Game System Swan Songs

Post by **tbeeghly** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:52 pm

Star Ocean for SNES

The first time I loaded that game up in SNES9x I couldn't believe I was actually hearing voices in an SNES game. That was pretty impressive.

Post by **AwesomeMonstar** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:51 pm

kirby's dreamland 3 (last third party game i believe) and dkc2 both were very vibrant and excellent games. DKC3 cameout latter but it just didn't look as good to me than dkc 2, it also was not nearly as fun.

Post by **AwesomeMonstar** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:54 pm

RackGaki wrote: There are the generally overlooked titles on the Xbox like Conker, JSRF, Otogi, Panzer Dragoon and Phantom Dust, but sadly, this system was even robbed of it's swan song...

Funny you should bring that up because conker is the perfect example for you. Arguably the best looking game for the system and late in its lifespan.

Post by **Flak Beard** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:29 pm

tbeeghly wrote:
Star Ocean for SNES
The first time I loaded that game up in SNES9x I couldn't believe I was actually hearing voices in an SNES game. That was pretty impressive.

Yeah it's pretty crazy. At one point, you had to have special decrypted graphics packs in the same folder as the rom just to get the game to work. Same thing for Far East of Eden Zero.

Post by **Ack** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:14 pm

Flak Beard wrote:
tbeeghly wrote:
Star Ocean for SNES
The first time I loaded that game up in SNES9x I couldn't believe I was actually hearing voices in an SNES game. That was pretty impressive.
Yeah it's pretty crazy. At one point, you had to have special decrypted graphics packs in the same folder as the rom just to get the game to work. Same thing for Far East of Eden Zero.

That was probably due to the graphics decompression chip Nintendo built into the cartridge. Only two games were supposed to have it, but I can't find any info on whether Far East of Eden Zero had anything special build into it.

Post by **andymol21** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:13 pm

Twilight Princess for the Gamecube. That was a swan song and a half!

Post by **RackGaki** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:01 pm

AwesomeMonstar wrote:
RackGaki wrote: There are the generally overlooked titles on the Xbox like Conker, JSRF, Otogi, Panzer Dragoon and Phantom Dust, but sadly, this system was even robbed of it's swan song...
Funny you should bring that up because conker is the perfect example for you. Arguably the best looking game for the system and late in its lifespan.

By golly, you've found one! I would put Conker up there with the other titles I mentioned, and it did come out in June 2005.

We have our Xbox swan song.

Post by **Majors** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:53 am

Saphire for PCE/TG-16. Wasn't the best game, but used all the power of the old "Engine".

Secret Quest for the 2600 was Zelda-like game that was part of the last released carts with Nolan Bushnell mug plastered all over it.

Post by **aaron** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:45 pm

does Half-Life DC count?

Post by **UBERTRON777** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:56 am

I wouldn't say the Dreamcast had a swan song. A system has to live a long life to have a really good one. The closest thing I can think the dreamcast would have is it's posthumous shooters.