it is a lot more old school. no chains, not many items, just pure shooting and dodging. there are some lengths in the levels but the pixel art is nice. It is nice to have but not a must.
Astro: Tetris Plus 2
Astro: Espgaluda
Blast: System 256 + Some Gundam game
Ok Baby: Donpachi
MVS Woodie: Magical Drop 3, Shock Troopers, Metal Slug 2, Last Blade 2, Fatal Fury Special, Andro Dunos.
Last night I had the odd coincidence of having R-Type II and Pulstar on MVS in the same cab, and played them both back to back.
Wtf? They are practically the same game design!
I knew they were 'similar' but it hadn't dawned on me just quite how similar / exactly-the-ruddy-same they actually are!
So, who copied who? I'd guess Pulstar is the later one, and it nicks R-Type (1)'s crabs from level 2 as well.
WTD: Rolling Thunder pcb, ANY Dino King / Love & Berry / MushiKing spare parts!!
Flinnster wrote:Last night I had the odd coincidence of having R-Type II and Pulstar on MVS in the same cab, and played them both back to back.
Wtf? They are practically the same game design!
I knew they were 'similar' but it hadn't dawned on me just quite how similar / exactly-the-ruddy-same they actually are!
So, who copied who? I'd guess Pulstar is the later one, and it nicks R-Type (1)'s crabs from level 2 as well.
If I understand correctly, 'In The Hunt' was created largely by the same team as the later R-Types, and they went on to make the Metal Slug series afterwards.
As for my PCB, it unfortunately turned out to be a conversion, not the original board.. so not quite as valuable as it could have been, but I'm still chuffed with it!
WTD: Rolling Thunder pcb, ANY Dino King / Love & Berry / MushiKing spare parts!!
I don't know if they worked on the later R-Types but they definitely did Gunforce 2 shortly after. That's the original precursor to the Metal Slug series.
That I would love to get my hands on one day as I'm a Metal Slug fiend.
Ah man, well I don't know where we draw the line on what's stock and original and what is a conversion anyway these days.
I mean do we consider those desuicided boards less valuable because it's no longer stock?