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A playthrough of NEC'S 1990 racing/role-playing game for the TurboGrafx-16, Final Lap Twin.
All three game modes are shown in this video:
0:14 Quest
2:42:23 F3000 GP
3:04:35 F1 GP
Final Lap Twin was a console-exclusive follow-up to the original Final Lap, Namco's 1987 hit arcade Formula One racing game.
The game features three primary modes. The first two, the F3000 and the F1 grands prix, pit you against twenty-five opponents over the course of a season as you race for points on a selection of real-life tracks - eight for F3000, and sixteen for F1. The third, Quest, takes a page from World Court Tennis (youtu.be/rWRsrf7EJ6o) in that it turns the game into a JRPG in the style of Dragon Warrior (youtu.be/J392i9NKvvo), but instead of turn-based battles, combat takes place on the race track.
The manual describes the quest as a "rock-'em, sock-'em adventure" in which "your job is to defeat a gang of Baby Four-Wheel-Drive Warriors from across the land [...] to become the world Baby Four-Wheel-Drive Champion!" That's total nonsense, though. It sounds like it's either describing a completely different game, or it's describing a series is events that were totally changed in the localization process.
Final Lap Twin's quest mode kicks off with a few words of encouragement from your father. Having taught you everything he knows, the time has come for you to go out and make a name for yourself in the racing world. He gives you his car and $500, points you in the direction of the first local champ, and from there, it's up to you.
The goal is to become the world champion, but you've got a ways to go in your climb to the top. As you travel between cities, random passersby will challenge you. The cash you win in these races provides you the means to upgrade your car so you can take down the local champs one-by-one and to collect their key secret items, and with each major win, you inch another step closer to the top.
Final Lap Twin's world and its RPG systems are far better developed and more engaging than World Court Tennis's, and I found the core gameplay more appealing overall. Even the NPCs manage to be stranger and more varied. The controls are sharp, the fast and smooth graphics are very nice for a console racing game of its time, and there's a ton of interesting content to dig into.
I'd call this another huge win for the TurboGrafx-16!
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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A playthrough of NEC'S 1990 racing/role-playing game for the TurboGrafx-16, Final Lap Twin.
All three game modes are shown in this video:
0:14 Quest
2:42:23 F3000 GP
3:04:35 F1 GP
Final Lap Twin was a console-exclusive follow-up to the original Final Lap, Namco's 1987 hit arcade Formula One racing game.
The game features three primary modes. The first two, the F3000 and the F1 grands prix, pit you against twenty-five opponents over the course of a season as you race for points on a selection of real-life tracks - eight for F3000, and sixteen for F1. The third, Quest, takes a page from World Court Tennis (youtu.be/rWRsrf7EJ6o) in that it turns the game into a JRPG in the style of Dragon Warrior (youtu.be/J392i9NKvvo), but instead of turn-based battles, combat takes place on the race track.
The manual describes the quest as a "rock-'em, sock-'em adventure" in which "your job is to defeat a gang of Baby Four-Wheel-Drive Warriors from across the land [...] to become the world Baby Four-Wheel-Drive Champion!" That's total nonsense, though. It sounds like it's either describing a completely different game, or it's describing a series is events that were totally changed in the localization process.
Final Lap Twin's quest mode kicks off with a few words of encouragement from your father. Having taught you everything he knows, the time has come for you to go out and make a name for yourself in the racing world. He gives you his car and $500, points you in the direction of the first local champ, and from there, it's up to you.
The goal is to become the world champion, but you've got a ways to go in your climb to the top. As you travel between cities, random passersby will challenge you. The cash you win in these races provides you the means to upgrade your car so you can take down the local champs one-by-one and to collect their key secret items, and with each major win, you inch another step closer to the top.
Final Lap Twin's world and its RPG systems are far better developed and more engaging than World Court Tennis's, and I found the core gameplay more appealing overall. Even the NPCs manage to be stranger and more varied. The controls are sharp, the fast and smooth graphics are very nice for a console racing game of its time, and there's a ton of interesting content to dig into.
I'd call this another huge win for the TurboGrafx-16!
_____________
No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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![Super Adventure Rockman, Ep. 1 (PlayStation) Playthrough [English]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AAjNCG51Hy0/hqdefault.jpg "Super Adventure Rockman, Ep. 1 (PlayStation) Playthrough [English]
A playthrough of Capcoms 1998 interactive movie for the Sony PlayStation, Super Adventure Rockman.
Each disc functions as its own independent game, so this video covers the first episode, The Moon Temple.
Episode 2: A Fight to the Death! Wily Numbers (https://youtu.be/JEW0TSRWvPk)
Episode 3: The Final Battle (https://youtu.be/AeLn3PGTVfY)
Since the game never saw an international release, Ive subtitled the video with my own English translation of the games dialog and text.
Following in the footsteps of Street Fighter II Movie (https://youtu.be/LrZPAXBs4N0) and Fox Hunt (https://youtu.be/Ffo_aADreQs), this FMV-based Mega Man game was the third interactive movie that Capcom released on 32-bit consoles.
Super Adventure Rockman is based on the characters of Mega Man 1-3, and its built on the back of a three episode OVA series that Capcom commissioned specifically for the game. The story was also later adapted for Archies Mega Man comic series.
Taking place in 20XX, the story begins as an earthquake deep in the Amazon reveals the mysterious ruins of a 20,000 year old civilization. The ruins start emitting dangerous waves of electromagnetic radiation, and Dr. Wily seizes the chance to claim the power as his own in yet another misguided attempt at world domination. Roll has already been affected, and if Mega Man doesn’t stop the evil doctor, all humans and robots will be wiped out within two weeks.
The gameplay follows the choose your own adventure template. As the FMV clips play, youll be presented with quicktime events and your choice of paths to take whenever you hit branch points, and your inputs at these moments determine which clip youll see next. You also encounter enemies at certain points, and youll fight them in gallery shooting minigames (think Lethal Enforcers) that encourage you to make use of the weapons youve scavenged from the battered bodies of your fallen foes.
Its a neat relic from a time when multi-disc games came packed full of heavily compressed video clips, and though the gameplay is nothing special and theres little in the way of replayability, Super Adventure Rockman is a fun way to experience Mega Man from a new angle.
The quality of the animation is fairly cheesy but servicable - its in keeping with what youd expect from a typical VHS OVA release - but I loved how closely the style adheres to the look of Keiji Inafunes character art from Mega Mans NES era of games.
Super Adventure Rockman also bears the dubious distinction of being the only game that Inafune has ever officially struck from the series canon: he apparently hated how far it strayed from the tone of the games with its fixation on death and its generally bleak tone. I suppose thats his prerogative, but I still enjoyed it quite a bit.
I hope you guys enjoy the show and the translation!
(Please note that I had to cut the intro theme, Electrical Communication by Ganasia, for copyright reasons. I replaced it with the intro music from Mega Man X4.)
No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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![Super Adventure Rockman, Ep. 3 (PlayStation) Playthrough [English]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AeLn3PGTVfY/hqdefault.jpg "Super Adventure Rockman, Ep. 3 (PlayStation) Playthrough [English]
A translated playthrough of Capcoms 1998 interactive movie for the Sony PlayStation, Super Adventure Rockman.
Each disc functions as its own independent game, so this video covers the third and final episode, The Final Battle!!
Episode 1: The Moon Temple (https://youtu.be/AAjNCG51Hy0)
Episode 2: A Fight to the Death! Wily Numbers (https://youtu.be/JEW0TSRWvPk)
No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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