No. 3 - Soldier Blade (4M HuCard - Shooting - 1992) Head: 🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠 Heart: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ (JP Bias +1) Score: 11/10 The apex of Hudson's shooting catalog during their golden years. Not only is it a great game, but it also pumps out incredible visuals despite its space-limited HuCard format.
I like it for what it is, especially stage 1. But, yeah, nothing beats the chiptune OST! The Japanese Hucard version also has slightly less sprite flicker because it released before NEC started enforcing stricter sprite limit requirements when using the PCE’s hi-res mode. Superior version!
I’m glad you picked the hucard version as complete cd’s ost is too funky for me
No. 12 - Super Star Soldier (4M HuCard - Shooting - 1990) Head: 🧠🧠🧠🧠 Heart: ❤️❤️❤️❤️ (JP Bias +2) Score: 10/10 Perhaps generic in appearance, but among a sea of shooters, Super Star Soldier manages to stand out by simply being all-around excellent, albeit difficult.
No. 14 - Magical Chase (4M HuCard - Shooting - 1991) Head: 🧠🧠🧠 Heart: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ (JP Bias +1) Score: 9/10 A fine shooter with graphics that almost look more at home on the SFC than the PCE, not to mention spectacular chiptunes. Unfortunately now infamous for its absurd price tag.
No. 17 - Bomberman '94 (8M HuCard - Action/Puzzle - 1993) Head: 🧠🧠🧠 Heart: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ (JP Bias +1) Score: 9/10 The third and final PCE entry in Hudson's flagship series, and they pulled out all the stops. If you ask me, the series never noticeably improved beyond the standards set here.
No. 20 - Gunhed / Blazing Lazers (3M HuCard - Shooting - 1989) Head: 🧠🧠🧠🧠 Heart: ❤️❤️❤️❤️ (JP Bias +1) Score: 9/10 One of the best shooters for the system, and developed by the esteemed Compile. Not my personal favorite, but there's no denying its status as a genre-defining classic.
9月21日はPCエンジンDuoの発売日でしたか。33年前 僕これ持ってました！シャープかつソリッドな本体デザインに深いグレー&青の差し色が格好良いんですよね！HuCARDとCD-ROM2に対応した有り難い存在！念願だったスーパーダライアスを遊び倒しましたね！
No. 27 - Super Momotarou Dentetsu II (6M HuCard - Board Game - 1991) Head: 🧠🧠🧠🧠 Heart: ❤️❤️❤️ (JP Bias +1) Score: 8/10 An excellent entry in Hudson's still-ongoing Momo Tetsu series (one of the last few remaining vestiges of Hudson's glory days, though in Konami's hands now).
No. 28 - Genpei Touma Den (4M HuCard - Action/Platforming - 1990) Head: 🧠🧠🧠 Heart: ❤️❤️❤️❤️ (JP Bias +1) Score: 8/10 There's no game out there quite like this one—or there wasn't when it came out, anyway! Quite beloved in Japan for its unbridled creativity. This is a very faithful port.
