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Post by Sinistral on Feb 16, 2021 17:19:21 GMT
Ah somebody else that isn't into Klax. I generally enjoy or have fond memories for all the SMS games I had back in the day, but not that one. Might have something to do with predominantly playing on a black and white tv. In retrospect it seems like a decent port, but I've never gotten into any version of it. I picked Klax instead of Operation Wolf as 1) I didn't own a light gun and 2) I think mean machines gave it a decent review. Looking at the list of games that came out it seems 1993 was still a pretty decent year for the SMS. It was certainly still my primary game system and would be until I got a Mega Drive in 1994. I remember playing stuff like Desert Strike and Wonder Boy in Monster World around that time so I was certainly still enjoying the system even if I really wanted a 16Bit machine. Perhaps the craziest thing is this thread opened with the comment that it is 20 years since the SMS started to wind down in 1993. Well now we're closer to 30 years than not. So that's nearly three decades I've been sore about Klax! Yep, Klax probably wasn't as bad as I thought it was, I just didn't really enjoy games like that. I think it was just compounded by the issue that I wanted to be playing newer games. I always remember being absolutely blown away the first time I seen Streets of Rage on my friend's Megadrive. When he got RoboCop Vs Terminator it was amazing... two totally cool things in one game.. Terminators... AND ROBOCOP! I didn't know there was a version on the SMS until the late ninties, and by that point I had finally got the Megadrive. I've since developed an appreciation for some Puzzle games, but Klax will always be on my shitlist I'm afraid. It's funny you mention playing on a black and white TV, I also had that problem for a long time, I played on a 14" B&W right up until I got the Megadrive. I used to take my Sega into the living room to play on the "big TV" which I think was 26" at most
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Post by meu2 on Feb 17, 2021 16:46:35 GMT
Sounds like we had a similar setup. I had a small portable black and white TV for gaming in my room, but from time to time I would bring it the living room to hook it up to the main colour tv. I seem to recall having the same problem with Jimmy White Whirlwind Snooker on the Mega Drive in 1994, but shortly after that I got a new TV. I grew to appreciate JW Snooker, 3D on the Mega Drive was impressive if nothing else, but the colour TV didn't make me change my mind on Klax. I do actually enjoy puzzle games; I really enjoyed Tetris, Mean Bean Machine & Columns back in the day.
As good as the SMS was it was hard to not have your head turned with some of the 16Bit offerings. Robocop Vs Terminator really holds it's own on the SMS though so it's a pity you didn't realise it was available back then.
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Post by kungfukid on Mar 1, 2021 22:34:49 GMT
Wow, old thread back from the dead. Not sure how I never participated in this the first time around. I gotta be honest, by 1993, I was ready to move on to the Megadrive, but my parents wouldn't buy me one. They seemed to think they has "invested" into the SMS platform and couldn't understand why I would want another system. The last game I bought for my SMS was Master of Darkness, which I picked up for £3.99 from the "what everyone wants" dept store bargains bucket. I used to go there for all my SMS games from 1991 onwards, on this trip I found they no longer had a section for SMS games (nor a Megadrive section either as it happens). I had given up hope if finding any new games until we got to the checkout, where in a basket right at the end, they had some SMS stuff. Master of Darkness, Klax and Heroes of the Lance. I got them all, and all I can say is thank goodness Master of Darkness was decent, cos the rest were absolute stinkers 😂 First of all, delighted that this thread re-emerged, and second - What Everyone Wants was brilliant in the early-mid 90s for SMS games, wasn't it! I got a few from the one in Paisley, and like you said, they weren't just cheap, they were pocket change cheap! Sometimes for decent games too. Looking back to the start of this thread though, time really is moving too fast.
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