Popful Mail on the PC-E?

[Joe Redifer]

Use your camcorder viewfinder!

[ParanoiaDragon]

I don't  have a TV that has an audio output.  I would have to record it on my mic from the TV's speakers, & that would really sound like crap.

[geepee16]

If I'm not mistaken, the PCE version has either more animation or some extra areas added to the PC98 version it was ported from.  The SFC version had the best color of the three but I seem to remember that the PCE version was the longest of the three.  All three versions are great though. I don't recall any scrolling issues.

[ParanoiaDragon]

You might be right about the PCE version having more area's, as, there's an entire level where you control each member of the 3, seperatly, & I do not remember that in the Sega version.

[MissaFX]

Well I guess I will have to check out the PC-E version sometime in the future.  Right now I am playing through the Sega CD version on my PSP a little bit each day when I am out and about to enjoy the game again. 

One thing I wish the game didn't have was safe areas where you can stand in nearly every boss battle.  Does the PC-E version also have these safe areas?

[Keranu]

I'm a Falcom nut......& I enjoy the Sega CD version more.  I think, maybe I would've enjoyed this one more, if they had upped the graphics more from the original game, added in some paralax & such.

Personally I love the graphics in the PCE version. Sharp and colorful. I think the SFC version had the worst graphics.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Hmm, I deffinitly don't recall any safe area's in boss battles in the PCE version.

[geepee16]

It wouldn't surprise me if the PCE version did have one. I remember also finding one in the first Exile game.  I believe Exile II might have had one also.  Just tape your attack button down (or rest the console on it), turn on the turbo switch and come back in a few hours for massive experience. That kind of thing wasn't so rare back then.

Btw, I thought about it and yes, the PCE version is the longest while the SFC version is the shortest. Oh man, it's been so many years.

[GUTS]

I doubt the PCE one has any safe areas since isn't it bump-fighting like in Ys?  How would you hit the boss if you were just sitting there?

[MissaFX]

How would you hit the boss if you were just sitting there?

On the Sega CD Popful Mail you can usually either stand some place too far to the left or right, where for some reason the boss won't follow you that far.  Then equip a ranged weapon and shoot whenever the boss is barely visable.  Or run to the safe place, regen your weapon energy and then move in the direction of the boss, but barely let the boss appear on the screen.  Discharge all your weapon energy, then run back to the safe place.  Repeat until desired effect has occured.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Nah, the PCE one is the same game, just, it looks more like the original PC98 version, with better graphics & scrolling.

[Black Tiger]

The PCE Popful Mail is a completely different game than the Sega/Mega-CD version. The story is similar, but that pretty much it.

Comparing them as games is like comparing Legacy of the Wizard to Dragon Slayer Turbo CD.

They're both great and both have very nice graphics, but each game's visuals have different strengths. I prefer the vibrant colorful PCE graphics that feels more like a console game. The Sega version is like an arcade adventure game.

The Sega version has nice fully animated cinemas, but the PCE version's character art is touched up very nice. They both have lots of nice bonus touches that make each feel like the developers took the time to really polish them instead of resorting to shovel ware.

The Sega version definitely makes much better use of its console's hardware, in the 'tech demo' sense.

I don't think that either game is too expensive now, so anyone who enjoys adventurey games should get both.

[nat]

'Bout time you started posting again.

[TR0N]

I remember when i was in 6th/7th grade buying this because the box said, Action/RPG. Also it was made by working designs i knew they were responsible for Lunar, me being a SegaCD owner that had YET to play lunar!

I havent played Popful since middle school, and i could never pass the Ice stage.

from pics and memory alone the Pc Engine looks like its a prequel or something. And i loove my pCE

Reponsible !? Not to nickpick lunar was by gamearts and popful mail was by falcom.

Still i guess most back then made that mistake thinking,WD was a developer even though they were realy a publisher.

Kind of a shame what happen to gamearts though.Since they are owned by sqaurenix as of late.

[ParanoiaDragon]

The PCE Popful Mail is a completely different game than the Sega/Mega-CD version. The story is similar, but that pretty much it.

Comparing them as games is like comparing Legacy of the Wizard to Dragon Slayer Turbo CD.

They're both great and both have very nice graphics, but each game's visuals have different strengths. I prefer the vibrant colorful PCE graphics that feels more like a console game. The Sega version is like an arcade adventure game.

The Sega version has nice fully animated cinemas, but the PCE version's character art is touched up very nice. They both have lots of nice bonus touches that make each feel like the developers took the time to really polish them instead of resorting to shovel ware.

The Sega version definitely makes much better use of its console's hardware, in the 'tech demo' sense.

I don't think that either game is too expensive now, so anyone who enjoys adventurey games should get both.

True dat, but I meant that it was still the same story, & not a prequal.  They deffinitly play differently & both warrant being played thru as alternate universes of the same story.