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| dashv:
--- Quote from: byron on October 06, 2014, 01:21:45 pm ---I love the Parodius series. Why be a spaceship when you can be an octopus or a penguin? --- End quote --- I second Parodius and add Phoenix for the Atari 2600. |
| burningdoom:
--- Quote from: dashv on November 18, 2014, 12:03:08 pm --- --- Quote from: byron on October 06, 2014, 01:21:45 pm ---I love the Parodius series. Why be a spaceship when you can be an octopus or a penguin? --- End quote --- I second Parodius and add Phoenix for the Atari 2600. --- End quote --- One of the few games I actually enjoyed on the 2600. It had a sense of progression (even if that progression doesn't go all that far). Also the enemy patterns were more erratic than other shooters at the time. And for an Atari game, that UFO boss looked pretty cool. |
| sin2beta:
Star Jacker is a favorite of mine. It can be found on the SG-1000 and Saturn for home ports. Star Force was a very popular one in the early 80s in Japan. I haven't quite figured out why though. I love Galaga as well. |
| burningdoom:
--- Quote from: sin2beta on November 18, 2014, 06:39:12 pm ---Star Jacker is a favorite of mine. It can be found on the SG-1000 and Saturn for home ports. Star Force was a very popular one in the early 80s in Japan. I haven't quite figured out why though. --- End quote --- It's unofficially the first game in the Star Soldier series. Play Star Force, and then play the original Star Soldier and the similarities are more than obvious. |
| dashv:
--- Quote from: burningdoom on November 18, 2014, 01:10:52 pm --- --- Quote from: dashv on November 18, 2014, 12:03:08 pm --- --- Quote from: byron on October 06, 2014, 01:21:45 pm ---I love the Parodius series. Why be a spaceship when you can be an octopus or a penguin? --- End quote --- I second Parodius and add Phoenix for the Atari 2600. --- End quote --- One of the few games I actually enjoyed on the 2600. It had a sense of progression (even if that progression doesn't go all that far). Also the enemy patterns were more erratic than other shooters at the time. And for an Atari game, that UFO boss looked pretty cool. --- End quote --- Exactly! Why this game never got remade/revamped is beyond me! |
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