Can Pcenginefx beat all licensed TurboGrafx-16 games in 2016/2017? (115/135)

[Necromancer]

Magical Chase

[MattJ]

Necromancer,
Congrats on beating the game!
How difficult would you say Magical Chase is compared to many of the other popular shooters on the TurboGrafx? For a game that garners so much attention due to its rarity and value, I know little about its play mechanics. I know Chris gave it a high score on Turbo Views, so with a copy up for auction now (currently sitting at $2,454 with a little over a day to go), I'm curious to hear other opinions about the game.
If it were a more common shooter, like Blazing Lasers, R-Type, Galaga, Super Star Soldier, or Gate of Thunder, do you think it would be considered one of the better shooters on the system?

- Matt J.

[ginoscope]

Necromancer,
Congrats on beating the game!
How difficult would you say Magical Chase is compared to many of the other popular shooters on the TurboGrafx? For a game that garners so much attention due to its rarity and value, I know little about its play mechanics. I know Chris gave it a high score on Turbo Views, so with a copy up for auction now (currently sitting at $2,454 with a little over a day to go), I'm curious to hear other opinions about the game.
If it were a more common shooter, like Blazing Lasers, R-Type, Galaga, Super Star Soldier, or Gate of Thunder, do you think it would be considered one of the better shooters on the system?

- Matt J.

Matt,

Why not get a turbo everdrive and play the game yourself?  It is definitely not the best shooter on the system but it is a pretty decent game. 

[MattJ]

I've thought about getting an Everdrive. I love getting the original games, but I'm not a purist and if I ever pick up another NES, SNES, or Genesis will probably use Everdrives with them. I can see myself getting one for my PCE in the next year to play MC. That's a game that, financially, I know is just always going to be out of my reach. I would get one now, but my gaming time is severely restricted by my useless assignments I have to do for graduate school.   

[Necromancer]

Overall I'd say it's an above average shewty but not the best around.  It looks great, sounds good, is cute as all get out, and offers a nice variety of weapons and enemies, but it feels kinda sloppy with a too big hit box, slow speed (even on 'feather' broom), and clunky star maiden controls.

[johnnykonami]

I always get a little sad when a good game gets this super rare status.  Thank goodness for the TED and emulation.  At least people can play it still!  It's not so bad when it's a kind of crappy game (i.e. Action 52) so you don't feel too much of an urge to own it.  As for the game itself, it's probably not in my top 10 shooter list, but it is definitely a really nice looking, colorful game.  The graphics are definitely one of it's strong points, and it's certainly worth a little bit of your time, just not $2000 of your money.

[MattJ]

I always get a little sad when a good game gets this super rare status.

This too saddens me, and probably saddens most of us here, johnnykonami. I hate thinking back on some of the fun games I remember renting and playing as a kid: Panic Restaurant comes to men, and seeing how expensive they have become due to a mix of rarity and demand. That's just the way the market goes, I suppose, but it is one of the reasons I quite collecting for (and sold off) my Nintendo collection.

Please excuse me, for I am new to the forum and guessing that Magical Chase and game prices have probably been discussed here to death, but I am at least glad that the 'Holy Grail' of NTSC TurboGrafx games is, at the very least, considered a quality game.
Compare that to Stadium Events - it's super rare, goes for an outlandish amount of money, and, as anyone who's played World Class Track Meet can tell you, is not a great game. 

[johnnykonami]

This too saddens me, and probably saddens most of us here, johnnykonami. I hate thinking back on some of the fun games I remember renting and playing as a kid: Panic Restaurant comes to men, and seeing how expensive they have become due to a mix of rarity and demand. That's just the way the market goes, I suppose, but it is one of the reasons I quite collecting for (and sold off) my Nintendo collection.

Please excuse me, for I am new to the forum and guessing that Magical Chase and game prices have probably been discussed here to death, but I am at least glad that the 'Holy Grail' of NTSC TurboGrafx games is, at the very least, considered a quality game.
Compare that to Stadium Events - it's super rare, goes for an outlandish amount of money, and, as anyone who's played World Class Track Meet can tell you, is not a great game.

I have a collection of maybe like 10 handpicked NES games, just stuff I loved.  The Guardian Legend, Super Spy Hunter, Goonies II, a few others.  I could probably buy about 30 more games and be totally happy with my NES library.  Lots of great games, but lately I've been more interested in highly curated libraries rather than complete ones.  Takes up less space and it's just what I want to play anyhow!  I only discovered Panic Restaurant through emulation, but it is a really cool game.  Another victim of collectardism, I guess.  I think I played World Class Track Meet once as a kid, I knew someone who had the powerpad... no way I would pay a bunch of money for that one.  In general, I'm not a huge fan of these types of games.  I know my alias here is johnnykonami, but Track n' field is one of my least favorite Konami games.  I did have some fun with Mach Breakers though.  And I guess Summer Games on the C64.

[toaks]

Darn I was on the last dungeon of Neutopia! Oh well.


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[esteban]

Darn I was on the last dungeon of Neutopia! Oh well.


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YOU MUST DEFEAT NATAS.

Oh, wait.

Wrong game.

[blueraven]

 

Got through the Addams Family last night, and the power went out.

 

Attempt #3 tonight or tomorrow.

[Bardoly]

Updated!  We're up to 49!

[MattJ]

You can knock it up to 50 now! I finally finished through Bomberman this evening. (The version on the Gate of Thunder SuperCD)

The pictures are not the best, my aging camera is not very good at taking screen shots.
- Matt J.

[MattJ]

Got through the Addams Family last night, and the power went out.

 

Attempt #3 tonight or tomorrow.

I've been playing that game some recently. As a platformer, I really want to like it.... but the aggravating deaths and losing your power ups once you die make it a very irritating game. 

[Gentlegamer]

Three day weekend: Imma try to beat Cratermaze.