So the AVGN makes a joke about this dude being a mall Santa that they just shoved a banjo into his hands, then took a picture. That's exactly what happened. The guy with the banjo was a mall Santa who actually was part of Kemcos Christmas catalog, and they used him for the cover with the explicit purpose of it not making sense. They knew the game was generic, so they had to distinguish it somehow. They chose the weird ass case. It worked.
The atmosphere in this game is stunning. It really is one of the greatest crimes in video game history that this game is so overlooked. Amazing stage design, with a mini boss on every single level, sometimes more than one. I find stage 4 to be the weakest visually, but the enemies for that level make up for it. Every level has unique enemy designs, and nice RED enemy bullets that are easy to see. Also I don't think any shooter has ever had secret bonus rooms hidden within the levels like this game had. To top it all off, at the highest difficulty level, the amount of enemy bullets you could get on the screen without slowdown is mind blowing. You just don't see stuff like that on the snes EVER. Sure the game has it's slowdown moments, but you are almost always glad to have them when they do happen, and this can be almost entirely avoided depending on the weapon type you are using. This game is the real deal.
I bought this game during the SNES era; shmups were the largest percentage of my SNES library in terms of genre. It's definitely an underrated one and fairly obscure. But Kemco did a really good job making a shmup that borrowed a lot of conventions but made them feel different and fresh (IMO) while making a genuinely hard game that had some of the crispest audio quality of any SNES game ever (and with music that didn't sound like 50 other games), a sizable sound FX profile, and quality implementation of color and visual FX.
OMFG you guys have no idea how much i used to play this game! I used to be able to finish it on easy with the pad upside down! I could finish it on normal with the pad behind my back! I'm really good at shooting games but I was REALLY REALLY good at this game.
Este juego me trae muchos recuerdos de mi infancia en los años 90 , a partir del 2014 lo volví a jugar en una MacBook Pro usando Openemu con mando PS2 😃😅😂
Yeah, I remember that old man with a banjo on the label. I think he had a strange alien pet at his side. I can't really remember what it look like, but I know it was fury...don't quote on it I was only five when first seeing the game.
Yeah. this game indeed is brutal. I tried to stream this earlier, but I rage quitted until I get enough practice. My 2 older brothers are the real deal playing this back when they were kids and the middle one still may be
@MaximumRD It's true that it had some great shooters, but the hardware had some serious limitations. Slow down often plagued the system whenever there were a ton of objects on screen. This was one of the few areas where the Sega Genesis was actually superior (lol blast processing lol).
if a hacker could change the bullet color and add the SA-1 patch to this game... it would rank in the Top 10 SNES shmups... as it is, I have it ranked #17 out of 30.
@RocMegamanX A market is a market. And even if the hardware wasn't great for shooters, it worked well enough in the end. It would be more surprising to me if no one made any shooters for the system.
Phalanx would have been a great game if Kemco didn't ruin the packaging, especially an old guy wearing a fedora hat playing a banjo as opposed to Super Famicom style packaging.
You must have sprite scanline limitation turned off in the emulator, 'cause I played the hell out of this back in the day and was surprised by flicker on a SNES game at the time. Always liked this shmup for some reason, even though it's nothing special.
@jonbob0008 If developers knew that the SNES was inferior in Shoot 'em ups, then why would they willfully make them on that system? That's one thing I don't get.
always been kinda impressed by this game even though im a sega guy. on par with some of the more overrated shooters on the mega drive/genesis like gleylancer. kinda slow n long levels, bad music but i like the level design n how the bosses break apart. nice parallax scrolling in the first two stages
Wow i am not the only one who has been brought here by the avgn,hahaha. That old man with the banjo has nothing to do with this game at all. And thanks the avgn nerd, this video will now be watched and responded way more then it dit ,before the avgn complained about the game pakaging. Haha lol.
this game would be good if not for the slowdown which happens too often... not sure why most of the great ones on SNES have little slowdown and some have alot... at least Gradius III has a patch to remove the slowdown, making a good game great.
It's funny cause only the USA cover was funny, actually the European cover is pretty normal. I still have this game but it's a shame the PAL version is much slower than the NTSC...
Версия для Sharp X68K поинтересней,но музыка вообще унылая,играть прям скучно,даже грустно.А версия SNES чуть проще на вид,но уже музыка в разы интересней и бодрей мне показалась. Даже не знаю какую версию пройти сначала,или хоть бы одну какую то осилить 😁
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When I see this game...I think of an old hillbilly man strumming a banjo.
So where is the old man with a banjo?
The old man with the banjo is in the ship. His name is Wink Baufield
So the AVGN makes a joke about this dude being a mall Santa that they just shoved a banjo into his hands, then took a picture. That's exactly what happened. The guy with the banjo was a mall Santa who actually was part of Kemcos Christmas catalog, and they used him for the cover with the explicit purpose of it not making sense. They knew the game was generic, so they had to distinguish it somehow. They chose the weird ass case. It worked.
The atmosphere in this game is stunning. It really is one of the greatest crimes in video game history that this game is so overlooked. Amazing stage design, with a mini boss on every single level, sometimes more than one. I find stage 4 to be the weakest visually, but the enemies for that level make up for it. Every level has unique enemy designs, and nice RED enemy bullets that are easy to see. Also I don't think any shooter has ever had secret bonus rooms hidden within the levels like this game had. To top it all off, at the highest difficulty level, the amount of enemy bullets you could get on the screen without slowdown is mind blowing. You just don't see stuff like that on the snes EVER. Sure the game has it's slowdown moments, but you are almost always glad to have them when they do happen, and this can be almost entirely avoided depending on the weapon type you are using. This game is the real deal.
The NA cover art killed it tbh
I feel like playing some banjo.
This game was fucking amazing. My only issue is that the bullets are too small and easily obscurable.
I promise you that this game will provide you with the greatest video game challenge you could ever had.
more than ninja gaiden 3?
Ya know I think the Snes really was unappreciated for it's shooters!
I bought this game during the SNES era; shmups were the largest percentage of my SNES library in terms of genre. It's definitely an underrated one and fairly obscure. But Kemco did a really good job making a shmup that borrowed a lot of conventions but made them feel different and fresh (IMO) while making a genuinely hard game that had some of the crispest audio quality of any SNES game ever (and with music that didn't sound like 50 other games), a sizable sound FX profile, and quality implementation of color and visual FX.
1 person wanted to play as the old guy with a banjo
I don't see an old man playing a banjo anywhere in the game.
+DarrenWatson64
Mainly because he's playing INSIDE the ship /jk
the ship is getting powered by the country music he plays
DarrenWatson64 I believe the North American Kemco division was thinking of a UFO flying around a country rural area.
I do. It,s right there! Are you blind?
Is the Pilot
OMFG you guys have no idea how much i used to play this game! I used to be able to finish it on easy with the pad upside down! I could finish it on normal with the pad behind my back! I'm really good at shooting games but I was REALLY REALLY good at this game.
Este juego me trae muchos recuerdos de mi infancia en los años 90 , a partir del 2014 lo volví a jugar en una MacBook Pro usando Openemu con mando PS2 😃😅😂
Lol at 6:50 flying to the beat 😃 I saw that 👀👍🏽
A lot of memories. A hard game to play
Holy Crap, I remember this game. So many hours spent on my super nintendo... Seems like so long ago.
I only really played this in the 2010s but this brought a lot of nostalgia to see
man Phalanx has great music
sounds like top gear
Yeah, I remember that old man with a banjo on the label. I think he had a strange alien pet at his side. I can't really remember what it look like, but I know it was fury...don't quote on it I was only five when first seeing the game.
Remember, folks, the nice banjo-toting grampa is the hero of this game, he's the pilot of the ship.
Did anybody ever figure out what the "special password" does?
the slow down as soon as over 12 sprites onscreen, trademark of the snes, the c64 managed more
Kemco is a short-lived company that developed many sub-par games back in the last eighties and early nineties
@6:47 …. U changing weapons with the music beat ….🤣😂🤣
@teckwerks Yeah, this game had to have had the strangest cover art on a video game ever.
There should have been a boss in this game that you duel banjos with.
Yeah. this game indeed is brutal. I tried to stream this earlier, but I rage quitted until I get enough practice. My 2 older brothers are the real deal playing this back when they were kids and the middle one still may be
The old man woth the banjo:
'What a man doing here?'
'Motherfucker!'
'Super Nintendo'
'Fuck is dead!'
Top gear 3000 with some Sunset Riders BGM.
Final Score: 7,260,980
I can do that too, hear hold my beer!
@MaximumRD It's true that it had some great shooters, but the hardware had some serious limitations. Slow down often plagued the system whenever there were a ton of objects on screen. This was one of the few areas where the Sega Genesis was actually superior (lol blast processing lol).
if a hacker could change the bullet color and add the SA-1 patch to this game... it would rank in the Top 10 SNES shmups... as it is, I have it ranked #17 out of 30.
Trilha sonora linda ! ❤
Is it bullet hell before bullet hell?
The inverted Triforce!
...Of course I find it immediately after posting this :x
Recuerdo un viejo en la portada de este juego de super nintendo. Un tanto dificil de relacionar.
@RocMegamanX A market is a market. And even if the hardware wasn't great for shooters, it worked well enough in the end. It would be more surprising to me if no one made any shooters for the system.
Phalanx would have been a great game if Kemco didn't ruin the packaging, especially an old guy wearing a fedora hat playing a banjo as opposed to Super Famicom style packaging.
Did you unlocked the Old Banjo man?
You must have sprite scanline limitation turned off in the emulator, 'cause I played the hell out of this back in the day and was surprised by flicker on a SNES game at the time. Always liked this shmup for some reason, even though it's nothing special.
@jonbob0008
If developers knew that the SNES was inferior in Shoot 'em ups, then why would they willfully make them on that system? That's one thing I don't get.
49:10 Final Boss
always been kinda impressed by this game even though im a sega guy. on par with some of the more overrated shooters on the mega drive/genesis like gleylancer. kinda slow n long levels, bad music but i like the level design n how the bosses break apart. nice parallax scrolling in the first two stages
The music is not that bad honestly.
How can a SNES game have more than 3 sprites and 5 projectiles on screen without slowin down to a crawl? This is am@zing
it has some slowdown in some areas, but still pretty impressive
CarozQH try super aleste, fucker
burntyper Super Aleste, Flying Hero, Firepower 2000 and Smash TV are the only super nintendo shoot'em ups that don't suffer slowdowns
CarozQH This SNES stereotype is so dumb.
Bad programing for a complicated hardware, bad results. Just that.
Doggycharly and Super Turrican.
To that boos music Holly shit
Why can't I find the music anywhere ;_;
how much ammo does this thing have anyways?
Old Man Banjo doesn’t appearance in the game
I would subsc you when you do a no damage run instead
Wow i am not the only one who has been brought here by the avgn,hahaha.
That old man with the banjo has nothing to do with this game at all.
And thanks the avgn nerd, this video will now be watched and responded way more then it dit ,before the avgn complained about the game pakaging.
Haha lol.
this game would be good if not for the slowdown which happens too often... not sure why most of the great ones on SNES have little slowdown and some have alot... at least Gradius III has a patch to remove the slowdown, making a good game great.
The music reminds of Ace combat series for the ps2
Wink baufield
What a name lol
It's funny cause only the USA cover was funny, actually the European cover is pretty normal. I still have this game but it's a shame the PAL version is much slower than the NTSC...
Best shooter ever.
0/10
I encountered no hillbillies or banjos during my playthrough.
quem eh brasileiro e ta assistindo da um joinha :D
I expected banjo music
holy fuck
Версия для Sharp X68K поинтересней,но музыка вообще унылая,играть прям скучно,даже грустно.А версия SNES чуть проще на вид,но уже музыка в разы интересней и бодрей мне показалась.
Даже не знаю какую версию пройти сначала,или хоть бы одну какую то осилить 😁
"Funny" difficulty level. No shit
I play a lot of shooters, and this one looks like crap! It's like a early 80s on made in the mid 90s LOL.
654
A decent shooter. But man that music is repetitive and annoying.
NO.
R type RIP off
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stupid cover box art
For a good game.
Stupid, yet draws attention to the game, so in the end, it's effective.
The songs in this game are painful to listen to...