Wednesday, December 17, 2003
It's no secret that I lean rather to the geeky side of computer usage... emulation being one of my passions.So I just completed installing the MESS emulator... this thing runs software for just about every computer and console made from 1975 onwards (and one designed in 1956) up to the Sega Megadrive (Genesis) with a bit of a stab at the Nintendo SNES too.
That's not where the *real* fun started though.
Ohhhhhh No!
I have one word for you... actually, it's two... I think.
NeoGeo. Neo Geo? Umm.
Whatever.
Now, there's a lot of crap in this system, despite amazing hardware for it's time, and not being into beat-em-ups, I amost gave it up. Then I discovered the Metal Slug series.
Excuse the expletive, but Oh My Fucking God!
These games are ***NUTS*** and so are the people who're hosting the roms. Metal Slug 3 weighs in at around 75 Megabytes!!!
I laughed my head off when I saw the size of it. Then I laughed again when it actually downloaded. The I laughed again when it wasn't corrupted. (Obviously this wasn't done at home on my own machine... I was at a friend's house, or something *cough*)
Then I played it. Words fail me.
It's (all 4 of them) a sideways scrolling shootemup with the most awesomely detailed (2D) graphics you've ever seen, and the number of sprites on screen at any one time defies belief. Level designs are of a quality you just wouldn't believe.... and the humour... I could show you screen grabs, but they wouldn't remotely do it justice. If you'll excuse the cliche, these games are vastly more than the sum of their parts and if you have just one ounce of gaming passion in your body, you really should look them up.
Steve 8:20 PM [+]
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