Cybernator's been one of my favorites either since it came out or a year or two after (whenever my bro and I got it for Christmas; think it mighta been the same time Earthworm Jim came out), and playing Assault Suits Valken translated is even sweeter. Shame they monkeyed with the US version as much as they did. I'm also pretty sure Cybernator has no mention of either Masaya or NCS Corp. on the title screen or end credits. (Just checked: NCS is on the title screen.) Always thought as a kid that it was a Konami game. Dammit to hell.
And every time someone talks to me about Metal Warriors, I say "SHUT THE FUCK UP AND PLAY CYBERNATOR ALREADY YOU ASS!"
Now if only I knew how to set up Saturn emulation properly so I could play Assault Suit Leynos 2. Always been so bummered out I could never play that.
The first Assault Suit Leynos a.k.a. Target Earth is such a bitch, by the way. Picked up a copy some years ago and could never get past the first stage.
AND SPEAKIN'A THOSE GAMES, there's a PC-98 Assault Suit-type game I've wanted to play for years called Night Slave. It looks super badass
and has the added bonus of having lesbian hentai cutscenes.
Cybernator didn't show me THIS as a youngster!
Gotta set up a PC-98 emulator someday also. Can't pass this game up. I can't! It looks like a less badass version of Cybernator but still fun all the same.
And yeah, then there's other rockin' shit in the same vein like Front Mission: Gun Hazard. I didn't get far with the translated version, but I was having fun. Gotta get back to it.
OOOOHHH YEEEAAAHHH AND CYBERNATOR THE KING SUPREME OF 'EM ALL!!
YEEEAAHHH SMASHIN' SHIT IN A GIANT ROBOT SUIT TO KICK-ASS SYNTH MUSIC!
This and Macross Plus are what defined "cool" when I was 9.
