Which system has the best shooters?

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:12 am

Ceph wrote: Aside from short breaks for Gun Nac and Crisis Force, Recca has been in my Famicom's slot non-stop since I got it a few months ago. It's really fantastic. Probably the most impressive 8-bit home system game I have ever played.

I think I like Zanac best on the NES, but I have not played Crisis Force or Recca. I don't even know how to play Famicom games.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:17 am

professor ganson wrote: I don't even know how to play Famicom games.

excuse me

what does that mean prof? You either: 1) plug your cart in your famicom or 2) load your rom with an emulator. Where's the prob?

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:21 am

Turrican wrote:
professor ganson wrote: I don't even know how to play Famicom games.
excuse me

what does that mean prof? You either: 1) plug your cart in your famicom or 2) load your rom with an emulator. Where's the prob?

In the case of the SNES I know how to play SFC games on it. Can you do the same with FC games or do you need a Famicom?

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:27 am

professor ganson wrote:In the case of the SNES I know how to play SFC games on it. Can you do the same with FC games or do you need a Famicom?

I don't think you necessarily need a Famicom - perhaps you can find a converter on ebay. Although they are rare. But yeah, the pin size is different, so you need an adaptor/converter.

Zornik · Post by **Zornik** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 5:12 pm

For me the Sega Saturn has the best shmups.
I like arcade ports and the Japanese list is endless.
I also like the overall quality of the 32bit shmups.
The only problem is the price they ask for some Saturn shmups.(the best on the system are 2 expensive)
I start collecting shmups for 3 months now and need to stop for some time......i'm almost broke.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:30 am

saturn and ps2........ get both and be happy.

but i have em all so i am really really happy

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:08 am

Shatterhand wrote:Money. I live in a 3rd world country and I have a job that pays horribly. A PS2 still is a luxury item here, it's not that easy to buy one. A dreamcast is cheaper, and I've been wanting to buy one for a while, but still didn't.

--going completely OT--

Wait a minute, is Brazil still considered third world? I thought that its economy was the stronger in all the Latin America. Were you into Mercosur from the start?

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:51 pm

professor ganson wrote:
Turrican wrote:
professor ganson wrote: I don't even know how to play Famicom games.
excuse me

what does that mean prof? You either: 1) plug your cart in your famicom or 2) load your rom with an emulator. Where's the prob?
In the case of the SNES I know how to play SFC games on it. Can you do the same with FC games or do you need a Famicom?

AFAIK you need a Famicom or NES, the SNES/SFC is not compatible with it. It's a totally different architecture and it's not designed to play the old games.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:05 pm

I think what he meant was "is the method for playing Famicom games on an NES the same as it is for playing Super Famicom games on an SNES, or something different?"

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:30 pm

BulletMagnet wrote:I think what he meant was "is the method for playing Famicom games on an NES the same as it is for playing Super Famicom games on an SNES, or something different?"

Thanks, yeah, that was my question. I guess one would need to import a Famicom or get one of those Famiclones. Probably not worth it for me now, as there are only one or two games that interest me.