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	Re: Konami Games

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From: Grant428@aol.com
Date: Sun Jun 16 22:45:14 EDT 2002
Subject: Re: Konami Games


 >   I was wondering What games Konami Released on HuCard?

Um...yep...just Gradius, Salamander, Parodius and Detana Twinbee on HuCard.  
On the CD side...Gradius II, Martial Champion, Akumajo Dracula X, Tokimeki 
Memorial, Snatcher Pilot Disk, and Snatcher.  I've always thought that 
Twinbee was the weakest of the games on card and I thought maybe it couldn't 
be like the original...as the quality wasn't great...I never had played the 
arcade rev; however, if you play the "original" version on Detana 
Twinbee-Yahoo Deluxe Pack for Saturn or PlayStation, it's actually quite 
faithful to the original source...although there are differences based upon 
hardware limitations.

 >   Liquid Kids, 

Great game.  I finally got a copy from Matt Boehland a little while back, as 
I had only the Saturn port.  Although the Saturn rev is more faithful to the 
arcade version (of course), I prefer the PC Engine game, parallax be damned.  
Same goes for New Zealand Story.  Maybe it's a little PC Engine bias...I 
don't know.  On the same hand, I also prefer the PC Engine rev of Tatsujin 
over the Mega Drive.  Back to the Saturn, though (guess this is a little 
off-topic), Ving did marvelous job tranferring the Taito arcade games Bubble 
Symphony, Elevator Action Returns, Metal Black, Mizubaku Adventure, and Night 
Striker.  Too bad they never converted Space Invaders '95.  A look on Ving's 
website nowadays yields pictures of bicycles for sale.  A shame, as they were 
a great "conversion" company.  Certainly the Marty was better for having 
them, as they did ports of games like Splatterhouse, Tatsujin 2, etc., for 
that system.

 >   By the way, does anyone have the Capcom generations series on PS1? On the
 >   "Wings of Destiny" disk you get the PC Engine version of 1943 kai.
 >   Pretty cool.

I have the entire Capcom Generation series (five volumes) for Saturn.  
Actually, you get the "arcade" version of 1943 Kai.  The PC Engine game is 
the version I actually prefer, by the way.  While playing the same, Naxat did 
a great job with the graphics...making it look not as cruddy as the arcade 
original, admittedly a rather drab affair.  All in all, the Generation series 
was mostly a waste of time, though, as Capcom "passed" on including games 
like Black Tiger, Final Fight, Magic Sword, Forgotten Worlds, Sidearms, 19XX, 
Varth, 1941 Counter Attack, and many others.  Still, they did dig back in the 
vault and release some games separately...Super Pang Collection on 
PlayStation, Tenchi Wo Kurau II on Saturn/PlayStation, Strider on 
PlayStation, the Xevious 3D+G comp on PlayStation, and the D&D games on 
Saturn hit the front of my brain at the moment.  Still, volume three has me 
the most perplexed...did we really need perfect versions of Higemaru and Son 
Son?  Namco fared quite a bit better with their Museum series...but still 
left out stuff like Splatterhouse, Marchen Maze, Phelios, Marvel Land, etc.  
I'm glad the Encore disk came along, though, as I was beginning to wonder 
what idiot didn't include Rolling Thunder somewhere in the series.  Luckily, 
Encore contained that game, as well as Dragon Saber.  Not too shabby overall, 
and a blast for PC Engine gamers, as many of the games on the disks were also 
converted to PC Engine years prior...even rather lame stuff like Wonder Momo 
made an appearance.



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