high voltage Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) Finally I got to play River Patrol, Hozer made me a copy (yes it can be done now) of this game. Played it this week and I like it a lot. Controls take a bit getting used to, but after a while, once you've got the hang of it, great. Still trying getting up the first river, I'm sure I'll manage the second river this weekend. 9 rivers to manage altogether. Nice game, was this Tigervision's last entry for the 2600? Edited December 19, 2016 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamcast Gamer Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Cool! So this is a reproduction cart for yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 Well, yes, he makes them for everyone really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I played the arcade game a lot as a kid and still fire it up now and then on Mame.. but honestly I have yet to really try the VCS version "in-depth" to see how it holds up. Guess I can pop it on my cuttle cart.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schuwalker Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I played the arcade game a lot as a kid and still fire it up now and then on Mame.. but honestly I have yet to really try the VCS version "in-depth" to see how it holds up. Guess I can pop it on my cuttle cart.. Neat you played the arcade game. That's one I have never seen or even knew of it's existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 yep it's a port of the arcade game.. like Space Invaders, Asteroids, Donkey Kong, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaPrime Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Always liked the arcade game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Never saw the arcade game. Looks very cool. Makes me want the 2600 version all the more now. Sucks that I'll never have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buyatari Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I've owned this one a few times but I can't say that I share your appreciation for this game. However, you did teach me something important. I never knew that this was an arcade port. Very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Yes, completely disagree as well, 2600 River Patrol is lousy. The background music is absolutely atrocious & extremely annoying. Rarity wise it's great. Gameplay wise it sucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Tigervision's last game was Espial iirc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 (edited) lol I just played it in Stella and finished the 1st round for the first time ever. It's actually a pretty faithful port gameplay-wise, except you cant angle your ship to finesse a little better. But I can definitely see why if you haven't had any experience playing the arcade game and you tried this version, most would just try it and go "wtf". Edited December 20, 2016 by NE146 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 Yes, the music is annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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