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Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (JoshF) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:50:54 +0000

It was co-produced by some Japanese companies.

Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (Recap) — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:26:56 +0000

But the thing is how come an American mag got his stuff/hired him.

Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (JoshF) — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:38:21 +0000

I don't know but the old issues featured more Japanese artists that others, hence still worth looking at today. The old Howard & Nester comics are great and use Moebius-like hatching and stippling. There are Star Fox and Super Metroid comics like that as well.

Also remember it's the Rakugaking we're talking about. He puts out a ton of stuff.

Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (Recap) — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:30:30 +0000

How's it that that mag features all this (inedit?) artwork from Terada? Does it do it with other artists too?

Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (JoshF) — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:25:51 +0000

Recap, I have a bunch of old Nintendo Power scans with a ton of his artwork in it. I'll be uploading more of that over the months. If I ever get a scanner again I can upload the art he did for the SS Kaitei Daisensou manual.

Thanks Schwerer.

Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (Schwerer) — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:26:18 +0000

Awesome artwork there JoshF.

Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (Recap) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:50:41 +0000

I didn't know there was a God Slayer illustration by Terada. The game's cover art suddenly looks subpar...

Can we expect more entries there?

Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (JoshF) — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:57:05 +0000

http://turntoch3.com/megashock/gallery/ … ame_works/

Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (JoshF) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:29:36 +0000

http://turntoch3.com/megashock/reviews/extra_mslug2/

Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (JoshF) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:51:55 +0000

That's understandable I guess. I still think there are a handful of NES games that look better than a lot of the PC Engine games of the time. Ninja Ryuukenden II, Street Fighter 2010, and Moon Crystal would probably be the best examples.

Western developers aping Mario is obvious, but look what Data East did with Tatakae Genshijin 2 for example. You're right that there's still a bunch of awesome side-scrolling action games but for every Hagane and Super Shinobi there were 30 Tatakae Genshijin 2s.

Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (Recap) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:35:24 +0000

Marshall forgot to add "presentation-wise". I'm all for '8-bit concepts', to put it that way, but the hardware limitations--especially those of the FC--were a wall too high for the artists to get appealing-enough visuals. I thought so back in the day (most likely, thanks to the arcade games) and I still believe that. It's not very different to The Handheld Issue -- why should one give a shit about games for imperceptible screens.

And I'm not sure "most" developers took the Super Mario route when designing side-scroll action games. That's sure for the case of Western developers, or even in the context of the Western home markets, but the Japanese diversity is not a myth.

http://postback.geedorah.com/revisiones … kun_01.htm

http://postback.geedorah.com/revisiones … _ii_01.htm

http://postback.geedorah.com/revisiones … ies_01.htm

http://postback.geedorah.com/revisiones … opn_01.htm

http://postback.geedorah.com/revisiones … den_01.htm

Super Mario was bit tainting though, I won't deny that.

Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (JoshF) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:01:04 +0000

I wish games like Kickmaster, Kage, Rockman IV, Metal Storm, and Captain Saver were used as blueprints for the 16-bit era. Instead, most developers thought it prudent to endlessly recreate Super Mario Bros. with worse characters and stages.

Anyway, I was planning on doing 20 or so NES/FC reviews before moving to 16-bit. Hopefully Recap can still enjoy the text anyway.

Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (Marshall) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:43:08 +0000

Recap, with this phrase refers to me.

Recap doesn't like the 8-bit game, he find them as a mere outline of what should be the 16-bit games. I understand that here we enter a question of his personal taste.

For me, Batman is one of the best games I've had on NES, comparable to Natsume's KAGE (Blue Shadow), for those aspects that you've commented in your article and others. But unfortunately I could not make it run at its native resolution with virtuanes097e. A problem, which undoubtedly, have to solve soon.

Anyway, Recap also says that I'm not interested in games that he recommend to me, and that's not entirely true at all.

Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (Recap) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:20:29 +0000

Ah, I'll rephrase that: You awakened my mate M's interest in playing a particular game.

Re: MegaShock!

null@example.com (JoshF) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:01:15 +0000

"mate M. to play a game"

What's that?