What is the worst game on the PC Engine?

[blueraven]

Sooooo Klax or Falcon?

Even the NES Klax Pwns the PCE.

Falcon is way better.  at least you don't have to think while attempting to play falcon.  Just press buttons and laugh when you die.

It really is just a crapshoot. It's like having no pilot at all!

EDIT: Duomazov review which pretty much encapsulates this.

http://www.thebrothersduomazov.com/search/label/Falcon

[ceti alpha]

haha. Oh, Falcon. How I tried to love thee. I remember one level where I would just die out of nowhere, every time. I'd like to pick it up again just for the sake of nostalgia. But man, what a clunky game.

[nat]

It has levels?

[Arkhan]

It has levels?

what he meant was "one time the screen was differentish than usual when I died"

[ceti alpha]

It has levels?

hahaha. I swear on it.

I think the key problem with the game was that it was on the Turbografx. Obviously I don't mean that as a swipe against the Turbob, but the developers just had to sacrifice too much. Computers of the day were capable of much more, and it showed. The Falcon series was released on several platforms, including MSX, Macintosh, IBM PC, Amiga, Atari ST, etc, and was highly praised in reviews. The TG port just couldn't offer a decent simulator experience.

Consider that this is Falcon 3.0 for the PC. It was released in 1991 - not long before the TG port - and was received very well:


This is the 1984 MSX-2/SMS port:


And here's the TG port just for comparison's sake:


Falcon on the TG was a failed attempt at bringing a very good flight simulator to a console. Flight simulators need keyboard controls and a proper joystick. Not only that, but like the reviewer says, it was probably rushed out to the market.

[Arkhan]

Youre delusional.

If thats a very good flight sim, Justin Beiber is a very good singer.

[SignOfZeta]

Back in the day Falcon was THE flight sim. This was true of the b/w Mac version as well as the Amiga version.  I've never played the TG version.

[ceti alpha]

Youre delusional.

If thats a very good flight sim, Justin Beiber is a very good singer.

OK...

Back in the day Falcon was THE flight sim. This was true of the b/w Mac version as well as the Amiga version.  I've never played the TG version.

Falcon on the Amiga blows the TG port away. Don't even bother with the TG port. I guess it was kinda neat to see the TG try some primitive polygon stuff, but even that's a big stretch. In fact, the looks like the best out of the bunch, for that time period.

[Arkhan]

I think I am anti flight sims at all after being addicted to Steel Battalion for a few years straight.  Everything else sim-related sucks now. -_-

[Tatsujin]

There are no worst pce games, only less good ones.

[ceti alpha]

I think I am anti flight sims at all after being addicted to Steel Battalion for a few years straight.  Everything else sim-related sucks now. -_-

Yeah, I used to be really big into flight sims, but I honestly haven't played one since Falcon on the TG. heh. Falcon on the TG is that bad.

[Arkhan]

I think I am anti flight sims at all after being addicted to Steel Battalion for a few years straight.  Everything else sim-related sucks now. -_-

Yeah, I used to be really big into flight sims, but I honestly haven't played one since Falcon on the TG. heh. Falcon on the TG is that bad.

Yeah, I used to play alot of PC ones, but then I got Steel Battalion and everything but that as far as sims makes me go THIS BLOWS.


and Tatsujin:

Duh.  Already said that a ton of times

[Tatsujin]

and Tatsujin:

Duh.  Already said that a ton of times

Yeah, but it can't be said often enough

[ceti alpha]

I think I am anti flight sims at all after being addicted to Steel Battalion for a few years straight.  Everything else sim-related sucks now. -_-

Yeah, I used to be really big into flight sims, but I honestly haven't played one since Falcon on the TG. heh. Falcon on the TG is that bad.

Yeah, I used to play alot of PC ones, but then I got Steel Battalion and everything but that as far as sims makes me go THIS BLOWS.

Oh! Steel Battalion! That's the Battletech game for the Xbox that had the special controller. Amazing game. A friend of mine actually had that, along with the special "simulation" controller. Blew my mind. The only battledroid sim experience that beat Steel Battalion was a simulator I played while living in Whistler, BC. There were four stand up cabinets/cockpits with a LAN connection. When you walked into the cabinet you were surrounded by blinking red buttons and a ton of control knobs. What a blast. I kind of forget what the graphics were like, but I remember being blown away - this was in '98, btw. At the end of the game, you received a print out of all your stats and they also showed everyone a replay that switched among the perspectives of the respective players.

[roflmao]

and Tatsujin:

Duh.  Already said that a ton of times

Yeah, but it can't be said often enough

QFT