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Virtual Console Roundup Comments by Dan Whitehead

30 June, 2008

Super Fantasy Zone, Summer Games 2, Cybernoid, Pac-Attack, King of the Monsters.

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Killerbee
30/06/08 @ 10:20
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Cybernoid was one of my favourite games back on the Spectrum - mind you, I was pretty rubbish at it back in the 80s, so I dread to think what my aged fingers would be like at it now. I seem to recall that the music was pretty great too. Whatever happened to Raff Cecco? Cybernoid, Exolon, Stormlord were all great games.
Killerbee
30/06/08 @ 10:23
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Just saw (google) that he did First and Second Samurai on the Amiga too.

This man was clearly a gaming legend!
bitesize
30/06/08 @ 10:26
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aww, got excited about cybernoid there before reading that it's the c64 conversion not the original spec version... no sale!
sailesh
30/06/08 @ 10:28
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The image on the homepage for this round-up is borked! Sort it aaat!
sorenlorensen
30/06/08 @ 10:29
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He was behind the 2.5D, alternate 1930s-themed platformer Agent Armstrong on PS1 (which I quite liked, though it reviewed poorly) and then did a follow up, B-Movie, which had aliens and flying saucers and a impenetrable (to me) control system, which reviewed quite well but didn't sell. I think I read somewhere that he has dropped out of the games industry since then.
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30/06/08 @ 11:40
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The best version of Cybernoid was to be found on Amstrad, however. Absolute embarrasment of riches. Cybernoid 2 was even stronger in presentation. As for the gameplay, I have to say that it was a little bit too tough for me (still is). Exolon was almost OK in demanding quick strategic thinking under pressure AND good reflexes, but Cybernoid made you struggle with gravity AND many things shooting at you AND tight spaces... The weapons were class, though. Especially the rotating, um, rock?

As for Summer Games, I never really understood the appeal of Epyx's sports simulations. They were collections of pretty mediocre mini games somewhat saved by presentation. Even so, they were boring... Then again, I don't really care for sports games as it is...
darc
30/06/08 @ 15:45
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Summer Games 2 - arguably the only game in the world that ought to have you waggling your wiimote like an idiot... and it doesn't. :|
Retroid [mod]
01/07/08 @ 06:09
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The CPC version of Cybernoid 2 was indeed very pretty, excellent use of the CPC's colours, but otherwise the C64 version is nigh-on identical, just slightly less subtle :)

Of course... the C64 version had the best music ^__^
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Lutz [mod]
01/07/08 @ 08:24
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Super Fantasy Zone was superb, but Fantasy Zone II was staggeringly good.

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