The flyer is certainly a visual reference to some cult movie that I just cannot recall now, and so should be the various shots in the intro. The title screen is from Kubrik's 2001, after all. I imagine that Akamatsu Hitoshi was given free rein to cram as many homages as he could, for this title. I think that Sima Tuna perfectly summed up the point: some of these late 1980s to 1990s games should contain dozens of visual references and "homages", though we may not recognise them. It's all good! Use references to show what new results can be achieved by building on past knowledge, I always tell my students. Just cite the references in the bibliography or it will be considered plagiarism, ahem
Not sure why they sandwiched an "SF quiz mini-game", but my geek 11 years old me found it funny. I do remember two guys spending their credits while arguing over the game's physics (BA students in the subject...), but I "forgave" them because they taught me stages 7-2 and 7-3 ("you're too young to like Star Trek, kid"). I think that this was already one of the last "tactical action" titles, wasn't it? Even if players actually have unlimited ammos. Such a shame: stages' design and generous i-frames for enemies having 2 HPs invites players to use bullets wisely. At least the "high speed dude" clearance label is a major motivator to keep it fast
) would ask you about the film? Or just Bat-trivia in general, I suppose. Maybe that rad Batmanga from back in the day. 
As it so often does, Rygar has a particularly excellent take, with its regular jump being vulnerable, but the DARKNESS BOP somersault i-framed.
where's our hardcore arcade action adaptation of that, eh? Hard tunes, beastman zako everywhere, two playable characters with unique mechanics, and a perfect opportunity for exploitative Final Fight / Ninja Gaiden AC CONTINUE? countdown with hovering warpick and an ultra-gory deadline.
As did a bunch of enemy troops!
Currently just a bit snowed under with all the goodies this weekend. What an unexpectedly wonderful era of R2RKMF this proved to be. Just having Natsume back from exile and Fujiwara slapping his cock across the industry's face with GNGR would've been plenty, but there's even a few killer originals I'd put on par with the 8/16/32bit years. 
. I was labbing around while waiting for KAGE remake a week ago and I was like "Okay maybe try to do sword only" and I did it, and pushing it down further to no items and 1CC and finally nomiss. 2-2 and 6-2 is the real gatekeeper for a nomiss it's easy to get knockbacked and fell to the death and I had to learn slash cancel for the final bosses.
Superlatively done! Champion thumbnail, too!
Good occasion to create a special replays category, and also, to move it back to the front page, now we've got nicer spoiler tags. 
