Curse Playthrough | Megadrive/ Genesis | Real Hardware
3Review – This is a Japanese only release for the Megadrive and I’m surprised it didn’t get an external release. It’s an easy to get into horizontal shmup. It is quite difficult, but it is short, so it doesn’t take that long to learn.
The graphics are nice, although it has a low frame rate which is noticeable. But that’s probably because of the amount of stuff on the screen. Your own weapons being one of the reasons because they cover a lot of the screen. The great weapons are welcome though and you don’t get much a disadvantage when dying because you get lots of opportunities to power up.
If you press A + Start on the title screen, you get an options menu where you can increase your lives to 6. I used it but I didn’t actually need it because I ended the game with 6 lives left. The game is generous with extra lives.
This is a decent game and the difficulty is just right for a shmup. Tough, but fair to learn, and it doesn’t kill your run by dying once like in other games.
Rating – 8/10
Difficulty – 8/10
Original JPN game played on PAL Megadrive modded with 60HZ region switch
Picture split between CRT TV for my own viewing and OSCC scan converter with 2x line doubler, upscaled to HDMI for recording
No cheat/ save states used
Game cart pic in thumbnail from my own collection
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