Comment on Ninja Gaiden for DOS: rated M for "mistake"
atomicpoet@lemmy.world 4 days agoBoth Thexder and Sorcerian were distributed by Sierra.
Thexder, in particular, was quite popular—got a Western-only sequel called Thexder 95 that was a showcase for Windows 95:
It’s still playable on modern Windows.
As for Japanese games, they’re largely hit or miss on DOS. If it’s a Capcom or Konami game—it’s probably terrible. SEGA is good.
I think the game that really humiliated Capcom was the DOS port of Street Fighter II. In the early 90s, a bunch of Koreans made their own unofficial port and it shamed the official port.
This might explain why Super Street Fighter II for DOS was so much better.
zod000@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Interesting, I never saw either Thexder or Socerian in local stores at the time, nor I had even heard of them. It doesn’t look like GOG has them listed, but I’ll keep an eye out so I can possibly give them a try.
atomicpoet@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Nope, they are abandonware. You either buy the physical disks or sail the seven seas.
zod000@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
I oddly enough do have a working floppy drive, but that doesn’t seem like a solid solution lol.