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Post by kungfukid on Apr 2, 2020 14:51:33 GMT
Wondering if any of you, like me, might have played a game or two when you were younger that you didn't like, for whatever reason, but later perhaps as an adult changed your mind when you gave it a second chance?
For me, Impossible Mission falls into that category. As a kid I thought it was boring, but today I find it really addictive and a great game to play.
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Post by ian on Apr 2, 2020 18:52:46 GMT
Good idea for a discussion! I second Impossible Mission. I gave this game a bit more time a couple of years ago and discovered that it was pretty good. Once you learn how to play it, it's fun and challenging. I think I even tried convincing rupert of the merits of this game at a recent Sega8bit meet. Another game I discovered was great after previously dismissing it, was Gain Ground. Again, you have to learn how to play it and get a hang of the strategy element, but once you do it's an engaging game. |
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Post by kungfukid on Apr 3, 2020 7:34:18 GMT
Good idea for a discussion! I second Impossible Mission. I gave this game a bit more time a couple of years ago and discovered that it was pretty good. Once you learn how to play it, it's fun and challenging. I think I even tried convincing rupert of the merits of this game at a recent Sega8bit meet. Another game I discovered was great after previously dismissing it, was Gain Ground. Again, you have to learn how to play it and get a hang of the strategy element, but once you do it's an engaging game. That's a good shout, I hadn't thought about giving Gain Ground another go, and I've probably not tried it since about 20 years or more ago. |
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Post by Transatlantic Foe on Apr 3, 2020 18:30:10 GMT
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Post by lambrettadave on Apr 3, 2020 22:01:54 GMT
Mine was Kung Fu kid, I thought it looked rubbish but now enjoy playing it
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Post by Sinistral on Apr 21, 2020 9:52:07 GMT
For me there's a couple that fall into this category for various reasons. Some people may find it surprising that I didn't like these games back-in-the-day, but I'll do my best to explain.
#1 Rampart
Having tried this game again 28 years after first trying it I finally understood what you're supposed to be doing! Let's be honest, even when this first came out it wasn't exactly going to win any awards for beauty. I dismissed this game purely with the way it looked. At the time the game-play style was unfamiliar to me, I was more used to side-scrolling platformers. Now I can see it for what it was, it tried to bring a more complex style of game to the SMS. I wouldn't say it has depth, but compared to much of the library it was a thinking mans game.
#2 Master of Darkness
I can imagine people are shocked by this one! How could I possibly not like Master of Darkness - Possibly the best action platformer on the system? I guess I never really gave it a chance to be honest. I remember picking up the game for £5 from what-everyone-wants (a now defunct discount department store). I came here fairly often looking for SMS games. Previously they had a huge selection of games, all of them were priced the same - £12.99. Later this went down again to £9.99. Oddly you could have picked up Phantasy Star for the same price as Transbot, the prices didn't make sense, but looking back now I saw what it was - a mass clearance of old SMS games. When I showed up one day, all the inventory was now gone execpt for one "bargain bucket" of games that was left. Inside was hundreds of copies of "classics" like KLAX, Transbot and PitFighter. All of the games were £5. I dug deep and found Master of Darkness. When I eventually got the game home I played it and thought "meh!- another average platformer". Only looking back now I can understand what happened here. It was the tail end of the SMS, I didn't want to have a SMS anymore, all my friends had moved on to the Megadrive - I saw this as a huge leap forward and after playing games like Sonic, Streets of Rage, Anything on the Master System just wouldn't satisfy. I was caught up in Hype. I did eventually enjoy Masters of Darkness, but it wasn't until around 2005 that I gave it the time it deserved. Sure, it's a Castlevania clone, but it's on the SMS.
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Post by Centrale on Apr 21, 2020 20:14:20 GMT
Shanghai - I thought it was merely okay back in the day, and as it was available on anything that could display graphics on a screen, it didn't seem like a must-have in my SMS library. Lately, though, it's the most addictive game I've played in some time! A good combination of being mellow, but challenging.
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Post by edwithmj on Apr 22, 2020 19:58:58 GMT
Danan. I have no idea why I never gave this game more of a chance. It's like a cross between Rastan and Kenseiden.
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