Wednesday, August 18, 2004
More games.I'm sure no-one cares what I think about a bunch of ancient games for a defunct games console, but since this is my blog, I'm gonna waffle about them anyway.
Virtua Racing: Hmm. tricky. Low rez solid polygons with a very low viewpoint make it bloody hard to see where you're going, but there's a certain charm to this that's growing on me. Oddly though, I think I preferred this on Sega's 32X Genesis addon thingie.
Virtua Fighter: Classy. Nice control system, good graphics which compare well with beatemups from the same time period on the PS1. Pity I'm so crap at it.
Daytona USA (CCE): For something that's supposed to be an improved re-release to make up for the diabolical original version, this is pretty shoddy. The graphics are rough, the control system lacks any kind of feel, the car handling is primitive beyond belief. I loved this game in the arcades, spent a small fortune playing it, but this..... nah. Poor.
Sega Touring Car Championshp: If I dont miss my guess, this was supposed to be Sega's answer to Gran Turismo on PS1.
Hah! They're having a laugh.
Apart from only having 4 cars and seriously rough graphics, the cars are totally uncontrollable. Give it some power in a corner and the car's all over the place. It's not just bad... it's unplayable.
Now here's the thing. All of these games, and the ones I got yesterday are 3D, and the Saturn was never able to cut it against the PS1 at 3D games... but that's not what I bought it for.
What it's the absolute master at is 2D shootemups, maybe even surpassing the NeoGeo in that respect. Sadly by the time it was released over here, 2D games were passe and everyone wanted 3D, so most of the really good 2D stuff never got imported to the UK. Still... I'm keeping my eyes open, coz there's bound to be some classic game hiding in a bargain bin somewhere or other.
While I'm on the subject... that shop's gonna give my bank balance a real hammering if I'm not careful. When I went in there today, they'd just put a Philips CDI in the window (never a big hit, so it'll probably end up quite collectable) and the guy behind the counter informed me they had a Goldstar 3DO stashed away upstairs.
I was sorely tempted.
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Steve 12:35 AM [+]
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