Lostdragon Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Yakumo1975 said: Oh, for sure. I'm doing ing the second game now which does have a little more substance but it is still rather basic in terms on gameplay. It's also heavily flawed. The use of flip screen scrolling not only soured the combat.... fighting at the edge means fighting something you can't see 🙄 Flip screen scrolling and limited frames of animation, meant yet again, the Amiga version just didn't feel like the machines hardware had been used enough over the 8-bit versions.. And you soon discovered that repeating the same move over and over again, was enough to defeat the creatures. Controls needed improvement, try pulling off a low swipe move and your character might suddenly turn around.. The level design is basically a maze, which even using the 'compass' system,gets confusing. Palace did plan a third instalment : https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2020/07/super-barbarian-amiga-st-pc-c64/ https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/barbarian-3/ Edited June 23, 2023 by Lostdragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 6 hours ago, Yakumo1975 said: Oh, for sure. I'm doing ing the second game now which does have a little more substance but it is still rather basic in terms on gameplay. Nice! Looking forward to seeing that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted June 24, 2023 Author Share Posted June 24, 2023 More page 3 action on this week's Battle of the Ports with Barbarian II 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 I wanted to mention that the woman on the covers of both Barbarian games is Maria Whittaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 On 6/24/2023 at 7:38 AM, Yakumo1975 said: More page 3 action on this week's Battle of the Ports with Barbarian II Another good episode. Definitely more substance here. While it was good for its time, I would say it could and/or should be a lot better. However, I appreciate your comparisons as always. Take care and look forward to many more episodes yet to come. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted June 28, 2023 Author Share Posted June 28, 2023 Thanks for watching. The next show is yet another disappointment of a game😔. Such a shame too as the movie it is based upon is excellent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted July 1, 2023 Author Share Posted July 1, 2023 With Dial of Destiny being out pretty much all over the world, it seems only fitting to do an Indiana Jones BOTP. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted July 8, 2023 Author Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) I'm Batman............ Edited July 8, 2023 by Yakumo1975 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostdragon Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 7 hours ago, Yakumo1975 said: I'm Batman............ Horrendous title. Something even Jag CD owners were thankfully spared. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-jaguar-batman-forever-the-arcade-game_32670.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) On 7/7/2023 at 9:21 PM, Yakumo1975 said: I'm Batman............ Any chance of the Batman Forever Arcade Game (different from the SNES crap) being featured on BoTP? There's both Saturn (of course) and PS1. On 7/8/2023 at 4:43 AM, Lostdragon said: Horrendous title. Something even Jag CD owners were thankfully spared. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-jaguar-batman-forever-the-arcade-game_32670.html Reading the docs on Atarimania it looked like the Jag CD version would be based on the Saturn port but with additional FMV provided by Warner Bros. But like all things from Sam Tramiel, it's all smoke and no show... Edited July 11, 2023 by MrMaddog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 On 7/1/2023 at 5:03 AM, Yakumo1975 said: With Dial of Destiny being out pretty much all over the world, it seems only fitting to do an Indiana Jones BOTP. Will have to give the GB version of this a go sometime. However, most versions of this game are about what The Dial of Destiny is, 'mid' (as the kids say these days) or just (kinda) crappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 6 hours ago, Hwlngmad said: Will have to give the GB version of this a go sometime. However, most versions of this game are about what The Dial of Destiny is, 'mid' (as the kids say these days) or just (kinda) crappy. As far as the Indy francise now goes... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 What part of "last crusade" does Disney and Paramount not understand? The thing that aggravates me about Batman Forever is that it actually inspired Midway to make its own side-scrolling platformer based on the Mortal Kombat franchise. Mythologies wasn't AS BAD as Batman Forever, but it still wasn't something anybody really wanted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 It seems like the only Indiana Jones games worth playing are The Fate of Atlantis, Greatest Hits, and the PS2/GameCube/X-Box game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 The Retro Monster, but is it really a monster? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 14 hours ago, MrMaddog said: As far as the Indy francise now goes... At this point, yes, the Indy franchise deserves it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Speaking of Batman Forever: Sunsoft, Konami, Atari Games/Tengen, and Atari Corp made better games with the Caped Crusader. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostdragon Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 On 7/12/2023 at 6:20 PM, SlidellMan said: Speaking of Batman Forever: Sunsoft, Konami, Atari Games/Tengen, and Atari Corp made better games with the Caped Crusader. Absolutely loved this one at the time, the whole comic book panel style used for the graphics, just the right mix of detective work and fisticuffs. Lynx Batman Returns looked great in still shots, but lacked the animation frames to do the sprites justice, when moving. Plus, it was sooo bloody difficult, I had to use the cheat code, to get anything from it 😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share Posted July 14, 2023 Last week we looked at Batman Forever. Now it's time for Batman Forever The Arcade Game. Is it a better game? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostdragon Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 10 hours ago, Yakumo1975 said: Last week we looked at Batman Forever. Now it's time for Batman Forever The Arcade Game. Is it a better game? Sadly not. The PlayStation Batman And Robin game the one they said the Saturn couldn't handle 🤔 was also rubbish. Fantastic Tim Follin music, it's only saving grace. 32-bit era, terrible for Batman games 😭 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Luckily, Acclaim, Probe, and Iguana Entertainment realized if they keep releasing crap that they'll go under. Thus, they gave us Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Iggy's Reckin' Balls, and Extreme-G. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted July 16, 2023 Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 What do Evangelion, Dragon Ball and Ultraman have in common? Only the return of Japanese electronics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schuwalker Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 On 7/1/2023 at 5:03 AM, Yakumo1975 said: With Dial of Destiny being out pretty much all over the world, it seems only fitting to do an Indiana Jones BOTP. This game is downright terrible. Play the Taito version of Last Crusade - a much better game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schuwalker Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 (edited) On 7/11/2023 at 7:53 PM, SlidellMan said: It seems like the only Indiana Jones games worth playing are The Fate of Atlantis, Greatest Hits, and the PS2/GameCube/X-Box game. Not true... plenty of great Indy games: Arcade/Mame - Atari Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom PC/Amiga - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Graphic Adventure) The Best Last Crusade game Nes - Taito Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Atari 2600 - Raiders of the lost Ark - I like it at least SNES - Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures (I see you did mention that) The bad ones are the various ports of Last Crusade Action game - published by Ubisoft/Tiertex/US Gold. NES Temple of Doom is awful as well. I'm torn on Infernal Machine - recall the camera being pretty wonky. Played a little bit of Emperor's Tomb - didn't think it was too bad. Edited July 16, 2023 by schuwalker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 Something that maybe frowned upon by many but then again something that many may find useful. I guess it all depends upon your outlook on things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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