Game Club 2017 (September) Psychic World

[wolfticket]

Ok so for my game club pick I decided to go with a game a lot of you probably haven't played before. Psychic World was one of the first games I ever owned back in 1992 and is always one of the first games I pick up when I fire up the SMS. I even necro-bumped Stan's old game club thread a few years ago but got little response.




The game has a great story and memorable music, the graphics are awesome and colourful. It's from the same team that made the Master System version of Ninja Gaiden and like that was only released in Europe. There are many power ups that need to be collected throughout the game that help you to defeat bosses easier and to help advance to new areas.





The only criticisms you could give it are that some of the power ups (invulnerability) make the game a little too easy and the ending is slightly different from the original MSX version so that SMS ending doesn't actually make sense. But it is a fun game nevertheless, try it out and see for yourselves

[nearbythiscafe]

Great choice and another one ive never played but do own! The screen shots look amazing and they alone would have attracted me to this game back in the day!

Ill fire up the console, dust off the cart and maybe sneak a beer from the fridge over the weekend and report back next week!

[ian]

Great pick! This was a game I never played back in the day and only discovered in later years when I go into retro gaming again. I do remember however always being fascinated by the box art in the Sega Catalogue.

I've been going on for many years how much I love this game and think it's an underrated hidden gem in the console's library. I've always considered it the Master System's answer to Mega Man on the NES. It's definitely not a clone but it's a platforming shmup with a nice range of power-ups.

It's true it can be a bit easy once you get the invincibility power-up, but I think it's still a fairly challenging game. There's some puzzle-solving elements in there and overall it's a great little game. I highly recommend!

[mrsmith89]

Just had a quick go on this game, graphics are great!
Only thing I hate is when I have got past the first boss flower thing and I die,I have to restart.
Love the little boosts, I will have another go on this game once I get more time, it can get addictive.

[wolfticket]

Sept 22, 2017 16:06:12 GMT nearbythiscafe said:

Great choice and another one ive never played but do own! The screen shots look amazing and they alone would have attracted me to this game back in the day!

Ill fire up the console, dust off the cart and maybe sneak a beer from the fridge over the weekend and report back next week!

Looking forward to the feedback, you won't regret it

[wolfticket]

Sept 22, 2017 16:10:42 GMT ian said:

Great pick! This was a game I never played back in the day and only discovered in later years when I go into retro gaming again. I do remember however always being fascinated by the box art in the Sega Catalogue.

I've been going on for many years how much I love this game and think it's an underrated hidden gem in the console's library. I've always considered it the Master System's answer to Mega Man on the NES. It's definitely not a clone but it's a platforming shmup with a nice range of power-ups.

It's true it can be a bit easy once you get the invincibility power-up, but I think it's still a fairly challenging game. There's some puzzle-solving elements in there and overall it's a great little game. I highly recommend!

That's true, it's a criminally underrated game, it definitely reminds me of Mega Man!

I always thought it would be more known because it was on the front of the catalogue. I wonder why they never made a sequel? It was definitely open for one

[Transatlantic Foe]

I'll find a manual and give it another go, because this was pretty cool if confusing. Although constant taking damage is not fun - I made it to the second level and died very quickly because I got stuck on a couple of enemies in the tight caves.

I went trial and error with the powers... I think the first one makes you invulnerable and the second teleports you back to the start of the level for some mad reason. I really think pause would be better to use them, because it's cumbersome to crouch and select whilst the game continues around you.

Pretty cute presentation but having no invincibility window after being hit is awful design. I was enjoying it until I got trapped and died because of that.

Do the bosses get harder? Both the flower and the chimera-thing were wait... wait... wait... run right up to it and mash fire!

[nearbythiscafe]

Apologies for the late reply!

Ive played this a few times and although there are far better games graphically for the sms this one has really caught my attention!

Its a game i’d overlooked but now its one im determined to finish, a great choice for the game club!

Ps This is one game where reading the manual really helps.