Is Vortex Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk

A good example of a game I kinda like but can't really recommend. It's a neat novelty but it plays pretty poorly...
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[@merman1974]

Thanks for quoting my Retro Gamer article - it was one I pitched for ages and finally got to write. As mentioned in the article, the publisher changed the level order so you faced the space level first - which gives people the wrong impression of the overall game. And the comic sections came from a promotional comic that was published, I managed to track a copy down while I was writing the article. And yes, I prefer the Japanese box art too.

[@carn9507]

I don't think the japanese art is very representative of the game though. I remember buying this game largely based on it's UK box and despite not really caring for most 3D games at that time I was curious about this one got really into it and it's still one of my faves for SNES.

[@merman1974]

@@carn9507 oh I get that, glad you enjoyed the game

[@Dyexmax]

Wanted to mention the composer for the game Vortex is Justin Scharvona and the same guy that did the music for Buckbumble.

[@Heydudeitsmeee]

@@Dyexmax omg i havent heard the name buckbumble for ages *tips hat*

[@merman1974]

@@Dyexmax yes, the music in Vortex is excellent. I managed to talk to Justin for the article, particularly about the (pioneering) use of Dolby Stereo sound.

[@offdutyenglishmajor9924]

I played this when it first came out. My brother and I were so excited, and, oh god, the controls and relentless difficulty were awful. That being said, my brother found cheat codes in Nintendo Power that gave infinite health, lives, and energy, so we could actually play through the game on god mode. That made it much better.

[@Lebowski333]

Oh fk yeah god mode is great, praise allah! Sorry for your kumpf

[@AExelLenz]

Same! ^^ But we don't had any Cheats and could barely make it to the last Level. The language-barrier was a Problem, too. The german PAL-Version was in english. -_-

[@AlaanPlacenciaTimoteo]

podrías compartir los trucos?

[@cmedtheuniverseofcmed8775]

I agree with you, SNES Drunk. I played Vortex often as a kid, and it is a clunky game. But the music for it is outright awesome. With romhacking, I think so much can be done to fix the little issues and really bring light to this forgotten gem.

[@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii]

Another nice slideshow by Argonaut,

[@Pheeze]

I rented this game when I was a kid and found it hard as hell, but it's definitely one of those memorable yet obscure SNES games.

[@putridscene]

This was a one time rental in my youth. The 3D was not enough to carry it and I don't remember making it very far before realizing I'd wasted my pick of a game for the weekend. Still better than the time I rented Ballz.

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

Every rental was a one time rental in our house growing up, lol.

[@arostwocents]

Ballz was a decent fighter. Underrated

[@Archedgar]

Ballz sucked b.....

[@Wyrdwad]

I owned this game as a kid, and honestly... I loved it! I never, ever beat it, except by using Game Genie codes to cheat -- but I could consistently at least get to Magmemo, the stage after the race stage (which I OWNED every time!), and I always enjoyed playing those early stages and getting better and better at them. And to this day, I consider Vortex to have one of the best soundtracks on the entire platform, which is not a claim I make lightly... but, like, the first stage theme doesn't fully repeat until after TEN MINUTES, which is absolutely insane! And while the first stage itself is boring as dirt (I usually used a password to skip that one), that first stage theme is practically legendary. Definitely a flawed game in a lot of ways, but I'll always consider it a classic, and have a special place in my heart for it.

[@Eener1000]

I liked the game back in the day, but it doesn't really hold up that well today imho. What does hold up and what I still listen to very often is the soundtrack. The music for this game is amazing!

[@Tr3vor42532]

This is one of my favorite games to come back to from time to time. It's far too difficult to play normally, so cheats are a must. It also has the best SNES soundtrack. For the longest time in the 00s, I thought this game was a weird fever dream where I rented a crazy 3d game that played on my SNES, unthinkable, only to rediscover it at a gas station that sold retro games. Kinda silly.

[@MaidenHell1977]

Music sounds a lot like the current wave of synth bands out and about these days. Great stuff.

[@KDis0815]

The Musik sounds very Amigaish.

[@renegadeleader1]

I remember hosting a panel on old school mecha games at Anime Boston once, and when I discussed this game, it's development, and it's drawbacks people were shocked something like this existed on the SNES.

[@hicknopunk]

The soundtrack will keep you playing.

[@carn9507]

It's one of my fave SNES games and one of the few 16 bit era 3D games I really enjoy. I never had any issue with the controls. And I found it a lot more involving than Starfox (which I only really enjoyed the first couple levels of). And certainly trounces some other Super FX games like the god awful Stunt Race Fx. Also one of the best soundtracks too. I definitely agree with the high quality of the music.

[@thecunninlynguist]

yeah, in the 90's i might've been blown away by this. Was a semi fan of Star Fox, a bigger fan of mechs/transformers so this would've been up my ally. Wonder if a patch would help the framerate...but would it even be worth it?

[@Kuchenwurst]

Well, I do know it's possible to boost the SuperFX framerates significantly by means of software optimisation. There's this Starfox mod that really pushes it up to today's standards in terms of playability. That one, though, has been years in the making by a dedicated team, so I'm sure it was difficult as heck.

[@rars0n]

Vitor Vilela does SA1 hacks of various games like Contra III. However, the SA-1 is essentially just another 65816 processor (same as the SNES CPU), but much faster, whereas the SuperFX chip is an entirely different beast (although about the same clock speed as the SA1). In the back of my mind, given the extra years of knowledge and modern tools available, it's tempting to think that there's room for improvement. However, Argonaut literally designed and developed the SuperFX chip, so they probably knew more about the hardware than anyone ever will. I'm not sure that anything short of porting it to SuperFX2 hardware would make a significant difference.

[@rorz999]

I admire the ambition of games like this, but honestly the Super FX chip was better used in games like Yoshi's Island for sprite scaling and little flourishes here and there. Games that used it for their foundation weren't great (and have aged horribly)

[@andthatswhyidontlike]

I think this was my most hated game as a kid, got it as a surprise present after school one day so I was fucking hyped just to get a new game…didn’t happen very often, and then it ended up being a huge pile of shit. Lied and told my mum it was great.

[@gregorys9629]

I'm always impressed how you keep managing to review games I've never heard of!

[@andrew77961]

Right? I thought I was pretty plugged into the scene back then. As much as a young teenager could be, anyway. Apparently there are a ton of games I missed.

[@Lebowski333]

Don’t you mean disappointed in yourself having not heard of them? 🤔

[@velzekt4598]

@4:35 Vortex DID use the second generation SuperFX chip. Star Fox was the only game to use the first version SuperFX chip.

[@DarkGerson]

I remember we had the cartridge. My dad had a Game Rent place, but in our country it was different, we had a bunch of snes with TVs around a big room and people would rent them for 1 hour or more (per hour fee) and pick any game. This one never worked on any Snes and i always wanted to play it because the boxart looked 3d

[@Justforvisit]

I hope you have a great rest of your day too, SNES Drunk!

[@mcon1964]

I had this one when it first came out. It has a HUGE learning curve! Every form had it's own control configuration. But once you got used to it, it was a really fun game. There was really nothing like it at the time, and the ability to transform at will was something we had never experienced before. By the time I finished it for the first time, I was pretty good at piloting the vehicle and could go through the game quickly. By today's standards, it's clunky as hell but back in the day, it was really something.

[@JP-by1vw]

I bought this game back in the day and remember being fascinated by being able to freely roam around its 3d environments. It was also much cheaper than starfox. One of the few expansive games that I had the patience to complete.

[@wabbit234]

I wonder how well this works with an emulator that allows for overclocking the FX chip.

[@danielespeziari5545]

This game is just too complicated and requires too much effort to get familiar with the controls. It has nothing of the accessibility of Starfox, which is a pure Nintendo product despite Argonaut's help. Vortex is just Argonaut without Nintendo, and that's the problem

[@P-_-S]

Not only did Argonaut help Nintendo with Star Fox, they designed the Super FX chip for Nintendo. Really interesting company and history. Great video! This is the only SFX game I've never played, always been curious but heard it's pretty rough around the edges. Thanks for making this video, and I hope YOU have a great rest of your day!

[@samuelallen2831]

I had a feeling controls and frame rate would bring this one down, but good lord I had no idea to what extent that would be the case!

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Still disappointed that the Transformers game never got released.

[@chiquita683]

Name a good Transformers game...

[@carn9507]

@@chiquita683 The PS2 game based on Armada (Not the japanese PS2 game based on G1). The hugely fun Transformers: Devastation. Really enjoyed 2007 and RotF too. And people seem like like War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron (even though I don't much).

[@8thaccount535]

If I would have played this game as a kid it would have been great. Starfox is one of my favorite games, and even if this isn’t as good, it still seems like ot would have been great for its time.

[@dschult3]

I was obsessed with early 3D games as a kid. I remember seeing this game in magazines, but I never knew a soul who owned it. I never saw it for rent either. Over the years, I've pretty much forgotten about it. Thanks for doing this video, because it helped with that 30 year old curiosity.

[@gars129]

I compare it to the Yamaha DX7. It sounds as clean and crisp as ever, but largely unrealistic. It's old in a different way to, say, a faded unrestored 35mm print or master tape.

[@kaimcdragonfist4803]

I’m impressed with how ambitious this game is. I mean it definitely looks super clunky but I can respect the fact that the devs clearly swung for the fences

[@rpgaholic8202]

When you mentioned the Super FX's second version, I started to wonder if someone out there has modded their version of Vortex to use that, and after a little digging on the Super FX wiki page, Winter Gold would be the better option, since people still want to play Yoshi's Island.

[@rars0n]

Growing up with the SNES, the Super FX chip and Star Fox in particular were so mind-blowing to see on the SNES that I have an irrational love for Super FX games. Stunt Race FX was one of my favorite games on the system and I still play it today. I never played Vortex back in the day but I bought a cart off of ebay and was surprised by how fun it is. I really don't have much to add about this game as you pretty much nailed it here. Younger gamers will probably won't want to be bothered with this game due to the way it plays and even SNES Star Fox fans might walk away a bit disappointed, but given that games of this kind are so few and far between on this era of hardware, I'm endlessly fascinated that it even exists at all and for me, there's nothing quite like the era of early 3D gaming. As rough as it is, that's part of its charm.

[@carn9507]

I loved Vortex. Couldn't get into Stunt Race FX though. The 'sluggish' 3D worked better for me for a big mech than it did for racing cars.

[@AdamSmithNES]

My brother and I got this used from Funcoland back in the day. Don't remember if either of us knew what it was, but we saw the SuperFX logo and must have figured it was good. Didn't flat out hate the game, but learning how to play it took a while. I don't think I ever got past the platforming part. Always gave up right around then. Could have been a classic if they simplified the control scheme a bit, and maybe only had the walker and jet modes. Alright, I want to thank you for reading, and have a great rest of your day.

[@christianjohnson3580]

I really hope a romhacker sees this, because I feel like this game could be pretty cool with some extra love put into it. Speaking of which, have you played Star Fox Ex yet? That's one of the best romhacks I've played recently. If not ever.

[@neonshadow5005]

Music is pretty good but the rest of it looks rough regardless of intent.

[@thingsiplay]

I purchased Vortex when it came out. I had imagined it being kinda of spiritual successor to Starfox, without knowing anything about Starfox 2 at that day. Man I hated Vortex and traded it with some other game as fast as possible. Would not recommend the game today either, other than curiosity and for history. I'll revisit it myself after this video, but never would I ever pay money for this game again.

[@thenostalgiafactor5023]

Total length of video: 460 secs. Total length of "SNES Drunk": 2.5 secs. .54% of the video was spent listening to "SNES Drunk".

[@RTPJu]

Just try this (or any other FX game... or even the slowdowners, such as Gradius) with the BSNES using CPU and the FX overclock options (just add a little by little, or the gameplay would be too speed-upped). Cheers!

[@GeeksandGrub]

Hey, I don't expect you to see this or read it, but Neil Gaiman responded ti someone asking if it was ok to still see Movies. His response was basically, "Absolutely. Go see Barbie or Oppenhiemer. Those movies are done and finished. Not seeing them gives the Studios the ability to say they only made X amount, why should we pay you more. But if more people see them, then Strikers can point to how much it made and prove their worth." When dealing with TV, I would use the same logic especially since Sailor Moon is more Anime than Hollywood and South Park isn't airing new episodes right now (and probably won't until the strikes are over." I am not disagreeing with you, but sharing a different perspective. I enjoy your videos regardless of these kinds of outside factors.😊

[@Ti0Luch0]

Amazing OST

[@ScottyPhoton]

I had this cartridge for a while. Pretty much the same opinion. Cool concept and impressive for the time but hindered by the original FX chip and SNES itself. I ended up selling a sizeable amount of my carts a while back and this was part of it. Couldn't see myself playing it much but I do have a fondness for the game.

[@GoodMomo]

If anyone reviews this game and doesnt mention the (amazing) soundtrack, be wary, they might be an alien.

[@jeffersonjjohnson]

It's really neat to see the ambition and attempts of coming up with new control solutions for the 3d space on console. These guys were in the wild west.

[@chrislaustin]

This was a game that showed me that having technology isn't the end all and be all of making a great game. Star Fox could have easily been a game like this, but the Nintendo of the time knew how to make great games, they just didn't always have the technical know how. Vortex for me was a game I wanted to love, but it was just poorly made and conceived, and it just wasn't fun. And even Nintendo dropped the ball on occasion, as Stunt Race FX looked amazing, but was a poorly done game as well.

[@torrentthom4734]

I rented that game once: it needed a LOT of refinement in every category. Felt more like a demo of something with a possibility to be good, and had nothing memorable about it, but the transforming aspect of the vehicles (and uuuuuuugly box art).

[@whyishoudini]

This seems like the perfect game for an improvement patch

[@Frigidevil]

Given how many absolutely atrocious Transformers games had been released in the 80s and 90s, I wonder if the big wigs in charge were just afraid of anything that would push the envelope. It's a shame too because that license could have made this game a cult classic.

[@Azuris190]

Haven't played much of it, but i think it is okayish, there is way worse to play out there. I only bought this Game the last Year, because it is published by Sony and i find it just funny ;P Back then i played it a bit at my Cousins House, wasn't a Friend of any early 3D Game, also on the Playstation.

[@martijnh333]

I remember you can skip one most of one of the levels by flying to the end. It was a map with a long road. Long time ago so I don't remember the details ;-)

[@WhispyWoods.]

Yoshi’s Island used the Super FX chip??? And pushing a tricycle 😂😂😂

[@anthonyrowland9072]

this one of those "awesome when you were a kid" games. honestly, that's most early 3d games, even on the ps1/n64/saturn.

[@Dekkard5]

I wonder if this was used as an idea for Starfox 2. Gameplay looks very similar. Shame Starfox 2 was canceled instead of this.

[@Sparkbomber]

IIRC, there's been a few upgrade romhacks... but yeah. Bit too ambitious for its time.

[@BoboBreez]

Im surprised this channel isnt called SNES Coffee considering your videos always release in the morning 😂

[@Turbo-D]

super fx chip just means pixelmania apparently, some games with this super fx chip just looked worse to me than other games without it..

[@NexusCreid]

I remember renting this and copying the soundtrack to a casette. Still listen to the soundtrack to this day, but I would not endure the gameplay for that 😏

[@samuelsousa7421]

Wow! Seeing something like this play well, back in the day, would have been crazy.

[@LanEXHikari]

I remember this game and it wasn't as welcoming as Star Fox, glas that you mentioned that rumor since it was mostly how I got to know about Vortex 😅

[@rocko7711]

Please do a review of the Strike games: Desert Strike Urban Strike, Jungle Strike, etc.

[@richard8417]

Naturally the man said it's a separate project. Bit it's Transformers, with no license 😅

[@adventuretaco7140]

Love playing this game on my MISTer with super FX turbo on for better frame rate

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

I remember this one from back when I was in high school. I only played it briefly- I can't remember whether it was a rental, or whether a friend loaned it to me, but it was apparent to me even then that the game was just WAY too damn hard because of its design flaws (most notably the clunky controls). I think the friend I may (or may not) have borrowed it from even told me that the game was actually literally unbeatable because of a bug that made one of the objectives completely impossible to complete, but he may have been mistaken (he was also a chronic liar, prone to making things up completely at random when it came to anime and video games). Anyway, I never played much of it and don't remember it that fondly, but it WAS memorable if nothing else.

[@orsonburnswell7085]

To succeed you gotta be ABCF: Always Be Changing Forms

[@MW-cx3sb]

While I liked it for a few weekends of renting to play with a mate, like all SuperFX games, it aged like a corpse

[@Hate_wagon]

why ant pushing a tricycle I don't get it...thanks for the video

[@DangerDave-e7u]

Did you train your dog bring you beers?

[@madspunky]

Optimus Prime in Smash Ultimate, confirmed!!

[@amphobos]

Ant pushing a tricycle is my phrase of the day

[@ChopzDrake75]

Dude why am I addicted to this channel now….i fall asleep on the compilations lol

[@jhousdan]

I received this game for my birthday and played it until my fingers bled. Holy shit it was a hard game, especially in later levels. It definitely left a lot to he desired... as you said, it was the start of something. An incomplete thought. If someone had taken this game all the way, it would have been amazing. I still have a soft spot in my heart for it.

[@peterharazim1222]

Like always, entertaining review of retro games at it's best, and each word has quality. big like and much love from Europe/ Germany

[@LukeAvedon]

I say "I hope you have a great rest of your day" to everyone now thanks to you.

[@punchabunchabuttons]

Hhhhaaawwwllleeeee sshhheyyyyt 6:09 that is one bad ass cover indeed ...

[@AlaanPlacenciaTimoteo]

Lo que mencionas es cierto, probé vórtex y tendría que jugarlo 10 veces para entender su sistema y mecánica, trataré de terminarlo. Sobre la realización de transformers en fx nunca lo supe, primera vez que oigo eso.

[@foxtonstreet]

What a shame. It looks pretty impressive visually.

[@thejackal007]

I can confirm, it was a blast to play when it came out.

[@acrophis]

Justin Scharvona is an amazing composer.

[@androxilogin]

My brother had this back in the day. He'd always bogart his game stash so I never really got to play it a whole lot back then. I'm not sure if I ever even beat the first level. Starfox is my favorite game of all time (for the SNES) and Stunt Race FX was one of the first games that introduced me to the console so I feel like where this game lacks, I have to put it on myself. I would get lost easily not knowing what I was doing. When I grew up, I still had to buy a copy. I have never popped it in, but I had to have it.

[@sydneycastelfan]

I remember renting this one. It was pretty rough, even back then

[@SailorJupit3r]

Only the best Snes Drunk! Thanks for your work!

[@JordanVickers21]

Blip blip, blippity blip

[@TheSwillMan]

the SuperFX 2 wouldn't have helped the framerate of this game. it ran at the same speed. the point of the SuperFX 2 was to support larger ROM sizes.

[@ZAX27171527]

I really liked this game as a kid. Yeah it was hard as hell but because it was so unique and because you were in a transforming mech I tried so hard to get through it but never did.

[@BabusGameRoom]

Watching this at 1.5x speed makes it look alright. But this tends to happen for any SuperFX game, lol

[@fusionspace175]

Couldn't agree more. Potential, but the frame rate kills it. If you like this style of game though, try to get T-MEK running in Mame, it plays somewhat similar but on hardware that can handle it. I'd say Virtual On was the best sort of this thing ever in the arcade though, so if you can run that, do it.

[@stephen-ng]

This game needs to be remade, and have mechanics like Battle Engine Aquila. Designing levels so different machines can be used (much like Einhander) including greats like Iron Soldier, ArcticFox, etc. would be nice. Also, going out of bounds of a mission with the MBS will trigger the dropship to reset your position and refill all of your health.

[@GretchZ]

Inb4 someone watching makes the patch

[@dasdiesel3000]

The Vortex Developers, adding in another cutting edge feature to the game: "THESE WAX WINGS AINT GONNA MELT THEMSELVES BABEY!!! YEEEEEHAWWWWW!!!!" 😂😂😂

[@kyleolson8977]

As a PC gamer in 1994, the FX chip games on the SNES or similar games on the Genesis/Sega CD were cute but primitive. It wasn't until the next gen that 3D in consoles wasn't just a gimmick. If a game was unique and played to the console's action strengths it could be interesting, like Starfox. When games moved into the simulation territory of the PC they looked bad, often like Baby's First Simulator, even in an area like Giant Robots. 1994 had EarthSiege, for example, a Mech game that crushed this. Mechwarrior 2 was on the horizon (The first Mechwarrior from 1989 was getting old, but still had more gameplay). Ultrabots had been around for a year. It also compares poorly with absurdly good looking action oriented sims like Armored First (tank) or Comanche Maximum Overkill (helicopter). I appreciate that they were doing what they could, but I don't think it was a great idea.

[@nathanbeets8229]

man, now I just wanna go play starfox.

[@jamiesmith4293]

With some refinement, this would've been a better game to show off the FX chip than Star Fox because Vortex is non-linear, 3D exploration, starting on the second level when you explore a planet. Star Fox, with its linear game play and being trapped in a continuous forward motion was more like a test to see if a game like F-zero could look more 3D with less detail in the objects to gain more scale of objects using fewer sprites. Does that make sense? Keeping the objects plain would've allowed mode 7 to scale sprites more, but without looking scaled, allowing more fluidity as it scales a sprite bigger, then transitions to the next larger version of the sprite but scaled down at first, then gradually bigger. Star Fox looked like a 3D gimmick compared to Vortex.

[@RoboP]

This game is one of my fav guilty pleasure games; in the sense of how you described it! I love aspects of it, it's clearly an evolution and step forward but it does have issues in terms of controls, frame rate and other weird quirks(1st person camera mode inside bases) Also a little thing you may not know, Hardshell mode can replenish your FUEL gauge, if you stop and let it sit there for a time it'll slowly recharge. In the manual for the game it does this by solar panels or something. And yeah I purchased this game on clearance when it was around in the SNES days. Vortex is a weird beast of a game that deserves a renewed look. FINALLY Classic Game Room's very lacking dumb review of this game is horrid lol.

[@orinanime]

Rough gameplay. Wonky controls. And of the 4 modes, I only like the aesthetic of 2. The Walker and Sonic Jet look cool. But everything about the Hard Shell is lame. And the Land Burner looks like it's backwards. Great music though. But that's not enough for me to like this game.

[@gamalielshapira]

I wonder how difficult it would be to hack a ROM to use the FX2 chipset? It seems such things are possible, given the SA-1 optimization patches for games like Gradius III. Meanwhile, I'm heading to Zophar's to pick up the SPC. Awesome music.

[@196cupcake]

I'd be curious to know if playing on the FXPAKPRO, or modifying some of the settings on it, makes a difference with frame rate or slow down.

[@dasdiesel3000]

Lol I wonder how many more "worth it's" there can be in the library left for ol snesdrunk for the SNES ... It would seem like we are reaching the bottom of the barrel on titles for the og -- Not saying the channel is running out of ideas just that eventually there can't be any more "HIDING GEMSTONES!" Edit: I do also like that besides all the flaws , our intrepid host still can't help but have some affinity for it. Based on his reasoning, I can't fault him for it either! 😂

[@mattb6522]

Good review. You know, now that Drunk did a review, I predict a Vortex Improvement Patch to come out within a few months. 😋 I do recall seeing this game reviewed in magazines back in the day and it did look highly ambitious for an SNES game. Although, I did hear complaints about the game even way back when it was released. I figured this one had aged like milk as many very early 3D games just are hard to go back to now. Although, the original Star Fox is still a guilty pleasure of mine even though it is completely janky and the framerate is nauseating.

[@Shinmsl]

It's really a shame how after all the revolution Star Fox was back in the day nobody pick up the slack, and a Robot/spaceship game seems like a no-brainer. Even with all the complications of doing 3d back then it's kinda shocking that Star Fox was huge hit in the early years of the consoles and nobody followed it's lead, except for this and I think so really bad racing games. It took until the arrival of the next generation of consoles. But I wonder how a game like sequel to fzero would've been had it been power by the fx chip 1 or 2... Even the proper sequel star Fox 2 was cancelled 😔

[@Lemuzaurio_streams]

Like most SNES games I played, I discovered this one in a mercadito (bazaar) in Mexico in 2000. At the time I had 12 years and the PS2 was about to be released, a neighbor had a dreamcast day one an we would play it often, but I always had an itch for the history of games and technology and this one was a big surprise for me, I noticed it was the same dev as star fox and enjoyed it for what it was, I knew it was clunky and hard to play but I still dug it, was the main character called general Dante or something? I remember that beign cool AF, but I could be making up this memory.

[@theowlsofouterheaven]

Recently picked up a copy of thos game for only $7 as it was a well remembered game from my childhood. The difficulty good lord is relentless though and its incredibly frustrating to play, but man the nostalgia. The soundtrack kicks major ass cheeks! Such an ambitious title that tried to do too much. I still never made it past i believe stage 3. I didnt even know it had platform jumping lol maybe I'll beat it this time around. I owe it to childhood me.

[@Akinohotarubi]

Damn that soundtrack is fire.