Cleared on April 29th, 2023 (SEGA Genesis Challenge: 10/160)
This game enrages me because the base game itself is actually really fun. I'd say at least 3 stars, 3.5 or even 4. But this port is atrocious. It never dawned on me how bad it truly was until I got to the third boss which revealed to me the inconsistent frame rate this game had with constant slowdown. Oh and the final boss is just as bad.
I would just play the Arcade version, but I couldn't figure out how to make it work with a gamepad on browser or setup an Arcade Emulator. If you can get your hands on the Arcade version, just play that. Alternatively, I heard the PS1 version is fine too although the music is different from the Arcade version, but from what I listened to, it seems serviceable. Maybe when I get around to it in my eventual Playstation 1 challenge, or somehow find a way to play the Arcade port with controllers, then I'll do a review on this game proper.
The one positive thing that I can say is that they were classy enough to give unlimited continues because something tells me they knew this game was going to be a slog.
This game enrages me because the base game itself is actually really fun. I'd say at least 3 stars, 3.5 or even 4. But this port is atrocious. It never dawned on me how bad it truly was until I got to the third boss which revealed to me the inconsistent frame rate this game had with constant slowdown. Oh and the final boss is just as bad.
I would just play the Arcade version, but I couldn't figure out how to make it work with a gamepad on browser or setup an Arcade Emulator. If you can get your hands on the Arcade version, just play that. Alternatively, I heard the PS1 version is fine too although the music is different from the Arcade version, but from what I listened to, it seems serviceable. Maybe when I get around to it in my eventual Playstation 1 challenge, or somehow find a way to play the Arcade port with controllers, then I'll do a review on this game proper.
The one positive thing that I can say is that they were classy enough to give unlimited continues because something tells me they knew this game was going to be a slog.