NES Completions thread 2024 - 665/677

DefaultGen · January 29

31 minutes ago, the_wizard_666 said:

I dunno, I can read it just fine on my phone. No offense intended here, but maybe you need glasses? Like its a little blurry, but far from "barely legible" imo.

This is why you're a fighter pilot and I am not.

ThePhleo · January 29

23 minutes ago, DefaultGen said:

This is why you're a fighter pilot and I am not.

What, you can't read that?

It clearly says:

ADVISORY
READ BEFORE USING YOUR NES
Â̶̙ ̸̉͜v̵͓̊e̶͎̓r̵̺̅y̵̩̋ ̶̟̋s̸̪͋m̴̨͌a̸͎̾l̴̪͊l̶̞̽ ̴̺̂p̶̰̅ó̸̗r̶̖̓t̵̨̕i̴̟͐o̸͖̔n̶̹̉ ̴̥̍ö̴̭́f̸̣̀ ̶̺͠t̸͍͌ḧ̷̝́e̷̝͋ ̷̝̓p̶̊ͅö̵̪́p̸͈̅ǘ̸̧l̴͍̑a̷̟̕t̶̹͋ȋ̸͕o̵̼͊n̸̦͒ ̵͔͑ṃ̶̈́a̸̮̽y̸̞̓ ̵͔̋e̷̫͌x̷̫̚p̵̨̄e̴̖̚r̸̦͐i̵̟̕ḙ̵̓n̷̢͐c̴̛͙e̸̯̕ ̸̰̚ê̶͍ṗ̴̪i̴̹͝l̷̙̅e̷͖̕p̵͉͝t̶̘̅i̶̦͘c̶͙̿ ̷̰͑s̷̲̈e̶͇̒ỉ̶̩z̸͇͂u̴̝̎r̷̛̬è̷̢s̷͉̚ ̴̗̾w̸̹̋h̴̻̀e̶̲̕n̴̥̚ ̴̻̈v̶͇̾i̷͚̊e̵͚̚w̴̙͠ȉ̶̘n̴̺̓g̷̰̔ ̵͇̈c̵̫̏e̶̛̼r̶͋͜ṫ̵͍a̶̪͑i̶̘͊n̵̄ͅ ̸͓͝k̸͚͝ì̵͜n̸̠̽d̶̪̓s̶̩̽ ̵̢̃o̴͎͐f̶̤͐ ̴̣͌f̷̞͐l̷͎̉a̵̮̽s̵̨̄ḧ̵̢́ĭ̴̹n̸̫̋ḡ̸͍ ̸̠̊ḻ̴͝i̵̮͠g̴̱̃h̷̩͗t̸̘͊ș̴̈́ ̵̬̊ő̶̟ŕ̶̡ ̵̬̿p̵͉̈́ả̷̱t̷͖͒ẗ̵̤́ẹ̶͂r̶̹̀n̷̝̚ṡ̶͖ ̸̤̌t̷̼̏h̷̻̓ȁ̷̠t̶̙̓ ̸͚̈a̴̅ͅr̶̲̾è̵̜ ̵̗̒c̷̠̈o̶̖͗m̸͊ͅm̸͓̉o̶̱̾ǹ̴̖l̷͎̔ỳ̷̗ ̸͈͐p̵̫͐ȑ̶̻e̸̦͐s̸͔̽e̴̳͗n̴̻͗t̴̳͊ ̵̲̊i̶̩̅n̴͂ͅ ̷̘̽o̶̫̕ǘ̵͇r̶̪̀ ̴̧͒d̶̬̋a̷̬̍ḭ̴̎l̷̙͠y̶̟͝ ̶̧̀e̵̳͒n̷̜͆v̷̘̽i̶̥͠r̵̙͂ọ̶̈́ṋ̴̀m̴̝̕ê̴̙n̶͓̏t̸͓̕.̸̲̀ ̷͖̚T̶̝͠h̷̥̍e̶͔͗s̴͇̕e̸̹̚ ̶̞̉p̶̯̀e̸͉̐ŕ̸̻s̷͕̐o̷̼̊ń̴̙s̵̬̆ ̶̦͛m̸̬̈́a̸̗̍y̶̢͋ ̷͕̀è̷͉x̵̡̑p̴̢̛e̸̲͝r̷̢̔i̵̖̚ḙ̸̓ṇ̴͆c̵̢͐ḛ̸̿ ̸͉̓s̸̥̾ẻ̴̲i̷̡͂z̷͚̈́u̶͙͝r̸̺̊ẻ̸̻s̶̬̅ ̶̧̒w̴͔̒ḫ̶͑i̷̜̾ľ̵̤e̶̫̔ ̸̹̀ẃ̷͓a̵̬̓ṭ̷̑c̸̦̆h̵̼̃i̶͔̋ṋ̵͆g̶͉̏ ̵͓͒s̴̥͐o̸̜̓m̴͕̈́ẽ̸̼ ̷̳͠k̴͚̋ï̶͓ň̴̪d̷̺̈s̶̞̆ ̷͓̊ō̷̧f̴̺̍ ̷̘͂t̶̛̘e̸͔̕l̵̹̎e̶̜̒v̶͓̿i̷̯̓s̵̬̏i̶͚̓ǫ̴͛ǹ̵͖ ̷̰̌p̵̬͊i̴͑͜c̶̹͑t̵̜́u̶̬̚ŕ̵͇ė̷̫ṣ̵͐ ̶̘͐o̸̼͘r̶̍͜ ̵͙̆p̸̝͐l̷͎̀â̶͎y̷̗͊i̶͚͘n̸͚͋g̷̬͋ ̷̨͂č̵̯e̴̟͝r̷͙̍t̸̩̋a̵̹̒ị̶̂ṇ̵́ ̴͎͒v̴̩̊ḯ̸͍d̴̹͘e̵̘͑o̸̝͗ ̷͇̇g̴̭̈à̷͉m̶̖̌e̵̩̊s̵̪͛.̸̜̿ ̸̬͗P̸̖͊l̸̖̕a̸̯̕y̷̰̽e̸̯̓ȑ̷̻ś̸̲ ̶̞͐ẁ̸͚h̸̳͝o̸̗̽ ̷̮̕h̶͖̆a̵̼͆v̴̖̔è̶͇ ̷̹͐n̵̡͠ò̷̙t̴̩͌ ̴̳̋h̶͉̾a̴̡͋d̸̬͗ ̶͖̐a̷̪͊n̸̜̒y̶̦͛ ̵̫̌p̶̮͊r̷͖̒é̸͍v̵̮͌i̸̭̔ő̷̪ű̵̝s̷̹͆ ̵͇̈ś̵̖e̶͓̐ǐ̵̖z̴͖̆u̴͖͗r̴̹͝e̸̦͝s̷̮͂ ̸̗̋m̸̞̋ȁ̶̺y̴̟̐ ̵̡̕n̶̰͑ȯ̸̙n̸̗͝e̵̅ͅt̷͕̐h̴̫̉e̵͇͊l̴̼̂è̶̡s̶̗͆ŝ̷͉ ̴̭̈h̸̞̐à̴̢v̸̨͆e̶̻͒ ̶̨͒a̴̹̽ņ̸͒ ̴͚̈́ṵ̴̽n̴͍͝d̸̝̀e̶̲̔t̵͖̽ê̸͜c̵̩̚t̷̨͊e̷̦̔d̶͉͆ ̸̏͜ẹ̵̊p̸̟̈́i̵̟̕l̶̢̏ẽ̸̪p̷͙̈́ť̶̹ị̷̐č̴̟ ̴̪̒c̵̤̚o̵̞͠ń̵͚d̷̡̊i̶̳̓t̷̉͜ỉ̴̖o̶̭̊n̷̩̔.̵͇̊ ̵̛͎W̶̖͝e̷̫̾ ̸̱͐s̷̭̿u̷͔͛g̶͕͝g̶͎̉ĕ̸̟ș̷͗ț̵̍ ̵̮̃t̶͖̄ḩ̵̀ȁ̷̹ẗ̸̗́ ̵̲̾y̴̧͋o̷̞͘ṳ̸͝ ̸̠̒c̴͚̈́ö̴̝ṋ̴͂s̶͌ͅu̷͓͋l̵̃͜t̷͎̉ ̷̟͊ý̶̥ō̴̮ų̴̌r̸̹̋ ̸̠̅p̷̹͗h̵̞̎y̷͇͑s̸͚̀i̵̛̯c̵̨̾ï̴̗a̴̮̚n̸͙̄ ̶͎͛ḯ̴̞f̴̠̿ ̸̖̈́y̸̤̆ö̷͍ű̴̱ ̴̣̒ḧ̸͓a̴͓͝v̵̡̚è̶͈ ̴̞̈́a̷͕̿ǹ̸̮ ̴͕͗e̵͍͘p̷̨̈i̵͓͌ĺ̵̖e̶̤̅p̸̯̄t̵̬̓i̷̠̒ç̴͆ ̶̹͗ĉ̷̣ọ̵͆n̶̤͑d̶̢͋i̸̬͋ṱ̸̉i̶̼̓o̸̟̒n̵̠̿ ̴͉̀o̸̲͘r̴̭̕ ̸͉͝i̸͎͝f̴̫͘ ̶̜͝y̸̗͒o̵͔̐u̶͎͋ ̷͕̌e̸̜͆x̸͉̏p̶̳͊è̶̲r̶̠̄ȉ̶ͅe̴̺̐ň̴̻ċ̴̪ȩ̶̐ ̵͉̃a̴͊ͅn̸͈̂ỷ̸͜ ̷̚͜o̴͙̓f̴͙͛ ̸̖̋t̴̥̓h̷̦͛e̵̥̅ ̷̥́f̷̺̚ö̷͖́l̵͙̀l̷͇̀o̶̮͠w̶͖̏i̶̪̔n̸̩̏ḡ̶̠ ̵̫͂s̴̠̍y̸͖͆m̵͉͘p̴̙͊t̵̖̕ȏ̵͚m̷̧̆ş̵̂ ̵̤̿w̴̺͆h̵̗̐î̵̲l̷͍̉ḛ̵́ ̷̘͠ṕ̴̬l̷̥̀a̴̹͗y̶̏͜ḭ̸͝n̶͉̈́ĝ̴̳ ̶̯̅v̵̹͂i̴̱̽d̶̰̑e̶̥͝o̶͎͌ ̷͓̂g̴̝͝ȁ̶͔m̸̗̕é̴̙s̶̡̈́:̸̞͘ ̶̡̆ạ̷̔l̴̰̆t̸͈̂e̷̗̓ṛ̸̓ē̴̻d̶̞̋ ̵̫͗v̴̤͑i̸͚͝s̵̆͜i̷̜̾o̷̯̓n̸̰͐,̶̜̎ ̴͔̽m̴͉͝û̴͈s̴̺̚c̶̟͛l̷͕͑ḛ̵̅ ̴̹̿t̶̠̃ẘ̶͔i̶͓̓t̸̖̀c̴̲͆h̵͂ͅį̸̑n̴͇̋g̶̗͘,̷̜͗ ̶̳̄o̶̡͆t̸̨̋h̵̞̓e̶̳̅r̵̺̐ ̴̤͝î̸̮ǹ̸̹v̶̼͐o̶͔̓l̸̞̒u̴̹̚n̶̩͆ẗ̸̬́ä̷̤́r̸̤͠y̴̯͋ ̴̝͗m̷͖̈́o̸͚̐v̷̞̒ë̴͔m̶̤̓e̶̖͛n̶̹̾t̴͆͜s̸̬̆,̷̞̍ ̵̫̑ĺ̵͉o̷̻̅s̷̪̾s̵̼̏ ̵̱̊ò̸̪f̵͔̈́ ̴̗͘a̵̼͋w̸̝͆a̷̲̽r̶͑͜é̶̞n̷̠̾è̷̬s̶̖͊s̸͔̀ ̴̧͐o̴̬͆f̵̙̾ ̶̭̇y̴̫̋o̵̙͛û̴̞r̸̛̦ ̴͈͑s̶̡̀u̴̺͝r̵̞̀ȑ̸̺o̷̠͝ú̸̟n̵̍ͅd̶̜͑i̷̓ͅn̴̘͌g̸͖̀s̷̗͒,̴͔̒ ̶́ͅm̸̟̏e̷̤͆ṅ̵̪t̶̥̚á̷͕l̸̙̊ ̵̺̏c̶̯̒o̶͔͠n̸̘̾f̶̲͋u̵͓͛s̴̨̈ḯ̴̳ö̴͚n̸̢̆,̸͖̉ ̷̦̎a̸͔̅n̴̟͐d̸̼͆/̴̭̈o̷͈͂r̷͕̃ ̸̧͊c̷̦̋o̵̗͊n̵̹̈v̶̱̾u̵̹͠l̶̖͘s̷͖̍i̴͆͜ỏ̵͙ň̶͖s̷͕̾.̶̝̓

DefaultGen · January 29

Motor City Patrol is done

All you need to do in this game is collect the 16 items on each map then wait out the timer, since this essentially resets your lives every day. Patrolling criminals is an extremely exhausting waste of time. You can't game over in a single day, even if every criminal escapes. This makes the game much faster to complete too since you don't have to keep bringing up the map.

This game shouldn't be a stick in the mud, it's a freebie. I beat it in 2 minute spurts over 3-4 hours while multitasking, the vast majority being dead time waiting for the timer to run out.

Edited January 29 by DefaultGen

Tablew/chairs · January 29

Klash Ball is done

the_wizard_666 · January 29

1 hour ago, DefaultGen said:

This is why you're a fighter pilot and I am not.

It's just the epilepsy warning. I dunno, maybe it's because I have poor eyesight that I can read it? Like I'm so used to everything being blurry as hell that my brain just fills it in?

nerdynebraskan · January 29

Wow! Klash Ball and Motor City Patrol falling in the same half-hour in January is actually pretty phenomenal. I would've guessed that both of those would have been in the last 100. @DefaultGen's strategy notes are pretty interesting, too.

Edited January 29 by nerdynebraskan

guitarzombie · January 30

What are the other biggies left? I know Ikari Warriors is one of them. If that goes, I'll def do Mutant Virus. I'll probably also do Ultimate Air Combat as it wasn't super hard (until the very end) but its LONG. At least there are passwords. I've been thinking about doing Dynatron City next. I've beaten it before but remember hardly anything about it.

MegaMan52 · January 30

R.C. Pro Am complete (the tracks repeat after track 24).

Dr. Morbis · January 30

1 hour ago, DefaultGen said:

Motor City Patrol is done

All you need to do in this game is collect the 16 items on each map then wait out the timer, since this essentially resets your lives every day. Patrolling criminals is an extremely exhausting waste of time. You can't game over in a single day, even if every criminal escapes. This makes the game much faster to complete too since you don't have to keep bringing up the map.

This game shouldn't be a stick in the mud, it's a freebie. I beat it in 2 minute spurts over 3-4 hours while multitasking, the vast majority being dead time waiting for the timer to run out.

Thanks for the heads up. Did you figure this out on your own or is it posted online somewhere? I've never played this game before but I'm going to shortlist it for my personal list if it's that easy...

McBryce · January 30

5 hours ago, the_wizard_666 said:

I dunno, I can read it just fine on my phone. No offense intended here, but maybe you need glasses? Like its a little blurry, but far from "barely legible" imo.

What are these words

nerdynebraskan · January 30

2 hours ago, guitarzombie said:

What are the other biggies left? I know Ikari Warriors is one of them. If that goes, I'll def do Mutant Virus. I'll probably also do Ultimate Air Combat as it wasn't super hard (until the very end) but its LONG. At least there are passwords. I've been thinking about doing Dynatron City next. I've beaten it before but remember hardly anything about it.

Ikari Warriors and Mutant Virus definitely seem to be in most folks' Top 10 lists for NES difficulty. Arkanoid, Bases Loaded I/II/4, Championship Pool, Dragon Power, High Speed, Kung Fu Heroes, Silkworm, Sky Kid, and Starship Hector all seem to be pretty daunting for one reason or another.

And honestly any other game with 4+ pain points on it should be a pretty good clue... except for Little Ninja Brothers. Is that one just too long for most people? I like that one, and might replay it this year.

the_wizard_666 · January 30

17 minutes ago, McBryce said:

What are these words

Okay, that specific page is pretty bad I could read most of the rest, but that one is just brutal

DefaultGen · January 30

2 hours ago, Dr. Morbis said:

Thanks for the heads up. Did you figure this out on your own or is it posted online somewhere? I've never played this game before but I'm going to shortlist it for my personal list if it's that easy...

I figured it out while trying to calculate the minimum amount of criminals I actually had to catch because there was no way I was going to sit through that game catching all the speeders. The answer was zero (plus a few to repair the car at your leisure). I actually did end up catching every named criminal just for the cash, which isn't hard when you don't have to focus on the rest of the game, so don't quote me that losing in one day is impossible.

Khromak · January 30

4 hours ago, DefaultGen said:

Motor City Patrol is done

All you need to do in this game is collect the 16 items on each map then wait out the timer, since this essentially resets your lives every day. Patrolling criminals is an extremely exhausting waste of time. You can't game over in a single day, even if every criminal escapes. This makes the game much faster to complete too since you don't have to keep bringing up the map.

This game shouldn't be a stick in the mud, it's a freebie. I beat it in 2 minute spurts over 3-4 hours while multitasking, the vast majority being dead time waiting for the timer to run out.

This is incredibly good news because I've tried the intended method and it is a slog, plus quite difficult. I'd definitely like to knock this one out using this strategy, it's haunted me for a while after a few attempts. It was on my list to try to beat this year.

mbd39 · January 30

7 hours ago, DefaultGen said:

This is why you're a fighter pilot and I am not.

I can barely make out some words/phrases. It looks like it's about the possibility of epileptic seizures in a very small percentage of the population.

EDIT: Wizard beat me to it!

Edited January 30 by mbd39

NESfiend · January 30

NES Open is done. Been a fun few evenings. Highlights included an albatross where I holed it out from 250, a hole in one, and 3 scores of 59. My last 59 wasnt good enough for first place though. CPU scores get stupid when you get to 800k or so, but -15 is the craziest Ive seen.

Khromak · January 30

Lolo 3 is done. I had to look up hints for a couple levels and the solution for the final level (it's insane no human could figure that out), but overall did better than most years in terms of spoilers. The game is very tough, bordering on the line of unfun for a couple levels. I prefer the earlier games, but this one is still good

Crabmaster2000 · January 30

Can also back up @DefaultGen that Motor City Patrol isn't something to be scared of. You basically just have to keep driving in a circle on each map for nearly 4 hours to beat it. The monotony of just how boring it is is the only challenge. Don't ever fire your gun because you can lose very fast if you hit a civilian instead of your intended target.

Foochie776 · January 30

5 hours ago, Khromak said:

Lolo 3 is done. I had to look up hints for a couple levels and the solution for the final level (it's insane no human could figure that out), but overall did better than most years in terms of spoilers. The game is very tough, bordering on the line of unfun for a couple levels. I prefer the earlier games, but this one is still good

Your thoughts on Lolo perfectly summarize it for me. There was a couple levels that drove me insane when I played and when I looked up solutions, I would have never figured out. I love the first two but three is just too tough in some spots.

scaryice · January 30

NARC is done.

scaryice · January 30

12 hours ago, nerdynebraskan said:

Ikari Warriors and Mutant Virus definitely seem to be in most folks' Top 10 lists for NES difficulty. Arkanoid, Bases Loaded I/II/4, Championship Pool, Dragon Power, High Speed, Kung Fu Heroes, Silkworm, Sky Kid, and Starship Hector all seem to be pretty daunting for one reason or another.

And honestly any other game with 4+ pain points on it should be a pretty good clue... except for Little Ninja Brothers. Is that one just too long for most people? I like that one, and might replay it this year.

Ikari is definitely the hardest NES game I've beaten, even with glitches. Although, I never even managed to beat Sky Kid when I tried a few years ago. I put 5+ hours into it and still didn't feel like I was that close. Kung Fu Heroes isn't bad, because it's very short - you just need a bunch of attempts to get a lucky run. Little Ninja Bros is an rpg, a longer game, and a rarer game. All those things are working against it.

Yesterday was another good day for us, with Motor City Patrol, Klashball, and NES Open all going down!

MegaMan52 · January 30

Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters is complete. Normally I would play it on the NES, but decided to play it in TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection because it's been a little while since I've used the Switch. I did not use save states or the rewind feature (I've played through this game many times, and knew I could play through it again on the Switch). Also, I played it on hard difficulty because that is the only way to see the credits.

Edited January 30 by MegaMan52

Strikezone1 · January 30

I have been working on Kid Icarus and am close to beating it. Just gotta map out and get through the final labyrinth and beat the final level. Will hopefully find the time to do that in the next couple days.

Khromak · January 30

Solstice is done. I normally really enjoy this game, but this time I was following a different guide and it had terrible advice for the last puzzle so I spent almost an hour trying to do his shitty strategy before I looked up another guide with much better advice. Guess I probably could've figured it out myself, but the isometric angle makes it hard to tell what you can and can't do. That last part is my review of the game too: I love the graphics and sound, the controls are tight, and the mechanics are fun, but the isometric angle that makes it so memorable also makes it really frustrating at points

DefaultGen · January 30

I'm working on Battle Tank. I'm not sure if this game has serious roadblocks or just no one ever wants to play poor Garry Kitchen's game with 2 lives. This game isn't even mediocre, this game is actually fun.

Edited January 30 by DefaultGen

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