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Post by derboo on Aug 24, 2013 23:26:47 GMT -5
www.hardcoregaming101.net/rollingthunder/rollingthunder.htmAnother article with new layout, which didn't have a proper thread due to it being ancient. That's also why it's rather brief, as it hasn't been changed that much from its original form, aside from listing all the ports and providing comparison screenshots.
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Post by Snarboo on Aug 24, 2013 23:28:04 GMT -5
You accidentally posted this in off topic rather than the article discussion board.
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Post by derboo on Aug 24, 2013 23:30:09 GMT -5
Oops... fixed!
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Post by Discoalucard on Aug 25, 2013 11:06:09 GMT -5
Barcade in Jersey City got a cabinet of this in recently, and since I've been revisited it, I wouldn't mind expanding the article text when I get the chance.
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Post by Joseph Joestar on Aug 27, 2013 19:11:31 GMT -5
It's kind of funny that the first game takes place in 1967 Harlem.
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Post by Discoalucard on Aug 27, 2013 21:27:36 GMT -5
Hmmm Japanese Wikipedia mentions the NYC bit but not Harlem specifically.
Like Dragon Spirit, there are both OLD and NEW versions of the original Rolling Thunder. In the OLD version, the only music played throughout the whole game is the Cave theme. The NEW version adds a separate track for the first, second and fifth stages. The NEW version also adds the post-level cutscenes of the girl being tortured, and the ability to get extends. Other additions include bug fixes, difficulty rebalancing, a slightly nicer title logo, and the ability to select stages via a cheat code.
As far as I can tell, only the NEW version was distributed overseas.
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Post by Joseph Joestar on Aug 27, 2013 23:49:31 GMT -5
Yeah, it was in this book by Dempa and Namco called Shin Namco no Meikan. I'll go find that if you want.
I love that game and its soundtrack, and its one of my fondest arcade memories.
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Post by Discoalucard on Sept 10, 2013 21:30:59 GMT -5
Bumping this one back up, because I've finished revising this. It's not a complete rewrite, since the original text was okay, just sparse. It's substantially longer now, with many more screenshots, including a bit about the Shifty Look homage comic.
TV Tropes says this had a tie-in manga in Hong Kong (or was based on a manga?) but I haven't found proof of this.
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Post by Allie on Sept 11, 2013 9:27:46 GMT -5
Hmmm Japanese Wikipedia mentions the NYC bit but not Harlem specifically. Like Dragon Spirit, there are both OLD and NEW versions of the original Rolling Thunder. In the OLD version, the only music played throughout the whole game is the Cave theme. The NEW version adds a separate track for the first, second and fifth stages. The NEW version also adds the post-level cutscenes of the girl being tortured, and the ability to get extends. Other additions include bug fixes, difficulty rebalancing, a slightly nicer title logo, and the ability to select stages via a cheat code. As far as I can tell, only the NEW version was distributed overseas. Namco seemed to do that a lot back then. Didn't Tower of Druaga and Sky Kid also have different revisions like that?
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Post by Joseph Joestar on Sept 11, 2013 9:57:23 GMT -5
Bumping this one back up, because I've finished revising this. It's not a complete rewrite, since the original text was okay, just sparse. It's substantially longer now, with many more screenshots, including a bit about the Shifty Look homage comic. TV Tropes says this had a tie-in manga in Hong Kong (or was based on a manga?) but I haven't found proof of this. Yeah, that thing about the Hong Kong comic first appeared on the VAPS entry for Rolling Thunder back in the mid-90's, but I haven't found anything to confirm it since. There was apparently a comic for Rolling Thunder 2 in an issue of Namco's N.G. magazine if Namco Museum is to be believed, but I haven't found it.
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Post by derboo on Sept 11, 2013 10:44:53 GMT -5
The Japanese Wikipedia knows nothing of this, which makes it a bit suspicous (aside from the lack of any more precise reference).
It lists two more Famicom games that are supposed to be similar, though: Lupin Sansei and Mottomo Abunai Deka. .
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Post by Joseph Joestar on Sept 11, 2013 20:36:27 GMT -5
The Japanese Wikipedia knows nothing of this, which makes it a bit suspicous (aside from the lack of any more precise reference). It lists two more Famicom games that are supposed to be similar, though: Lupin Sansei and Mottomo Abunai Deka. . The Famicom Lupin game is pretty different, but there's a cameo of a Masker as a one-off enemy in the first level.
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Post by Discoalucard on Sept 11, 2013 20:55:04 GMT -5
I looked up Mottomo Abunai Deka on Youtube. The game looks horrible. It's definitely inspired by Rolling Thunder (especially his animations) but it's not so much a ripoff as Code Name Viper.
Late addition I still need to do: I was playing Mappy Kids earlier today, and found cameos by the hooded guys, of all people. Except, their hoods are white, which make them look even more like the KKK than they did even in the arcade game.
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Post by Joseph Joestar on Sept 11, 2013 21:00:10 GMT -5
I looked up Mottomo Abunai Deka on Youtube. The game looks horrible. It's definitely inspired by Rolling Thunder (especially his animations) but it's not so much a ripoff as Code Name Viper. Late addition I still need to do: I was playing Mappy Kids earlier today, and found cameos by the hooded guys, of all people. Except, their hoods are white, which make them look even more like the KKK than they did even in the arcade game. These? I noticed that a couple of years ago when I played it through. Mappy Kids was pretty fun. Super depressing if you think about the Two Player game though.
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Post by Discoalucard on Sept 11, 2013 21:05:23 GMT -5
Ah yup. Mind if I grab those? Only reason I don't have them now is they're still on my phone.
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