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12 hours ago, nerdynebraskan said:

Ikari Warriors and Mutant Virus definitely seem to be in most folks' Top 10 lists for NES difficulty. Arkanoid, Bases Loaded I/II/4, Championship Pool, Dragon Power, High Speed, Kung Fu Heroes, Silkworm, Sky Kid, and Starship Hector all seem to be pretty daunting for one reason or another.

And honestly any other game with 4+ pain points on it should be a pretty good clue... except for Little Ninja Brothers. Is that one just too long for most people? I like that one, and might replay it this year.

Ikari is definitely the hardest NES game I've beaten, even with glitches. Although, I never even managed to beat Sky Kid when I tried a few years ago. I put 5+ hours into it and still didn't feel like I was that close. Kung Fu Heroes isn't bad, because it's very short - you just need a bunch of attempts to get a lucky run. Little Ninja Bros is an rpg, a longer game, and a rarer game. All those things are working against it.

Yesterday was another good day for us, with Motor City Patrol, Klashball, and NES Open all going down!

NARC is done.

12 hours ago, McBryce said:

F-117A Stealth Fighter

Nice, another big one down! That's 4/12 of the least beaten games finished (the ones with 6/7 pain points).

This week's result:

Question #27 (1/18-1/24) - When it comes to Western-style, what game comes to mind?

Nice mix of various games represented. The mahjong game is there because the guy's name has the same kanji as in the question (洋). I wouldn't have guessed Castlevania at number one, but I get it. Although, I don't think it's as western as Goemon is Japanese. I think Mother would've been a better choice.

Next week's question: When it comes to "middle" (China), what game comes to mind?

This is kind of a hard one to translate. It asks about the kanji 中 which means middle or inside, but it's also the first kanji of the word for China. So we might see something like Super Chinese (Kung Fu Heroes) on there. Many Twitter comments were suggesting Spartan X (Kung Fu) or Yie Ar Kung Fu.

Pro Sport Hockey's super cup has been won by Detroit:

13 hours ago, nerdynebraskan said:

I think you'll find both of those doable at your skill level.

There are good maps for Rambo online. Give yourself 2-4 hours, and I bet you can beat it in one sitting. Remember that the enemies that drop items do so roughly 100% of the time. That makes farming for health and high-end ammo very manageable. Kill the gorilla, take his medicine, leave the screen, come straight back, and he's respawned. Rinse and repeat for 3-4 minutes and you have a full supply.

I mean, anything's doable at my skill level. Yesterday, I finally beat Malenia at level 1 in Elden Ring (ignore the many hours and hundreds of deaths it took). So I'm feeling super confident now.

But, I did beat Rambo tonight. I played an hour a few days ago, and around another two today, so maybe 3 hours total? It wasn't too bad. A little confusing on where to go near the end, but I never felt the need to make a map since there weren't too many path options. Yeah, the farming strat helps quite a bit. Before this, the last new NES game I beat was the Lone Ranger last year, and that was a much bigger challenge.

What a goofy game. I continue to be amazed at just how blatant this game and Battle of Olympus are at ripping off Zelda 2. They're not even trying to hide it. Neither one comes close quality-wise, though.

Might be off by a game or two in older years:

Licensed Games Beaten in January

Nice to see us hit 400 today. Bump 'n Jump is a nice one to have out of the way, thanks to mbd. I think I'm going to try to beat Rambo, which is one of the few games on the NES that I haven't beat that I'm interested in. So far, everything I've beaten, I've done before in previous years. Bucky O'Hare is another one I'd like to get to someday.

I finished updating the all time leaderboards through last year:

All Time Point Leaders (2014-23)

All Time Completion Leaders (2012-23)

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Pinball is done. I got 150,000 points for the flippers to disappear and reappear (the condition is listed at 200k, but that's a mistake that people have pointed out before and I never updated).

Untouchables done. Had some trouble with the sniper shot a few weeks ago, went back to it tonight and got it first time. Yeah. Easy game other than that.

Joust is done:

Top 25 "Easiest" Games Remaining

(with overall ranking)

1 hour ago, Gaia Gensouki said:

Finally done with Dungeon Magic! For a whopping 17 points. Crazy. Time to play some shorter games again.

Congrats! That's one of only five games with 7 bonus points. The others are:

• Battle Tank
• Destination Earth Star
• Flight of the Intruder
• Flying Warriors

Flying Warriors is a 9 pointer, so there's only four games at the max of 17 points.

This week's result:

Question #26 (1/11-1/17) - When it comes to Japanese-style, what game comes to mind?

Goemon ended up being first after all. I continue to be surprised at seeing Shin Onigashima appear so often in these polls; I had no idea it was that well liked/remembered. FDS is kind of a weak spot for my Famicom knowledge.

Zombie Nation is there because the localization changed quite a bit. Not sure how to explain DK Jr. Math other than joke votes...

Next week's question: When it comes to Western-style, what game comes to mind?

Now we get the opposite question, which should be quite interesting as well. There aren't that many prominent foreign made games that were popular, so maybe some Japanese made ports could make it, like Bungeling Bay, Lode Runner, Spelunker, Ultima, and Wizardry. But if people vote based on the themes/style of the game, then a lot of things could make it. Someone on Twitter suggested Dragon Quest, and I could see that and other rpgs as well, because of how many have a medieval theme. Let's see how high something like Mother gets.

NFL Football done (yuck).

Dragon Spirit completed. I actually got every maiden this time, I don't think I've ever had that happen before...

720 completed. Quick, easy game for five points.

Somehow it was still here, so Castlevania is done. Lost my last life on Dracula, so not quite a 1CC. But I got him right after continuing.

1 hour ago, NESfiend said:

Dusty Diamond's All Star Softball is done. Easily the best baseball game on the NES. Almost shut out the amazons. One hit them through 6 and my pitcher gave out in the 7th. Quick change, 2 quick outs, sent those Bs packing

Best? Hmm, it's pretty good, but I still like Baseball Simulator the best. Since everyone is doing these nowadays, I'd say my NES baseball Mt. Rushmore is:

• Baseball Simulator 1000
• Baseball Stars
• Dusty Diamond
• RBI Baseball

Lethal Weapon

Major League Baseball completed, with a shutout:

1 hour ago, wongojack said:

Hey guys, I have never posted here, but I think I got one for the team.  I've been playing Tennis because I had the game as a kid, and I never beat level 5 back then.  Well, I got him 2x today to win the cup!

Nice job, and welcome!

Heavy Barrel defeated, barely, as I used up all my continues on the final boss. Missed the screenshot of the ending text.

Also took care of Seicross - once again, pet has been gotten to.

Xenophobe looped:

Burgertime looped: