John Quixote wrote:handsome_rakshas wrote:It always makes me happy to see someone geeked up over Genesis shit!
You were the guy who had the Gley Lancer repro a couple pages back, right?
Man, I'd kill to have that right now. Too bad I don't have the $40 to spare...blew all my spare cash on the Genesis
That's a nice Genesis setup you've got there. John Quixote.
When I first fired up that Genny cart of Lightning Force, it was a solid shmup title. Since Technosoft developed ThunderforceAC first as an arcade PCB, the expertise and knowledge gained from developing it sure helped out when developing Thunderforce IV for the Japanese Megadrive console (or better known as Lightning Force stateside).
Suppose if Technosoft did make a Thunderforce IV/Lightning Force arcade Jamma based PCB instead of the MD/Genny cart of the same name...the improvements to key scenes with slow-down would've vanished, a two player co-op would've cool to see implemented, and a few new twists 'n' spins to spice things up.
If you can get ahold of a Genesis Game Genie cheat device, you can use it to play them import MD games as well. I tried playing the MD shmup of Thunderforce III with a Genny Game Genie device in my Genesis model 1 console & it works like a charm. Of course, with a Majesco produced Sega Genesis 3 console, you can play MD TF-3 on it without the need for a GG device anyways.
You might want to check out your local Game Crazy stores to see what cool Sega Genny shmup titles they have in stock. Of course, it takes an "eagle eye" to spot them out of the many stacked piles of Genny carts.
The Sega Genesis Arcade Power Stick is an awesome joystick for your Genny shmupping needs...it's a huge monster that's bigger than the Genny 3 console in terms of sheer size. Very nice weighted metal base on the underside of it for support and stability.
Even the Sega Nomad handheld is quite notorious for eating six "AA" batteries by the handful (just like with the NEC Turbo Express and the Atari Lynx I & II-- both have a proven track record of eating up "AA" batteries like no tomorrow)...best to get an proper A/C adapter to power it up. A Sega Genny 3 A/C adapter will power up a Nomad handheld with no problems. On the average, getting about three to three & 1/2 hours of gameplay time on any of the three above listed handheld consoles is considered the norm these days.
PC Engine Fan X! ^_~
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but who knows, gotta pimp the zx10r a little aswell.