I love that the controllers can be used to play retro games on a PC — it's just plug and play. Sure, most of them are fighting games it is SNK after all but they slap. The Astro City Mini, though? Not so much. But even with built-in save states and unlimited credits, the cheap quarter-munching tactics are annoying. Apart from being unfairly hard, many games are boring. For gamers that want to play the original arcade versions, though, the system has several arcade-exclusive games that are playable for the first time the way they were intended to be experienced.
That adds a ton of value for collectors. Golden Axe: Revenge of the Death Adder was never ported and is finally playable for the first time ever outside of arcades.
Other games like Virtua Fighter , Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams , and Rad Mobile have been ported to other consoles before, but their arcade versions have never been released until now. Virtua Fighter is hands-down one of the best games on the Astro City Mini. Still, the tight, responsive controls and fluid movement give it tons of replay value and more than make up for the graphics. The game is even better with another player in co-op mode — the gamepads shine here.
Other games such as Arabian Fight , which uses sprite scaling so well that I was taken aback at the faux-3D appearance, are technically impressive. Sprite scaling changes the size of sprites relative to their location on screen to make them appear closer or further away; it essentially gives 2D spaces a 3D feel by creating artificial depth.
Other games such as Rad Mobile and Dark Edge also use sprite scaling well. As eye-catching as the Astro City Mini is, its games ultimately are a letdown.
Virtua Fighter , Thunder Force AC , and even the Golden Axe games are all entertaining, but they make up only a fraction of the game library. A catalog which, for some bizarre reason, includes three Columns games and two Puyo-Puyo games. I just know that there could have been other titles more deserving of an appearance on the Astro City Mini. But honestly, I could have just bought the Japanese version to begin with.
Sure, my Astro City Mini has English packaging, but it turns out seven of the games are fully in Japanese and another eight have some Japanese text mixed in with English menus , despite the company claiming all games would be in English in a now-deleted Tweet. Regardless, this localization mixup led to some controversy and turned many people off.
Even with its questionable games, the Astro City Mini has found a special place in my growing gaming collection. Sega is good at following trends not advancing them. You must hit all three white wolves whenever they first appear and nab all three spheres at that moment before fighting Jeb in order to receive the highest bonus available in the game.
At Stage 9 where you pursue the boss on his monster truck at a stadium, let one of the machine gun thugs alive and push him to the right side of the screen, making him bump backwards during the entire stage. If done right, the truck will not let any more enemies attack you and continue going till the end of the stage to fight the boss. At times the enemy will refuse to continue bumping to the right so you may have to eliminate him and do the same thing over with a new one coming from said truck and continue the strategy.
This glitch only works in a two player game. After defeating a boss in a stage and entering into the bonus stage where the little elves steal your magic potions, ignore such and get as far away from them as you can. Then begin hitting your fellow character without knocking their character down all the way until their health is gone.
If you got enough time your friend may also do the same to your character. Remember NOT to kill off each other's characters, just deplete your HP before the bonus segments ends. If done correctly the next stage will feature your characters at full health.
This works best when both characters have at least one square of health left to make things easier. You can submit new cheats for this game and help our users gain an edge.
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