Things I always Wanted – April 09 2009
It has been awhile since I have written about something I always wanted, one could say I was going through a drought of neediness. However after being reminded how selfish and greedy I am I thought of a new thing I always wanted and surprise, surprise, it is once again Transformers related. But hear me out since this one does not exist yet.
As soon as I watched the first Transformers episode I have always wanted to experience being a giant robot that could change into a car and engage in epic battles with enemy forces while creating millions of dollars worth of property damage and not be held accountable.
However not being a child of Cybertron that was never going to happen without some serious cash and scientific time invested.
Once running around in the backyard making ‘pew-pew’ noises and using my imagination got boring I did what every kid of my generation does when they can’t think of ways to amuse themselves anymore, turn to video games. I knew what I wanted, a good Generation 1 Transformers video game that would allow me to live out my fantasizes without looking like a odd child.
Problem is that Transformers games seem to have a great track record of being less than satisfactory.
The first, Japan release only, NES version below is somewhat excusable as a lot of NES games were of questionable quality.
One of the biggest issues with this one was the fact that you could only play as Ultra Magnus, who a lot of people don’t even know existed (you have to have seen the original movie) and those of us who did know of his existence simply knew him as the guy who screwed up until Hot Rod took the Matrix and rocked out to You’ve got the touch.
In 1998 Hasbro Interactive put out a follow up effort with the Beast Wars franchise for the PC and PlayStation. This game was also not very good the graphics, controls,and general game play was all sub par. I never really got into it and went back to playing War craft 2 in no time.
There was also a Transformers, Trans Metals which was a fighting game and is not really worth mentioning in my opinion beyond the fact that yest it did exist.
As they years went by I eventually gave up expecting a good, North American*, Generation 1 video game.
I beat the movie game and got the skins that allowed you to play as recolors of original characters and decided that would have to do.
That was until I saw game trailers for some other franchises I really enjoy:
Upcoming Ghostubsters game trailer
Wolverine Origins game footage
Upcoming Batman Arkham Asylum Game footage
With amazing looking Batman, Ghostbusters, and Wolverine games about to drop its about time a game developer stepped up to the plate and made a GREAT Generation 1 Transformers game.
If for no reason other than the fact that its something I always wanted!
*Yes I know about this game and if you are reading this from Japan and have a copy you want to send it to me feel free!
Tags: Beast Wars, NES, PS2, The Transformers, Transformers, Transformers NES, Transformers Videogame
