Not Nice Code, but by far my favourite title on this thing is Luigi and Christ
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What the heck is on this $10 Retro Game handheld? Let’s find out!
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Violentvixen
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I have enjoyed this so much, thank you for doing it!
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Thanks for doing this! Most people would not bother documenting all the games on one of these bootleg devices filled with pirated software, but it's been fascinating to see what madness lies within.
Nice Code could likely carry a thread of their own if anybody was seriously dedicated to looking into their games history.
Nice Code could likely carry a thread of their own if anybody was seriously dedicated to looking into their games history.
One of the things I’m most baffled by is that the Mario hack of Joe and Mac showed up so often, but Joe and Mac itself never did.
Why eat a sirloin when you can have a filet, Octo.
It's been such a Nice ride through these 500-sorta games. Thanks for sticking with it all the way, beowulf! A couple of stray thoughts on things I missed the last few days ...
Yup! They didn't bother to reprogram it for the US. The only way you can get it in the US version is to play it on an emulator that can map a microphone input.
I honestly had no idea this game existed! Mindscape was apparently the publisher behind this, and they also produced a number of movie tie-in games on the NES that were all based on movies which had been out of theaters for several years (Terminator, Mad Max). It looks like a neat little shooter!
Regular old Riki in the game (named "Max" in the FC version) is just some generic caveman guy, but you pick up a power-up which actually transforms you into Riki Choshu. The manual has a very good illustration of this process:
It says when you get the power-up, you can attack with a "Riki Lariat Bunshin."
Thexder was quite popular in Japan. If you really wanna check it out, I'd recommend something other than the Famicom port, which was pretty pared down compared to the original PC release.
Yup! They didn't bother to reprogram it for the US. The only way you can get it in the US version is to play it on an emulator that can map a microphone input.
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488. THE LAST STAR FI
A shoot-em-up based on the film (or more accurately, a remake of Uridium for the Commodore 64 with some film-related stuff added in), but unfortunately this copy seems to be bugged—it doesn’t actually accept any player input.
I honestly had no idea this game existed! Mindscape was apparently the publisher behind this, and they also produced a number of movie tie-in games on the NES that were all based on movies which had been out of theaters for several years (Terminator, Mad Max). It looks like a neat little shooter!
Regular old Riki in the game (named "Max" in the FC version) is just some generic caveman guy, but you pick up a power-up which actually transforms you into Riki Choshu. The manual has a very good illustration of this process:
It says when you get the power-up, you can attack with a "Riki Lariat Bunshin."
Thexder was quite popular in Japan. If you really wanna check it out, I'd recommend something other than the Famicom port, which was pretty pared down compared to the original PC release.
That strongman power up in Riki is fun because you start chucking clones of yourself at everyone instead of your usual stone/hammer/boomerang/fireball.
That’s the ultimate goal of any fitness regime
It says when you get the power-up, you can attack with a "Riki Lariat Bunshin."
Accurate.
Regular old Riki in the game (named "Max" in the FC version) is just some generic caveman guy, but you pick up a power-up which actually transforms you into Riki Choshu. The manual has a very good illustration of this process:
It says when you get the power-up, you can attack with a "Riki Lariat Bunshin."
I guess that's why Dino Riki was never rereleased. Not even on the Wii, which had a ton of Hudson games.
Didn’t stop Adventure Island or IIRC, JJ and Jeff
Both of those games had their celebrity tie-in scrubbed out or at least renamed for the American versions.
But on the other hand, so did Dino-Riki! The US manual just calls the power-up "Macho Riki." Who knows.
That is a pretty sweet chiptune.
It does at that!
With the polls closed on Friday, we have our results: The best Nice Code title is…
DEJECTILE!
In second place comes Awful Rushing, then we have a three-way tie for third between Repair Urgently, Utmost Warfare, and Police vs Thief Violent Chasing.
(But really, aren’t they all winners?)
But that also brings us to an important crossroads: I can end the thread here and go out on top, or I can do another dozen posts about where the contents differ from the Games Power 500-in-1 “thinner than paper” model of handheld.
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This would be a much faster process—there are actually only 330 games on that device to being with, because 170 of them are duplicates that don’t even bother to change the title. Also, at least 134 of the remaining games have the same titles as ones on the FC500 (and I’m certain more of them are direct duplicates as well). I’m going to guess there are a few dozen more rare cuts and Nice Code titles. Should I go hunting for them?
DEJECTILE!
In second place comes Awful Rushing, then we have a three-way tie for third between Repair Urgently, Utmost Warfare, and Police vs Thief Violent Chasing.
(But really, aren’t they all winners?)
But that also brings us to an important crossroads: I can end the thread here and go out on top, or I can do another dozen posts about where the contents differ from the Games Power 500-in-1 “thinner than paper” model of handheld.
This would be a much faster process—there are actually only 330 games on that device to being with, because 170 of them are duplicates that don’t even bother to change the title. Also, at least 134 of the remaining games have the same titles as ones on the FC500 (and I’m certain more of them are direct duplicates as well). I’m going to guess there are a few dozen more rare cuts and Nice Code titles. Should I go hunting for them?
Did that handheld cost $10? If it didn't then you would have to change the thread title.
Also, part of me thinks you should just let the Anbernic have this thread all to itself and create a new one for this other retro game device. The new thread could be like a sequel or companion piece to this thread.
Also, part of me thinks you should just let the Anbernic have this thread all to itself and create a new one for this other retro game device. The new thread could be like a sequel or companion piece to this thread.
Likewise; I love this thread