Comments on: [I ♥ The PC Engine] Shanghai http://magweasel.com/2009/05/18/i-love-the-pc-engine-shanghai/ Magweasel.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:53:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: How Knight Rider saved Activision (sort of) @ Magweasel http://magweasel.com/2009/05/18/i-love-the-pc-engine-shanghai/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 How Knight Rider saved Activision (sort of) @ Magweasel Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:28:09 +0000 http://magweasel.com/?p=164#comment-1010 [...] another $200,000 advance. Then, the thing that kept the company alive for the rest of the year was Shanghai. We sold Shanghai to everyone. If you had an LCD screen on your microwave at home, we sold you [...] [...] another $200,000 advance. Then, the thing that kept the company alive for the rest of the year was Shanghai. We sold Shanghai to everyone. If you had an LCD screen on your microwave at home, we sold you [...]

]]> By: Game Retail Store » GameSetLinks: Vices, Vidi, Vici? http://magweasel.com/2009/05/18/i-love-the-pc-engine-shanghai/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Game Retail Store » GameSetLinks: Vices, Vidi, Vici? Tue, 26 May 2009 08:10:44 +0000 http://magweasel.com/?p=164#comment-31 [...] [I ♥ The PC Engine] Shanghai @ Magweasel Interesting discussion on the history of Shanghai - the Activision proto-casual classic - and its game design derivations here. [...] [...] [I ♥ The PC Engine] Shanghai @ Magweasel Interesting discussion on the history of Shanghai – the Activision proto-casual classic – and its game design derivations here. [...]

]]> By: [I ♥ The PC Engine] X1 Twin @ Magweasel http://magweasel.com/2009/05/18/i-love-the-pc-engine-shanghai/comment-page-1/#comment-15 [I ♥ The PC Engine] X1 Twin @ Magweasel Fri, 22 May 2009 06:07:56 +0000 http://magweasel.com/?p=164#comment-15 [...] Engine console, as you can tell by this flyer (left) that shows no software besides launch titles Shanghai and Bikkuriman [...] [...] Engine console, as you can tell by this flyer (left) that shows no software besides launch titles Shanghai and Bikkuriman [...]

]]> By: Esteban http://magweasel.com/2009/05/18/i-love-the-pc-engine-shanghai/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Esteban Tue, 19 May 2009 03:02:08 +0000 http://magweasel.com/?p=164#comment-13 Volume #'s for Hudson's releases: http://turbo.mindrec.com/files/hudson.vol (not sure what went wrong) Volume #’s for Hudson’s releases: http://turbo.mindrec.com/files/hudson.vol

(not sure what went wrong)

]]> By: Esteban http://magweasel.com/2009/05/18/i-love-the-pc-engine-shanghai/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Esteban Tue, 19 May 2009 02:58:28 +0000 http://magweasel.com/?p=164#comment-12 Shanghai on PCE is a bare-bones treatment, but it was one of the first titles, so we can be somewhat forgiving. Blodia (Timeball), on the other hand, lacks polish as well, even though it was released much later. I actually love Blodia, but I feel it deserved a lot more love and nurturing treatment. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought Blodia was released alongside Shanghai. Check out the tunes in Blodia, though, they are heavenly (it's a shame Hudson didn't add a few more tunes to the soundtrack for Blodia and Shanghai). You might laugh, but out of the first few batches of PCE games, I think The Kung Fu (China Warrior) had one of the best soundtracks. Frenetic, catchy, adrenalin-inducing, still good after hearing it a few hundred times, etc. About the catalog numbers: you can find a list of Hudson's own HuCard releases at <a>Hudson Catalog (TurboList)</a> I was going to comment on the PCE FAN post as well, but I am getting coffee instead. P.S. I loved the Seta Mouse comic you posted. I must have missed that the first time around. Fantastic. Shanghai on PCE is a bare-bones treatment, but it was one of the first titles, so we can be somewhat forgiving. Blodia (Timeball), on the other hand, lacks polish as well, even though it was released much later. I actually love Blodia, but I feel it deserved a lot more love and nurturing treatment. If I didn’t know any better, I would have thought Blodia was released alongside Shanghai.

Check out the tunes in Blodia, though, they are heavenly (it’s a shame Hudson didn’t add a few more tunes to the soundtrack for Blodia and Shanghai).

You might laugh, but out of the first few batches of PCE games, I think The Kung Fu (China Warrior) had one of the best soundtracks. Frenetic, catchy, adrenalin-inducing, still good after hearing it a few hundred times, etc.

About the catalog numbers: you can find a list of Hudson’s own HuCard releases at Hudson Catalog (TurboList)

I was going to comment on the PCE FAN post as well, but I am getting coffee instead.

P.S. I loved the Seta Mouse comic you posted. I must have missed that the first time around. Fantastic.

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