i was fucking around with reshade and found these bloomed out logos very funny:
(related: dks 1 looks nice with chromatic aberration, if i can think of a cool build i haven’t yet tried i think i’ll leave it on)
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Last Remnant looks like FF12 but way worse and the lack of contrast in some places is almost comical
Compare:
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I can’t figure out how to read that title. Chexder? Thexder? For a while there I thought the x was some kind of double d thing
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Yeah it’s Thexder
NES port title looks like CHEXDEƧ
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I suddenly remembered this game a few weeks ago after not thinking about it for a decade when I read the passages in Between the World and Me about the hollow suburban dream world of 1980s media. The main memory I have of playing this as a kid is an uncanny and sinister atmosphere
EDIT: probably should’ve posted this in Worst Images on second thought
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damn is that willy’s mom?
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Yeah, Willy Beamish has a hot mom, hot older sister and hot school nurse
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fuuuuck i have not thought about this game in decades, i remember a childhood friend of mine had it on his computer and i was blown away
iirc the soundtrack kind of slaps?
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I played a version with a DOS speaker beeping “soundtrack” so I don’t know! I remember Silpheed from the same studio around the same time had a really good Adlib soundtrack so I can believe it though. I wonder if I could dig up a PC-88 ROM for Thexder instead of playing one of the ports
Silpheed (PC-88)
Silpheed (Sega CD)
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eschatos on 360 realises the dream that mega cd silpheed tried to do.
after playing thexder, play alisia dragoon on mega drive, if you haven’t already
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the font in western sh1 is amazing
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study dammit
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Nothing like Silent Hill to make me appreciate the PS1’s lovely dither patterns
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Thexder on the Apple IIgs had an absolutely banging soundtrack. I was awful at it and couldn’t really figure out how to play though :\
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kim?
was never a particularly big ps1 head as a lad because the laser in mine died early, enjoying getting back into it
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Yeah it seems like the Apple IIgs mix is the best one. I’m not really blown away by the other versions. Ironically it’s the only version that doesn’t have a clean rip on youtube though (I heard it in gameplay video)
If you liked Thexder’s music you’ll like Silpheed’s too which sounds like it’s from the same composer. A very unusual style for videogame music at the time I think. Game Arts’ PC-88 titles feel like they come out of a parallel universe in general
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