Dr. Morbis

On 1/19/2024 at 8:07 AM, T-Pac said:

I can't imaging how exhausting it would be to grind through the entire game in a single session.

[T-Pac]

I just want to say, this sounds like a ridiculous feat only because you wanted to beat it on your "first pass," so to speak.  The idea at the time these old NES games were released was that you would play the game over and  over from the start over weeks or months and slowly build the muscle memory and skills needed to beat each level, all the while memorizing the layout of difficult parts so that you knew exactly what to do and when.  If you're save-scumming through a game, then every difficult section seems nigh impossible only because you're always getting through it just by the skin of your teeth rather than putting in the time to learn each area thoroughly.  All of this is to say that I don't think Adventure Island really is that hard when it gives you unlimited continues so that you can play the levels over and over ad infinitum until you've learned them really well.

I know the thought of replaying games until you're really proficient at them is totally passe in our modern gaming world, but there is something really satisfying about putting in the effort and bettering your skills and then stomping all over a game that at first glance appeared to be nigh impossible.

My best game of Adventure Island is a first death on 8-2, but I also hope to one day pull off a no-death run...

6 hours ago, fcgamer said:

just because I don't have a Super Mario tattoo on my face...

Do it now.

I wouldn't have guessed CastleVania either, but it makes pretty good sense since the entire game/story/idea is based around cliched happenings in gothic-era "medieval" Europe.

4 hours ago, G-type said:

broke 100k! Now trying for 200k

Have you read up on all the strategies, like how to group animals and whatnot?  I don't know how faithful that port is, but I'm guessing it would be pretty close.  In the original game you can get million point jumps if you're good enough.  The best jump I ever did was 500k, and my all time best score is just under 3 million, but that's with years of playing it on and off.  The original arcade cabinet saves the best scores even when the power is off, which is a real cool feature for a game released in 1983...

On 1/22/2024 at 8:48 PM, SNESNESCUBE64 said:

I got this old Nintendo Radar Scope advert last week.

That's pretty sweet!  I always get two copies of the flyer for each arcade game I have (to show the back and front beside each other) and frame and hang them close to the games they are for...

11 hours ago, CT said:

This is a really interesting point and I'm curious how others feel. I would assume most of us are not ashamed, but we may not want to be judged or labeled by others due to our collections.

For me it's more of a safety/not wanting to get robbed concern than anything else, but outside of my two game rooms with locks on the doors (and the arcade games in the basement), walking through the common areas of my house you wouldn't even know that I own a single game or console...

13 hours ago, G-type said:

I recently got to try a 2600 homebrew of Zoo Keeper. I'd never played it before and didn't know the rules, so I was kind of confused. I decided to look online to learn more about how it was supposed to play and I came across this really nice port for the Pico-8: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=112308#p

I've since gotten quite hooked on it.

That's pretty sweet.  I love Zoo Keeper myself, so much so, in fact, that I have the original arcade cabinet in my basement.  There's no other video game quite like it (that I know of) and it's a real shame that it was never ported to any major consoles back in the day...

I love Ocarina of time, but I always hated how they put those giant buttons at the top of the screen that are ridiculously oversized for how big they actually needed to be, and then it gets even worse when you ride the horse and those enormous carrots show up... it's like, is there a way to make riding a horse in a video game look any less cool?  Do I need a reminder that Zelda games are for little kids too?  Do the developers think we're half blind?  Wtf is up with that shit?!?

5 hours ago, Gaia Gensouki said:

It's starting to get difficult finding games that I still want to beat. Is anybody currently working on Destiny of an Emperor? Is this game stressful or frustrating for an RPG?

I would rate it as a top tier NES RPG with one or two spots that are so unintuitive that you may need to resort to a guide to figure out what to do.  Also, if you do decide to tackle it, be sure to look up the treasure chest bug and inventory glitch so you can avoid a catastrophe...

6 hours ago, nerdynebraskan said:

Bucky O'Hare is a lot of fun. It's brutal, but it has infinite continues (including at mid-level checkpoints) and a good password system. Be patient, and you can brute-force your way through it.

Have you ever tried HARD mode (one-hit kills) with the code?  That one level where you are on a shrinking ice platform in the middle of the screen that slowly gets smaller and smaller is possibly the toughest individual NES level I've ever beaten...

11 hours ago, a3quit4s said:

2 things here, and I’ll agree that neither Goff or Purdy is on the same level as Lamar and Mahomes:

1. Any given Sunday 

2. Defense wins championships

I’m more worried about the Ravens than the Chiefs. The Bills straight up beat themselves by pulling a Shanahan and not running the ball on the last drive once they were in comfortable field goal range. The Ravens have played all the best teams and beaten them by at least 14 points. I think the Lions would put up a good defensive fight and Goff would come to play. 
 

The 49ers against the Ravens…hopefully they learned a lot after that Xmas game lmao. The ravens did have a lot go their way in that game although lately Purdy has had questionable passes that should have been INTs and weren’t. He also showed up in a big way when we needed him at the end of the game against Green Bay. The 49er pass rush did not show up against Green Bay like at all but I really do no see that happening again. If we can get our shit together against the Lions and get Deebo back for that game or for the Super Bowl, it’ll be another all timer Super Bowl. 

You're right, any given Sunday, and to that effect, both games next weekend feel like toss-ups to me: all four teams could easily and realistically make it to the Super Bowl...

21 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Come on Lamar!  The world needs you!

I honestly can't imagine the NFC team winning in the SB this year: Purdy or Goff versus Jackson or Mahomes?  It's a walk-off for the AFC already...

6 minutes ago, a3quit4s said:

I cannot believe on the bills last drive they were still throwing and not running to give the kicker an easier FG. Diggs was wide open running across the middle shallow with tons of room to run on that crappy throw to the end zone. Just shit all around.

The other face-palm with that is: let's say Allen connects with the touchdown pass... so you're up less than a touchdown and giving Mahomes the ball to charge down the field with almost two minutes remaining so he can score last?!?  Like, you lose either way... who's making these assinine decisions???

I feel like if you switched coaching staffs, then Buffalo wins; this was literally how to make the wrong decision every time it matters...

Tecmo Baseball is done; they mounted a late comeback in the "Final Game" with their shitty auto-homerun rubberbanding, but I held on for the win.  Terrible A.I. and poor base-running controls make this a baseball game I won't be returning to any time soon...

6 hours ago, Goodvibes said:

Here it is:

 

 

 

 

 

-Box - nes-3u-usa

-Manual - nes-3u-usa

-Cart - nes-3u-usa

-Cap-nes-us-4 poster

-Cap-nes-us-2 reg

-Pmg-usa-1

-Nes-doc-usa

-Sleeve - unbranded smooth

Awesome!  Looks like you got the cool poster with the California Raisins box art to boot

15 hours ago, Link said:

Yes, of course I have. That was "what comes to mind" for me.  I'm answering the questions, not trying to predict what the population halfway around the world where I've never been would be the #1 or a top 5 answer. I don't recall seeing your answers anywhere. What would you have said? Something kanji heavy? No, I haven't played a lot of those.

You said you were "surprised" not to see Kid Niki in the results; I was offering an explanation as to why it isn't listed in a poll from a "population halfway round the world" in spite of your utter surprise

For me, the most "Japanese" Famicom game I've ever played to completion is Heisei Tensai Bakabon, which is also not ranked in the poll, much like your personal pick.

2 hours ago, Gaia Gensouki said:

Thundercade is done. It's a tough game, but I really enjoy it.

Nicely done!  Did you leave the game on for an extra hour to see the entire ending?

2 hours ago, Brickman said:

Yeah the flip side to my embrace the 10 is that we should probably embrace the 5 more. It is the middle of the road score, which a lot of games are. But when people see a 5 they think it is awful.

The issue is that he mostly picks great/popular games that people are going to be passionate enough to want to post about.  If he was doing polls on Adventures of Rad Gravity and World Champ or any other "average" 5/10 games, how many posts would there be in these threads?  Go take a look at the list of games polled thus far and you'll see that the large majority are 8/10+ titles...

8 minutes ago, skinnygrinny said:

 

Batman is a great game……but

1. SMB3

2. Ninja Gaiden

3. Shatterhand

4. Batman

5. Adventure Island

Honor mention VPD

id also like to say power blade is overrated. That game is almost not good. then you got power blade 2….. yuk.

Are you rating Batman as the fourth best action-platformer on the console and then only giving it an 8/10 ?!?!?

7 hours ago, skinnygrinny said:

I miss Dan Marino

Fixed that for ya...

I only have two non-CIB games left to get boxes for aftermarket/unreleased stuff, so I would instantly buy:

-Secret Ties

-Streemers (stand-alone)

1 hour ago, Link said:

I would have said Kid Niki. Surprised that one is nowhere in the results.

For western releases, that game is pretty Japanese, but have you seen the breadth of the Famicom library?

I've always loved this game and the movie it was based on, so I don't think my rating is very objective, but... 10/10.

It's also nice to see an NES movie license that doesn't suck.  There was Gremlins 2 as well, also by Sunsoft, but that might be it...

That is one huge bow tie.