BydoEmpire Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) This round's theme is the gunslinging Wild West, featuring a requested game: Bank Panic (which I've never played and have to find the rom for...). About the game: https://sega.fandom.com/wiki/Bank_Panic Manual: https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File%3ABank_Panic_SMS_EU_Manual.pdf&page=1 This round runs September 5th - 18th Bonus Round is one of my favorite light gun games, and one of the best western-themed games ever: Wanted Totals: dashopepper 862,500 Asaki 596,000 (+1) fakecortex 391,150 (+1) jeremiahjt 179,500 Razzie.P 165,900 (+1) BydoEmpire 44,500 (+1) Edited September 23, 2022 by BydoEmpire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzie.P Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Played some Bank Panic today for a preview since I've never played it. I thought it was a light gun game at first and looked like a moron shooting at the screen Kinda like kids today when they get old tech and start tapping on the screen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 We played this in the Colecovision HSC this season, and it totally would work well as a light gun game! Kinda seems like a missed opportunity honestly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 (edited) On 9/4/2022 at 12:49 AM, Razzie.P said: I thought it was a light gun game at first and looked like a moron shooting at the screen Kinda like kids today when they get old tech and start tapping on the screen lol If I was better at programming, I thought it would be cool to port the arcade Bank Panic to DS (or hack the MAME version, I think there is one?) to support the touch screen. 22 hours ago, fakecortex said: We played this in the Colecovision HSC this season, and it totally would work well as a light gun game! Kinda seems like a missed opportunity honestly. Yeah, it probably would be cool, you'd just have to have the d-pad in one hand and light gun in the other. I think there's an NES game or two that works that way. Maybe someone could hack the game? Would also be nice to hack it to support three-button Genesis pad. I don't think anyone's done that yet. Or just port the game to Genesis *shrug* Edited September 5, 2022 by Asaki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzie.P Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Bank Panic - 165,900 Wanted - 35,400 Played a bit this morning and did decent enough to get things started. I gotta question the smarts on some of those (innocent) dudes in Wanted. There's a gunfight going on, so your best plan is to spend the day dressed exactly like the enemy gunfighters and walk through town? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 4 hours ago, Asaki said: you'd just have to have the d-pad in one hand and light gun in the other. I think there's an NES game or two that works that way. I think Gotcha is like that 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, fakecortex said: I think Gotcha is like that 🤔 Yeah, I think that's the one I'm thinking of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 (edited) This is a really fun game. A couple things keep getting me tho- I’m too quick to shoot the robbers and will get “unfair”. I’ll tell ya what’s “unfair”, it’s having my bank robbed! Also, when the people give you money, they look like they’re about to pull a gun on you, so I’ve ended up shooting them. Sorry pal, no sudden movements! There are too many games where a pedestrian ends up being a bad guy. Speaking of which... Wanted! What a fantastic game. I made it to stage 5 (level 1 difficulty), and got a personal best. I’m getting better at not shooting the people with their hands raised, hahaha, but to @Razzie.P‘s end, come on people! That hotel scene is rough. With continues, I made it through, but called it quits on 6 for now. It’ll be awesome to beat it, even with continues, but fair warning- the manual says that if you continue on 7 (the last level), you restart on 6. Bank Panic - 126,900 Wanted - 71,100 Edited September 5, 2022 by fakecortex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 I have no idea what I'm doing, I need to read the instructions. Getting a score up anyways, just to be on the board: 2500 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Bank Panic is one of six PAL games I own (three of which are PAL only and the other three I have US versions also), so that is neat. Wanted is another game I do not have. I only need 15 US games for complete set, and this is like the third or fourth one that has already been played. Should I just tell you the rest so you can add them to the season? Just for future reference, the other two PAL games are Ace of Aces and The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck. So if you are thinking of doing either of those, do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 282000 so far, round 9...I was doing great for a while and then started getting trigger happy... ¬_¬ Oops. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzie.P Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 21 hours ago, BydoEmpire said: I have no idea what I'm doing, I need to read the instructions. Don't feel bad, I started out by literally trying to use a light gun -- but yes, read 'em. This is a really cool game once you figure out what's going on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Razzie.P said: This is a really cool game once you figure out what's going on. Yeah, I've played the heck out of the arcade version. The SMS port is alright, but I don't care much for the graphics. The controls take a while to get used to, too...I'm tempted to play it on emulator so I can change the controls, but I'm gonna stick it out with the default experience. It definitely adds an extra challenge. Edited September 6, 2022 by Asaki 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 7:03 PM, BydoEmpire said: Totals: Razzie.P 165,900 (+1) fakecortext 126,900 (+1) BydoEmpire 2500 I don't have a text related pun here, I just found the typo funny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 (edited) On 9/3/2022 at 7:03 PM, BydoEmpire said: Manual: https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Sega_Master_System//Manual/formated/Bank_Panic_-_1987_-_Sega.pdf Does anyone here speak portugese? You're cracking me up here @BydoEmpire Here's the EU manual (with a variety of languages, haha): https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File%3ABank_Panic_SMS_EU_Manual.pdf&page=1 That segaretro.org site has been my go-to for looking up game info recently Which btw, taught me this interesting tidbit: "The same hardware would also be used for the later Sega/Sanritsu game Combat Hawk." Combat Hawk, ironically, is a light gun game. Bwahahaha. Edited September 7, 2022 by fakecortex Combat Hawk part 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 7:03 PM, BydoEmpire said: archive.org: https://archive.org/details/Bank_Panic_1985_Sega I'm pretty sure this is the SG-1000 version, just in case anyone is playing it online. It's pretty neat that this arcade game made it to two consecutive Sega consoles and was a cart & card. Interestingly enough, it's set in the US, but it never made it to consoles here. Looks like it was in American arcades tho. Still pretty new to me, and I really dig it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 57 minutes ago, fakecortex said: Here's the EU manual (with a variety of languages, haha): Oh neat, I didn't know that the cashier actually did anything. "your target is to complete 50 rounds." ...okay o_O Thanks, Professor Playor, I'll do that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 9 hours ago, fakecortex said: Does anyone here speak portugese? You're cracking me up here @BydoEmpire Here's the EU manual (with a variety of languages, haha): https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File%3ABank_Panic_SMS_EU_Manual.pdf&page=1 That segaretro.org site has been my go-to for looking up game info recently Which btw, taught me this interesting tidbit: "The same hardware would also be used for the later Sega/Sanritsu game Combat Hawk." Combat Hawk, ironically, is a light gun game. Bwahahaha. Thanks that's helpful! I googled around and that was the only one I could find lol. I'll definitely bookmark segaretro.org for future reference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 I looked at my local game store's loose Master System games and they actually had a copy of Wanted. And Kung-Fu Kid, but too late for that now. I like my Master System games to be complete, but I may buy it just for the competition. They wanted $19.99 for each game, but I should be able to talk them down some. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 3 hours ago, jeremiahjt said: I looked at my local game store's loose Master System games and they actually had a copy of Wanted. And Kung-Fu Kid, but too late for that now. I like my Master System games to be complete, but I may buy it just for the competition. They wanted $19.99 for each game, but I should be able to talk them down some. I’m with you on complete Master System games. I mean, they seem to be among the most likely to find complete, so why not shoot for it right? I got my copy on eBay for $30 after shipping (which is a lot by my buying standards, lol), but I would totally try to have them knock 5 bucks off bc it’s not complete. The game’s a lot of fun tho, so at least it’ll be money well spent whenever you get it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 462900 today, I think it was round 11? I was *this* close to that extra life >_< Got 27200 I think on Wanted (or is it one more zero? I'd have to check, but it doesn't matter). Wanted isn't a 3D game, is it? It keeps aiming about 10 pixels to the left of where the actual cursor is, it's really throwing me off. I thought maybe something was wrong with the emulator, but I checked Gangster Town and it was fine... I did find out that Wanted won't run if you have the Yamaha music enabled, it's just a dark red screen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 5 hours ago, Asaki said: Wanted isn't a 3D game, is it? It keeps aiming about 10 pixels to the left of where the actual cursor is, it's really throwing me off. Nope, not 3D. I’ve found that not every phaser game is created equal. Some are a little more accurate than others. It doesn’t help that the targets are pretty tiny. It’s actually impressive how many small items you can shoot, but then any bit that the actual shot is off from the aim will be more noticeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzie.P Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 5 hours ago, Asaki said: I did find out that Wanted won't run if you have the Yamaha music enabled, it's just a dark red screen. That's interesting. I didn't have the cart, so I loaded the rom onto a flash cart to play. But it was just a dark red screen. Figured the rom was bust, so I found a couple more. All of them dark red screens. I found out the rom was fine, but the thing was, it didn't work on the Mega SG, Mister, or Sega Genesis revised. Loaded it on the Master System and OG Genesis with power base and it worked fine. Gonna have to go back and check to see if there's a music setting that could be causing the chaos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 10 hours ago, Razzie.P said: I found out the rom was fine, but the thing was, it didn't work on the Mega SG, Mister, or Sega Genesis revised. Yeah, I know some of the newer flash carts emulate the FM audio, I'm sure there's probably an option to disable it. I think a lot of games sound worse with FM (especially Phantasy Star), so I usually have it turned off, but Zaxxon 3D (I think it was) actually sounded pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 I’m really liking this game. New pb, but a ways away from a new life. Amazing job @Asaki! BP - 239,600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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