Turbo CD Recommendations

[HailingTheThings]

Not sure how many times I have posted this respone, but if you want the best bang for your buck...  Splash Lake!

Seconded. This game is 'dorbs.

Ill have to check it out! Is it a platformer or a puzzle game?

Puzzle.

[VenomMacbeth]

You can't play Gate of Thunder, Lords of Thunder or Shubibiman 3 (which I don't recommend anyway).

What about Shubibinman 3 isn't recommendable other than the low difficulty?  I'd take it over any of the Valis games.

[EmperorIng]

While I enjoyed Shubibinman 3 on a certain level, there is something underwhelming about being brought from one setpiece to another, only to have each encounter end in seconds (sometimes before the badguy is even done speaking). I am not convinced they even tested the game for balance, or rather were worried that people wouldn't get through the (very short) game without a real difficulty crutch. It gives the game a short shelf-life. Off-topic, but I'd say stay away from the two other PC-Engine entries. 3 is the best because it's playable, stylish, and can be fun; the other two are horrid.

[lukester]

Shubibinman 1 sucks, but the 2nd is worth playing. I prefer it over 3 since it has more polish, amazing music and it's a fun mega man clone.

Use my thread for hints. The only stage that still ever gives me hiccups is the last level due to a mini boss.
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=19874.msg428909#msg428909

I think Shockman is better than mega man 1 and 5, but doesn't hold a candle to the other nes games

[TheClash603]

Not sure how many times I have posted this respone, but if you want the best bang for your buck...  Splash Lake!

Seconded. This game is 'dorbs.

Ill have to check it out! Is it a platformer or a puzzle game?

Puzzle.

It is an action puzzle game though.  It's like $20 so you should get it because there isn't a game cheaper and it is a ton of fun.

[esteban]

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[esteban]

You can't play Gate of Thunder, Lords of Thunder or Shubibiman 3 (which I don't recommend anyway).

What about Shubibinman 3 isn't recommendable other than the low difficulty?  I'd take it over any of the Valis games.

No!!!!!!

Even Valis II, which is easy and short, is certainly more competent and enjoyable than Shubibinman 1 (and, I'd argue, Shibibinman 3).

For all its *average* platforming/mechanics, Valis II creates a fantastic atmosphere and experience. Even if you skip the cinemas on subsequent playthroughs (which most folks do, I reckon), the atmosphere and disjointed story are still with you.

At least Shubibinman is better than Bravoman. I can't stand Bravoman.

While I enjoyed Shubibinman 3 on a certain level, there is something underwhelming about being brought from one setpiece to another, only to have each encounter end in seconds (sometimes before the badguy is even done speaking). I am not convinced they even tested the game for balance, or rather were worried that people wouldn't get through the (very short) game without a real difficulty crutch. It gives the game a short shelf-life. Off-topic, but I'd say stay away from the two other PC-Engine entries. 3 is the best because it's playable, stylish, and can be fun; the other two are horrid.

The biggest crime of the cosmos is that it would have only required a few tweaks to transform Shibibinman 3 into a real, genuine gem.

[esteban]

... Stupid software....triple-posting like a f@cknut.

[lukester]

Shit...I also like bravoman as well.

Enough to have played through it 3 times. It's an hour long game at least.

If nothing else, the boss variety is great and the graphics are solid. The translation is 10/10 as well. And the credits are legit great.

Games I don't like are Keith courage, jj and jeff and valis 2

[esteban]

Shit...I also like bravoman as well.

Enough to have played through it 3 times. It's an hour long game at least.

If nothing else, the boss variety is great and the graphics are solid. The translation is 10/10 as well. And the credits are legit great.

Games I don't like are Keith courage, jj and jeff and valis 2

Damn, I can't tell if you are teasing me, because I like JJ&Jeff! Of course, it's because JJ&JEFF = bastard child of Wonderboy1, and I am obsessed with Wonderboy1. Like...desperate.



I actually enjoy the core mechanics of Keith Courage...it just becomes too boring/tedious doing the same thing over and over. Had there been more variety/creativity in level design, obstacles, and enemy AI...Keith could have been an absolute Top 10 game. I totally love alternating between over world/underworld...and jumping around and slashing Nova suit mecha = awesome.

[DQ187]

Shit...I also like bravoman as well.

Enough to have played through it 3 times. It's an hour long game at least.

If nothing else, the boss variety is great and the graphics are solid. The translation is 10/10 as well. And the credits are legit great.

Games I don't like are Keith courage, jj and jeff and valis 2

Damn, I can't tell if you are teasing me, because I like JJ&Jeff! Of course, it's because JJ&JEFF = bastard child of Wonderboy1, and I am obsessed with Wonderboy1. Like...desperate.



I actually enjoy the core mechanics of Keith Courage...it just becomes too boring/tedious doing the same thing over and over. Had there been more variety/creativity in level design, obstacles, and enemy AI...Keith could have been an absolute Top 10 game. I totally love alternating between over world/underworld...and jumping around and slashing Nova suit mecha = awesome.

I enjoy Keith Courage & Bravoman as well. Simple but enjoyable. Keith definitely becomes a little repetitive and tedious but  lthe Nova suit is cool! havnt played JJ & Jeff but have been wanting to check it out.

[DQ187]

You can't play Gate of Thunder, Lords of Thunder or Shubibiman 3 (which I don't recommend anyway).

Here are some cool CD2 games:

Spriggan
Macross 2036
Rainbow Islands
Download 2
Valis III
Super Darius
Sidearms Special
Monster Lair
Exile
Rayxanber II
Auleria
Record of Lodoss War
Splash Lake
Ys I & II
Ys III
Tengai Makyou ZIRIA
Lords of the Rising Sun
Vasteel

Thanks for the list! I'll definitely check these out! I got Spriggan already! 


If you guys wanna recommend any other regular Turbo or PC Engine games I need to play let me know. These are the only games I have and only games I've played besides a few I have on the Wii like Final Soldier, Dead Moon, Ninja Spirit and a couple others. Here's my list:

Turbografx:
Aero Blasters
Air Zonk
Alien Crush
Blazing Lazers
Bloody Wolf
Bomberman 93
Bonks Adventure
Bonks Revenge
Bravoman
Cadash
Deep Blue-New
Devil's Crush
Dragon Spirit
Fantasy Zone
Impossamole
Keith Courage in Alpha Zones
Legendary Axe
Military Madness
Ordyne
R-Type
Raiden
Sidearms
Sinistron
Soldier Blade
Super Star Soldier
Turrican-New
Turrican
World Court Tennis

Turbo CD:
Spriggan

[lukester]

Esty, have you ever played momotaro katsugeki? It's another Hudson hucard that fixes literally everything wrong with Keith courage. Really good stuff

[Black Tiger]

Shubibiman 3 feels like a beta version of a game that was never completed. It is unpolished and inconsistent. I haven't played it in years because it was so underwhelming, but I remember that it seemed like even the sound wasn't fully implemented. Even taking what's there for what it is, the first time I played through I got to an early boss which was kinda lame (as was the previous one) and I was thinking to myself, "things have got to start improving for the rest of the game". Then the following cinema was painfully long and I wondered if the next stage could possibly redeem this endurance test. Then the freaking credits began to play. The game was actually over just as it was getting going. The brief disappointing content really was an early prototype and what's there would feel like half a game at most if it were a HuCard. It's easy because they never fleshed the miniscule content out enough to balance it.  The magazine ads that teased you with piloting a giant mecha coukdn't be more deceiving. You hop in early in the first stage and then sit back and wait for a cinematic sequence light on sound effects to end. It never feels like you're fully interacting with everything and many PCE digicomics are more involved and have greater consequence. If it were part of one of those PCE Catalog demo discs, it would have been acceptable as-is.

[VenomMacbeth]

Sheesh, no love for the Shubis here.  DQ, Black Tiger likes to give verbose break-downs about the things he dislikes, and yes the game is simple, but it's also...what, $15?  Maybe it sucked when you had to pay $50-$60, when it was new, but I'd say it definitely provides $15 worth of fun.  I've enjoyed playing it, though not as much as Shubibinman 2 (which, ironically, is the more glitchy, unpolished game between the two).  It's a moot point since apparently you can't play it without a Super System Card, but it's definitely not worth turning your nose up at to such a degree.