joystiq.com— According to participating members of the NeoGAF Virtual Console sales thread, Bonk's Adventure tops the list of the most purchased games on Wii's download service thus far.
Dec 7, 2006View in Crawl 4
When you start adding "advanced" features, making them online-playable, etc. then you lose the essence of the original game. These games are meant to be nothing more than the fun, playable games they were when they were originally released. That's the point.Geez, nostalgia ain't what it used to be.
You know, you can "demo" these games before buying. They have these things called "emulators" that are mostly free and will run these 16-bit game "rom images" in all of their original glory on even the most crappy computers these days. Add a cheap generic game pad and you're all set for a perfect demo experience.
Damn right! Blazing Lazers (Gunhed) was the s**t! I'm 28 and I never touched the original TG16, though I have played the s**t out of some of its games using the Magic Engine emulator back in the "emuz & romz" glory days in the late 90's/early 2000's. I wish they added "Dracula X: Rhondo of Blood" to the VC one of these days.
Magic Engine is an awesome emulator for all things related to Turbo Grafx/PC-Engine. It emulates every possible thing like the Arcade Cards and even the SuperGrafx. It is commerical, but last time I checked, there was a fully featured, but time-limited demo that let you sample any game for 15 minutes.
True, but downloading roms you don't own is illegal. Visiting a web site isn't. I just gave a legal option. And NES... TG-16... is Bonk's gameplay really that different? It feeds my 15 minutes of nostalgia craving.
Think about this: Lots of people are willing to pay for Magic Engine, the TurboGrafx-16 emulator, while the SNES and Genesis emulators must go for free. That tells you something about the quality/popularity of the TurboGrafx-16 and its games.
blankartistDec 8, 2006
Um, you can play Bonk's Adventure online for free (among many, many other retro titles).<a class="user" href="http://www.everyvideogame.com/gamelist.php?s=bonk">http://www.everyvideogame.com/gamelist.php?s=bonk</a>
ebenierosaDec 8, 2006
It's not on The Virtual console yet :(well, not for americans:(
andrewaDec 8, 2006
When you start adding "advanced" features, making them online-playable, etc. then you lose the essence of the original game. These games are meant to be nothing more than the fun, playable games they were when they were originally released. That's the point.Geez, nostalgia ain't what it used to be.
babywookieDec 8, 2006
You know, you can "demo" these games before buying. They have these things called "emulators" that are mostly free and will run these 16-bit game "rom images" in all of their original glory on even the most crappy computers these days. Add a cheap generic game pad and you're all set for a perfect demo experience.
babywookieDec 8, 2006
Damn right! Blazing Lazers (Gunhed) was the s**t! I'm 28 and I never touched the original TG16, though I have played the s**t out of some of its games using the Magic Engine emulator back in the "emuz & romz" glory days in the late 90's/early 2000's. I wish they added "Dracula X: Rhondo of Blood" to the VC one of these days.
babywookieDec 8, 2006
Magic Engine is an awesome emulator for all things related to Turbo Grafx/PC-Engine. It emulates every possible thing like the Arcade Cards and even the SuperGrafx. It is commerical, but last time I checked, there was a fully featured, but time-limited demo that let you sample any game for 15 minutes.
blankartistDec 10, 2006
True, but downloading roms you don't own is illegal. Visiting a web site isn't. I just gave a legal option. And NES... TG-16... is Bonk's gameplay really that different? It feeds my 15 minutes of nostalgia craving.
superballJan 6, 2007
Think about this: Lots of people are willing to pay for Magic Engine, the TurboGrafx-16 emulator, while the SNES and Genesis emulators must go for free. That tells you something about the quality/popularity of the TurboGrafx-16 and its games.