2015/4/18: Genesis: Rastan Saga II, Ex-Mutants, Gauntlet 4
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2015/4/18: Genesis: Rastan Saga II, Ex-Mutants, Gauntlet 4
Here is a new set of Genesis reviews. Ex-Mutants is an update (I thought a game deserved a little more credit) but the other two are new.
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Re: 2015/4/18: Genesis: Rastan Saga II, Ex-Mutants, Gauntlet 4
Oh yes. I remember being incredibly disappointed by "Rastan Saga II" and wondered why the original "Rastan" wasn't ported to the Sega Genesis. They also should have ported the original "Shinobi" even though I love the three "Shinobi" Genesis games we did get.
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Re: 2015/4/18: Genesis: Rastan Saga II, Ex-Mutants, Gauntlet 4
You might argue Gauntlet has not aged well, but this may be the definitive console version.
Not aged well? It was a marvelously fun game in its day, and aged as well as any contempory arcade game. It does become tedious, but it was a quarter muncher so that is not a fault but a feature. Who is saying Gauntlet has dimmed? Maybe Valkyrie just needs food.
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Re: 2015/4/18: Genesis: Rastan Saga II, Ex-Mutants, Gauntlet 4
So apparently we all had to reregister --
anyway, Rastan Saga 2, aka Nastar Warrior didn't look much better in the arcade. Which is probably why they called it by Nastar Warrior.
The third game took another turn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcfu40mXTYk
anyway, Rastan Saga 2, aka Nastar Warrior didn't look much better in the arcade. Which is probably why they called it by Nastar Warrior.
The third game took another turn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcfu40mXTYk
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Re: 2015/4/18: Genesis: Rastan Saga II, Ex-Mutants, Gauntlet 4
I think someone made this point a few reviews ago but I think you're reviews are definitely the most comical for bad, old games. I laughed a few times during the Rastan II review and thought it was well done. Your observations were fun too read. It's a piety the game sucks but hey, it was a good review. Thanks.
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Re: 2015/4/18: Genesis: Rastan Saga II, Ex-Mutants, Gauntlet 4
Bummer about Rastan II. The third one looks good in that video, though I stopped watching on the 2nd stage. Rastan is so cool he should get his own movie. Maybe a crossover where he fights Conan and Red Sonja.
I agree Gauntlet aged poorly. I think "quarter muncher" is a criteria for aging poorly.
I agree Gauntlet aged poorly. I think "quarter muncher" is a criteria for aging poorly.
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Re: 2015/4/18: Genesis: Rastan Saga II, Ex-Mutants, Gauntlet 4
There's a wee problem with the review of Ex-Mutants: you recommend playing on Easy difficulty, but doing so cuts you off halfway through the game, whereupon you're told to try a higher difficulty level! The manual says so as well -- gotta play Medium or Hard to see the whole thing, as Easy only gives you the first 4 levels of 8.
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Re: 2015/4/18: Genesis: Rastan Saga II, Ex-Mutants, Gauntlet 4
goldenband wrote:There's a wee problem with the review of Ex-Mutants: you recommend playing on Easy difficulty, but doing so cuts you off halfway through the game, whereupon you're told to try a higher difficulty level! The manual says so as well -- gotta play Medium or Hard to see the whole thing, as Easy only gives you the first 4 levels of 8.
Seems like a good excuse to revisit this one! Thanks for bringing to my attention!