Jeremy Parish

Segaiden #020: Chack'N Pop & Bank Panic (Patreon)

Published:

2021-11-10 13:59:23

Imported:

2024-04

Tags:

Taito sega segaiden sg-1000

Content

A pair of games this week that I was really looking forward to, and they didn't disappoint! Well, they didn't disappoint once I switched from using a defective Chack'N Pop card to a pirated ROM. I absolutely did not understand how Chack'N Pop could be so downright unplayable until I looked up some videos and realized my copy was inexplicably busted. Bank Panic, thankfully, was a delight from the moment I booted it up.

Also, I removed the duplicate Drolintro from last week's episode and re-uploaded. I have no idea how that made it through three different rounds of edits and review. Whew: https://youtu.be/H4PDmUKl5Bk

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Chack'n Pop & Bank Panic retrospective: Stick-ups | Segaiden #020

More arcade ports for SG-1000? Say it ain't so! These titles aren't especially well known in the U.S., since they've never seen a proper console release here (outside of maybe some collection that doesn't come immediately to mind), but both merit a close look. Taito's Chack'n Pop may not impress quite as much on the technical front as the more familiar Famicom version, but it features better level design... albeit with an absolutely unforgiving difficulty level. Sega's own Bank Panic plays like a clever attempt to capture the spirit of Nintendo's Wild Gunman without the use of a light gun, and the results end up being quite a bit more successful than you might expect. Production note: SG-1000 footage in this episode was captured from a combination of Sega SG-1000 II with (with Card Catcher; RGB amp mod by @iFixRetro) and @Analogue Mega Sg with card adapter module and DAC. Video upscaled to 720 with @Retro Tink 5X.