Oh, 'shoot for', I med a shit joke.

Played the up to the first boss on the MD version.  It actually reminds me of the Robocop arcade game slightly.  Pretty good so far.

Just finished Sunset Riders.  The final boss is a bit cheap and it's woefully short (I played the Megadrive version, which has four levels split into eight stages), but it was enjoyable nonetheless.  The whole thing took around 35 minutes, which isn't particularly great.  Graphics and sound were fine, but none of the tunes grabbed me in the way I was expecting for an early 90s Konami game. 

The highlight of the game for me was its deft handling of the struggles between Cowboys and Indians; after working your way through a an entire tribe of Native Americans, decimating all who stand in your path, you come face to face with their chief, whom you riddle with bullets after he says something like 'it's bang bang time'.  After an epic battle your adversary falls to the ground, and his sister runs onto the screen to plead with your cowboy hero.  "Please don't shoot my brother" she says, just in the nick of time, "he was only following orders".   Instead of unloading into their faces, your touching response is "alright ma'am", before the screen fades to black.  Poignant stuff. 

I'd give it a pre High Five era C+VG 78%, accompanied by a restrained review bemoaning its lastability, but probably praising the simultaneous two player mode that I didn't get a chance to try this week, and pointing out that it's a decent game while it lasts. 

Also, I don't care if none of you fuckers are playing, can I have some more suggestions for next week please, 'cos I'm gonna crack on.

Are you the guy who voted for Robocod in the Best Games Ever thread??

I used to love it, but I've got a horrible feeling it won't have aged well.  If it receives more votes I'll stick it in.

Go! Go! Beckham > Soccer Kid > Marko's Magic Football.

I ain't played those two other games you mentioned so I can only assume you just laid the smackdown on my personal taste and told me what the moot is cookin'.

Is it any version of Sunset Riders?

Bollockoff wrote:

I ain't played those two other games you mentioned so I can only assume you just laid the smackdown on my personal taste and told me what the moot is cookin'.

Ha, I thought you were sowing the seeds of a 'let's make Moot play shit games' trend.  By way of apology I'll play Marko's Magic Football while I wait for the votes to come in for next week's game (which could end up being MMF anyway, let's not rule it out).  Perhaps it's better than it looked in the mags....

Edit: Domark.  That's a name I haven't heard for about 15 years.

Yeah I remember the game being quite hard generally when I was a kid. Glad to get the impression you're enjoying it somewhat.

Marko's Magic Football completed.  I shall award it 84% despite the difficulty spike, as it eased off a little towards the end.

Took me 25 minutes to realise the stages on Gun Smoke loop unless you buy a wanted poster.

James Pond?

I was just about to post my own apologies. My week just went insanely quick and I had much more of my time bagsied to other things.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Took me 25 minutes to realise the stages on Gun Smoke loop unless you buy a wanted poster.

Haha, classic. The wanted posters are also hidden in each of the levels so you dont actually have to buy them

Im impressed you done this one so quick, I love it, probably in my top 10 NES games. Do you prefer it to Sunset Riders?

I'll vote for James Pond too.