The next batch of games I beat. I had to push it to the limit to get this done before 2025 ended so there would be a Part II after I did a Part I a while ago
Just Beat The House of the Dead: Remake on PS4. Its an on rails shooter where you aim with the A Stick and fire with a button to cap zombies. Its a remake of the Arcade game I played in the 90s and on my best run made it half way in the 1st level once. Its 4 levels and you can buy continues with points when you bite it from enough hits. You can save scientists who can give items like extra health or a key card to access things. The graphics are good and remade for new things in widescreen. Its got good gore and the music is nice. It plays mostly well but took some getting use to with moving the Crosshairs around. I find keeping em in the upper middle of the screen is good for Headshots. There's background to break with gunfire and I didn't try it but saw you can use other weapons like a crossbow. There's only 4 levels and I did beat it in under an hour, but its an arcade game so it works. The acting and animation on the humans is kinda weird but fits the style. The last level has 2 bosses from before and there's multiple endings based on score. I bit it 17X and the game keeps track on your player stats and there's also 2 player co op. Its a pretty fun quick romp and I wanted to go to the Theatre and instead of seeing a movie, spend the money on tokens and plow through it. But the Theatre I played it on got rid of it years ago. There's a Horde mode I never tried and you can change the controls and such in menu. Glad I finally did this one. Its good action and fun. Oh and you can choose how fast to reload and it kinda does it automatically. And I hear there's a PSmove thing to use as a light gun but the Controller works fine.
Just beat Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia on 2DS. Its a remake of Fire Emblem Gaiden on Nes and you play a side story to the 1st game where you go around a map and can go back and around. You do battles on the grid like Shining Force and equip items like Swords and Rings to get new abilities if you fight with em enough. You get Exp and after 100 level up and can change classes or upgrade at Shrines to this goddess. There's Dungeons in a 3rd person view where you can break things with a sword and attack foes in the open to get the edge in battle mode. In Dungeons is Fatigue that lowers your Max HP if you fight too much but can be healed by offering things to the shrine or eating food you find. You can make money and upgrade items but don't really buy things. I was worried of the Dungeon levels but I liked em. Its voiced and has good graphics and music but the grid battle is hard to tell who's what and guys blend in to the ground. There's Terrain that adds to defense or evasion and certain characters can give bonus's to others in battle by being next to em, as shown by an ! above em when selected. There's a Turnwheel that can rewind the game but needs to be recharged by offering the right thing at the shrine. It can be used a number of times but each use can be any number of moves back I think. There's a Casual Mode which revives iced guys and a Classic that keeps em dead. There's Normal or Hard modes but I did Casual and Normal. The story is quite good but I find I forget the story to Fire Emblem Games often. There's a spell Invoke to summon Ghost Soldiers and various healing spells. In Dungeons you can only have 10 guys and choose which you want. Each guy can hold 1 item and changing it prevents em from using its abilities. Some Abilities and spells cost HP. 1 boss Jeddah blocks all but the 4th 8t 12th ect attack you do and took a bit to beat. Its a good game and ha's a Post Game connecting to Fire Emblem Awakening I didn't do. Glad I did this.
Just beat Wiz'n'Liz for Genesis on my 2DS. Its a brittish game by Psygnosis where you play as a mage and go through levels to collect Wabbits(NOT Rabbits)and get letters that float from em. After getting enough to spell a brit word, you collect a number of em and can get fruit that floats from em. If you get enough fruit to fill a bar, you get the fruit in the base area. After getting em all, the door opens and you gotta get in then do it 1 or 2 x again to beat the level. You mix 2 fruit in the base to do a spell that there's guides of online and can get a shop to buy/sell fruit. Wabbit levels are on a time limit and once out, you bite it and gotta do the round you're on again. If low on Time, getting a golden disk like Beast Wars floating from a Wabbit gets you 30 seconds You can do mini games based on other games like Arkanoid or Snake or a Chance game of choosing 1 of 3 things to get more Stars(Money)Time or Points(meaningless). You can mix fruit to skip levels but redoing that spell reopens it. You got 3 lives and no Continues but there's Passwords. Holding Start and Press C on BUY for the Shop has things half price. Some levels have Wabbits die if you don't get em and you gotta Re Get the letters, but mixing 2 Onions stops that. Fruit expires after 3 levels so use or Sell it. Some combos get more starts than buying the fruits so you can do that for free stars. There's bosses you fight by dodging their attacks and holding A to ki beam em but no enemies in here. Its ok if you cheat or use a code to get a lot of Stars at the start, but on harder difficulty is kinda unfair. Looking through areas fast for the last guy as time goes. You fight more bosses/levels on higher difficulty but those levels are too unforgiving/not fun. I used a code for the Boss fights to beat em 1 by 1 and did it on Normal with tricks. You move fast but there's momentum. Start Pause, A has you drop through platforms and B/C Jumps. Glad I did it but probably won't play it again.
Just beat Puyo Puyo 2 for Game Gear on my 2DS. Its a puzzle game where you move falling pairs of beans in colors and when 1 lands, another comes. You gotta match 4 or more touching directly next to each other in any pattern, as long as they connect, and they vanish. After they go the remaining beans above em fall and if 4 or more link, they vanish too and it does a combo and any beans above it fall and so on til there's none to fall, then new beans come. The more combo's you do, the more gray beans fall on the opponents side that only go when 4 or more beans next to em link. you go on til the screen of 1 player fills up and the middle left column in their side has no open space to drop beans. You get points for doing it quick and combos so you wanna do the round really long or really quick games to build points or get the time bonus. You use points as Experience and after you get enough, you go on to the next level in the tower and it gets faster or harder. If you beat all the opponents without enough points to advance, you face an elephant guy and if you don't got enough points after that, the game ends. If you clear the screen you get a bonus. You got unlimited continues so keep trying til you get good or lucky and even if you're about to lose, the foe might screw up and fall before you as you are focusing on your own side. The D Pad moves pieces, down makes em fall faster and 1 button rotates it clockwise and the other counterclockwise. The graphics and music is good for 8 bit and it plays mostly well but you can pause to get more time to plan your moves as it don't hide the screen. The Green/Yellow and Blue/Purple look kinda close so I mixed em up a bit but sorta got used to it. It can be kinda tough but its a pretty good game. Its by Compile so you know its good. I liked it and its not too long but can be a bit hard. Glad I did this one. In America the 1st one was Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine in America and I liked that one too.
Just beat BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II on 2DS. Its a 2D fighting game with anime like characters by Arc System Works who does good things. You got several attacks with the buttons that you can change and can throw but also rush with double tapping the D Pad left or right and double jump or air dash. There's light and heavy and mid attacks and you can do moves with the D Pad and buttons. There's a super 1 hit kill move with you on round 2 and never lost round 1, and have full life and the foe is low but I never figured out how to do it. You can change the time limit or number of rounds and in the Arcade mode you face 10 guys. I think you got infinite Continue as this is an Arcade port but I only lost once in time. I know little of Blazblue so I used Litchi cuz she's hot and found I'm pretty good with her. I mainly used the move she spins her rod and beat on the foe. There's cutscenes and its voiced in Japanese but written in English. The music, controls, gameplay and graphics are all great like you expect in Arc System Games The text is a bit small and the tutorial has a good sense of humor with its instructions with insults and fun. I tried the Tutorial but it kept saying to press the 4 attack buttons in the right order and used symbols or the moves instead of saying what buttons so after a while I just went to arcade move and beat it. If you do things you get points to spend on in game things but I didn't need to. Overall its a fun game to beat in like an hour. I like all the character the fighters have and how there's a deep story with their relationships. I hear some characters can't double jump or some have a third jump. Its an update to a past BlazBlue game in Arcades and lets you choose to be Player 1 or 2 at the start of going into a mode, which mainly means left or right side. Glad I did this one. Hope to play more of these. Would be nice if you could pause before the match when it counts down so I didn't have to wait for it to start to pause.
Just beat Hook for Game Gear on 2DS. Its a platform game based on the 90s move thats pretty much Peter Pan GT where you play as Robin Williams. Its 2D and 1 button is Jump an the other attacks with a blade but if you get the Sword it fires a Ki Blast. You lose it if hit but it carry's over through levels. You get unlimited Continues but lose the leafs you got that give extra hits. You start with 2 and can get 4 hits max, after that next one kills you and you use a Continue you die with 0 lives left. Tinkerbell floats in set areas with fairy dust spritzing down and if you stand in it, you charge the fly meter. To fly you press the Jump button again in air, maybe hold it, I can't recall, and it slowly burns the fly meter til its out and you fall. The Jumps are like if man walked on the moon and the height is based on how long you hold it. Often you only need you only need to do it to the max and its good. Fruit heals you and here's extra guys around but falling in a pit is death. There's a waterfall level with trippy effects that screws with your eyes and there's 1 autoscroller that's not so bad. Most bosses take 3 hits and some are tricky but can be done. The graphic and music are good and Matt Furniss did well on the music. The controls take some getting used to but its not so bad after a while. It covers the movie well and there's water areas with holding Jump to not sink and move with the D Pad. Its not bad and once you get used to it, is kinda likable. Glad I played this. The last level has a path of spikes you gotta fly over and enemies come so you gotta take a hit, or run outta flying ki and fall on the spikes, but if you got enough extra life leafs its ok. Flying dust don't carry over levels and you can pause. Its by Sony and kinda holds up.
Just beat Shining Force Gaiden - Ensei, Jashin no Kuni e for Game Gear on my 2DS. Its a Srpg where you move characters on a grid and fight enemies in 4 chapters with like 20ish missions. Its 20 years after the 1st Shining Force with some kids of the 1st team so this is Shining Force GX. You equip weapons based on class like Knight or Mage and some can cast spells that boost stats, heal or damage. You gotta beat the area boss or all enemies depending on the area and it has a good story that goes into Shining Force Gaiden II. You get Exp for using spells or attacking with the kill hit getting more Exp. After level 10 you can upgrade class but are stronger if at level 20(The max). If a guy dies you can pay gold to revive. If the Hero dies, you go back to the camp and lose 1/2 current gold, but keep all Exp/Items. So even if you lose, you can keep trying and get stronger each time.. Its really forgiving and you can save any time on your turn and reuse that point as much as you want. You can retreat on the Hero turn and redo the fight with all Exp/Items got the last time. Plus there's healing items and rings that boost stats an 1 use items that boost stats permanently. The graphics and music are nice for Game Gear and it plays well. Its the kinda game you get into and wanna keep doing it. Even if it seems long at 1st, it don't feel it when doing. The game is in Japanese only and was ported to Sega CD in Shining Force CD with Gaiden II and 2 extra chapters to extent the story. I can usually tell who's what and can read some Japanese but much is English Words like BaToRu AhKuSu for Battle Axe. Plus I watched a playthrough of the CD game in English to get the story. I like his better than Fire Emblem and like how each of the 1st bunch of Shining Games were connected as parts of a larger saga. Each mission's like 25 mins and I did part II years ago so I know how it goes. This one holds up and I wish Sega still made em like this. Glad I did this one. Most Glad.
Just beat Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck on my 218 Genesis Games Multicart. Its a platformer where you play as a baby caveman with a club to go through 6 areas to save your dad from Brick Jagger who wants his caveman car factory. 1 button is Jump, 1 is attack and 1 has you climb on your club when held down so enemies go under you. The graphics are fun with many moving parts and somehow got kinda Rotation on the Genesis with waving back/forth things. Some parts you ride animals like a goat you had to jump on something just right to get on. Its got brittish humor thats kinda fun and has a Flintstones thing of advanced ancient tech like THEY wanna keep down. The attack swings a club but you gotta time it or enemies slip through if you spam it. You get 3 lives and 1 Continue but mini games after bosses can get more. After around 3 worlds it gets kinda rough with flamethrower guys and a dark cave level with light by you and enemy eyes moving. The levels ain't so long but can be tricky the 1st time. If you run outta life you stop and whine then gotta jump back up. There's a level skip Code by pausing then B A Right A C Up Down A or Baracuda then pausing and Up+A to Skip a Level or Right+A to Skip a World. You only need to Baracuda once and after game over its still on. I only did it to get back where I fell to save time and not redo levels. The bosses ain't too bad and often you wail on each other til 1 falls. The game boss isn't bad. Some parts you roll on rocks by waling the other way you wanna go but isn't bad. The title screens can't be skipped so you gotta wait. It has charm and heart but after a few levels gets more annoying than fun. Glad I did it. Might not do it again. I like the 90s Caveman style. Its flawed but makes up for it with level skips. The ending with Chuc and his son reuniting is kinda nice and makes up for the rough levels before. Oh and Milk is a life refill, probably from the caveman bimbo wife.
Just beat Cosmo Knight Zion on GBC. Its a platform game like Mega Man but you can wall Jump or slide like Mega Man X and has a look inspired by Saint Seiya/Knights Of The Zodiac. Its made by mexicans on Kickstarter and I had it backed to get the Game Pak Only. The goal was 500 000 pesoes and it made almost 550 000.. A is Jump, B is Attack that fires a punch kinda blast that goes a bit and Start pauses with sprites invisible on it. You can't rapid fire blasts and there's a break between shots so spamming attack won' do it.. Its 5 levels and saves automatically and has Gems you find 3 of each level that opens stuff after the game is beat. If you get a Gem it counts and you keep it even if you reboot but losing all your guys takes em all and you gotta reget em where you 1st got em. It gives extra lives pretty often and beating enemies can drop life, 1ups or if you have armor, a power up that lasts til you get hit. After beating the 1st level you can get armor that blows off if you take too much damage, but not by dying in a pit, and don't return til you get it in a certain place, even on a boss you gotta do it shirtless and can't go back. There's hidden areas and the story is good with kind of a Go Nagai ending and pretty nice graphics and music. The bosses have a pattern that changes after each of its 3 life bars and once you know what to do, is not so rough. It plays well but some parts like the intro you can't skip and you gotta wait. There's 1 save file and doing a new game deletes it. You can do any level you beat again and there's achievements if you wanna do that. I'm glad I helped this get made and it mainly looks like Saint Seiya at the start but kinda does its own thing. You gotta get your game on but its not really unfair, only needing training to learn the patterns. I hope we get a sequel and more of this. Its worth doing.
Just beat Super Fantasy Zone on my 218 Genesis Games Multicart. Its a Shmup you move freely around a looping area and gotta take out all enemy generators. There's various things coming in the same order that try to take you out and if you touch an enemy you both pop. You can buy power ups with money the enemies drop when iced but they go when you bite it and buying another is at a higher price for some each time you get 1. 1 button is the peashooter and the other is the secondary attack that fires every so often when held but in options you can have rapidfire if you wanna(why wouldn't you?!). The last button is a special attack you buy like bac blast or stronger attack but that's limited ammo. If you bite it, you resummon but enemy bases felled stay down and you see the wreckage on the floor. You can turn left or right and the screen can scale up and down by going there. The bosses are usually tough and the 5th level boss I spent like 2 hours on before going to Yugioh and trying again the next day. You gotta stay on the side and it goes in a pattern with going on the sides of the screen then not for a bit but if it changed direction kinda, it does 2 sides. The graphics are nice and colorful and the music is upbeat. Its by Sunsoft so its pretty good and the story kinda wraps up the Fantasy Zone Saga. There's Shops to buy power ups but if you make it to a boss they don't come and you gotta do it without power ups. No life bar like in FZ2 so 1 hit kills and No Continues but I think you can get some. IF you use a 2nd controller and hold Down/Left and press B then Start it opens a code option where P1 A clears the pause screen, B cycles between invincibility, infinite lives, C skips to the next level, and P2 pad has A for full money, B Removes the Pass word text and C wastes all enemies and goes to boss. I used the infinite lives as you need em and level skips to return where I left off. It ends on To Be Continued implying one day a sequel. Glad I did this but its hard.
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