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I bought a Duo Tap off this seller on e-bay that I've dealt with before and he asked me if I wanted any of his old games still (he had provided me with a list last time I purchased something from him). I was looking through his list and asked him about a few games and it appears he still has US copy of Cotton and a copy of Terraforming. Since they are both fairly expensive I was planning on only getting one of the two. This is where my problem lies. I'm a hopelessly indecisive person and I was just wondering if I could get a few recommendations. I know I'll like either one I'm just looking for a little push in either direction so I don't take all week deciding.

I haven't played the Duo version of Cotton, so I don't know if it's any better than the other versions or not. That's a hard choice though, but I think Terraforming is more rare and expensive, so may as well go with that and it's not too bad of a game.

Go with Terraforming since you can get Cotton on a bunch of other systems for relatively cheap.  The Duo version is nothing special, the Saturn version was the best if I remember correctly.  Plus Terraforming has AMAZING graphics, it'll blow your mind.

the question you have to ask yourself is:  do you want to be a cutesy little witch on a broom or do you want to fly a spaceship and blast some alien scum? :twisted:

Well I think I'm going to get Terraforming and if he still has Cotton after I get paid then I'll pick it up too. Maybe I should ask him to hold it because I'm sure I would buy if its available. I can't have enough shmup goodness.

Get them both.  You'll be pissed when it takes you 5 months to find another copy of Cotton.  

Or get both and sell one.  Ask for a deal on buying two.  That should be easily doable and save you like $10-20 I'd say.

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what would be the value on Cotton shop demo disc?

Get both if there the U.S version since they don't show up ofhen.

Cotton is the better game. 'nuff said.

Just wanted to say that I did indeed end up getting both. For a while there I didn't think I was going to get Cotton but the other guy who was interested in it hadn't paid or sent any word so I got a second crack at it.

On another note Terraforming is indeed very awsome. Besides Lords and Gate of Thunder it might be my favorite shooter on the system thus far. Sapphire is close but I like Terraforming's music better.

And what about Cotton? :D

This is funny I just recently bought Terraforming from an online store used along with Blood Gear. These games kick total ass.

I say definitely get Terraforming, this game is beautiful. I also have Cotton 2 on the Sega Saturn, so thats really the best version of the game. Really though Cotton is pretty mediocre of all the shooters I bought on the Saturn. Sengouku Blade and Shenryu own on the Saturn, get em.

I have both and Cotton is the better game of the two, though both games are a bit vanilla.  It's a lot different than Cotton 2 and Cotton Boomerang on the Saturn as it's a straight-up shooter.  And unless it's just for collecting purposes, the JP versions of both games are identical and cost a lot less, so you might want to keep that in mind regardless of what you decide.

Avoid Rainbow Cotton for Dreamcast like the plague.

I thought Rainbow Cotton was ok once you get past the whole mechanic of it sucking you towards the center of the screen.  It wasn't bad by any means, just not good compared to the other rail shooters out there like Panzer Dragoon and Starfox.

Yeah, I like Rainbow Cotton too.  It's funny that the forced centering gets so much grief when Panorama Cotton has the same thing, and that game gets praised (though it is a cool game too).

I've seen videos for Rainbow Cotton and although it looks like it has it's control flaws, it looks like a game that I would enjoy.

Yeah I noticed that too in Panorama.  Honestly I like Rainbow Cotton more than Panorama just because it's easier to judge where things are with 3D graphics over the old Space Harrier style scaling.  Panorama I think just gets praised since it's so rare and has some super killer graphics for 16-bit, same as that Yu Yu Hakusho game by Treasure which is just ok but has awesome graphics.

I like Panorama better because it doesn't have the ass-bad centering of Rainbow Cotton, but both games are actually pretty cool.

Oh yeah, and Cotton Boomerang on Sat is incredible.

Panorama isn't so great to me. It can be hard to hit enemies (and see them as GUTS said) and I think it would have some slowdown at points. The look of the game is great, but I don't think it's all that fun. Space Harrier kills it for sure.

Panorama can actually be played in 3 different speeds, and on the slowest one hitting enemies and dodging is a breeze.  I'm not sure how people can adequately play the game on max speed though.

I guess I should clarify that when I said I got I had just paid for it. I haven't actually got it in my hands yet though I'm sure it will be cool. The only other Cotton games I actually own is 2 and Boomerang on the Saturn. I don't have Panorama or Rainbow Cotton. Even if its not as cool as Boomerang or 2, which it seems most agree upon, its still going to be cool. My only regret is that I had been bitten by the collectors bug beforehand and had to get the English verison for some reason even though the Japanese one isn't different. It reasons like these that I'm always broke.

Although i find Cotton WAY better on the X68000 or in the arcades, it's STILL a better game on the DUO than Terraforming. Terraforming is fancy graphics, and fast scrolling, but it's bland, and the last boss makes you wanna throw your turbostick down your throat sideways!