy'(actually, I'm not sure that's the word) version of it. Platinum and Purple are my favorite GC colors. Too bad there wasn't a whole lot of colors for it, though.
For some weird reason I like the skittle buttons more on the controllers but at the same time like the US SNES design the most. But for consistency's sake I'd stick with the US controllers, the purple color scheme is still nice.
Nintendo sure loved purple as the main color for the SNES, GBA and Gamecube.
Because purple is awesome.
And whoa, I have never seen this before, but that price tag.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Red-Ch...t=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item27ce226cb3
It'd be cheaper to find someone to paint your shell red.
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Controller of nightmares here.
http://i.imgur.com/n45wz.jpg
And whoa, I have never seen this before, but that price tag.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Red-Ch...t=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item27ce226cb3
It'd be cheaper to find someone to paint your shell red.
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Controller of nightmares here.
http://i.imgur.com/n45wz.jpg
Professor Beef
Banned
I have a Mega Man X controller but the analog's rubber wore off and the cheap plastic for the analog got chipped. No idea how it happened either.
Something Mega Man-related is bad quality? What a shocker.
:3
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
We decided to get that Fireball whiskey and I got ... some... Bacardi breezer whose flavour I forgot.
So if I drunk post later on, you'll know why. No Sonic 2006 playing, though, because I'm not at home. I finally decided to take a vacation and I'm so damn happy about it.
So if I drunk post later on, you'll know why. No Sonic 2006 playing, though, because I'm not at home. I finally decided to take a vacation and I'm so damn happy about it.
Nocturnowl
Member
We decided to get that Fireball whiskey and I got ... some... Bacardi breezer whose flavour I forgot.
So if I drunk post later on, you'll know why. No Sonic 2006 playing, though, because I'm not at home. I finally decided to take a vacation and I'm so damn happy about it.
Great, now i've got this craving for the basic but enjoyable Fireball and Apple Juice long drink.
For that we'll have Sonic Gaf send a copy of 06 to your vacation spot, remember you're obligated to play it because it was sent to you, your words not mine.
Meanwhile i'm drinking some hardcore mother fudgin' tea while watching Die Hard 2, clearly I win this round. Okay I don't but if it were the first Die Hard then well the tables would turn in my favour.
We decided to get that Fireball whiskey and I got ... some... Bacardi breezer whose flavour I forgot.
So if I drunk post later on, you'll know why. No Sonic 2006 playing, though, because I'm not at home. I finally decided to take a vacation and I'm so damn happy about it.
Fireball used to be my drink of choice
then at some point it just started to make me sick. god i'm old.
Never!
I mean Mega Drive is a cool name but I grew up with "Genesis" and it just sounds badass.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Cheaterdrive
edit: oops
edit: oops
Shadow Hog
Member
I'm partial to Genesis, myself, it being what I grew up with and all.
I got a 3DS XL yesterday. Are ANY Sonic games available for the system worth a purchase? I've played a bit of my friend's copy of Generations, is there any more to it that make it worth owning alongside the HD versions? Should I check out Triple Trouble/VC in general or is my money better spent on eShop originals?
Also, Sonic Blast is coming...
Also, Sonic Blast is coming...
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Whatever you do, never ever go near Sonic Blast. Even Hitler would consider that thing to be a crime against humanity.
Nocturnowl
Member
Honestly Generations 3DS is kind of lame, if you can get it for cheap it's worth a shake but it's clearly a rushed product, Classic Sonic feels wasted in that...
- The Mega Drive/Genesis stages are just copies of original acts
- Everything afterwards has the homing attack
You should've got a PAL 3DS so you could have Sonic Blast RIGHT NOW!
No but spend your money on e-shop originals, even the better GG Sonic titles aren't exactly amazing.
- The Mega Drive/Genesis stages are just copies of original acts
- Everything afterwards has the homing attack
You should've got a PAL 3DS so you could have Sonic Blast RIGHT NOW!
No but spend your money on e-shop originals, even the better GG Sonic titles aren't exactly amazing.
That's pretty much how I was feeling. I was pondering on this last night but ended up getting Pushmo and Crashmo instead. Still had some room in my "gaming budget" so I thought I'd ask. Any other opinions? If not I'll either get Super Street Fighter IV or just wait a while before getting anything else.
tiggerkiddo
Member
We'll agree to disagree on that one.
SpikedGunner
Member
Funny thing, I picked-up the 3DS version of Generations last Saturday(knowing full well of the laziness involved) because Target had it for $16...figured I'd have it ready for whenever I got a 3DS...which turned out to be Monday (Thank you Toys R Us for price matching K-mart's ad PLUS accepting a groupon I had).
I actually finished the story today, though it might have been sooner if I was more compelled to do so. While I wouldn't call it an awful game, it was certainly felt rushed and lazy if that makes any sense.
There were some decent moments, but it was constantly hampered by the design choices made which led to some cheap shots and deaths happening more than it should...I was also disappointed by how the story/cutscenes played out, why can't we get some game rendered and cg cutscenes? Colors DS at least gave us the latter even if they were short...this is a more powerful system! let loose!
The forced homing attack didn't sit well with me either. oh and another thing? I also never ever want to play Biolizard/the special stages again. I will given them some credit for having a slightly better Time Eater, though towards the end that credit was almost taken back.
I'll think about going back to finishing up the missions and replaying some of the stages...but I think even after some time to let it sink it, I would still call this game a missed opportunity and not tapping it's potential.
Get it cheap (like less than $15, I still felt I was slightly robbed after the target sale) or rent/borrow, because to me Dimps' output these days is not worth the standard asking price.
I'm thinking of getting RE Revelaitons some point soon, until then I have a few other titles to play (I only I could find some decent screen protectors at a good price)...but hells yes to getting Triple Trouble, I love it to this day, certainly a more entertaining game to say the very least.
I got it for 15 dollars too. I seriously would not pay any more than that. It's fun when you aren't in the Dreamcast Era or rival races but it's truly a missed opportunity and largely uninspired. I'm really disappointed they ignored the portable titles outside of Sonic Rush and Colors DS (and even then they based Modern's Act on the Wii game). Soooo much untapped potential there and they just didn't care enough to try.
Triple Trouble is truly under-appreciated, I'm glad to see that game getting love. Even though it's very short and can be completed maybe under an hour, it's still such a fun game. I should go for a 100% run sometime.
Phonomezer
Banned
Gross.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
dammit we shoulda tried that
maaaaaan...
also both names are fine
genesis is cool cuz its for marketing and megadrives cool cuz it sounds like a name for some electronic thingy
also apparently theres a bachelorette party in this hotel they're really loud and i guess theyre drunk
tiggerkiddo
Member
I love the Mega Drive, it's so rad.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
i missed this and if i were more lucid i'd prolly say something smart about etymology or something
right now my brain isn't that smart
shit i feel bad for shitposting
Nocturnowl
Member
As my Beefmas gift to you all I decided i'd follow up on my many jokes about Sonic Blast by actually trying to replay it.
Kicking off with the ever loved green hill zone, except GHZ looks a bit worse for ware, gone is the chequered earth, replaced with gritty brown, the background seems to have vanished as well. At this point I realize how this game both looks and sounds like some kind of Sonic bootleg, any of the games character is washed away with this sort of pre rendered abomination, actually it's an insult to pre rendered sprites to be compared to this shit here.
Act 1 is one of the most straightforward stages in Sonic history, Sonic is HUGE and the viewing area of the screen is tiny, fortunately the games sort of slow so you can still react to the enemies.
We move on to Yellow Desert which actually looks a lot better than Green Hill, in what must have been the shortest act ever I beat act 1 in like 12 seconds, seems that bypassing the tubes cuts out the lower caves and just lets you skip to the exit, delightful. Act 2 takes place inside a pyramid, I think, there's this odd bit at the back where Sonic magically flies across the screen by...holes? craters in the wall? I have no idea what the hell they were driving at with this and the shoddy visuals tell me nothing.
What I didn't expect was Eggman to come flying in on a cloud poking me with a staff, i'm sure there's an Eastern mythology reference here somewhere, one that seems out of place in a pyramid.
Red Volcano continues the amazing naming trend though the location looks more grotty magenta to me, having steamrollered up to this point in like 10 minutes Act 2 finally brings the pain, the small screen syndrome hits hard as stretches of Lava, scalding steam shoots and fire bubbles revel in their unseen advantage. The boss battle has you running around on some small platform while Eggman bops up and down in a spring bot, it feels incredibly out of place.
But here's the reason i'm actually here, BLUE MARINE ZONE.
So let me break this down for you all, i've been in the opening area of act 1 for over 5 minutes now, what in the blue hell is this?! GUYS WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?! There's no words to accurately describe this wretched abomination of piss poor stage design, I can't even see the correct route, all the pipes either send my backwards or send my forwards straight into unavoidable currents that drag me backwards, I don't think I can hold out much longer, I feel like i've spent longer in this one stage than the rest of the game, I can't even reach the first checkpoint, i'll try to hold out a bit longer but this act is breaking my spirit...
Edit: FOUND IT! jeezum crackers that was stupid and easily missable, after escaping the pipe maze I found a checkpoint and literally one jump away from it was the stage exit...WHY?
Kicking off with the ever loved green hill zone, except GHZ looks a bit worse for ware, gone is the chequered earth, replaced with gritty brown, the background seems to have vanished as well. At this point I realize how this game both looks and sounds like some kind of Sonic bootleg, any of the games character is washed away with this sort of pre rendered abomination, actually it's an insult to pre rendered sprites to be compared to this shit here.
Act 1 is one of the most straightforward stages in Sonic history, Sonic is HUGE and the viewing area of the screen is tiny, fortunately the games sort of slow so you can still react to the enemies.
We move on to Yellow Desert which actually looks a lot better than Green Hill, in what must have been the shortest act ever I beat act 1 in like 12 seconds, seems that bypassing the tubes cuts out the lower caves and just lets you skip to the exit, delightful. Act 2 takes place inside a pyramid, I think, there's this odd bit at the back where Sonic magically flies across the screen by...holes? craters in the wall? I have no idea what the hell they were driving at with this and the shoddy visuals tell me nothing.
What I didn't expect was Eggman to come flying in on a cloud poking me with a staff, i'm sure there's an Eastern mythology reference here somewhere, one that seems out of place in a pyramid.
Red Volcano continues the amazing naming trend though the location looks more grotty magenta to me, having steamrollered up to this point in like 10 minutes Act 2 finally brings the pain, the small screen syndrome hits hard as stretches of Lava, scalding steam shoots and fire bubbles revel in their unseen advantage. The boss battle has you running around on some small platform while Eggman bops up and down in a spring bot, it feels incredibly out of place.
But here's the reason i'm actually here, BLUE MARINE ZONE.
So let me break this down for you all, i've been in the opening area of act 1 for over 5 minutes now, what in the blue hell is this?! GUYS WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?! There's no words to accurately describe this wretched abomination of piss poor stage design, I can't even see the correct route, all the pipes either send my backwards or send my forwards straight into unavoidable currents that drag me backwards, I don't think I can hold out much longer, I feel like i've spent longer in this one stage than the rest of the game, I can't even reach the first checkpoint, i'll try to hold out a bit longer but this act is breaking my spirit...
Edit: FOUND IT! jeezum crackers that was stupid and easily missable, after escaping the pipe maze I found a checkpoint and literally one jump away from it was the stage exit...WHY?
Nocturnowl
Member
I DON'T UNDERSTAND! WHY SEGA?! WHY?!
After slogging through the even more maze like act 2 i've come to the conclusion that no one ever solved the riddle of Blue Marine Zone's shitastic design until I conquered it because the Act 3 boss seems completely broke.
The attack pattern is as basic as a first zone boss but it takes place underwater...and there's no air bubbles, I think I saw one on my first attempt a few seconds into the fight but through my 3 next attempts I saw none, at all, no air, just death.
Eggman's won guys, all he had to do was make me fight in an underwater deathmatch and wait for Sonic to drown, i'm done, i'm finished, I can abide no more of this atrocity.
I have the option to continue but no way, i'm bailing the hell out!
I still prefer playing it to 3D Blast though.
After slogging through the even more maze like act 2 i've come to the conclusion that no one ever solved the riddle of Blue Marine Zone's shitastic design until I conquered it because the Act 3 boss seems completely broke.
The attack pattern is as basic as a first zone boss but it takes place underwater...and there's no air bubbles, I think I saw one on my first attempt a few seconds into the fight but through my 3 next attempts I saw none, at all, no air, just death.
Eggman's won guys, all he had to do was make me fight in an underwater deathmatch and wait for Sonic to drown, i'm done, i'm finished, I can abide no more of this atrocity.
I have the option to continue but no way, i'm bailing the hell out!
I still prefer playing it to 3D Blast though.
That game looks pretty good on the Micro.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I told you that Sonic Blast was shit.
You didn't listen, Nocturnowl. You didn't listen. Blue Marine Zone is chock-full of horrendous stage design, and don't get me started on the general aesthetic of the stupid game. Who designed this? Why? Were they allowed to design other Sonic game levels because I certainly hope this person got a talking to about stage design because yikes.
After a while, I used to play it up to Red Volcano Zone just for the music.
(Last night was fun despite the shitposting. Now I feel smart.)
You didn't listen, Nocturnowl. You didn't listen. Blue Marine Zone is chock-full of horrendous stage design, and don't get me started on the general aesthetic of the stupid game. Who designed this? Why? Were they allowed to design other Sonic game levels because I certainly hope this person got a talking to about stage design because yikes.
After a while, I used to play it up to Red Volcano Zone just for the music.
(Last night was fun despite the shitposting. Now I feel smart.)
Congrats, and I wouldn't think that's cheating at all.Pietepiet said:
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