Memorial Series: Sunsoft Vol. 5 is a compilation featuring Journey to Silius and Ufouria: The Saga.
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So this isn't really a new game but just a package that contains two Famicom games. Rough World and Hebereke. I'll talk about each one real quick.
Rough World is a 2D action game that originally started as a Terminator game. You can run and shoot your foes as you go through 5 stages. It's pretty challenging but fun once you learn it. The item pickups could have a better rate though IMO. (there's actually a hack to improve that). The music is also pretty great in this game. This game was known as Journey to Silius in the US.
Hebereke was the start for Sunsoft's Penguin mascot Hebe. It's a game similar to the Metroid series where you unlock more playable characters and abilities to progress through the world. It's one of the best of these kind of games on the console. Its got amazing music and graphics and it's not too challenging so even more casual gamers can enjoy this fun wacky adventure. This game did get a PAL release called Ufouria: the Saga. A fan translation of Hebereke does exist if you choose to play that version.
So what does this release add? Well you can look at two posters for Rough World and one for Hebereke. There's a quiz section that I couldn't do because I can't read. Finally you can listen to a few songs from both games but not only do they sound a little inaccurate at least on the Rough World side but they don't even play the full versions of some of the songs.
In fact let's give the reason this collection has a 6/10, the audio. The games play pretty fine and look the part mostly but that soundtrack was hurt hard. It seems like the percussion or drums or whatever you call it got hurt the most. Rough World was hit more in this regard. It's such a shame because both games have amazing soundtracks. I was told the PS1 isn't able to replicate the special audio Sunsoft put into some of their games but I really don't know if I believe that. Then again I'm an idiot so don't listen to me ever on tech stuff. While these were budget releases, I really can't excuse the quality put into the music.
Maybe the rating is too harsh but these are only really good if you just want it for the gameplay as it's still playable. Obviously nowadays there is no reason to play these releases. The craziest thing is that the website is still up! So you might be wondering why even play and review this? Honestly I don't know, I guess I wasted your time then. Oops.
Rough World is a 2D action game that originally started as a Terminator game. You can run and shoot your foes as you go through 5 stages. It's pretty challenging but fun once you learn it. The item pickups could have a better rate though IMO. (there's actually a hack to improve that). The music is also pretty great in this game. This game was known as Journey to Silius in the US.
Hebereke was the start for Sunsoft's Penguin mascot Hebe. It's a game similar to the Metroid series where you unlock more playable characters and abilities to progress through the world. It's one of the best of these kind of games on the console. Its got amazing music and graphics and it's not too challenging so even more casual gamers can enjoy this fun wacky adventure. This game did get a PAL release called Ufouria: the Saga. A fan translation of Hebereke does exist if you choose to play that version.
So what does this release add? Well you can look at two posters for Rough World and one for Hebereke. There's a quiz section that I couldn't do because I can't read. Finally you can listen to a few songs from both games but not only do they sound a little inaccurate at least on the Rough World side but they don't even play the full versions of some of the songs.
In fact let's give the reason this collection has a 6/10, the audio. The games play pretty fine and look the part mostly but that soundtrack was hurt hard. It seems like the percussion or drums or whatever you call it got hurt the most. Rough World was hit more in this regard. It's such a shame because both games have amazing soundtracks. I was told the PS1 isn't able to replicate the special audio Sunsoft put into some of their games but I really don't know if I believe that. Then again I'm an idiot so don't listen to me ever on tech stuff. While these were budget releases, I really can't excuse the quality put into the music.
Maybe the rating is too harsh but these are only really good if you just want it for the gameplay as it's still playable. Obviously nowadays there is no reason to play these releases. The craziest thing is that the website is still up! So you might be wondering why even play and review this? Honestly I don't know, I guess I wasted your time then. Oops.