Rocket Knight Adventures was a game that flew under many people's radars when it first came out in 1993, myself included. As for why I did not care about this game back then, I think it was because of its limited color-palette. It mainly features shades of blue and gray, which I did not appreciate back then. I really liked more colorful games like Sonic and Mario. Nowadays, I can appreciate its more realistic color-palette that faithfully recreates its steampunk inspiration.
This is my favorite Konami-game on the Sega Genesis or Megadrive. It's a masterpiece - a hidden gem. I did not appreciate it during its time, but I certainly do now.
I like how it looks. It's very sharp and detailed. Sparkster, the main character, is heroic but cute, and doesn't have an attitude. When he goes idle, he folds his arms across his chest, but he is smiling, as if he doesn't care if you never touch the controller again. He's such a nice guy.
The gameplay is very deep. You can throw out a medium-range attack by tapping the Attack-button, or you can hold the button and charge a rocket-boosted attack. If you press a direction as you let go of the Attack-button, you will go flying in that direction. If you don't press any direction while you let go of the Attack-button, you will spin in place, damaging anything that is within its hitbox. Also, if you hit an enemy close enough to your sword at melee range, you will do a lot more damage than either a regular attack or a rocket-boosted attack.
There is a good amount of variety to the levels, bosses, and gameplay offered. I like how there are horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up levels interspersed throughout the game. There is even a minecart-level, like in Gunstar Heroes. I appreciate how the game sticks to its steampunk-like theme throughout the game instead of giving us variety for variety's sake.
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I played this game many times before being able to beat it. What you are seeing is the run of my first time beating the game on the Easy difficulty. I edited out my deaths, but there weren't too many to edit out; I was surprised.
This was the first time I played the game on a CRT TV while capturing upscaled footage on my computer via the OSSC. I split the signal into two using a Monoprice PREMIUM 3-RCA RGB RG-6/u Component Video Splitter (https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=2899). I also had to get a Monoprice 3-RCA RGB Coupler for Component Video Cable Extension (https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=3002). Some of the signal's brightness was lost, but I boosted it with the built-in brightness-toggle on the HD Retrovision cable.
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As always, Longplays are here for you to use as you will. If you don't want to be spoiled, feel free to not watch the video at all. If you are trying to decide whether or not to purchase or download this game, take a look at the game and see if it's for you. Maybe you are a veteran of this game and want to see how someone else played the game. I hope this video helps or entertains somebody in the world.
I'm also posting these Longplays because it motivates me to beat games. I'm someone that gives up easily on games, and so having extra motivation is great. I am also kind of narcissistic in that I like to watch my gameplay afterwards. I want to have a record of my conquests.
I am working on a bigger project, but in the meantime, I will post smaller projects like this.
Thank you for watching and reading, and have a great day.
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The song in my intro and outro was done by Hyper Potions, and it is called Time Trials. You can check out the full song here: https://youtu.be/mnfNWe-HHsI.
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