Armonigann Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Well, I actually own Tower Toppler and its a great port I must say . I've tried Castelian for the NES through emulation and the games are somewhat similar but I gotta say TT looks and plays much better. Maybe, because I was playing Castelian emulated...What are you guys opinions on the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Isn't Castelian missing the side-scrolling bits between towers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Isn't Castelian missing the side-scrolling bits between towers? I believe they removed the shoot 'em up portions, but from what I can tell they were replaced with other in-between segments. I have only played the 7800 version but I watched some videos of the NES recently to draw comparisons. From what I can tell, the visuals may be "better" in the NES version. Color-wise I think it may be up to preference, but everything looks smoother (it doesn't have that rigid look a lot of 7800 games have). I believe the playfield also fills up more of the screen and judging by the videos, it may even move at a slightly smoother pace. Now, to track down a working cart for myself (the one I have doesn't function, d'oh)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianC Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Isn't Castelian missing the side-scrolling bits between towers? It's missing the shooting parts, but it has a different bonus round instead. The JP Famicom one is especially odd. The frog is replaced by a bird and the bonus rounds use the theme that was the title screen for the US/EU versions (which is also the title screen theme for the 7800 version), with the music for the bonus rounds used as the title screen theme in the JP version. I think it's called something like Kyoro-chan Land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARI7800fan Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Would have to go with Tower Toppler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 You can play Tower Toppler on the 7800- 'nuff said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Tower Toppler because it's the one I've owned, but I've played the game in its many incarnations. I've played the C64 version, the NES and Game Boy "Castelian" version. Heck I even had a version of the game on my TI-89 back a few years ago. And I have a GBA ROM that someone did a few years back as well with updated graphics and sound effects (homebrew app for some kind of GBA programming competition. Another entry in it was a conversion of "Out Of This World" for the GBA). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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