{"id":16658,"date":"2017-07-18T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T00:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=16658"},"modified":"2017-07-05T16:59:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T16:59:34","slug":"retro-bit-generations-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/18\/retro-bit-generations-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro-Bit Generations: Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Lots of Capcom goodies in this second part of my look at all the games in the Retro-Bit Generations console.\u00a0 Highlights include Captain Commando, NES Commando, Exed Exes, Forgotten Worlds, Ghouls N Ghosts, Super Ghouls N Ghosts, Gun.Smoke, and many more!<\/p>\n

Broken Circle<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an original new 16-bit RPG from Piko Interactive.\u00a0 The main problem is the turn based battles aren\u2019t very much fun.<\/p>\n

Captain Commando<\/strong><\/p>\n

Was there a SNES version of Captain Commando?\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking there was, but I\u2019m not totally sure.\u00a0 Anyway, what\u2019s on here is the arcade version, they even start with the RAM and ROM check like most arcade games do when you turn them on.\u00a0 For one of Capcom\u2019s earlier beat \u2018em ups, I always found this game rather imaginative and fun, and it\u2019s one of my favorites.\u00a0 One of the characters you can play as is a baby driving a giant mech (named Baby Head).\u00a0 That was who I always picked.\u00a0 You can also hop in even bigger mechs, so if you are playing as Baby Head, you can be a baby driving a mech, that\u2019s driving an even bigger mech!\u00a0 At any rate, this is one of my favorite games on this console.<\/p>\n

City Connection<\/strong><\/p>\n

I rented this on the NES back in the day.\u00a0 I think it was in arcades, too.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t very good, but I was always drawn to this game anyway.\u00a0 You drive a van in a side scrolling area and must drive on all the roads while avoiding police cars and cats.\u00a0 In Japan, the driver of the van is a blue haired lady, but they changed it to be a guy in the US.<\/p>\n

Commando<\/strong><\/p>\n

This Capcom arcade classic is a military themed vertically scrolling shooter.\u00a0 It was also on the NES, which is the version found here.\u00a0 Oddly enough, it\u2019s the only Capcom NES game on here that has all the music, I think.\u00a0 I never liked this game as it was very hard and the enemies can outrun your bullets.\u00a0 I always found SNK\u2019s Ikari Warriors more memorable, although as a game it really wasn\u2019t that much better.<\/p>\n

Corn Buster<\/strong><\/p>\n

OK this Piko Interactive original is just WEIRD!\u00a0 You play as Globey the dragon, who in the intro is dreaming of his favorite breakfast \u201cCerial\u201d as the game calls it.\u00a0 I also have to mention that the picture of Globey sleeping in his bedroom, it shows he has a poster on the wall that says \u201cASS\u201d on it.\u00a0 So when he wakes up to have breakfast, he notices all his corn flakes have been stolen!\u00a0 In fact, all the world\u2019s corn has been stolen!\u00a0 So then it shows a picture of Globey\u2019s buff chest, him putting a knife in his boot, a bandana on his head, and pink masquerade sunglasses on!\u00a0 Now what kind of game do you think this would be with that crazy intro?\u00a0 Well, it\u2019s a BreakOut clone!\u00a0 You control two paddles, one that stays on the bottom of the screen and one you can move up and down.\u00a0 You try to get the ball as high as you can in a vertically scrolling passage.\u00a0 Kind of reminds me of Devilish.\u00a0 And this part of the game looks like it has nothing to do with the intro!\u00a0 I don\u2019t know what they were smoking when they made this!<\/p>\n

Creepy Bird<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just a clone of Flappy Bird with a horror theme.\u00a0 The controls make it impossible to play, though.\u00a0 But that\u2019s OK since Flappy Bird wasn\u2019t that great of a game anyway.<\/p>\n

Dorke N Ymp<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure if this an old game or a new one, but in this 16-bit side scrolling platformer, you play as a goblin who has a fat flying red demon by his side.\u00a0 You can jump and have the demon fire projectiles to hit enemies.\u00a0 The animation is so choppy that it\u2019s hard to play, and it just reminds me of all those awful me-too Sonic clones that came out back in the 90\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Escape From Atlantis<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this crappy NES game, you play as a guy with a beard as you run around in an overhead perspective in an ancient Greek setting.\u00a0 Eventually a ball of fire from a volcano will hit you, and then you\u2019ll be sent to a graveyard level where you must collect hearts while avoiding the Grim Reaper.\u00a0 The game stopped being fun at this point so I don\u2019t know what happens after that.<\/p>\n

Esper Corps<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think this Jaleco Famicom game ever made it to the US, as everything in this game is Japanese.\u00a0 You run around 2-D side scrolling maze areas and can jump REALLY high.\u00a0 Like Legend of Kage or Mighty Bomb Jack high.\u00a0 You also wield a hammer which you can use to defeat silly enemies like googly eyed vacuum cleaners, beds, sun hats, etc.\u00a0 But since the game was all in Japanese I didn\u2019t know what I was supposed to be doing or where I should go.<\/p>\n

Exed Exes<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was one of Capcom\u2019s very first games, and it was a vertically scrolling 2-D shooter.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know there was a NES version, but that\u2019s what this is.\u00a0 It\u2019s incredibly choppy and not much fun, though.<\/p>\n

Exerion<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is another 2-D shooter, this time from Jaleco.\u00a0 They do some graphical effects to make it look like you\u2019re flying forward but it\u2019s really just another 2-D vertical shooter.<\/p>\n

Field Combat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another Jaleco 2-D vertically scrolling shooter.\u00a0 This time you\u2019re a UFO with a radar antenna on top.\u00a0 You can shoot missiles at people below, but they\u2019ll get right back up after a second.\u00a0 So before they do, you must push the other button that fires a Galaga-like beam that makes them run away.\u00a0 And that\u2019s all I could figure out from this one.<\/p>\n

Forgotten Worlds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another Capcom arcade classic.\u00a0 You play as one of two guys who fly around on jetpacks and shoot dragons and stuff.\u00a0 A lot of Capcom staples appeared in this game.\u00a0 Sylphy the shopkeeper also appeared in other games like Namco X Capcom and Card Fighters Clash, and I believe this was the first game that started using Capcom\u2019s form of currency they use in lot of their games, from Mega Man Legends to Zack and Wiki.\u00a0 And that would be Zenny.<\/p>\n

Formation Z<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a NES side scrolling shooter where you play as a mech that can change into an airplane.\u00a0 As a mech you are too slow to avoid anything, and as a plane you move too fast!<\/p>\n

Fortified Zone, Ikari no Yousai 2, and Operation Logic Bomb<\/strong><\/p>\n

If there is one good thing about this console, it\u2019s that it\u2019s helping me learn more about Jaleco game series.\u00a0 All these games are from the same series.\u00a0 Fortified Zone is a Game Boy game that kind of reminds me of 2-D Metal Gear without the stealth.\u00a0 You can switch between a military guy and a military woman as you run around mazes shooting bad guys.\u00a0 The Japan only sequel seems like more of the same.\u00a0 It\u2019s another GB title, too.\u00a0 The graphics and music are better, but the sprites aren\u2019t as detailed as in the first.\u00a0 Operation Logic Bomb doesn\u2019t seem related to these games at all, as you play as one guy fighting robots from another dimension.\u00a0 But the gameplay is the same so it\u2019s part of the same series.\u00a0 Not really my cup of tea, but they aren\u2019t bad games at all.<\/p>\n

Free Fall<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this weird 8-bit game, you control a hand on the bottom of the screen and can move it left and right.\u00a0 You press one button to open the hand and catch falling people.\u00a0 Then you can press another button to throw them up into a moving pipe, for points.\u00a0 And that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

Gadget Twins<\/strong><\/p>\n

So when I tried to start this game, it said \u201cInvalid File Format.\u201d\u00a0 I guess every one of these ripoff multi-console knock offs has to have one game that doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

Ghouls N Ghosts<\/strong><\/p>\n

I thought this would be the SEGA Genesis version, but it\u2019s actually the arcade game.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good game, but I\u2019m not a big fan of the series because it\u2019s so hard.<\/p>\n

Super Ghouls N Ghosts<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the SNES game.\u00a0 I rented it once.\u00a0 I do like the music and style of the game, but like the others, it\u2019s just too hard to be any fun.<\/p>\n

Gun.Smoke<\/strong><\/p>\n

I rented this game a bunch on the NES, and it\u2019s one of my favorite Capcom NES shooters.\u00a0 While most vertically scrolling shooters have you play as a spaceship or airplane, in this one you are a cowboy in a western setting, so I thought that was kind of cool.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this is one of those Capcom NES games that this console can\u2019t play all the music of, and that was one of my favorite parts of the game is the music.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all for now!\u00a0 Come back tomorrow for more games in Part 3!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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