Best TG-16 / PCE 2D Platformers?

[Arkhan Asylum]

Fiend Hunter is an excellent game.  It's the closest shit you'll get to a flashback-style game on the Turbob.

[Nando]

Fiend Hunter is an excellent game.  It's the closest shit you'll get to a flashback-style game on the Turbob.

Adding to my list of must buys

[kiketonto]

Fiend Hunter is an excellent game.  It's the closest shit you'll get to a flashback-style game on the Turbob.

Fiend Hunter got a slowly,slowly start. That looooong conversation between the player and a NPC in japanese....

[meka]

Son Son 2 is pretty good.

[JapanTokei]

I thought fiend hunter was shit... It has a lot of potential but the excitement is just not there...  Kinda like an amped up, better version of Ninja warriors..   okay that is still shitty..

[Kaijuboy]

Genji Tsūshin Agedama underappreciated gem

I second this awesome game!  Although it is more of a "running shooter" like monster lair.  Great for on-the-go TE gaming as well!

[Kaijuboy]

Altered Beast (I love this for historical reasons, even though the Sega/MD version is much better)

Actually I find the CD version to be better (in some ways) than the GEN version. Cant comment on the HU version...

[Tatsujin]

So I assume you've got some 1.o power

[Kaijuboy]

So I assume you've got some 1.o power

Yeah, had to get a 1.0 card to throttle down the Duo-R.   O:)  Never understood why Altered Beast (and several others) freak out with any other card.  

Its like the games go: "its... tooo... much... RAM!!!"  *freeze*   

[Nazi NecroPhile]

Never understood why Altered Beast (and several others) freak out with any other card. 

Several others?  Do tell.

[geise]

Has anyone tried fiend hunter?

It's supposed to have Prince of Persia like gameplay. Most people don't seem to like it. I've wanted to play it for years ever since putting off purchasing it new from a local store which soon went under.

I own it.  It's decent.  Really nice cut scenes.  Gameplay is like Prince of Persia.  It takes a while to get used to, but I enjoy it.

[Bardoly]

Never understood why Altered Beast (and several others) freak out with any other card. 

Several others?  Do tell.

Ditto.

I was under the impression that Altered Beast was the only game that required the 1.0 card.

[VestCunt]

Well, that about wraps up the 2D platformers, how about the 3D ones?

[geise]

Faceball is the shit! bee's knees 

[Nando]

Has anyone tried fiend hunter?

It's supposed to have Prince of Persia like gameplay. Most people don't seem to like it. I've wanted to play it for years ever since putting off purchasing it new from a local store which soon went under.

I own it.  It's decent.  Really nice cut scenes.  Gameplay is like Prince of Persia.  It takes a while to get used to, but I enjoy it.

I quite liked it; and I was just doing the emu thing. The intro is quite long though, but I am sure it sets up the whole story proper style.  I really enjoyed the character animations.

You and Ark pretty much nailed the overall style of the game.

[Kaijuboy]

Never understood why Altered Beast (and several others) freak out with any other card. 

Several others?  Do tell.

Ditto.

I was under the impression that Altered Beast was the only game that required the 1.0 card.

I could be mistaken, but there were 3 (?) games that needed older system cards (Not necessarily the 1.0 card but older cards in general) to run without crashing or what not. Bonanza Bros was another, and not remembering the other.   

[Nazi NecroPhile]

I could be mistaken, but there were 3 (?) games that needed older system cards (Not necessarily the 1.0 card but older cards in general) to run without crashing or what not. Bonanza Bros was another, and not remembering the other.   

Oh, you're thinking of games that have problems using US region system cards.  Bonanza Bros., Shadow of the Beast, and A. III (and any others I'm forgetting) will choke on US syscards but work just fine on the PCE versions.

[Bardoly]

I could be mistaken, but there were 3 (?) games that needed older system cards (Not necessarily the 1.0 card but older cards in general) to run without crashing or what not. Bonanza Bros was another, and not remembering the other.   

Oh, you're thinking of games that have problems using US region system cards.  Bonanza Bros., Shadow of the Beast, and A. III (and any others I'm forgetting) will choke on US syscards but work just fine on the PCE versions.

But will these three games work fine on a U.S. Duo or a Japanese Duo or both or neither?

[Nazi NecroPhile]

But will these three games work fine on a U.S. Duo or a Japanese Duo or both or neither?

They work fine with any Japanese Super System Card capable machine (it doesn't matter if the syscard is on a huey or built in), but they'll have problems on a US Duo or US Super System Card.

[VestCunt]

Faceball is the shit! bee's knees 

Or how about that second plane on Fatal Fury? That's like 2.1-D.

[Bardoly]

But will these three games work fine on a U.S. Duo or a Japanese Duo or both or neither?

They work fine with any Japanese Super System Card capable machine (it doesn't matter if the syscard is on a huey or built in), but they'll have problems on a US Duo or US Super System Card.

So a region-modded Japanese DUO should play these three games fine?

[Nazi NecroPhile]

So a region-modded Japanese DUO should play these three games fine?

That would be a 'Japanese Super System Card capable machine', so yes.  It would, however, have problems if you tried to run it off a US 3.0 card stuffed in the huey slot.

[Bardoly]

So a region-modded Japanese DUO should play these three games fine?

That would be a 'Japanese Super System Card capable machine', so yes.  It would, however, have problems if you tried to run it off a US 3.0 card stuffed in the huey slot.

I understood that a DUO (Japanese or U.S.) already has the System 2.0 AND 3.0 Cards internally built into the system itself, so the only additional card needed is the Arcade System Card.  Right?

[CrackTiger]

So a region-modded Japanese DUO should play these three games fine?

That would be a 'Japanese Super System Card capable machine', so yes.  It would, however, have problems if you tried to run it off a US 3.0 card stuffed in the huey slot.

I understood that a DUO (Japanese or U.S.) already has the System 2.0 AND 3.0 Cards internally built into the system itself, so the only additional card needed is the Arcade System Card.  Right?

That's correct for officially licensed games, other than the <1%* of games that have issues. Games Express CD games require and come with their own system cards.

*I think that Kaijuboy was also thinking of games like Altered Beast which require the 1.0 card to run as intended.

[Bardoly]

Great!  Thanks for the info.

[HercTNT]

Bardoly,
step 1. buy a duo-r, send it to steve for a region mod then beg other users to sell you some cd's.
step 2. enjoy, the duo has some amazing games, and most of them are japanese and still playable for english speaking folk.