Gunhed criticisms

[PunkCryborg]

this was a great old thread to read. those gunhed manga look pretty cool and are cheap on ebay. im even interested in seeing the movie

[thesteve]

ive always loved the game
havent seen the manual in years.
recovering from getting hit on the last level is not an issue, as long as you have been collecting the flashing orbs (from killing the changing powerups)

[SignOfZeta]

Wow. This thread is amazing.

[FraGMarE]

I really like Gunhed/Blazing Lazers.  Love it, in fact.  For coming out so early on in the system's life, it has a very "16-bit" look and feel, as opposed to to a lot of the stuff that was coming out in 87-89 for the PCE.  The only real crit I can find is that the levels can drone on at times, but that's Compile for you.  Pretty much all Compile shmups I can think of are the same way... with that being said, I still love Compile games.  And yes, level 9 is ball-smashingly hard in comparison with levels 1-8.

[Mathius]

This was one of my first "clears" on the Turbo. The rockin soundtrack kept me motivated.

[rag-time4]

Wow. This thread is amazing.

the only thing missing is more discussion of the famicom cart!

[SuperPlay]

What Chris had to say about Gunhed/Blazing Lazers (spida1a)

That's what I am talking about .....................

[romanoaj]

I do not own the manual.  Does anybody have a scan or a link so I can use my limited Japanese skills to translate a possible justification for how this game fits the source material?

Video Game Den has a scan of the manual as well as the text from Blazing Lazers.
http://www.videogameden.com/hucard/extra/gun.pdf
http://www.videogameden.com/hucard/extra/gun_us.pdf

Thanks.  I've been to VGD many times, but never realized there were PDF files.  Cheers.

[esteban]

Wow. This thread is amazing.

Ha! I just re-read it, too. I honestly don't remember linking to the German review of GunHed. I love the picture of the reviewer in that scan.



I also had totally forgotten about Mr. H. and how antagonistic he could be (I still loved him, though, because when he wasn't spending 99% of his energy arguing with someone, I enjoyed reading his perspective on things.)

Also, re-reading this thread made me wonder where Sinistron was these days (he popped up at some point in the past year and said life was busy...or something along those lines).

Anyway, back on topic: Blazing Lazers remains a great game, and for folks who complain about the default difficulty level (it *is* too easy), they should select the "GOD OF GAME" difficulty level.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY, MARVELOUSLY INSANE.

[rag-time4]

i would like to read more about the famicom cart in this thread.