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Beat Tiny Toon Adventures 2.

I'll work on the Tiny Toon Adventures games, The Flintstones: the Rescue of Dino & Hoppy, and Rad Racer II.

Beat Mega Man 4. Played the Japanese version. The game has quite a few glitches. These work in most versions of the game, including Mega Man Anniversary Collection on PS2 and GameCube. Note: I didn't use any of these glitches in my recent playthrough.

Working on Mega Man 4. Playing the Japanese version.

Beat Super Dodge Ball. And I beat the mirror match/Team Shadow.

Beat Monster Party. There's a glitch in level 7 (or "round 7" as the game calls it) that makes it impossible to complete the level. If you beat too many bosses, you'll lose the key. No biggie; just get to the goal as soon as you've got the key.

Beat Kirby's Adventure. Not sure if it was required, but I got 100%. I've beaten the game many times over the years and know where the secret rooms are. Fun fact: The French version uses the "Cannon" (or "Canon" in the French version) picture that is unused in the Japanese and American versions: There's a secret area in level 2 featuring the HAL Laboratory name. This is still in the GBA remake. The title screen music from Kirby's Dream Land is in the Sound Test.

Working on Kirby's Adventure.

Beat Mega Man 5.

@scaryice You might want to look on page 2 and make another update, because I beat Mega Man 3.

"Beat" R.C. Pro Am. The tracks repeat after the 24th track.

Beat Batman. Here's some unused music from a prototype version of the game.

I'm busy playing NES games now, but maybe I'll work on Super Mario 64, Paper Mario (again), and Kirby 64. And maybe Donkey Kong 64, but I gotta say...I'm not looking forward to playing the Beaver Bother mini game (that was an absolute nightmare when I played DK64 for the backlog challenge topic in 2022).

Beat Mickey Mousecapade.

Beat Mega Man 3, my favorite game in the series (along with Mega Man 5). It is certainly the one I've played the most. In fact, I still have my original copy that I've had since 1994. Also, I recommend checking out Mega Man 3 Improvement if you haven't. It restores a lot of things that were cut from the game. I did a full playthrough of Improvement in 2020 for Mega Man 3's 30th Anniversary.

After beating Pac-Man World Rally earlier this year, I said I might beat Pac-Man World 3. Well, I did. This is the final game I'm beating for 2022. I got pretty excited in 2005 after reading that one of my favorite games on the GameCube would be getting a sequel. I watched the trailer videos and read the Press Releases on Namco's site. I read previews and watched other PMW3 videos on GameSpot and IGN. When the game was released in November of 2005, I went to my local Future Shop (now closed, but we still have Best Buy) and looked for it. I went to the GameCube section. I found the game, but there were only like two copies there mixed in with hundreds of other games for the console. Didn't matter to me, because I was still able to buy the game. I sold the game in 2006 after playing it for a few months. I liked it, but I don't know...I guess I just wanted to play some games that were released in 2006, like Mega Man X Collection. I was also looking forward to Pac-Man World Rally, but didn't play it until the following year. In early 2007, I kind of missed playing PMW3 and wanted to play it again. I went to a Hollywood Video that I had been going to since 2002. Because I went there for so many years, the owner let me request games. I wasn't sure if Pac-Man World 3 was still available, but I requested it anyway. He got Pac-Man World Rally instead, which was fine by me since I hadn't played it yet and wanted to. I bought the copy of Pac-Man World 3 I have now in 2011 on eBay. It was sealed. I didn't regret opening it, because I was happy to have the game in my collection again and really wanted to play it. In 2020, I bought a copy of Soul Calibur III on PS2 with a demo disc that has demo of Pac-Man World 3 with several differences and a few things that weren't included in the final release: A few years ago, I manage to play every Maze in the game without touching the ghosts: Anyway while I don't like Pac-Man World 3 as much as the first two, i still like it and had fun playing through it again. It's been a few years since I last beat it. Also, the fact that Namco released every console Pac-Man game (plus the Namco Museum compilations) released during that era on GameCube pleases me greatly (the PS2 and Xbox didn't get Pac-Man Vs., and Xbox also didn't get Pac-Man Fever and Pac-Man World Rally). The GameCube really was the ultimate console for Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Resident Evil games during that era.

I'm happy with what I accomplished. As promised, I beat more games this year. I beat all but one NES game on my list (including StarTropics), finally got all of the Golden Bananas in DK64, the rest of the Shine Sprites in Super Mario Sunshine, beat the GameCube version of Resident Evil 4 on Professional difficulty, finally beat Super Paper Mario (not as enjoyable as TTYD) after it sat on my shelf for over a decade, and I beat Mega Man 9 and 10 and am now caught up with the original Mega Man series (I beat Mega Man 11 last year). I also beat New Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario 3D Land, so I'm ready to playthrough Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury in 2023. Also, I contributed in the "NES Completions 2022", "Beat Every N64 Game", "Beat every Game Boy game", "Beat every Game Boy Color game", "Beat the PlayStation Library", and "Beat the GameCube Library" topics, so the actual amount of games I beat this year is over forty. And I still have one more game to beat for one of those topics.

Not sure. I bought a lot of gaming goods this year, and it's too difficult to really pick just one item that's my favorite. The special edition TMNT: Shredder's Revenge package from Signature Edition Games is cool. Hadn't bought a Collector's Edition since buying Bubble Bobble 4 Friends in 2019/2020. The Ms. Pac-Man Plug and Play not only looks cool and has a decent selection of games, but it also allows you to play Pole Position by twisting the top of the joystick. The Super Mario Bros. 3 bootleg is one I found out about on an NES site twenty or so years ago. A friend informed me that he got it (along with a bunch of other NES games) and decided to give it to me for free. The Splinter Cell game is one of the games for the GameCube that was re-released as a Player's Choice title in Europe only. The Pong Console was a local purchase and was an unexpected find (I was also surprised it came with its box, since I usually find Pong Consoles loose). The Mega Man painting was given to me for Christmas. I can't decide which of these is my favorite, but these are the highlights. Edit: Here we go again with people pretending, for no good reasons, that I don't exist.

Awesome game like its sequel. My favorite N64 game, and possibly also my favorite game in the series. It was my only contribution to the beat the N64 library topic this year. This game and TTYD are far more enjoyable than Super Paper Mario (which I played through earlier this year), which was where there series started to go downhill somewhat IMO. i still have my Paper Mario Player's Guide and issue 141 of NP that I've had since 2001, as well as some printings from the game's site. I'd like to get Bug Fables sometime. I actually saw a sealed collector's edition copy of that game at an Antique Store a few months ago. Wonder if it's still there.

Depends on what I'm buying. If it's imports, retro games and merch that are nearly impossible to find locally, I buy online because more often than not I don't have a choice. Buying locally is certainly convenient, though, and I buy locally if I can. Last year in 2021, I was fortunate to be able to buy imports locally because a retro game store opened nearby and had plenty of them. Sadly they closed after only about eight months not only because of the pandemic, but also because of their location. They were in a tiny strip mall. Even if people drove by the area, it wasn't immediately obvious that they were there because the store was downstairs. I bought over twenty Japanese imports from that store. I've also looked at ads and bought from local sellers, visited thrift stores several times, visited many Antique Stores, and have made trades and (on occasion) have been given items for free (including rare items) from friends. Bottom line, both have their advantages and disadvantages. Buying locally is convenient and can be a lot of fun, and sometimes things can be found for really good deals. But it really depends on what I'm looking for.

The only time I'm willing to buy digital is if a game I want was released digital only (like Super Kirby Clash and Kirby's Dream Buffet). Otherwise I buy physical, and will always prefer physical.

Exactly. So people really were ignoring me in the NintendoAge days (except when they wanted to complain about something).

Clearly people don't care that my blogs take time, effort, and money to make. People here, anyway. Not surprising; I've already known for years that my efforts aren't appreciated. Here, that is. Even so, I'll continue to make blogs, whether people like them or not, just like how I continue to take pictures, make videos, and travel because I've enjoyed doing those things for years.

Introduction I visited two Chuck E. Cheese locations earlier in the month, both different than the one I visited in September and October. You might be thinking "what is the point"? Well, much like player's towns in the Animal Crossing games, not all Chuck E. Cheese locations are the same. The games, the items in the Gift Shop, and, in some cases, even the layout differs, with some locations being bigger than others. Exploring the different Locations The first of these two locations that I visited is very similar to the location I visited in September and October, using an older Chuck E. Cheese logo from the "Avenger Chuck" era. The layout inside almost looks the same. The game selection, however, is very different. I visited during the restaurant's "Winter Winner-Land" event, which began in November. The windows were decorated with snowflakes, and there was a small Christmas Tree inside on the counter. It was busy and very noisy. There was also a Birthday Party going on. Like the location I visited two or three months ago, I ordered a stuffed crust pepperoni pizza. It tasted pretty much the same here, and was not too bad. The Chuck E. Cheese pizza crust has a lot of flavor. I also ordered some Cheesy Bread (Bread sticks, basically), which came with some Ranch dip. For drinks, I got some orange soda. Time to play some games. I used the blue Play Band that I got on my Birthday in October, which still had points on it: Sonic Spinner Wow, a Sonic the Hedgehog game in a Chuck E. Cheese. There's not much to this game. The images on the machine are from Sonic Adventure. After tapping your Chuck E. Cheese Card or Play Band, Sonic starts spinning. There's one button, which you press to make Sonic stop spinning. Once he stops spinning, the number that he points at on the machine is the amount of E-tickets that you get. That's about all there is to this game. Pac-Man: Ticket Mania This game is pretty cool. It plays basically like the original Pac-Man, but has some added features. After clearing the maze, the game tells you to enter the pot (the box with the fruit in the middle of the maze). If you're able to get there, Pac-Man becomes super sized and swarms of ghosts and fruit fill the maze. You play for a bit longer, gobbling everything in sight. Then the game ends and goes back to the title screen. The machine itself looks cool, with animated images of Pac-Man and the ghosts on top. It also flashes in different colors. Galaga Assault Until I played this game, the newest Galaga game I played was Galaga Arrangement which I've played for years in Namco Museum for GameCube. Galaga Arrangement, however, was originally released in Arcades in 1995 as part of Namco Classics Collection Vol. 1. This game is much more recent. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2017) A Ninja Turtles game that is based on the 2012 Nickelodean cartoon series, but plays like the original Ninja Turtles Arcade game as well as Turtles in Time. Like those games, this game allows up to four players. There's a meter below your Turtles' energy meter. When it's full, your Turtle can use his special move. TURTLE POWER! Chuck E. Cheese's Sketchbook This machine takes a picture of you. After that, it shows an animation of Chuck E. drawing you. He talks while drawing, saying things like "Uh-oh, my hand slipped!", "now to add the final touches!", or "you'll want to frame this one!". After Chuck E. is finished drawing, the machine prints your picture in black and white. Kind of similar to the Game Boy Camera. I stayed for about an hour and half (probably a bit longer than that). After eating pizza and playing some games, it was time to visit another Chuck E. Cheese location. It was getting late. I was a long way from home and needed to get back. While this location isn't too far from the previous location, there was lots of traffic and it took me about an hour to get here from the other Chuck E. Cheese. It looks like this location uses an even older Chuck E. Cheese logo. Though it wasn't fully lit, if you look closely you can see that it shows a bored-looking Chuck E. Unlike the other location, this location wasn't busy. I'm sure there are busy days/evenings here, it just wasn't busy when I visited. There were only one or two families. This location is bigger, and has a different layout. I only had one drink of orange soda at the other location, and needed a drink. Though there were about a thousand other places I could've gotten a drink, since I already wanted to visit this Chuck E. Cheese location anyway I went ahead and ordered some water. I was given a bottle, which was nice and cold. I sat at a table for a few minutes and drank my water. Like I said there was lots of traffic; I needed to relax for a bit. Once again, the game selection was different and I used my Play Band (which STILL had some points on it). I needed to get back home, so I didn't stay here very long and only played two games (well, technically just one). Chuck E. Cheese Photo Booth That's really all it is. Sort of like the Sketch Book Machine, but prints color pictures. It doesn't have an animation of Chuck E. drawing your picture, but he does appear on the screens as well as the printed pictures. You can go inside and sit, or stay outside of the machine and stand in the back. The border around the picture differs depending on weather you take the picture inside or outside. Either way, the pictures come out of a slot outside of the machine in the back. After using the Photo Booth, I noticed Chuck E. (an employee dressed up as the character) was standing near the Photo Booth. There was no one else on this side of the restaurant (there was one family on the other side, near the kid area), so I said hi. He was wearing a Santa hat on one of his ears, which I liked. Mario Kart This location has a Mario Kart Arcade game. This was one of the few Mario Kart games I hadn't played. Being developed by Namco, it also includes Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man in addition to the Mario characters. I raced on two tracks on 150cc, and got 1st place. This shouldn't be surprising to anyone who's played Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on VGS game nights, or looked on my social media pages (Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Reddit). That's about all I did at this location. I didn't have time to play any other games and needed to get back home. One of the other games I saw was H2Overdrive, a sort of sequel to Hydro Thunder. As I was leaving, I noticed this location had some Jumbo Cotton Candy. I didn't buy any since I already got some Cotton Candy at the location mentioned above, but perhaps that's a reason besides the Mario Kart game to come back to this location sometime. Chuck E. Cheese App The Chuck E. Cheese website mentions that if you download the Chuck E. Cheese App, you can get 500 E-Tickets for free. So I downloaded it. At the first location mentioned above, I went to the Gift Shop, showed the lady the App, and got the Tickets. While some of the items here are different than the location I visited in September and October, there wasn't much that I wanted. Some of the items I already have (like a Chuck E. Plush), while others I wasn't really interested in. There was A LOT of Cotton Candy, and I noticed a sign on the counter saying you can get Cotton Candy for 500 E-Tickets. Like the location I visited a few months ago, there was blue and pink. I didn't really want Cotton Candy, but there wasn't really anything else I was interested in either. The lady mentioned I could get both in one (half and half), which I didn't know was an option. Previously I paid for the Cotton Candy and got blue and pink separately, but this time I used my bonus 500 E-Tickets from the App and got half and half Cotton Candy. Conclusion Visiting different locations of the same restaurant may not seem all that great, but in the case of Chuck E. Cheese it is interesting because of the different games. Someday, I hope can find a Chuck E. Cheese that has Cruis'n Blast (I like the Switch version, but you know...I want to play the Arcade version too). -MegaMan52