Classic Game Room - PULSTAR for Neo Geo CD review

[@decapattack]

My god! The music on the cd version is soooo gorgeous!!!

[@EvtheNev]

That little space ship sure does have alotta guns!! lol

[@CHEDDAakaSWAY]

The graphics are really good considering this game is over a decade old and the looks like a lot of fun

[@starsoldier1]

The visuals look incredible

[@unique_mushroom]

i love all the smooth jazz on classic game room.

[@lostSUND4Y]

Your skills in spaceship shooter games never cease to amaze me.

[@vittau]

That was some beautiful music in the stage after the loading part.

[@ClassicVideoGamerMag]

@classof77 If you can get your hands on the Neo-Geo CDZ, which is the double-speed version of the original Neo-Geo CD system, the loading times are not bad at all.

[@gctechs]

I love the music and the graphics design in this game! This is the proof that graphics matter.

[@EnigmaHood]

Thanks for reminding me about that game. Downloaded the demo and I will buy the full version soon.

[@residentevilfan143]

You have to remember the games were on CDs though. That usually allows there to be tons of graphical space.

[@Muffincakeswithsugar]

wow the graphics are amazing

[@dann1023]

Game looks amazingly beautiful.

[@manny44]

wow...pretty good graphics for 95'...None of my friends had a neo-geo. This game also reminds me of Gradius for NES.

[@BleakVision]

Wow! That is some of the best 2D Grafics I have ever seen!

[@boba1mighty]

@samuraispiritsx yeah, i know, but i dont really pay attention to age of games. i think of games similar to music. It is what it is, and it will always be there, and its up for you to decide for yourself how you feel about it.

[@AgentPofNewVestroia]

Dang, my browser gets stuck on the advertisement. And when I try to play it, then KZbin player does not work anymore!

[@neobogard]

this game is over ten years old.and was released for a cosole from the 16 bit era.

[@miiwii93]

wow nice start with the NG-CD reviews, this is one of my favorite games for it :D

[@JerryTerrifying]

The AES or a Consolized MVS don't have load times.

[@CardfightVanja]

this came out on the neogeo a long time ago

[@Atomduck]

how about the 3-on-3 FIGHTER? OR SAMURAI SHODOWN?

[@AdriLeverkuhn]

there are no loading times in the emulator :)

[@therealquinnzack1819]

This is a funny point Mark makes about the loading, but in hard as balls games like this sometimes loading can be kind of relieving haha

[@EnigmaHood]

I know, read below, I already checked it myself. It was on that website "Know your meme".

[@ScrewAttackEurope]

You got a bit of a cold coming there Mark?

[@vutgeta]

@snkjack do does the old xbox presty much anything cept fer ps2 dc saturn and nexgen sys

[@ptwob]

i just got a chance to play RECCA summer carnaval 92, a nes shmup. that game is madness

[@Axonteer]

you are right, this game looks awesome (especialy compared to newer sidescrollers or verticalscrollers like the new raiden)

[@bongmygong1991]

He has done most of the consoles you just listed.

[@gumdeo]

Ultra-hardcore shooter, beautiful and brilliant.

[@Monacomaverick]

Project Dino's logo was the same as the Ferrari Dino's logo from the 70's.

[@LouGojira2]

Nice review Mark! I've been hoping you'd do some more Neo Geo and Neo Geo CD reviews. Pulstar is undeniably beautiful, but just a little *too* ball-busting most of the time. Blazing Star, the somewhat of a follow-up to Pulstar, is much more fun and forgiving...not quite as atmospheric as Pulstar, and you don't get the sweet intro's to the stages, but you get a lot more out of the gameplay with more of a selection of ships and less stage memorization is required.

[@ajuk1]

Looks like you used a composite cable for this review?

[@jasonz7788]

Awesome thanks mark

[@dave4shmups]

This game NEEDS to be on the Neo Geo channel of the Wii's Virtual Console. The fact that it isn't is just one more reason for me to by the classic consoles I want instead of waiting forever for the games from those consoles to appear on the VC.

[@marioghernandez4960]

G Darius also takes on the Thunderforce style.

[@marvelmania7283]

The loading times were the reason I sold my NGCD and switched to the MVS...Last blade 2 was almost unplayable.

[@Surannhealz]

Great looking and sounding game....thanks courteous Neo Geo CD!

[@masteriansun]

nice...last resort is cool as well

[@TronPachioftheDynamo]

"All your base are belong to us."- Zero Wing And the term "Fail" used in pop culture.-Blazing Star Of course, most people don't know the second which is understandable.

[@ttttrespectathene]

look at sine mora its next gen shumup

[@TronPachioftheDynamo]

All the sources I've seen have said so. I couldn't find anything else stating otherwise.

[@samuraispiritsx]

@boba1mighty Ikaruga was built on hardware that came almost 10 years later. Also, 2D visuals always age better than 3D.

[@newcoleco]

It looks really great!

[@jamstrat]

Last Hope is a good game, have you played Dux??

[@tumest]

32 gigs of speed? DAYAMN!

[@EnigmaHood]

Nvm, I just checked and it looks like you might be right.

[@RayShadow278]

Pretty sure Pulstar is a sequel to R-Type, much like Blazing Star is a sequel to Pulstar

[@humansrants1694]

Same devs

[@scottvska]

I miss 2D shooters, I wish developers were still making them for the newer consoles. Slowdown was a major issue with these games. I remember when R-Type came out for the SNES. Fantastic looking game, great music, but the game couldn't persist for more than a few minutes without slowing down.

[@argedismun2]

Is this a neo geo cd exclusive?

[@videoclubman]

Yes! That will be cool.

[@delbomb3131]

omg you totally need to play soldner x on the ps3 sooo much fun

[@Xurkey]

Great review guys keep up the great work. How about a review of Sub Terrania for the Sega Genesis? I sent you a request for it before, and I think it would be a great game for you to review. Anyone else here own that game? It's easily in my top 10 best games I've played.

[@QOTSAPT]

The music at times is a thing of beauty, I don't even care if it's good game style music, it's just wonderful. I don't even like these games that's why I'm watching the review.

[@191191119]

that game looks fun

[@giojavier12]

cool graphics

[@Progearspec]

Well it is more of a r-type clone.Though the reason for is simple.The game was made by ex-staff from irem. Btw one of my favorites on my neo geo mvs. Sure it's pattern based but i enjoy it.

[@AdmiralZhao007]

i loved metal slug on the neo-geo.

[@Gamingnight]

if you have a turbo graphix 16 u might like Psychosis

[@EnigmaHood]

Seriously? Are you sure Blazing Star coined that meme?

[@AgentGustavo]

Honestly the only reason why Ne Geo wasn't so popular on the west is not because the price was high, but because the games are so damn hard, they were designed specifically to eat up your coins. I personally love them for it, but I bet it is not same for most people. Considering how great these games look and how great they are in general, if the games were a lot easier, Neo Geo would be as big as Sony nowadays. No wonder why Neo Geo is still releasing consoles and Sega isn't.

[@humansrants1694]

AES versions had difficulty setting.

[@MuzzyUK06]

Nice 1 Mark

[@justlikedavid138]

the music is radical

[@gamecollect101]

Nice but there's one shooter you won't find on Sega's and that's called BLAZING STAR (succesor to PULSTAR), it will only cost you a lung or a few PS3's but the title is insane in visuals alone.

[@wickzor]

AHHHHHHHH, Pulstar!!!!! Loved it. NEO CD was poop though

[@woundedwun]

nice music

[@Retrogamer71]

Pulstar looks almost exactly like R-Type at times.

[@TrevHead10]

those bosses dont look as hard as in r type which if u ask me is a good thing cos some of em are crazy hard

[@AndyAndyAndy11111]

Ypur 1st neo geo cd review :D

[@TronPachioftheDynamo]

I find it funny how everyone hates this genre today and it made two of the most popular memes around.

[@azt3ca]

This game is amazing...

[@MrSuperflute]

Why is everything related to Neo Geo so goddamn expensive

[@lanfan9488]

It's one of the only ways to get the old arcade games without emulation, the games are beautiful and hold up well, and didn't sell well at the time due to their incredibly high prices. The Neo Geo CD is by far the cheapest way to play these games on original hardware

[@zanychelly]

MrSuperflute is the price of gold, mate

[@lesliecollins8826]

you sould geta avs neo geo cart so you dont have to wait for the loading times yes pulstar is assome so is blazing stars

[@neobogard]

the aes/mvs version has no slowdowns and no load time with better animation.

[@zanychelly]

Now available for Ps4 and Xbox One. ACA NeoGeo Pulstar

[@andy7666]

HAIL!

[@jamstrat]

Id say so, hhaha, the level design, power ups, and even the first level boss resembles Dobkeratops

[@ezzonz]

resident evil 4 is for PS2 also..

[@Jakoshi]

This is cool man

[@HappyWulf]

Wow, that's not an R-Type style game.. that IS R-Type. Right down to the enemies and the level design.

[@Atomduck]

well, no doubt the AES version has little Slowdown but its like... $500.

[@link000000]

This is madness??!!

[@TheDVDGamer]

yes,,, I will grab another beer, thank you

[@zarisright]

awsome game i want a neo geo.crazy graphics i love it. review twisted metal black please i think ill keep asking u till u do. bye

[@BillB808]

game looks great....neo geo stuff is a bit pricey for me :O( but this one looks like a bit of a find.

[@mikeheinlein3746]

Basically a souped up R-Type.

[@dandudespaceman]

if you showed me this game without the title, I'd probably say it was r-type

[@maz12004]

Review Axelay dammit.

[@dboyneo]

My local flee market had an Aes console with 5 games for $450. Couldnt affored it because my wife will kill me. So i bought the neo geo cd at my favorte import store. After a while i said to my self i will sell it to the guy i know at the flee market and ask if he can drop the price as well also sold an n64 with alot of games. The only thing i payed as the remander was 140 bucks. Thankfull nobody bought it because he had it for 4 months.

[@dersteppenokani]

I really miss your videos :'(

[@mazze84]

This is R-Type, formula 101. Nothing bad with that though.

[@CompHelper332]

cool

[@l--..--l-i3m]

To all you emulator people: In my opinon, you are not playing a classic NES game if you are playing it with any other thing that your NES-controller, TV and NES (or a FC twin or a toploader etc.)

[@PhyA52]

I have this game for Neo Geo.... on my computer :P This where emulation wins. NO SLOWDOWN. But this is also where you lose. The game is so hard, you wish you could turn on the slowdown.

[@hardcoreep]

It looks just like R-Type

[@eurohim]

That game is very much like a Life Force/R-Type hybrid. That fire level rips things off from Life Force.

[@mondrometal]

ahahahha yo tmbn vivo en arg.. no puedo creer q un argentino mire cgr.. pense q yo era el unico jaja

[@Gamingnight]

looks like an R-type clone,but in a good way.

[@Ryoga2K]

32 GIGS OF SPEED O_O wtf?