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Title: Whatever happened to...?
Post by: Living-In-Clip on August 13, 2004, 04:31:22 AM
Here is the thread where you name a franchise that you once loved but seems to have dropped off the face of the earth... I\'ll start.


Strider   - Come on Capcom, Strider 2 was friggin\' brilliant. I can only imagine a third one in the same glorious 2.5D.

Star Gladitor - Capcom\'s first foray into the 3D Realm. I for one liked it..-shrugs-. I know there was a sequel, but I cannot remember the name of it.
Title: Whatever happened to...?
Post by: THX on August 13, 2004, 04:53:02 AM
Turok/Acclaim - used to be killer in the mid 90s but as everyone knows they\'ve been on a downward spiral.

Star Gladiator was damn fun, it would be cool if it came back.

Mario - Mario64 was the last great game.  Nintendo had 2 chances to better it but didn\'t succeed.

Double Dragon & Battletoads - so much potential

Batman games
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Post by: Ginko on August 13, 2004, 05:20:25 AM
Killer Instinct - this is my favorite fighting game and it\'s been years since a sequel.  Rare commented that they will be updating all their franchises...but, does Nintendo own KI?

NiGHTS - honestly this was a no brainer as a series yet Sega never made a sequel:(  They\'ve teased about it making that Christmas edition and numerous ads in other Sega games.  PLEASE!!  Me wants!!!!
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Post by: Living-In-Clip on August 13, 2004, 05:28:10 AM
THX - EA has the right\'s for the next Batman game, which is based off of Nolan\'s \'Batman Begins\'. Development has started. As of recently EA has had great luck with their movie based titles (LoTR / James Bond), so I have high hopes.

Ginko -  I have to agree that it\'s odd that we have not seen an update to the Killer Instinct franchise. I do not think Nintendo own\'s it. It\'s just unreal, when you think back in the 90\'s and how the arcades was packed due to Killer Instinct and there was a good sucess on the home consoles also!

As for NiGhTS, well, Sega is on crack. Instead of givin\' us a sequel, they port it to the GBA...WTF?
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Post by: GmanJoe on August 13, 2004, 06:41:16 AM
Just to remind LIC.....SEGA is known for its lack of business savy.
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Post by: Ryu on August 13, 2004, 09:45:52 AM
Einhander
Powerstone

Both were great -- but both companies are retarded for not making more.
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Post by: politiepet on August 13, 2004, 09:58:18 AM
warhawk...
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Post by: Ashford on August 13, 2004, 10:01:50 AM
Where to begin?

Altered Beast

Golden Axe

Shenmue

Shenmue

Shenmue
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Post by: Nolaws on August 13, 2004, 11:52:13 AM
gem fire, and uncharted waters :rolleyes:
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Post by: Ryu on August 13, 2004, 01:05:39 PM
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Originally posted by Ashford
Shenmue

Shenmue

Shenmue


And here I thought this was a thread about good games... ;)
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Post by: Blade on August 13, 2004, 01:07:07 PM
Power Stone.. yes. Shenmue is getting a sequel of sorts..

Well, personally.. I can say that the sequel to Earthbound needs to come out within the next 3 years..

It should, too. I believe it was announced for the GBA not too long ago.
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Post by: Lord Nicon on August 13, 2004, 07:58:10 PM
powerstone
Einhander
Hellfire (genesis)
Killer Instinct (still play it to this day (snes version)).
Mystical Ninja (SNES one was ok but i love the 64 version)
Jet Grind(set) Radio ( I remember when they were thinking of doing a ps2 port but said it couldnt do the texturing. I loved the first game and i only got to play a bit of the second. I bet they might be able to pull it off)

so many that i cant think of.
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Post by: square_marker on August 13, 2004, 09:47:59 PM
STREETS OF RAGE!
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Post by: Bozco on August 13, 2004, 11:55:56 PM
Gran Turismo

I mean they made 3 but god knows if a 4th will ever be made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111
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Post by: Halberto on August 14, 2004, 12:12:20 AM
Sonic? Id love to play a new Sonic Adventure on my GameCube.

Btw, is the sonic game for Gamecube one of the adventures or something else?
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Post by: Living-In-Clip on August 14, 2004, 11:08:44 AM
It\'s called \'Sonic Hero\'s and it is not all-so bad...If you really dig Sonic, you may like it.
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Post by: fastson on August 14, 2004, 11:19:18 AM
FreeSpace :(
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Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on August 14, 2004, 12:48:06 PM
Privateer.  Great game, same as with the wing commader series...
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Post by: clips on August 14, 2004, 10:19:40 PM
flashback...that alien sci-fi adventure game for the sega genesis..i used to love that game....
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Post by: Blade on August 15, 2004, 05:24:37 AM
Fastson: Aye, or Descent 4 with the Doom 3 engine..
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Post by: Black Samurai on August 15, 2004, 12:36:00 PM
Gunstar Heroes - Maybe one of the best shoot-em up multiplayer games of the Genesis generation. This game is ITCHING to be remade by a good development house.

Power Stone - I know there was a Power Stone 2 but I never saw it.

Perfect Dark - Was an all around better game than Goldeneye but came out way too late in the N64 lifecycle.

Pirates! Gold - I know there is a remake on the horizon but still. This was open ended gameplay before anyone even knew what that meant.

Duke Nukem - "Shake it Baybee", "You wanna dance?"
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Post by: kopking on August 15, 2004, 01:00:50 PM
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Originally posted by clips
flashback...that alien sci-fi adventure game for the sega genesis..i used to love that game....




they made a sequal to that, fade to black???? on ps1, it was one of there first games
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Post by: fastson on August 15, 2004, 01:10:02 PM
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Originally posted by Blade
Fastson: Aye, or Descent 4 with the Doom 3 engine..


That would be something. :)

I saw that they were making FreeSpace mod for Doom 3. I think its going to be a fps though.
Remember the cutscene in FS2 (or was it 1?) when they enter the Shivan ship? I think its going to be like that.
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Post by: Capcom on August 15, 2004, 02:04:44 PM
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Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
Privateer.  Great game, same as with the wing commader series...


Agree 100%.
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Post by: Lord Nicon on August 15, 2004, 04:05:11 PM
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Originally posted by clips
flashback...that alien sci-fi adventure game for the sega genesis..i used to love that game....

Hell yeah.

Streets of Rage
Decent
Virtua On (the new one sucked)
Fighters Megamix
Eternal Champions
Galaxy Force
Thunder Force
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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on August 15, 2004, 08:56:38 PM
****ing Mutant League Football/Hockey.
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What the ****? Both were great games in their time (though, I preferred football over hockey), and I\'d still much rather play them over all these other sports games being made today. And we all know the market is BEGGING for a gory football game filled with dismemberment and bribing the referee then having the opposition killing the referee for bribing him and then killing the opposition players because they killed your referee who was on the take and then both teams running out of bench players because they\'re all dead.

Mother ****ing Rock n\' Roll Racing.
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"Rip is DOMINATING the race!" GREAT Snes/Genny racing game which I think received a GBA remake dropped off the face of the earth. There was a PSX sequal which received very mediocre reviews but I thought was massively underrated. It was the only racing game of last generation that I truely enjoyed. It just had a great sense of speed (preobably moreso than the quite similar Wipeout series) which implementing similar blurring techniques that make the Burnout games so popular, fun weapons good tracks and was very challenging. The only real disappointments was the fact that the only multiplayer was with a link-cable, and they got rid of all the classic hard-rock midis from the Snes.

BRING IT BACK!
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Post by: SwifDi on August 16, 2004, 05:53:02 PM
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Originally posted by square_marker
STREETS OF RAGE!


Preach it my brotha!
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Post by: alienmagic on August 23, 2004, 11:53:59 AM
Golgo 13

Earthworm Jim

Mr. Bones
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Post by: Ginko on August 23, 2004, 02:47:42 PM
Would like to see another Ecco the Dolphin.  Defender of the Future was pretty cool despite the not so obvious objectives.

Skies of Arcadia - I know they just re-released it on GC but I want a sequel damnit!

A traditional Phantasy Star would also be cool.
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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on August 23, 2004, 04:25:07 PM
alienmagic! Wheeeeeeee!
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Post by: Ashford on August 23, 2004, 06:03:22 PM
That was a game?
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Post by: Lord Nicon on August 23, 2004, 07:35:16 PM
Dont think so.

Its the name of that guy a few posts up. *shrugs*
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Post by: clips on August 24, 2004, 12:47:01 AM
whatever happened to these games? :p  atari & intellevision slowly fased these games out..i\'m showing my age here a bit..i know when i was small i used to play the s**t out of this game:p
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Post by: clips on August 24, 2004, 01:00:30 AM
i\'ve also had this..went through a dozen batteries playin\' these games..:p you\'ll have to excuse me a bit..i\'m re-livin\' my youth..:p
see when there was no ps2 or nintendo or genesis even atari..real men played with these!
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Post by: Lord Nicon on August 24, 2004, 11:09:21 AM
yeah i used to play these:
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The tiger electronics ones. I had GrandPrix and this really kool ninja game (it had some technical moves for those things). And then i think a couple of baseball, basketball and football ones. My friend still has one i think.

Those were the days.
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Post by: Zolar on August 24, 2004, 02:28:34 PM
Blackthorne (SNES, PC)-  The long haired dude with the shotgun.
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Post by: alienmagic on August 25, 2004, 01:19:04 PM
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Originally posted by Ashford
That was a game?


I\'m not officially a game yet, but they\'re working on it.
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Post by: Unicron! on August 25, 2004, 02:17:42 PM
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Originally posted by Lord Nicon
yeah i used to play these:
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The tiger electronics ones. I had GrandPrix and this really kool ninja game (it had some technical moves for those things). And then i think a couple of baseball, basketball and football ones. My friend still has one i think.

Those were the days.


God how I miss these days.I had lots of these games when I was a kid.That one too if I remember well :)
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Post by: theomen on August 25, 2004, 03:34:20 PM
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Originally posted by alienmagic
I\'m not officially a game yet, but they\'re working on it.


can I play with you?

[has officially reached, uber ghey level]
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Post by: kyodaibob on August 25, 2004, 07:05:20 PM
Castlevania - That pos PS2 one doesn\'t count. The GBA games are a nice hold over, but I want a REAL Castlevania on one of the 3 consoles.

Tie Fighter - Lucas Arts needs to make more games in this series.

I remember those Tiger games. I still have Double Dragon 3.
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Post by: Lord Nicon on August 25, 2004, 07:12:24 PM
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Originally posted by kyodaibob
Tie Fighter - Lucas Arts needs to make more games in this series.

Yeah i used to be all into Dark Forces, Rebel Assault 1&2 (though i never really got into 2 as much), etc etc.
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Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on August 25, 2004, 07:16:12 PM
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Originally posted by kyodaibob
Castlevania - That pos PS2 one doesn\'t count. The GBA games are a nice hold over, but I want a REAL Castlevania on one of the 3 consoles.

Tie Fighter - Lucas Arts needs to make more games in this series.

I remember those Tiger games. I still have Double Dragon 3.



they did, called Xwing vs Tie Fighter
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Post by: Lord Nicon on August 25, 2004, 07:19:29 PM
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Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
they did, called Tie Fighter vs Xwing.

ooooh yeah. forgot about that one.
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Post by: alienmagic on August 26, 2004, 09:35:34 AM
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Originally posted by theomen
can I play with you?

[has officially reached, uber ghey level]


I\'m pretty sure my wife wouldn\'t like that too much.
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Post by: alienmagic on August 26, 2004, 09:40:50 AM
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Originally posted by kyodaibob
Castlevania - That pos PS2 one doesn\'t count.


I guess I\'m one of the few people who actually ended up really liking LOI. When I first played it (on a rental), I thought it was boring, with very little variation in the environment, and without much variation on fighting. But, I kept playing it since I had the rental for a week, and after about the first level and a half, I really started getting into the combat style as I earned new combos, and the exploration became really fun after I realized that old castles look pretty much the same throughout, and I stopped caring about repetitive scenery. The later levels look much better anyway. I ended up buying the game after my rental was over just because I liked it so much, but I will say I had to spend some time with it early on to really get into it. It was well worth it, though.
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Post by: Lord Nicon on August 26, 2004, 01:19:56 PM
wow
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Post by: ßëñ on August 27, 2004, 10:18:10 PM
Powerstone! <-- i spent endless hours playing that game with my friends.

Legend of Gaia <-- Nice RPG for the SNES system. AND it came with a T-shirt when i bought it. :D

Final Fantasy Tactics <-- I know they made a sequel. But i wish it would\'ve been on a system, rather than a hand-held POS.

Nah, J/P

Nights <-- great game. That would\'ve been a good seller, had they made a sequel.

Shining Force <-- One of the best RPG\'s ever made. I need more!! I demand more!!
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Post by: i_killed_ur_dog on September 11, 2004, 08:08:22 AM
Rival Schools and Project Justice. Both were decent games and I wanna see them come back
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Post by: Zolar on September 13, 2004, 03:33:34 PM
I wanna see a new SPLATTERHOUSE installment God damn it!  I loved the Splatterhouse games from Namco.  Even if it\'s in 3D I don\'t give a damn!  I have heard rumors that Namco will be making a sequel for PS2 and XBOX.  I hope it\'s true!
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Post by: Ginko on September 13, 2004, 03:52:05 PM
I thought Splatterhouse was made by Sega?

What about Parasite Eve?  Seemed like a promising series.  I never got around to playing the second game.
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Post by: Ashford on September 14, 2004, 09:21:04 AM
Splatterhouse was Namco...

It just appeared on Genesis and TG-16...
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Post by: Unicron! on September 14, 2004, 10:59:39 AM
Actually what happened to the rumor that Namco was developing a new Splatterhouse
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Post by: GigaShadow on September 14, 2004, 12:05:24 PM
I miss my Turbo Duo - that was the whole reason I first bought the system - Splatterhouse.
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Post by: Lord Nicon on September 14, 2004, 12:23:19 PM
Wow. Giga play videogames? I thought he was too busy playing around with his republican action figures :D. j/k

Sometimes i forget that this IS a ps2 forum.
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Post by: L i L K u B B s on September 14, 2004, 02:15:34 PM
Wow.. Virtua On, Streets of Rage, Perfect Dark.. I loved those games.
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Post by: Ginko on October 11, 2004, 02:22:44 PM
Jet Moto.  I liked the first game, never got around to the sequel...

Samba De Amigo.  I pull out my Dreamcast quite often just to play this game.