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This week's results: Question #40 (4/19-4/25) - When it comes to a good story, what game comes to mind? 1 Dragon Quest III 22.0 2 Dragon Quest IV 13.3 3 Mother 8.9 4 Shin Onigashima 5.0 5 Okhotsuku ni Kiyu 4.9 6 Famicom Detective Club (part 2) 4.5 7 Final Fantasy II 4.3 8 Final Fantasy III 3.8 9 Famicom Detective Club (part 1) 3.5 10 Megami Tensei II 2.0 11 Captain Tsubasa II 1.4 12 Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken 1.2 13 Metal Slader Glory 1.1 14 Fire Emblem 1.1 15 Dragon Quest II 1.0 15 Kirby's Adventure 1.0 17 Yuuyuuki 1.0 18 Lagrange Point 0.8 19 Sanma no Mei Tantei 0.7 19 Tantei Jinguuji Saburou: Toki no Sugiyuku Mama ni 0.7 19 Doraemon: Gigazombie no Gyakushuu 0.7 DQ3 wins, of course. The end game stuff is memorable, but I'd say DQ4 might have a better story overall. Although, I still think 3 is the better game. I'd go with StarTropics in an NES poll. Next week's question: When it comes to good special moves, what game comes to mind? Tough one. I don't know if any fighting games like Joy Mech Fight are popular enough to finish first. Maybe just something basic like Mario 3?

Finished Time Lord. The best tip is just to frequently use the jump kick, since you're basically invincible during it.

This week's results: Question #39 (4/12-4/18) - When it comes to simulation games, what comes to mind? 1 Famicom Wars 22.6 2 Fire Emblem 22.1 3 Nobunaga's Ambition 8.7 4 Gachapon Senshi 2 5.0 5 King of Kings 3.8 6 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 3.1 7 Gachapon Senshi: Scramble Wars 2.8 8 Dai-2-ji Super Robot Taisen 2.6 9 Fire Emblem Gaiden 2.0 10 Dokuganryuu Masamune 1.9 10 Best Play Pro Yakyuu 1.9 12 Hanjuku Hero 1.5 13 Romance of the Three Kingdoms II 1.3 14 Sangokushi: Chuugen no Hasha 1.2 15 Nobunaga's Ambition III 1.2 16 Nobunaga's Ambition II 1.0 17 Gachapon Senshi 3 0.9 18 Dai Kaijuu: Deburas 0.7 18 Best Keiba: Derby Stallion 0.7 20 Gachapon Senshi 4 0.7 Very close finish for first place. Those are the two games I think of when I imagine "Famicom strategy rpg". The presence of the sequel likely led to Fire Emblem finishing second. There's four Gachapon Senshi games, three Nobunaga games (including the third one, which was released on the SNES in the US as "Lord of Darkness"), and three Romance games (including Namco's Sangokushi). Also, Best Play Baseball, which was a different take on the sport. We're now 75% of the way through the year of polls! Next week's question: When it comes to a good story, what game comes to mind? I'm expecting the usual rpgs like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. Also interested to see how good the adventure/visual novel games do. A number of people are mentioning Famicom Detective Club on Twitter, but that game is in two parts, so it's unlikely to finish first. I doubt Portopia is interesting enough story-wise to finish super high.

I was playing Time Lord a bit yesterday, I guess I'll work on that next.

It looks like Gaia has clinched the most Pain Points for 2024! Previously when we had them, he also had the most in 2021 and tablew/chairs had the most in 2020. Gaia is also getting closer to clinching the overall championship, up by 199 points over nerdy with only 279 still out there.

Nice, Sky Kid is such a tough game. I was trying a few years ago and I only got to stage 21. Happy to see that one off the list!

Yeah, normal controller. Got about 35 lives and ended up with around 10. Just went back and forth between two screens on the first area until I had enough to move on. Overall, it only took about 90 minutes, but I've beaten it twice before. I think this game is similar to Arkanoid, in that the glove would allow you to move faster than the controller, but it's still totally beatable without it.

Super Glove Ball done. Just grind for a bunch of lives so you can survive the many inevitable deaths

This week's results: Question #38 (4/5-4/11) - When it comes to "4 character titles", what game comes to mind? 1 Xevious 17.5 2 Tetris 8.7 3 Life Force 8.6 4 Karateka 7.8 5 Door Door 6.0 6 Seicross 5.8 7 Getsu Fuuma Den 5.4 8 Ufouria 5.1 9 Mappy 2.9 10 Son Son 2.9 11 Milon's Secret Castle 2.3 12 Galaga 2.0 13 Karnov 2.0 14 1942 1.7 15 Pooyan 1.3 16 Puyo Puyo 1.2 17 Hanjuku Hero 1.1 18 Legend of Kage 1.1 18 Pro Wrestling 1.1 20 Contra 1.0 Xevious walks away with first place, doubling the second place Tetris. As before, these type of questions will be hard to comprehend unless you're looking at the Japanese spellings. Hopefully, this is the last of them, since they're not too interesting. It's mostly just a list of well-known games. Hebereke/Ufouria is on the list, which is probably because of the recent release of its sequel on modern platforms. Next week's question: When it comes to simulation games, what comes to mind? Koei stuff?. It all depends on what people consider simulation to be. I saw some people mentioning strategy rpgs like Famicom Wars and Fire Emblem, and some people mentioning sports games.

We were one day short of the fastest time to 650 games cleared (4/9 vs 4/8 in 2015). We could still beat the fastest time to clear the whole thing though, which is June 12th. 2 months to beat the last 26 games?

I've beaten Gauntlet again. Yeah, it takes a lot of restarts on the last password. The easiest way is to start on level 79, go to the treasure room on 83, and then purposely die on 84. This way, you can max out your bombs and get to 1600 treasures for more max health (the game only updates your password after beating a treasure room). Once you have all that, then you can make serious attempts at beating it.

Keru Naguuru is on the hidden gem list also, and it's a fighter.

Only for the "mic" question as a joke answer.

Star Luster is a common cart, I think it sold well. But the interest in games like that has fallen off so much, that maybe now it seems like a hidden gem to its fans.

This week's results: Question #37 (3/28-4/4) - When it comes to "hidden gems", what game comes to mind? 1 Minelvaton Saga 2.5 2 Just Breed 2.3 3 Lagrange Point 2.0 4 Metal Slader Glory 1.9 5 Joy Mech Fight 1.8 6 Time Twist 1.3 7 Mendel Palace 1.2 8 Metal Max 1.1 9 King of Kings 1.1 10 Gimmick 1.1 11 Sweet Home 1.0 12 Cocoron 1.0 13 Spy vs Spy 0.9 13 Dark Lord 0.9 15 Crystalis 0.9 16 Zanac 0.9 17 Keru Naguuru 0.8 17 Star Luster 0.8 19 Rampart 0.7 20 Radia Senki 0.7 Fascinating results! A very divided poll, with the winning entry only getting 2.5%, easily the lowest of any poll so far. Lots of rpgs up and down the top 20. I haven't played Minelvaton Saga, but it's an action rpg similar to Ys. I can testify that Metal Max is fun one, though (unlike Radia Senki, that game is trash). The quality of the games here is pretty good, with stuff like Gimmick and Crystalis among the best on the system for me. Next week's question: When it comes to "4 character titles" what game comes to mind? Poll #18 was 5 character titles, poll #33 was 3 character titles, so I guess this was gonna happen at some point. Xevious, Mappy, and Seicross were among the answers on Twitter.

I'm still playing Dragon's Dogma 2 and FF7 Rebirth (which has an incredibly long platinum trophy grind). I could beat Gauntlet again without too much trouble, I think. Super Glove Ball is another one I might do again, it should only take maybe 2 hours having done it before twice. I could also try Kung Fu Heroes again, since you really just need one good run (which is 10-15 minutes).

This week's results: Question #36 (3/21-3/27) - When it comes to "farewell/separation", what game comes to mind? 1 Final Fantasy II 22.0 2 Dragon Quest III 13.7 3 Dragon Quest IV 9.5 4 Shin Onigashima 6.2 5 Mother 5.6 6 Fire Emblem 4.4 7 Final Fantasy III 4.1 8 Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken 2.7 9 Ginga no Sannin 2.5 10 Dead Zone 2.2 11 Binary Land 2.0 12 Lagrange Point 1.8 13 Ghosts 'n Goblins 1.4 14 Takeshi no Chousenjou 1.2 15 Dragon Quest II 1.1 16 Okhotsuku ni Kiyu 1.0 17 Megami Tensei II 0.8 18 Wizardry 0.8 19 Ice Climber 0.7 20 Ys II 0.6 Final Fantasy II is a good choice because of all the characters joining/leaving that 4th party slot throughout your adventure. This is also the first poll that any Final Fantasy game has won, compared to 6 for DQ so far. Binary Land is an interesting answer, since you're controlling two characters at once and trying to reunite them. GNG is there because of the memorable (and unskippable) opening scene. Next week's question: When it comes to "hidden gems", what game comes to mind? I'm very curious to see the results of this one. Something like Gimmick comes to mind. Or maybe something like Battletoads or Kage (Shadow of the Ninja). I wonder what would win an NES hidden gems poll these days, because I feel like most of the answers from 20+ years ago are more well known now, like Metal Storm or River City Ransom.

第36回 -「別れ」といえば？ I guess maybe separation is a better way to describe it, as you'll see in the results below...

We started off just okay, but we've really been crushing it since 300. Not quite a record yet, but it could be depending on how we finish: 2024 Rank 50 01-Jan 1st (tied) 100 02-Jan 7th (tied) 150 03-Jan 8th (tied) 200 05-Jan 8th (tied) 250 07-Jan 7th (tied) 300 12-Jan 7th 350 15-Jan 4th (tied) 400 21-Jan 4th 450 28-Jan 3rd 500 03-Feb 3rd 550 13-Feb 3rd 600 02-Mar 2nd 650 677 The record for 650 is April 8th, and the record for all 677 is June 12th.

This week's results: Question #35 (3/14-3/20) - When it comes to "action game," what comes to mind? 1 Super Mario Bros. 41.6 2 Elevator Action 6.2 3 Super Mario Bros. 3 5.2 4 Kung Fu 3.3 5 Mega Man 3.0 6 Mega Man 2 3.0 7 Mario Bros. 1.9 8 Kirby's Adventure 1.9 9 Castlevania 1.8 10 Ninja Gaiden 1.2 11 Goonies 1.1 12 Donkey Kong 1.0 13 Konami Wai Wai World 0.9 13 Super Mario Bros. 2 (JP) 0.9 15 Adventure Island 0.9 15 Challenger 0.9 15 Ghosts 'n Goblins 0.9 18 Spelunker 0.8 19 Yie Ar Kung Fu 0.7 20 Renegade 0.6 20 Mega Man 3 0.6 Elevator Action sure is an action game. I didn't even think of that. If this were an NES list, there would be three more games with that word in it: Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu (just Jackie Chan in Japan), Last Action Hero, and NES Play Action Football. The latter two not receiving a Famicom release. Quite a large victory for SMB. It's the second biggest margin of victory in these polls, only trailing poll #14. That was when Dragon Quest II won for the password question with 48.8% of the vote, over DQ1's 10.6%. DQ2's percentage there was also the highest in any question so far, with SMB this week being 5th. Next week's question: When it comes to "farewell", what game comes to mind? Maybe Adventure Island IV, since that was the last game released over there?

I made a list of when to get gas a few years ago when I beat it. Sometimes, you can skip a stop with a hi-gas power up. Also, it doesn't matter where you finish on the last stage of the second loop, the "ending" is the same regardless. 1-LA 2nd station, after trains 2-SF 1st station, after first blue car 2nd station, right after the first one 3-PHX 1st station, after a while on either side 2nd station, after first set of buildings 4-DEN 1st station, after train tracks 5-NY 1st station, halfway through on right side

I'm against it. If you allow them for this kind of convenience, then it's a slippery slope to allowing them for other things too. I don't think there's many games which even necessitate you to leave your system on for that long. A better use of your time is probably just doing a run on emulator with save states to practice, and then doing a real run without them.

Well, about that... Here's an old post I found:

This week's results: Question #34 (3/7-3/13) - When it comes to "legend" what game comes to mind? 1 Legend of Zelda 35.4 2 Dragon Quest III 25.1 3 Legend of Kage 12.0 4 Momotarou Densetsu 4.9 5 Castlevania III 4.9 6 Valkyrie no Bouken 2.3 7 Risa no Yousei Densetsu 1.8 8 Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu 1.4 9 Legend of Ghost Lion 1.2 10 Aigiina no Yogen 1.0 11 Majou Densetsu II: Daimashikyou Galious 0.9 12 Nekketsu Kakutou Densetsu 0.8 13 Wizards & Warriors 0.7 14 Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu Kanketsu-hen 0.5 15 Kaguya Hime Densetsu 0.5 15 Takeshi no Chousenjou 0.5 17 Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu 0.4 18 Toki 0.4 18 Zelda 2 0.4 20 Knight Gundam Monogatari 3 0.3 20 Dragon Quest 0.3 20 Dragon Spirit 0.3 20 Momotarou Densetsu Gaiden 0.3 It did up being Zelda, although DQ3 got a lot of support. Lots of lesser known games making their first appearance in these polls: Aigiina, Galious, W&W, Kaguya, Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu, Toki, KGM3. Next week's question: When it comes to "action game," what comes to mind? I'm assuming platformers would be considered an action game, so SMB1/SMB3/Mega Man 2 for the top spots? Plus the likes of Goemon, Doraemon, etc.

It seems like more of an easter egg than a separate ending. Apparently you just have to whip the girl at the end, and it gives you some bonus points and adds "big man" to the ending screen.