Jason_Diaz | Cheerful Ghost

There is definatly a reason why this game is famous, at

There is definatly a reason why this game is famous, at least in the retro gamers circuit. Nope, it's not for it's awesome gameplay or even colorful anime type intro, but rather for the worst translation ever known in video game history. The game itself is actually kinda fun, not the best shoot'em'up I ever played but definatly not the worst either. You have 4 different types of ammo to use throughout the stages each of which can be powered up, sadly none of the power ups really look all that cool when your shootin, but its still fun none the less and a little challenging, but because there isn't much else to this shooter to set it apart from others of it's era gameplay starts to feel bland by stage 3. Graphically the gameplay is not as cool as the intro, M.U.S.H.A. has much better graphics or even Grindstormer but still, just the intro alone is reason enough to have this in your collection. Watch this video to see the worst(and most hilarious)game translation ever, at least imo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW_HFygZ70Q

Often times one can wonder, how come we never got that game

Often times one can wonder, how come we never got that game here in the states. It is no secret that the ratio of games (at least back in the 90's) that get translated and than ported to the states from Japan is like 1:20. I even read somewhere once that for every one japanese RPG that gets translated and imported for release in the US there were at least 10 that didnt. Anyhow, so whats the reason that so many games never see the light of day outside of Japan. Usually its because of content, such as religious content, or culture(or pop culture even) but othertimes it's just cause of just plain weird wackiness that is deemed way to out there for the US market. Cho Aniki is one such example. Full of strong shall we say "homo" undertones its no wonder this one was never brought to the states. You play as one of 2 speedo wearing muscle bound wrestlers in this quirky side scrolling shoot'em'ups. Thats right, instead of a typical space ship, you are a muscular, greased up wrestler in a speedo. You shoot what I guess you'd call "bullets" out of the tiny hole in your characters bald head. Very strange I know, but this game just has to be seen or even played to see what I mean. Bosses are strange, as are the enemies. The power ups look like "family jewels" to say the least, and your power up beam is a long stream that well.....I'll just let your imagination figure that one out. Check out this game play video to get an idea-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF-gqOeio2I

Jason_Diaz Post Author wrote on 02/02/2012 at 04:34am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW_HFygZ70Q I could never make it this far in the game, this is stage 8 and the final stage, I could never make it past the stage 3 boss as this is actually extremely difficult, but check this video out, full of wacky goodness that could only come from the land of the rising sun.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 02/02/2012 at 05:30am

You have so many games I've never even heard of lol. And as for games that never got translated... Where is my Mother 3 and Secret of Mana 2!!! ; ; I had to pirate those games because I don't have a legal means to play them. >:O

jdodson Admin wrote on 02/02/2012 at 04:06pm

I agree, there is a market for those games because entire. Immunities translate them independently just so people can play them.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 02/02/2012 at 08:23pm

And even after pirating them I would gladly buy a copy for my DS or PSP because I would rather play on those devices anyways.

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This awesome Mega Drive game(please note that allthough it

This awesome Mega Drive game(please note that allthough it says Genesis up top, it was never released in the states, therefore it is not on the Genesis, it was released in Japan only for the Mega Drive) is worth every penny. I got mine for a sweet SWEET deal at only $80 while it seems to regularly sell for more than $150+. The opening scene with the bullets dropping to the ground is just cool. As you play the game you will notice that it has lots and lots of cool beautiful colors that run together very smoothly much better than the 1st game in the series IMO. The weapon power ups are rad and are plentiful and you can choose from a variety of different guns to use at the beginning of each stage. Fast paced frantic and often chaotic side scrolling shoot'em'up action. Great music and sound effects and the bosses get huge. Great game all around.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/31/2012 at 06:10am

Is it in Japanese or English?

Jason_Diaz Post Author wrote on 01/31/2012 at 06:46am

Its in Japanese but since it's a sh'mup you really dont need to know Japanese.

Jason_Diaz Post Author wrote on 01/31/2012 at 08:18am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmUhm_0m-zM

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 01/31/2012 at 08:47am

That looks really rad.

Jason_Diaz Post Author wrote on 01/31/2012 at 09:26am

It is, one of my favorite Mega Drive s'hmups. Music is really good and the colors and graphics are just all kinds of 16 bit awesome.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/31/2012 at 11:44pm

Cool, from the video it seems like the game has some personality. I liked the Chineese Dragon that for some reason was over police cars? :)

Jason_Diaz Post Author wrote on 02/02/2012 at 03:48am

Yeah it does in deed have personality, that's what I love about Japanese games, they can often be very weird and quirky and believe me there are some weird ones out there.

Jason_Diaz Post Author wrote on 02/02/2012 at 03:49am

Such as Cho Aniki lmao! That is just one weird series. There is definetly a reason those ones never came to the states lol.

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This game is awesome, its worth lots of money! No mine is

This game is awesome, its worth lots of money! No mine is not for sale!

Jason_Diaz Post Author wrote on 01/31/2012 at 03:56am

This game is for Sega Saturn, NOT the Genesis, why does it say Genesis?

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/31/2012 at 04:08am

Hmmm, interesting, thats a bug, ill look into it.

Jason_Diaz Post Author wrote on 01/31/2012 at 04:31am

Coolness, a few other things to look into, system seems to not be letting me put in games I own that are the same but on a different platform, for example Chrono Trigger, I own on PS1, NDS, and SNES. I also noticed that it's not letting me put in anything for Turbo Duo (Dungeon Explorer II for example) and also Dungeon Explorer on Sega CD which is actually part 3 in the series but since I added it on for Turbo Grafx 16 it wont let me put the Sega CD version which is an entirely different game being the 3rd one in the series.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/31/2012 at 05:48am

Thanks for the feedback, adding it all to my list.

Right now you can only have one platform to a game at this point. Adding multiple platforms something I want to do. No Turbo Duo as a platform yet, ill see about adding it in.

Jason_Diaz Post Author wrote on 01/31/2012 at 06:53am

Coolness, yeah Turbo CD and Turbo Duo would be rad since technically they are part of the Turbo Grafx library.

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There is definatly a reason why this game is famous, at

Often times one can wonder, how come we never got that game

This awesome Mega Drive game(please note that allthough it

This game is awesome, its worth lots of money! No mine is