Section Z (NES)

[cartman | 195]

How do y'all feel about Section Z? Doesn't get much notice really but i have great fun with this game and it's kinda unique flying around with the warps and mazes. Would've been for Capcom to do more with the brand but it will never happen.

 

 

[arch_8ngel | 1,597]

It is a fun game.  I mapped it out and beat at one point.

Strikes me as a game that I would have played quite a bit if I had it as a kid.

[MeganJoanne | 365]

It was a good game, but I only ever played and beaten twice, and that was prior to me keeping records thus don't even know when, but somewhere between March 11th 2001 (when I bought it back then) and December 8th 2002 (when I starting keeping detailed records on game accomplishments back then). I can't believe I never played and beaten it again in all those years. I think if I had grew up with it it could have been a favorite. It just sorta got forgotten, even though it plays well and I found it enjoyable. But I had more a preference for Burai Fighter which is sorta like it but more kick ass and no maze, even though the maze made Section Z more interesting, but I guess not for repeated plays. Odd that I didn't give Section Z any more plays than I had, I did with ones like Gun.Smoke and Trojan which were other early Capcom titles, so it is hard for me now looking back to get why I ignored Section Z all those years after the initial games of it. But Section Z  gave me that little something extra to do during my map making days.

 

Edited January 28, 2020 by MeganJoanne

[cartman | 195]

I think there's something rewarding in it's own right reaching a new section, with new enemies and new design, and you wonder what it's gonna be. That i think is a strength this game has going for it wich you don't really get that often in traditional game design, usually only when a level is completed. The warps that may push you forward or backward only enhances upon this further: the sense of exploration and progress is so damn present. Even one of those "faux warps" that changes from deadly to legit if you just wait a few secs... it's not really challenging but it's an effective trick because it captures your attention.

I don't think the mazes are superfluous but rather central to the experience. Using maps i feel negates a lot of that impact and what the game is about; you're supposed to feel those consequences of the choices you make and have a hard time reaching the end. But i understand the practical decision in wanting to progress and avoid getting lost.

[CMR | 519]

Even though it's where I got my avatar from, I've never beaten it.  It's definitely on my bucket list, though.

[arnpoly | 198]

I wrote about it when I beat it awhile back.  Fun game with some minor issues.  I enjoyed making my own "map" quite a lot.

http://takeontheneslibrary.com/finished/61-section-z/

[RudeGravity | 2]

The second game we owned a home. As a kid it was too difficult for me. Now I can beat it easily. 

I really like it now, love the music too. I never made a map like that thoguh, I just wrote the numbers down (section 1, up=2, down=3, etc) together with some additional info about the level (which items can be found, is there a boss to fight, etc).

[T-Pac | 7,513]

I really want to like Section Z, but the maze element ruins the fun for me.

-CasualCart

[WERY | 2]

This was one of the games I had as a kid, back in the day when I got the NES. I liked the way the music sounded, because that was like typical game music in my opinion. Back then I managed to get to the final world of the game but I never made it to the final boss.

Many years later I when I was a collector, I picked up the game again and then I would not stop playing, until the game was finished. So I found the secret spot in one of the ceilings you had to shoot open, in order to find the secret passage to the final boss. I have not played this game for like 10 years now...

[cartman | 195]

21 hours ago, WERY said:

This was one of the games I had as a kid, back in the day when I got the NES. I liked the way the music sounded, because that was like typical game music in my opinion. Back then I managed to get to the final world of the game but I never made it to the final boss.

Many years later I when I was a collector, I picked up the game again and then I would not stop playing, until the game was finished. So I found the secret spot in one of the ceilings you had to shoot open, in order to find the secret passage to the final boss. I have not played this game for like 10 years now...

Are you saying the game can't be beaten without doing this? Or just that it was what you did.

[RudeGravity | 2]

You have to find a warp to reach the final levels and get to the end boss. Otherwise you'll be playing the same stages over and over again.