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Milon's Secret Castle is done. Much easier to No-Death than the NES version, since the bosses are pushovers by comparison. I didn't really run into any significant trouble except maybe when trying to get the balloon out of the well, I fell into some fire and had to kill the enemy twice since chasing after it is a slightly different experience than the NES version. Took down Maharito in the second position...

Yeah, good idea, just in case It's flukin' on my SGB for some other reason...

I recall reading somewhere that the SGB2 can play at least some pal games that won't work on a SGB. I'd have to presume that the same holds true for regular Game Boy games that don't work on the SGB. What happens is the screen reading: "GAME BOY" w/"nintendo" pops up but the "nintendo" part is all glitched up and it will not advance to the game's title screen. Instead you get a digital "Uh, uh" sound effect, so pretty much the same thing for a game w/dirty or excessively worn contacts except in this case the contacts are in great shape and super clean as I cleaned them twice. Also, the SGB's contacts were cleaned in the recent past and I tried getting it to work a couple dozen times, always getting an identical result. IIRC the same thing happened when I tried to insert my copy of "BombJack" which is the only PAL game I currently own. All of my other GB games work in it, usually on the first try or after 1 or 2 repeats at most.

Skate Or Die: Bad N Rad is done. I should probably point out that the game gives you a levels 1-4 level select and then you have to beat level 4 to get 5, 5 to get 6 and 6 to get 7. This time around I just started on level 4 because I was a little tired of playing levels 1-3 over and over, which I've done many times recently. If anyone wants me to play the whole thing in one fell swoop I'm sure I can manage but I didn't think it would really matter due to the level select and the game giving unlimited continues.. This game is about 9/10 memorization and 1/10 improvisation and plenty fun in spite of a flaw or two. It looks good and the music and sound fx are great. The only problem really is that it's one of those games that doesn't register a jump if it's improperly timed eg. if you do not wait a proper fraction of a second after landing a jump, pressing jump again will not result in a jump. It's generally not a problem, but then it pops up and while unlimited continues resolves the brunt of the problem it can still be frustrating to have to start a level over for this reason. I didn't notice it until strategizing on the final boss, but similarly if you try to jump off a ledge at the last possible moment to try and get maximum distance the same thing happens and no jump occurs. It probably sounds worse than it actually is. Anyway, overall I found it to be fun and unique addition to the Skate Or Die Franchise. Update: So the ending dumped me off directly onto level 1 and I got curious if it would be different/harder or if anything would happen upon completing levels 1,2&3 and so played through 'em real quick, but nothing different happened. It just started a new game and and deposited me onto level 4 upon completing 3. EDIT: Almost forgot, if anyone is interested this game belongs on any list of Game Boy games that do not work on the Super Game Boy. (wait, actually it does. my bad.)

Didn't Ritchie more or less take on the role of his defense attorney in all that...? And wasn't he supposed to have been cleared of all charges? ..and a 180˚ uncharacteristic comment (or perhaps it was a joke, I can't tell) from Ritchie is the reason he suddenly disappeared a while back..??

I call it a "Splode!!!-Stumper."

Got my 1st Place Prize Pack a few days ago courtesy of @SuperJimtendo! Included: A neat-o cordless NES Zapper gun I did not know existed -and I usually know about this kind of stuff. Works from 15 ft and the o.g. NES Zapper gun has an 8 ft. cord so that could be interesting for having competitions. A NES homebrew titled: "The Arm Wrestling Classic" which also has the makings of great little party game. A Game Boy Color that will come in handy. It has a Pokemon screen and I have no idea how SuperJim knew my fav. color for a game boy color is Kiwi/Lime Green! Wave Race for Game Boy (can't go wrong w/racing) Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage for Game Boy Color, which is like a much less frustrating version of Elevator Action, A Cool Metroid Sign, Donkey Kong for Atari 2600, A 3-screw Spyhunter, some Mario/Luigi/Yoshi Stickers, and a 3D printed Kickle, that looks to be signed on it's bottom and numbered #51 of....... 100?! He even gave me a couple of rechargeable AA batteries for the Game Boy Color, what a Guy!!! I def feel like I owe him a few beers, to say the least. Thanx A Bunch, Jimbo!!

Vin Scelsa's on the radio Ramones are hangin' Out in Kokomo Roger Corman's on a talk show With Allan Arkush and Stephen King you know But it's not my place But It's not my place

Hot water bath with Rosemary oil is good for accelerated internal wound healing. Just don't use too much. A few to several drops at most in a bathtub, or make a smaller combo in a smaller container. Also make sure its not just a fragrance but the real oil.

Yeah, I had my doubts but it worked just as well as egg in that regard, maybe even a bit better. I baked 'em at 425˚. Whenever I get around to trying the mayo-method again I'll try it at 450˚ for comparison.

@Link Well, I didn't think I'd get to this right away, but I got in the mood to take some time making and eating chicken strips tonight so I went ahead and tried the "Mayo-Method." It took a little longer to do than simply using egg, but I'm not sorry I made the effort. I remember noticing that beer-battered fish has this incredible texture between the breading and the fish where each of those two things are melding into one, and I got a somewhat similar sort of effect albeit to a lesser extent by using the mayo in place of egg. also the Breadcrumbs were a little more as though it had been deep-fried due to the oil in the mayo. All in all pretty darn delicious. I used a combo of Panko, Cornflake and Graham Cracker Crumbs. And I whipped up a bowl of "Comeback Sauce" for dipping. I think I like the idea of people coming back to the older cooking club threads at any future point whenever it is that they've got something that fits to show off...

Yeah, I do remember that. I was going to mention in my previous post that a third loop started. I just remember the talk being that it was 2 loops rather than 3, but I guess now I know..

Oh, you're right. I'm remembering now the mayo coating I used on my first grilled cheese produced a lot of oil in the pan.. not sure why I was thinking that would work with frying, but I'll probably try that recipe and bake it...

@Link I'm pretty casual about this, just using whatever I happen to have on hand as far as bread crumbs/coating goes. I gave up frying pretty quick and always bake, but the mayo thing sounds like it would work really good for frying...

I played Gun.Smoke twice in row just recently and the ending was exactly the same the second time. Is there some additional qualification to get a different ending, like beating it twice without dying?........

Lolol, looks like the two I posted had a lovechild

The one on the left is more or less what I thought you were referring to when you said "flip-top." The one on the right is like the kettle grill that I have with a lift-off lid. I'm not a super-supremo-grill-lord or anything so maybe I misunderstood what you were getting at..

I don't have a flip top either, but maybe we'll see if I can pull something off...

Oddly enough, one of the ones I was looking at is wrapped in either bacon or pancetta and another one I was looking at was a smoked variety. I don't have a smoker so I was wondering if that can be simulated with a garden variety grill?

Nice goin ! I've been meaning to get into these pool games for a while now. One of these years.... Also, will hafta keep my eyes peeled for a "Break Time: World Pool Tour" or "Break Time: World Pool Championship" Prototype..

You've just gotta ask yourself one thing:

I've never made one before but I've got a few recipes that look really good. Just gotta figure out which one to go for...

It's sounds like they tried too hard to simulate the actual experience of playing someone else in a bar. The worst is when you're playing doubles and the other two guys take forever every single time, like one guy has to get out his slide-ruler and the other guy has to throw his graphing calculator on the table and then they have to confer and compare notes on their respective geometries/trigonometries, then perform a bit of Calculus together, then more conferring and finally after you've drank the better part of your beer waiting for them, finally, one of 'em decides to actually propel the Cueball...