Blast Wind: Worth getting?

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:45 pm

I'm a Technosoft fan, and was thinking about getting this game. Is it worth buying?

s/m

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:59 pm

Yes. However, note that it's pretty easy, and expensive.

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:03 pm

it's a decent game.
but for the price it fetches? not worth it.
music is quite nice tho.

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:05 pm

Yeah, I just took a look on Ebay, and noticed it's 130 dollar asking price. Jesus.

s/m

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:10 pm

HELLS YEAH.

I just bought one on Ebay recently for $32:

Ebay Item

It was for the disc only but well worth the price. Technosoft always delivers the goods.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:44 pm

I think its great. I bought based it on its reviews and had a "blast" with it. I definetely recommend it.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:49 pm

Pretty blah vertical game with no TATE mode that is not worth what it sells for. I definitely would not recommend it unless you can find it really cheap.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:57 pm

Get it for around $60-$80, but use it more for a Music CD than a game.

It's not bad, but it's too easy. Even on Very Hard the game is not much of a challenge.

I would get Hyper Duel first before getting Blast Wind if I was you.

Only get Blast Wind if you really love Tecnosoft.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:57 pm

evil_ash_xero wrote:Yeah, I just took a look on Ebay, and noticed it's 130 dollar asking price. Jesus.

s/m

Wow. I just sold one (no spine) for $80. I think it's actually pretty good for a console-only game. The thing is, it's painfully easy. As for no TATE mode... well... that's just the way it's made. It's not an arcade port, although it mysteriously looks like one.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:00 am

GaijinPunch wrote:Wow. I just sold one (no spine) for $80. I think it's actually pretty good for a console-only game. The thing is, it's painfully easy. As for no TATE mode... well... that's just the way it's made. It's not an arcade port, although it mysteriously looks like one.

Thanks again for Blast Wind.

I think Blast Wind was suppose to have an Arcade release. If you look at the credits it saids "Conversion."

The "Conversion" was done by four people if I remember correctly.

Most likely because Hyper Duel didn't do too good in the arcades Tecnosoft decided not to do a PCB release of Blast Wind.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:50 am

shinsage wrote:it's a decent game.
but for the price it fetches? not worth it.

QFT - no need to rush out and snag this, wait for a decent deal to pop up.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:15 am

I only paid the $90 because I'm a huge Tecno Soft fan. I just wanted to have the game for my library. If you just want to try it out, don't get your hopes up. It's an easy, short, and yet, pretty fun shmup, in my opinion. And the soundtrack is superb! But there are better Saturn shmups out there that aren't as expensive. If you have the money to burn, then go for it. And good luck. I haven't seen one for sale for a long time.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:22 am

I just sold one (without spine card) for $60. I didn't bother checking market price, that's about what I paid for it. I'm so bad I never did 1CC it, and I guess I never will.

Dragon1952 · Post by **Dragon1952** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:15 am

Withdrawn.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:04 pm

i payed 70.00 for it.. i'm a huge technosoft fan but this game is not one of their best.

it's not bad.... but not great either. i'd deffinately shell out the cash for hyper duel over this. it's really boring if you don't ramp up the difficulty. it's not worth the asking price right now IMO.

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:09 am

hyper duel is a huge pain in the ass to find.

even worse, when you do find it, it usually goes for $130 or so.

don't know why I'm posting this.

guess I'm irritated I'll never play what many seem to consider TS's best.

jp · Post by jp » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:26 am

I have reviews for Blast Wind and Hyper Duel in my sig (I think?)

Also, Blast Wind is, in all honesty, probably my favorite shmup. The music is second to none and its the game I play when I just want to chill and play through a shooter real quick.

overkill55 · Post by **overkill55** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:41 am

Just thought I'd say that JPs reviews are what got me into Saturn shmupping and this site

jp · Post by jp » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:51 am

Wow, thanks man. Haha, I didn't even know hardly anyone read all that stuff.

One day I will post more.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:00 am

EOJ wrote:Pretty blah vertical game with no TATE mode

I fail to see why a missing tate mode should be an issue here. The game was made just for Saturn, and is not an arcade port. It was never intended to be played on a vertical screen to begin with.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:04 am

It's a vertical scrolling game with bars on each side, not a "vertizontal" one like Radiant Silvergun. Not having a TATE mode, thus, sucks. The fact it wasn't released as an arcade game is irrelevant - there were plenty of contemporaneous shooters on the Saturn with TATE modes.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:17 am

EOJ wrote:It's a vertical scrolling game with bars on each side, not a "vertizontal" one like Radiant Silvergun.

You are mistaken, it is a "vertizontal" game, and the "bars" are for the score and stats. Just like Strikers 45+ and other games done in that style.

EOJ wrote:The fact it wasn't released as an arcade game is irrelevant - there were plenty of contemporaneous shooters on the Saturn with TATE modes.

How many console-exclusive shooter that play on a vertical screen can you name? Right.

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:22 am

yeah, arguing about a game that was designed to be in yoko for not having tate is moot.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:24 am

I somehow don't think moot was the word you were going for. Asinine maybe? Saying it's moot is giving that argument more credit than it deserves -_^

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:57 am

shinsage wrote:hyper duel is a huge pain in the ass to find.

even worse, when you do find it, it usually goes for $130 or so.

don't know why I'm posting this.

guess I'm irritated I'll never play what many seem to consider TS's best.

I was able to snag Hyper Duel. It was expensive! It's not their best. TF IV is their pinacle, I think.

s/m

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:15 am

Arvandor wrote:I somehow don't think moot was the word you were going for. Asinine maybe? Saying it's moot is giving that argument more credit than it deserves -_^

argh i'm not good with words today.
or yesterday.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:44 am

CIT wrote:
You are mistaken, it is a "vertizontal" game, and the "bars" are for the score and stats. Just like Strikers 45+ and other games done in that style.

Yeah, I don't like shooters that don't give me the option to use the full screen. Either give me a Tate mode, or make it a true full screen vertizontal like RSG, Gigawing, etc. If not, and my only option is to have big stupid bars (filled with the score, or wallpaper, or whatever) on each side of the screen, I think it sucks.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:41 pm

There once was a thread discussing the issue of whether there was ever a limited arcade release of this title. Everyone is talking here as though that issue was definitively resolved. Was it?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:56 pm

Everyone is talking here as though that issue was definitively resolved. Was it?

Has any issue here ever been resolved.

SPOILER:

No.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:43 pm

there was a limited PCB release, or a release in general.... I own it, for blast wind that is.