Rusty

[lamparita]

Ok, no problem:

Rusty:
www.mediafire.com/?4fmacu7ltk597lw

NOTE: Start the game with play.bat

Totsugeki! Mix:
www.mediafire.com/?rv5b4bidx7gxdhs

NOTE: Start the game with tmix.com

Also i have a lot of korean/chinese games, if someone is looking for one, just tell me and if I have it, I'll upload it without problems.

[Sketcz-1000]

Thank you very much Lamparita!

Those are fantastic.

I'm pleased to see Rusty looks exactly the same as its PC98 release, which saves me having to do comparison screens.

I can also see how Totsugeki! is almost a reskinned Rusty. I think I prefer Rusty though because the music is better, but I do think this is worth covering.

When I'll have the time I'm not sure, but again, thanks to Apachacha for bringing this up, CRV for background info, and Lamparita for uploading. We're like some kind of archaeological A-Team.

[lamparita]

You're welcome , i wish to upload some of my korean/chinese games, but I do not know where in the forum I can do it.

[Sketcz-1000]

In this forum topic Derboo shares his Korean games.
hg101.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=games&action=display&thread=5588&page=14

We love our Korean software, so be sure to chat with Derboo on this matter. I'm sure there's some specific title's he's looking for.

[apachacha]

Feb 12, 2012 10:31:34 GMT -5 Sketcz-1000 said:

Thank you very much Lamparita!

Those are fantastic.

I'm pleased to see Rusty looks exactly the same as its PC98 release, which saves me having to do comparison screens.

I can also see how Totsugeki! is almost a reskinned Rusty. I think I prefer Rusty though because the music is better, but I do think this is worth covering.

When I'll have the time I'm not sure, but again, thanks to Apachacha for bringing this up, CRV for background info, and Lamparita for uploading. We're like some kind of archaeological A-Team.

If you're using Dos you might apreciate the save state function I found on a modified version of Dosbox, I can link you if you're interested (tried with several dos games, Korean ones to be exact, and it still worked perfectly....you just have to remember not to load state when the screen gets dark/after a boss fights, because Dosbox retains the colour and music, which can make some fights a bit difficult) .

And I posted all I remember about where the necessary items to continue in Totsugeki are located. Just one more thing, the slot machine before the boss fight apparently can't be influenced any by the player. You just have to hit the switch and then if your time gets low waiting to hit a three on anything (for the door to open) go back a room, on the ledge there's a time extension item that respawns infinitely.

Feb 12, 2012 15:19:45 GMT -5 lamparita said:

You're welcome , i wish to upload some of my korean/chinese games, but I do not know where in the forum I can do it.

There's a couple of games by Mirinae I'm looking for, particularly Izmir, due to my one korean resource apparently splitting the zip file in a weird way that seemed to screw everything up, so definitely have something to ask you about

And....is that a dantini ?

[derboo]

I moved the link for Izmir to the thread posted by Sketcz (hg101.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=games&action=display&thread=5588&page=15) and put my wanted list below.

The way I want it to be ideally is having all games discussion in the marathon thread linked above, and everything that's directly pertaining to the content of the article and miscellaneous history tidbits in the article discussion thread (hg101.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=recent&action=display&thread=6819&page=8).

[Gendo Ikari]

Gave a try to the DOS version of Rusty, keyboard controls are a little stiff and there's a lot of dithering but, honestly, those are only 16 colors? They used them really well. Other than that, the game's really fine.

Regarding the "Castlevania ripoff" aspect of Rusty (if all the ripoffs were so good, I'd sign for it!), I found this article from Castlevania Realm:
www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/multi/Essays/essay-dougr.htm
While a couple of comparisons seem forced, and the author forgets how Rusty also takes some gameplay cues from the original MSX Vampire Killer, other similarities are interesting, especially considering Rondo of Blood was released a few months after Rusty. They may be all just coincidences, but he also notices that a familiar in Symphony of the Night works just like one in Rusty. Given how C-Lab seems quite obscure as a company, the theory of some contacts between them and Konami may not be so far-fetched.

[Sketcz-1000]

Holy crap, I hadn't even realised this:



My mind was just blown.

[Gendo Ikari]

Tried also the PC98 version. While graphics and gameplay are identical, the DOS version has an important difference: the sound. It is much inferior. With the midi synth used the music is merely nice, the sound effects are muffled and there's even no scream upon death.

[derboo]

Does Rusty have staff credits?

[Sketcz-1000]

Yes! And they're ALL in English. Just add a digit incrementally from this image (364 onwards to 374):


EDIT:
Also, mobygames has a listing:
Original Work (原案):
Naoto Niida (新井田 直人)
Created by (製作):
Naoto Niida (新井田 直人)
Character Design (キャラクター原案):
Ringo Moribayashi (森林 林檎)
Design (デザイン):
Mitsuhiro Nakamura (中村 光宏), Kenji Furuichi (古市 建二)
Design Work (デザインワーク):
Junichi Nishiyama (西山 純一), Kuniyoshi Takazawa (高沢 国芳), Yoshihiro Oota (大田 恵弘), Tomoko Katou (加藤 友子)
Sound (サウンド):
Masahiro Kajihara (梶原 正裕), Kenichi Arakawa (荒川 憲一), Ryuu Takami (高見 龍)
Coordinator (進行):
Kazuhiro Kawano (川野 一博)
Program (プログラム):
Naoto Niida (新井田 直人), Raita Ozone (小曽根 雷太)
Producer (プロデューサー):
Masayoshi Koyama (小山 正義)
Produced by (製作著作):
C‑lab Co. Ltd. [株式会社シー・ラボ]

[derboo]

Hmm, aside from what's listed at Mobygames, it seems Mr. Niida was also a programmer for Grandread. He seems to have been in charge of this company: www.gamejob.jp/recruit/employ/jb03.htm?id=blackjack07
The remains of its homepage in the wayback machine lists lots of imode conversions and typically Japanese stuff for PS2 no one in the West gives a damn about; idol mahjong, horse betting sims and the like. You can follow the page history until 2010, but now it doesn't exist, anymore.

The character designer is Woody-Rinn, who's apparently kinda famous for developing a graphics format many old Japanese computer programs used. ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody-Rinn

No hints at a Konami connection, though.

[apachacha]

Feb 22, 2012 10:45:13 GMT -5 Sketcz-1000 said:

Holy crap, I hadn't even realised this:



My mind was just blown.

Hotlinking not allowed.

[CRV]

Is it possible someone saw early screenshots? Or a demo at a trade event?

[Narushima]

Feb 22, 2012 17:18:46 GMT -5 Gendo Ikari said:

Tried also the PC98 version. While graphics and gameplay are identical, the DOS version has an important difference: the sound. It is much inferior. With the midi synth used the music is merely nice, the sound effects are muffled and there's even no scream upon death.

Do you have Ultrasound available for DosBox ? Not all games support it, but when they do, it's quite a lot better than the usual Soundblaster.