R-Type - PC Engine Arcade Perfect

R-Type, the game was so difficult and so slow paced that it's hard to see why I fell in love with it a long time ago. I guess it was the fact that I was duped by the words 'Arcade Perfect'. The PC Engine conversion was just absolutely amazing for an 8 bit machine. The graphics and the ... graphics. I guess, the words 'arcade perfect' was probably what started me on the road to being a graphic wh*re.

I kept persevering with it so I could be rewarded with the nice graphics on later scenes and levels. But what was frustrating was that until I learned the patterns, this game was punishing. One hit and your left with just a seriously basic blaster and then warped into a myriad of bullets.

It hasn't aged well. It's become a boring shooter. I blame the current generation of games with it's fabulously, jaw dropping graphics which has drained the gameplay and challenge out of me. But wait, what's this?

Operation Wolf - Amstrad Action

This was simply an awesome game. It was the best version amongst the 8 bit trio.
It had the most colors and the action was non stop. The music was fantastic and created enough atmosphere to feel like you wanted to shoot some 8 bit pixellated enemy soldiers.

So what can you do? You can shoot dangerous animals so they can drop useful items. You can shoot helicopters, tanks, soldiers and throw grenades. What you can't do is shoot civilians and hostages as they will deplete your energy.

An absolutely stonking conversion of the original arcade machine!