Can we talk about how awesome Gun Nac is?

[Daniel_Doyce | 477]

It doesn't even seem possible to program on the NES. Gun Nac rocks ass.

[MagusSmurf | 577]

It's pretty cool. Has some crazy stuff and the difficulty options allow it to get easy enough to have to something to offer to people not already inducted into the Shmup cult but then can also ramp up substantially. Seemed like a top 100 NES game.

[Sumez | 2,994]

It's very similar to probably 80+% of other Compile shooters out there, but while their formula doesn't usually appeal very much to me, GunNac somehow manages to be a super fun game to play.

Very easy on the default difficulty, but like you said there are a lot of settings to accommodate that! 

[Code Monkey | 2,013]

Great game, did you know Zanac is a sequel?

[fcgamer | 4,753]

25 minutes ago, Code Monkey said:

Great game, did you know Zanac is a sequel?

That's impossible, Zanac came out first.

As for an actual fun fact, Zanac was released in Japan only for the disk system; as a result, when Taiwanese decided to release the game illegally, they had a few choices.

Several companies converted the disk game to cartridge format, so there are almost as many conversions of this as there are SMB2J. On multicarts, if the game was lucky enough to appear, the companies generally opted to use the later NES release. 

Now there's some facts for you all!

[JamesRobot | 5,825]

Hell yeah Gun-Nac is awesome.  I had the pleasure of playing this one as a kid.  

[Daniel_Doyce | 477]

53 minutes ago, MagusSmurf said:

It's pretty cool. Has some crazy stuff and the difficulty options allow it to get easy enough to have to something to offer to people not already inducted into the Shmup cult but then can also ramp up substantially. Seemed like a top 100 NES game.

Top 100? That's not saying much, even though there are 9 Koei games in the top 10... Right @Reed Rothchild?

[Code Monkey | 2,013]

6 minutes ago, fcgamer said:

That's impossible, Zanac came out first.

As for an actual fun fact, Zanac was released in Japan only for the disk system; as a result, when Taiwanese decided to release the game illegally, they had a few choices.

Several companies converted the disk game to cartridge format, so there are almost as many conversions of this as there are SMB2J. On multicarts, if the game was lucky enough to appear, the companies generally opted to use the later NES release. 

Now there's some facts for you all!

Great game, did you know Gun-Nac is a sequel?

[guitarzombie | 927]

The only SHMUP that may be better is Recca, and thats not a fair comparison.  My friend had Gun Nac as a kid from renting it.

[Code Monkey | 2,013]

I got mine from The Nolans maybe 6 or 7 years ago.

[Code Monkey | 2,013]

Would you believe a sealed copy sold for $780? Back when Heritage Auctions first started taking games in mass amounts, the new collectors didn't quite know what was actually uncommon so this one slipped through. I was fairly upset with myself I missed it.

 

[docile tapeworm | 4,204]

It’s not even compiles best work on the nes though. The guardian legend in TGL mode.

and I find the port of toplans twin cobra more enjoyable.

it’s a good game, always gets high praise (for good reason) and comparisons to recca.

[Daniel_Doyce | 477]

 I dunno man, Gun Nac poops on the chest of Twin Cobra all day.

TGL is pretty sweet, but this is about the awesomeness of Gun Nac

[a3quit4s | 4,125]

This is one of the rare games I have CIB for the NES. I’ve been tempted on so many occasions to buy a Recca but I’m so unfamiliar with Famicom I’d be worried about getting a fake for non-fake money. 

[docile tapeworm | 4,204]

1 hour ago, Daniel_Doyce said:

 I dunno man, Gun Nac poops on the chest of Twin Cobra all day.

TGL is pretty sweet, but this is about the awesomeness of Gun Nac

Gun nac certainly is a favorite among the ignorant.

fair. Gun nac has a bit of awesomeness I suppose. Gun.smoke Now that’s an awesome shooter.