/vr/ - Retro Games

You guys ever have memory of a game being lamer than it actually is? Almost like an inverse "aging" I guess.
For me it's Shadow Dancer. for some reason I remembered this game from when I was a kid being barebones and boring as hell. Going back to it it's a freaking riot.
I don't know what was up with my perspective back then but I love this game now.

>>4737804
>if you stick to the far left/right and just shoot, you're almost guaranteed a 3up
I tried that, but I think it just got me around 40+ usually, never all 50 of them.

>do you actually get a 1up just by ignoring them?
Yeah, not sure why but I looked up a guide just to double check how far into the game I was and it told me that doing nothing got you a 1 up, when I tried it and it worked I just went with it.

I'm really happy I was able to play and finish Shadow Dancer, I found it for around £3 in 2014 and couldn't play it on a console until 2017, last I checked it goes for around 6x that, so I'm happy to get it for a cheap price, complete too. Although I always found the cover to be a bit weird.

>>4737908
Man that final boss really annoyed me, especially since destroying 5 of his balls got you a life. I remember saying it would be embarrassing to die here, and I fucking did in his second phase since I couldn't get the timing on the screen movements right.