Gaming on the GT vs gaming on a home system- what are the best games?

[soop]

For a long long time, I the GT was my only system, and while I had a few games, some were hard to play on the GT.  The main disadvantages are:
Around 4 hours max battery life
No feasable 2 player
Small screen

Therefore the games I choose to take out with me are limited to the carts I think can withstand quick busts of gameplay, or that have a password system.
I have with me at the moment:
The Newzealand Story
PC Denjin
Shinobi
Puzznic (actually, that's a lie, but I will have to pack it when I get home)

Can you recommend any other games that would be especially good for portable play? Password systems are a great look, but I think we can safely say that nearly all shootemups are a good choice, so we can neglect to mention those.

[Tatsujin]

Adventure Island (aka dragons curse).

great to play, PW feat., one of the best hueys ever.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

Falling block puzzlers like Columns, Hatris, and Spin Pair are great on the go.

[grahf]

Anything without text!

[soop]

Anything without text!

Lol

Adventure Island is a particularly good shout.  It's on my list as well.
Jackie Chan would be good too if the levels weren't so astonishingly long

[Obfuscate]

I like Cadash and World Class Baseball on my express.

[soop]

I like Cadash and World Class Baseball on my express.

Cadash looks interesting.  And Legendary Axe II was on my list - are they very similar?
Also, I'm not a massive fan of sports games generally.  What's WC Baseball like to play?  Would I need to know any Japanese for management etc?

also, bought Adventure Island for £8, lucky Tatsujin mentioned it then or I'd have missed it!

[hoobs88]

Cadash and Legendary Axe II are similar since they are both action platforms. Cadash allows you to play as one of four different character types while LA2 has only one character to use. You can team up with a second player in Cadash while LA2 is single player only. Most of the stages in LA2 are linear with the exception of the final stage. Cadash allows you to explore different areas (although you do have to go through each area in order to get to the next one).

[SignOfZeta]

Devil's Crush is THE game for the Express.

[OldMan]

Devil's Crush is THE game for the Express.

Absolutely. Alien Crush and Timeball are in the top five, as well.

[soop]

Devil's Crush is THE game for the Express.

Solid!  Well said!

Thanks to Hoobs for the explanation too!

[VestCunt]

Legend of Hero Tonma
New Adventure Island
Racing games (Power Drift has really big sprites, also Outrun, and Chase HQ)
The old-school shooters Galaga and Super Space Invaders are fun.

I made a list of the few multi-player games here (not that you're going to find anybody to play with):  
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=3749.msg56645#msg56645

What's WC Baseball like to play?  Would I need to know any Japanese for management etc?

I don't have Power League 1, but I have PL4 and PL93.  PL4 is almost entirely English, PL93 isn't.

[Tatsujin]

yeah all the pseudo scalers are looking awesome on the little GT screen. much smoother than on the big tele, almost arcade speed.

my favs:

after burner
outrun
space harrier
victory run

get 'em while they're still hot!

[soop]

^Awesome thread, never knew that about GT/TE multiplayer

[SuperPlay]

I remember seeing SFII on a GT when it came out and I was blown away at the time ........ SFII in you pocket, Never I said ;-)

Not sure about the screen size though

[soop]

That was the first game I bought   It's still amazing, but limited by the 2 buttons mor than anything.

I've just realised, I think the GT was my first console.

Scratch that, I had a Gameboy.

[Tatsujin]

yeah, SFII' looks awesome on the GT. always brought it to the guard when I still was in the militray service back in '98. once the captain came in and i paused it quickly and hidded it under my cap on the table, but he saw me doing this, and asked me whats under the cap? so I honestly responsed to him: "a street fighter II dash." then he was a bit like WTF?! and said: "don't kidding me, kid". then I took the cap off the GT and he saw the miniature street fighter II on the table lying. then he was really like WTHF!?!?! HAHAHA.

from the on, he always came down to play some rounds of street fighter II dash miniature

btw: it's sad the GT didn't had like 6 buttons

[roflmao]

The Crush Pinball games are a must, as others have mentioned.  I also really enjoyed playing Final Lap Twin on the Express.