Kendrick Kerwin Chua

"Suffer! Just like 'G' did!"

Gundam 0079 Side Story (DC) - I never did become a proper Gundam fan.
There are giant robots, and a unique science fiction technology that
explains how to power them, and one of the recent shows has an interesting
Arab protagonist, but I don't have the correct ratio of youth-to-patience
to become a devotee. So I'm sure the reason I own the game is because I
was indiscriminately buying every Dreamcast release at the time, as
opposed to it having any genunine appeal to me. It's got a cockpit view of
the combat action and lots of creaking, stomping footfalls. I remember
from playing for ten minutes or so that it reminded me pleasantly of the
Iron Soldier series.

Geist (GC) - Some sort of horror survival game? I seem to recall ghostly
posession and telekinesis. I don't know that I've actually ever popped the
disk into the 'Cube, but I do remember that I picked up the game for cheap
in one of the absurd Toys R Us sales that they used to have.

Galahad (MD) - Beware of your own game prejudices. I saw medieval armour
and an Arthurian character and assumed that it was an RPG, but it turned
out to be a horrible, horrible platformers. I've only played 90 seconds of
it, literally.

Gain Ground (MD) - I've only ever played the first 30 seconds of a round.
I've tried it about five times, and then something important has happened
to draw my attention away. So I'm superstitiously afraid ever to get into
the game properly. I know it's some sort of arcade RTS hybrid but I
couldn't begin to tell you how to play it properly.

-KKC, who didn't get quite enough sleep.
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deKay

On Tue, 17 Jan 2012, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:

> Geist (GC) - Some sort of horror survival game? I seem to recall ghostly
> posession and telekinesis. I don't know that I've actually ever popped the
> disk into the 'Cube, but I do remember that I picked up the game for cheap
> in one of the absurd Toys R Us sales that they used to have.

I have this, but never played it. It took a hundred years to come out and
was basically the same game as Messiah which came out a few years
previous.

> Galahad (MD) - Beware of your own game prejudices. I saw medieval armour
> and an Arthurian character and assumed that it was an RPG, but it turned
> out to be a horrible, horrible platformers. I've only played 90 seconds of
> it, literally.

MD port of Leander on the Amiga. It was pretty good. Aces Lemmings cameo
level.

deKay
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Toby Newman

On 2012-01-17, Kendrick Kerwin Chua <kendrick@nospam.io-nyc> wrote:
>
> "Suffer! Just like 'G' did!"

I thought it was "Suffer like G did!". Whatever.

Not many Gs! Had to really scrape the barrel to think of these:

Gazza's Superstar Soccer (ST)
Can't say I'm too upset to have let this one go past.

G Police (PS1)
I remember a lot of hype about this but from the brief go I had on a
pod in HMV it seemed really bad.

Gooch World Class Cricket (ST)
Had a demo of this on a coverdisk and actually used to quite enjoy
playing it.
The graphics had a nice, chunky, console feel to them:
http://www.cricketgames.com/games/co...cc/ggwcc-1.gif
Never played the full game, though.

Gunstar Heroes (Genesis)
I have this installed on my phone but haven't got around to trying it
yet.

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WCZ

>
> G Police (PS1)
> I remember a lot of hype about this but from the brief go I had on a
> pod in HMV it seemed really bad.
>

I remember getting this as a freebie with a Voodoo Graphics card (it might
have been a Voodoo 3 card). Don't remember playing it much but I do
remember it being very pretty.

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Toby Newman

On 2012-01-17, WCZ <dav123@willnotwork.com> wrote:
>>
>> G Police (PS1)
>> I remember a lot of hype about this but from the brief go I had on a
>> pod in HMV it seemed really bad.
>
> I remember getting this as a freebie with a Voodoo Graphics card (it might
> have been a Voodoo 3 card). Don't remember playing it much but I do
> remember it being very pretty.

I can imagine it would have looked nice on a Voodoo 3. On a PS1 it was
all big polygons, low res textures, no texture filtering, and low FPS.

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jochta

On 17/01/2012 08:02, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
> "Suffer! Just like 'G' did!"
>

An uncompleted 360 game...

GTAIV (360) - Got a little way into this and then drifted off onto other
games. It's OK.

Which leads me on to...

GTA: Vice City (PS2) - I own this but have never played it.
GTA: San Andreas (PS2) - I don't think I own this and haven't played it.

Other mentions...

Ghostbusters (360) - Liked the demo. Waited for it to be cheap. Didn't
bother buying it when it was.

Grandia II (DC) - The first is one of my all time favourite games. I've
started the sequel several times but never got into it for some reason.
Unless it's on another platform now it's unlikely I will return to it.

I have most of the Guitar Hero games but I've never played...

GH: Aerosmith or GH: Van Halen (360) - Mostly because I don't
particularly like either of the bands and the price charged at time of
release was silly.


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WCZ

>
> Ghostbusters (360) - Liked the demo. Waited for it to be cheap. Didn't
> bother buying it when it was.
>

I never played this either as it never got down to the £9.99 bargain I was
waiting for. Just checked gamestracker though and Amazon have a used (like
new allegedly) copy for £7.60 so I have purchased. In 2014 I'll report back
on what its like.

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WCZ

Kendrick Kerwin Chua

In article <8ScRq.126343$mY.91767@unlimited.newshosting.com >,
jochta <usenet@ugvm.com> wrote:
>On 17/01/2012 08:02, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>> "Suffer! Just like 'G' did!"
>>
>
>Grandia II (DC) - The first is one of my all time favourite games. I've
>started the sequel several times but never got into it for some reason.
>Unless it's on another platform now it's unlikely I will return to it.

It's totally worth your time to go back to it if you have the Dreamcast
plugged in somewhere still. It doesn't transcend or subvert any of the
JRPG tropes, but it presents them so earnestly and without any irony. It's
a thoroughly pleasant game, and everything about it is incredibly upbeat
and fun. There is a PS2 port, but it suffered from rushed production and a
lot of new, annoying bugs.

>I have most of the Guitar Hero games but I've never played...
>
>GH: Aerosmith or GH: Van Halen (360) - Mostly because I don't
>particularly like either of the bands and the price charged at time of
>release was silly.

Guitar Hero Van Halen is particularly cringe-worthy because of the way the
properties were handled. Wolfgang was photoshopped over images of Michael
Anthony in several press photos and album covers, and the entire Sammy
Hagar run of records is redacted out as if he was never a member of the
band. It should have been a celebration of some excellent music but ended
up being a showcase for intramural business conflict.

-KKC, who is going to be nodding off a lot at the office today.
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jochta

On 17/01/2012 11:40, WCZ wrote:
>>
>> Ghostbusters (360) - Liked the demo. Waited for it to be cheap. Didn't
>> bother buying it when it was.
>>
>
> I never played this either as it never got down to the £9.99 bargain I
> was waiting for. Just checked gamestracker though and Amazon have a used
> (like new allegedly) copy for £7.60 so I have purchased. In 2014 I'll
> report back on what its like.
>

Was it the PS3 or 360 version which was a bit shit? Something to do with
graphics being a bit broken in one of the versions IIRC.

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hurricanepilot

jochta wrote:

> On 17/01/2012 11:40, WCZ wrote:
>>>
>>> Ghostbusters (360) - Liked the demo. Waited for it to be cheap. Didn't
>>> bother buying it when it was.
>>>
>>
>> I never played this either as it never got down to the £9.99 bargain I
>> was waiting for. Just checked gamestracker though and Amazon have a used
>> (like new allegedly) copy for £7.60 so I have purchased. In 2014 I'll
>> report back on what its like.
>>
>
> Was it the PS3 or 360 version which was a bit shit? Something to do with
> graphics being a bit broken in one of the versions IIRC.

I played it and it was actually alright. Especially if you enjoyed (and
remember) the movies. The dialog is reasonable and I think the narrative
itself was written by Dan Akyroyd.

The PS3 version was the one that looked a bit naff, which was considered
a crime at the time because I think they claimed to have lead on that
platform.

Also, Sony secured some kind of exclusive with the game in the EU which
meant that you could only get the PS3 version for about 3 or 4 months.