Recommend me a good PC Engine platformer

[VenomMacbeth]

You may also enjoy New Zealand Story, though it's honestly not the best port...

Why not? What is the best port in your opinion?

The music is a little grating, not that it was spectacular to begin with, and the controls seem a little off - particularly in the balloons.  I like the Mega Drive and Master System ports equally, for different reasons.

[MrBroadway]

You may also enjoy New Zealand Story, though it's honestly not the best port...

Why not? What is the best port in your opinion?

The music is a little grating, not that it was spectacular to begin with, and the controls seem a little off - particularly in the balloons.  I like the Mega Drive and Master System ports equally, for different reasons.

This is a game I've always wanted but could never decide on a port. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

[tknjin]

If you need help on help on deciding a port one of the good people from the assembler forums(goes by yakumo) did a ports comparison. This is a series he has done for a little while now called battle of the ports. 

Here is the link

This is to @o.pwuaioc

[Cogwheels]

I've got Son Son II and Tonma on the way. Looking forward to giving those a blast  O:)

[ccovell]

This is a game I've always wanted but could never decide on a port. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

The clear winner for best music in a port of New Zealand Story is "Kiwi Kraze" on the NES.

[esteban]

This is a game I've always wanted but could never decide on a port. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

The clear winner for best music in a port of New Zealand Story is "Kiwi Kraze" on the NES.

This was precisely what I thought, too.

Also, I thought the PCE version was decent compared to the arcade (granted, I only played arcade via MAME, but still...)

[elmer]

If you need help on help on deciding a port one of the good people from the assembler forums(goes by yakumo) did a ports comparison. This is a series he has done for a little while now called battle of the ports. 

Here is the link

Thanks for that, it was fun to see a lot of those old home computer versions again.

I remember the horror when the C64 and Amstrad versions turned up in the office.

[Digi.k]

You may also enjoy New Zealand Story, though it's honestly not the best port...

Why not? What is the best port in your opinion?

colors are a bit drab on the pce, the intro is missing (but it's present on other systems) and music could have been done better.  When you look at Taito's other pce games this one it felt like they didn't give too much of a shit when they made it.


I consider most of these to be platformers.  Some are kinda like hybrid platformers.

[lukester]

I've got Son Son II and Tonma on the way. Looking forward to giving those a blast  O:)

Both of those games are true 16-bit classics.

SonSon II is pretty obscure, but it does have a helpful fansite if you can't read the Japanese.
http://www.changevworld.com/sonson2/sonson2.htm

[Black Tiger]

I've got Son Son II and Tonma on the way. Looking forward to giving those a blast  O:)

Both of those games are true 16-bit classics.

SonSon II is pretty obscure, but it does have a helpful fansite if you can't read the Japanese.
http://www.changevworld.com/sonson2/sonson2.htm

Reading Japanese is irrelevant, as even that site points out that the game has been translated into English.

[MrBroadway]

This is a game I've always wanted but could never decide on a port. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

The clear winner for best music in a port of New Zealand Story is "Kiwi Kraze" on the NES.

I do dig those tunes, but on the NES it is butt-ugly.

Seems like all of the console ports are deficient in some major way. NES is terribly ugly; PCE is prettier, but not by much, and sounds worse; Master System is missing warps; Mega Drive is not even the real game. My only classic computer is a C64, so that's written off, too.

Maybe I should hold onto my Taito Legends disc a little longer.

[lukester]

I've got Son Son II and Tonma on the way. Looking forward to giving those a blast  O:)

Both of those games are true 16-bit classics.

SonSon II is pretty obscure, but it does have a helpful fansite if you can't read the Japanese.
http://www.changevworld.com/sonson2/sonson2.htm

Reading Japanese is irrelevant, as even that site points out that the game has been translated into English.

Considering he actually bought the game, and didn't download the rom, yes it is a helpful site.

[Jimmy Hapa]

First time I tried Dragon Egg, I made it all the way through without dying. Then I did it again on the hardest difficulty. Then I recorded a longplay and haven't played it again since.

Yeah, it's really a shame about the length and lack of challenge in the game.  With a little more polish, difficulty, and maybe some story bits outside of the introduction, Dragon Egg could have been a classic, IMO.