From: buffa@delos.inria.fr (Michel Buffa)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: SNES SHOOTERS REAL BEST-OF LIST!
Date: 1 Sep 92 08:19:04 GMT
Reply-To: buffa@sophia.inria.fr
Organization: Inria Sofia Antipolis

In article <1992Aug31.213730.12426@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, brackney@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Larry J Brackney) writes:
|>    First, let's all calm down and take a deep breath.  The original poster
|> specifically requested SNES shooter recommendations - not SFAMI games.  Not
|> everyone has access to imports, or wants them either.  Many of the follow-ups
|> were recommendations for UN Squadron, a really great shooter IMHO.  Sure,
|> it's not the best, but anybody can get a copy easily.  Now the individual
|> comments...


WHY ? Adapters exist and many shooters are all in English, even the Japanese
versions. I much prefer a more expensive top game than an american at normal
price just good.

|> >1?) To come: AXELEY. I saw a preview. WOW! WOW! WOW! I bet my dollards on that
|> >one! A Konami game can't be bad. And reviews in magazines said it's the best
|> >shooter with Super Aleste.
|> 
|>    Axelay has some really nice Mode 7 effects, but I'm a bit concerned about
|> the length of the game.  I've heard it's a bit on the easy side.  btw - As
|> I recall, Konami only bought the rights to Axelay.  Anybody know who programmed
|> it?

I don't know who programmed it. It has 6 levels, 3 levels of difficulty and
level 6 is quiete hard. But I only tested a preview. What I can say is that
it's got the best graphics of all the shooters, has some vertical scrolling
(with mode 7 effects for the background) levels and some horizontal ones.
Level 4 is incredibly nice, an horizontal level but the scroll is also 2 or 3
screen high, half water (with sinus effects) and half air. It's in caverns,
and there is echo on the sound effects. I love it. In the preversion levels 5
and 6 were not completely debugged and the difficulty level was not very well
set. But it's not the kind of game you'll complete easily without cheat modes
or select level option.

|> >1) Super Aleste by TOHO. No slowdowns. Thousands of sprites on screen. Perfect
|> >playability. Zooming and rotating effects of background bitmaps + ennemies in
|> >seome levels. This is a vertical shooter by the authors of Gunhead on the NEC
|> >PC engine. The first shooter on the SNES with lots of animated objects,
|> >multiparallax scrolling and NO SLOWDOWNS! And a top game! Same quality as real
|> >arcade games. 12 levels, 6 difficulty levels, really a lot of fun with arcade
|> >quality.
|> 
|>    This one will be released as Space Megaforce over here eventually, and
|> has some innovative features.  I particularly liked level two with the
|> space platform that attacks you from a distance.  Neat Mode 7 stuff.
|> This one seemed to have a bit more staying power than Axelay.

Well, I don't know. I have completed Super Aleste in a week at level normal.
It's a top game too. Why wait for the american version. The japanese one is
all in English and it's available now. Buy it! It's 1000 times better than Un
Squadron.

|> >Thunder Spirits: the SNES adaptation of Thunderforce III from the genesis.
|> >There are slowdowns but it's not a bad game. Less good than the genesis
|> >version. Worth trying but not buying.
|> 
|>    This one was a PALE immitation of the Sega classic.  The game controls
|> horribly, and lacks rapid fire.  (Or did I just miss it?)  It looks about
|> the same, but feels like a completely different (bad) game.

Yes, you missed it. Press on A and at the same time on START for the option
menu. It's the same as on the genesis. Select EASY mode and AUTOFIRE. Then the
game is very playable.


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