"Cloned" games
There was a post about 8-Eyes and
Castlevania in another thread. This made me think, what game clones can you think of that directly ripped off another game. The one that comes immediately to my mind is:
Whomp Em =
Megaman
Have any others?
Even bigger and worse
Megaman rip-off = The Krion Conquest.
There's a couple of games on the TurboGrafx-16 called Neutopia, which is the most blatant rip-off of 'The Legend of
Zelda' I've ever seen (it even has bombs that you can use break through walls and room-to-room dungeons).
In fact it's so much like the original '
Zelda' that it's actually really good! But a "rip-off" none the less.
Also 'Code Name: Viper' by Capcom rips off '
Rolling Thunder' hard (although no where near as "hard" in the game play department)
.
Megaman rip offs, I must play them immediatly! as for what I know of that are rip-offs... well, most everything on the lesser known consoles is a rip off of larger franchises. I can't think of any specific examples off the top of my head though.
OK, I've now played both of the claimed clones.
Whomp Em I had a hard time feeling
Megaman, although it was a good game, it's not
Megaman. I can see where the similarities would come from. but in conclusion. Not a rip-off.
The Krion Conquest, on the other hand... feels very much like
Megaman. it also seems to be a decent quality game so far. a few different features, such as playing as what seems to be a wizard, games takes place in 1999 rather than 20XX, the ability to shoot upward, and starting off with different elemental attacks. my verdict on this one: rip-off
both are fun games though. and if you're fan of
Megaman, you'll probably like them.
OK, I've now played both of the claimed clones.
Whomp Em I had a hard time feeling
Megaman, although it was a good game, it's not
Megaman. I can see where the similarities would come from. but in conclusion. Not a rip-off.
The Krion Conquest, on the other hand... feels very much like
Megaman. it also seems to be a decent quality game so far. a few different features, such as playing as what seems to be a wizard, games takes place in 1999 rather than 20XX, the ability to shoot upward, and starting off with different elemental attacks. my verdict on this one: rip-off
both are fun games though. and if you're fan of
Megaman, you'll probably like them.
Yeah, this is the reason I like forums. The Krion Conquest was actually the game I was thinking of... I have no idea how
Whomp Em got inside my head!
heh, it's a good thing, I like
Whomp Em now, I wouldn't likely have found it if it weren't for that mistake and it does play a little like
Megaman.
Slightly, but I think this whole grandpa thing is actually having an effect on my mind! I can't remember anything!
That comparison has been made in the past, I think I'll have to check that game out.
Yes, even the final boss is similar, but with a cool twist!
There's a couple of games on the TurboGrafx-16 called Neutopia, which is the most blatant rip-off of 'The Legend of
Zelda' I've ever seen (it even has bombs that you can use break through walls and room-to-room dungeons).
In fact it's so much like the original '
Zelda' that it's actually really good! But a "rip-off" none the less.
For the curious, here ya go:
Also, when I saw the title of the thread, The Krion Conquest was the first game in my head, but you guys had beat me to it already. It's a pretty blatant
Megaman ripoff. Not a bad game, though. Tough as hell, that's for sure.
Ninja Gaiden - Blue Shadow
there are a number of differences, and one may not play as smoothly as the other, but they are certainly similar.
Ninja Gaiden - Blue Shadow
there are a number of differences, and one may not play as smoothly as the other, but they are certainly similar.
I've never heard of that game! What the heck is it?
Ninja Gaiden - Blue Shadow
there are a number of differences, and one may not play as smoothly as the other, but they are certainly similar.
I've never heard of that game! What the heck is it?
I hadn't heard of it either, then I was playing with my NESterDC disc, and I found it. it's pretty cool from what I played.
Blue Shadow seems to be the PAL version of
Shadow of the Ninja. I don't think that
Shadow of the Ninja is too much of a clone of
Ninja Gaiden. A more close comparison to
Ninja Gaiden would be Ninja Crusaders, though it's not too blatant about it. The biggest thing I noticed is how the enemies are generated over and over again.
Ninja Gaiden syndrome! Another similarity is in the way the character is. It's still a decent game...
i really dont see that i own the nes game battly of olympus and i personally hated it
The character is controlled and looks almost the exact same. Even with the shield and everything. You don't see the HUGE similarities?
They are very similar, but also different in many points.
Also the difficulty level in
Battle of Olympus is higher than in
Zelda when I remember right.
And for me personal,
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link let me feel a better, more fascinating athmosphere. I like BoO too, though.
Also the difficulty level in
Battle of Olympus is higher than in
Zelda when I remember right.
yeah i thought
Battle of Olympus was hard and when i played i was younger so i never knew what to do where to go. With
Zelda i never had that trouble
I'm not one of those people who hate
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, but I do like
Battle of Olympus better. The soundtrack on that was perfect, and really put you in the game. The Greek Gods with the password feature was really cool, too. I'm not saying it was a complete rip-off at all.
Exactly.
yeah i loved the soundtrack as well i thought it was great and really did get me into the game i remember those stupid little worm thingys though and then gettting stuck in some web all those houses...
yeah i thought
Battle of Olympus was hard and when i played i was younger so i never knew what to do where to go. With
Zelda i never had that trouble
That's funny because
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link was only my second NES game (after mario/
Duckhunt) and I had huge trouble figuring out what to do in the beginning. My main problem was that the instruction manual said not to go into caves without a candle. But that's exactly what you had to do to get to the first palace! I learn't a valuable lesson that day: Never read instruction manuals!
No, no. I'd say: Read them but don't trust them.
As I don't have the manual, everything went fine for me.