Zarlor Mercenary or Raiden?

[Tomcat]

Which do you think is the better game on the Lynx?

 

Like so many genres on the Lynx, vertical scrolling shooting games only have a couple of entries, but the ones the Lynx did get were excellent.

 

I think Zarlor takes it for me, although my old hand can no longer play it without Brenda's autofire.  I always used to use the wing cannons of XQ49, as they never appeared as a pick-up.

 

What a great idea - different characters each with their own permanent power-up.

 

The action isn't as fast as some games, but the screen is full of enemies and their shadows but doesn't suffer from slow-down.

 

I've only recently acquired Raiden, and it's a fantastic port.  Quite difficult compared to most versions of the game, since the ship's carrying the power-ups fire much more frequently.

 

I've played Zarlor to death over the years, so nowadays I play Raiden more.  I prefer Zarlor, but that's probably with a helping of rose-tinted specs.

 

Which do you prefer?

 

Oh, and hello.  I'm a new member, with about sixty games, so nowhere near many of the excellent collections on here, but getting there.

[agradeneu]

Zarlor by a long shot. 

[LordKraken]

Odynexus

[Fadest]

tss tss 

1 hour ago, Tomcat said:

vertical scrolling shooting games

 

[LordKraken]

hmm turn your console 90 degrees ?

 

Back to the topic, I also prefer Zarlor, it's visually impressive and I think it plays better

[drludos]

Zarlor by a long shot here too!

Although I have yet to try to play Odynexus with the console rotated 90° ;)!

[+davidcalgary29]

Raiden is too hard and lacks the amazing in-game music of other versions. Raiden's got better components, but Zarlor Mercenary is the better game.

[BadPricey]

Zarlor Mercenary is my favourite game on the Lynx. Liked Raiden in the arcade though. 

[PFG 9000]

I love shmups, and the arcade version of Raiden is one of my favorite games ever.  I actually kinda hate the Lynx port because it's scaled down so much from the original, and it doesn't have music.

 

I've also barely put any time into Zarlor Mercenary.  I know it has a number of fans, and I'd like to play more of it.   The little that I've played didn't Wow me though.  It seemed like a lot of enemies were just thrown at me with little deliberate level design...just like Trevor McFur, which I really really despise. 

 

I guess all I can say is that I don't care much for either game. I do like Zaku somewhat.  Gates of Zendocon is alright, but it plays really slowly for a shmup.  I haven't found a shmup on the Lynx that I really loved, unless you consider Robotron 2084 a shmup.

[newtmonkey]

I really don't care for either game, but I'd have to go with Zarlor Mercenary.  Raiden is a VERY impressive port, but is unplayably hard imo.  You have barely any room to maneuver but the game absolutely fills the screen with tons of bullets AND massive enemy ships.

[phuzaxeman]

Zarlor. But Gates of Zendicon is great too.  Raiden has no room to maneuver.