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Best LJN game?

>> No.2215298
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2215298

>>2215273
I enjoyed Maximum Carnage. It was a pretty decent beat 'em up.

>> No.2215320

>>2215298
/thread

>> No.2215364

>>2215298
Never cared about super heroes or beat 'em ups, but the Genesis version of that was pretty fun.

>> No.2215365

that's like being the smartest retard

>> No.2215406

maximum carnage is the only good LJN game. Not sure how that happened.

>> No.2215418

T2 arcade is supposedly pretty good. you have the choice between control pad, super scope and mouse so there's that.

>> No.2215435

>>2215406
>Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game for the Super NES and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, developed by Software Creations and published by LJN (a subsidiary of Acclaim) in 1994.

Software Creations made a lot of good games.

>> No.2215439

>>2215435
>LJN
>a subsidiary of Acclaim
This explains so much

>> No.2215446
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2215446

Of the pal sega releases, Krusty's funhouse was my favorite.

>> No.2215450

Didn't the nerd say LJN is just a publisher and not a developer?

>> No.2215548

Jaws
No contest

>> No.2215557
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2215557

not only the best LJN game but the best lightgun game on NES easily

>> No.2215624
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>>2215439
Actually LJN was their own thing, at least so I think, and then they were bought by Universal. In fact, BTTF2 had a scene where two NES games, one being LJN's Jaws, were seen at the window of a pawn shop, boxed no less. LJN then becme a subsidiary of Acclaim later in the future. The old "Enteractive Video Games" boxes were when LJN was independent. Acclaim era LJN games also had their boards printed by Acclaim themselves, who was one of only three publishers to produce their own NES carts.

>> No.2215663

>>2215557
thats not freedom force

>> No.2215906

>>2215624
Aside from every item being obsessively labeled with a sign, it's actually rather incredible how believable this shop turned out to be for 2015.

>> No.2217928

>>2215273
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

>> No.2217930

>>2215273
Why not ask AVGN about that? : ^ )

>> No.2217934

>>2215298

Came here to say this.

Only red cartidge I had. Maybe if LJN had made all of their games red they would have made better games.

>> No.2217972

>>2215450
If the toilet pipe blows shit straight in your face, do you care about the ass that took the dump or the damn pipe that smudged your face brown? :D

>> No.2217974
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>>2215273
Fuck NBA Jam, this was the best basketball game on the SNES.

>> No.2217975

>>2217972
I get the picture, nice metaphor, but answering the Anon's question - yes, Nerd did say that LJN was a publisher. Considering the fact how much garbage did they publish, it is better that is stayed that way. I don't even want to think what kind of crap LaughingJokingNumbnuts would have programmed

>> No.2217978

>>2215273
Jaws was really fun.

>> No.2217979

Ah, you poor bastards. LJN actually published a lot (all of them to be precise) great games. People were just playing them wrong and apparently still do, hence the OP's question.

The only way to play LJN's games is to use Powerglove, you ought to play with power! Now, get over it.

>> No.2218347

>>2215906
>>2215624
Soon, all the Back to the Future films will be set in the past...

>> No.2218437
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>>2215624

>tfw I used to have that talking Roger Rabbit doll AND Burgertime on the NES

>> No.2218529

The Punisher cabal shooter on the NES looks pretty good.

>> No.2218531

terminator 2

>> No.2218539

>>2218531

Really ?

I have that games since early 90's and i never liked it much.

>> No.2218567

>>2217979
I know you're just messing around but a lot of LJN games I played did have some really neat ideas, it's a shame the execution was nearly awful every time though.

>> No.2218569

>>2218539
how far did you get though?

>> No.2218987

>>2218567
Yeah, messin' a little. But I totally agree with you. They had great ideas too bad the skills haven't gone on par.

>> No.2218991

>>2215624
>>2215435
>>2215439
>Acclaim

these guys mang, they actually made some fun games

>> No.2218996
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2218996

This is the correct answer

>> No.2220743

LJN's games a shit!

>> No.2220780
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2220780

i liked pic related alot

>> No.2220798
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2220798

I enjoyed crash dummies, although now that I look back at it, its rather mediocre platformer

>> No.2222431

>>2220798
Yeah, that is pretty gud game! I loved the physics and how responsive the controls were. I play this game to this day. Definitely worth giving a fuck :)

>> No.2222446

>>2220780

The goat right here

>> No.2222615
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>> No.2222650

>>2215406

LJN is just a publisher. Their actual games were made by a bunch of different companies. The Spider Man beat em ups were made by a Software Creations team that also handled Equinox/Solstice 2 and Plok.

>> No.2222653

I gotta say, guys.

That logo is pretty gay.

>> No.2222687

I actually like Nightmare on Elm Street.

>> No.2222691

>>2222687
Yeah, I like it a lot myself. Also 4 players coop in a platformer on MY NES ? That shit is insane.

I do enjoy Friday the 13th as well, which is surprinsgly very much like a survival-horror. Too bad difficulty gets insane starting round 2 (once you beat Jason once).
Honestly both games aren't as bad as people make them out to be and they both fit their respective movie franchises well.

But LJN's best game is probably >>2220798

>> No.2223106

>>2222687
B-but.... AVGN said it was bad, and whatever he says is a meme and must be true!

>> No.2223403

>>2220798
If this is anything like the Gameboy version then GOAT as fuck. It was a minigamefest but the minigames were great fun other than the spaceship level I tended to suck at and had fucking nothing to do with the theme of the game other than you'd crash the ship into a target instead of landing it.

Also loved you got fucking piss poor payment for the levels, even for doing well. 5 bux for crashing a car after driving through chaos? Why of course.

>> No.2223590

>>2223403
Nes version is platformer, however they both have same soundtrack(same developer) which is bit weird after playing one version and then playing other.

>> No.2223615

>>2220780
BGWPS
BGGRLY
BGLVS

>> No.2223627

>>2223106
Only on /v/

>> No.2223638

Since LJN is was just a publisher, and most of the games were developed by Rare and Atlus. So how could they possibly be so terrible?

>> No.2223710
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2223710

>bumping soundtrack
>delightful minigames

>> No.2223740

Spider Man: Return of the Sinister Six on NES was pretty fun, though admittedly buggy.

>> No.2223750

>>2215446
Steel Empire is their best release.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE_kHC_1z24

>> No.2223752

>>2223638

rare made a lot of shitty games pre-snes

>> No.2225848

>>2215320
Yup
>>2215365
Yup
>>2215406
Yup
>>2215406
>Shrug
>>2217972
LMAO

>> No.2225853

>>2215273
At first I thought, "what an oxymoron." But there are some decent games ITT.

>> No.2225916

I actually like Terminator 2 and Friday the 13th for the NES and >>2215298 is supposedly a decent game.

>>2215450
Technically LJN is and has always been only an publisher that hasn't made a single game themselves and most of the "LJN games" were actually developed by Beam Software, Software Creations, Atlus (yes, THAT Atlus) and Rare (yes, THAT Rare).

This actually got me thinking: LJN has gotten a quite a reputation especially after AVGN's videos and Enix (another publisher that has developed little to no games themselves) has also quite reputation but in this case a positive one. Are there any other publishers that are highly praised or critizized due to the games they have published but not developed?

>> No.2225990

>>2215548
>Jaws
This. That music still haunts me. Fuck, I'm gonna go play it now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTnQZF6veG0

>> No.2226008

>>2225916
>Are there any other publishers that are highly praised or critizized due to the games they have published but not developed?
I'd vote for Acclaim because of the Turok games but Acclaim did developer other games like the Rush series and Shadow Man

>> No.2226012

>>2226008
did developed*, hurr to me. And forgot to mention, i mean around the N64 era Acclaim

>> No.2226032

>>2215273
>tfw the same people who made awful/highly flawed games like Die Hard, Predator, Rambo, and Friday the 13th also made Kabuki Quantum Fighter and Harvest Moon

How?

>> No.2226082

>>2215548
I like how Westone employees acknowledge making the game, but don't remember much else outside of they did it INCREDIBLY quickly.

>> No.2226316

>>2226032
FFS. They LICENSED games. LJN never CREATED games.

>> No.2226323

>>2225848
Why do you feel the need to reply to large numbers of posts in threads with a monosyllabic response? I'm sure you do this with every thread you wish to be a part of.

>> No.2226445

>>2226032
You know how US movie stars make weird commercials in Japan because they want easy money? I think some of these are like that, especially with Jaws and Ft13th, since not only were they licensed games based on Western movies, they were also probably never intended to be released in the home country on the development team. Like their secret shame or something.

For some reason I would be intrigued to find a Famicom sample cart of some of these games, just to see if there were ever any ideas in the development process that were abandoned because fuck it let's do this quick and easy.

>> No.2226452

>>2226316
Reread his post. Those games were developed by Pack-In-Video, who also developed the games he mentioned.

>> No.2226562

>>2223106
AVGN is a character.

That being said, Cinemassacre celebrates Friday the 13th since both this month and next one has one. They did a James & Mike session where they try to beat the game and disuss about it (and the movie series) more in-depth.

>> No.2228924

>>2215273

Go away LJN Defender

>> No.2228927

>>2226032

>made Harvest Moon

Fuck no, stop. I guess a few years caused a lot of improvements

>> No.2228935

>>2226316
>implying publishers aren't part of making games

Plus I can bet that some of those, especially those based on famous licenses, were their idea.

>> No.2228946

I cannot seem to find the game on any wiki or some shit. I played this one platformer on the Super Nintendo for the /vr/ Gauntlet which was kind of like a platforming Harry Potter where you shoot balls of magic at enemies and complete puzzles. I got stuck on one area for like an hour, mind you this was only a single small room i could see in entirety on one screen and not a single video or documentation existed that far into the game. Anyways I found it to be very fun, wish I knew the name.

>> No.2229054

>>2225916
Not so much back then but EA definitely.

>> No.2229068
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>>2228946

>a platforming Harry Potter where you shoot balls of magic at enemies and complete puzzles

Incantation?

I think that's a Titus game, not LJN.

>> No.2229105

www.youtube.com/user/CygnusDestroyer20XX

>> No.2229159

>>2217974
But RapJam yo.

>> No.2229240

>>2229068
No, the character was rather tall. When I compared it to Harry Potter I was also referring to how the character looked. Though that game looks interesting. could you recommend it?

>> No.2229440

>>2226032
The same company doesn't necessarily imply the same staff. As far as Kabuki Quantum Fighter goes, it's possible they had netted a young and talented development team, or it was just a weird coincidence (the game is good and novel, but not great).

Harvest Moon for the SNES, while loaded with charm, is definitely a glitchy mess.

>> No.2231076

>>2220780
This.

Though the Genesis version wasn't published by LJN.

Technically it's a Beam Software game, but I want to believe.