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Playing through Streets of Rage in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for PS3, as Adam--accidentally on Normal difficulty instead of Easy because I got too confused trying a possibly fake cheat code for extra continues. 'p'
In RPCS3 with ReShade filters to combat the extreme washed-out blur of this port.
0:00 - Museum
4:01 - intro video
4:43 - Streets of Rage
6:07 - cheats real and maybe not
19:36 - Adam Hunter playthrough
20:42 - ReShade filters & Video Setup - Adjust Screen Size
1:46:50 - boss room
1:48:55 - ending & credits
1:51:42 - there is no P2 Start & this cheat code may be fake 'p'
2:12:08 - a little SoR 2 & 3
This took a really long time to play through and some save scumming for me on Normal, but it didn't seem as blatantly repetitive as SOR2--maybe that was just because the mechanics just seemed a little more solid here and the specific strengths and weaknesses of the various enemies better organized and making for more varied and challenging gameplay, whereas in SOR2 you just kinda hit almost everyone the same way. Also I picked the slow character here instead of the fast character like I was using in 2.
I can't seem to get 2P Start to work in the cart version of the game either--so maybe those codes requiring it are just bunk and that's why only some of the FAQs listed them.
Couldn't get that "extra continues" cheat to work either; it's got nearly as many downvotes as upvotes and isn't mentioned in a lot of the FAQs so hm.
The volume in SOR1 seems to be lower than in 2 and 3. 'p'
I got this collection because I was looking at getting all three SOR games as Genesis carts to dump, but SOR3 is SUPER expensive so I figured I'd get it here, and this has all the other games too. BUT maybe I'll have to get the carts (for 1 & 2 anyway, they're pretty cheap) after all so I could just use like Infinite Lives codes and not have to save scum. I kinda like this having all the Genesis stuff centralized in this collection though. ; D Also the masochistic side of me kinda likes being forced to save scum. Will I magically get good some day???
I was mumbling at the end I'd play SOR3 next but I forgot I still have to play SOR2 with music at a decent volume (ie not music-volume-nerfed like the PS Store downloadable version I played through like three times a few days ago), eh so this collection version of SOR2 next?
OH apparently in SOR2 you CAN throw the weapon by pressing attack and jump at the same time. SOR3 has that too. SOR3 has shortcuts on the 6-button pad (one for back attack (normally jump plus attack I think), one for charge attack (normally press and hold attack for a bit), and one for blitz (dash) attacks without actually having to dash (or have your meter charged?)...but I think I'll stick to three buttons, 6 is more than my head can usually handle. o_o
Gotta learn to incorporate the forward flip-throw, ie Jump button to vault over held opponent, then forward plus attack to throw them forward.
OH Adam Hunter is the older brother of Skate Hunter from SoR2. ; D |
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| | | Re: 01_sor_boat.jpg : loki said https://selectbutton.net/t/screenshot-through-the-heart-a-lot-through-mame-print-screen-threads-get-bad-names/14900/1566 "that part on the boat feels like it was done specifically to humiliate the snes final fight port."
I was really surprised by how many enemies it throws at you (and without significant slowdown)--there were a few parts with a few more than are visible there, I think; and that was on Normal difficulty--if it's like SoR2, the higher difficulty settings will have even more enemies. |
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Streets of Rage 2 as Blaze Fielding on Very Easy
1:19 - Museum
10:04 - Blaze playthrough
54:34 - boss room
56:00 - ending & credits |
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I'd goofily uploaded a thumbnail file I thought I'd need, before realizing they're auto-generated on the wiki. I don't have delete (admin) capability so uh as far as I can tell by reading up on MediaWiki all I can do is flag it ({{speedy|reason}} (ie for speedy deletion) and {{Unused file|~~~~~}}.
Talk/discussion pages on Sega Retro are complicated too, they don't seem to have Reply buttons, so you have to format in comments manually by editing: each ":" at the start of a comment means one layer of indentation, so you add one more colon than the comment to which you're replying; and at the end of your comment you add "~~~~" which will then auto-insert your name link and the time stamp; you also probably want to put at least a space before that because of course it doesn't do that itself. : P (The editor puts " -" before their name as an additional spacer.) |
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Streets of Rage 3
0:33 - Museum
10:17 - extra lives cheat
11:24 - Zan playthrough
20:22 - vs Shiva
24:48 - vs Roo
35:10 - x-tendo arm save
36:30 - bulldozer 'p'
1:12:51 - boss room
1:17:09 - ending
1:24:06 - Roo code
1:32:43 - failing Super Zan code 'p'
That wasn't Super Zan; looks like Super Zan can punch a hyper speed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKCJ6Ef_d7M
AHHH Wikipedia says on Easy the game ends after Stage 5--ie, there's a stage 6 and a stage 7 I got to skip. ; D That explains the odd ending I suppose.
Wikipedia also says 'For the soundtrack, Koshiro created a new composition method called the "Automated Composing System" to produce "fast-beat techno like jungle." It was among the most advanced electronic music creation technique at the time, incorporating heavily randomized sequences. This resulted in sounds generated automatically that, according to Koshiro, "you ordinarily never could imagine on your own."'
To me that sounds like Koshiro phoning it in on this one--which is kinda what the soundtrack DID sound like, compared to the previous two games. 'p'
Not a fan of the added game mechanics, either--just adding complication rather than fun.
The biggest turn-off though is just how long it takes to defeat the enemies--even here on easy, as supposedly the hardest-hitting character, it was just a slog to grind through--so THANK GOODNESS it had pity on me and cut off after stage 5! = P (Wikipedia and other sources say the Japanese version is a lot easier, so I wonder if the grindiness was introduced in the Western version. Unfortunately, unlike the other games in the series, both the Japanese and US carts of SoR3 are SUPER expensive on eBay. 'p' It was a late game--out in '94--so maybe they just didn't make that many of 'em? (The Niche Barrier site records Japanese sales of 30K for III vs 17K for II, hm. I suppose the price on the Japanese version is largely due to Westerners snapping them up.))
Also that bulldozer stage really sucked. Oh yeah and the subway with the robot trains coming through every 10 seconds. ; PP Oh yeah, and the strobing nightclub stage. Sheesh, dis game! |
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3:53 - Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
23:39 - Alien Storm
29:01 - Altered Beast
35:57 - Beyond Oasis
49:29 - Bonanza Bros.
52:43 - Columns
1:04:23 - Comix Zone
1:17:09 - Decap Attack
1:24:31 - Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
1:26:23 - Dynamite Headdy
1:34:33 - E-SWAT
1:35:48 - Ecco the Dolphin
1:41:24 - Ecco: The Tides of Time
1:45:21 - Fatal Labyrinth
2:36:29 - Flicky
2:39:44 - Gain Ground
2:43:54 - Golden Axe - Gilius playthrough
3:24:56 - Golden Axe II - Gilius EASY playthrough
I'd played a bit of most of these in the PS4 collection years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRSL-vobsW8 and hey I HAD liked what I saw of Golden Axe II, oops! ^ _^ Now I gotta play it on NORMAL to get the full game. ; ) I was having a shocking amount of fun with it on EASY! Even Golden Axe (I) here is pretty decent, heck. ; )
Altered Beast is kind of okay. Hm there's a Level Select (B plus Start) and a Return to Last Played Level (A plus Start on title screen) cheat, according to GameFAQs. I may have to take another shot at that one.
I guess Ecco is still not my thing. Ecco dev Novotrade started in Hungary, was in US by the time they made the Ecco games (later, 1996, company renamed Appaloosa Interactive). Comix Zone is sort of on the verge of being neat but looking at a playthrough, it's got a lot of flashing FX... There's an unlimited health cheat apparently... (Illustration work in it by pro comic artist Tony DeZuniga, says MobyGames.) Boy I couldn't stand Flicky here, huh.
Fatal Labyrinth IS a roguelike and is sort of okay although the way the isometric tiles hide passages is really not cool, and inventory management is a pain; those things probably contribute a lot to making the game feel painfully repetitive after a while. |
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| | | | Ah Altered Beast has boss hit flashes--and the arcade version you can unlock (100K points scored on stage 1 I think it was) would have flashing powerup wolves to boot (Backbone also did a stand-alone Altered Beast arcade port on PS3 in the Sega Vintage series). |
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Golden Axe III
3:24 - select player
15:34 - new FAQ
27:56 - big dudes
47:07 - big boid
55:53 - weird windows
1:01:53 - boid is back
1:14:51 - last battle (bad)
1:24:31 - bad ending
1:26:03 - wrap!
That new HTML FAQ for the game I looked up is https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/genesis/586215-golden-axe-iii/faqs/82353
(Oh yeah I forgot I was recording the web browser haha well except for the side oops.)
No cheat codes for extra continues or lives shown on GameFAQs and I DID just run out of 'em toward the end, had to do a little light save-scumming on the bad ending boss. Apparently what I should be doing is just learning to spam Chronos' unblockable super attack through the whole game. 'pppp'
I wanna play as that strapped bird dude.
Anyway aside from the kinda tough difficulty (no Easy difficulty setting, even ; D) and I guess that unbalanced super move, I thought this was a really well-done game! The various moves really let you mix things up, and the combinations of enemies are pretty sure keep you on your toes. I even liked the music and graphics! |
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| | | | Oh! Golden Axe III never came out at retail in the States--or Europe, for that matter. Wikipedia says "it was made available in North America via the Sega Channel online service in 1995" (the cart was out in '93 in Japan, Korea, and Asia). |
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2:39 - Kid Chameleon
12:47 - Phantasy Star II
20:47 - Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
37:15 - Phantasy Star IV
50:03 - Ristar
54:48 - Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention
These games weren't really my thing. Some nice character art in Shining Force though. |
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