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4826213 No.4826213 [Reply] [Original]

This is it bros, the absolute peak of video games as a medium.

>> No.4826220

Oh Em Gee!

>> No.4826227

>>4826213
At least post the arcade.
Being honest, even if this is obviously bait, this game is a better candidate than what' usually suggested as the peak for games (cinematic garbage), so that's something.

>> No.4826232
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4826232

Ain't got shit on Splatterhouse.

>> No.4826243

>>4826213
I unironically prefer the Famicom port.

>> No.4826248
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>>4826213
Friendly reminder that this game and Golden Axe share the same director which is why the lil chicken buddy appears in both.

>> No.4826253
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4826253

Never cared for the game much but I always liked the cover art.

>> No.4826259

>>4826213
Game wise I personally think it's a suckass piece of quarter-munching shit.

Artistically and thematically, however, top notch.

>> No.4826261

>>4826259
>suckass piece of quarter-munching shit
lol how. And OP posted the MD port.

>> No.4826515
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>> No.4826971

>>4826213
when you're right you're right.

>> No.4826997

>>4826248
Also Alien Storm, don't think it has chicken buddy but it does have dorf man in it

>> No.4827045

>>4826997
>it does have dorf man
wait what

>> No.4827104

>>4826213
RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE

>> No.4827106

>>4826213
If that's what you think, boy are you missing out hardcore.

>> No.4827108

>>4827104
*GWAVE

>> No.4827119

>>4826213
Dat cheesy music.

>> No.4827142

>>4827045
You never beat alien storm? You get graded by some judges who consist of Gilius Thunderhead and a few other familiar faces

>> No.4827149

>>4826213
for 6 year old me it was ghouls and ghosty up till this point
for some reason i remember this guy scared the fuck out of me

>> No.4827340

>>4826227
I found a lot of stuff in this game scary or creepy at least

>> No.4827346

>>4826248
>>4826997
>The same guy who did Alien Storm, Golden Axe and Altered Beast, easily the worst 16-bit era beat 'em ups.

What a talentless hack

>> No.4827481

@4827346
Fuck off cee.

>> No.4827498

>>4826213
>looks ugly
>plays like shit
>peak

>> No.4827505

>>4827498
fake news.

>> No.4827898

I used to think this game was shit. I unironically enjoy it now.

>> No.4828203

>>4826213
Genesis version is the most overrated game of all time but arcade one is OK.

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4828210

>>4827481

>@4827346

>> No.4828216

>>4828210
I think he was just not giving a (you) to the poster.

>> No.4828221

>>4828216
That is correct.

>> No.4829730

>>4826213
yes.

>> No.4829739

>>4828216
>>4828221
What's the point of this.

>> No.4829742

>>4826515
goddamn this comic cracks me the fuck up

>> No.4829743
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>>4826253
>always liked the cover art.
>>4826259
>Artistically and thematically, however, top notch.
This. Always loved the art direction on this and GA.

>> No.4830326

>>4829739
(you)'s are the closest thing to an upvote/acknowledgement on 4chan

>> No.4830348

Never understood the hype for this game, Played with my Segafag brother and it was pretty meh and repetitive but at least the ending was good twist

>> No.4830773 [DELETED] 

>>4830326
People probably wouldn't care if this place hadn't been completely overrun by Redditors.

>> No.4831640

>>4830348
Look at the release date. It looked impressive compared to NES games, that's it.

>> No.4831645 [DELETED] 

>>4830348
>>4831640
This is an arcade game, compare it to other arcade contemporaries if anything

>> No.4831697

>>4827481
>>4828216
>>4830326
That's retarded. If you don't want to acknowledge a person then don't reply to them.

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4831985

>>4827898

The other day, I found the JP MegaDrive version at the game store so I picked it up as a novelty. I played it as a kid but felt like it didn't hold up these days. I was showing it to my wife and she had never heard of it, so I booted up the arcade version in MAME to just show her for a sec and I actually started having tons of fun and beat the whole game. Honestly didn't expect to have as much fun with it as I did.

pic related, mfw I beat the game

>> No.4831990

>>4831985
Indeed, people need to stop playing inferior ports when arcades are so easily accessible.
We had a shitstorm a few weeks ago when in a shmup thread someone posted Raiden TRAD (not the original arcade) as one of his favorite games.

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>>4826213
No, but it's a good enough game for what it is.
>>4831990
More like busybodies need to quit sperging out over what releases of games people like. If it's not available on 8- or 16-bit home hardware, I don't care about muh superior original arcade experience. The Raiden Trad ports have their flaws (especially the SNES version), but I'm not going apologize for liking them.

>> No.4832270

>>4832264
>If it's not available on 8- or 16-bit home hardware, I don't care about muh superior original arcade experience.
The issue is that this is not a slightly superior version we're talking about, it's substantially better, and not hard to access at all. You're straight up limiting yourself for no reason other than just only wanting to play on older consoles.

>> No.4832284

@4831697

>> No.4832295

I remember playing this game in an arcade back in the mid-90s or so and being so hyped about it. Didn't have a Genesis as a kid, so I was never exposed to it until the arcade version. Sure, the style is relatively simple, but I like the way it plays, looks, and sounds. I finally picked it up in arcade PCB form, still a fun game to mess around with.

>> No.4832302

>>4832295
It's a perfectly fine game. It's simple but, at the same time, there aren't many games exactly like it.

>> No.4832328

>>4832270
Some day I might pick up a PSIO and play The Raiden Project, but if so it'll be a while since console games from that era aren't a high priority for me.

I frankly doubt that the improvements will bowl me over, though. I wish the Genesis version offered two-player support, instant restarts after dying, and the original starting jet sprite, but spending money on a console I'm otherwise somewhat uninterested in for two of those three things doesn't make much sense right now.
>>4832302
It also helps that it's such a short game and that most levels feature new creatures to transform into. I find it a lot less repetitive than most of the beat-'em-up "belt scrollers" out there that people seem to love.

>> No.4832338

>>4832328
It's not the same genre as stuff like Final Fight, really. It's in the style of older brawlers, and it even autoscrolls and loops.

>> No.4832367

>>4832338
Yeah, when you think of beat-'em-ups, games like Altered Beast and Kung Fu don't really come to mind.

>> No.4832903

@4831697
Shut up fagatron

>> No.4835195

>>4827104
>wise fwom youh gwave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ_FSVWR6ZE

>> No.4835224

>>4826213
Why does Altered Beast get so much hate?

>> No.4835229

>>4831990
That's because you sperged out about it for like fifty fucking posts.

>> No.4835271

>>4826227
>look at how big and detailed these sprites are!
Literally the cinematic garbage of the 80s

>> No.4835273

>>4835271
Except this is a challenging, fun game so good luck convincing me this is cinematic

>> No.4835729

>>4835224
Bad people, anon...

>> No.4836016
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4836016

But Anon, that's not Harvester

>> No.4836025

>>4835273
Altered Beast is not challenging at all.

>> No.4836046

>>4836025
I'm talking about the arcade original. It's not the toughest game ever but it's not cinematic QTE "gaming" at all

>> No.4836063

>>4836046
I played the arcade version, and I played it again on the Sega Genesis PS2 collection. It was shite then and it's shite now.

>> No.4836072

>>4836063
The only thing shite here is your entire life m8.

>> No.4836073

>>4836063
oi mate it may be shite but it sure is not cinematic innit

>> No.4836115

>>4836063
Your mum is shite

>> No.4836131

>>4836072
>>4836073
>>4836115
shut the fark up ye bogan cunts

>> No.4836135

>>4836131
le dad cunt shitters am i right mate. such wank

>> No.4836147

>>4826213
So simplistic yet is everything people love about video games: badass monsters, punching the faces off of monsters, big larger than life characters - it really is a great experience that doesn't trying to be anything other than walk around and kick ass.

>> No.4836487

LITERALLY perfection.

>> No.4836668
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4836668

bros pls

I am unironically having trouble getting past the 4th stage...

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>>4836668

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>>4836670
fuk, wrong image

>> No.4836691

>>4836673
kek yeah I was thinking that seemed a little harsh.

>> No.4836693

>>4836668
Which version

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>>4836693
genny version.

>> No.4836838
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>>4836668
Welp I finally made it to stage 5 and then almost immediately got killed by some purple unicorn guy.

>> No.4836934

>>4836696
Was about to say, my quarter usually runs out on stage 3 of the arcade

I guess it's best to memorize where all the orbs are if you dont want to get bitchslapped

>> No.4836953

>>4826227

I have no idea why people will defend one of the worst games of its time by trying to say that "at least it's not like modern games" which aren't any worse.

If you actually think any Call of Duty or even non-game Heavy Rain shit is worse than this, you have shit taste in games. You're advocating herpes instead of syphilis, fuck you and your shit taste.

And yes, I played it when it came out, and it was complete shit. In fact the only reason it's remembered today is because the Genesis was an otherwise well liked system and this was about all there was to play at first on the thing. Of course every used game shop had a million cheap copies to push off on unsuspecting mothers.

There were, no joke, AT LEAST 500 NES games that were out at the time and were better. If you're going to compare this to cinematic garbage, then it better be some cell phone game, and even then anybody with a brain would still rather play Monument Valley than this garbage.

>> No.4836980

Welcome to your doom!
Tiger, best form

>> No.4837039

>>4826213
This may be a shitpost and completely untrue but when this game dropped it was pretty damn impressive to see these graphics on a home console.

>> No.4837052

>>4836953
>I have no idea why people will defend one of the worst games of its time
Thread unrelated

>> No.4837117

>>4836953
>And yes, I played it when it came out, and it was complete shit. In fact the only reason it's remembered today is because the Genesis was...
Yeah, I was talking about the arcade. Now go "play" Heavy Rain

>> No.4837119

>>4837052
based.

>> No.4837765

Guys I am going to beat this game I swear

>> No.4837981

>317-0078.c2 (4096 bytes) not found.
What am I doing wrong?

>> No.4838005

>>4837981
Your rom is not compatible with your MAME version. Download that file and add it to your zip.

>> No.4838021

>>4837981
Altered Beast set 2 works for me.

http://www.theisozone.com/downloads/retro/mame/altered-beast-set-2-mc-8123b-317-0066/

>> No.4838041

>>4838021
works great, thank you

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>>4838041
Glad I could help friend.

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>>4826213
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYgTg8ltWPE

>> No.4838432

>>4826213
the funny part is if you put it in 3D, gave it current high-end graphics, made the difficulty laughable, and padded it out with a hollywood-wannabe story and hours of cutscenes, it could probably win GOTY.

>> No.4838459

>>4838432
>the funny part is if you make it another game so it can be modern crap, it could probably win GOTY.

>> No.4838495

>>4836953
You're retarded.

>> No.4838876

>>4827142

You don't have to beat the game to meet the judges. You just have to die.

>> No.4839249

>>4826213

https://youtu.be/fPvRI7FS9KI