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Arkhan

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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #30 on: October 21, 2011, 04:09:23 AM »
Agreed.

NES and SMS had Ultima games (IV on SMS, III, IV, V on NES).. why not PCE?

Final Fantasy 1 should've been there. MSX had an FF port ffs.

Same with Dragon Quest.


Magic of Scheherezade would've been nice.

Or some more new ideas, like Necromancer.  Necromancer is an awesome game.      There are some fun HuCard RPGs, but not enough of them.  Sindibad is pretty cool.
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[Fri 19:34]<nectarsis> been wanting to try that one for awhile now Ope
[Fri 19:33]<Opethian> l;ol huge dong

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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #31 on: October 21, 2011, 04:27:52 AM »
Dragon Egg is clearly the sequel to Excite Bike.
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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #32 on: October 21, 2011, 04:30:07 AM »
Quote from: SuperDeadite on October 21, 2011, 04:27:52 AM
Dragon Egg is clearly the sequel to Excite Bike.

holy crap you are right.
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[Fri 19:34]<nectarsis> been wanting to try that one for awhile now Ope
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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #33 on: October 21, 2011, 04:43:02 AM »
Quote from: SuperDeadite on October 21, 2011, 04:27:52 AM
Dragon Egg is clearly the sequel to Excite Bike.
:lol: :lol:

Is it crazy to think that this could have been marketed in the US as a spin off/ sequel to Keith Courage?
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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #34 on: October 21, 2011, 05:16:01 AM »
Quote from: Arkhan on October 21, 2011, 04:09:23 AM
Agreed.

NES and SMS had Ultima games (IV on SMS, III, IV, V on NES).. why not PCE?

Believe it or not, Nintendo actually bitched at Origin for the SMS Ultima IV.  Apparently Origin hadn't understood Nintendo's draconian policies.  Stupid Nintendo.
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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #35 on: October 21, 2011, 05:37:08 AM »
Quote from: Edmond Dantes on October 21, 2011, 05:16:01 AM
Quote from: Arkhan on October 21, 2011, 04:09:23 AM
Agreed.

NES and SMS had Ultima games (IV on SMS, III, IV, V on NES).. why not PCE?

Believe it or not, Nintendo actually bitched at Origin for the SMS Ultima IV.  Apparently Origin hadn't understood Nintendo's draconian policies.  Stupid Nintendo.

Was Ultima IV really released early enough to fall under that policy? But then, I guess I don't really know when it finally got struck down in court as anti-competitive.
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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #36 on: October 21, 2011, 06:26:58 AM »
I think Jesus would have been pretty rad as a SuperCD. It wasn't originally an FC game, but the FC version got the full upgrade treatment (such as it was) when going from the original PC version. That something I'm pretty used to seeing on PCE (ie: crude floppy based PC versions of games originally made for one button joysticks being hopped up and ported to superior consoles).

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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #37 on: October 21, 2011, 07:01:37 AM »
Zeta that reminds me of a show I used to watch as a kid called Ulysses 31

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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #38 on: October 21, 2011, 09:30:16 AM »
Okay, I must know what that "Jesus" game is and whether or not it has any connection to the Biblical character besides the name.
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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #39 on: October 21, 2011, 03:34:34 PM »
Quote from: spenoza on October 21, 2011, 02:16:33 AM
You know, the whole Falcom thing really confuses me. They released many games in the same series that didn't play anything like each other. Seems like they should have chosen a naming scheme that told you something about the play style of the game so you wouldn't have to buy blind.

I would loved to have seen more Hucard RPGs, especially from big-name series. Sure, there were lots of CD and SCD RPGs, but if the NES could do fantastic RPGs, so could the PCE on Hu.

My understanding is that the entire Dragon Slayer "series" is named as such, because one the directors or whatever of the series required it, even though most of them had no connection, especially Lord Monarch, I think that was Dragon Slayer VII.  So, whichever guy was involved that required it, must've had LoX2 be his last project for Falcom.  There's probably an article explaining it on on Hardcore Gaming 101 or whatever.

Technically Dragon Slayer Legend of Heroes is part 1 of Dragon Slayer VI, along with Dragon Slayer Legend of Heroes 2 being part 2.  From there, the Legend of Heroes series went onto it's own series.  Very confusing....but interesting! :)
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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #40 on: October 21, 2011, 06:32:16 PM »
Dragon Slayer I: Dragon Slayer
Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu
Dragon Slayer III: Romancia
Dragon Slayer IV: Legacy of the Wizard
Dragon Slayer V: Sorcerian
Dragon Slayer VI - Part 1: Legend of Heroes, Part 1
Dragon Slayer VI - Part 2: Legend of Heroes, Part 2
Dragon Slayer VII: Lord Monarch
Dragon Slayer VIII - Part 1: Legend of Xanadu, Part 1
Dragon Slayer VIII - Part 2: Legend of Xanadu, Part 2

As far as I know only V, VI and VIII got ports on the Duo.
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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #41 on: October 21, 2011, 07:00:59 PM »
Distinctly confusipating.

Now, back to the topic at hand...  ; )

As much as I like the PCE Batman, I would loved to have had a side-scroller from Sunsoft, Batman or otherwise. They rocked the platformers with keen soundtracks on the NES. Some more love for the PCE would have been nice. Part of Sunsoft's downfall was throwing in too completely with Nintendo (and not developing their game design beyond action fluff pieces, I guess).
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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #42 on: October 21, 2011, 08:46:31 PM »
Quote from: MotherGunner on October 21, 2011, 07:01:37 AM
Zeta that reminds me of a show I used to watch as a kid called Ulysses 31




Well, its 80s anime/manga style. Other than that, no relation to my knowledge. Ulysses 31 was from that amazing well of greatness that was French/Japanese co-productions that brought us Mysterious Cities of Gold, and a bunch of other stuff.

As for the name, there is nothing Biblical about the game other than maybe some sort of plot point I can't understand due to me having almost no Japanese skills. Jesus is the name of a space station.
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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #43 on: October 22, 2011, 02:49:28 AM »
I always call it Jesus: THE SPACE ADVENTURE.

because thats what it is.  Enix made it.  I has the MSX one.  Its pretty neat, but pretty rough.
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[Fri 19:34]<nectarsis> been wanting to try that one for awhile now Ope
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Re: PC Engine as the successor to the NES/Famicom: Where are all the sequels?
« Reply #44 on: October 22, 2011, 03:13:03 AM »
The FC version is a lot more fleshed out. Thats kind of why I think a SCD version would have been so cool. It could conceivably have been Snatcher-grade.

Well, probably not. It could have been a shorter Snatcher, with visuals just as nice.
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