Any love for Cadash ?

[ceti alpha]

I haven't had a chance to play it on the Turbo, but I have it on MAME and it's pretty cool. I'll definitely buy the Turbo port eventually if just to see how it compares to the arcade. Nat has already stated that the music isn't as good and much of the parallax scrolling has been sacrificed. 

[Sinistron]

the game is a joy.
def. fun to roll through it here and there- one of the best turbochips.

[nodtveidt]

I play this game on my TE all the time for some reason.

[TR0N]

Another fan of cadash here played the hell out of it in the arcades.

While the,TG16 version falls some what short in the graphics and sound.It's gameplay does come close to it at least.

Also it has all four charcaters while the genesis version only has two 

Can't say i've sit down though and taken the time to beat,my copy on the duo-r.

Then again i have too many games to play all ready.

[Necromancer]

Cadash was among the first dozen or so games that I had for the Turbo, so it got a butt load of play time back in the day.  It's not very hard, but it's good fun, even more so with a second player.

How do you guys play through the game?

I usually cheat to speed things up.  I've beaten it so many times with every character, that I don't feel too guilty about it.

[sinfreealex]

I finally got my copy of Cadash, ordered it a month ago on eBay and they guy was slow to ship. I beat this game back in the day. I can't remember whether I used the priestess or the mage. I've been trying to play it again lately, but I've had so many games on my list I've only given it a total of an hour or so. One of my all time favorites for the system.

[Black Tiger]

Another fan of cadash here played the hell out of it in the arcades.

While the,TG16 version falls some what short in the graphics and sound.It's gameplay does come close to it at least.

I actually prefer the Turbo port's artwork over the other versions.

[guyjin]

Cadash is one of my favorite turbo games. The music is good, the graphics are great, and it's just well-put-together.

[esteban]

Another fan of cadash here played the hell out of it in the arcades.

While the,TG16 version falls some what short in the graphics and sound.It's gameplay does come close to it at least.

I actually prefer the Turbo port's artwork over the other versions.

I totally agree, B_T. At first, since I was used to the arcade, I wasn't particularly in love with the TG-16 version's artwork. But then, after playing TG-16 over (and over!), I realized that it really had a charm of its own.

Now, when I play the other versions, I find that they're the ones that are lacking. Ha.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Love it, a little more then the arcade version I might add.

[TR0N]

Another fan of cadash here played the hell out of it in the arcades.

While the,TG16 version falls some what short in the graphics and sound.It's gameplay does come close to it at least.

I actually prefer the Turbo port's artwork over the other versions.

It's not bad i guess interesting enough the cover art is the,same for the jpn flyer.
http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=172&image=1
It's some even thing more that wd stuck with it to begin with.

[Black Tiger]

It's not bad i guess interesting enough the cover art is the,same for the jpn flyer.
http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=172&image=1
It's some even thing more that wd stuck with it to begin with.

Especially considering what WD would go on to do for TG-CD cover art.

[goom]

I just beat the game again for the zillionth time. This time with the mage. It's somehow satisfying to have his lightning spell hit the last boss about 50 times in three seconds. This game just never gets old for me.

But it's not like my love for Cadash is unconditional. The Genesis version is pretty bad - the omission of two characters is only the tip of the iceberg.

[nodtveidt]

Yeah indeed...not being able to play the Ninja sucks bigtime, he's my fave. Using his Spipit Ball weapon at max level, you can wipe out the final boss in about three seconds in the Turbo version. Ultra-powerful, just like the mage.

[goom]

Oh yes, the ninja simply rocks. Although the mage is my favorite character, I gotta say the ninja is stronger. The great thing about the ninja is that at close range he can hit the enemy about 3-4 times for every attack by the priestess or fighter (until he gets the sword of speed, at least), making him the king of physical damage hands down. So... he has the best range in the game, but even close up he outdamages the other three characters! Too good! Plus, it's just badass chucking infinite fireballs at enemies.

Here are all of the differences in the Genesis version, for those who might be interested. I'm doing this by memory so there may be an error or two on my part.

Omission of the ninja and priestess (obviously)
Complete omission of the tentacle boss (no more free elixir)
Floatier jumping mechanics - the mage, at level one, jumps as high as the ninja at level 15 or so
Attack and jump and you'll hold out your weapon until you land
Messed up hitboxes on certain enemies - play the arcade or PCE version then play the Genesis version and you'll whiff your attacks a few times, guaranteed
Weird enemy AI that will follow you down ropes and continue to chase you
Omission of the dragon amulet and chibi golem
Certain sections of levels are longer but have no content whatsoever (meaning no enemies, items, nothing, just more walking)
You can buy elixirs from stores
You can carry more than one elixir
Herbs heal 30 hp (I think)
You use herbs before elixirs

Simply put this game doesn't have the Cadash feel that the PCE version pulls off so effortlessly. Little things like enemy AI and hitboxes change the experience so drastically for me since I know the original game so well. Furthermore, the graphics look freaking weird - all the townspeople (every single one of them) have brown skin for some palette-related reason.