My only criticism--although this hits pretty much every such shooter ever made, really--is that it's so incredibly hard (hence my above frustrations) to re-power-up your ship after it gets destroyed that one death is very likely to result in another soon after. I beleive Blazing Lasers has come out for the Super Nintendo and the Turbo Grafx 16, but I am only doing an FAQ for the Turbo Grafx version.
a friend of mine had it and everyone would just hangout at his place playing it for hours and hoursYES! . I haven't played it yet, but it's developed by a different company than the other two, Compile, which is best known for the Aleste games. One last tip...If you are not the greatest at this type of game but still would like to enjoy...track down the 30 continues cheat online...nobody said you had to play fair to have fun?Can't believe this is a Soldier game. However it does get quite challenging and I am currently only on the "easter Island" Head Guy level. With its fine-tuned difficulty levels, Blazing Lazers is a shooting game that anyone can enjoy.my god... i remember this game being super amazing when i was a kid. In the sound test, choose any track besides 01, the press I, II, then Select repeatedly until 01 reappears. I'm thinking about picking it up myself.Homing Missiles and the "I" power-up were the best comb IMO. I was so amazed by this game. Is this game harder than Soldier Blade? There are four different modes of powerups you can use. . Wha (?) I was even amazed by the voice that announced the new upgrades. Good luck!What I like about BL, still, is the (rather inexplicable) variety of settings. You can't pass on this one either.I don't really like this kind of game, but this one was EXCELLENT.I love how the VC has given some of these old gems their due respect.
However, if you should be unfortunate enough to lose your power-ups, it becomes the most insanely hard shooter ever. While this was the only game that Compile developed for Hudson, they continued to create similar games across the other 16-bit platforms. Good assortment of weapons, although, come on, who really uses the photon blaster or the ring blaster. Every area contains one or more bosses, all of which must be destroyed before continuing in the game. I take the deceptor wave and sheild all the way to the bubble level if I can and then it's pretty much field thunder from there on. Blazing Lazers is still one of the best, even though I can sweep through the first three levels without taking a hit. The story here is the usual save-the-world variety. So is this better than Soldier Blade? Blazing Lazers is a vertical-scrolling shooter that was praised for surpassing the limitations of the hardware of its time.Originally released in Japan as Gunhed, Blazing Lazers was one of the most heavily featured titles in the original TurboGrafx-16 adverts, and with very good reason. I am not a master at these games but the great colors and and vibrant action really make this game a good starting point into this genre. It wasn't as bad as Star Soldier, but certainly not up to the quality of, say...the Soldier series.I think I suddenly changed my mind about Blazing Lazers (and Soldier Blade, which I'm starting to appreciate more now). Great shooter.A very good and challenging shmup, albeit bordering on unfair at times. I'm pretty new to the SHMUP genre and I want to try to find the easiest possible one to start with as I know the genre is notoriously difficult.If you want an easy shooter I would suggest Soldier Blade and if you have the room, Lords of Thunder.As soon as I pick up fire 3 and the shield item, I can reliably make it ALL the way to area 9 without losing a single ship.And then I get consummately stomped, all the way through sixteen ships and four continues. Ancient Egypt with missiles coming out of pyramids? I have it hooked up to my stereo and it is awesome. I've never played Soldier Blade, but will get it due to the rave reviews. I had to cheat, gaming gods forgive me.Way back in the proverbial day, when I got my TurboGrafx-16 for Christmas, there was this deal that if you sent in a copy of your receipt and the UPC code off the box, you could get a free game.