#va4 thoughts

[archoneddzs15]

Sega Mega Drive - Hellfire

Title: Hellfire / ヘルファイアー

Developer/Publisher: Toaplan / NCS Masaya

Release date: 28 September 1990

Catalogue No.: T-25073

Genre: Horizontal Shooting

When I was a 13-year-old teenager I thought Hellfire was a load of crap. My mind was boggled as to why magazines such as Mean Machines (British magazine) gave the game such high praise in 1990 when I read them in the local high school library. 10 years later I buy the game again and have to say it’s bloody fantastic! The music seems to run a lot slower than I remember for some reason but that doesn’t affect the gameplay. Graphically it still looks pretty good with its big sprites and loads on screen. Slowdown is only present at the busiest of times and even then, it’s minimal. One of the main playability points of Hellfire is the weapon system. Your ship is equipped with a 4-way switchable system enabling you to fire ahead, behind, above & below, and in a 4-way diagonal pattern. The slight downside is that you have to shuffle through each weapon type until you find the one you want. However, I find that while this can be a pain in the arse at times it also adds to the style of the playability making things a lot more “on the edge” if you will.

There’s no denying that Hellfire is a hard game. It’s one of those games that seem like a doodle until you lose all of your power-ups. This is one of the game's down points, but Hellfire is being well…. Hellfire, you’ll want to try and gain back your power-ups to see what marvels await you in the next level.

A classic shooter guaranteed to keep the real shooting fan happy but maybe a little too tough for the novice player.

NOTE: The music in the game runs too slow on Mega Drive 2 consoles with the VA4 motherboard. Why is that? These models integrate the sound chip with other system components (including the CPUs and VDP) onto a custom ASIC. Earlier board revisions with a discrete Yamaha YM2612 sound chip are unaffected. This is caused by differences in timing between the discrete and the integrated versions of the chip.

[lgbtqstuff-va4]

Man idk about y'all but I'm honestly sick of people that claim that they're "trans allies" or whatever, and yet they continue to be blatantly cissexist in literally EVERY way (e.g. making jokes and such that imply that only women have vaginas). And then if anyone calls them out they're oftentimes coddled because "they didn't know". And? Regardless of intent they're still hurting trans/gnc people. And besides, it's usually a case of "they know what they're doing is transphobic, but it's inconvenient to them to change their behavior and views" anyways.

Cis ppl can reblog but don't say shit

[aaobjectionposting-va4]

Man I'm finally playing Great Ace Attorney and im not gonna lie, once that character death happened my heart literally dropped.. This was my favorite character and like. I know that I'm really not that far in but it really makes me not want to play anymore :(

[personashitposting-va4]

Whoever it was that first decided to ship Maruki and Kawakami... Y'all are on another level and I respect u

[rncshitposting-va4]

Wrow I barely use this blog... Uh.

I guess it wouldn't hurt to say what all R&C games I've played up until now...

As of today... I've beaten the reboot, Quest for Booty and Crack in Time... I'm mostly done with the first game and I'm gonna be starting on 2 after that... Also, I've made a small amount of progress on Deadlocked. I also know how pretty much everything goes down in all the games due to YouTube videos... So yeah

[viulus]

Covid 19-themed Valentine's Day cards

[lgbtqstuff-va4]

If ur afab trans then u are no doubt all too familiar w/ The Shirt Tug™. No I don't make the rules that's just how it is

[viulus]

Valentine's Day card for a friend, but it's the friend you have a crush on, but they're already in a relationship and aren't polyamorous, and you have no desire to be in a romantic relationship anyways (despite your very strong attraction towards this friend), and you love this friend very much platonically and you want to show that you care about them, but since they're well aware of your crush on them you're worried that you might make them uncomfortable or cross their boundaries if you try giving them anything for Valentine's Day

[personashitposting-va4]

Literally the second that someone calls Naoto a "she" I immediately stop listening to them lmao

[personashitposting-va4]

!!!!!!That fucking shot of Ren and Akechi laying next to each other in the new intro killed me, y'all.... One-shot kill. I'm dead. Rip to me I guess

[personashitposting-va4]

Fellas,,, I preordered the PTs edition of Royal... I'm heckin excited to have it soon

[personashitposting-va4]

Why the fuck aren't Akechi and Kasumi on the P5S cover?

[personashitposting-va4]

IM SKDJXNKCKCJC MY BOY LITERALLY 1V1s YOU AT THE END OF HIS CONFIDANT... LIKE HELLO???

[personashitposting-va4]

HOW IS MORGANA ABLE TO PLAY DARTS... HE'S A FUCKING CAT AND NO ONE IS QUESTIONING THE FACT THAT REN IS PLAYING DARTS WITH A CAT SKDJCJFJCJCJFJFJF

[personashitposting-va4]

I saw someone call Naoto a "reverse trap" yesterday and I almost went fucking feral

[personashitposting-va4]

Wow, can y'all believe that both Detective Princes are gay trans guys?