BLINXERIZER | 7 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Anyone have the Piko Interactive version of Jim Powers for NES, SNES, and Genesis? Wondering if they are good. I just looked at gameplay for the first time and it looks awesome! I'm especially interested in the NES and Genesis versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor | 847 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 the only Jim Powers i know was an 80s pro wrestler. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,493 Editorials Team · Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 What a game to reissue... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,084 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 I have the NES version. Really well done. Would recommend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLINXERIZER | 7 Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 1 hour ago, a3quit4s said: I have the NES version. Really well done. Would recommend Nice! Have you beatin it? If so how long is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,084 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 21 minutes ago, BLINXERIZER said: Nice! Have you beatin it? If so how long is it? I haven’t beaten just played the first few levels. Not sure on how long it is though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,493 Editorials Team · Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 It's one of the hardest games on the SNES, so I'll be surprised if any of you beat it, honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,717 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said: It's one of the hardest games on the SNES, so I'll be surprised if any of you beat it, honestly. Weren't some adjustments made in the reissue to address this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,493 Editorials Team · Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 45 minutes ago, fcgamer said: Weren't some adjustments made in the reissue to address this? I have no idea, but that would be the smart thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLINXERIZER | 7 Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, fcgamer said: Weren't some adjustments made in the reissue to address this? Yeah there were. Main one being the horrible parallax scrolling. https://youtu.be/sh-hanSob7c Edited January 26, 2022 by BLINXERIZER 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,929 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I have the NES game too all complete, got it last year. I've been through most of the game, didn't finish it. I didn't think it was all that grossly hard until the late parts of the game so perhaps this built from the ground up NES version was made less sadist as I know I'm not some one shot expert at that. Control is great, audio visuals are high quality end of the NES spectrum too. I remember talking with Piko/Eli about this awhile back when it was kickstarted and he said the asinine difficulty was scaled back, challenge still yes, but not rage inducing with some new balancing and what not. I'd believe it because I got that far on the one I have. Of the versions I saw the NES one just blew me away the most, especially the fluid amount of animation frames Jim and others have, it's smooth like Moon Crystal on Famicom or Prince of Persia NES. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLINXERIZER | 7 Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Tanooki said: I have the NES game too all complete, got it last year. I've been through most of the game, didn't finish it. I didn't think it was all that grossly hard until the late parts of the game so perhaps this built from the ground up NES version was made less sadist as I know I'm not some one shot expert at that. Control is great, audio visuals are high quality end of the NES spectrum too. I remember talking with Piko/Eli about this awhile back when it was kickstarted and he said the asinine difficulty was scaled back, challenge still yes, but not rage inducing with some new balancing and what not. I'd believe it because I got that far on the one I have. Of the versions I saw the NES one just blew me away the most, especially the fluid amount of animation frames Jim and others have, it's smooth like Moon Crystal on Famicom or Prince of Persia NES. Awesome to hear. I'm definitely grabbing a copy. Thanks for the input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,929 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 No problem. Fcgamer tipped me off to something, good luck not getting hosed on a cart, but if you go to their website(I don't know it off hand) there's a true in every sense of it mega man sequel/clone game out since late last year called TROPHY you might want to take a peek at. Quality level from the clips I've watched is insane, and he said it plays just as nice as the capcom oldies too, so it's not just a pretty game with average wonky homebrew design/control issues. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLINXERIZER | 7 Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 What do you mean by hosed? And yeah I've seen Trophy. It's another one I'm interested in getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,929 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Ripped off, they were sold over a kickstarter so those who have them will try and likely go for scalper prices on it since the original run of the carts has come and gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLINXERIZER | 7 Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 Is there supposed to be something different between the Kickstarter version and the ones sold on their site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,929 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 No that's what was promised, should all be what was intended, at least at a minimum. If I remember the games were essentially done or primed to be finished when that was kicked off some time ago, at least some versions of it at least. What are you so concerned about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLINXERIZER | 7 Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 Not concerned about anything really. Was wondering due to what you were saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,084 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I have the trophy kickstarter I can’t remember if I played it or not. I’m awesome at buying games and the worst at playing them lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,717 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Yeah Trophy is awesome. I even recommended it to my brother, I feel it's that good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,595 Homebrew Team · Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Re: Trophy It is available on 6502 collective website (https://6502collective.com/store/p_1239926/trophy-) For the difference between kickstarter and ones sold on the website, there was a limited edition variant that was kickstarter only (+team members). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 227 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 On 1/25/2022 at 10:05 AM, twiztor said: the only Jim Powers i know was an 80s pro wrestler. I came into this thread thinking exactly this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) On 2/17/2022 at 7:47 PM, Van Jackson said: I came into this thread thinking exactly this. That's Jim Powers not Jim Power!!!! Anyway, I wasn't going to order this since I assumed the NES version would be a dramatic down-port of low quality, but I checked out the first couple of minutes on youtube and the NES version looks really well done. So now I just have to wait a thousand years for PIKO to get around to sending me the copy I just paid for (my last order with them took months). Edited February 20, 2022 by Dr. Morbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,013 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 1/25/2022 at 9:05 AM, twiztor said: the only Jim Powers i know was an 80s pro wrestler. How did a guy with a look like that become a jobber? Always thought it was weird that he was a jobber. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Okay, I finally received my NES copy in the mail, and I'm giving it a big thumbs up! I've never played any other version, so I can't speak to how faithful the NES game is to other ports, but the game itself is very well made and a lot of fun. It's very difficult though, to the point of being frustrating, even on easy, but it has fluid animation and great graphics and play control. I haven't beaten it yet, but it's on my short-list now. The only real negative, and this is a minor gripe, but the manual is riddled with typos; I took a picture (below) of one particular page that has three blatant errors. First, I'm supposed to put my NES cart into my SNES?!? Then it's says, "the title screen appear will appear," and to top it off, it mixes up the jump and shoot button (fear not, it's B to shoot, A to jump, like most other NES games); how do you mess up the controls when there are only two buttons? Now, I know I'm being nitpicky, but I read the entire manual cover to cover in about five minutes; is it asking too much for the guy in charge of releasing the game to do the same before it goes off to the printer? All the money securing the license, time/effort of Shiru to program the game, whatever graphic artist designed the box and manual, and you don't have five minutes left to proofread the manual? Also, the box's spine doesn't have any title on the display side, and the other spine if you face the box the other way on your shelf has the text read bottom to top instead of top to bottom, unlike 99% of the rest of the NES library... but enough negatives; these are very minor gripes that I had to get off my chest, as I am very happy with the actual game itself! One last thing, I've included a second picture of the back of the box, as you have got to read that first paragraph. I know it's just ad-copy, but if that shit is true then this is officially the best freaking video game ever made - one step away from Star Trek's Holodeck! I don't think I've ever seen a game trump itself up to this extent before, especially on the 8 bit NES. Anyway, TLDR: NES version is great and I highly recommend all NES-heads buy themselves a copy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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