1. Double Dragon (NES)
2. Super Aleste (SNES)
3. Perfect Dark (N64)
4. Wave Race 64 (N64)
5. Shantae (GBC via 3DS VC)
6. Ristar (MD via Wii VC)
7. Bangai-O (DC)
8. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSP)
9. Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (PSP)
10. Metal Gear Solid 2 (Vita)
Spent this morning playing through the last few levels of Bangai-O. I'd played through to stage 35 yesterday, so I only had 9 left. Most of them took quite a few attempts though.
The ;ast stage and boss in particular were incredibly unfair - the stage itself wasn't so bad, but it was pretty long and it's the type of game where a simple mistake can cause you to have to restart. It took about 2 hours to beat this stage - the rest of the game all in took maybe 4-5. I was getting pretty pissed off at repeating the level over and over only to die in half a second against the final boss, I can tell you.
The game is a lot of fun, although I feel many of the mechanics have been improved on in it's DS successor. I quite like being able to switch between bouncing and homing shots, but the DS one let you switch any 2 of 4 guns (which could be combined together too) or 3 other melee and defensive weapons, plus allowed your super scattershot to be set with a different type of shot too, allowing more versatility. The controls feel smoother on DS too, and I missed being able to stop and aim on the DC version. The DS tends to have smaller more focused stages aswell, which I feel suit the gameplay better, as well as a lot more (over 200 to the DC's 44), plus custom stages, more enemy variety and more control options. Basically, the DS version did more, better.
However, that's not to detract from what is here - the game is fast paced and fun, with delightfully poorly translated and surreal story. Even with the nigh incomprehensible babbling going on it managed to make me laugh with a few of the things it said. Seeing the console slow down when more stuff is on screen (especially if you can fire off multiple max shots of 400 missiles at once and cause the console to almost give up trying
Overall, the game is quirky and fun and worth picking up. It's not treasures best game, and it'snot even the best game in its own series, but it's very enjoyable and perfect for a quick blast.
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Also really liked the music and the final boss. Only other thing of note is that I hate the mini games but I said that already so I won't go over it again ha.
