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King Vidiot posted:Was Metal Slug ever that common in the States? I mean, maybe I just grew up with some crappy arcades but I'd never heard of Metal Slug at all until I started playing around with MAME years after-the-fact. It seemed like by the time Metal Slug came out in the mid-late 90's all the arcades I used to go to had stuff like Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct, etc. If there was ever an SNK game it would be King of Fighters maybe, or Final Fight. In a word, yes. If an arcade has a Neo Geo machine, chances are it has some version of Metal Slug and Magical Drop (plus two or four other random games), and Neo Geos are pretty prominent in little corner arcades.
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King Vidiot posted:Was Metal Slug ever that common in the States? I mean, maybe I just grew up with some crappy arcades but I'd never heard of Metal Slug at all until I started playing around with MAME years after-the-fact. It seemed like by the time Metal Slug came out in the mid-late 90's all the arcades I used to go to had stuff like Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct, etc. If there was ever an SNK game it would be King of Fighters maybe, or Final Fight. Final Fight was Capcom. SNK's main claim to fame was having a standardized set of hardware all games could use, which was a big deal at the time, where ending up with a lovely game meant you were stuck with a huge monstrosity that was a pain to get rid of. Early bootleg versions of games were basically unofficial ports of games to run on common arcade cabinets that had outlived their mass appeal (Scramble hardware was particularly popular for this). I think Metal Slug was "common" if your arcade had a 4-slot MVS or otherwise rotated out the game inside, but you're right that it wasn't like Japan, where it's so common, the fact that every arcade has some version of Metal Slug is a running joke on Game Center CX.
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King Vidiot posted:Was Metal Slug ever that common in the States? I mean, maybe I just grew up with some crappy arcades but I'd never heard of Metal Slug at all until I started playing around with MAME years after-the-fact. It seemed like by the time Metal Slug came out in the mid-late 90's all the arcades I used to go to had stuff like Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct, etc. If there was ever an SNK game it would be King of Fighters maybe, or Final Fight. Yeah, it was probably the most common of the Neo Geo games out there. Others were popular, but Metal Slug was everywhere. Especially Metal Slug X (which was a variation of 2). I think SNK offered bulk discounts on that while they were going out of business.
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Here is a better quality raw for GCCX #176 Nosferatu Part 2. Both parts were fun to watch. Can't wait for season 18. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ir4fu_game-center-cx-176-nosferatu-2_videogames
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Keep in mind there were also 6 Metal Slug's produced for the neo-geo. From what I remember Arino has seen them all in the wild except for 5.
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Mister Chief posted:Keep in mind there were also 6 Metal Slug's produced for the neo-geo. From what I remember Arino has seen them all in the wild except for 5. Seven if you count Metal Slug X separately (it's okay not to, though). Arino has encountered Metal Slug 5, but only once. The only Metal Slug game in the arcade that Arino has not played is Metal Slug 6.
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Metal Slug 6 ran on Atomiswave hardware so it isn't really a neo-geo game. 
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Mister Chief posted:Metal Slug 6 ran on Atomiswave hardware so it isn't really a neo-geo game. You're right. I was thinking arcade in general.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isKWoiLf3cQ As short GCCX3-related clip that I can't watch because it's unavailable in my country. Ugh.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isKWoiLf3cQ They made one of those for the second GCCX game as well, though I can't find it off hand.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isKWoiLf3cQ It's Arino facing off against the editorial staff of Famitsu with the new game.
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Season 18 starts on April 10th with episode #177 http://www.fujitv.co.jp/otn/b_hp/100000017.html Also, contents of the limited edition DVD are: - DragonBall (#70) and Pac-Man 2 (#127), chellenge segments only. - Arino's Challenge 2, he challenges The Chief is a Famous Detective (solve one mystery), Super Demon Returns (clear the game, it has two parts), Invincible Fist Kung-Fu (get the true ending) and Run Under!! Edge Jump Max! (collect over 30 coins) - Arino of Third Street, there isn't much content here (less than 10 minutes), they introduce some tricks, then Suzui and Maruyama face off in BreakShoot, with Arino challenging the winner Kakaricho fucked around with this message at 02:48 on Mar 22, 2014 |
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Hokuto posted:In a word, yes. If an arcade has a Neo Geo machine, chances are it has some version of Metal Slug and Magical Drop (plus two or four other random games), and Neo Geos are pretty prominent in little corner arcades. The usual cabs I saw were Metal Slug, Bubble Bobble, and Supercop or KOF.
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It depends on when you're talking about. In the early days, it was always, like, Magician Lord, Sengoku, NAM-1975 and Ninja Combat. Without fail. The latter days, it'd be a Metal Slug and a Magical Drop. I almost never saw four-slot machines, and if I did, they'd have KOF and Super Sidekicks carts to go with the slug and drop.
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Every 4-slot was/is required to have Puzzle Bobble by law and you won't convince me otherwise. 
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Allen Wren posted:The latter days, it'd be a Metal Slug and a Magical Drop. I almost never saw four-slot machines, and if I did, they'd have KOF and Super Sidekicks carts to go with the slug and drop. For me, it would be a rare day if I saw a 6-slot machine. And even rarer to find anything with KOF in it. A local pizza parlor has a random cabinet with SVC Chaos, though. Go figure.
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Samurai Shodown II was also a very popular choice.
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My local arcade has Metal Slug X, Samurai Showdown II, King of Fighters, Fatal Fury 2 in it. I should tell them that the game shop down the street has a copy of Last Blade 2 so maybe one of those could get switched out...
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joek0 posted:Here is a better quality raw for GCCX #176 Nosferatu Part 2. Both parts were fun to watch. Can't wait for season 18.  ) him about it was loving amazing.Also, if they release only one game from the 3DS game outside of Japan, I'd want it to be that Zelda clone starring the wind-up toy soldier they featured in the segment about the 3DS game. That looks adorable and fun. 
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About the Game Center CX Special in Budokan: I think it was was ok but these show segments were also pretty weird. I wouldn't recommend this special to Game Center CX beginners. I think they wouldn't watch it again. :-D That Super Mario segment was the highlight. But drat was this long. You need endurance to watch this lol
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Hokuto posted:In a word, yes. If an arcade has a Neo Geo machine, chances are it has some version of Metal Slug and Magical Drop (plus two or four other random games), and Neo Geos are pretty prominent in little corner arcades. The most common games for Neo Geo in the states in no order are Puzzle Bobble, Magician Lord and Nam-1975. Metal Slug was in a lot of places but most every Neo Geo cab I remember growing up had Puzzle Bobble more than Metal Slug.
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flyboi posted:The most common games for Neo Geo in the states in no order are Puzzle Bobble, Magician Lord and Nam-1975. Metal Slug was in a lot of places but most every Neo Geo cab I remember growing up had Puzzle Bobble more than Metal Slug. The Neo-Geos I played when I was younger mostly had Metal Slug, Puzzle Bobble and some version of King of Fighters as near constants, which was mostly on vacation in Portugal or the Canaries. Never encountered any in Germany or on any of the local Army bases. As for that future episode, could it be that it involves a window washer?
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The Neo-Geo machines I saw growing up were almost always the 2-game type and generally had a fighting game (KoF / Samurai Showdown / etc) and one of the various sports titles... Though I may also be selectively editing a billion copies of Metal Slug out of my memory.
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In Nosferatu, I wished they had given Arino a shot at getting the good ending. I think he could have got it on 9 continues. I was also surprised that there was no second form of the boss. That whole encounter screamed for like a giant vampire dragon or something.
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drat it, Arino, it's right there! Play that!
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King Vidiot posted:Was Metal Slug ever that common in the States? I mean, maybe I just grew up with some crappy arcades but I'd never heard of Metal Slug at all until I started playing around with MAME years after-the-fact. It seemed like by the time Metal Slug came out in the mid-late 90's all the arcades I used to go to had stuff like Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct, etc. If there was ever an SNK game it would be King of Fighters maybe, or Final Fight. I will always remember hearing the sound of a golf swing from Top Players Golf during attract mode, while playing some other arcade game at a bowling alley I used to go to. I remember that arcade had Top Players Golf, League Bowling, NAM 1975, and one of the fighting games. Another arcade I went to had Puzzle Bobble, and Samurai Showdown. cubeboy fucked around with this message at 14:04 on Mar 24, 2014 |
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I haven't bought Arino on 3rd Street yet, but so far on Amazon.co.jp, it's got an average of 2 out of 5 stars from 27 reviewers. Most common complaints are lack of 80's vibe, bad controls/graphics/sound, and frustrating game challenges.
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zari-gani posted:I haven't bought Arino on 3rd Street yet, but so far on Amazon.co.jp, it's got an average of 2 out of 5 stars from 27 reviewers. Most common complaints are lack of 80's vibe, bad controls/graphics/sound, and frustrating game challenges. Well, drat. Want to buy mine if it's as terrible as they say? 
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Im so jealous of Kibe's bedroom, you have no idea
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zari-gani posted:I haven't bought Arino on 3rd Street yet, but so far on Amazon.co.jp, it's got an average of 2 out of 5 stars from 27 reviewers. Most common complaints are lack of 80's vibe, bad controls/graphics/sound, and frustrating game challenges. Maybe this is just something that happens to big games like Dragon Quest or whatever, but isn't it common for games like this to be bombarded with negative reviews early on by nerds with an axe to grind?
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Random question At the start of Season 2, they removed the brackets from CX, and talked about it at the beginning of the show saying that they were "renewed", but I still don't exactly get why it was significant. Is there a better explanation as to why the brackets were removed after season 1?
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cubeboy posted:Random question The first season, Game Center [CX], was mostly interviews and game history and the like. Arino's Challenge was just a small segment. After that was over they miraculously got renewed and decided to shift the shows focus to Arinos Challenge with all the other stuff as small segments. They slightly changed the name to Game Center CX to signify that this is a whole new show
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Maybe this is just something that happens to big games like Dragon Quest or whatever, but isn't it common for games like this to be bombarded with negative reviews early on by nerds with an axe to grind? I don't think that's the case here. https://twitter.com/kobunheat/status/447807913222873088
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Gutcruncher posted:Im so jealous of Kibe's bedroom, you have no idea I've actually been in that store, or at least it looks exactly like a store that I've been in. Considering what we know about how GCCX obtains their games and shooting locations, I think it's probably the same one.
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zari-gani posted:I don't think that's the case here. https://twitter.com/kobunheat/status/447807913222873088 drat. It. Very real chance that I'll flip my Japanese 3DS, is anything else likely-exclusive in the pipeline?
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Didn't they switch developers for the 3DS one? I wonder if that's got anything to do with it.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:GXXC3 got 8/8/8/8 in Famitsu, for those who care. The original got 9/8/8/8, no idea about GCCX2. zari-gani posted:I haven't bought Arino on 3rd Street yet, but so far on Amazon.co.jp, it's got an average of 2 out of 5 stars from 27 reviewers. Most common complaints are lack of 80's vibe, bad controls/graphics/sound, and frustrating game challenges. Is there usually this big of a disconnect between Famitsu scores and fan reaction?
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Help Im Alive posted:Didn't they switch developers for the 3DS one? I wonder if that's got anything to do with it. Yeah, indiesZero was busy making NES/Famicom Remix for Nintendo. Viscous Soda posted:Is there usually this big of a disconnect between Famitsu scores and fan reaction? My understanding is that Famitsu scores are essentially just as valid as US game review scores: completely disconnected from reality and likely bought off for major games.
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univbee posted:Well, drat. Want to buy mine if it's as terrible as they say? There is someone we know who loves both Game Center CX AND bad games...
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zari-gani posted:There is someone we know who loves both Game Center CX AND bad games... It's Gutcruncher, right. You're talking about Gutcruncher. (I don't have a Japanese 3DS anyway.)
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