VideoGame_Discussion

A Grand Theft Auto game?

Alaisiagae wrote:
Which one?

Vice City

Yep

Which Fire Emblem is this?
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SupremeSarna wrote:
No idea. My scope of FE is very limited, lol.

SupremeSarna wrote:

That's totally the chick from Liberation Maiden (Nintendo 3DS): a fun lil' shmup that landed stateside on the exclusively through the Nintendo eShop. While those servers are, sadly, living on borrowed time, it did see a physical release on its native soil. But, since the big N weirdly decided to region-lock this cartridge format, a Japanese import won't run on anything over here.

So, download it now while you still can. In case you need any additional coaxing, check out this brief-yet-solid YouTube video review by either clicking or tapping the image below:
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P.S. I had no idea that chick ever crossed over into the Fire Emblem series. I can only assume it was done as a nod to someone who worked on both properties. Which title was it, @SupremeSarna?

Noid wrote:
Correct! She never crossed over—that was a red herring since the LM’s character portraits share the same artist as Fire Emblem Awakening and Fates. She’s practically just pink-haired Lucina, lol.

Also, be careful when Googling images of Liberation Maiden. Some people really like the opening cutscene where she sits down on her vehicle, apparently.

Here's a fun one!
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Noid wrote:
Mercenary Force / Tenjin Kaisen

SupremeSarna wrote:

Correct!

That game looks pretty cool. Is it any good?

Oh, most definitely, @Scott: super-fun and super-affordable as long as you're okay with just the cartridge.
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Agreed, Zero!
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Mega Man Xtreme

BloodPuppetX wrote:
Yup!

Noid wrote:

Cool! I added it to my to-play list

i doubt its it, but no more heroes? i know it got released again or something

jdwooley14 wrote:

No. This is a very recent release. Switch, PS4 and PS5.

Akiba's Trip?

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

Not that one. This game released this year.

Is it from Shin Megami Tensei?

SupremeSarna wrote:

No. It’s an action-RPG that was released in the summer.

Here’s an image straight from Google to get this moving along:

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That character appears on the cover art.

BloodPuppetX wrote:
Dusk Diver?

Very close!

BloodPuppetX wrote:

Dusk Diver 2 (Nintendo Switch)
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Correct! It’s actually a pretty good game. Playing it now.

Here's a fun one!
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I don’t know it but I like when he tossed that bat.

Bat-B-Gone! It's a fun little beat 'em up that saw both a North American release on the and, years later, a European release on the . I picked a slightly more obscure title 'cause a) it could definitely use a little more exposure and b) I was tired of @SupremeSarna guessing correctly in less than a minute.

Gekido Advance: Kintaro's Revenge.

SupremeSarna wrote:

Correct!

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That's some classic monochrome pinball right there! Good pedigree, too, as the same studio would later create the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series. It's the one and only Revenge of the 'Gator (Game Boy)
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Here's a fun one!
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Noid wrote:

Does it use the SuperFX Chip?

SupremeSarna wrote:
Only a handful of games used the chip. Most made do with Mode 7 graphics, which is just using standard hardware?

Then I have no clue which game this could be. Is it for a more obscure system?

SupremeSarna wrote:

GBA, the controls are bad. lol

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Yes! I've finally picked a title unbeknownst to the mighty @SupremeSarna! I can now die a happy man.

But, seriously, I had a feeling this might be a hard one 'cause, outside of me buying it from GameStop back in the day for $2.99, I really haven't heard much about it. So, here's a few clues:
• As @WithinTemptation mentioned, it was released for the over a decade ago back in April 2002.
• It was developed by the relatively unknown British studio Graphic State.
• Unsurprisingly, the creative director, Richard Whittall, cited 1993's Star Fox for the as one of its influences.
• Its title is one word followed by one letter and, oddly enough, both are also present in the title of its previously-mentioned influential predecessor.

Noid wrote:

Google helped a lot with the other ones--looking up strings of text to find a matching images (i.e. "8-bit video game shmup robot") is fair play, as long as you don't paste the exact image into Google.

This one is Star X. If you have the interest, I'd recommend using your knowledge of the game to improve the Gameplay section of Star X's Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_X

SupremeSarna wrote:

Correct, @SupremeSarna, and, sadly, I just copied and pasted everything I knew about it from that very same Wikipedia page.

Noid wrote:

Hope I didn't ruin the magic for you.

Anyways, how will you do with a game that NEVER RELEASED?
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SupremeSarna wrote:

You, sir, just so happened to have stumbled upon one of my favorite series. That screenshot is from the unfinished and unreleased EarthBound 64 (Nintendo 64)...or was it for the Nintendo 64DD?

Noid wrote:

Correct!

Here's a fun one!
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It’s not a Goemon game, is it?

SupremeSarna wrote:

Nope! It's actually the "Game Over" screen to -- what else? -- yet another shoot 'em up!

Noid wrote:

It's Bangai-O. I knew before I hit quote reply

Love the music, I hear that screenshot.

Phantasy Star IV?

Noooo. Almost the right system tho, depending on your region! This is from the CD variant, the US didn't get that specific release but they did get a bit of a scaled down port.

These guys went on to work on the Tales series. This game was the first in a trilogy, the US never got the third release.

Earnest Evans

DarkFact wrote:
That's an entire history in itself. They were with the people who went on to do the Star Ocean franchise, aka Enix/Tri-Ace.

Oduomega wrote:

Cool!

Yoshi wrote:

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Latter's where it actually came from.

I think it’s Harmful Park; if so someone else can go

The HUD doesn’t look right for that one.

Ooo! Excellent Christmas theme, @Yoshi. I definitely recognized that pew-pew right away when I saw the little red biplane with that fun Go! Go! Tank-esque hook mechanic. Data East released this to the arcades back in the early nineties and it never saw a home port which, sadly, remains true to this day if I'm not mistaken. It's the one and only Boogie Wings (Arcade).
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Here's a fun one!
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Noid wrote:

I think it's Star Fox; if it is, someone else can go.

DarkFact wrote:

Nope! It's definitely not Star Fox (Super Nintendo). This one may be a little tricky again. So, here's a hint: it was originally released for and never left the .

Is that Falsion?

Noid wrote:

His guess was the Atari Star Fox, I assume, not StarFox SNES

Yoshi wrote:

Nope!

DrizzDrizzDrizz wrote:

Well, that certainly makes more sense; but, also a nope!

This one may have been too deep a cut and that's sayin' somethin' 'cause the shoot 'em up genre's already pretty darn narrow. So, go ahead and click the spoiler button, call it out, and let's get this wagon train movin'. But, I do recommend giving it a shot 'cause, graphically speaking, it was pretty impressive for its time.

Noid wrote:
Geimos!

My next three will be based around the same concept.
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Is it Geimos

SupremeSarna wrote:

I actually know this one! Back in the day, Nintendo of Japan released a handful of mini audio CDs with music from their days. The cover art of one in particular intrigued me 'cause I'd never heard or seen it before. I did a little research and found out it was an in-house project for the . Since I never owned that console, I never ended up buying or playing it. But, I still remember it. It's The Mysterious Murasame Castle (Famicom Disk).

@Noid Correct!

Heh. Here's a picture of the mini audio CD that I mentioned earlier.
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Here's a fun one!
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DarkFact wrote:

Correct! But, @SupremeSarna beat you to it. So, guess this new one! Hint: it's got ninjas in it.

Ninja Commando?

Yoshi wrote:

Correct!