GPX | 1,369 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Complimentary to some of the main games, are the bonus stages, which can serve as fun diversions that arent a necessary means to complete a game. These bonus stages can be in various forms such as bonus screens, extra levels or mini-games. What were some of your favorite BS? Least favorite? Most memorable? etc. I have 3 that instantly spring to mind: 1. Streetfighter 2 - the car crunching and barrels bashing BS; probably the most times I’ve seen in all my years of gaming! 2. Shinobi - throwing ninja stars at ninjas running all over the place; might be one of the most memorable BS of all time? 3. Sonic 1 - a colourful, psychedelic, rolling around a maze game to get a chaos emerald; very trippy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 984 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Sonic 2 comes to mind. Also DKC 1 and 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagusSmurf | 577 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 I thought Sonic 2’s were abysmal. As far as I’m concerned, Super Sonic might as well not exist in that game outside the cheat code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elprincipe | 142 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 The Final Fight bonus stage where you destroy a car and then the owner comes out afterwards and says "Oh my God!" is pretty fun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,933 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Most my ideas were taken. Capcom's gems found in Final Fight and Street Fighter II, and then Shinobi with the throwing star challenge along with Sonic but not 1, the half pipe in #2. There have been a few others but they're fairly brief, such as the bottle break, ice break, etc stuff SNK did with earlier games like Art of Fighting and World Heroes style games as they're fun timed little mini games with a nice reward if you crack it just right and at the sweet spot for power too. Also maybe less obvious, the card game you can pop up on the map in Super Mario Bros 3 was pretty neat for a decent sized memory match game with some serious obvious well loved help from being right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_profile_name | 230 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 The bonus stages is ssb (64, the "smash the targets") and ssbm (where you need hit the punching bag) are really fun. Maybe I'm primed because of the other fighting games mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,369 Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 I was looking through some images of Streetfighter 2 bonus stages, and I stumbled onto this article: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.vrfocus.com/2017/11/legendary-street-fighter-ii-bonus-stage-officially-remade-for-vr/amp/ How cool would it be to play Ken/Ryu bashing up a car in a VR game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mbd39 | 2,020 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 There's the fun bonus stage in Balloon Fight where you have to pop all the balloons. You can get into a groove and it's pretty satisfying. There's a similar one in Mappy. Lamest is probably NES Karate Champ where people usually die to the first thing that they have to punch or kick. Golden Axe sort of has a bonus stage where you kick the little elves for items. Agree with Shinobi. They're iconic as well as the voice saying "Welcome to bonus stage!" I've never been any good at them though. Was Galaga the first game to have a bonus stage? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elprincipe | 142 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Shadow Dancer has an excellent bonus stage where you jump off a skyscraper and take out ninjas on your way down. Music is awesome too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bogomil | 815 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I used to play Mortal Kombat just so I could 'test my might'. It was so satisfying to break the diamond. It's funny looking back though as it's nothing more than rapid button mashing. I know there are definitely a few games out there where the BS were just as fun as the actual game, if not better, just having trouble thinking of any more I really liked off the top of my head. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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