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Ace Combat 5 (Flying) Ace Combat Zero (Flying) Alien Hominid (Run 'N Gun) Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (3D Action) Contra: Shattered Soldier (Run 'N Gun) Dragon Quest VIII (RPG) Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol. 1 (Fighting Compilation) Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol. 2 (Fighting Compilation) Final Fantasy XII (RPG) Gradius III&IV (Shmup Compilation) Gradius V (Shmup) Guilty Gear X2 (Fighting) King Of Fighters XI (Fighting) MegaMan Anniversary Collection (Action Platformer Compilation) Metal Slug Anthology (Run 'N Gun Compilation) Neo-Geo Battle Coliseum (Fighting) Okami (3D Action) Onimusha (Survival Horror) Onimusha 2 (Survival Horror) Onimusha 3 (Survival Horror) R-Type Final (Shmup) Raiden III (Shmup) Rygar (3D Action) Samurai Shodown Anthology (Fighting Compilation) Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection (Action RPG Compilation) * Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 30: Galaxy Force II Special Extended Edition (3D Shmup Compilation) * Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 33: Fantasy Zone Complete Collection (Shmup Compilation) * Shadow of the Colossus (3D Action) Shining Tears (Action RPG) Silpheed: The Lost Planet (Shmup) SkyGunner (Flying) SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1(Compilation) Soul Calibur III (Fighting) Taito Legends 2 (Compilation) Thunder Force VI (Shmup) * Twisted Metal Black (Car Battler) WipeOut Fusion (Battle Racing) *= Japanese Import

Halo Wars Heh.

And the hits just keep on coming. Looks like Midway is trying to pull it's own AIG-ish stunt... http://www.gamespot.com/news/6207127.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;5

I wanna know where Vol. 2 is.

A couple suggestions... Dark Force (Phantasy Star series) Death Adder (Golden Axe series) Mr. X (Streets of Rage series) Fantasy Zone series boss music

That's exactly what it does. The first tune starts playing, and then the playlist loads. Make sure you have the playlist viewer open ("View/Playlist Editor" along the top of WinAmp), and be sure you saved the RSN to your PC so you can have it for later use.

After that comment, Goatse is almost inevitable.

The true crest of the Sporks, as given by HiddenFox.

Unofficial Salamander 3 For those not familiar with the first two Salamander games, you might know the first one by its US name, LifeForce. As the name suggests, this is an unofficial sequel. Like the games before it, US3 alternates between side view, and top view stages. It's currently at version 1.05, with 1.1 being readied for release. It's pretty good game, but it's not quite as well put together as the official Konami games. Still, it's worth a download, and with 15 stages, it'll keep you busy. Note: It takes the game a while to start up when you double click the executable (about three minutes, fifteen seconds). I have no idea why, but it does.

SSV Special was going to be ported to the PS2 a while back, but it was canceled. The going rumor is that this happened because SNK wanted SSV Special to remain a Neo-Geo exclusive due to its being the last game released for the system.

It sure took it's sweet time getting released, but it finally showed up in stores. I picked up my PS2 version today, and it's quite nice. I-VI are on the DVD (sans V Special), and from what I can tell thus far, little has been left out.... - The graphics are lightly filtered (which is an improvement over the rather odd look the unfiltered and stretched pixels had on the Orochi Saga collection) - The arterial spray that was missing in the Arcade Classics compilation is back the first game (you'd be surprised how much stink was raised over this) - The load times are short (about 2-3 seconds between fights) - Nothing appears to be censored (lots of blood, splitting opponents, fatality-ish moves, etc) - The controls are right on the money (no lag from what I can tell) - You can choose original or arranged music (not being able to do this in the Orochi Saga really bugged people) - All that wonderful Engrish SNK is known for Overall, it's a great collection. Sure, V Special, and RPG would have been nice, but I've seen the fatalities in V Special, and 90% of them aren't that memorable (if you want deaths you'll remember, play Eternal Champions: Challenge From the Dark Side). Nonetheless, it looks like the SNK anthologies for the PS2 are going out on a high note. Anyone else getting this? Am I the only Sam Sho fan here?

Fear not good people, for we have Disco Dan to keep Abadoss at bay

Oh shit RD, you best be ready. Abadoss is gonna pull a Maury Povich on yo ass any second, and bring out a whole bunch of people to talk trash aboutcha! And of course...

Diamonds- Informed posters Spades- So-called "Enforcers" or "People who keep others in line". Hearts- Helpful Clubs- Flamers, trolls, etc. That's what I have on my Quirks page (which also has a link to the cards, and a zip file with all the cards). Love the second card deck

I still have all the car designs I made for those

Arachamenominum? Yeah.

Wow. A lot of images I haven't seen for a good while in here... even a few I forgot I did. Oh, and I think I count as an old fogey. Eulogic- Yep. That card back was mine. Bigfoot- That DJPing edit wasn't done by me. Can't remember who did though.

Resident Evil 5

A part of me misses the old days. Riding my bike to a local arcade with a pocket full of quarters, seeing how long I could get those quarters to last, deciding if I wanted to try a game I'd never played before when I only had a few quarters to spend, the sounds of different games filling the air... good times. Then there's the other part of me. The one that does not miss the loud mouthed morons banging on machines, the smoke-filled rooms, dickheads who drop a quarter into the game you're in the middle of playing without asking if they could join (and then beat you out of the game because they're better with a given character), busted buttons and joysticks that work sporadicly at best... a major bullshit feat to be sure. These days, it makes me happy to see so many compilations coming out. No driving and wasted gas to play some of my old favorites, no dealing with busted cabinets or asshole-ish people, no wondering why every game is fifty-cents (or more) now regardless of how old it is... just a quick trip to Gamestop or Game Crazy, $20, and I'm good for years of play time.

DarkeSword's thread? It got shifted to the competitions forum, where it lingered and died off slowly. It's been almost a year since the last post in it, and sadly, those posts were about letting the thread die. Seemed folks simply lost interest (after 95 pages, and two versions of the thread before it, I can't say that I blame them).

I got a wild hair up my ass a few days ago, and decided to pop The Adventures of Batman and Robin into my Genesis. A bit of a long run 'n gun, and it's as hard as Chinese algebra. Still, it's fun. Most of the bosses aren't too bad. The Cheshire Cat is a pain in the ass, but I was reminded that there's another one that really gets irritating after a while. On level 3, you fight the Mad Hatter at the end. He hovers about in a giant top hat, throwing little spinning Tweedle men, and exploding rabbits, at you. The men aren't too bad to avoid, as they fall somewhat slowly down the screen. The exploding rabbits however, are tougher. They're killed in a couple hits, but when they explode, they knock you to one side or the other. They do decent damage, but it's when you're on the side of the platform that they do their real evil work... by knocking you off. More damage done by the evil little bunnies. Anyway, the battle really starts getting hectic when the ground starts moving. Now you're racing forward into the screen, and after a short time, cards start coming at you along the platform you're on. After you do more damage, the game starts throwing the Tweedle men, exploding rabbits, and the card obstacle patterns at you. As you weaken him further, the ground moves even faster, and cards come screaming at you. Eventually, you're hopping all over the place, trying to get out of the way of the cards, jump over the rabbits, avoid the falling Tweedle men... it all gets pretty frantic. Level three in general is a real bitch in the game, thanks to the difficult stage, mid boss, and boss. But when a boss fight has you hopping around more than the rabbits that are trying to kill you, that's a boss worth noting.

- I used a Game Genie to beat Road Rash after being stuck on the final three races for over a decade. - I've never played a Zelda game, a "Brawl" game, and just one Final Fantasy game (though I don't feel shameful about that really). - When I was younger, I actually called the 900 hints number in the Landstalker manual so I could find those fucking black ice spike boots (which were in a near-black pit... fuckers).

Schwaltzvald- Under Defeat and Border Down were Naomi board shmups in the arcade. They got ported to the Dreamcast in fine form, but they were only released in Japan. They're great games though, despite that they aren't the easiest things to acquire these days... cheaply at least. Sag Ee Mana- Bullet patterns can be fun. I don't deny that. But these days, that's pretty much what shmups seem to rely on for challenge more often than not... bullet patterns made up of a couple hundred bullets/lasers. That's fine and all, but it get monotonous after a while. It's like when people used to complain about how shmups were constantly just one lone spaceship fighting against an armada of sci-fi enemies back in the early 90s. They wanted things changed up from the current norm, and that's what I'd like... change. ... Maybe Obama can make a shmup for us Oh, and Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer is on the PC and PS3. The PC version comes with a physical disc and assorted goodies, while the PS3 version is only in downloadable form. The PS3 version had a few tweaks done it to try and make it easier, but frankly, I didn't find it to be all that impossible in the first place (I've beaten it). You can buy the PC version of it for $10 on Play Asia for a limited time, and you get an artbook, soundtrack CD, and a snazzy slip case for it all.