What are other gorgeous 2D Saturn games ?

[Djidjo]

I love Saturn for its 2D capabilities, and some games really have a poetic feeling, and I love them all :

- Astal (highly underrated game IMHO)

- Princess Crown (I want it in english :sigh)

- Psychik Assassin Taromaru (unique dark feeling)

- Mr Bones (the platfrom levels are gorgeous)

I'm looking for other 2D gems in medieval imaginary worlds... Do you know any ?

(Don't tell me Guardian Heroes, it's a gem but not for the graphics )

Edit : Don't tell me Metal Slug it's a graphic gem but not "poetic"

Thanks !

Djidjo

 

[lethal_illuminati]

mega man x4...that's a bare none 2d game nephew, i promise ya.

 

[AntiPasta]

Street Fighter Alpha 2 / Zero 2

X-men vs Streetfighter

Galactic Attack / Layer Section

those get my vote!

 

[ExCyber]

Sol Divide

Shippu Mahou Daisakusen (sorta)

 

[vbt]

why not skeleton warriors ?

 

[Des-ROW]

Samurai Spirits IV ~ Amakusa Kourin

King of Fighter 97

Vampire Savior

Metal Slug

 

[Jurai]

all the dark stalkers games rox

 

[it290]

Sol Divide...blech.. that game is terrible! I guess it looks kind of OK though. I would highly recommend Sengoku Blade over that pile though.

 

[Nadius]

Legend of Oasis looks pretty good, but that's the only 2d saturn game i have, so i don't know what to measure it against.

 

[Tagrineth]

Originally posted by Des-ROW@Dec 9, 2003 @ 05:21 PM

Metal Slug

He specifically said no metal slug ^_^; Though yes, it is a great looking game. =)

Um... I echo Megaman X4, that game looks very nice on the Saturn. Um.. Magic Knight Rayearth looks quite nice, too...

 

[CrazyGoon]

Clockwork Knight 1 + 2

 

[M3d10n]

- Magic Knight Rayearth

- Cotton 2

- Cotton Boomerang (Cotton 2 remake, with less slowdown, revamped gameplay and TONS of transparencies)

- Dracula X

- Street Fighter Zero 3

- Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystaria

- Nanatsu Kaze No Shima Monogatari (one of the best 2D I *EVER* saw in the saturn! Full painted backgrounds, with morphing animations, and interesting graphic style - BTW, it's an Enix game)

- Radiant Silvergun (well, if you consider Taromaru to be 2D graphics, then RSG should be in the list too).

There also an action RPG I just saw briefly... but that looked darn good. It was a kid with a tail, and had some fine animation and good looking trees. I think it was Farland Saga or something...

 

[Jeffrey]

Hey, I know! How about Metal Slug?

 

[mal]

Originally posted by Djidjo@Dec 10, 2003 @ 01:22 AM

Don't tell me Metal Slug it's a graphic gem but not "poetic"

That's why not Metal Slug.

 

[Des-ROW]

Akumajo Dorakura ~ Gekka no Yasoukyoku

 

[MasterAkumaMatata]

Originally posted by AntiPasta@Dec 9, 2003 @ 03:48 PM

Street Fighter Alpha 2 / Zero 2

X-men vs Streetfighter

Galactic Attack / Layer Section

those get my vote!

:agree

 

[Djidjo]

Oh oh oh ! I was sure I'd get plenty of replies with most of them out of what I was asking...

Capcom fighters and shooters are not medieval (except Cotton games) and have no "poetic" atmosphere, don't you think ? Well thanks anyway for all your replies.

why not skeleton warriors ?

I have it and I like it, but graphics are not that great (but it's in the scope of the game style I'm looking for)

Sol Divide

Thanks for this one ! I knew it, I have the arcade version and got a bad Saturn rip from an FTP server :/

Akumajo Dorakura ~ Gekka no Yasoukyoku

Nanatsu Kaze No Shima Monogatari

I'd like to have more info on these 2 games if you don't mind.

Thanks !

Djidjo

 

[lethal_illuminati]

Originally posted by CrazyGoon@Dec 9, 2003 @ 10:19 PM

Clockwork Knight 1 + 2

i forgot about that game...it came on the saturn sampler and we played it all day..it was weird..but that's the charm to it.

 

[E Nice]

Keio Yugekitai Katsugekihan

 

[M3d10n]

Originally posted by Djidjo@Dec 10, 2003 @ 10:25 AM

Akumajo Dorakura ~ Gekka no Yasoukyoku

Nanatsu Kaze No Shima Monogatari

I'd like to have more info on these 2 games if you don't mind.

Thanks !

Djidjo

Akumajo Dorakura ~ Gekka no Yasoukyoku is the kana/kanji name for DraculaX ~ Nocturne in the Moonlight (good 'ol Castlevania: SOTN).

Nanatsu Kaze is... weird, and looks very good. Gotta take some time to play further into it, but it requires havy Japanese or some damn good blind luck

Thankfully there is a translation guide at gamefaqs.

I saw screens of it in some site... can't remember where. Anyway, I'll see if any of the emulators can boot this game and take some screenies.

It uses a nice trick for animating the background (that is hand-made, BTW). The BG has 3 frames, and the game alpha blends between them in sequence, so the whole scenery seems to be alive, with waving leaves and such. I don't think I saw any other 2D game, in any system, use such trick.