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ArnoldRimmer83 Staff
Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 540
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:51 am Post subject: Sunsoft's VS Lionex |
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http://arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=5769&image=1
This game was advertised for Nintendo's VS system along with Wing of Madoola. It definately wasn't released for the Famicom, and I'm guessing it wasn't released in arcades either. But then it could've possibly had a VS only release, similar to how the original Goonies was only available on the Play Choice 10 in the US.
Anyway I was wondering if anybody might possibly know more about it. Normally I probably wouldn't be that interested in a game like this, but it is Sunsoft. Even their mediocre Nes games interest me. |
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Kid Fenris
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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It's a long shot, but the main character has the same coloration as the hero in Blaster Master/Meta Fight, and, from what I can see of the screens, so does his sprite. The games apparently had the same overhead view as well, so hey, maybe Lionex turned into Blaster Master later on.
Also, there's a character named Lionex in Sunsoft's Dead Zone, a Famicom Disk System adventure game from 1986. |
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ArnoldRimmer83 Staff
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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That's not a bad theory. Lionex's date is 1987, and Blaster Master/Metafight came out one year later. |
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ICEknight
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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Do any of the locations in the pics resemble anything from Blaster Master?
Or, dare I say, Fester's Quest? |
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Skrybe Staff
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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Always great to see unexpected stuff like this. Awesome find, Arn.
I did a little digging, but I couldn't much. Apparently the game is unreleased, which I think most of us had already assumed.
Kid Fenris wrote: | Also, there's a character named Lionex in Sunsoft's Dead Zone, a Famicom Disk System adventure game from 1986. |
Any idea what role he played in Dead Zone? According to this page, Lionex is the villain in the VS game. |
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Kid Fenris
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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Skrybe wrote: | Any idea what role he played in Dead Zone? According to this page, Lionex is the villain in the VS game. |
From what I can tell, this page makes Lionex out to be some evil, intelligent supercomputer, and presumably the villain. |
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Skrybe Staff
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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:23 am Post subject: |
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Evil, intelligent supercomputers are awesome. |
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Richter Belmont
Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 285 Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:42 am Post subject: |
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Kid Fenris wrote: |
From what I can tell, this page makes Lionex out to be some evil, intelligent supercomputer, and presumably the villain. |
I'm sorry Jason, I'm afraid I can't do that... |
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neomerge
Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 351 Location: Woodstock GA!
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:59 pm Post subject: Re: Sunsoft's VS Lionex |
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Ah that explains why there is only a rom of this. I always wondered what that Goonies Nes rom was. |
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rbudrick not rubrdick
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 549
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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That flyer for the VS game says something about a Mother Computer named Lionex.
Odd they'd name the game after the villain, but then again, there is Metroid.
-Rob |
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Skrybe Staff
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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rbudrick wrote: | That flyer for the VS game says something about a Mother Computer named Lionex. |
Cool, it sounds like Dead Zone and VS Lionex are related. Good call, Kid Fenris.
I kinda want to try Dead Zone now. Sucks that it's so Japanese intensive. |
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B00daW BANNED
Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 135 Location: Gehenna
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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Skrybe wrote: | Evil, intelligent supercomputers are awesome. |
Do yourself a favor and pick up some energy drinks and/or beer, and download or buy the Paranoia RPG series books for some intense, quick, evil-computer/commie/mutant role playing greatness, man. |
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Tongueman
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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A picture from the Oct 7,8, 1986 AM Show printed in the November 14th Famitsu:
The text says that the graphics are "Plain. So it's probably a Famicom game" The writer goes on to say that although he played the game, he didn't understand it so well, calling it "mysterious".
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Coldflame H
Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Posts: 4 Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:42 am Post subject: |
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rbudrick wrote: | That flyer for the VS game says something about a Mother Computer named Lionex.
Odd they'd name the game after the villain, but then again, there is Metroid.
-Rob |
There's also Metal Gear and Snatcher, I suppose. |
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rbudrick not rubrdick
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:15 am Post subject: |
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Yes, and you do defeat a supercomputer at the end of Metal Gear. It's a conspiracy, says I.
-Rob |
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LocalH
Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 160
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: Sunsoft's VS Lionex |
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neomerge wrote: | Ah that explains why there is only a rom of this. I always wondered what that Goonies Nes rom was. |
OT: Yep, I remembered playing this as a kid in local arcades and was always stumped about why I could never find anything but The Goonies II for NES, until I found this out. Great fuckin game tho. |
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ArnoldRimmer83 Staff
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:11 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the scan Chris. Its nice to see a clearer shot of the game, though its too bad there's still no real info on it. |
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TheRedEye The Internet's Frank Cifaldi
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 4192 Location: Oakland, CA
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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I love when I think I've found something new, search google, and find that we already talked about it on my forums years ago. We're still a valuable resource, updates or not! |
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ShouTime
Joined: 17 Nov 2014 Posts: 10 Location: Central Tokyo, Japan, Asia, Earth, Solar System, Milky Way
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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I'll leave this here. It's a rather boring game.
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TheRedEye The Internet's Frank Cifaldi
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, awesome. I assume since you're here you know we'd be really interested in backing those ROMs up but, in lieu of that, think you might be up to taking some video off of your phone and putting it on YouTube so we can see it in action? |
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