Review Information
Game Reviewed The Purple Coin - Club Saturn Edition (2021 Update), by Miles
Review Author DJ Coco
Created Apr 12 2013, 3:02 PM

General Commentary and Game Overview
So, I already reviewed this game twice I think. Let's take a look how the final version has changed from the previous versions. Has it become worse? Has it become better? Let's find out.
 
Pros + Great engine
+ Smooth gameplay
+ Fresh concept
+ Humorous
+ Batman
+ Great music
+ Great graphics in some aspects...
 
Cons - ...some more overused ones in others
 
Impressions
Gameplay
10 / 10
Oh, it's the classic purple coin gameplay and it plays just as awesome as it did back in the day. Now you also have a power meter with which you can knock out every bro on the screen as I suggested. I actually just expected some earthquake to happen, but now Batbro shows up and kills them for you! Now, that's a really awesome idea. Oh, I forgot: There's also this other mode in which you play as Batbro. I found it rather hard and I just kept spamming the C button, but I guess that's because I'm too much of an idiot to be actually good at it. The physics are smooth and work very well and Batbro's moveset is really smooth. Speaking of his moves, is the move explanation broken or why does it only show what you can do with C over here? Aaanyway, the Batbro really is a worthy addition and a welcome variation to this game. The achievements and the way you unlock things are also very well chosen. The spaceship stage was awesome. And now, the stages play differently too! I gave the old version a 9/10, this deserves a 10/10.
 
Graphics
9 / 10
Graphics are still SMW, but meh, it's not really terrible. Batbro who is a custom edit looks nice and goes well with all the other SMW-themed sprites. The BS tilesets got replaced with DeeY's tileset which is a really cool thing too, as those are much more refreshing than BS' tiles. The spaceship stage looked just plain awesome. I don't know where those graphics were from, so I can at least tell they are not overused, and they looked very nice too, blending into the game nicely with the rest of the sprites. From 5/10 to 9/10. Good job.
 
Sound
10 / 10
Music is as good as ever. Even more good and unoverused music is around this time. There's not really much to say about it. The music is awesome. Oh, and I think I never mentioned the SFX. Those are great too. 9/10 to 10/10, again.
 
Replay
9 / 10
Yeah, certainly. Especially with the achievements, unlockable things and Batbro mode, this is something you want to come back to play again. 7/10 to 9/10.
 
Final Words
10 / 10
The Purple Coin was a very good game, but it felt unfinished before. Like, there was lots of potential that was unused. Now, the final version certainly lives up to what I expected. It feels really complete now and is lots of fun to play. A very well-done fangame you need to download right now if you haven't yet.

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Miles
Apr 13 2013, 6:42 PM
The fact that you can see Batbro at all in the Moves List menu is sort of a bug, and a leftover from something I never finished. I recently submitted an update which fixes that and other miscellaneous broken things.

Yeah, I should have at least explained his moveset in the F1 menu... oops. Oh well.

By the way, Space Ship is from The Lost Vikings (SNES/Genesis/PC), the music from the Genesis version. Fun old game it is.
 
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