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I know you like that autopilot wonder...
Axelay on Super Nintendo
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Yeah. They're good with cocktail sauce.
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Oh man, oh man, you must be talking about Shrumpmajou Douchetsu Nooboraiken...you know, Super Famicom's finest hour...the best ever!!! Or as known in the US The Adventures of Dr. Fellanxious!
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Heh, I didn't know about the game and was glad to try it out. Read tons of posts, don't need you calling me a fool. Thanks.
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You should definitely try some Phallanx and Thunder Spirits, make it a must, enjoy! Oh, oh, get Metal Black for the Saturn, worth every penny!...and if you like light gun games get Death Crimsom, you're gonna love it!
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You forgot r-type as well electricgrave the definitive home console version closest you'll get to playing it outside of an arcade, slowdown my arse, can't understand why people think the snes ain't a shooters paradise with these classics.
I love the box art with phallanx as well, that old boy with the banjo just screams this is a shooter to me, great choice, and fantastic work by the publisher...
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If you don't like Phalanx on SNES, get a copy of Zero Divide on PS1. Tiny Phalanx is very good.
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I liked the game back in the day, only shmup on the Snes with a (hidden) tate mode !
It's definitely one of the best Shooters on the SNES, I'd personally put it in my top 3 along with Space Megaforce/Super Alesete and Aero Fighters/Sonic Wings. Presentation wise I'd put this game at number 1, with incredible art direction and the absolute best soundtrack of all the SNES shmups. The final stage is one of my favorites in ANY game. The entire progression from annihilating the enemy fleet and venturing deeper into the mothership to exact revenge on the aliens is pretty intense, especially on the higher difficulties.
Here's a shameless plug of the run I did a while back:
Here's a shameless plug of the run I did a while back:
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Hahah that's what I thought .
Got that for one for Christmas the year it came out. On my snes top10
Music
Level design
Enemies
Weapons
Shmup making 101/right there
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I'm british andsuchisdeath, we're reserved, polite and above all don't like to blow our own trumpets, and hate cheats
cought MUTEKI cought...
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Awesome game. Played it alot back in the day when it was released. Still own it CIB.
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I never did understand why that was on Zero Divide...cool that they managed to get the game out somehow though!
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Same developer, 株式会社ズーム a.k.a. ZOOM Inc. They also did Genocide, well, not literally of course.
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I first played this in 2003, extremely late, I know.
I'll never forget how off-putting those first stage graphics were, the way they bent at the bottom edge of the screen. Terrible first level.
Second level was better. ED-209 boss was cool.
Everything else is a blur.
I mean, Axelay is OK. I got to experience it 10 years later, without nostalgia goggles and with a lot of hype as 'the best SNES shooter'. So I was a bit let down.
Music is memorable apparently because for some reason the music is playing in my head as I've been reading this thread.
edit: also if someone in real life told me Super Castlevania IV or Axelay or any other Konami game was a Treasure game I'd pull a Buzz Aldrin and sock em right in the kisser.
I'll never forget how off-putting those first stage graphics were, the way they bent at the bottom edge of the screen. Terrible first level.
Second level was better. ED-209 boss was cool.
Everything else is a blur.
I mean, Axelay is OK. I got to experience it 10 years later, without nostalgia goggles and with a lot of hype as 'the best SNES shooter'. So I was a bit let down.
Music is memorable apparently because for some reason the music is playing in my head as I've been reading this thread.
edit: also if someone in real life told me Super Castlevania IV or Axelay or any other Konami game was a Treasure game I'd pull a Buzz Aldrin and sock em right in the kisser.
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Ax is an extremely specific game, so I totally share your feelings. Maybe it would have been a better jump'n shoot? It's certainly more the Alien Wars Konami here, than the Gradius one. Contra III had also those Mode7 propaganda, but used in a more conservative way and only in two minor levels. Axelay has three of them and they are given a substantial weight throughout the whole game.
It's still a perfect console shooter, alas, it rather dazzles an arcade veteran, than makes him scream for more. It's still way better than Philosoma, another specimen, but not as good as the buttoned-down Radiant Silvergun, where they experimented with everything, just not the viewpoint/perspective. Lucky us.
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You just had to bring up some RPGs 'cause god forbid any given thread doesn't have a RPG in it, god damn RPGs...
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What is your favourite snes rpg? For me it's Axelay.