Virtual Console TG-CD Game List (updated 03/15/2010 - Rondo of Blood)

[Black Tiger]

Sherlock 3 got released for PC?  I remember when Bill Huff told me they were in the middle of filming it, never knew it got released for something.

Back in the day I saw a magazine review for at least one new Shermatlock game. Maybe they never got to finish filming for whatever would've wound up as the last in the series.

EDIT: Just found a seller in the U.K. on eBay with 3 volumes of what appears to be the PC versions.

[esteban]

Sherlock 3 got released for PC?  I remember when Bill Huff told me they were in the middle of filming it, never knew it got released for something.

Back in the day I saw a magazine review for at least one new Shermatlock game. Maybe they never got to finish filming for whatever would've wound up as the last in the series.

EDIT: Just found a seller in the U.K. on eBay with 3 volumes of what appears to be the PC versions.

Ahhh, I don't think I have Shermatlock 1 or 2 for our beloved system. One of these days...

Speaking of Matlock, I watched an episode recently using Netflix's "download" service. Yeah, I've seen every episode of Matlock.

[turbofan1]

Hmm, I wonder how Riot Zone will go over for VC owners who never touched it.

Probably not very good.Going by the bad review Ign gave it.http://wii.ign.com/articles/848/848725p1.html
Yeah I no this is A old topic.

[Dark Fact]

Lords Of Thunder this Monday! I'm f*cking stoked!

[Game and Watch Kirby]

Lords Of Thunder this Monday!

LORDS OF THUNDER!

It is relatively to be released on Virtual Console two days from now (Psychosis had also been announced to be released this month, but the exact date has not been set).

I cannot wait to see its greatness through Virtual Console !

[nat]

Do you have a Wii, Kirby?

[Game and Watch Kirby]

Do you have a Wii, Kirby?

Not yet, but I should be getting one soon. I'm expecting to get it within a week or two.

[Black Tiger]

Hmm, I wonder how Riot Zone will go over for VC owners who never touched it.

Probably not very good.Going by the bad review Ign gave it.http://wii.ign.com/articles/848/848725p1.html
Yeah I no this is A old topic.

I guess IGN must've given Final Fight and Streets of Rage 5/10's at the most, going by the writing in the review...

-but it looks like SoR got 6.5 and SNES FF got a freaking 8! Not only is the SNES FF the same kind of 'repetetive plow through the same enemies' style game, but just like Riot Zone (but unlike SoR) its also only single player!

Seriously though, these review scores are perfectly proportioned to how "jounalists" favor/rate the three consoles:

SNES: 8
Genesis: 6.5
Turbo Duo: 4

[Game and Watch Kirby]

I guess IGN must've given Final Fight and Streets of Rage 5/10's at the most, going by the writing in the review...

-but it looks like SoR got 6.5 and SNES FF got a freaking 8! Not only is the SNES FF the same kind of 'repetetive plow through the same enemies' style game, but just like Riot Zone (but unlike SoR) its also only single player!

Seriously though, these review scores are perfectly proportioned to how "jounalists" favor/rate the three consoles:

SNES: 8
Genesis: 6.5
Turbo Duo: 4

I have a strange feeling you're going to add something like this to Blue Shadows . Whether it's based upon a magazine or Internet source, that'll be a pretty interesting analysis to make on it .

[awack]

                       black tiger

Seriously though, these review scores are perfectly proportioned to how "jounalists" favor/rate the three consoles:

SNES: 8
Genesis: 6.5
Turbo Duo: 4

Absolutely, i think it had more to do with how much advertisement were in the mags, especially in the case of the turbo.

[nat]

I get the distinct feeling many of today's game reviewers don't know much about the Turbo. So they refer to old publications from the era and see reviews that are reflective of the Turbo failing in the market. Then they generate their opinions based on these old reviews. The "if it wasn't as good back then, it can't be as good now!" mentality.

So regardless of how good these games actually are, any Turbo game released on the VC is automatically going to be 2 points behind where they would be had they been Genesis or SNES games. So for example if Riot Zone had been a Genesis or SNES title, it would've got a 6 on those grounds alone.

[turbofan1]

Lets face facts,Riot Zone really is`nt A very good game.On the other hand they gave Super Air Zonk A pretty good review,which i thought was a terrible game.Completely inferior to the original Air Zonk.I'm referring to IGN.I don`t really go by there reviews,I just throw up here to see what other people think.And yeah,it probably is some guy that just sits there and compares them to snes,and Sega Genesis.And does not really have A grasp of what the system can do.

[nat]

Lets face facts,Riot Zone really is`nt A very good game.

You're right-- it's not a phenomenal game. But it's not a horrible game, either. There's nothing original about it, and it doesn't do anything better than it's contemporaries. But Riot Zone is still very playable, and it has a good soundtrack.

My real point though is that these VC reviewers would probably rate Turbo games on average 2 points higher if the exact same games were SNES or Genesis titles. See, the VC reviewers probably don't know much about the Turbo, like most of the general public, and rely heavily on what they read about it to create an idea in their head of what it must have been like "back in the day" since they don't have their own memories to base off of. Since most of the history you can find and read online about the TG-16 contains words like "loser" and "failure" and "dead on arrival" it's no wonder they can't help but put a negative spin on all things Turbo in their heads. And this feeling comes across in the scores they give the games. Whether it's actually indicative of the quality of the game in question is another story altogether.

[ceti alpha]

My real point though is that these VC reviewers would probably rate Turbo games on average 2 points higher if the exact same games were SNES or Genesis titles. See, the VC reviewers probably don't know much about the Turbo, like most of the general public, and rely heavily on what they read about it to create an idea in their head of what it must have been like "back in the day" since they don't have their own memories to base off of. Since most of the history you can find and read online about the TG-16 contains words like "loser" and "failure" and "dead on arrival" it's no wonder they can't help but put a negative spin on all things Turbo in their heads. And this feeling comes across in the scores they give the games. Whether it's actually indicative of the quality of the game in question is another story altogether.

Ugh...it's the late 80s/early-mid 90s all over again... hehe But yeah, you just summed it all up there nat. I, for one, am planning on buying Riot Zone. It may not be Streets of Rage, but that's not really the point. Every shmup isn't Gate of Thunder or Nexzr, but I can still enjoy them if they're OK.

[Black Tiger]

I think that they actually reviewed Riot Zone fairly by their own standards/preferences, but were super biased when reviewing non-Turbo 'classics' like Final Fight and didn't base their review on the actual SNES game so much as "wow, its Final Fight!".