Zero Tolerance

[Orchid87]

Sorry for double-post, but I've just completed the game for the first time in a while, and I have to say that this is the worst review on the site. The game is amazing and it is an easy 7 at least. In 1994 there were not so many FPS games on any console with this diverse weapon selection and this atmosphere.

[Obviously]

The review itself is pretty much on the mark in my opinion and echoes my own feelings about Zero Tolerance perfectly. It's also pretty complimentary about the game so I expected to see higher than a 5 at the end. I don't take too much stock in the scores anyway since they tell me nothing about the game except that the reviewer liked it, disliked it, or didn't care. It's not a consensus or anything.

I would give it a 6 or 7 though because in spite of its troubles it's still fun. Regardless, it hasn't really aged that well and playing it usually just makes me want to play a better FPS from the same era. I can barely stand the framerate these days. I'm not going to be apologetic about the Genesis limitations though. The reviews should be written for people today, not people in 1994. Well, retro-gamers today so they can be a little apologetic but within reason. I still think Zero Tolerance gets by mostly on nostalgia.

And not to hurt any feelings but I think the worst review on the site is Super Thunder Blade =P.

[Orchid87]

I still think Zero Tolerance gets by mostly on nostalgia.

I liked this game in '94. After that I played numerous FPS games, my memories of ZT faded, and I started to think that ZT maybe wasn't that good.

When I decided to play it again on emulator, I expected to see some ugly, sluggish and boring mess. I was pleasantly surprised how PLAYABLE it still is and how it doesn't look as bad as many think. I love it.

[Nightwolf]

I liked this game in '94. After that I played numerous FPS games, my memories of ZT faded, and I started to think that ZT maybe wasn't that good.

When I decided to play it again on emulator, I expected to see some ugly, sluggish and boring mess. I was pleasantly surprised how PLAYABLE it still is and how it doesn't look as bad as many think. I love it.

Exactly! But playing on real hardware with a huge screen and with zoom is better

[Obviously]

I liked this game in '94. After that I played numerous FPS games, my memories of ZT faded, and I started to think that ZT maybe wasn't that good.

When I decided to play it again on emulator, I expected to see some ugly, sluggish and boring mess. I was pleasantly surprised how PLAYABLE it still is and how it doesn't look as bad as many think. I love it.

I actually had the opposite reaction I found it a lot less enjoyable than I remembered. It depends on the player's expectations I guess.

[Ecco]

Just got this game. Man I love it!

It's actually the only First-Person Shooter I've ever owned. (Didn't have a PC back when Doom etc. were blowing up.) Also haven't followed many games past the Genesis era, so yeah, never had a FPS before. I've played a little at friend's houses, like Halo and 007 on N64. Their controls are obviously complex so I love the simple controls of Zero Tolerance. Just shoot in front of you and they're dead.

[NeoVamp]

I was just having a discussion about the ZT link cable with a friend, which led me to google the technopop image on how to make your own link cable.

However.. I came across the following image.


http://www.sega-16.com/wp-content/up...nk-Cable-1.jpg

Which made me scratch my head, for some reason the Technopop site now has the original gif converted to a jpg image,
which is strange, because compressing it to jpg changed it from 5.632 kb to 12.234 kb

Because I'm such a nice guy here is the original gif picture that I got from the Technopop site years ago.



Now should the compressing have been done because of the gif licensing issue then here's the same image saved as a png image.



Now it's even smaller! only 2.952 kb

[The Jackal]

Hmm, I need to make that cable; got a few dead controllers, a couple of copies of ZT and some spare solder...somewhere.

[Sean697]

I still got the original mail in link cable for this game. That I never used once. I wish they could figure out a way to play this on a Mega Everdrive with the USB port for online play.