Developer Matchup #2: ICOM vs. Namco

[Black Tiger]

I didn't realize that so many Soul Caliburs had already been released. What I meant was the 360/PS3 game (IV?).

Namco(t) may not have pushed the PC Engine, but I'm really glad that we got Final Lap Twin. There are plenty of other fancy looking non-Namco games.

I haven't played much of the MD Splatterhouses, but from what I've seen in screenshots, I'd gladly take them as-is on Turbo.

[GUTS]

Well actually I think Splatterhouse 2 and 3 would probably have looked about the same on Super CD, maybe a little worse, but you know they would have added in some sweet cinemas and music.  The graphics are great on all 3 though.

[Tatsujin]

if they had made splatter house on cdrom (or 20mBit card ), the clould've reached a much closer ressamble to the arcade pendant! though a good port, event missing a lot of details in the BG. and definitely the best product namco(t) brought to the pc engine imo.

[Kitsunexus]

WTF is an arcade pendant? Has Link been too busy playing SamSho to rescue Zelda?

[Joe Redifer]

I think every HuCard should have been 20mbit.

[nat]

WTF is an arcade pendant?

He just means the arcade "version."

[Tatsujin]

yes, i was. i thought "pendant" is also an understandable english equivalent for "equivalent"? isn't it?

[Necromancer]

yes, i was. i thought "pendant" is also an understandable english equivalent for "equivalent"? isn't it?

Yes, it is.  The more common definition of pendant is something suspended from above, such as a light fixture or ornament.

[nat]

–noun Also pendent.

1. a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace. 
2. an ornament suspended from a roof, vault, or ceiling. 
3. a hanging electrical lighting fixture; chandelier. 
4. that by which something is suspended, as the ringed stem of a watch. 
5. a match, parallel, companion, or counterpart. 
6. Also, pennant. Nautical. a length of rope attached to a masthead, the end of a yardarm, etc., and having a block or thimble secured to its free end. 

It's an obscure use, but not inaccurate. I've always known what you were talking about but it's not unthinkable some folks might not understand.

[awack]

Had to go with ICOM due to beyond shadowgate and shape shifter, i do have alot of nostalgia for splatterhouse though.

Oh I know. I find that Splatterhouse 2 and 3 on the Genesis are good, but don't have the quality of graphics and colour that's on the Turbo

Yeah, you can only go up from splatterhouse 2, damn that game is ugly, 3 looks pretty good from the screenshots i have seen.

[Kitsunexus]

WTF is an arcade pendant?

He just means the arcade "version."

yes, i was. i thought "pendant" is also an understandable english equivalent for "equivalent"? isn't it?

yes, i was. i thought "pendant" is also an understandable english equivalent for "equivalent"? isn't it?

Yes, it is.  The more common definition of pendant is something suspended from above, such as a light fixture or ornament.

–noun Also pendent.

1. a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace. 
2. an ornament suspended from a roof, vault, or ceiling. 
3. a hanging electrical lighting fixture; chandelier. 
4. that by which something is suspended, as the ringed stem of a watch. 
5. a match, parallel, companion, or counterpart. 
6. Also, pennant. Nautical. a length of rope attached to a masthead, the end of a yardarm, etc., and having a block or thimble secured to its free end. 

It's an obscure use, but not inaccurate. I've always known what you were talking about but it's not unthinkable some folks might not understand.

Thank you for all the info. Now I feel dumb.