The Coop

I've owned a Saturn for a good while (first one died, and on my second one now). I believe I'm one of the few people here who didn't own a Nintendo or Sony system growing up (Sega and Atari representin' yo!... or, something to that effect). But, I think the Saturn is certainly worth it, with games you won't find anywhere else. So here's a list of the games I've played that I think are worth it... Amok (3D Action) Assault Suit Leynos 2 (Action Platformer) * Astal (Action Platformer) Battle Garegga (Shmup) * Blast Wind (Shmup) * Christmas NiGHTS (3D Flying/Platformer) Darius II (Shmup) * Darius Gaiden (Shmup) Daytona USA (Racing) DonPachi (Shmup) * DoDonPachi (Shmup) * Dragon Force (Turn-Based Strategy RPG) Dungeons and Dragons Collection (Hack 'N' Slash Compilation with Capcom's Tower of Doom and Shadow Over Mystara) * Duke Nukem 3D (First Person Shooter) Fighters Megamix (Fighting) Galactic Attack (Shmup) Galaxy Fight (Fighting) Galaxy Force II (3D Shmup) * Gradius Deluxe Pack (Shmup Compilation of Gradius and Gradius II) * Guardian Heroes (Action) Gun Griffon (3D Action) Hyper Duel (Shmup) * Kyukyoku Tiger II Plus (Shmup) * Layer Section II (Shmup) * The Legend of Oasis (Action RPG) Mass Destruction (Shmup) Marvel Superheroes vs Street Fighter (Fighting) * Metal Black (Shmup) * Metal Slug (Run 'N' Gun)* Mystaria (Strategy RPG) NiGHTS (3D Flying/Platformer) Night Striker S (3D Shmup) * Night Warriors (Fighting) Panzer Dragoon (3D Shmup) Panzer Dragoon II Zwei (3D Shmup) Panzer Dragoon Saga (RPG) Powerslave (First Person Shooter) Quake (First Person Shooter) Radiant Silvergun (Shmup) * Salamander Deluxe Pack (Shmup Compilation with Salamander, Salamander II and LifeForce) * Samurai Shodown Best Collection (Fighting Compilation with Samurai Shodown III and Samurai Shodown IV) * Sega Ages (Arcade Compilation with After Burner, Space Harrier and OutRun) Sega Rally (Racing) Sega Touring Car Championship (Racing) Shining Force III (Turn-Based Strategy RPG) Shining the Holy Ark (Dungeon Crawling RPG) Shinobi Legions (Action Platformer) Sokyugurentai (Shmup) * Solar Eclipse (3D Shmup) Sonic 3D Blast (Action) Soviet Strike (Action) Stellar Assault SS (3D Shmup) * Strikers 1945 (Shmup) * Thunder Force V (Shmup) * Thunder Force Gold Pack 1 (Shmup Compilation with Thunder Force II and Thunder Force III) * Thunder Force Gold Pack 2 (Shmup Compilation with Thunder Force AC and Thunder Force IV) * Vampire Savior (Fighting) * Virtua Fighter 2 (Fighting) Willy Wombat (3D Isometric Platformer)* X-Men vs Street Fighter (Fighting) * *= Japanese import To play a Japanese import, all you need is an Action Replay 4M Auto Plus cartridge (or something similar to it, like the Ultra Madness 4M Turbo Key). Just pop it in the cart slot on the Saturn and you're good to go. These will let you play imports, and play the Capcom and SNK games that use the 1MB or 4MB RAM expansion carts (the AR4MAP and UM4MTK have the 1MB and 4MB expansions built into them).

A couple more... http://www.castlevaniadungeon.net/Media/fanmp3.html - All Castlevania, all the time http://www.ssh.ne.jp/ - the man/band behind the music of various Tecno Soft games like Thunder Force V, Blast Wind and Hyperduel.

http://williammichael.net/aocc_2k9/ Forgot about them. Not all of them are video game remixes, but most are.

http://thecoop.110mb.com/remixes.html http://www.vgmix.ocrmirror.org/vg2/ http://www.vgmix.ocrmirror.org/vg1/

A game with no remixes does not always equal an unpopular or little known game, Kyle. You've been around here long enough to know this. It's a Turtles game, on the SNES. It's well known, as is its music. So why no remixes? Simple... no one's felt the need or inspiration to do them. Popularity only goes so far in deciding what will be remixed. A bigger part of that process is what sparks the idea in you... what makes you think "This would sound cool if I did this and that and those." Sometimes that spark comes from a song being on an old system with it's lower quality sound capabilities, sometimes it's because you can kind of hear the genre it's supposed to be in but want to enhance it or change the genre entirely, and sometimes it was just a song you really liked and wanted to tinker with. Of course, no one will hear anything around here if it's not up to OCR standards, will they? Or if the remix doesn't get done. Or, and this is from the old VGMix days, if they choose a different game because it's even more popular and sure to get more people to listen and submit reviews. There are 1,000 reasons why there aren't many TiT remixes, but it's soundtrack not being well known (especially around here) is not likely chief among them. To me, Turtles in Time is a game that many like, but nearly no one's bothered to remix... kind of like Demon's Crest, Axelay, MechWarrior 2 and even Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. We all know the songs and enjoy them, but few ever say "You know what? I'm gonna remix that tune!" when they play the games. As such, TiT's one of the Susan Lucci's of the gaming world... always talked about, but rarely given that special extra bit of recognition.

TiT is mostly overlooked musically? Not to sound like a prick, but in what dimension? Whenever SNES games come up, it gets mentioned fairly quickly, and praised rather often, from everything I've seen over the years.

Top 5 of 2010

A good link? I have the entire soundtrack (original and arranged) linked to in my post at the top of this page.

from Splatterhouse 2- It's one of those songs that has such a campy vibe (fitting given the series), but it also carries with it a catchy beat. It's simple in terms of composition, but it's instruments carry it well.Loony Park (Ambient) from Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell- It's a haunted amusement park with demonic clowns, and this song fits it like a glove. It's a step away from being cheerful, but it captures the dementedness of a bloody park filled with horrific rides and evil looking clowns. from Killer Instinct- Do I really need to explain why with this song? You're a werewolf, pipe organs and orchestra... just listen to the thing. from Devilish- This song has a distinct "The Exorcist"/"Halloween" vibe to it. Good instruments that add to its ominous feel, some rather thunderous FM drums... it's a fine fit for the concept, and it's a more obscure game to boot.

Eh, fuck it. Bought Shatter. One less lunch next week

Fran and her ass were well-rendered perks. I enjoyed the game itself.

Shit. Shatter's on sale, and I spent my last bit of set-aside cash getting the F.E.A.R. pack.

Every once in a while, I feel like the only one around here who actually enjoyed FF XII.

It's an outcry for the blood donations that they so desperately need.

Holiday 2010

No. Most of the DLC isn't as good as the original game. It's not bad, but outside of the zombie one, the rest never struck me as "OMG GOTTA HAZ IT!" material.

A wonder how large Ivy's tits are going to be this time. I figure she'll just be a set of enormous knockers with a tuft of hair sticking up from behind them, two little hands on their sides, and two feet below them.

Just wanted to say nice work to everyone involved, and mention that I pimped this album (linked to of course) on four other sites.

There was a post by The Derrit here. It's gone now.

Even though it's five minutes away yet, before I get lost in RE5 zombie BOOM! HEADSHOT!-ing, Merry Christmas folks. ... I wonder if Santa will visit this thread. I've been a good boy this year... for the most part.