MAME ROW #39 - Rezon

Capeman

Chequered Flag looks okay but the way the camera turns around with the car like that gives me a headache. Plus I'll probably be disappointed by it because it's not Spy Hunter (which isn't this game's fault, it's just how I am).

I have similar feelings about Rezon and it not being R-Type Leo

lilbud

@meleu If only random.org loved Puzzle Bobble...

Y'all wouldn't stand a chance

meleu

@lilbud hmmm... it sounds like a challenge... I'll check the arcade version of Puzzle Bobble and post my score when I have a chance. :-)

By the way, would you like to try Seaquest from Atari 2600? Looks like a fun game to play on your radiocade. Me and my friend @cabrunco have a "perpetual" Seaquest tournament. Maybe you can join us. :-)

lilbud

@meleu I've heard of seaQuest, never played it.

I'm away from my cabinet until next Monday, so no games or MAME until then

CodeDrawer

The car one seems fun.

GtBFilms

Gave these a quick try last night.

Chequered Flag looks pretty good but on my cab at least it was really difficult to control. I think it would benefit from an analogue controller, as with a joystick I was all over the place. I'll probably try it again when I have more time to tweak the settings.

Power Instinct 2 is another nice looking game, although not near the standard of Street Fighter 2 that it's obviously ripping off! I was quite pleased to find that the first character I chose (Samurai armour guy) has a fireball special move that's pulled off in exactly the same way as Ryu's fireball in SF2!

I wondered if perhaps all the characters had the same special move, but no, I tried a girl next and it did nothing.

My only real criticism of this one was that it's easy to be hit with a combo where there is nothing you can do about it, but it might need more playing to become used to it.

Rezon is a classic shooter in the R-Type vein, although the firing orbs are a pale imitation of R-Type's 'Force'. It's frustrating to have them firing the wrong direction, then move your ship to realign them, and accidentally crash into an enemy/landscape in the process!

I died within about a minute every time I played it, but of all the games in this week's MAMEROW, this genre is my favourite, so I'm going to vote for Rezon.

meleu

@obsidianspider

The three random numbers for this week are: ~~1717~~ 282, 1436, 1517

1717 is Solar Quest and was in MAME ROW #36

IMHO if random.org wants to give another chance for a game that wasn't chosen (didn't win the election), then the game deserves to be in the list. :-)

By the way, I voted for Rezon.

meleu

@GtBFilms if you were an youtuber posting arcade game reviews I surely would subscribe your channel and give you a lot of likes. :-)

obsidianspider

@meleu Yeah, but there are only so many times you can watch Pac Man videos ;)

obsidianspider

This week's winner is Rezon

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obsidianspider

Has anyone else noticed that the sound in Rezon is really tinny? I'm using lr-mame2003. At first I thought it might be my Pi or the TV I was playing on, but other games sound fine.

GtBFilms

@obsidianspider Yeah, for a change this week I'm playing on a GPD Q9, so I thought the sound quality was due to that, it sounds jumbled up and corrupt to me. That's the music, the actual sound effects seem fine.

Here's my initial high score attempt, this is a tough game!

29200

cyperghost

@GtBFilms if you hold fire button then the side cannons stay in Position. That is a tough game

meleu

@cyperghost said in MAME ROW #39 - Rezon:

@GtBFilms if you hold fire button then the side cannons stay in Position.

Damn! I didn't notice it! Will try again right now!

It's hard as Silver Surfer (NES)!

meleu

OK, I reached the stage 2 but I had to stop. Reason: my right forearm is burning.

My best score: 56800.

obsidianspider

@meleu 56800? Wow, I thought 32000 was good. I guess I know what I'm doing tonight!

cyperghost

@obsidianspider Yes, rezon is a tough game... You have no extra bombs, no hyperjump nothing... and if you loose the side cannons you are really EUREKAed!
My best score so far: Round about ~37000pts

Keep in mind you can control the side guns by hold fire buttons. So the stay in position as you move :D

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obsidianspider

@cyperghost you can keep those side cannons from rotating?! That's a total game changer. I still die all the time, but that does help quite a bit.

obsidianspider

MAME ROW #40 is live!