Battle of the Ports - Cotton - Fantastic Night Dreams (コットン) Show #95 60fps

[@rafaellima83]

I freaking *love* this game. It's one of the very few shoot'em ups I finished without losing a single life :)

[@DeAthWaGer]

whoa! throwback footage! I actually just found an old burned DVD of all of the episodes up to the first Saturn Shooter special downloaded from your website!

[@RetroCore]

Cool! I have toyed with the idea of doing another Saturn special show but time is always against me thanks to real life work :(

[@shinkazama3959]

Mate this video as well as your BOTP videos of UN Squadron, Street Fighter Alpha 2 & 3 are the reason why your content is top notch, bless your heart & soul Mark! :)

[@RTCWFanta]

I prefer the PC Engine version just because the soundtrack is amazing,the X68000 version graphics are very impressive too.

[@RetroCore]

The sound sure is good on the X68000. No denying that.

[@RunplaysinHD]

For those interested, I have a runplay of Cotton with full music on bosses, almost without shot noises on my channel in the PC Engine CD playlist

[@AndresRuiz2035]

@@RetroCore PC engine sound like real instruments, x68000 sound like more synthesy, no like real instruments but is have most amazing graphics of ports.

[@megashadow3789]

I love the PC Engine CD version by the X68000 looks cool with the different style. I like the moving background for the 2nd boss in the arcade version.

[@MamonFighter2ndChannel]

One of my favorite shmups. I heard that Cotton Reboot is coming to Switch later this year and the version that needs to port there is the X68k version.

[@RetroCore]

It should be but it seems to have been delayed.

[@MamonFighter2ndChannel]

Retro Core so it’s accordingly coming to japan this summer.

[@Mahoujanai]

You forgot to add that the X68k version has the keyboard with the lights that dance to the music!

[@RetroCore]

+Mahoujanai That is true but GameSack already mentioned that and most of my subscribers also watch Game Sack.

[@williamwilliam9993]

The voice saying ikuzo from cotton is also used when turning on the expert HD version of sharp X68000

[@RetroCore]

Do you know what Ikizou means in English? It's "Let's Go!"

[@ShadowSumac]

If I didn't know i would've said that this game come out somewhere in the middle of 90s, instead of 91. Looks fairly cute, but some enemy designs freak me out. Those clouds...ugh...

[@custardo]

That's the sad thing with mobile phone gaming, once the devices die, the games are gone forever... I was surprised to see the PC Engine has the bouncing screen effect when the boss hits the ground. Not something you'd expect from the hardware!

[@RetroCore]

+custardo The phone does actually work but with Japanese phones, once the contract is over the phone is locked from a software point. There si no known what to unlock them either. It's terrible because I paid for these games but can no longer play them.

[@pikakai]

+Retro Core Doesn't the sim just lock? Find a cheap PAYG sim card for the same network. Pretty sure any phone can be unlocked even modern Android ones lol

[@RetroCore]

+MeebleMeeble I wish. Been waiting for the last 10 years but still no go. I will keep hold of these phones though,

[@RetroCore]

+Kai Attree The older Japanese phones don't use sim cards. The could only be used in Japan too due to the type of network they work on.

[@pikakai]

Retro Core​ What type of phone is it? (Brand or model) I tend to have good googling skills EDIT: I guess you dont have much luck, some googling seems to mean you have to take apart the phone and modify something on the circuit board to unlock it

[@1983parrothead]

SUCCESS has another shmup series called Psyvariar, which I love its soundtracks being mostly "soft energetic". As for gameplay, it's how fast you twirl your ship/mech to reduce chance of being killed.

[@RetroCore]

Actually that's technically by a Korean developer called Sonteck or something like that. I own the 2nd game on the Dreamcast. It's a pretty solid shooter but too short. Killer soundtrack though. I also used to have a java based mobile phone version.

[@NightSprinter]

I'm surprised, an episode in which ALL the shown ports were good. Quite interesting!

[@RetroCore]

Yep, this is quite rare but then again none of these games were half added European programmed dross.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@RetroCore Well I mean, the Japanese themselves could've ported the games to the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, & Atari ST for all we know.

[@neozeed1984]

another great video, as always my friend.

[@RetroCore]

+neozeed1984 Thank man. I'll be asking the fans of the show what they'd like to see in a future BOTP soon.

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

The only gaming franchise that hasn't been lewded yet.

[@JoseMartinez-jm1bu]

I have only played the PC engine version but wasn't aware that it was an arcade game. The PSX version didn't impressed me because of it's soundtrack which is much better on the only version I have played. Thanks for posting this mark!

[@RetroCore]

You're welcome 👍

[@shinkazama3959]

Hoping you will do an updated BOTP video of this once the Cotton Reboot comes out Mark! For me it would be something special considering we've never had a Cotton game 'officially' released here in the PAL region.

[@RetroCore]

Cotton reboot is out, I own it 😁. I was thinking to remaster this one with the reboot version.

[@hydragon6537]

At the six screen comparison, what is the background OST you're playing? Sounds great - thanks! Edit: LOL right when I type this, I see the credits

[@RetroCore]

+hydragon hehehe, I was just about to say "Check out the credits" :) It's a really good track I think.

[@shinkazama3959]

Mr Smith it always bothered me how you didn't acknowledge how awesome the OST is on the PCE CD version :/

[@RetroCore]

Maybe because to me it's normal. I'd heard it so much since I was a teenager so I guess I'm just accustom to it.

[@williamwilliam9993]

Hey mark what is the phone that recorded the gameplay footage?

[@RetroCore]

I don't remember. Probably the Sharp sh11

[@trevgauntletneu_gaming]

The Java mobile version got some of things from Panorama Cotton. :o

[@ParanoidThalyyMVS]

Does a backup/rom dump of the mobile version exists?

[@RetroCore]

Not that I'm aware. Many of the Japanese games were never dumped.

[@ParanoidThalyyMVS]

@@RetroCore This sucks! There are so many interesting games i wish i could see dumped, therefore preserved on the internet, mainly the japanese ones, would be awesome to see the games from the Sonic Cafe surfacing again, sadly, i don't think this will ever happen :/

[@mastersproutgamer9327]

🎵Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, "Cotton" Eye Joe?🎵

[@kitestar]

You forgot to meantion the bizarre localization of this one, at one point the narrator gets a stroke…that's how bad it is

[@kitestar]

Well there is a world version of the original, and a fan translation of classic on the PSX. Tbh the world version had engrish all over the place, in addition to the aforementioned "stroke" and was a example of bad but hilarious localization

[@yethboth7873]

Very surprised this game did not get a Sega Saturn release considering that Cotton 2 and Cotton Boomerang got released on the system. Considering that this game got a PS1 release, one would think that this would have got a Saturn release at the same time as well. It would also have been a tiny bit more of an improvement on the Saturn as it is the console to own when it comes to 2D gaming. Finally, did you know there is a unofficial ZX Spectrum version called Cotton ZX? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqTaXnaHi7tgqbs

[@RetroCore]

+Us fakestan There was no Mega Cd version of Cotton. You are thinking of Keio Flying Squadron.

[@RetroCore]

+Yeth both (YethBothONE) Oh wow, I wish I had known about the speccy version before making this video.

[@GlenLehane]

I have never even heard of this one, I don't think it ever made it to Australia (if it did the only home port would be the PlayStation, someone else on this thread mentioned a Megadrive version but you didn't feature it in this video). It looks like a really good game... But.... WTF did I just watch?!?!? A cutesy witch forcing fairies to help her indulge in her Willo addiction? Whilst fighting bad guys? And a giant heart that explodes into a fountain of blood? WHAT?!?!? I think the creators of this game might have had too much Willo....

[@RetroCore]

Ah, the Mega Drive game is completely different. This is why it wasn't featured. But yeah, this game is very odd. They devs were on something for sure.

[@luisreyes1963]

Why didn't we get this kawaii shmup? It's quite the rarity.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Whats the deal with so many franchises ending as slot machines or pachinko games?

[@RetroCore]

+Andrew Vrba Sad isn't it. Basically greedy "Entertainment" companies buy classic gaming companies when they go bankrupt along with all the IPs. These are then used to bring people to Pachinko. I believe most of this character raping is the result of Korean companies buying the IPs. Koreans do own most of the Pachinko pallors in Japan.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Retro Core Its a marginally better fate than what Valis suffered.

[@RetroCore]

Poor Valis became a hardcore porn :(

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Retro Core Yeah. Castlevania ain't far behind. The next Castlevania game is gonna be an "Erotic Pachinko" game.

[@averageradiantreplays7702]

Cotton recently saw an apparence in a game called "Trouble Witches Origin" on PC, there was supposed to be an XBLA realesed but got removed... Oh well... I recommend checking out that game, is like if Cotton was made as a Bullet Hell game, and also the game itself without her is still one of my favorite recently launched STG games EVER. My favorite of this series is on the Saturn, I really love my Dreamcast but the Saturn at times beats it really damn well with excellent tittles... Wish they should not be that expensive tho...

[@RetroCore]

I didn't know about this shooter, thanks for bringing it to my attention. I really like Cotton Boomerang on the Saturn. It's a lot of fun. I'm not that good at it though.

[@ExtremeWreck]

Before ChaCha, there was Cotton. Both would have a wild duel between each other that would go on for HOURS.

[@pikakai]

Is the mobile port Java? I do not see any Jar files for it online

[@RetroCore]

+Kai Attree Yes it's Java and Japanese exlusive. YOu wouldn't beleive how many games I had on that phone which are impossible to find these days. Ever played Street Fighter Zero 2 in Java format? How about a wide screen version of Ridge Racer that blows away the version released in the west? It's a crying shame because there honestly was so many excelent games released only for Japanese phones which are now sadly gone due to the stuipd rule of locking the phone down once the contract is changed. I have two older phones both with a load of great games on them.

[@pikakai]

There will be a way to unlock these phones unless its a feature implemented on the actual hardware itself (like a chip designed to kill itself). And im sure theres a way to access a way to get the game files

[@pikakai]

Retro Core I was looking on the internet and its possible to unlock these as it appears to be related to the SIM card. Maybe you could buy a Pay As You Go SIM card for the carrier the phone is locked to and see if that will unlock it

[@Alianger]

Sad that the PS1 ver. doesn't have the PCE CD soundtrack.

[@RetroCore]

+Alianger Actually, I think it's better. I'm not a fan of that guitar based soundtrack. It doesn't fit the game all that well in certain areas.

[@playeradr4239]

This didnt had an sega saturn version?

[@RetroCore]

+adrian munoz Sadly not. NO Saturn port but the Saturn did get the much better Cotton 2 and Cotton Boomerang while the PlayStation didn't.

[@marioghernandez4960]

Sounds like the same hardware that ran other Sega classics such as Golden Axe to me...

[@WeskerSega]

Right. System 16.

[@averyswarts]

Wasn’t there a mega drive port?

[@RetroCore]

Nope, that's Panorama Cotton you may be thinking about..

[@averyswarts]

@@RetroCore wouldn’t surprise me, it’s my favorite cotton game. Cheers.

[@chunkycjw]

I think i've got Cotton 2 on Mame somewhere i've also got the Megadrive version which is a different beast alltogether. Keo Flying Squadron on the Mega CD is also quite simmilar and enjoyable.

[@RetroCore]

blarg69man hmm, I kind of like that idea. I'll think about it for the next show. Makes sense in a way.

[@M4R14NO94]

I still find it odd that Electronic Arts were behind the X68k port. Their Japanese division(s) released some interesting stuff, including ports of some Eighting/Raizing games also on X68k as well as FM Towns and Saturn/PS1, localized versions of games made by the US/EU divisions (like the Nissan versions of Need for Speed, certain early FIFA games becoming J.League games, the Japanese version of Future Cop LAPD or the PC-98/FM Towns versions of Stunts/4D Driving, which are completely different in looks to the DOS original), Japanese-made installments of the US/EU-made series (such as those Japanese-exclusive Theme Park games/spinoffs, with one of them, Theme Aquarium on PS1, actually making it outside of Japan, albeit a Windows port of it) and originally-developed stuff, such as X-Squad on PS2, and Rabbit on Saturn. A thing to note is that the X68k port had its own tea cup released as promotion for the game, similarly to the more known Panorama Cotton one, and is in fact quite similar in design to the Panorama one, albeit it says "ELECTRONIC ARTS VICTOR INC." below the kanji.

[@RetroCore]

To be fair, EA had nothing to do with the actual development of any Japanese Game. It was just their way of trying to get in to the Japanese market. Actually the company was known as EA Victor as they had to team up with Victor Japan (JVC).

[@cristianramallo8042]

la versión de 68000 es superior, pero me sorprende pc engine cd lo bien posicionada que queda frente a los sistemas superiores, parece un juego que requiere arcade card, no se como metieron esas fases en esos pocos kb de ram

[@davidvfx]

Megadrive cotton 100%? ya se que no es un port en el sentido de la palabra, pero fue la versión de panorama cotton para el Megadrive.

[@Random.Walker.]

Cotton Reboot coming soon but delayed again. Contains the old X68000 game too.

[@protoluigi2047]

If only Nintendo did something cool like that with Mario 3d All-Stars.

[@16bitfightclub34]

I thought the N-Gage was 100% Java based?

[@jeff97ish]

I have never played this version. The only one in my collection is Cotton 100% on Super Famicom.

[@RetroCore]

Sfc cotton is nice but I feel this game is better.

[@tonybrian7526]

playing this kind of games on a mobile phone just sucks, always ranting about euro computers for the 1 button controller when you HAVE to use a keyboard!!! how well do you play with a mobile phone?

[@RetroCore]

Japanese phones of the time (before smartphones) had pretty nice D-pads on them. They also used dome switches which gave a satisfactory feel to the controls. It's hard to understand if you've never been exposed to a Japanese phone of the early 2000s. They were years ahead of the stuff western companies were putting out. Then came the smart phone and that was the end of the Japanese phone Kingdom. Even now Japanese smartphones besides the Sony Xperia range are awful.

[@retrozone_rrf]

Genesis sequel is better...