memorymoog Posted August 16, 2001 Share Posted August 16, 2001 In your humble opinion, which is the better game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted August 16, 2001 Share Posted August 16, 2001 River Raid. 'nuff said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeknPoke Posted August 16, 2001 Share Posted August 16, 2001 Yes, River raid... (Then Lee goes Off topic..) Is it me or is the arcade version of Spy-Hunter pretty crap compared to home versions of it (C64 one being the best), for The arcade game, time hasnt been kind to it. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakogame 箱亀 Posted August 16, 2001 Share Posted August 16, 2001 Never actually played it in the arcade but the online version at shockwave.com controlls poorly, but maybe that's just because it wasn't designed to be used with a keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratfink Posted August 16, 2001 Share Posted August 16, 2001 Blue Label River Raid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parcel Posted August 16, 2001 Share Posted August 16, 2001 I have to say River Raid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted August 16, 2001 Share Posted August 16, 2001 I never tried the 2600 version of SpyHunter. As far as the arcade version being crap compared to the home versions, it's you, not the game. I've never seen the c64 version either, but I loved the Sega cart version for the Atari 8-bits, it rocked too! RiverRaid? I liked it on the 2600 and 8-bit, can't compare it to 2600 Spyhunter since I don't remember ever seeing it. I prefer 8-bit SpyHunter to 8-bit&2600 RiverRaid (although I like R.R. too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurt Posted August 16, 2001 Share Posted August 16, 2001 river raid for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted August 17, 2001 Share Posted August 17, 2001 River Raid. Spy Hunter on the PSx classics disk is too hard to control & has a choppy frame rate for some reason, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbrit2 Posted August 17, 2001 Share Posted August 17, 2001 Spy Hunter! More weapons, more variety, etc. It's funny that the C64 version of the game was mentioned, too, as I personally view it as one of the least fun and visually appealing versions. If you Spy Hunter fans really want a treat, go play the Colecovision version. I used to spend countless hours playing that on my old 486 laptop with ColEm. Those were the days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted August 17, 2001 Share Posted August 17, 2001 River Raid. I also give it credit for being an original game instead of a conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted August 17, 2001 Share Posted August 17, 2001 Strange, I never expected to be in the minority when I say that I like Spy Hunter. In case this is any attempt to figure out what the best 2600 game is though, then I'd have to point out that the 2600 version kinda sucks. I never understood why you could only fly over water in River Raid. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpyrz Posted August 17, 2001 Share Posted August 17, 2001 River Raid, hands down. Not only was it a great game, but I thought it was revolutionary in that Carol Shaw showed us that game designing wasn't just a man's domain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted August 17, 2001 Share Posted August 17, 2001 My vote is for River Raid as well, although truthfully, I played more of Panda's Harbor Escape than River Raid in the day, even though I had both. I liked the darker graphics better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 17, 2001 Share Posted August 17, 2001 Your the first person I've talked that actually admitted to own a Panda game back in the day. I assumed Panda games were only available in shady back alley shops and you'd die of shame if anyone knew you owned one. I honestly can't remember seeing any of them on store shelves. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeknPoke Posted August 17, 2001 Share Posted August 17, 2001 Maybe, Spy-hunter the arcade game has just gotta be played with the steering wheel and looses something in the MAME version (That could be said about Star Wars too), and yes the Coleco version is a good game too and worth playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted August 17, 2001 Share Posted August 17, 2001 quote: Originally posted by PeeknPoke: Maybe, Spy-hunter the arcade game has just gotta be played with the steering wheel and looses something in the MAME version For at least a few versions of MAME, the input for this game was screwed up... since they were trying to emulate a steering wheel with the cursor keys, things didn't work out properly (Similar to trying to emulate the 5200 in MESS... control just sucks). I'm not sure if they ever fixed it properly, as I haven't played the game in quite a while. Of course, if you tried changing the inputs to an analog device (even a mouse in theory), then things might work better... --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nateo Posted August 17, 2001 Share Posted August 17, 2001 River Raid all the way. It's more addicting than 2600 Spy Hunter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel D. Park Posted August 17, 2001 Share Posted August 17, 2001 Hehe, I actually thought the Commdodore 64 Version of Spy Hunter was pretty great. Just a thought, there weren't two releases of the Game one in Europe and one in the U.S. I noticed they did that with Rampage for the C=64 and the European release is really poor but the U.S version was really well done.. Just a thought. For the 2600, I still like River Raid, but Spy Hunter isn't far behind, might even be a toss up between the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Tempest, they sold all of the Panda games at my friendly, local Target store, back in the 80s, they were a cool $10 apiece. Harbor Escape was the only one I bought, and as far as I could tell, it was the only one they ever sold. I got it (if fuzzy memory serves) the day Excitebike hit the stores, the space for 2600 games was gone the next day for Excitebike, approx. 100 copies it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memorymoog Posted August 18, 2001 Author Share Posted August 18, 2001 This was a tough one for me. All I can say about spy hunter is that the use of the second control to dispense weapons was revolutionary, and the 2600 version is far superior to even the nes. Ill have to go wit h spy hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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