From: rauser@fraser.sfu.ca (Richard John Rauser)
Subject: I've Been to the Mountain!
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 10:08:34 GMT



    ...and come back with the realization that other than Street Fighter II,
there isn't a lot of stuff I'm dying to buy for the SNES! Wonder if I'm the
only one out there with this dilemma...probably not. Super Ghouls n' Ghosts
would be good save two reasons: (1) horrible slowdown and (2) you have to   
play every level TWICE to complete the game! Yuck. Well, at least EGM's
1993 preview guide gave me lots of hope for the future...tons of great
SNES stuff coming out by the end of the year.       

    The big one I'm dreaming about right now is...(guess! No, not King Salmon)
Sonic 2! I've heard split screen, I've heard two player simultaneous, I've
heard 16 Meg, I've heard there's a "race" mode where Sonic and Twotails
see who can finish the level first, I've heard more software scaling and
rotation...mega nifty stuff! World-wide release in early November...sorry,
grey importers! This is one cart that I believe will be as hard to get
ahold of as Street Fighter II...and probably just as fun!

      Is it just me, or is Genesis third party support getting very lame?
Flying Edge is producing wonderful gems like Bart vs. the Space Mutants
and Ferrari Grand Prix, games so horrible even EGM hated them! Looks like
a ton of great stuff is coming out for the Sega CD, though...I'm very
curious to see how that baby sells when they release it this fall...
Wonderdog from JVC looks very HOT, hope to see that one out too! I guess
for this Christmas it's going to boil down to Sega CD vs. Street Fighter II...
unless Nintendo can put something on the shelves that will really snatch
attention from the Sega CD...sorry Nintendo, but Wheel of Fortune and
the Super Scope 6 just aren't going to cut it!

      The cartoon-to-video game craze is catching on and it couldn't be a
moment too soon! Look for Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck to star in World
of Illusion, a two player simultaneous for the Genesis...Fred Flintstone
and Chester Cheetah are coming to the Geni also, as is Wonderdog on CD.
SNES fans like myself will be rejoicing at Mickey in his own SNES adventure,
as well as Widget, Toxic Crusaders, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Ren and Stimpy,
and of course, Cool World, which is also coming to the Sega CD. 

     With all the games coming out for the SNES that have "super" tacked
on to the title, what on Earth will they call Superman (which is also coming
to the Genesis)...wouldn't surprise me if they went for "Super Superman"...
it wouldn't be any worse than "Super Star Wars" which is already a reality.

     Just when you thought you had seen the most nauseating blatant 
advertising duo with the tacky "MC Kids" trash on NES, it's coming to the
Genesis...the little McDonalds dorks are even more annoying, because
the upcoming Genesis title has an environmental theme. That's right, folks...
as the McDonalds propaganda duo you run through the various levels and
battle environmental destruction. King Salmon is starting to look pretty
good, isn't it? 

     Wouldn't it be fun to buy a Gamate and then run over it with your
car? Just a thought...

     Come to think it of, I wouldn't mind doing the same to a Neo Geo,
provided I had that much money to kick around. Okay, let's all have a laugh...
repeat after me: "FATAL FURY RULES!" Hee hee hee! Good one, eh?

    I'm very curious to see what NEC does with "Fighting Streets II". I mean,
I like the Turbo as much as the next guy, but it really doesn't have the
hardware to produce a good SF2 translation, even on CD...but we'll see...

    Speaking of hardware and SF2, here's a question I humbly throw out
to you netters: does the Genesis have the hardware capabilities to handle
an SF2 translation equal to the SNES version? Don't ask me, I only post
here...

     Sega's Menacer is sooooo stupid. I mean, they refuse to come out
with an SF2 killer, but they're anxious to come up with a match for the
Super Scope 6. Sega...Nintendo...hear  me now...NOBODY BUYS THOSE DORKY
LIGHT GUNS. Sigh, pant, pant. Had to get that off my chest.

     Does anybody have any idea how Smash TV for the Genesis is going 
to be controlled? You need to be able to shoot in all directions AND
move in all directions at the same time...Geni doesn't have the buttons!
Also, I saw the coolest six button Genesis pad in a British mag the 
other day...PERFECT pad for SF2...hmmmm...

    Well, I guess I'll be politically correct this week and won't say
anything nasty about the Lynx...that's one machine you can't slam on 
*this* newsgroup...unless you don't mind receiving letter bombs and 
the like...but I just HAVE to say it! I played Batman Returns the other
day and...well...let's just say that I'm not exactly drooling to play
the Lynx (or any handheld) again.

     Well, between the scorching summer heat and end of semester papers
I'm in a foul mood...gotta fly (in the words of the Penguin)...



--
Richard J. Rauser    "Sonic 2!"
rauser@sfu.ca            -what Guile says
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