The best to play and most valuable PCE games

Lorfarius · 05/04/2009, 11:17 AM

Having heard a lot of love for the Dracula X game I decided to see what it would cost to get my hands on a copy. I was shocked to learn it cost anything from £100 ($180) to £130 at a time! Luckily I have a friend who lives a couple of town's over who had bought a copy many moons ago. Thankfully he agreed to let me get my mitts on it for a short time and I was quite happy to find it was actually a pretty decent game whether or not it's worth the high cost I couldn't say but it's a lot of fun to play.

Anyway's ignoring my ramblings for now it did make me wonder if there were any other games on the PCE (or even the TG) that are of such high value and can even be classed as being pretty decent games?

Tatsujin · 05/04/2009, 11:39 AM

bazaaru de gozaaru no geemu de gozaaru.

Lorfarius · 05/04/2009, 11:41 AM

Whats so good about it besides the fact its probably one of the longest game titles I've ever seen

NecroPhile · 05/04/2009, 11:58 AM

Dracula X can be easily found in the $100 to $120 range, so the prices you found were definite screw jobs.

Any list of expensive games that are also good fun would have to include Beyond Shadowgate, Sapphire, Bonk 3, Dynastic Hero, Magical Chase, Dungeon Explorer II, Syd Mead's Terra Forming, Madou Monogatari (some day, I'll have my precioussssss), and Might & Magic III. Note that the Japanese versions of these titles aren't nearly as pricey as their US counterparts.

Quote from: Lorfarius on 05/04/2009, 11:41 AMWhats so good about it besides the fact its probably one of the longest game titles I've ever seen

The title character and Tatsujin are twins.

Lorfarius · 05/04/2009, 12:01 PM

I have PC Kid 2 but can't say I'm overly fond of it. I take it the 3rd game is much better?

Also been giving serious thought to Dungeon Explorer 2. Look's like a great game but is quite expensive. Decisions, decisions.

NecroPhile · 05/04/2009, 12:15 PM

Quote from: Lorfarius on 05/04/2009, 12:01 PMI have PC Kid 2 but can't say I'm overly fond of it. I take it the 3rd game is much better?

It's my favorite of the three, but I wouldn't say that it's vastly superior. In fact, most peeps here actually prefer the first two over the third installment, but those people are obviously wrong.

nat · 05/04/2009, 06:34 PM

Quote from: guest on 05/04/2009, 12:15 PM
Quote from: Lorfarius on 05/04/2009, 12:01 PMI have PC Kid 2 but can't say I'm overly fond of it. I take it the 3rd game is much better?
It's my favorite of the three, but I wouldn't say that it's vastly superior. In fact, most peeps here actually prefer the first two over the third installment, but those people are obviously wrong.

Necromancer speaks the truth, although at times it seems like he and I are the sole supporters of Bonk 3. Which actually does baffle me, since part 3 is superior to the first two in virtually every way, save for the music. Not that the music in 3 is bad, but it's not as "consistently good" as parts 1 and 2. On the other hand, it is entirely original whereas 1/2 recycled some tunes.

Arkhan Asylum · 05/04/2009, 06:37 PM

There is no such thing as a bad PC Engine game.

You will enjoy them all.

Its just, some you will enjoy more than others.

Get Dungeon Explorer 2, Might and Magic III, any bonk, Cotton, some other shoot em ups, and maybe something like Double Dragon II.....

I mean, you can't go wrong if it says PC Engine on the box.

SuperDeadite · 05/05/2009, 01:17 AM

I'll add: Sylphia, Nexzr, Coryoon, Dragon Knight & Graffitti.

Personally I really enjoy "Go! Go! Birdie Chance" and also "Renny Blaster." But, these two are kind of acquired tastes. G!G!BC really requires some decent Japanese to enjoy it fully and RB is very hit or miss with people.

Lorfarius · 05/05/2009, 06:27 AM

For me its the Popful Mail conundrum. The MegaCD version was pretty expensive (still is as far as I'm aware) I'd seen it on Youtube, heard good things on various forums but everytime I saw it with an uber high price point I could never bring myself to spend so much money on a single game. In the end I decided to take the plunge and forked out, thankfully it was a bloody brilliant game. Now I'm faced with the same problem on Dracula X except this time I've played it for several hours and love it to bits.

boogiecat · 05/05/2009, 08:57 AM

For me its the Shumps that made me buy this console so i should say those games are the most valuable..RPG's and some dating sims are also great!!

CrackTiger · 05/05/2009, 08:10 PM

Quote from: Lorfarius on 05/05/2009, 06:27 AMFor me its the Popful Mail conundrum. The MegaCD version was pretty expensive (still is as far as I'm aware) I'd seen it on Youtube, heard good things on various forums but everytime I saw it with an uber high price point I could never bring myself to spend so much money on a single game. In the end I decided to take the plunge and forked out, thankfully it was a bloody brilliant game. Now I'm faced with the same problem on Dracula X except this time I've played it for several hours and love it to bits.

Dracula X has way more replay value than Popful Mail.

Tatsujin · 05/06/2009, 04:02 AM

Dracula X has one of the highest replay value in whole game history.

Otaking · 05/07/2009, 07:06 AM

Sapphire and Magical Chase are both great games that are worth tracking down.

Quote from: Tatsujin on 05/04/2009, 11:39 AMbazaaru de gozaaru no geemu de gozaaru.

I'm looking forward to playing this as I bought a copy recently but it hasn't arrived yet

The best to play and most valuable PCE games

Lorfarius

Tatsujin

Lorfarius

_NecroPhile

Lorfarius

_NecroPhile

nat

_{Arkhan Asylum}

SuperDeadite

Lorfarius

boogiecat

_CrackTiger

Tatsujin

Otaking