Your opinion about Gain Ground? (Genesis game)

[suppafly]

Well..Ive heard lots of comments about this game. Some very good and others very bad.

I tried to play it but lost interest within 3 minutes...whats so cool about this game? Someone please tell me!


Thanks :D

[Steven]

Haven't got around to it yet but GameFan loved it. In 2000 or so they ran a cool graveyard section to it.

[Mark III]

It's actually one of my favorite Genesis games. Basically it looks like a top down shooter but is more of a strategy game. There's 30 characters in all, all of which have different attacks. Some you need to shoot over walls, others have really long range etc. So you have to have a plan of attack for most levels to get through, but there's also a time limit so you have to be quick. You unlock more characters by finding them in the stage and dragging them to the other end without getting killed. Stage ends when you get all your characters to safety or kill all the enemies in the stage. Hard to get into but once you get the hang of it a really fun game.

[GaijinPunch]

It's a great game, but unfortunately, no port can and will never do it justice. The Genesis one is about as close as it gets, and isn't bad. The arcade version runs on System24 hardware, and only runs in 22khz mode. Most monitors don't handle this, but some do. Consoles, of course, don't output in this mode.

There's another port, on the PC-Engine entitled Gan Ground SX. Stage for stage it's the same game, but instead of the bars on the side of the screen it scrolls. Gives you bigger sprites, but kind of takes away a dynamic from the original.

Finally, there's the Sega Ages 2500 version, which is a 3D remake. It's actually not bad.

It is MAME'ed, but due to the mid-range frequency, it's heavily matted, even when played in TATE mode. It's unfortunately the closest you can get to the original, other than shelling out for the PCB (very expensive, FYI) and a 22khz monitor.

EDIT:
HERE (http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?type=translation&id=1292&p=1) is a translation w/ one of the original programmers (arcade version).

[Mark III]

That would explain why I'm having such a hard time tracking down an original arcade cab.

[roushimsx]

Gain Ground is awesome. Like Ikari Warriors mixed with chess...or something. I really liked the Sega Ages version of it and hope to one day see it wind up on a Sega Classics Collection disc so that more people can get exposed to it.

Seriously, we got Golden Axe instead of Gain Ground? :(

[Ed Oscuro]

Roushimsx: Dude, there's just been a new Sega collection disc announced, and yes, it has GG on it. Check it out! (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3152778)

Anyway, I got out my MD Gain Ground a while back, have been too busy with other games (Monster World III and Contra The Hard Corps, specifically) to have tried it out quite yet.

I was pretty happy with Gain Ground SX when I first got it, but it's missing something...It's pretty slow. It's worth pointing out that it's part of a series of ports; the other entry in that 'series' that I own is Horror Story, which sport a similar funky soundtrack.

Anybody want me to rip it? Worth a listen (at least for a laugh).

[Zilla]

I really enjoyed the Game it just took me a bit to understand what was going on with the different characters. Its good stuff and even better with a friend.

[blue lander]

There's also an MSX2 version of it, and it's also built into the Sega Sonic 6-in-1 Plug 'n' Play 2.

[Iron Draggon]

It's a great game, but unfortunately, no port can and will never do it justice. The Genesis one is about as close as it gets, and isn't bad. The arcade version runs on System24 hardware, and only runs in 22khz mode. Most monitors don't handle this, but some do. Consoles, of course, don't output in this mode.

There's another port, on the PC-Engine entitled Gan Ground SX. Stage for stage it's the same game, but instead of the bars on the side of the screen it scrolls. Gives you bigger sprites, but kind of takes away a dynamic from the original.

Finally, there's the Sega Ages 2500 version, which is a 3D remake. It's actually not bad.

It is MAME'ed, but due to the mid-range frequency, it's heavily matted, even when played in TATE mode. It's unfortunately the closest you can get to the original, other than shelling out for the PCB (very expensive, FYI) and a 22khz monitor.

EDIT:
HERE (http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?type=translation&id=1292&p=1) is a translation w/ one of the original programmers (arcade version).

WOW, that was a really great article. Seeing electroplasma caterpillars? I can only imagine what that trip must be like!

As for GG, I absolutely love my Genesis port of it. It was always one of my best friend and I's favorite games. We frequently played it together, and he had to get a copy of it for himself so he could play it alone too. I introduced him to it and got him as hooked on it as I was. We loved it!

[Ponyone]

Gain Ground is awesome, but if you can, make sure to grab a friend. I can see it getting a little boring alone, but with a second player, it's fun.

My nephew and I tackled it last year. The end boss is seriously one of the hardest bosses around, because of his cheap ass timed missiles and how slow most of your characters go.

It took us awhile, but we destroyed him.

There's some strategy in the game as well (do you beat the level fast or stick around and pick up some extra troops?)

Good game. Great Genesis game.

[swlovinist]

Gain Ground is the bomb, espically 2 player. Hell, I even like the SMS version.

[Towlie2110]

I first played this on an emulator and was blown away. It was one of those gems that I'd never heard of.

Like:

North vs. South
Crash n' the Boys Street
Sky kid

I was waiting for somone to start talking about it, it really is a fantastic game.

Has anyone beaten it btw?