Side Arms Special was one of my very first CD games, along with Super
Darius and Golden Axe.

I still had my mother pick it up for me during a trip to the States
(if it was available in Canada, it wasn't where I lived) because I
love the game so much.

It was one of the really great Turbo Express titles too.

Now with Mame, we can see just how arcade perfect it was.

Graphically, the only noticible difference at first is that the
Turbo's title screen logo is way nicer.

Too bad they couldn't have included 2 player mode though.


--- In turbografxnetwork@yahoogroups.com, "thatdoguhate"
<g1giga@n...> wrote:
>
>
> --- In turbografxnetwork@yahoogroups.com,
>
> I know just what you mean. There's just this strange feeling of
> arcade nostalgia you get when you play TG16 games. It's really
weird
> but, cool too! SideArms is my fav as I used to play it at the
arcade
> every chance I got! Lately I've been playing the Altered Beast port
> and even though the game wasn't as good as it could have been -I
> think Sega had that done on purpose so that the Megadrive version
> would have less competition-, I still enjoy it greatly and I just
> can't seem to get enough of it!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> kabuki_danjiro <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> >
> > The first time I set up my Duo in my new house, after not playing
> for
> > a while, I threw in the same game I always play first.
> >
> > Aeroblasters.
> >
> > This time I had planned to just see if my Kabuki den save files
> were
> > still intact. But sure enough, I was soon pulling out my Hu Card
> > binders and loading up classic games.
> >
> > Anyways... the reason I always seem to play Aeroblasters first is
> its
> > one of the main games that really symbolizes the Turbografx for
> me.
> >
> > Particularly my early days with it during its original run. When
> each
> > new game I bought was a major event and I played it nonstop for
> weeks-
> > months, completely mastering it.
> >
> > Each time I fire up Aeroblasters its as impressive as the first
> time
> > I rented it shortly before receiving it as an X-Mas gift.
> >
> > To me, it has equally perfect graphics, sound and gameplay, and
> all
> > very Turbo.
> >
> > I've played Airbuster for Genesis/Megadrive several times and
have
> > the arcade original in my MAME cabinet. But The Turbo version is
> > still my favorite(even taking into consideration it's technical
> > deficiencies).
> >
> > There's just something about it.
> >
> > Its like how the sounds of Ghosts N Goblins, Side Arms, and
> Wonderboy
> > define the feel of an Arcade(the place where coinops are) to me.
> >
> > Once again I was just going to look at the first level for a bit.
> > Then I just wanted to see the beginning of the 2nd and here the
> music.
> >
> > In the end I wound up making it to the fourth stage boss.
> >
> > I'm proud to say that nearly all of my deaths were from off-
screen
> > ships flying straight through me and not just bullets.
> >
> > Anyone else have a special Turbo game that represents the system
> you
> > or you just find yourself coming back to time and time again?