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19/40 - Section Z [Nintendo Entertainment System - 1987]

Finished: 2024/04/08

Caveats: Used turbo fire.

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Does anyone have thoughts on the length of these videos?

I feel like the sweet spot is around 4 minutes, and I rambled way too long on this last one. I don't like to arbitrarily cut down my thoughts on a game for length, but I don't want things to drag on and get too boring, either.

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Section Z [Nintendo Entertainment System - 1987]

A nonlinear game that I actually like! So glad I finally played through this one.

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The other day, I was randomly thinking about how I can't pinpoint one specific "best day of my life". (Lots of great moments, but nothing that immediately stands above the rest.)

But I assume a lot of people can, and I'd love to hear about it.

So what's been the best day of your life (at least so far)?

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Probably my favorite Mario game (even if I'm really bad at using the cape...)

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6 hours ago, Murray said:

 Core  - Indio

 

Whoa whoa whoa - you saw Clown Core live!!!???

Never would've imagined finding someone else on this forum who's into their music haha.

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18 hours ago, Gloves said:

If you wanna try out netplay sometime lemme know, maybe we can get it working without it being too laggy. 

That sounds like a cool idea, but I'm not so sure the skill level discrepancy between the two of us would be ... uh ... tolerable haha.

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18 hours ago, avatar! said:

I ... still don't get it...

Is that "card market" thread referencing a meme that already existed, or did you take that thread and turn it into a meme???

I don't know why I care so much. I just ... gotta know, y'know?

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Slight tangent ...

Where did the "It looks like the (insert game) market has exploded!" thing come from?

I kept seeing that same phrase posted here over and over, and I was rolling my eyes at it until I realized it's probably some meme that I'm just not savvy to haha.

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I remember this section in Pokemon (Gold?) that was like a puzzle where you had to figure out how to slide across ice into stationary boulders in order to get to the other side of a cave.

It wasn't a separate "mini-game" or anything, but it was a really fun departure from the standard RPG gameplay everywhere else.

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On 4/3/2024 at 7:23 PM, Gloves said:

I love shmups and a lot of them have co-op capabilities, but sadly I have nobody to actually be my player 2 (wife refuses to touch shmups lol).

Same here. The only time I've ever played a Co-Op shoot-em-up was Life Force [NES] with my college roommate once, but I'd love to try 2-player stuff like Raiden or Twinbee someday.

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On 4/4/2024 at 3:57 AM, GPX said:

- Bubble Bobble 

Good call - this is my "go-to" co-op game. It's fun and forgiving and approachable for almost anyone. (Well, at least the NES port is until the later levels).

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18/40 - Incredible Crash Dummies [Nintendo Entertainment System - 1993]

Finished: 2024/04/02

Caveats: Used save states.

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Incredible Crash Dummies [Nintendo Entertainment System - 1993]

I actually had one of the Crash Dummies toys as a kid when they tried to bring the brand back to life, and I always thought the concept was pretty neat.

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1 hour ago, docile tapeworm said:

@Murray lol I love what you guys do with the memes

I've never even seen a full episode of the Simpsons (I dunno - the show always just rubbed me the wrong way...), but I feel like I know a ton of the jokes just from VGS's obsession with Simpsons memes haha.

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What a great project - and an even better video!

I had to show this to my family just because it was so neat, and the modder was so funny that they even got a kick out of the technical stuff that they didn't otherwise understand.

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On 4/1/2024 at 4:20 PM, xelement5x said:

Not sure what all 5 would be, but one would be this copy of Jurassic Park for the Sega Genesis I got for my birthday in 1994. Over 30 years of good memories.  

Played the snot out of the game, wrote down the passcodes as I beat Grant and the Raptor on pieces of paper and tucked them in the case, even recently played it with my kids.

Childhood passccode sheets and everything ... niiiiice.

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10 hours ago, MegaMan52 said:

Sick!
Can we get a list of this stuff? I'm not familiar with all of it, and I'm interested to know what each item is and why it's your favorite.

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On 4/2/2024 at 5:53 AM, RH said:

But the thing is that even around here with a bunch of well-seasoned gamers, there are many of us who are primarily familiar with the most-popular titles for the system. 

So.... we all vote off of our experience and what we know is that we all loved Sonic 2. 

Exactly! Popular games are popular for a reason, and the broad familiarity that comes with that territory means they'll always be topping brackets like this.

Which may seem boring to people who are deep into a system's library - but it's a great quality cue for someone just diving in...
I mean, I started exploring the Genesis with "Top 10" lists, and recommendations for stuff like Shinobi III certainly didn't steer me wrong haha.

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Skateboarding: 
I like to skateboard, but I'm getting a bit too old for the impact these days.
I'll occasionally watch Street League, but I don't like watching the X-Games or anything.
I played a lot of EA's Skate It [DS] growing up, but I'm not a fan of skateboarding games in general.

Running:
I love jogging, but not racing.
Watching marathons and Olympic track and stuff just makes me feel bad about myself, so I avoid it haha.
A distance-running video game sounds like an awful idea, but then again - open world games these days seem vast enough to be virtual jogging simulators for the most part anyway...

Golf:
I'm not coordinated enough for real-life golf, and I don't go out of my way to watch it, either.
But I sure do love me some vidya' game golfin'.

Everything Else:
No thanks. On all accounts.

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Star Parodier [NEC PC Engine CD - 1992]

This was my favorite game on the Turbografx-16 Mini, and I finally got myself a physical copy last week - so I took a detour from my 2024 Backlog to cover it. 

Best 16-bit cute-em-up ever...

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3 hours ago, Rdools said:

Let’s see what else you guys have! I am also tracking the history and provenance of high grade wata and VGA copies. So if you own any, send me a message here or on IG @N64collector , and I’d love to add your games to the list!

Neat! Are the duplicates different prints or something?

I don't collect these myself, but I love Pokemon and it's cool seeing the original game lineup so neat and pristine like this.

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46 minutes ago, GamerSmith548 said:

Yeah, I’m assuming that it will take me years and years to do it, or maybe even never, but I’m enjoying the ride so far! Thanks for following my content!

I was actually wondering if you'd done the math to see how long this would theoretically take. Even managing to 100% complete 2 games a week would take over 20 years for the bulk of these libraries haha.

Anyway - it's quite a goal and I admire your enthusiasm for it!

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Also - the video I'm currently working on is actually Star Parodier, which is basically Hudson's version of Parodius anyway haha.

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4 hours ago, GPX said:

 

@T-Pac, I recommend trying out Parodius on the SNES if you haven’t already played it. Very similar kind of charm. 

Good call - I actually have played Parodius Da on the Super Famicom (not the other two, though).

Surprisingly - I felt like it crossed the line just a bit too far from cartoony into kitschy, but I definitely need to revisit it to see if my opinion has changed. It's been a long time since I last sat down with it, and considering how much people seem to like it, I think the game deserves a revisit.

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Alright - it's just about the one-quarter mark of 2024 and I've finished 17 out of 40 games for my backlog this year.

Feeling pretty good about that - hopefully I can keep the momentum going. And I'm really looking forward to a lot of the games left on my list (plenty of shoot-em-ups), so that should definitely help.

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17/40 - Twinbee 3 [Nintendo Famicom - 1989]

Finished: 2024/03/27

Caveats: Used turbo-fire.

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