Road Spirits dissection (soon to be ARC Company review)

[Joe Redifer]

This looks pretty good to me.  I'll probably pick it up for a decent price if I can find it.  I like boring games, since I am quite boring myself.

[Necromancer]

"automatic for pussies"  

Thanks for sharing the peak under the hood.  I'm not a big fan of such games, but I kinda want this one now; in the mean time, I'm gonna have to fire up the rom to find out what the 911 passenger is.

[Otaking]

Interesting review thanks. Will pop this game in the Duo and give it a spin.

[ddd1234]

OMG i remember beating this on Magic Engine. Very boring racer. The music is sweet though.

[ccovell]

A new review for a game by ARC is up: Chris' Adventure 

http://www.chrismcovell.com/games_illustrated/arc-hihou_densetsu.html

[Tatsujin]

UBERGEIL

thx a lot chris

[nat]

Ux9, Dx6, Lx8, Rx0-5.  Car Select!  As in the main game, 4 and 5 button presses get you the Citroen and Renault.

So I picked up this game upon learning the 2CV was playable, but this code doesn't work on my Duo. It does... absolutely nothing. Has anyone else tried this and verified that it works, either under emulation or on the real hardware?

Is there some other code you have to enter first in order for it to take effect?

EDIT: I got it to work. I missed the part where it was said it doesn't work while the wind is blowing. I guess I began entering it a little too early.

[nat]

I was playing Hany on the Road today, and I noticed something I hadn't noticed in the past. The title screen says the game is "DESIGNED BY ARC."

I always thought these Hany games were purely Face, but maybe Road was actually developed by Arc and just published by Face? Chris, do you know?

[ccovell]

Yes, I knew about ARC's other games published by FACE.  Check out here for more games developed (in part or in whole) by ARC:

http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Company:Arc_System_Works
http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Company:Arc_System_Works_(credits)

[Windy]

I played the crap out of this game and it was just a sunday Cruise I had some fun with it but really easy. I think a very young kid could kick the crap out of it. Graphically cool. I think more polish and they might have just gotten it right

[ccovell]

Added Minesweeper: http://www.chrismcovell.com/games_illustrated/arc-minesweeper.html

Whooptie Frickin' Doo, right?

[esteban]

Added Minesweeper: http://www.chrismcovell.com/games_illustrated/arc-minesweeper.html

Whooptie Frickin' Doo, right?

Hahahhahaha. I have never been tempted to get Minesweeper... no, that's a lie. I have been curious if the game had any interesting music (Redbook, even). You say it has a couple of "groovy tracks"--care to elaborate? Or rip the PSG/Redbook? (Ha!)

UPDATE: Inspired by Cook, I'm listening to the Gameboy chiptune (it's OK, quite cheery, but would it have killed them to provide another song or five?) and... MineSweeper ST (Frank Seemann) is a nice tune (I have no idea if it is part of the MineSweeper canon, but a good tune is a good tune).

Anyway, I have to say that Cook's Quest piqued my interest (too bad it wasn't fully fleshed out), as did "The Great Voyage" (I love a grand, epic adventure that spans half a millennium...and with random stock illustrations/photos of sea vessels, no less!)

[ccovell]

The music is a bit offbeat, but a couple of the tracks are the usual good Katsuhiro Hayashi fusion/reggae/rock stuff.  No links provided, but be sure to do a search for "snesorama" in Google or whatever.

[Necromancer]

And now I want Minesweeper.... what the hell's wrong with me?!?