SuperGrafx questions

[DragonmasterDan]

I will have a SuperGrafx in a few days and am looking to pick up a few Super HuCards, I will have Ghouls N Ghosts with it, But am considering Aldynes and Darius Plus.

Anyone know roughly the going rates for these games? Also what SuperGrafx advantages does Darius Plus have over playing it in a regular PC Engine?

[SuperDeadite]

What I paid for my complete copies:
1. Daimakaimura 1,000yen
2. 1941 8,000yen
3. Aldynes 3,000yen
4. Granzort 500yen
5. Battle Ace 50yen

Darius Plus/Alpha just dumps half the sprites in the 2nd background, so it's flicker free.

[DragonmasterDan]

What I paid for my complete copies:
1. Daimakaimura 1,000yen
2. 1941 8,000yen
3. Aldynes 3,000yen
4. Granzort 500yen
5. Battle Ace 50yen

Darius Plus/Alpha just dumps half the sprites in the 2nd background, so it's flicker free.

If I can find Battle Ace cheap I'll definitely pick it up. Is it worth picking up Darius Plus or should I just skip it? Also how is Aldynes?

[Mathius]

Aldynes is a fantastic shooter! Here is a Duomozov review:

http://www.thebrothersduomazov.com/2009/08/aldynes.html

If you enjoy the Darius games I'd go for getting Darius Plus.

...Good luck getting 1941. I haven't found a good deal on it yet as it goes for a lot of $$. Get Daimakumura instead. Best home conversion of the arcade classic available on 16-Bit platforms.

[SuperDeadite]

Aldynes is generally solid, but a few issues.  A lot of the stages are just the same background on loop
for 2 minutes or so.  Aldynes Stage 1 is one of the most bland backgrounds in any shooter I've ever played. 
The later levels are cool, but it's a punishing game and you'll play the first level over and over again. 

It's certainly the best of the SGX exclusive games, but it could have been so much more if it had been an
SGX CD-ROM game as opposed to a HuCard.

[DragonmasterDan]

Get Daimakumura instead. Best home conversion of the arcade classic available on 16-Bit platforms.

Daimakumura is coming with the system so I don't have to worry about that.

[csgx1]

Aldynes is a decent shooter and worth picking up.  You should be able to find a complete copy for around $45 or so.

[SuperPlay]

What I paid for my complete copies:
1. Daimakaimura 1,000yen
2. 1941 8,000yen
3. Aldynes 3,000yen
4. Granzort 500yen
5. Battle Ace 50yen

Darius Plus/Alpha just dumps half the sprites in the 2nd background, so it's flicker free.

With these prices I wish I lived in Japan ;-)  In the UK I paid complete/boxed:

1. Daimakaimura £28.00
2. 1941 £95.00
3. Aldynes £40.00
4. Granzort £12.00
5. Battle Ace £8.00

[DragonmasterDan]

Is Granzort decent?

[Senshi]

Is Granzort decent?

I thought it was good fun. I like begin able to switch between the different robots. It wasn't terribly difficult once I got the hang of it either.

[SuperDeadite]

What I paid for my complete copies:
1. Daimakaimura 1,000yen
2. 1941 8,000yen
3. Aldynes 3,000yen
4. Granzort 500yen
5. Battle Ace 50yen

Darius Plus/Alpha just dumps half the sprites in the 2nd background, so it's flicker free.

With these prices I wish I lived in Japan ;-)  In the UK I paid complete/boxed:

1. Daimakaimura £28.00
2. 1941 £95.00
3. Aldynes £40.00
4. Granzort £12.00
5. Battle Ace £8.00

From what I've seen UK game prices are truly a joke.  Possibly the worst of the world, prices are doubled, sometimes tripled, just because it's a Japanese version game.

[nat]

I personally think Darius Plus is well worth picking up. I like to nitpick, and flicker in a video game makes me crazy so a flicker free version of Darius makes the purchase worth it alone. I also happen to really dig the chiptune take on the Darius soundtrack.

[SignOfZeta]

What I paid for my complete copies:
1. Daimakaimura 1,000yen

Is that right? I thought it would be much more.

[SuperDeadite]

What I paid for my complete copies:
1. Daimakaimura 1,000yen

Is that right? I thought it would be much more.

It's a fairly common game to be honest.  Even Super Potato only charges like 3,000 for it, and they are
usually the most expensive in Japan.  1941 is really the only one that's slightly valuable, but that was more
due to it being the only home port of the game for a long time then actual rarity.  Price has been dropping on it
fairly steadily.

[Tatsujin]

lol, i can't write what I have payed for my 1941.