guitarzombie

True story, as unbelievable as it seems. I have a friend thats a big Mega Man fan. Back in the day we had modded PSxs and he downloaded Mega Man X5. Hated it. Hated it SO much, that he went to a video game store in the mall, bought a copy for $20 and threw it right out in front of the store haha. The next time he went back the guy said "you're not gonna throw this one out too are you?". Classic.

Yeah, I knew he could move around in the castle but each time the wand was finished, I couldn't move or take control to pick it up, I was instantly stuck as he was moving in. So I thought I had messed something up. Lots of odd logic in that game too but it was Kings Quest.

Ok, NOW I finished Kings Quest V. I remembered hardly ANYTHING about this game after I beat it years ago. Def harder and wonkier than I remembered. Of course where I messed up was, usually when you open something that has an item in it, Graham automatically takes it, except the leg of lamb, and since I opened the chest but didnt take it, I didn't have it, making me locked out of a puzzle later in the game. I also got very confused at the end when you have to steal the power of the guys wand and every time it completed, he automatically killed me. That happened 2x and I thought it was a glitch or I messed up, but just bad timing. Not that fun, go play Maniac Mansion instead.

Ugh, got half way with Kings Quest V, I THOUGHT I got an item, as I opened up the drawer to get it, only later to realize I didn't have it, and I saved after the fact. Well gonna have to restart it... Ugh.

I know but it only lasted a bit! Plus you can't always get it. I like the game for nostalgia but its SO freaking hard because you get 4 damn chances to make ALL that money. Plus after like day 4 the mouse traps increase a LOT. I wonder, is the hand and game order random? Interesting. When I beat it years ago my last hand was a Royal Flush. I remember really struggling against the computer at that point and figured the "Royal Flush" was the game's way of ending on a high note, because what are the chances?! I took a pic of it. Took me a long time to find it, but I took it Sept of 2015!! Almost 10 years ago, yikes!

Was your last hand a royal flush? Also I'm trying to relearn Frankenstein again. Itll probably take me another day. Maybe later i'll run thru another adventure game.

HOW?!?! Ive had this game since I was a kid and never gotten very far. The stupid hand gets too fast too soon. I've beaten Mutant Virus FFS!

Finished Festers Quest. Not too bad if you know the key glitch. I also still think turbo fire should be allowed for this game because its recommended in the manual :P. Also you can do the key glitch on the final boss, but you have to be SUPER precise.

Um... back to the topic, finished Power Blade 2. Another good run. Its not a tough game except for a few stupid parts, especially if you don't have the right power up. One of the weakest and easiest final bosses of all time. Also this is one of those games where using the password is more harmful because it doesn't save any of your extra batteries or health recharges. So in fact its harder to use passwords, than playing it thru. You can go into the final level with like 6 extra lives, 7 batteries and 6 health refills. With a password you start with the basic 3 lives and 0 powerups. Stupid. GI Joe Atlantis factor has the same issue.

Finished off Ghoul School. Nice little Metroidvania that could use a little more polish, but not too bad. Its got that classic Imagineering "Where the hell do I go?" mazes, like in Bart meets Radioactive Man, but overall not too bad. I used a guide but if you have a piece of paper you can do it without it. I know last year or two years ago I re-beat it without a guide.

I was a little half way into Ghoul School but I have to leave for work and just wouldn't have time to finish it. When I get back i'll finish it up and probably another simpler one.

Its been a while but IIRC I think the first time I played it, I may have beaten it without a guide. I think my issue with the game at first was, there are LOTS of meaningless items. Where-as, Maniac Mansion, every item (cept the Chainsaw) can be used for something, or by another player. A lot of those point and click games have things called 'moon logic' which was a term that was developed for puzzles that needed to be solved in obtuse ways in order to pad out the game time, else like with me an Maniac Mansion now, I can beat it in under 10 mins. I played Deja Vu and Shadowgate once or twice, and I still remember in Deja Vu getting to the end and not realizing you could throw away the cloths in the river. I had to look that one up. And in Shadowgate, theres a globe with a seam in it that means you have to cut it, and I tried sharp objects, like a knife or a sword, but ONLY the AXE could cut it? Funny enough, this little blurb mentions Uninvited's spider thing, but I THINK I figured that out. It didn't seem as bizarre as caging a hawk for some red blob to get fascinated with, or that its a cookie you needed to put on the plate, not the weird fruit that you got or any other kind of food. http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Moon_logic_puzzle

I got about half way in Ikari Warriors 3 and it glitched out. I hope its not some weirdness with the AVS because thats never happened before. Instead of redoing it, I finished Uninvited. I cheated and used a walkthru haha. I forgot its a game where you have to slap a girl. Interesting title.

Nice! I like seeing people work sometimes haha. I finished Metal Storm. Quick and easy one.

It was less difficult but more tedious than I remember, but I finished off Best of the Best Championship Karate. I kinda remembered all you really needed to do is low kicks mixed with high kicks, but all the training I forgot about, yeesh. Also You dont need to defeat the Kumite because you get the credits when you beat the champion Cogneur.

I didn't know you could use the tranq on him? I usually stay ON the head because after the bop since I tend to push to the right. If I could save state it I probably could get a feel for it like you said. Thats kinda what I had to do with "Terminator" without realizing, if I hold B THEN move, I can jump higher. I never noticed before and once I practiced it a few times it wasn't an issue.

I'm impressed! It's one of those games that once you KNOW what to do, it isn't so bad. IIRC if you get past the first level, its easier, but that finally level and boss battle, good grief! Well done!

Finished off another one of my crappy favorites Indiana Jones Ubisoft haha. I love how the last level is so much easier than the other levels, and theres a hidden platform that you wouldn't think you would have to jump on at the end.

Knocked out Snow Bros. Bad ending though

I was curious about real carts, because there is a 'limit' if you don't have a full set like me. I only have about 250 or so games. Anyway, I feel like doing a few easier ones today instead of struggling with ones I have to re-learn.

Finished other odd favorite of mine, Swamp Thing! Its been a while since I played it and glad it only took me one try. I guess when I can't quite remember everything, you end up going slower and making safer choices. I always remember always messing up the ending, I suppose I was just going too fast!

Also I wanted to ask, how many people other than me are using real carts? Not emulating them, or using an everdrive.

Polished off Bart Vs. The Space Mutants. Not a terrible game, but MY GOD, the hit box on the dinosaurs head! I always knew this, but the first time I played it, I lost probably about 12 lives on it. The most frustrating part is you have to stomp on it 3 times from a jump. From those 12 deaths, 9 of them were I hit it 3 times, but because of the screen scroll and where I was, I FELL THRU THE PLATFORM to my death. INFURIATING. Well I went back more prepared and it took only 3 tries this time.

Ha! Took down Predator! It was a bit easier than I remembered but still tricky. I didn't have as much trouble with the jumps as I had in the past. Only died once at the actual Predator. Pretty good run!

I got about 9 more on my list but each one of them is gonna take a little time to 'remember' what to do. Hopefully no one'll steal em from me but they are pretty crummy games I don't expect anyone to really play haha.