Shiryu

Shiryu

"No Surrender, No Retreat."

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Re: Guide: Best Golden Axe Games - Every Golden Axe Game Ranked

Shiryu

@Hikingguy the name originated in Japan. They got the name due to the scrolling of the levels and the need to differentiate from 1v1 beat-em ups. The action flows much like its happening on top of a conveyor belt, continuously bringing to the player the next pieces of scenario and new enemies. I learned that from watching Game Center CX many decades ago... geez, I'm old.

Re: Feature: The Making Of Star Fox Adventures, The Game That Was Once Dinosaur Planet

Shiryu

I never gave a fair chance to Star Fox Adventures on the GameCube mostly because by the time I got the system I already had a huge pile of backlog to go trough thus I think it is time I change that as soon as I can free up my schedule. I've always preferred Star Fox Assault for being a proper Star Fox game. Much like Star Fox 2 on the SNES, I was gutted when the game was canned on the Nintendo 64, it would have been an epic swan song for the system. I also condone everyone saying on my gameplay video that this was all Miyamoto's fault. It is Alway easy for us in the cosy distance of the present to judge the past without any risks, but for the people living it I believe things just went the way they were meant: We lost a late gen N64 that was truly pushing the hardware to its maximum capacity but won an impressive first gen GameCube game instead. A fair trade IMO.

Re: Feature: The Making Of The PC Engine, The 8-Bit Wonder That Took On Nintendo

Shiryu

@RogerFederer Yep, I would have to either pick it up from France or the UK at the time because the foreign magazines had import game store ads with price listings. But I started looking into those prices and it was just unfeasible. I instead gathered all my pennies and patiently awaited for the official PAL SNES to show up in my country.

Re: Mega CD Super Strike Trilogy Prototype Reaches A Playable State

Shiryu

@holygeez03 You must be new here... allow me to introduce myself:

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Re: Hardware Review: Retro-Bit Generations

Shiryu

I knew it all sounded to good to be true. I know I shouldn't expect much from a 60 bucks system, but still... I will gladly take 30 perfectly emulated games to 100 "so, so" ones any time. No deal for me.

Re: Feature: The Making Of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

Shiryu

It's silly the amount of great FPS games on N64. "Turok" did sell me that FPS on console were possible despite the lack of mouse, keyboard and even online play. Sure everyone will always recall "Goldeneye" before they mention "Turok", but the whole four games on the system were solid good fun. Nice one @Churchy.

Re: ​The Making Of Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader

Shiryu

I remains my all time favourite Star Wars game with good reason. I dream of a new entry in the series, just imagine what could be done on current gen hardware (heck, even on 3DS it would look ace!). I hope somehow, somewhere Disney and EA are taking notes because I am not at all convinced with the new "Battlefront".

PS: That last video still brings me pain. I really wish they had release it.