Gloves

Being a Jr. Developer over on RetroAchievements means that when I develop an achievement set it has to go through review, and man that process can take ages (~2 months right now before it's even looked at by a reviewer). But I've persevered (i.e. waited patiently) and now the second set I've developed (the first was ShmupSpeed!) has been released to the world.

Barker Bill's Trick Shooting (NES/Famicom) · RetroAchievements

This set was harder to make for sure, and will be much harder to earn all of the achievements on. Getting a "beat" on the game is easy enough, but the perfectionist achievements will take a lot of effort and skill.

I've also set up leaderboards for each of the four modes, both normal and perfection boards for showing off how cool you are with a lightgun (or a mouse emulating one...). 

Next up, I'm working on a childhood favourite in a genre that I mostly never touch, and taking on the challenge of a new console - the SNES! I've been working hard on Code Notes for NBA Hang Time! Having a lot of fun with this lately.

1 hour ago, SuperJimtendo said:

I have something extra special planned for rc pro-am week already....if I start the hype train now you can all be let down all the more when you finally see what it really is. Hahaha.

Unrelated, This candy corn kickle would have been an October classic. It's my personal favorite. 

Mmmmm I love me some candy corn.

27 minutes ago, Khromak said:

The value of a dollar is EXTREMELY stable. If I go to get a haircut for $20, it costs the same every week, every month, and every year. Bitcoin has over doubled in value in the last year.

This point can't be brought up enough. This ONLY benefits investors. 

Anyone NOT in the system already is further and further from being able to viably use it as a currency every day that it goes up in value. And those who "buy in" today are severely at risk of their "money" being extremely devalued tomorrow, sometimes at the whim of a billionaire troll tweet. 

Bitcoin is not and never will be valuable as currency, period. 

10 hours ago, G-type said:

Dementium: The Ward

Oh damn. Lol I knew I gave away too much!

Per Twitter: 

He was 68, way too young. Damn.

1 hour ago, Mega Tank said:

Some Resident Evil game

Nope! 

13 minutes ago, rdrunner said:

Lamenting how Powerball is getting killed by Snow Bros, a game I thought nobody actually likes, but is just rare and expensive.

Really enjoying the thread.  Thanks for doing this!

I really like Snow Bros on NES. 

Ok here's my game:

Miiiiight be giving away a bit too much at once.

3 minutes ago, mbd39 said:

Yep! This is one that I enjoyed as a kid.

The music burns my ears lol.

2 minutes ago, mbd39 said:

Full pic. If nobody gets it after today then we can move on.

Round 42.

Never heard either before, listened, didn't like either at all.

3 & 3.

I've spent basically my whole life, and may indeed spend the rest of it, searching for the Holy Grail - the legendary cup of Christ which Jesus drank from at the last supper. I've plundered ancient tombs the world over, following many leads from many other experts on the matter. I firmly believe it's out there somewhere, I just have to be resilient in my search, keep looking, never give up.

One guy though told me I should check the Middle East and I just plum refuse to go to the Middle East, I'd rather set myself on fire it'd be less stressful.

1 hour ago, JamesRobot said:

Oh man, I want a Jell-O Pudding Pop so bad rn.

Man ads used to be so cool.

Slow and steady for me. I've been surprised multiple times before at the games that I've wanted for years that have a way of just appearing in solid condition and at reasonable prices. In particular, EVO Search for Eden and Space Megaforce I got for less than their going rates and in excellent condition because I was patient. 

12 minutes ago, Sumez said:

You got me there. I've never played a game 

Guys I'm not sure Sumez actually plays video games lol. 

I am now inspired to start writing horror, knowing the level of quality required to publish is so low. 

30 minutes ago, Sumez said:

So what you're all saying is I should remove Bravely Default from my backlog? 

I really liked it right up until around where Reed's at, and it got so repetitive that I dropped and then sold it.

16 minutes ago, Nintegageo said:

It looks so great! 

Very nice!

I've been trying to avoid this thread cuz this seems up my alley and I don't have "buy an arcade cabinet" money at the moment, but this might go on my "when I do again" list. When you've spent some time with it do you mind doing a writeup on your thoughts, and tag me on it? I'd love to know what you think after you've had time to tinker. Also how quick/easy is turning the monitor? I love TATE mode games but I'd probably be switching back and forth if I could and if it's a huge pain I know I'd not do so.

1222

The last one was the only difficult one, and I went with the one that more often pops into my heads unprompted, Sledgehammer.

30 minutes ago, G-type said:

lots of shmups!

As god intended.

1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Slowly realizing what the second half of Bravely Default is

Ah yes, the first half - again.

12 minutes ago, Sumez said:

Jesus christ. It hasn't even been 100 days yet

In all fairness, a chunk of the games are under an hour long.

I've officially played/beaten 100 total games so far this year. A few I gave up on cuz I wasn't enjoying them (or other things came up) but for the most part I've at least cleared the games, and a few of them I "completed" based on the criteria on RetroAchievements (i.e. earned all achievements). It's been fun jumping around and trying new things.

6 hours ago, Sumez said:

Rules against bringing meat and dairy products across continents aren't exactly a new thing lol. Are you just intentionally being stubborn now?

Being stubborn? I suggested just using mozzarella. As I said I've never left Canada, I have no clue about importing cheese. My only neighboring country is America and they can keep their cheese.