Homebrew Suggestion: R-Type

[ParanoiaDragon]

R-Type and Ninja Spirit are probably the worst, although in Ninja Spirit it's probably not going to kill you. In R-Type the flicker could very well be the cause of your death. Not sure why IREM had such an issue with flicker. Does Image Fight, or Image Fight 2 suffer from a lot of flicker? I've played a little of IF, but can't remember anything too serious.

No one loves Bloody Wolf more than me. I even sent in a winning amount of a high score for the monthly contest but they never used it (probably because I'm Canadian).

Bloody Wolf is one of those "perfect" games where I love it exactly how it is and never felt like anything is lacking. To get some good slowdown going, trying flying through the game as fast as you can with guns blazing under Bloody Wolf 3.

Damn Canuckistanian prejudice. Being Canadian back then, it was almost like you were from another planet.

I played the arcade version of Bloody Wolf/Battle Rangers, and while the colour was deeper and the sound was more "arcadey", i.e. sampled voices, it wasn't really much better than the TG port. In many ways I like the TG port more, though the emulation on the Mame ROM was definitely not 100% for Battle Rangers. The two things I wish the TG port carried over from the arcade were the sample voices and how the enemy dudes died - they made a groaning sound and had blood coming out of their chest didn't fly off the screen.

Edit: I just noticed that in the TG Bloody Wolf the enemies inside the houses actually had the similar arcade death (minus the groan), but when outside they flew off the screen. Kinda strange.

I seem to recall someone saying the our Bloody Wolf runs faster then the arcade one(maybe in regards of FPS?), & it seems like there was something else that was better in our version.  As for the guys flying off the screen, I always loved that, I think it's hilarious, but, that's just me.  Oh, & even though our version is only 1 player, it's twice as long IIRC(cuz of the whole rescuing the other guy thing).  It's basically, Bloody Wolf 1 & 2 in a way.

[ceti alpha]

Canadia has way more Sailor Moon stuff than America.

I like it.

The Canadian dub of Astro Boy was also the best version. I watched a little of the American dub and it was horrible, in comparison. Sadly, the Canadian dub is lost in archives somewhere, if it survives at all.

Anyway, this is way off topic. heh

[Necromancer]

Now, there's really no difference going from province to province.

Except for Quebec, where there's nothing to be found but cheese, wine, white flags, and failure.

[ceti alpha]

Now, there's really no difference going from province to province.

Except for Quebec, where there's nothing to be found but cheese, wine, white flags, and failure.

 

To be fair, I will add to your list, an uncommon amount of very hot women, at least in Montreal.  

[Black Tiger]

I seem to recall someone saying the our Bloody Wolf runs faster then the arcade one(maybe in regards of FPS?), & it seems like there was something else that was better in our version.  As for the guys flying off the screen, I always loved that, I think it's hilarious, but, that's just me.  Oh, & even though our version is only 1 player, it's twice as long IIRC(cuz of the whole rescuing the other guy thing).  It's basically, Bloody Wolf 1 & 2 in a way.

The Turbo/PCE PSG soundtrack destroys the arcade's fm music.

I owned a Bloody Wolf pcb for a while and if I remember correctly, it didn't scroll at 60fps. Pretty much all of the backgrounds were updated for the home version, even if only by color in places.

[Bonknuts]

I played the arcade version of Bloody Wolf/Battle Rangers, and while the colour was deeper and the sound was more "arcadey", i.e. sampled voices, it wasn't really much better than the TG port. In many ways I like the TG port more, though the emulation on the Mame ROM was definitely not 100% for Battle Rangers. The two things I wish the TG port carried over from the arcade were the sample voices and how the enemy dudes died - they made a groaning sound and had blood coming out of their chest didn't fly off the screen.

Edit: I just noticed that in the TG Bloody Wolf the enemies inside the houses actually had the similar arcade death (minus the groan), but when outside they flew off the screen. Kinda strange.

 The arcade version is shorter then the TG16 version, has the same 9bit color palette but the colors and detail were upgraded in the TG16 version. The arcade version also ran at a less smooth rate; 30fps vs 60fps of the home version. The music is also much better on the TG16 port. The TG16 is superior in many ways and overall to the arcade port. The only real downfall to the home version was the lack of 2 player. But IMO that can easily be forgiven. 2 player options in games were nice, but not required in the least. My friends and I would often take turns playing stages/areas or just watch the other person play. We did this with RPGs, shmups, platformers, run'n'gun, etc. Any game. Tag team style.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Ofcoarse, IIRC, the music not only is better in the TG version, but, is totally different, like with the arcade port of Riot City to Riot Zone, totally different music among other things.

IIRC, Tom got a rom of the arcade version working on PCE emu's, though, I feel like there was some drawback to it, something missing, can't quite remember....

[ceti alpha]

The guys flying off the screen in the TG Bloody Wolf is actually pretty hilarious.

But yeah, the TG Bloody Wolf is a far better experience than the arcade.

[Black Tiger]

The guys flying off the screen in the TG Bloody Wolf is actually pretty hilarious.

But yeah, the TG Bloody Wolf is a far better experience than the arcade.

The flying enemies are priceless. On an awesomeness scale of 1 - 10, Bloody Wolf would plummet from 13 to 9 without them.

[esteban]

The guys flying off the screen in the TG Bloody Wolf is actually pretty hilarious.

But yeah, the TG Bloody Wolf is a far better experience than the arcade.

The flying enemies are priceless. On an awesomeness scale of 1 - 10, Bloody Wolf would plummet from 13 to 9 without them.

TRUTH.



Back on topic:

Ninja Spirit (as two folks have already mentioned).

[Bonknuts]

OK, this hack is coming along nicely.  Many routines had to be changed, from VRAM tile writing, to sprite positioning, and even scrolling and screen setup.  I've also begun hacking the vertical res, scrolling code & logic to make the game completely full-screen, as the arcade version was.  Let me know if you like it.

A flicker comparison between R-Type (U) on the left and the SG hack on the right.

 Any news on this, Chris?

[ccovell]

Uh, no progress since the earthquake, but I'll get back to it after I finish the update to my Fractal Engine program. 

[Mathius]

Just saw this thread thanks to the bump! I would love to play this when it is completed, but the horror stories I have heard about the PCE Flash Carts have me spooked. And as far as emulators...don't get me started!

[Mishran]

Just saw this thread thanks to the bump! I would love to play this when it is completed, but the horror stories I have heard about the PCE Flash Carts have me spooked. And as far as emulators...don't get me started!

What are these horror stories? I was considering taking a chance with getting one. I've heard they sometimes arrive "dead" and that some people have install problems with newer Windows versions. Is there more?

[Mathius]

...Getting them to work properly.