SNES Phalanx

Kemco's little shooter gem was hard to fault when it came out in the SNES. It was also amusingly bundled with Zero Devide 2 for the PSX as "Tiny Phalanx", with the first 3 levels available to play while the game was loading. The GBA remake of this title is flawless. Truly, a class act.I never quite understood why the american coverart had a old man playing a banjo. What the ehll was that all about!? Enjoy level 1.

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[exogen55]

soundcloud (dotcom) / ep0ch

even better ;)

[ShiryuGL]

@exogen55 Hey! I got one of those! soundcloud (dotcom) / shiryu

[ThatGuyWithTheHat]

I'm actually a bit disappointed the old banjo man ISN'T really in the game somewhere.

[bqureshi321]

i keep watching this over and over because the music is freakin awesome.

[MrSmegheneghan]

I think the banjo guy was put there solely so people would buy the game to see what's going on.

[CrackaStoleMyBoat]

@ThatGuyWithTheHat he's flying the ship

[TheBlackStar999]

Maybe it's just because I'm jaded. but I wonder what this game was in Japan. Did they even bother releasing it there, or was it only good enough for Western audiences?

[TehLonelyGamer]

This game has the greatest boxart ever.

I'm dissapointed that the old man on the boxart isn't in the game though. :(

[taranchula97]

Never judge a game by it's cartridge art.

[Gxyz222]

Now THIS is Phalanx for men(forget about that other lackluster version, plus the music is much better)!

[melvoin]

Yeah the old guy with the banjo was to make the game stand out. Kind of like how the US version of Biometal used all the weird sports music. It was hard for a shooter to stand out on SNES unless it was a brand name like Gradius, Darius or R-Type.