the_wizard_666 | 1,329 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Digger T. Rock is done. Took like 3 hours of practice to knock it off, but by the time I did I got a no-death run. Maybe one day I'll do a no-warp run, but probably not. Even though you can only skip the first three levels, none of them should be particularly difficult. The only real bitch was the final level, but that was more a matter of execution with the shittacular jumping mechanics. Still, I would recommend it overall, it's definitely fun, if a bit frustrating at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdynebraskan | 356 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Wall Street Kid is done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khromak | 787 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 X-Men is beaten for another year. Always frustrating, but still has its fun parts. It's mostly enjoyable for me at this point, except when I get stuck in a corner or trapped by a magnet and die before I can control my character... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Gensouki | 1,079 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I made a bit of progress on Dungoen Magic. I now have 4 out of 5 magic elements and am slowly entering the endgame. However, now it gets fairly difficult and grindy, so it will take some more time, maybe a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_wizard_666 | 1,329 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 3 hours ago, Khromak said: X-Men is beaten for another year. Always frustrating, but still has its fun parts. It's mostly enjoyable for me at this point, except when I get stuck in a corner or trapped by a magnet and die before I can control my character... I've always liked X-Men. Rented it a bunch when I was a kid. It's not great solo, but it's pretty fun when played with a friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khromak | 787 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 The immortal is finished once again. As always, the final boss and the barrel swimming sections were the worst and took many, many tries. This year I didn't look at any videos or guides and played the whole thing from memory as a challenge to myself, I did alright 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khromak | 787 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 41 minutes ago, the_wizard_666 said: I've always liked X-Men. Rented it a bunch when I was a kid. It's not great solo, but it's pretty fun when played with a friend. I've been meaning to have a friend play it with me, but I don't have a lot of local friends who are into retro games. Maybe none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_wizard_666 | 1,329 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 15 minutes ago, Khromak said: I've been meaning to have a friend play it with me, but I don't have a lot of local friends who are into retro games. Maybe none. Well that sucks You got kids you can train, or nephews/nieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,569 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) 1 hour ago, the_wizard_666 said: I've always liked X-Men. Rented it a bunch when I was a kid. It's not great solo, but it's pretty fun when played with a friend. Yeah, it's fun if you can laugh at the ridiculousness of that game together as a team. Solo it's just a slog, IMO. I did like that they tried to at least pay lip service to the characters' different abilities. Like Nightcrawler's teleport (read: disappear and reappear a few inches away) and Storm's flying (read: move really fast a few inches.) Edited January 16 by Tulpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Gensouki | 1,079 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I did a quick round of Rollerball until the credits rolled. I had 1.7 million points this time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WashYourFace | 80 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 23 minutes ago, Tulpa said: Yeah, it's fun if you can laugh at the ridiculousness of that game together as a team. Solo it's just a slog, IMO. I did like that they tried to at least pay lip service to the characters' different abilities. Like Nightcrawler's teleport (read: disappear and reappear a few inches away) and Storm's flying (read: move really fast a few inches.) I would call it literally unplayable solo, and barely playable with 2 players, and not fun whatsoever. Only worth beating using glitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdynebraskan | 356 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Mario is Missing is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeevan | 9,024 Events Helper · Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Is anyone doing dragon warrior? I plan on doing a speedrun this week to see if i can get sub 6 and would knock it out in the process obviously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khromak | 787 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I just finished Kirby's adventure, a game I'd never played for more than a half hour previously. Gotta say, I was pretty disappointed. It looks great, sounds great, love the animations and I love the IDEA of the game, but the controls were frustrating throughout, vanilla Kirby sucks, and a lot of the powers felt sluggish or downright useless. It's not an awful game, especially not by nes standards, but I was expecting much better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khromak | 787 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, WashYourFace said: I would call it literally unplayable solo, and barely playable with 2 players, and not fun whatsoever. Only worth beating using glitches. Hmmm IDK what glitches you're referring to but I don't *think* I used any, at least not that I'm aware of. It's definitely not unplayable solo. Outside of the fact that you lose 1 character per level to the shitty AI, it's perfectly functional after that. The lack of i-frames, knockback, and enemy respawns can get annoying, but they're all pretty manageable with some experience and careful play. I can typically knock out a win in 2-3 hours or < 10 tries. It's not too bad, just gotta use the right characters for each stage, be careful and take it slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,506 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I started Pool of Radiance FYI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriGuy82 | 797 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 9 minutes ago, Khromak said: I just finished Kirby's adventure, a game I'd never played for more than a half hour previously. Gotta say, I was pretty disappointed. It looks great, sounds great, love the animations and I love the IDEA of the game, but the controls were frustrating throughout, vanilla Kirby sucks, and a lot of the powers felt sluggish or downright useless. It's not an awful game, especially not by nes standards, but I was expecting much better I always think of Kirby as a Gameboy game 1st and foremost. Same with DuckTales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WashYourFace | 80 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 7 minutes ago, Khromak said: Hmmm IDK what glitches you're referring to but I don't *think* I used any, at least not that I'm aware of. It's definitely not unplayable solo. Outside of the fact that you lose 1 character per level to the shitty AI, it's perfectly functional after that. The lack of i-frames, knockback, and enemy respawns can get annoying, but they're all pretty manageable with some experience and careful play. I can typically knock out a win in 2-3 hours or < 10 tries. It's not too bad, just gotta use the right characters for each stage, be careful and take it slow. It's been a long time since I played it, but as I recall you can just walk away from the bosses (except maybe the last guy?) and not fight them. That's how I beat it. I don't know if that's a "glitch" but the whole game is a glitchy mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khromak | 787 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 2 hours ago, the_wizard_666 said: Well that sucks You got kids you can train, or nephews/nieces? No kids, 3 nieces. Two of them live 12 hours away, but one is reasonably close! I don't spend enough time with her to indoctrinate her into the NES lifestyle though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_wizard_666 | 1,329 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, Khromak said: I just finished Kirby's adventure, a game I'd never played for more than a half hour previously. Gotta say, I was pretty disappointed. It looks great, sounds great, love the animations and I love the IDEA of the game, but the controls were frustrating throughout, vanilla Kirby sucks, and a lot of the powers felt sluggish or downright useless. It's not an awful game, especially not by nes standards, but I was expecting much better I remember when I played it. While I liked it, I definitely felt like it overstayed it's welcome. If it was half as long I would probably have liked it a lot more. 59 minutes ago, Khromak said: Hmmm IDK what glitches you're referring to but I don't *think* I used any, at least not that I'm aware of. It's definitely not unplayable solo. Outside of the fact that you lose 1 character per level to the shitty AI, it's perfectly functional after that. The lack of i-frames, knockback, and enemy respawns can get annoying, but they're all pretty manageable with some experience and careful play. I can typically knock out a win in 2-3 hours or < 10 tries. It's not too bad, just gotta use the right characters for each stage, be careful and take it slow. Fun fact - if you play and subsequently leave the practice level, you get all your dead characters back. Not sure if it's intentional or not, but it can definitely help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_wizard_666 | 1,329 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 58 minutes ago, DefaultGen said: I started Pool of Radiance FYI. Great game IMO, though the final fight is brutal. The level cap feels far too low. 51 minutes ago, WashYourFace said: It's been a long time since I played it, but as I recall you can just walk away from the bosses (except maybe the last guy?) and not fight them. That's how I beat it. I don't know if that's a "glitch" but the whole game is a glitchy mess. That's really only if you play as Nightcrawler. Normally you have to kill the boss to get the key to continue, but Nightcrawler can just walk through the gate and continue on. 30 minutes ago, Khromak said: No kids, 3 nieces. Two of them live 12 hours away, but one is reasonably close! I don't spend enough time with her to indoctrinate her into the NES lifestyle though My nieces play periodically, but usually if they're bored. They don't particularly like it. Though they've only really tried SMB, and since I hate that one they probably picked up on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,520 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Hoops is done and bomber is the mvp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,096 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I played a game of Black Box Baseball on a lark and beat the cpu, so Baseball is done, though I didn't bother taking a picture since, well.... it's Baseball... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryice | 603 Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 Dragon Spirit completed. I actually got every maiden this time, I don't think I've ever had that happen before... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 929 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Not sure what to work on, someone pick: Blaster Master, Silver Surfer (not too bad, just have to remember some parts), or start to learn again: - Dirty Harry - Jetsons - Zen - Toxic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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