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Getting a little tired of playing sports and puzzlers I decided to conquer a couple more respectable genres this time, action platforming and scrolling shooter. Up first was Kick Master by Taito. I've had good experience with many Taito games so I had high hopes for Kick Master. The opening scene depicts your brother being slain by some monsters and saying something along the lines of "My steel was no match for them. Only your awesome kicking skills can overcome this evil!". Pretty epic intro! The game was ok. It had some RPG elements like levelling up by collecting items when you defeat monsters, which increases your life and magic meters. Magic spells are hidden throughout the game. 1-2 in most levels. Unfortunately most of them are fairly useless and its takes some grinding to get your magic meter filled enough to use a few decent spells. Its a pain getting so close to the monsters early on, but as you learn new attacks with each level the gameplay gets much better. All in all it was a fun game and definitely one worth checking out. [img width=639 height=481]http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk189/Crabmaster2000/KickMaster-Ending.jpg[/img]Decided to go with one of the oddest shmups, or even games in general, that I've ever played, Zombie Nation. You play as a floating, disembodied, fat, balding, japanese head who has decided that only he can save America from an Alien who crash landed on a meteor and is taking over famous monuments and the US military. Your weapon of choice? Some good old fashioned vomit and popping your eyes out of their sockets. Want to get more eyes and barf (AKA upgrade your weapons) simply torch buildings until zombies (turned that way by the alien) fall out and eat them before they hit the ground. You know its that same old story you've heard a million times. The controls are a bit floaty, the weapons never change and the game is super short. It does have some cool music, levels and definitely has some interesting boss battles though (old man with rippling muscles tossing axes at you in his speedo!). If your looking for a solid shooter you can do much better, but if you like quirky games its a must try. I loved it despite its flaws. 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Had to split them into 2 halfs for Exodus and Quest of the Avatar which is something I had hoped to avoid. Oh well. I've been plugging away at the Pennent mode on Bases Loaded. I'm not sure how many games I need to win, but I'm about 9-10 games in now so hopefully I've put a good dent in it and can finish it up soon.
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Thank G-d you saved us from that alien with your vomit! Eating human flesh was getting a little old, it tastes like chicken.
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Kickmaster? Man that brings back some memories. Funny just how many of these games I played through back in the day, but I can't seem to recall the crappy dialog.
Thanks for the Ultima videos, Crab. I've wanted to play through the NES Ultima games for a while now just to see the differences from the computer versions. Wow. Even in the Amiga version the graphics were so abstract, but in the NES version things are just so colorful.
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@bombatomba: I've been very curious about the RPGs on the NES for along time since I've only had experience with games like Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior and Crystalis. Ultima, Wizardry, AD&D and the Romance of the Three Kingdom games are all high on my radar right now.
If I had to pick only 1 Ultima game to recommend it would be Quest of the Avatar hands down, but really I'd suggest skipping them all together. Wizards of Destiny was easily the worst, but at least it was the shortest. I think these titles should have stayed on the PC or at least waited until a good port could have been possible.
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@Crabmaster2000: So basically nothing has changed (in reference to the Ultima comment).
I came into PC games around 1998 and since then I've made it a real priority to experience as many older PC games as possible. While the Ultima games as considered one of the defining evolutions of PCRPG (and RPGs in general), I really didn't start enjoying them until Ultima VI and really loving them until Ultima VII. I still might play them again, but getting back into the older Ultimas (before the world was seemlessly drawn) may be too much.
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@bombatomba: I'm given to understand that the Ultima games you started to enjoy also got horrible ports onto the SNES. For such an important series on the PC it seems the really struggled to get a good representation onto home consoles.
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