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[JJXB]

turrican was ok but DOTC and wings are still better

[The Fifth Horseman]

Space Hulk, Space Hulk all the way!

For the Emperor!!!

[Mad-E-Fact]

Originally posted by Mentor@Feb 24 2005, 12:53 AM
Sorry, but Turrican was lame.

Did you dislike Turrican in particular, or the whole shoot'em up genre?

My favority Amiga-only game would have to be Ambermoon. Everything about that game was beautiful.

[Dreadlord]

Turrican 2 you piggies, first one sucked, the second one was a blast.

[Mentor]

Turrican 2 was better, but not by much.

Depends on what kind of shooter. I like vert shooters, like Raiden Triad and Ikaruga, but I don't like horizontal shooters, Zero wing and Turrican, as much. I don't dislike them, just have a generally low opinion until prooven otherwise.

[Dreadlord]

How about Blackthorne? Like that?

There were a few PC ports on the Amiga, they usually sucked but a few were actually better than the originals.

[Mentor]

Played it on the 32X, loved the Hell out of it, but I don't call that a shooter. More of an action/adventure.

Shooters are scroll-screen with lots of enemies, big end-level bosses, etcetera. Blackthorne, Flashback, those are A/As.

[Dreadlord]

It was a side scrolling shooter, it's viewpoint was the side, and you shot things, it's like Altered Beast or Golden Axe, Contra.

Pow, that's the essence of the genre.

[Mentor]

Wrong. Blackthorne never scrolled, you went from one screen to the next.

And you never shot things in Golden Axe, unless you count the magic.

But who cares? Genre's are so fekkin' subjective at this point. I've seen DOOM described as an "Adventure game".

[Mardi-Gras]

Celtic Legends. Strategy game. Real nice. Looking for Celtic Legends was what brought me to this site. (Didn't find it, but it was so nice here, I decided to stay).

And Wing Commander, o' course.