Need help identifying a PCE SHMUP.

jpolz · Post by **jpolz** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:54 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geZ7I-d8jQ0

What game is that @ 8:26??

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:00 am

Heavy Unit

Side note: DAMN THOSE BOYS CAN DANCE!!!!!

jpolz · Post by **jpolz** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:02 am

I actually remember getting this video in the mail back in 1989.

As soon as I saw Blazing Lazers, I knew I had to have one.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:09 am

I want to know what the game is at 9:08. It's an on-the-ground Space Harrier.

Also, Heavy Unit blows.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:39 am

Damocles wrote:I want to know what the game is at 9:08. It's an on-the-ground Space Harrier.

Jinmu Denshou Yaksa

Never actually got released in the US. Very bad game.

Post by **Ghegs** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:16 am

Damocles wrote:Also, Heavy Unit blows.

Lies, it's pretty fun. It has a transforming mecha as the lead, what's not to love?

PooshhMao · Post by **PooshhMao** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:47 am

It's unrewarding, uninteresting and excruciatingly difficult game play.
Has some neat design regardless.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:15 am

Actually, it's pretty easy once you're fully powered up. Then again, the whole "One death and you're screwed" syndrome is in full effect.

Post by **Ghegs** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:50 am

Damocles wrote:Actually, it's pretty easy once you're fully powered up. Then again, the whole "One death and you're screwed" syndrome is in full effect.

It's pretty easy after the first 30 seconds. I even made a "superplay", if it deserves to be called such, of the game long while ago. Downloadable at my site.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:39 pm

That video has 2 really interesting moments.

One when they show the stereo sound enhancer, and then you hear one horrible chip tune, that sounds worse than most NES stuff.

And then, the most LOL moment is when they show up the CD add-on, and then show, erm , "FIGHTING STREET" as a CD game.... one game that could easily fit in a Hu-Card, and that SUCKS HORRIBLY. Even funnier is when the screen shows Ryu having his ass kicked, and then cut to the guys like they had WON the fight. Heh

Oh yeah, when they compare Drunken Master to NES Kung-Fu Master...

ccovell · Post by **ccovell** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:51 pm

Yeah, the video is total cheese; that's why it's on YouTube.

But I disagree, the music to Legendary Axe is really well composed with a great jungly theme running through all the songs.

Plus the game was never named Drunken Master. Only "The Kung-Fu" or "Chinawarrior".

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:54 pm

Shatterhand wrote:Even funnier is when the screen shows Ryu having his ass kicked, and then cut to the guys like they had WON the fight. Heh

marketing, you'll have a blast even when you're losing at a crappy game.