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I purchased Actraiser on the virtual console to have some good time happy feeling gaming. I still own my SNES cart and it works well, but I have some kind of intense distrust of battery saves nowadays so it was worth picking this up for the VC considering it's one of my favorite games of all time.
It's not like my save erasing would set me back all that much though, during this playthrough I realized how damn short this game is! It never seemed this short when I played it back in the day. Of course, having essentially memorized the whole game kind of helps it along. But seriously I've only sat down and played it twice for a little while each time and I'm already at Northwall :o
One of the things that is just so awesome about this game is the soundtrack. I think it was probably the first game where the music actually jumped out at me and made me think "wow, this music is cool". I think the fact that it sounds like music that would be in a movie is what amazed me the most at the time.
But can someone tell me what is up with the Yuzo Koshiro glamour shots on the backs of these soundtracks? XD I mean the front is normal enough, but on the backside we have Yuzo posing and desperately trying to look as badass as possible. It really doesn't look like it belongs at all xD; I THINK that he does this with other soundtracks of his, it's just kind of unintentionally hilarious.
Aaaanyway, I still think it's bizarre that you have to destroy the lower-level houses that your people build in this game in order to max yourself out and get back your "full" strength. It's fun, and amusing, and strangely therapeutic, but odd.
This game helped me with my homework today! HITOBITO NO TANJYO = Birth of the People, one of the tracks on the OST. I had to use that kanji in my Japanese homework and this game made me remember it, so, thanks, Actraiser! This probably offsets the amount of homework I skipped in order to play you years ago.
It's not like my save erasing would set me back all that much though, during this playthrough I realized how damn short this game is! It never seemed this short when I played it back in the day. Of course, having essentially memorized the whole game kind of helps it along. But seriously I've only sat down and played it twice for a little while each time and I'm already at Northwall :o
One of the things that is just so awesome about this game is the soundtrack. I think it was probably the first game where the music actually jumped out at me and made me think "wow, this music is cool". I think the fact that it sounds like music that would be in a movie is what amazed me the most at the time.
But can someone tell me what is up with the Yuzo Koshiro glamour shots on the backs of these soundtracks? XD I mean the front is normal enough, but on the backside we have Yuzo posing and desperately trying to look as badass as possible. It really doesn't look like it belongs at all xD; I THINK that he does this with other soundtracks of his, it's just kind of unintentionally hilarious.
Aaaanyway, I still think it's bizarre that you have to destroy the lower-level houses that your people build in this game in order to max yourself out and get back your "full" strength. It's fun, and amusing, and strangely therapeutic, but odd.
This game helped me with my homework today! HITOBITO NO TANJYO = Birth of the People, one of the tracks on the OST. I had to use that kanji in my Japanese homework and this game made me remember it, so, thanks, Actraiser! This probably offsets the amount of homework I skipped in order to play you years ago.
