nerdynebraskan | 356 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Rolling Thunder is done... at last! Despite the shortness of this game, and the generosity of continues and a password system, it may still be one of the ten hardest games I've finished. I've beaten it a couple of times before, but it still took me off and on for several months to finally reach and kill the alien boss dude. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,779 Administrator · Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Adventures of Dino Riki is done! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,886 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Simpsons Bartman Meets Radioactive Man is done. I was playing this earlier in the evening on my actual NES console when, in the lair of Dr. Julius Crab, the screen glitched out due to a contact issue between game and pin connector. It's really rare that that happens and I usually just lightly tap the game and everything is cool again. This time however, that tactic was not only a no go but I managed to cause it to freeze up. And so, although I've done it many times before with other NES's It's finally time to open up my original NES and ( ¡GASP! ) boil the pin connector! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackVega | 583 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 14 hours ago, PII said: ( ¡GASP! ) boil the pin connector! Why the hell would you do that????? (please don't) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Tank | 961 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 16 minutes ago, BlackVega said: Why the hell would you do that????? (please don't) Why would you not? This is a proven way to clean the pins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackVega | 583 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 15 minutes ago, Mega Tank said: Why would you not? This is a proven way to clean the pins. Where did you hear it from and who proved it? Facebook mums? Don't listen to them ever again Do you boil your TV or smartphone when it gets broken? Of course not so why this time? This has absolutely no benefits and the only outcome you will ever get is you are going to destroy your connector. Instead do this to the double female connector in your NES: 1.Take your old credit card 2.Wrap an old piece of cloth or piece of paper around it (NOT toilet paper, regular A4 sheet of paper used for printing documents) 3.Soak it in isopropyl alcohol or any sort of high percentage alcohol 4.Keep inserting it into your double female NES connector on both sides until all of the pins are cleaned 5.Stop reading facebook or watching 5 minute crafts Alternatively, you can soak the entire connector in alcohol if you have so much of it and you can clean it using the method above or using an old toothbrush and brushing the pins. There are several methods of doing this actually. Don't forget to clean the connector on NES motherboard as well. Certainly do NOT boil it ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,886 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 3 hours ago, BlackVega said: Where did you hear it from and who proved it? Facebook mums? Don't listen to them ever again Do you boil your TV or smartphone when it gets broken? Of course not so why this time? This has absolutely no benefits and the only outcome you will ever get is you are going to destroy your connector. Instead do this to the double female connector in your NES: 1.Take your old credit card 2.Wrap an old piece of cloth or piece of paper around it (NOT toilet paper, regular A4 sheet of paper used for printing documents) 3.Soak it in isopropyl alcohol or any sort of high percentage alcohol 4.Keep inserting it into your double female NES connector on both sides until all of the pins are cleaned 5.Stop reading facebook or watching 5 minute crafts Alternatively, you can soak the entire connector in alcohol if you have so much of it and you can clean it using the method above or using an old toothbrush and brushing the pins. There are several methods of doing this actually. Don't forget to clean the connector on NES motherboard as well. Certainly do NOT boil it ever I've proven it to myself many, MANY times. Although it may sound like the sort of thing that one would never want to do, I can assure that I've had the same excellent results every single time I've done this in the past. A pin connector is not a tv or a phone. It is not a printed circuit. It is metal and a very high grade plastic that will not be altered in the slightest from boiling (always distilled water.) Isopropyl is fine for cleaning pins and contacts but one thing it cannot address is the widening of space between the pins that comes with use over time that lessens the grip. You may already be aware that latter day 3rd party replacement pin connectors tend overwhelmingly to have a horrible death grip. The best fix is the boil. It not only cleans the pins in one fell swoop, but resets the pin placement to something highly comparable to the placement they had when the pin connector was first produced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,022 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, BlackVega said: Where did you hear it from and who proved it? Facebook mums? Don't listen to them ever again Do you boil your TV or smartphone when it gets broken? Of course not so why this time? This has absolutely no benefits and the only outcome you will ever get is you are going to destroy your connector. Instead do this to the double female connector in your NES: 1.Take your old credit card 2.Wrap an old piece of cloth or piece of paper around it (NOT toilet paper, regular A4 sheet of paper used for printing documents) 3.Soak it in isopropyl alcohol or any sort of high percentage alcohol 4.Keep inserting it into your double female NES connector on both sides until all of the pins are cleaned 5.Stop reading facebook or watching 5 minute crafts Alternatively, you can soak the entire connector in alcohol if you have so much of it and you can clean it using the method above or using an old toothbrush and brushing the pins. There are several methods of doing this actually. Don't forget to clean the connector on NES motherboard as well. Certainly do NOT boil it ever EDIT: Removed rude remark, sorry. Boiling isn't only about cleaning the pins but straightening them as they become warped with use. http://www.retrofixes.com/2015/09/boil-vs-bending-will-boiling-nes-72pin.html Edited April 13, 2023 by mbd39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackVega | 583 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 This sounds like something that is extremely experimental without any guarantees. Actually, YES you CAN submerge and clean the connector with water, just regular tap water and you can use soap as well. But boiling? Getting more technical here plastic is going to be melt in temperature of 212F (or 100C) and metal is going to absorb temperature and deform the plastic around it. I'm shocked whoever tried this didn't throw the connector into the trash can. I'm pretty positive people who reported this method worked is just from the cleaning process as a side effect... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 475 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 On 4/2/2023 at 10:47 PM, TheGameDisplay said: This is a really neat project! Is it possible to retroactively claim a few games that I beat earlier this year? The Last Starfighter: Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade (Taito) Laser Invasion - Beat March 01 2023 Kings of the Beach - Beat February 13 2023 Legend of Kage - Beat March 14 2023 L'Empereur - Beat March 27 2023 (Done on an Everdrive because my cart doesn't reliably hold a save file) I'll stop there. Sorry for intruding as the new guy. Anyone who beats L'Empereur is ok in my book. Congrats on the Koei goodness! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameDisplay | 55 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Thank you! Before playing through all of the NES games I had never really touched any strategy stuff. Now after beating Bandit Kings of Ancient China, Gemfire, and L'Empereur I've really come appreciate the Koei games! I also recently beat Little Ninja Brothers. What a huge improvement over Kung Fu Heroes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzeshield | 293 Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 Milon's Secret Castle is done: I can appreciate what they were trying to do, but the game just never becomes fun for me. Milon's slow horizontal momentum is the main culprit, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,105 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 I finished Elevator Action and Rush N Attack a while back, but I guess I forgot to post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdynebraskan | 356 Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Super Spike V'Ball is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdynebraskan | 356 Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Snake's Revenge is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryice | 587 Posted May 4, 2023 Author Share Posted May 4, 2023 Nice to see that we're done completely with 3 & 4 point games. I got a PS5 finally, so I haven't been playing too much NES lately. I have been playing a few hacks, though, which is something that I have little experience with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdynebraskan | 356 Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 The Metroid challenge has been completed. It was my first time ever beating the game, but I'm also the kind of guy that likes to explore every corner and collect every item so I figured I'd go for the 100% challenge. Even with maps and walkthroughs in front of me, I still got lost and confused on a regular basis. The programmers got a bit carried away with designing this world! I see why this game is a classic that spawned a franchise, but the original is definitely rough around the edges. It's absolutely brutal to respawn after a death with only 30 health all game long. Farming health takes way too long since most enemies only drop 5 units at a time (until you reach the Metroids in the final tunnel). You spend most of the game taking three times as much damage from enemies as you stand to gain if you can kill them and they drop a health capsule. I was not particularly pleased with Samus's jumping mechanics. This game has many spots that demand Mario-esque platforming precision, but I found myself wondering if she had greased her boots in Crisco. I found myself repeatedly slipping around almost as badly as if I was playing a Color Dreams platformer. And I really wished I could have kept both the ice beam and wave beams, even if I had to switch between the two a la Mega Man. As it was I only used the wave beam for about 30 minutes in Ridley's lair until I could collect the second ice beam to satisfy the terms of the 100% items challenge. But I was enjoying it, aside from missing the ability to freeze enemies. It was stronger and had a wider pattern to hit those annoying enemies that stay out of your narrow line of fire. Actually, this game would have been much more enjoyable with the 8-directional shooting a la Contra. There is of course the one bullshit jump to get the most remote missile capacity upgrade in Ridley's hideout. That only took me 5-6 tries to pull off, but it still took what seemed like an hour because you have to backtrack all the way through the hideout to get back to that spot when you fail. The game offers 8 energy tank upgrades, but it seems like you can only hold and fill six of them. And of course I got the worst ending because it took me so long to beat the game. (Samus didn't show me her curves.) I played it about 9-10 hours on Thursday, and got from the beginning to the Metroid tunnel. I was busy yesterday, so I didn't get back to finishing the game until today. I could see myself revisiting this in future years, but I'll be skipping a few of the items and trying to beat it faster for better endings. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdynebraskan | 356 Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 I'm making progress on Puzznic and probably going to start Conflict again soon. Just wanting to give a heads-up on these two time sinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 On 5/6/2023 at 12:09 PM, nerdynebraskan said: The game offers 8 energy tank upgrades, but it seems like you can only hold and fill six of them. I feel like this was an intentional design element used as a stop-gap solution to refill your health if you have to continue with a password, since they fill up your health completely on pick-up. Like, how long would it take in real world time to farm enemies to fill up six tanks on a restart? They even put one of the tanks in the first corridor, so it seems to me that this was the 1986 version of filling up your health on a restart before the "invention" of health fill-up rooms... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,105 Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 I finished the Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! Another World Circuit challenge. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdynebraskan | 356 Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Ganbare Goemon 2 is done, for my 200th completion of the year. It's another first-time completion for me, but it still felt familiar as the game plays a lot like Cowboy Kid (which in hindsight, is probably derivative of Goemon). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdynebraskan | 356 Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Gravnic is completed, so I just have to knock out the last 61 puzzles of Puzznic and the cart will be done for another year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdynebraskan | 356 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Puzznic is now 100% done for another year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foochie776 | 1,052 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Possibly one of the easiest titles left but I’ll start Rainbow Islands tonight and have it done by tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdynebraskan | 356 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 (edited) Conflict is done. I'll probably start Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego in the next few days for my next time-sink game. Edited May 17, 2023 by nerdynebraskan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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