Falcon Review for the Turbografx-16

[123doomdoom]

So what do you do in this game? all i see is bunch of black dots.

[starsoldier1]

@123doomdoom Sometimes a bunch of white dots appear and you can try and shoot at those... that's about it.

[AreciboNadare]

The "not a glitch" color that happens when you're "about to hit the ground" is actually redout from increased blood flow to the head due to negative G's (you're doing -3.0g when you do it). This definitely wasn't as good as Falcon 3.0 for PC, but I loved it nonetheless.

[starsoldier1]

@AreciboNadare Yeah, I kinda figured that it was trying to simulate getting close to the ground but it happens so suddenly that it doesn't look very realistic especially with it's poor 3D. Really, you liked this TG version?

[AreciboNadare]

@starsoldier1 I was in grade three when it came out, so I didn't exactly have high standards at the time. If it had planes and things went explodey, I liked it.

[LUNAPOLICE]

im very sure I played Falcon 2.0 or something on the Atari ST around this time.. set up screen looks familiar.. sadly though, never actually got off the ground (haha) and with the hundreds of pirate menus we had... didn't stay in the ST too long :) blast from the past none the less

[starsoldier1]

That's why I love After Burner, no stupid menus.

[GR1MxR34P3Rx57]

great review but a shitty game. . .

[starsoldier1]

Even the ground looks like actually shit.

[revolucionzation]

Ah it burns!

[starsoldier1]

Quickly, hide your eyes!

[dxvolt]

awesome review as always. man I have to say, I never cared about turbographx but this console is amazing

[starsoldier1]

There are tons of great games for the system........... eventhough this isn't one of them.

[MN12BIRD]

Hrm actually looks better than I imagined. I mean the TG16 wasn't exactly designed for 3D and considering that it looks like it at least runs fairly smooth. The only game I've played like that on an old console is the cockpit parts in Super Strike Eagle on the SNES and its really laggy there the controls are so slow.

[starsoldier1]

I was exactly impressed with the graphics at first too but seeing the same bland desert landscape with a few black spots level to level it all gets insanely boring.

[avenuePad]

...I think I might have played this through till the end back in the day...

The game got quite difficult in the later missions, but I was only playing it in desperation. heh I'll pick this up again just to see if I actually beat it.

[starsoldier1]

Yeah, the first few missions are not too bad since there are only a few targets but later on it just get crazy and the horrible frame rate doesn't help either.

[vipor29]

damn falcon now thats a relic,i remember falcon 3.0 for the pc

[starsoldier1]

I bet the PC ones were light years ahead of this versions, eh?

[vipor29]

yea it was,usually the pc was always ahead of the consoles

[starsoldier1]

I wish they tried to make it just right for the Turbo instead of making a lazy port like this.