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Retro Talkshop Thread - Game of the Month *snes* Final Fantasy VI
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Let's Play Together! Game of the Month
Every month, RTT gets together and brainstorms choices to vote as the Let's Play Together! Game of the Month.
Upon completion of the GotM, you will be rewarded with an Achievement Icon!
Let's play some awesome games together!

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February 2023

Super Nintendo Final Fantasy VI

Final Fantasy VI - released as Final Fantasy III in North America - was originally released for the Super Famicom Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Super Nintendo. The game's legacy as the last old-guard Final Fantasy game is massive, and it's still celebrated for its memorable characters, unique antagonist, and robust soundtrack.

Play it on
Super Nintendo Super Nintendo
PlayStation PlayStation (Final Fantasy Anthology)
Game Boy Advance Game Boy Advance (Final Fantasy VI Advance)
Nintendo Wii Wii Virtual Console
Super Nintendo SNES Classic Mini
Android Android
Apple iOS
PC / Windows PC

Play the Pixel Remaster on
Android Android
Apple iOS
PC / Windows PC

Beat Final Fantasy VI or any of its re-releases to earn the Kefka badge.

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2023 Annual Franchise Challenge

Sega Shining

Shining is a Sega role-playing game franchise that originated back in 1991 on the Sega Genesis & Mega Drive. Over the years, the games have adopted different modalities and mechanics - including turn-based RPG, strategy, and dungeon crawler - though many games share common character threads and a fantasy aesthetic. Most Shining games take an average of about 20 hours to complete, with later generation titles being longer and portable titles being shorter.

Suggested Games
Sega Genesis Shining in the Darkness
Sega Genesis Shining Force
Sega Genesis Shining Force II
Sega CD Shining Force CD
Sega Saturn Shining Force III
Sega Saturn Shining Wisdom
Sega Saturn Shining the Holy Ark
Game Gear Shining Force Gaiden
Game Gear Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya
Game Gear Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict
Game Boy Advance Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
Game Boy Advance Shining Soul
Game Boy Advance Shining Soul II
PlayStation 2 Shining Force Neo
PlayStation 2 Shining Force Exa
PlayStation 2 Shining Tears
PlayStation 2 Shining Wind

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January 2023 Edition - Nintendo 64 Doom 64

Doom 64 was released as a brand new Doom campaign for the Nintendo 64 Nintendo 64, set after the events of Final Doom. While not extremely successful or lauded upon its release, the game has become somewhat of a cult classic over the years for its difficulty and atmosphere, in part due to a spooky ambient soundtrack from Aubrey Hodges. The game's sleeper status peaked in recent years when Bethesda dropped a remaster of the game in 2020 for modern platforms at a bargain price.
Beat Doom 64 or its remaster to earn a badge.

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2022 Recap

January Amiga Another World / Out of this World
February Nintendo 64 Banjo-Kazooie
March coin NBA Jam
April Super Nintendo Kirby Super Star
May Sega Genesis Alien Soldier
June MSX Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
July Nintendo Entertainment System Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
August Super Nintendo Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
September Sega Dreamcast Dynamite Cop
October love Castlevania franchise
November Game Boy Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins & Sega CD Robo Aleste
December Super Nintendo Mega Man 7
Annual Franchise Challenge Nall Lunar


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December 2022 Edition - Super Nintendo Mega Man 7
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November 2022 Edition - Game Boy Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins & Sega CD Robo Aleste
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October 2022 Edition - love Castlevania franchise
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Beat Castlevania: Bloodlines to earn either the John Morris badge and/or the Eric Lecarde badge - both of which first debuted in June 2019.

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Beat Castlevania: Rondo of Blood to earn the Grand Cross badge, debuting this month for the first time.

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September 2002 Edition - Sega Dreamcast Dynamite Cop
Beat Mission 1 of Dynamite Cop to earn the Pool Jump badge.

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Beat Mission 2 of Dynamite Cop to earn the Flying Kick badge.

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Beat Mission 3 of Dynamite Cop to earn the "Pardon Me" badge.

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August 2002 Edition - Super Nintendo Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
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July 2002 Edition - Nintendo Entertainment System Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
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June 2022 Edition - MSX Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
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May 2022 Edition - Sega Genesis Alien Soldier
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April 2022 Edition - Super Nintendo Kirby Super Star
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March 2022 Edition - coin NBA Jam
Beat any release of NBA Jam on any platform before to earn a roster badge for each team you use.

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Complete the NBA Jam: Tournament Edition challenge and beat every available team to earn the Jam-pionship Badge.

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February 2022 Edition - Nintendo 64 Banjo-Kazooie
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January 2022 Edition - Amiga Another World / Out of this World
Beat Another World on any platform to earn the Lester badge.
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Beat Another World on a second platform to earn the This F###ing Worm badge.
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2021 Recap

January Nintendo Entertainment System Jackal
February Super Nintendo Super Turrican
March coin Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
April Neo Geo Metal Slug X
May coin Strider
June coin Darkstalkers 3
July Game Boy Color Shantae
August PlayStation Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
September Super Nintendo Super Mario Kart
October coin Splatterhouse & PlayStation Silent Hill
November Nintendo 64 Yoshi's Story
December Super Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past


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December 2021 Edition - Super Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
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November 2021 Edition - Nintendo 64 Yoshi's Story
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October 2021 Edition - coin Splatterhouse & PlayStation Silent Hill
Beat Splatterhouse on any platform to earn the Rick badge.
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Beat Silent Hill or its fogless remaster to earn the Silent Hill badge.
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September 2021 Edition - Super Nintendo Super Mario Kart
Beat the 100GP or 150GP Special Cup in the original Super Mario Kart to roll the
credits before October 1 to earn the Mario Kart badge.

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Beat the 100GP or 150GP Extra Special Cup in Mario Kart: Super Circuit to earn
the Yoshi Kart badge.

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August 2021 Edition - PlayStation Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
Play through Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2's career with any of its releases, ports, or remasters to earn a badge for the character you used.

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July 2021 Edition - Game Boy Color Shantae
Play through the original Shantae on any platform to earn the 8-Bit
Shantae
badge.
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Play through Shantae: Risky's Revenge - or its Director's Cut - on any platform
to earn the More Than 8-Bit Shantae badge.
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June 2021 Edition - PlayStation Darkstalkers 3
Play through Darkstalkers 3 on any platform to earn a badge for the
character you used. The game has 18 playable characters, plus two secret characters
in some ports. Gotta catch 'em all!


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May 2021 Edition - Sega Genesis Strider
Play through Strider on any platform to earn the Strider, standing
still and looking cool
badge.

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Play it on two platforms to earn the Strider, vertical slash badge.
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Play it on three platforms to earn the Strider, legion badge.
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April 2021 Edition - Neo Geo Metal Slug X
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March 2021 Edition - Super Nintendo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Play through Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV on one platform - the arcade original,
the famed Super Nintendo port, one of the maligned 3D remakes, or another version
I've missed - to earn the Leonardo badge.

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Play through the game on an additional platform before the deadline to earn the
Donatello badge.

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February 2021 Edition - Super Nintendo Super Turrican
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January 2021 Edition - Nintendo Entertainment System Jackal
Play through Jackal on one platform to earn the Jackal Squad
badge.

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If you decide to play through a second time on a different platform, you'll also
earn the Medium Tank badge.

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2020 Recap

January Super Nintendo Sega Genesis Sunset Riders
February Nintendo Switch Sega Saturn PlayStation Strikers 1945
March Nintendo Entertainment System Super Mario Bros.
April Nintendo Entertainment System Super Dodge Ball
May Neo Geo Metal Slug
June NEC PC Engine NEC PC Engine Duo-RCastlevania: Rondo of Blood
July Nintendo Entertainment System Renegade
August Game Boy Advance Metroid Fusion
September Super Nintendo Super Metroid
October Super Nintendo Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
November Sega CD Sonic CD
December Nintendo DS The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

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2019 Recap

Games
January Nintendo Entertainment System The Adventures of Lolo
February Nintendo Entertainment System Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
March Game Boy The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
April Nintendo Entertainment System Blaster Master
May Sega Genesis Beyond Oasis
June Sega Genesis Castlevania: Bloodlines
July PlayStation 2 Microsoft Xbox PlayStation 4 Microsoft Xbox One Nintendo Switch Steam Onimusha: Warlords
August PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 Ico
September Nintendo Entertainment System Ninja Gaiden
October Nintendo 64 Super Mario 64
November Super Nintendo Sega CD Final Fight
December Sega Master System Sega Genesis Altered Beast

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December 2019 Edition
Sega Master System Sega Genesis Altered Beast

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November 2019 Edition
Super Nintendo Sega CD Final Fight image

Bonus:
Super Nintendo Final Fight 2
Super Nintendo Final Fight 3


October 2019 Edition
Nintendo 64 Super Mario 64


September 2019 Edition
Nintendo Entertainment System Ninja Gaiden


August 2019 Edition
PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 Ico


July 2019 Edition
PlayStation 2 Microsoft Xbox PlayStation 4 Microsoft Xbox One Nintendo Switch Steam Onimusha: Warlords image


June 2019 Edition
Sega Genesis Castlevania: Bloodlines image image


May 2019 Edition
Sega Genesis Beyond Oasis image


April 2019 Edition
Nintendo Entertainment System Blaster Master image


March 2019 Edition
Game Boy The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening image


February 2019 Edition
Nintendo Entertainment System Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
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January 2019 Edition
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2018 Recap

Games
January Sega Genesis Streets of Rage
February NEC TurboGrafx-16 Neutopia
March Sega Saturn Galactic Attack
April Nintendo Entertainment System Astyanax
May Nintendo Entertainment System Maniac Mansion
June Sega Genesis Arrow Flash
July Sega Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 3
August Sega CD Popful Mail
September PlayStation Crash Bandicoot
October PlayStation Resident Evil 2
November Nintendo Entertainment System Mega Man 3
December Sega Genesis Outrun

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January 2018 Edition - Sega Genesis Streets of Rage
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11-Oct-22 10:51am
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Slickriven
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I'm just about to beat Bloodlines as well @SupremeSarna
I've been playing on my Gen mini and took down Elizabeth Bartley last night - she was very easy (after I figured out her pattern) especially after fighting the mini boss-rush and Death just prior. I took on Drac after just once before calling it a night. I'm playing as John since it's a Castlevania game so you HAVE to use the Vampire Killer, but I watched a little gameplay from Eric and think I might have enjoyed his Alucard Spear more and might play as him next/soon.

11-Oct-22 11:18am
#82
Scott
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I need to get around to playing Bloodlines already, this month is flying by.
11-Oct-22 7:12pm
#83
BloodPuppetX
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I finished Dracula X:

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11-Oct-22 7:51pm
#84
BleedingViolet
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I finished the Original Castlevania (the NES version not the Arcade version)
I’m working on the second time through (I guess it’s the hard version).
It’s still fun but the second time through is pretty cheap sometimes.
Only on stage 29 right now.
11-Oct-22 10:17pm
#85
Slickriven
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader Has Written 1 Review

Beat Castlevania Bloodlines - proof: https://photos.app.g...
Ending was swift, after I took that pic a word or more appeared on screen and boom off to credits.
I beat it as John as I said recently, might try with Eric. Game wasn't too bad and had some unique ideas and such.

13-Oct-22 1:56am
#86
Renaissance2K
GameTZ Subscriber Quadruple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

OP is updated with new badges.

Richter is definitely flipping us the bird in the Dracula X cover art.

13-Oct-22 8:26am
#87
Scott
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Finally started Bloodlines yesterday. I've only beaten the first stage, but I'm not yet seeing why this one is so highly regarded. It's just ok (for a Castlevania game) so far.
13-Oct-22 12:54pm
#88
Renaissance2K
GameTZ Subscriber Quadruple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

While people tend to give franchise one-offs on Genesis a bit of a leg up, the game does some really cool stuff with graphics and level design later on.

13-Oct-22 12:59pm
#89
Scott
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Ok, I just beat Stage 2 and my opinion immediately changed, this game is pretty awesome! The graphics are great, I really liked the first section of Stage 2 where everything is reflected in the water. I'm loving the interactive environments too, hitting things with your whip to knock pillars over/create new platforms, etc. The two water sections were really cool too, first trying to escape the rising water, then later being careful not to fall in as the water slowly drops. I played the first section of Stage 3 just to check it out and it was really cool how those minotaur looking enemies rip pillars out of the ground to use as weapons!
13-Oct-22 1:30pm
#90
Slickriven
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Some of the stuff it does in the final stage was trippy, won't spoil them but they were unique and I'm not sure I've ever played a level like at least the 1 part and the next part while thankfully short, was pretty rare in games that I've played.

13-Oct-22 3:39pm
#91
SupremeSarna
Silver Good Trader

Scott wrote:
hitting things with your whip to knock pillars over/create new platforms, etc. Thththththth... BWOWM!

Yeah, the enemies are funnier in this than any other game. I like how bone-chucking skeletons will rip off their arms and then their skulls to throw more projectiles. The pillar-wielding minotaurs are a riot as well. There are even some skeletons that hide inside steel drums later on, thinking they're so clever. The fourth boss is also... interesting.


13-Oct-22 5:19pm
#92
BloodPuppetX
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I finished Bloodlines with Lecarde. (Did it with the other guy the first time I played.) Also finished Kid Dracula, the only game on the Anniversary Collection I didn’t beat when I first bought it a couple years ago. I’m not sure if the latter counts or not.
13-Oct-22 9:26pm
#93
BleedingViolet
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I been playing a few of the NES and SNES Castlevania games today. Just to get them started,
I’m maybe halfway through Super Castlevania 4 and while there are some really cool things there
are just as many annoying gimmicks. Did Nintendo seriously go to every developer and say
“You have to utilize mode 7 or your game will never be on Super Nintendo!”

Idk, it’s maybe better than I remembered maybe worse. It was both of my foster brothers
favorite games that we had so that’s a good memory. And it’s more “challenging” than
I used to think it was but I played platformers so often back then maybe I’m just out of practice
since I play so many other types of games more often now?

But Simons Quest is cooler than I remembered. And Castlevania 3 is prolly the most fun
but I only played an hour or two of those. I’ll try to finish SC4 first.
13-Oct-22 11:17pm
#94
Scott
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I have really great memories of SCIV, but it's been a really long time since I played it. I'm hoping to get to that one this month too.
13-Oct-22 11:37pm
#95
BleedingViolet
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Scott wrote:
I have really great memories of SCIV, but it's been a really long time since I played it. I'm hoping to get to that one this month too.
I hope you have time to, I finally got to the stage I have some of my best memories from with all the gold everywhere.
I’m pretty close to the end I think. I guess back in the day I must have just used passwords whenever I did
play so I could play my favorite levels over and over again.

I’m starting to get back into it again 😃
14-Oct-22 4:20am
#96
BleedingViolet
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Alright I just finished Super Castlevania IV and I even got an achievement!

14-Oct-22 7:51am
#97
Foxhack
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BleedingViolet wrote:
I been playing a few of the NES and SNES Castlevania games today. Just to get them started, I’m maybe halfway through Super Castlevania 4 and while there are some really cool things there are just as many annoying gimmicks. Did Nintendo seriously go to every developer and say “You have to utilize mode 7 or your game will never be on Super Nintendo!” Idk, it’s maybe better than I remembered maybe worse. It was both of my foster brothers favorite games that we had so that’s a good memory. And it’s more “challenging” than I used to think it was but I played platformers so often back then maybe I’m just out of practice since I play so many other types of games more often now? But Simons Quest is cooler than I remembered. And Castlevania 3 is prolly the most fun but I only played an hour or two of those. I’ll try to finish SC4 first.
Konami loved to abuse the hell outta any features present in the hardware they used at the time. You should see the amount of scaling and rotation they used in their arcade games those days...
14-Oct-22 8:06am
#98
DarkFact
400 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

Scott wrote:
Ok, I just beat Stage 2 and my opinion immediately changed, this game is pretty awesome!
Yeah, That’s when most people come around if they haven’t already. I’d already started playing with the Spaniard and liked the jams by stage one but by design I think that’s supposed to sorta ease you in and set you up for being very impressed with stage 2, and almost everyone is. Amazing, beautiful score, fantastic special effects (arguably more impressive than mode 7 fudgeery in Super CV4), just good crap.
14-Oct-22 8:44am
#99
BleedingViolet
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Foxhack wrote:
BleedingViolet wrote:> I been playing a few of the NES and SNES Castlevania games today. Just to get them> started,> I’m maybe halfway through Super Castlevania 4 and while there are some really cool> things there > are just as many annoying gimmicks. Did Nintendo seriously go to every developer> and say> “You have to utilize mode 7 or your game will never be on Super Nintendo!”> > Idk, it’s maybe better than I remembered maybe worse. It was both of my foster brothers> favorite games that we had so that’s a good memory. And it’s more “challenging” than> > I used to think it was but I played platformers so often back then maybe I’m just> out of practice> since I play so many other types of games more often now? > > But Simons Quest is cooler than I remembered. And Castlevania 3 is prolly the most> fun> but I only played an hour or two of those. I’ll try to finish SC4 first. Konami loved to abuse the hell outta any features present in the hardware they used at the time. You should see the amount of scaling and rotation they used in their arcade games those days...
Well I have finally played the original Castlevania arcade game since the last time I played SCIV
And it does seem like they finally got to get more of that original look and feel in there
with this SNES offering than was possible on the NES games.

I think the best additions for the series in this game were the freedoms of movement
though. Not necessarily any graphical or sound upgrades. Moreso the jumping
than the whip flailing. Both of which are super cool. I started goofing around
in Bloodlines right after I finished SC4 and was immediately wanting to whip things directly above me
while jumping. It would not work lol. At least I got to finish the first boss before I saved so I could sleep.
14-Oct-22 1:14pm
#100
Snappy
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Beat Rondo of Blood remake in Dracula X Chronicles via the Vita. Think I got one of the weak sauce endings.

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14-Oct-22 1:25pm
#101
Scott
GameTZ Subscriber Global Trader - willing to trade internationally Has Written 2 Reviews

BleedingViolet wrote:
Scott wrote:> I have really great memories of SCIV, but it's been a really long time since I played> it. I'm hoping to get to that one this month too. I hope you have time to, I finally got to the stage I have some of my best memories from with all the gold everywhere. I’m pretty close to the end I think. I guess back in the day I must have just used passwords whenever I did play so I could play my favorite levels over and over again. I’m starting to get back into it again 😃
Cool! I'm definitely going to try to play it soon yes

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