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It's at much the same difficulty level as the Coin-Op.

Back in the day the vast majority of us played on 14" CRTs, all of which were 4:3 ratio.

Ang problema sa arcade conversion ay pinapanatili nila ang kahirapan sa parehong antas, na kung saan ay dinisenyo upang kumain ng up ang iyong mga barya sa arcade ngunit lamang frustrates sa bahay.

wala akong idea, wala naman masyadong story na makikita ko maliban sa cobra class speedboat na kontrolado mo. (apologies if this isn't translated well)

I applaud your niche-ness. A Sega cease and desist might have killed this one as it is very similar just without the Paddle Controller. Shame that version didn't get a wider release as its a fun little arcade game.

Oh, very old school but its got excellent controls and plays very similarly to Rock N Roll racing on SNES which is one of my favourites.

Haven't really looked at the SNES yet, just a couple of games that never got a release. Also a big Rock N Roll racing fan and this is quite similar in how it handles. Never heard of Low G Man so I've that to look forward to.

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It's a very weird game. BAck then all sorts of ideas were thrown at the wall to see what worked. This is actually the second game to use this system as Andy Gavin also released Dream Zone a year earlier which uses Digitised Graphics and is more of a traditional point and clicker.

The 64 version feels like a spectrum port. Not as bad as Karnov, which remains the worst game I've played since I started this, but not playing to the machines strengths at all.

It's bad on so many levels, the action is poor, the jumping is poor, the leaps of faith are annoying. Not sure I've enjoyed anything that Dinamic have published so far.

One of the best looking NES games but mediocre on the SNES which might be why it didn't see the light of day.

It's odd that the name was changed. I played the NES version afterwards (never owned a NES so I'm coming in blind with most of these games) and the SNES version does seem a touch harder, especially the first boss slog. The NES game is also the best looking NES game I've played so far whilst the SNES version is passable. Still, not releasing a completed game is very odd as it must have represented a fair investment.

The only version I've enjoyed so far is the Sharp X68000 version which is excellent.

That would be a VERY long series. Still unsure how Software Creations got their hands on the licence as they had only made Marvel licenced games at that point.

The original Anime run was April to December '87 and the game was released in May of that year so I'm assuming they were co-produced at the same time, or Hayashida was already making an Impossible Mission clone and the licence got slapped on.

The mechanics are very similar with timed wheelies to keep up speed over jumps. I think Excite was a little more 'puzzley' in terms of track layouts and is certainly a more in depth game.

Well, the game industry at the time hadn't got all cease and desisty in the eighties so everything was fair game. To be honest, the Bomb the Base hype was a little over the top at the time.

No Internet, no videogames and, in the UK, three TV channels. Word of mouth that this was a must see film meant there were queues around the block to get into the cinema. Despite the now, rather dodgy, special effects, it remains a superbly paced thriller with a terrific script and outstanding performances.

When you buy a new machine you want to see a proper upgrade and the Amiga was a quantum Leap over the eight bit home micros.

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I can't think of an Amiga game with more projectiles on screen at the same time. I love the artstyle which Erik Simon used in the 'Amber' RPGs later on as well.

A simple premise executed with flair and humour.

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The Amiga version looks great in screenshots, I think thats what they were banking on as the actual game is a horrible jerky mess.

だから、全世界で公開されなかったのだと思います。Apologies if the translation is wrong.

It feels like a rushed product on both machines.

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Spot on, The hitbox is larger than the sprite and it feels really sluggish to move. Ian Dennys' worst 64 game by a distance.

Modern Nintendo would have C&D'd this in a heartbeat.

The 64 version is even harder than this one as the collision detection is terrible. The spectrum-esque monochrome sprites are also disappointing given the backgrounds are quite nice.

Those of us with, shall I say, broader accents make this a smarter choice although it does kill any particular attempts at humour.

It's a pretty faithful conversion.

You could never tell with Ocean, Some projects got a proper development cycle and some got knocked out in 6 weeks to maximise sales.

Tiertex, purveyors of awful arcade ports must have been unbelievably cheap to hire as they got to butcher so many games.

I vaguely remember this being a pack in game when the Master System was released in Europe, it was certainly popular in my shop at the time.

Secret levels and cheats but only 12 levels that get brutally difficult by the fifth. Like Giana Sisters its obvious which games the coders had been playing but whilst Nintendo C&D'd Giana, this had enough differences to not get nerfed.

Yep, its very much a direct copy of the arcade game only with the difficulty lowered. Very rare for Home Micro Conversions to not be at least as tough as the arcade games.

Me too. I really should have tried the 'All Star' follow up which I totally missed.

ahh, yes I remember this was built into the revised Master System mk2.

The only real criticisms were the very short levels and the surprisingly low difficulty as its, technically, very proficient. Oh, and the multi-load on Tape was so slow.

Kathleen Kennedy would approve...

Most of us were playing on crappy 14" CRT TVs back in the day so a proper RGB output via emulation makes a big difference. Same with classic TV.

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You shouldn't presume anything. Steigar is a bog standard scrolling shooter with no 'simulator' affectations whatsoever. Remember, we're in 1989 here, we are nowhere near the start of the Home Micro boom and I can name 50 games on every platform that are considerably better than this abomination. You certainly cannot compare this to games like Desert Fox or proper Sims like Gunship or Project Stealth Fighter which were released years before this. This is a BAD GAME on the 64 and even worse on the Amiga. I'll even point you in the direction of a better game on both systems with the same setting - Dyter-7.

The only real problem is you'll see all the game has to offer in a very few hours as each of the nine levels are very small. That increases a lot if you are playing the tape version which has a horrific multi-load. The first two levels, in particular, are excellent with a lovely background when you parachute down and a very nice Abe Lincoln.

Non AC/DC at a guess

8-bit disk compatible?