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[General Gaming / Re: Project S-11 any thoughts?]

I am going to have to respectfully disagree with your folks opinions on this little GBC cartridge as an atrocious handheld shooter.  Although its flaws are numerous, I'll give you a few things that to me, make it worth a play through.

Okay, first the momentum.  Yup, it kinda sucks and is not a welcome change coming from the many other tight-controlled vertical shooters we all know and love.  I find it helps to think of the ship as a land speeder, or something with more hovercraft-like physics to justify the weirdness.  Overall not great but when paired with the flamethrower power up it works.

The flamethrower (spinning red blades of destruction) along with the floaty physics creates a satisfying action of swooping back and forth while filling the screen with flowy flames of death (a powerup that I don't like in many shooters other than Fire Shark).

The soundtrack is straight from a 2am grindy rave, although far more uplifting.  Trance music on a Gameboy, who would have thought.  Sure it sounds crunchy with a weird fuzz filter, but an ambitious and bumping score from a single speaker. Kenhull Badlands from the second mission is especially rad.

Flawed, but with not a lot of other options for the handheld, a fun game to toss in every once in a while.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: US OBEY for sale UPDATED 10/8]

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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine CITY Podcast (10 year anniversary!)]

Thanks for the (re)share Esteban!  This has made a week of tedious data entry significantly more enjoyable!

That remix of the Bomberman theme from Panic Bomber was sensational.  The horn solo?  Are you kidding me?  Loved it.  The number of hours I spent playing that game with the roommates throughout University was ridiculous, so was like jazzed up mini reunion to my ears.

He really wasn't kidding about the tune from Rastan Saga II.  Grating, frightening, and even seemed a bit out of tune?

I've taken a quick browse of the internets to try and track down some full PCE soundtracks, but didn't exactly track down any sites I felt I could trust... any suggestions on where to turn for more auditory delights?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: At what moment did you realize the PCE was magical and/or awesome?]

It was the spring of 2016, I had headed out in the pouring rain to the Vancouver Retro Gaming convention.  I've been really getting in to shoot em ups over the past year or so and had heard whisperings of the glories of the PC Engine library.  Found myself a PC Engine GT that came with R Type 1+2 and Final Soldier.

After playing through Final Soldier twice back to back I knew this was one of the greatest systems I never got to play as a kid.  I had no choice but to Obey.  The crown had been taken from my Genesis. Forgive me for being one of the noob's that are just realizing how magical it is...

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: 70+ PC Engine games and hardware]

Thanks again Black Tiger. This will take me an awfully long time and enjoyable time to play through this stack.  Will update progress around here as I dig in!  Cheers!

[General Gaming / Re: Do you have any consoles you own for just ONE game?]

I'm not quite there yet, but I have bought Road Avengers in preparation for the start of a single game Sega CD collection.  Like the rest of you folks this will likely lead to an expanded collection, but that's where it will start.

[General Gaming / Re: SUPER NINTENDO 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!]

Happy belated birthday beloved SNES. What can be said that hasn't already been said.  Those launch titles, the spectacular third party support.  Still my most played system to date, and recently have been discovering the library of SFC only releases, from Gokujiu Parodious to Zenki, Maccross Scrambled Valkerie to The Great Battle series.  16 bit Nintendo, the gift that keeps on giving.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: 70+ PC Engine games and hardware]

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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Just another n00b, thanks for the add!]

Woah.  Checked out those battery mods (as well as the screen mods, damn those look fine!).  Looks like Keith Courage does them too by the sounds of things.  I was checking out his refurbed consoles and was thinking that's the way I'll likely go for the at home gameplay!  Thanks!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Just another n00b, thanks for the add!]

Hey all,

Just wanted to say thanks for the add.  Stoked to creep around these years of forum posts to learn more about PCE/Turbo stuff! 

In my youthful ignorance (like many others I'm sure) I am guilty of dismissing the whole shooter genre  as all the same and all boring.  Over the past year I've been correcting that and digging into the SNES and Genesis shooter libraries along with other handhelds and emulators.  Had the chance to pick up a PC Engine GT with a few Hue's (R Type 1 and 2, Final Soldier) about a month ago and now have to purchase my AA batteries from Costco from playing through Final Soldier over, and over, and over again.  I am starting to get it now.  The hype is real.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: horizontal vs vertical shmups]

Same as the rest of you fine folks, I find vertical shoot em ups a bit easier than the horizontal, despite the fact that I enjoy playing the horizontal ones much more.  Curious why everybody seems to be of the same opinion, wonder if it's tracking bullets as mentioned, or something about the gameplay or even weapon powerups in the vertical ones.  Certainly seems easier to fill a screen with shrapnel when scrolling from below!