The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-

[xelement5x]

I'd love to see that Don Q strategy guide.  The game is like Shadowgate with a a visual touchup in my opinion, but the videos and such add a cool aspect to it.  I read what you got your copy for Bigus and it was a great deal.  I actually missed out on the US Goku they were selling which quite pained me

[esteban]

I'd love to see that Don Q strategy guide.  The game is like Shadowgate with a a visual touchup in my opinion, but the videos and such add a cool aspect to it.  I read what you got your copy for Bigus and it was a great deal.  I actually missed out on the US Goku they were selling which quite pained me

Clash! Scan the guide. Or take pics of it (push all the wires and cords in your video game jungle out of the way, first, of course).

Or, just send me you LD Don Quixote so I can stare at it.

[TheClash603]

I'd love to see that Don Q strategy guide.  The game is like Shadowgate with a a visual touchup in my opinion, but the videos and such add a cool aspect to it.  I read what you got your copy for Bigus and it was a great deal.  I actually missed out on the US Goku they were selling which quite pained me

Clash! Scan the guide. Or take pics of it (push all the wires and cords in your video game jungle out of the way, first, of course).

Or, just send me you LD Don Quixote so I can stare at it.

The guide is actually really long, it is a whole notebook.  Maybe I will take a few pictures if I remember next time I see it, but I do not have a scanner to do the actual scanning of this work of love.

[esteban]

I'd love to see that Don Q strategy guide.  The game is like Shadowgate with a a visual touchup in my opinion, but the videos and such add a cool aspect to it.  I read what you got your copy for Bigus and it was a great deal.  I actually missed out on the US Goku they were selling which quite pained me

Clash! Scan the guide. Or take pics of it (push all the wires and cords in your video game jungle out of the way, first, of course).

Or, just send me you LD Don Quixote so I can stare at it.

The guide is actually really long, it is a whole notebook.  Maybe I will take a few pictures if I remember next time I see it, but I do not have a scanner to do the actual scanning of this work of love.

Find some choice pages and take pictures! 

[BigusSchmuck]

I'd love to see that Don Q strategy guide.  The game is like Shadowgate with a a visual touchup in my opinion, but the videos and such add a cool aspect to it.  I read what you got your copy for Bigus and it was a great deal.  I actually missed out on the US Goku they were selling which quite pained me

Clash! Scan the guide. Or take pics of it (push all the wires and cords in your video game jungle out of the way, first, of course).

Or, just send me you LD Don Quixote so I can stare at it.

The guide is actually really long, it is a whole notebook.  Maybe I will take a few pictures if I remember next time I see it, but I do not have a scanner to do the actual scanning of this work of love.

That would be of great help. The FAQ on gamefaqs is dandy and all, but its devoid of pictures and the guy who wrote it doesn't sound like he likes the game very much at all.

[SuperDeadite]

To be honest it's not a very good game.... Any RPG fan will probably find it quite boring, has lots of crap that just forces you to spend more time grinding to make the game longer then it really is.  And watching the same 5 frames of video loop everytime you take a step forward gets boring fast.  As the only true RPG on LD, it's an interesting curiosity, but if it was on any other system it be labeled terrible by just about everyone.

[esteban]

  ... As the only true RPG on LD, it's an interesting curiosity, but if it was on any other system it be labeled terrible by just about everyone.

Damn. 

[DragonmasterDan]

if it was on any other system it be labeled terrible by just about everyone.

After having "played" games like "I Will" this appears to be the case with more than a few LA games.

[SuperDeadite]

Well the problem with LD games is that there is only so much you can do with an hour of video and sprite overlays.  And if you don't use the video, no real point in it being on LD.  I would have loved to have Lunar 1 and 2 on LD though.....

[DragonmasterDan]

Well the problem with LD games is that there is only so much you can do with an hour of video and sprite overlays.  And if you don't use the video, no real point in it being on LD.  I would have loved to have Lunar 1 and 2 on LD though.....

Well Lunar 1 (the original version) didn't even have real animation. Just moving sprites.

[TheClash603]

Well the problem with LD games is that there is only so much you can do with an hour of video and sprite overlays.  And if you don't use the video, no real point in it being on LD.  I would have loved to have Lunar 1 and 2 on LD though.....

I kind of wish that the game was more like Shadowgate in that there were scenes that you could go to, but there were no transitional videos.  That is the real killer, seeing the walking videos and things of the sort, that really gets old.

If you went from screen to screen and there was no transition and some of the screens were good videos and others just high quality stills with voice over, it would be a better game.

[esteban]

Well the problem with LD games is that there is only so much you can do with an hour of video and sprite overlays.  And if you don't use the video, no real point in it being on LD.  I would have loved to have Lunar 1 and 2 on LD though.....

I kind of wish that the game was more like Shadowgate in that there were scenes that you could go to, but there were no transitional videos.  That is the real killer, seeing the walking videos and things of the sort, that really gets old.

If you went from screen to screen and there was no transition and some of the screens were good videos and others just high quality stills with voice over, it would be a better game.

It makes you wish a popular LD used this approach (no repetitive transitions), thereby setting a precedent for the software that followed.

[RyuHayabusa]

Nevermind. Found a solution.

[RyuHayabusa]

Anyone know if Triad Stone was released in the arcade? I got it on the LA a couple of weeks ago and really enjoy it. I noticed it has a 1985 Data East trademark but can't find any information about an arcade release.

[McKie1]

Did it have another name also?   Maybe it used this in the arcades?

Good pick-up or should that be power-power-power