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Season 3 – Game Nominations…
Topic Started: 26 Apr 2006, 01:16 PM (1,073 Views)
Antiriad2097
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Its that time again. Season 3 of the RS Retro Gaming League is fast approaching. The official start date is 26th March 2006 which is less than a fortnight from this post. Apologies if that seems a bit soon, but I've just worked out that if I run the next two seasons close together I can actually enjoy my anniversary in Gran Canaria in September without having to update the league - this scores some brownie points with Mrs Ant :D

Full League rules can be found here. Now's the time to argue the toss if you don't agree with them, not halfway through the season ;)

Nomination Rules:

Anyone wishing to participate can nominate 2 games in this thread, all will be added to the random selection for week 1. For these games to be included in subsequent weeks’ draws, players must post a score for the previous week (e.g. for your selection to be in the draw for week 5, you must play and post a score during week 4).

Games played during Seasons 1 and 2 can not be nominated for Season 3. Nominations that were not played can be nominated again.

Games with ongoing Challenges can not be nominated for League play (I don't think there have been any in the last month or so apart from the current Champion's Challenge).

All games will be assumed to be the Arcade/MAME versions unless otherwise specified. (Its helpful if you specify the romulan name [thanks Koops for highlighting that] )

Preference should be given to MAME where possible as its almost guaranteed all players will already have it. Other formats will be considered, but you will be expected to give fast and effective IT support to any other players who have difficulty with your emulator and/or game should it be selected. Bear in mind not everyone will have that 'Windows 98 only' Oric emulator you love so much or know how it works once its installed ;)

Try and nominate games you know if possible. I personally went on reputation of games last season and discovered I didn't really like either of my nominations. We universally agreed that the arcade Bionic Commando was poo so there's a lesson in there somewhere... :blink:

Games exempt from nomination:

Season 1:
Buggy Boy (C64)
Green Beret
Gyruss
Jackal
Metal Slug Super Vehicle 001
Mr Do's Castle
Pac-Land
Rick Dangerous (Atari ST)
Rod-Land
Sky Kid
Time Pilot '84

Season 2:
Bionic Commando
Black Tiger
Bombjack
Cosmic Cop (aka Gallop APU)
Crazy Kong
Galaga 90 (PC Engine : Remember when I mentioned sticking to MAME. This is why...)
Ghouls and Ghosts
Gradius
Strider
Rainbow Islands
Rolling Thunder 2

Season 3 Nominations so far:

1942 ( 1942 ) - MAME ( Fairziff )
64th.Street - A Detective Story (World) ( 64street ) - MAME ( TheMadWelshMan91 )
Asteroids (rev2) ( asteroid ) - MAME ( Antiriad2097 )
Bank Panic ( bankp ) - MAME ( Antiriad2097 )
Biomechanical Toy (unprotected) ( biomtoy ) - MAME ( Markopoloman ) : Week 10 selection
Blue Max ( TBA ) - C64 ( RevGiblet )
Bosconian (new version) ( bosco ) - MAME ( BigDon )
Bounty Bob Strikes Back ( TBA ) - C64 ( Zaphod79 )
Bubble Bobble ( bublbobl ) - MAME ( Ghostbiscuit ) : Week 6 selection
Chuckie Egg ( PM ) - BBC ( Sureshot ) : Week 8 selection
Donpachi ( donpachi ) - MAME ( Mike )
Escape From The Planet of the Robot Monsters ( eprom ) - MAME ( Ghostbiscuit )
Firetrap (US) ( firetrap ) - MAME ( BigDon ) : Week 5 selection
Hunter's Moon ( PM ) - C64 ( Merman )
Hyper Sports ( hyperspt ) - MAME ( Zaphod79 ) : Week 4 selection
Mappy (US) ( mappy ) - MAME ( Leezer )
Motos ( motos ) - MAME ( Merman )
Pang ( pang ) - MAME ( Elgin_McQueen )
Paradroid ( PM ) - C64 ( russgalleywood )
Pulstar ( pulstar ) - MAME ( Mike )
Q*Bert (US Set 1) ( qbert ) - MAME ( Doughboyca )
Rolling Thunder (new version) ( rthunder ) - MAME ( Stomach )
Rygar (US Set 1) ( rygar ) - MAME ( TK421 )
R-Type (Japan) ( rtype ) - MAME ( Mawrth )
R-Type II ( rtype2 ) - MAME ( Fairziff )
Section Z (Set 1) ( sectionz ) - MAME ( Mawrth )
Shadow Dancer (set 3, US) ( shdancer ) - MAME ( RS200 ) : Week 7 selection
Slap Fight (English Bootleg) ( slapbtuk ) - MAME ( Kaiserpc )
Son Son ( sonson ) - MAME ( Doughboyca )
Space Harrier ( sharrier ) - MAME ( russgalleywood ) : Week 9 selection
Starforce ( starforc ) - MAME ( RS200 )
Steel Force ( stlforce ) - MAME ( Necronom )
Strikers 1945 II ( s1945ii ) - MAME ( Markopoloman )
Sunset Riders (2 Players ver EBD) ( ssrdrebd ) - MAME ( Koopa42 )
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (World 930911) ( ssf2 ) - MAME ( Koopa42 ) : Week 1 selection
Tales of the Arabian Nights ( TBA ) - C64 ( RevGiblet )
Tapper (Budweiser) ( tapper ) - MAME ( Kaiserpc )
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (World 4 Players) ( tmnt ) - MAME ( TheMadWelshMan91 )
The New Zealand Story (World, newer) ( tnzs ) - MAME ( Elgin_McQueen )
The Ninja ( TBA ) - SMS ( Sureshot )
Up'n Down ( upndown ) - MAME ( Leezer )
Violent Storm ( viostorm ) - MAME ( Necronom )
Wardner (World) ( wardner ) - MAME ( TK421 ) : Week 3 selection
Willow (US) ( willow ) - MAME ( Stomach ) : Week 2 selection
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Antiriad2097
Apr 26 2006, 01:16 PM
Try and nominate games you know if possible. I personally went on reputation of games last season and discovered I didn't really like either of my nominations. We universally agreed that the arcade Bionic Commando was poo so there's a lesson in there somewhere... :blink:

Ahem, some of us didn't mind that game too much. :P
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I want to nominate Blue Max (C64) and Tales of the Arabian Nights (C64). :P
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revgiblet
Apr 29 2006, 10:15 PM
I want to nominate Blue Max (C64) and Tales of the Arabian Nights (C64). :P

two great picks :D

They were on my list of possible selections

Imrahil sailed the perilous waters of the red sea

through crocodile infested waters


or something like that

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Yeh, tales of the Arabiaqn nights was a class game. It think it was the first game I played which had speech, although it was almost unrecognisable :rolleyes:

The speech at the beginning definitely ended with - "sailing the perilous waters of the red sea"
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revgiblet
Apr 29 2006, 10:15 PM
I want to nominate Blue Max (C64) and Tales of the Arabian Nights (C64). :P

Added to to the pool. As you've posted a score already, they'll be included for this week's draw.
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stomach
Apr 30 2006, 08:53 AM
Yeh, tales of the Arabiaqn nights was a class game. It think it was the first game I played which had speech, although it was almost unrecognisable :rolleyes:

The speech at the beginning definitely ended with - "sailing the perilous waters of the red sea"

Imrahil began his quest on Sinbad's ship, sailing the perilous waters of the Red Sea.
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stomach
Apr 30 2006, 08:53 AM
Yeh, tales of the Arabiaqn nights was a class game. It think it was the first game I played which had speech, although it was almost unrecognisable :rolleyes:

The speech at the beginning definitely ended with - "sailing the perilous waters of the red sea"

Sinbad by Superior is a very cool game on a similar theme, particularly the Shao-Lin's Road-style level...
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Kaiserpc
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Arabian Nights had a cool tune as well - pity I can't find a remix of it anywhere :(
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Kaiserpc
May 4 2006, 09:44 AM
Arabian Nights had a cool tune as well - pity I can't find a remix of it anywhere :(

Here's one - Tales of Arabian Nights Remix

It's pretty much a direct cover, which is no problem because the original is such a strong tune.
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I'm ashamed to say I've never heard of it... I've looked it up now and it looks a bit of a laugh - although it always seems to be described as "pretty hard". :unsure:

Blue Max I do remember - it was class.
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ghostbiscuit
May 4 2006, 04:29 PM
I'm ashamed to say I've never heard of it... I've looked it up now and it looks a bit of a laugh - although it always seems to be described as "pretty hard". :unsure:

Yeah, it is hard, and might not compare well to games that are rightly classed as 'classics'. If it comes up then I expect to get some hate mail for nominating it.
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My 2 nominations are.............

1942 - MAME (1942)

and

R-Type II - MAME (rtype2)
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Mawrth
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Id like to add

section z and R Type
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Mawrth
May 13 2006, 10:33 PM
Id like to add

section z and R Type

Yay! Some shooty goodness after all the platforms...
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Mawrth
May 13 2006, 10:33 PM
Id like to add

section z and R Type

Added to the list just in time for this week's selection.

As you've not specified which romset to use, I've just put it down as the original version for simplicity, though that does mean its the Japanese R-Type and not the American one.
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Can I also change my selection from

Robocop (atari st)

to

Rolling Thunder (mame)

If I'm to late for this weeks selection, then next week will be fine.
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stomach
May 14 2006, 09:07 AM
Can I also change my selection from

Robocop (atari st)

to

Rolling Thunder (mame)

If I'm to late for this weeks selection, then next week will be fine.

You do realise that means there'll be 2 nominations for Rolling Thunder, as TK421 already nominated it?
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I didn't actually notice Ant, that but if it is allowed then that is fine by me.
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well if stomthingy wants RT can i change my nomination to Rygar please :)
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tk421
May 14 2006, 06:18 PM
well if stomthingy wants RT can i change my nomination to Rygar please :)

No problem. It just reduces the chance of RT being picked back to the usual ratio. Would you care to specify your preferred platform and romulan, it saves me any quibbles later on. If its for MAME, I'd suggest the US Set 1 variant as its a single download then ('rygar').
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definatly MAME ant as all games should be ;) i'll go with your suggestion for romset
cheers :)
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Antiriad2097
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Season 4 nominations should be made here
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