Capcpom Chrornicles ~ # 1~
Beat this in one sitting as Haggar (because that is the only character in the game). It's insane how much it kicks the ass out of not just any SNES Final Fight game but pretty much every belt scroller on the console I've played.
Is that fair to say given that the original Final Fight port was an early SNES title when people were still figuring out how to really make games for it that just weren't prettier version of NES games that played worse than NES games in the series cough Konami cough Gradius III cough Castlevania IV cough vs. a very late NES release when the developers that stuck around were coming close to getting the best that they could out of the system? Hell no.
The NES follows the original SNES port having only three sprites on screen at a time meaning there are still only two enemies max on screen at a time. While that was fixed in Final Fight 3 to have a whopping four sprites on screen with three enemies, the main appeal of the arcade Final Fight was its crowd control oriented combat. No matter which way you cut it, the SNES games failed on all aspects due to trying to stick with that despite technical limitations. For this one the entire combat system is redesigned from scratch based on that making its combat system feel engaged instead of separated from the game its in. These bosses are among the best I've seen in a belt scroller and it's on an non-arcade port made for NES game.
Like most late NES games, its graphics and music are remarkable as developers really understood the ins and outs of the hardware and could do things thought impossible back in the 80s. I can see this slowly become one of my favourite OSTs as I have been humming the tunes all day during work. For a Capcom NES game that is saying a lot since the competition among their titles is not easy. I really appreciate that its not just 8-bit remixes of the arcade's OST. I'm sure that would have sufficed many people, myself included, but now I can comfortably say that "Metro City Slums is one of my favourite Capcom compositions" for two different compositions.
It's only by freak chance that I was able to get this for a price that isn't highway robbery but I am glad I did. I'm not saying you should emulate it, but if you won't tell I won't. An absolute classic that like the arcade original begs to be played multiple times to really master it and solidifies why Capcom is a strong contender for "objective best 3rd Party NES Developer" (as stupid as "objectivity" in gaming is), at the very least it helps solidify them as my favourite developer of all time despite its ups and many many many downs the last two generations. While not as good as the arcade original obviously it's easily the second best game in the series for me.
Beat this in one sitting as Haggar (because that is the only character in the game). It's insane how much it kicks the ass out of not just any SNES Final Fight game but pretty much every belt scroller on the console I've played.
Is that fair to say given that the original Final Fight port was an early SNES title when people were still figuring out how to really make games for it that just weren't prettier version of NES games that played worse than NES games in the series cough Konami cough Gradius III cough Castlevania IV cough vs. a very late NES release when the developers that stuck around were coming close to getting the best that they could out of the system? Hell no.
The NES follows the original SNES port having only three sprites on screen at a time meaning there are still only two enemies max on screen at a time. While that was fixed in Final Fight 3 to have a whopping four sprites on screen with three enemies, the main appeal of the arcade Final Fight was its crowd control oriented combat. No matter which way you cut it, the SNES games failed on all aspects due to trying to stick with that despite technical limitations. For this one the entire combat system is redesigned from scratch based on that making its combat system feel engaged instead of separated from the game its in. These bosses are among the best I've seen in a belt scroller and it's on an non-arcade port made for NES game.
Like most late NES games, its graphics and music are remarkable as developers really understood the ins and outs of the hardware and could do things thought impossible back in the 80s. I can see this slowly become one of my favourite OSTs as I have been humming the tunes all day during work. For a Capcom NES game that is saying a lot since the competition among their titles is not easy. I really appreciate that its not just 8-bit remixes of the arcade's OST. I'm sure that would have sufficed many people, myself included, but now I can comfortably say that "Metro City Slums is one of my favourite Capcom compositions" for two different compositions.
It's only by freak chance that I was able to get this for a price that isn't highway robbery but I am glad I did. I'm not saying you should emulate it, but if you won't tell I won't. An absolute classic that like the arcade original begs to be played multiple times to really master it and solidifies why Capcom is a strong contender for "objective best 3rd Party NES Developer" (as stupid as "objectivity" in gaming is), at the very least it helps solidify them as my favourite developer of all time despite its ups and many many many downs the last two generations. While not as good as the arcade original obviously it's easily the second best game in the series for me.
Reddish
1 year ago