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198X Release Trailer (PS4 & PC on June 20, 2019. Out Soon on Switch & Xbox One)
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Is it me or are all the games inspired by SEGA Genesis (Master System in the case of the RPG) library?
Outside of the shmup that I can't quite place. Looks like more of a Gradius or R-Type than Thunder Force.
Outside of the shmup that I can't quite place. Looks like more of a Gradius or R-Type than Thunder Force.
Google is telling me that R-Type was on SEGA systems so yeah.
This is a sick SEGA console throwback anthology.
Growing up with the Master System yeah they got me interested with the cheap pulls at my heart strings.
I can almost still remember playing R-Type and Shinobi for the first times, in 1987 when I was 5 years old.
Man I was blessed to have a game who was a gamer.
I can almost still remember playing R-Type and Shinobi for the first times, in 1987 when I was 5 years old.
Man I was blessed to have a game who was a gamer.
Like I said in the other thread, it looks more '90s than '80s but still really nice. I'm interested.
Oooh I like the look of this, not the biggest fan of twenty-something angst or nostalgia trips but drama is what I have been craving to develop as a genre in gaming so I'm well up for this.
I'd disagree. Remember, this is supposed to be Arcade, not home consoles.
This is what Arcade games looked like in 89. It's basically spot on.
I know it's influenced from arcade games but it still looks a bit closer to early '90s to me. And the adventure/story parts shown look more '90s Japanese PC era in terms of detail.
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Yeah, no horizontal shmup looked that good until after the 80s. Lol
Also, sega's best scaler arcade games didn't look quite that smooth either.
Gonna keep my eye on this one -- definitely interested.
I'll opt to wait for the Switch release if PC/PS4 impressions turn out good next month.
I'll opt to wait for the Switch release if PC/PS4 impressions turn out good next month.
im very very interested. Hopefully turns out good. Will probably pick it up on PC but if the Xbox and Switch versions arent that far Ill wait for that instead.
Shoot them an email, maybe they'll change the title to Late-198X/Early-199X
If it can evoke a bunch of classic games while actually looking better that's IMO the best case scenario anwyay. I never really got why some people stuck so slavishly to even the bad parts of a retro style.
i don't really care in the case of the sega scaler stuff-- looks like it plays pretty close.
the horizontal shmups getting crazy bullet patterns like that wouldn't really be typical until the early 90s Toaplan stuff.
This looks absolutely insane, visually speaking. I'm far more interested in the "arcade action" than the "coming of age story", but the mood looks pretty nice too.
This came out of left field for me, did we know anything about it beforehand? I'm subbing to the thread so I don't forget about it, hopefully they'll put up a Switch page soon so I can wishlist it.
RType was released almost everywhere back then. And all the genres that appear in the trailer were also very popular in all the other 80's gaming platforms.
That ninja game is definitely Strider inspired. Seems like the arcade games will bleed out into the protagonist's life based on that same ninja sitting atop the streetlight in the last shot.
When I hear stuff like this I feel like I really missed out, in a way. I'm almost 40 and the only arcades I regularly visited were in malls and pretty chill. Even the rare cabinet I'd stumble upon was in a pretty normal gas station or Walmart.
Maybe it's a small town thing.
My first association was Shinobi III but I guess the main mode of attack isn't throwing projectiles.