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19 minutes ago, a3quit4s said:

@BeaIank is the NES classic legal for the weekly contest out of curiosity?

Emulators are legal so the NES classic should be fine.

Oh yeah, DK Jr and Popeye are great early platformers. I'd put both over the original Donkey Kong.

1 hour ago, a3quit4s said:

I played the game but I suck something fierce so my score is lower than everyone’s

This isn't the first time this game has appeared in the contests so I've played it a bunch before. You can hold the B button to flap continuously.

5/10

I like some of the music, but the movie itself sucks.

3 hours ago, Gaia Gensouki said:

Love Balloon Fight. It's probably my favorite black box game behind Super Mario Bros. Anyway, here's my current score.

310,250. Must have been the beginning of phase 13 or 14.

I think my second favorite is Kung Fu, but it is great. Best Joust on the NES.

11 minutes ago, Murray said:

New desk, same old mousepad 

Thanks for noticing lol.

Right after getting the table I was thinking I need a new mousepad.

I reached phase 16 but I fucked up a couple bonus rounds so my score is lower than Gaia's.

339,500 Phase 16

I love how off the wall Red's picks are. I'm so damned curious what this is and why it looks so much like a pinball game despite not being one.

1 hour ago, Estil said:

Whatever became of Jeff Rovin and what does he look like?  Quite the man of mystery for us retro gamers, no?  And IIRC isn't the graphics in Rad Racer the only time he awarded an A+ (calling 'Frisco and LA at night "miracles")?  I don't know if he ever gave any category in a game a full F and I don't think he gave out very many D's either.

Rad Racer does look great and has a nice sensation of speed for an 8-bit racer. He also loved the graphics in Life Force. I'm surprised that didn't also get an A+.

13 minutes ago, Red said:

Not that.  This game came out more recently than Cuphead.

Oh. Then I definitely have no idea what it is.

34 minutes ago, Red said:

Are you sure this isn't a pinball game?

BTTF Parts 2&3 would be held in higher regard if it had a save or password feature. It desperately needed one.

Some great nostalgia for those who grew up with this book. https://archive.org/details/howtowinatnintenrovi00rovi/mode/2up

EDIT: Oh noes, it's just a limited preview. I didn't know that before posting. I guess it figures. But you can borrow for free.

1 hour ago, Gaia Gensouki said:

Is one of the good endings required in Kid Kool? Because if it's okay to let the King die, I might be able to grind my way through the game since it seems to have unlimited continues.

I don't see Kid Kool listed among the special completion requirements. Seems like any ending is fine. https://pastebin.com/JJ6Zy2Di

1 minute ago, skinnygrinny said:

That’s the pb&j making, diaper changing, no time for games score lol

But you will make an effort when we play Tetris.

8 minutes ago, Khromak said:

I love this title and it's officially canon in my head now.

OMG, well, you know what I meant lol.

1 hour ago, Gaia Gensouki said:

If there's any time for a clean-up, then this is it. The remaining titles aren really unpopular and/or very difficult. So if you and @ZeldaFreak want to contribute, you're very welcome.

There are still some major hurdles like Arkanoid, Bases Loaded I, III and IV, Championship Pool, Gauntlet, Hunt for Red October, Ikari Warriors (no ABBA code!), Kung Fu Heroes (I never made it past 7-4), Rally Bike, Silkworm (the last level is crazy hard!), Sky Kid, Top Gun: The Second Mission and Time Lord.

Personally, I'm not even sure what I can contribute at this point in the challenge. Most of the games are way too difficult for me. I could maybe brute force my way through Back to the Future II & III, like a few years ago, but I really don't want to do this again. Athena has unlimited continues, iirc. But I still remember getting stuck in the water level.

Captain Marvel seems like the most normal and beatable of the remaining games.

I once spent two weeks trying to beat Kung Fu Heroes (no continue code) and gave up at 8-4. At least there are warps but it's still hard.

Do you mean take your picture at the start of phase 20?

I'm looking forward to Balloon Fight.

11 hours ago, G-type said:

I mostly missed 90% of Ren and Stimpy... I might have seen a few episodes, but I barely remember it... I mainly remember it through OTHER kids being obsessed about it and talking to me about Log / Powdered Toast Man, "Stimpy you eediot!", and gross close ups of rotting teeth/nerve endings... I did go through a phase in college where I was fairly interested in Spumco's flash animations and comic books, and John K's blog was a fascinating look into art and animation analysis. Then I learned he was a dating 13 year old girls and a lot of his art output seemed pretty repugnant in that context.

He's a completely shit human being for sure. I'd understand not wanting to have anything to do with his output after learning that. It depends on how much you can separate the art from the artist.

The director of Jeepers Creepers is also a notorious pedophile.

The thing in the upper left hand corner looks like a pinball bumper.

2 minutes ago, Link said:

I think the sim part of ActRaiser uses a Handel song, damned if I could tell you the name though. Anybody?

 

I always thought this was just generic baroque sounding music. Interesting if it's an actual piece.

Tetris (NES) has Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies.

Bizet's Carmen and Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries are used in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out before certain boxers.

City Connection (NES, arcade) features a rockified version of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. I love it.