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Title: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: TL on March 02, 2013, 12:41:44 PM
[align=center:1h2z7w09]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw_PNR7L2Pc[/align:1h2z7w09]
Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: Rogue Trooper on March 02, 2013, 14:11:08 PM
Had this on the C64, played at decent lick, awesone music, but i could never get thar far in with it.

Speccy version (assuming 48K ver here) great title music, but poor in-game audio, sprites are nicely detailed, great size, but not keen on the boxes around them, nor the 'ripple' from the screen.

CPC-best looking version overal, but man, sloth like or what? when he jumps it's like he's in a low gravity enviroment.


Going to go for C64 based on speed and audio.

Matey's sound in the video, all over the shop, back off the Mic chap!.

Any chance of Rod Land and Xybots in future 8 Bit comparisons?.
Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: TL on March 04, 2013, 21:42:58 PM
I really liked Rastan on the Spectrum, great memories of it.

I will look those games up RT.
Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: Cryptic33 on March 05, 2013, 09:08:19 AM
I've never heard of Rastan but then I came to video gaming late lol. Nice video showing off the different versions, one gets a real sense of what it was like all those years ago. I've never produced a video, what software did you use/what is an easy way of doing something similar?
Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: TL on March 05, 2013, 15:47:30 PM
Quote from: "Cryptic33"I've never heard of Rastan but then I came to video gaming late lol. Nice video showing off the different versions, one gets a real sense of what it was like all those years ago. I've never produced a video, what software did you use/what is an easy way of doing something similar?

I didn't make it, although I do make videos myself. I make pretty simple ones using Windows Movie Maker but to make ones with recorded game footage you need a video capture device.
Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: Cryptic33 on March 05, 2013, 22:31:22 PM
Quote from: "The Laird"
Quote from: "Cryptic33"I've never heard of Rastan but then I came to video gaming late lol. Nice video showing off the different versions, one gets a real sense of what it was like all those years ago. I've never produced a video, what software did you use/what is an easy way of doing something similar?

I didn't make it, although I do make videos myself. I make pretty simple ones using Windows Movie Maker but to make ones with recorded game footage you need a video capture device.
Thanks, I was thinking Win MM was an option for a mash-up. I will have a go when I eventually get this place done up and organised (new flat).
Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: Rogue Trooper on March 08, 2013, 21:01:33 PM
Been playing lot of Rastan on Taito Legends on Xbox etc of late, i utterly suck at the game, yet love it.

Anyone know where i can grab the ARCADE music from? have various covers of the C64 tunes, but nothing quite matches the arcade music.
Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: TL on March 11, 2013, 19:43:17 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDnaOyyxWjE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDnaOyyxWjE)
Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: Rogue Trooper on March 11, 2013, 20:52:11 PM
Looking more for music on MP3 i can download, but ta anyway.
Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: TL on March 11, 2013, 20:54:42 PM
Quote from: "Rogue Trooper"Looking more for music on MP3 i can download, but ta anyway.

I can rip that for you if you want it. That is how I get most game music, rip it from You Tube.
Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: Rogue Trooper on March 11, 2013, 22:36:16 PM
Quote from: "The Laird"
Quote from: "Rogue Trooper"Looking more for music on MP3 i can download, but ta anyway.

I can rip that for you if you want it. That is how I get most game music, rip it from You Tube.

Dude! Rip the t*ts off her, lol.I sooooo want that music.
Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: Rogue Trooper on April 06, 2013, 21:33:19 PM
Zzap 64 slaughtered the C64 version at review:

Overall 42%:an inconsistent, unrewarding and often dull arcade conversion (and they only gave the sound a score of 67%? harsh!).
Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: Havantgottaclue on April 07, 2013, 10:14:40 AM
I think I got this on a compilation for the C64. Excellent sound and reasonable graphics aside, it was one of the weaker titles. The controls felt woolly and the collision detection indistinct.

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Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: Rogue Trooper on April 08, 2013, 15:00:39 PM
Slight tangent but:

GO!, Game Gear review of Rastan, reviewer Paul Rand-Overall 83%
Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: Rogue Trooper on April 09, 2013, 00:40:33 AM
Hit Squad release, C+VG scores:

C64 77%-Speccy 87%
Title: Re: The 8-Bit Wars: Rastan
Post by: Rogue Trooper on April 09, 2013, 22:20:11 PM
Been ripping into C+VG scores all day, lol, so had to include this:

C64 Rastan was C+VG's 'Game Of The Month'.

Scored: Graphics 6.sound 6.Value 7.Playability 7.

Musta been a dry month...lol.