Oh yeah, I knew about Puchi Charat already. A cute puzzle game with colorful characters with combined gameplay elements from two of my favorite Taito games (Arkanoid and Puzzle Bobble)? Yeah I was familiar with Puchi Charat long before Taito Legends came along.
Speaking of Arkanoid, one cool thing about Arkanoid DS is that you can edit the look of your flipper and blocks to make the game look like Puchi Charat!
Chack N Pop is actually the predecessor to Bubble Bobble. Some of the same enemies appear in both games.
I love Cleopatra Fortune. The music is so infectious. The main character in that game also shows up in Puchi Charat, another Taito game that's like a cross between Arkanoid and Puzzle Bobble.
Never really was into Crazy Balloon or Front Line.
I love G-Darius and Darius Gaiden. They're so weird and unique. I love the music, too. One of my favorite video game tunes is actually from a Darius game. It's the very first level of the original Darius. Do a YouTube search for "Captain Neo" and you can hear it.
Have you played Taito's Metal Black yet? It's also a shooter on Taito Legends 2, and it was originally supposed to be a Darius game. It has that same unique feel to it.
I also like Don Doko Don, but I enjoy any single screen maze type game.
Dungeon Magic is cool, too. I always picked the green elf lady.
My brother Jeff loves Elevator Action Returns.
When I was little I saw Alpine Ski in nearly every arcade, but I never really liked it.
I enjoyed playing that Arabian beat 'em up game on Taito Legends 2. It had a neat theme and fun characters.
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo is WAY better than Columns!
Balloon Bomber isn't that great, but there are some neat advanced strategies to playing the game and getting a high score, though.
Bonze Adventure isn't that great, but i do like all the Yokai themes in it.
Bust-A-Move is one of my all time favorite puzzle games. In fact, I just wrote a review of one of them. I hate the name Bust-A-Move, though. i wish they would've just kept the original name: Puzzle Bobble. Anyway, here's that review:
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2014/05/19/bust-a-move-4-ps3/
I also love Cameltry. It's also known as On the Ball in the US.
Comix Zone was cool and way ahead of its time, but also way too hard.
I didn't play it when it came out, because I was just a poor college student at the time. Years later I did try it and didn't really get into it, but that's mainly because I'm not a huge Castlevania fan and darker games like this don't lure me in as much. I wish they would make a Kid Dracula game that plays like Symphony of the Night, though. Both games star Alucard, so why not? :)
Feel free to go read my blog if you get bored. :)
I bet it is fun to play in co-op. it's not a triple A five star game, but it's still mindless fun.
At least the title is descriptive.
I agree with you about PS+. That's why I don't use it. Plus most of the free games I don't have as much interest in anyway, nor do I have time to play them all. :)
That may be true, but what's the point of getting a game console if there are no games on it you want to play? If only Sony would make Loco Roco 3...
Even though I wrote a whole blog about them, I really don't play golf games THAT much.
