Gaiares

Dangerous_D · Post by **Dangerous_D** » Thu Nov 10, 2016 7:07 am

this is one I wish would get a come back, hell I wouldn't mind seeing an animated movie for it, came out back in the early 90's for Sega Genesis, tough game but fun to play, personally I love the cover art for the Japanese Console

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kahhe8xjJtg

trap15 · Post by **trap15** » Thu Nov 10, 2016 7:31 am

Better cover:

Dangerous_D · Post by **Dangerous_D** » Thu Nov 10, 2016 7:36 am

trap15 wrote:Better cover:

that's just wrong

Stevens · Post by **Stevens** » Thu Nov 10, 2016 11:23 am

Saw the thread title and thought "How many posts before I see Jamie Bunker?".

Turns out it was one.

Dangerous_D · Post by **Dangerous_D** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 12:05 am

Stevens wrote:Saw the thread title and thought "How many posts before I see Jamie Bunker?".

Turns out it was one.

kinda wish people wouldn't spam my thread, I joined this forum cause I love playing side and vertical scrolling shooters and I hate how we have a lot of them that don't get released outside of japan

trap15 · Post by **trap15** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 2:17 am

Sorry, that's just the only thing I can think of when I hear about Gaiares. Never played it, somehow.

If you want actual discussion in your thread, maybe have something to discuss about the game specifically?

Dangerous_D · Post by **Dangerous_D** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 2:22 am

trap15 wrote:Sorry, that's just the only thing I can think of when I hear about Gaiares. Never played it, somehow.

If you want actual discussion in your thread, maybe have something to discuss about the game specifically?

I thought my post was pretty clear, I wanted to see it brought back and even re vamped with animation, been big into Japanese Anime since the 80's growing up as a kid, finally played this game for the first time back in 2009 when I got a Sega Genesis for 25 bucks on ebay, I first saw this game in the EGM 1992 Holiday Buying Guide

maximo310 · Post by **maximo310** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 4:57 am

^ Yeah, but is there something more specific to discuss about the game? Like the gameplay, weapon system, graphics, or music?

bigbadboaz · Post by **bigbadboaz** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 9:42 pm

Fair or not, the strongest association Gaiares has in the States is with Jamie Bunker. Thank Renovation for running possibly the most notorious ad campaign in gaming history. I wouldn't call this "spamming your thread".

FWIW, I like the game a lot and would certainly like to see more. As for the cover art, I actually like the clean look of the US version. One thing Reno did right - their covers tended to be nice in general.

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 10:22 pm

bigbadboaz wrote:Fair or not, the strongest association Gaiares has in the States is with Jamie Bunker. Thank Renovation for running possibly the most notorious ad campaign in gaming history.

I don't know about that. Jamie Bunker is no Johnny Turbo.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 11:23 pm

I think it was my first shmup I really got into as a kid.
Love it. Hard as hell.

Awesome opening movie.
ToZ system is the best.

May Queen Zzbadnusty live forever.

Dangerous_D · Post by **Dangerous_D** » Sun Nov 13, 2016 8:54 am

bigbadboaz wrote:Fair or not, the strongest association Gaiares has in the States is with Jamie Bunker. Thank Renovation for running possibly the most notorious ad campaign in gaming history. I wouldn't call this "spamming your thread".

FWIW, I like the game a lot and would certainly like to see more. As for the cover art, I actually like the clean look of the US version. One thing Reno did right - their covers tended to be nice in general.

I never saw his ads, the only way I knew about the game was from the 1992 EGM Holiday Buyers Guide, it wasn't until 94 when I was reading Gamefan Magazines, funny how EGM has been around all this time

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Sat Nov 19, 2016 4:37 am

Pixel_Outlaw wrote:I think it was my first shmup I really got into as a kid.
Love it. Hard as hell.

Awesome opening movie.
ToZ system is the best.

May Queen Zzbadnusty live forever.

Yes, the ToZ system is great. Most enemies are good to steal a weapon from, but there are some real losers out there (Somersault Laser is piss weak. One player on Youtube refuses to steal from the satellites in early stage 2 and just shoots them down.) . G-Beam is a winner especially when you max it.

The graphics compare favorably to other 8 Meg Genesis shmups and the BGM isn't bad at all. If someone gives this the HD treatment Assault Suit Leynos got, I'm in.

Doctor Butler · Post by **Doctor Butler** » Sun Nov 20, 2016 8:13 pm

EGM was great. They were a great source for objective criticism, but that proved itself a double-edged sword - their brutal honesty attracted customers, and gained their trust, but it kind of scared away the developers of lesser quality titles, making it harder to scrounge up ad revenue.

Dangerous_D · Post by **Dangerous_D** » Mon Nov 21, 2016 5:47 am

Doctor Butler wrote:EGM was great. They were a great source for objective criticism, but that proved itself a double-edged sword - their brutal honesty attracted customers, and gained their trust, but it kind of scared away the developers of lesser quality titles, making it harder to scrounge up ad revenue.

I was shocked to see Gamefan vanished without a trace I was reading their magazines from 94 to 98

Deadliar · Post by **Deadliar** » Tue Nov 22, 2016 12:00 am

I always found the regular laser more powerful than the beefy one.

Too bad its harder to power up.

Dangerous_D · Post by **Dangerous_D** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 1:31 pm

Deadliar wrote:I always found the regular laser more powerful than the beefy one.

Too bad its harder to power up.

it was a challenge to get every weapon

Stevens · Post by **Stevens** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 1:56 pm

Dangerous_D wrote:I was shocked to see Gamefan vanished without a trace I was reading their magazines from 94 to 98

I was a huge fan of Gamefan back in high school. I had a subscription from 93 until they ceased operations. I did follow them to Gamer's Republic and eventually Play.

What's my point? You may enjoy this read:

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gamefan/GameFAN.htm

parallaxscroll2 · Post by **parallaxscroll2** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 3:58 am

I found EGM's 2-page Gaiares spread.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 4:26 am

Nice. Is there a translation of the JP manual and box? I'm curious what is up with the woman on the cover. Is she an in game character, or are the developers just huge fans of Dejah Thoris?

Xyga · Post by **Xyga** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 9:54 am

Superb game of the previously 'affordable MD wonders'.

Love the 70~80 JP scifi style and atmosphere, like Phantasy Star into shmup.

Only thing I didn't like about it is the very final levels, adding lenght for shit: unnecessary boss rush and crappy final boss.
In place an additional difficulty level + TLB/true ending formula would have been much better.

Dangerous_D · Post by **Dangerous_D** » Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:35 am

BrianC wrote:Nice. Is there a translation of the JP manual and box? I'm curious what is up with the woman on the cover. Is she an in game character, or are the developers just huge fans of Dejah Thoris?

I believe the Naked Woman on the Japanese Cover was the Main Villian

MommysBestGames · Post by **MommysBestGames** » Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:02 pm

parallaxscroll2 wrote:I found EGM's 2-page Gaiares spread.

Oh man.. this wonderful to behold. I can remember poring over the screens and details when first seeing this. I love the game and the theme! Interesting, exciting bosses and the enemy/weapon system always had you wondering "what else can I get" when seeing new baddies.

EmperorIng · Post by **EmperorIng** » Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:16 pm

Dangerous_D wrote:I believe the Naked Woman on the Japanese Cover was the Main Villian

She is in the intro: She's actually the empress that promises to restore the earth to its former non-shithole state if you manage to blow up the evil terorist ZZ BADNUSTY.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 1:43 am

EmperorIng wrote:
Dangerous_D wrote:I believe the Naked Woman on the Japanese Cover was the Main Villian
She is in the intro: She's actually the empress that promises to restore the earth to its former non-shithole state if you manage to blow up the evil terorist ZZ BADNUSTY.

Pixel_Outlaw wrote: ...
...
May Queen Zzbadnusty live forever.

She was pretty hot for a cartoon. And all we saw was her fully clothed head.

Stevens · Post by **Stevens** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 11:13 am

This seems pertinent.

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gaiares/gaiares.htm

I can't comment for hte quality of the article since I haven't played Gaires in almost 30 years.

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 4:10 pm

So, it's Renovation's fault that it's so hard.

Dangerous_D · Post by **Dangerous_D** » Sat Dec 24, 2016 12:37 am

evil_ash_xero wrote:So, it's Renovation's fault that it's so hard.

thanks god there was cheat codes for this game

Dangerous_D · Post by **Dangerous_D** » Sat Dec 24, 2016 12:42 am

Stevens wrote:This seems pertinent.

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gaiares/gaiares.htm

I can't comment for hte quality of the article since I haven't played Gaires in almost 30 years.

this was one I wished they made an anime movie from

Master O · Post by **Master O** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 2:32 am

trap15 wrote:Better cover:

Wow, that is some terrible cover art!

I guess Americans couldn't handle anime covers back then.

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