RetroforceGO!: Episode 11: Forgotten Franchises

Hey Wedge, try listening to last weeks episode. You just may find that entire episode is about PC games.

i wish there was an earthworm jim and boogerman team up.

Damn, I know 2 of the games but not the other 2.

"I'm still gonna cut a bish for thinking Final Fantasy Adventure is a FF game"

Wow, and I thought I sucked at paying attention. Didn't we spend a good couple of minutes explaining that it wasn't a FF game? o_O

Also no, I don't think you did. Unless something distracted me at work and I didn't hear that. RABITES BISH!. I'm sad I let someone borrow my copy of that and never got it back.

Then again, I did the same thing to someone else with my CT cart.

Final Fantasy Adventure for the Game Boy was actually Secret of Mana 1, like we said in the show.

Has anyone tried the Lolo homebrew, Challenging Lolo? I know, super creative name.

Just a few comments and things you may not have been aware of:

-Bionic Commando is available on the GBA in Capcom Classics Mini Mix, and there was a Game Boy Color sequel/remake put out by Nintendo.

-Blaster Master had a Game Boy sequel, Blaster Master Boy, and a Game Boy Color remake/sequel, Blaster Master: The Enemy Below.

-There's a Wii remake of Rygar- actually, I guess it's just a Wiimake of the PS2 one.

-River City Ransom got a decent remake on the GBA.

-Clayfighter 63 1/3 had a "Sculptor's Cut" exclusive Blockbuster rental version that added characters who were cut for time from the original release; sadly, I don't believe Hobo Cop was one of them.

-Kid Icarus is indeed not as great as everyone (myself included) remembers, but the underworld music kicks so much ass and the first level is pretty cool, and that's about as far as almost everyone got because falling to your death is so easy. That's probably why all the love, and the 8uuuuu etc. password let people feel badass by skipping to the end. The Game Boy sequel is a tad better because falling off the bottom of the screen and dying no longer happens.

-The DS zombie game is "Touch The Dead" and it's not related to House Of The Dead in any way, different developer, not published by SEGA.

Isn't there a crappy Blaster Master on the PS1? I swear I remember seeing it in used bins (along with that shitty Contra).

Also I had the GBC version of Bionic Commando. It was pretty sweet, but something was fubared with the cart, and it would always freeze are zone 7 or something =<

Speaking of those games, I had "Final Fantasy" Legend III for my GB, and the marketing ploy totally duped me back then. Even so, it was fun given the selection of RPGs for the system. I was playing it as the screen burnt out on my Game Boy after a decade of service.

Got it "repaired" at a Nintendo Service Center (prolly just a replacement, but nyah), so I still "have" the same Game Boy since I was 4. Mind you I have NOTHING left that runs on it anymore except Tetris, Link's Awakening, and a Game Genie I got on clearance from a Radio Shack.

Man I get sad when I think of all the old games I've foolishly let go...

Also, can't wait to listen to this episode at work tomorrow =D.

Where's the sequel to this neglected franchise? C'mon Nintendo!

So, Muppets in Vietnam...

Have you guys heard of Meet the Feebles, a film by Peter Jackson, the guy who directed Lord of the Rings? Its like this really twisted version of the Muppets where they take drugs, have sex and kill each other. It also includes a flashback to Vietnam! Even though the budget ran out, they wanted to make Muppets in Vietnam so bad, they made a fake film called Frogs of War and spliced it into Meet the Feebles. Enjoy!

I don't think Chad said "amazing" enough this week.

@Tristero,
Um. How are you so awesome?

@entrager,
You're right. :)

Orange Goblin, Tristero = awesome!

entrager: I agree. There was a definite lack of amaaaaazing this week.

A New Challenger:


-Blaster Master had a Game Boy sequel, Blaster Master Boy, and a Game Boy Color remake/sequel, Blaster Master: The Enemy Below.

ORLY? Wasn't aware of that. Were the any good?

-There's a Wii remake of Rygar- actually, I guess it's just a Wiimake of the PS2 one.

It'll probably suck, but we'll see. I just want a 2D remake :P

-River City Ransom got a decent remake on the GBA.

[/b]We know, Rev said it was ass.[/b]

-Clayfighter 63 1/3 had a "Sculptor's Cut" exclusive Blockbuster rental version that added characters who were cut for time from the original release; sadly, I don't believe Hobo Cop was one of them.

Chad?

-The DS zombie game is "Touch The Dead" and it's not related to House Of The Dead in any way, different developer, not published by SEGA.

Did not know!

By the way, nobody has won the contest yet. Was it too hard?

STFU YOU, I'M TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE EPISODES D=. I went through 3 and 4 and 11 today. The new one is GREAT!

Also Wave Race 64 is the best. I remember when I was anxious on Christmas Eve's and I would just mess around in Dolphin Park practice mode (sometimes on the dolphin c.c) until I passed out. I was like, trying to "grind" the ramps, and do half barrel roll, double flip flatspins.

Mostly coz' like Chad said, the game had fucking awesome physics, better than the GC sequel even.

And the RCR for GBA wasn't "ass", it was just kind of more like a tech demo product. It had fun stuff like instigating massive AI battles and turning off gravity. Either way, we DESPERATELY need more Kunio styled games.


Also, you guys missed a wonderful franchise that needs a modern sequel...

WHERE IS MY FUCKING NEW PILOT WINGS?

Pilot Wings 64 was the shit, and it'd be perfect for a Wii sequel.

Nobody will see this comment, but thanks Retroforce for wishing me a happy birthday after I added you on Myspace after listening to this show.

Fucking got it.

All four games are by Treasure, and were released for the Genesis/Mega Drive.

Gunstar Heroes
Dynamite Headdy
McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure
Alien Soldier (haha, nice job trying to cut off the title at the end :) )

Terranigma for realz. BRING BACK THE SOUL BLAZER SERIES.

Okay, now no one email him and pretend to be me.