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This is Episode 009 of Shoot the Core-cast! In this edition, MetalFRO and Addicted look at Zanac, the classic NES shooter that most of us played as kids. Does it hold up? What's good about it? Why is it so well loved? To help us answer these questions, we called upon Collectorcast members Duke.Togo and Crabmaster2000, to weigh in on the game. We hope you enjoy it!
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Here's the thread from the play-through:
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So after reading Paully3433's great review of The Guardian Legend, I started to remember all of the superb games that Compile created back in the day. So I stopped to ask myself, if I had the ability to restore one developer back to life from beyond the gaming grave, who would it be?
After a lot of thought, I have to stick with Compile. Not only did they have a major influence in the shooter space, but came up with several other classic series.
First off, the fantastic shooters. If you haven't played these and you like the genre I think you owe it to yourself to dig them up. I won't go into full fledged review mode on these (there is plenty of love out there if you Google them), but here are my suggestions:
- Zanac - NES (started it all for me, I still play this one regularly... go for the 7 power-ups)
- The Guardian Legend - NES
- Gun*Nac - NES (space bunnies must be a terrible threat)
- Power Strike (Aleste) - SMS
- Space Megaforce (Super Aleste) - SNES
- Blazing Lasers (Gunhed) - TG-16/ PC Engine
- M.U.S.H.A. (Musha Aleste) - Genesis/Mega Drive
- Zanac X Zanac - PS (JP only, I wish it would hurry and come to PSN already)
If all of that isn't enough, they gave birth to Alien Crush and Devil's Crush which are wonderful pinball games, as well as the Puyo Puyo series for you puzzle game fans out there.
With such an amazing history, it saddens me that Compile is no more. I miss the little blue Randar  , but if I had my wish, we'd see him again soon.
So if you could wave your wand to bring back one developer, which would you choose?
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