Really? I saw Ikari Warriors a lot, along with its sequels Victory Road and Ikari 3.
Konami had some really rare stuff in Game Room. Most of it I had never heard of either!
I don't really remember Sky Shark, or it didn't stand out to me, but then, a lot of vertically scrolling shooters just kind of mush together for me. I do remember Ikari Warriors, though. I saw it everywhere. In the arcades, on the NES, and a neighbor friend and I played it a lot on the PC. I played it again recently and it wasn't as good as I remembered it. SNK games were very prominent where I live for some reason. The characters in Ikari Warriors are still being used today in games like Metal Slug and KOF!
My friend and I rented the NES version. A while later we saw the arcade one only once and noted it was different than the NES one. And that's all I remember. Tecmo made a 3-D Rygar game on the PS2. It was kind of fun, but most of what you did was smash Greek buildings, so it made me think of Rampage.
I've been playing Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright. Yesterday I just got my copy of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call, so I'll be playing that soon, too.
I never played this, but then, I didn't get a NES right away. Super Mario Bros. was all right, but I was perfectly happy playing Pengo on my Atari 5200. I didn't get a NES until Zelda came out. Only racing game I had for the NES was Rad Racer, one of the few games I could get my dad to play. It wasn't that great either. Maybe better than Mach Rider, though.
I remember seeing 1942 EVERYWHERE in arcades back then. Even our church had a 1942 machine in the Youth area many years later! I appreciate the simplicity of it, but other than that I don't like it that much. 1943 on the other hand, is one of my all time favorite shootes. Even the NES version is good!
Let's see if I can post a really cool picture. Here goes:
Playing: Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright (3DS)
Watching: Too Cute on Animal Planet
Reading: Your blog. Go read mine.
Eating: Last night at a party we grilled pork chops and bratwurst.
--Cary
Surprisingly, the one on Game Boy Color is a direct port of the arcade game, just scaled back cleverly for the limited GBC hardware!
This game was more fun to watch than to play, thanks to Don Bluth's animation. He also did Space Ace. Dragon's Lair was a big deal in the arcades, though, as there wasn't anything like it at the time. I never liked the laserdisc games, though. Except Time Gal was amusing for some reason.
I would say I never played this since I never had a Genesis as a kid, but even if I had a Genesis back then, I still probably wouldn't have played this if it was only on the SEGA Channel. I don't know anyone who was able to utiliize that thing.
It's a shame, though, as there were a lot of cool things on the SEGA Channel I hear. Like Mega Man: The Wily Wars and a new Pengo game!
Have you ever played Drill Dozer on GBA? That was another 2-D platformer by GameFreak, and it was pretty slick, too.
