Samurai Shodown! - Pocket Fighting Series | 1998 | Neo Geo Pocket
2Samurai Shodown!: Pocket Fighting Series (サムライスピリッツ!) is a handheld game in SNK's Samurai Shodown series of fighting gamest, based on Samurai Shodown 4, which includes bonus character, Shiki, from Samurai Shodown 64. The characters are very charismatic, with the graphics in the Chibi style. Despite the obvious downgrades that occur when an arcade title is ported to an 8-bit portable system, most Neo Geo Pocket games turned out surprisingly well, and the Samurai Shodown entries are no exception. These portable entries are denoted by the exclamation mark after the title. Due to the two button layout, Samurai Shodown! is forced to resort to alternate means to mimic its arcade brethren. Two context sensitive buttons are used to perform actions, which is daunting at first. Unless you spend a lot of time trying to dabble in it, it never quite becomes second nature, but since the game is generally pretty easy, you can just focus on performing your moves and get through most battles just fine.
GAME RECORDING INFO:
The game was emulated at Retroarch. It was integer scaled to 4k, without bi-linear filtering, and retaining the original aspect ratio (display aspect ratio, not internal resolution). And captured using shader / filter that simulates the original screen of the hardware. I also created an image of the handheld to use as a bezel above the game, to create a nostalgic atmosphere.
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