Quest For The Chariot S20p Arcade Challenge

========== GAME ==== THREE WONDERS MIDNIGHT WANDERERS: QUEST FOR THE CHARIOT ========== DEVELOPER ==== CAPCOM 1991 ========== PLATFORM ==== ARCADE ========== SPEC DETAILS ==== HARDWARE: CAPCOM CPS-1 CPU: MOTOROLA 68000 SOUND: Z80 YM2151 FM SYNTHESIS OKIM6295 ADPCM DISPLAY: 384 × 224 PLAYERS: 1-2 ========== PLAYER ==== SELF INDULGENT GAMER ========== THE CHALLENGE ==== 20P TOTAL. TWO CREDITS. TWO GOES. NO CONTINUES. MAKE THEM COUNT. ========== GAME SELECTED ==== MIDNIGHT WANDERERS OF THE THREE WONDERS, THIS WAS THE WONDER I WENT WITH. ========== VERDICT ==== BRIGHT, COLOURFUL AND PACKED WITH DETAIL. MIDNIGHT WANDERERS HAS THAT CLASSIC CAPCOM ARCADE LOOK, WITH LOADS HAPPENING ON SCREEN WITHOUT EVER FEELING MESSY. ========== GAMEPLAY ==== IT FEELS A LITTLE LIKE A MORE RESPONSIVE AND MUCH FAIRER GHOULS 'N GHOSTS. THERE ARE ENEMIES, PROJECTILES AND HAZARDS EVERYWHERE, BUT THE CONTROLS ARE SHARP ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH THEM. ========== AND WHEN I DIED... ==== I NEVER REALLY FELT LIKE THE GAME HAD CHEATED ME. MOST OF THE TIME, I COULD SEE EXACTLY WHAT I'D DONE WRONG. IF MY REFLEXES HAD BEEN SHARPER, I COULD HAVE SURVIVED IT. ========== THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. ==== IT'S CHALLENGING, BUT IT FEELS FAIR. DEATH ISN'T JUST CAPCOM REACHING INTO MY POCKET FOR ANOTHER 10P. :D ========== FINAL THOUGHTS ==== A REALLY GOOD ARCADE GAME. COLOURFUL, RESPONSIVE, CHALLENGING, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY... FUN. THIS IS ONE I'D DEFINITELY LIKE TO COME BACK TO SOMETIME. PERHAPS WITH SLIGHTLY FASTER REFLEXES. :D ========== SUPER 20P ARCADE CHALLENGE ==== TWO GOES. ONE GAME. 20P SPENT. ========== TILL NEXT TIME! :D STAY INDULGENT. STAY ARCADE. STAY SIG. ==========