NES completions thread 2019 - (587/677)

[Gaia Gensouki | 1,073]

I beat the Krion Conquest! Phew, was this a hard game. Maybe every stage individually may not have been harder than a regular Mega Man game, but playing all of these in succession without any health regeneration during the sub stages and no continues is quite brutal. I thought it was over and that I couldn't beat it, but somehow I managed to beat the level 4 boss with zero extra lives and only two health pieces. And I beat the final boss again, only with two health pieces. My hands were sweaty and shaking. It was so intense!

[Hoskat | 42]

I've been playing Bases Loaded for 2 months and still have 53 games to go. Don't think I am going to make it by year end

 

 

[Gaia Gensouki | 1,073]

I finally beat Air Fortress! I did the two playthroughs of the game and reached the credits. What a long and tough game, but also unique game! I also appreciate it very much, that HAL gave you passwords after every level and basically unlimited continues. This is the right way to do it imho! You can provide a nice challenge, while still giving the players some quality of life features. Also, this game would be way too huge to attempt in a single sitting, or at least for a first-timer like me.

With its one-of-a-kind combination of shooting gameplay and dungeon exploration this game reminds me of something like Blaster Master/Zelda II and of course your regular space shooters. First you blast a bunch of enemies and collect power-ups in such a shooting sequence, which in turn helps you to conquer the following dungeon more easily. You make your way trough increasingly complex mazes, fight enemies and destroy a core before finally leaving through an escape vehicle. The flight sequence gave me some serious Metroid vibes! The rooms darken, the music becomes very creepy just like in Metroid and eventually the fortress shakes and explodes, if you do not excape quickly enough.

These sequences broke my neck frequently from level 5 onwards, and especially in level 6 and 8. My strategy then was to fight my through to the core, then go all the way to the escape ship, go back to the core and destroy it before making my escape. This was very time-consuming and risky, since I encountered more enemies this way and ran the danger of dying. After all, your health points are limited and health regeneration rarely drops. So it was a constant balance act, but a very thrilling and entertaining one. Though I would have wished that the humanoid enemies would not respawn and/or that they were a bit slower than you. It happened frequently to me that they sort of trapped me and hit me constantly. Due to them being as fast as I am, I could not outrun them and eventually lost too many hit points to make it or just outright died. Some kind of post-hit invincibility would have been nice as well, tbh.

But overall I liked this game. Also, I noticed that Satoru Iwata was the producer of this game! May he rest in peace.

[Gaia Gensouki | 1,073]

Mickey Mousecapade and Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight are done.

Mickey was more of a little snack in-between, i.e. decent taste, but too small and insubstantial to satiate my appetite. Controlling Mickey and Minnie at the same time though was a bit strange and resulted in some very weird platforming moments.

Going into SF 2010 I was actually expecting it to suck since that's what I've gathered from the AVGN episode, but it was actually quite good. Yes, this game is extremely strange and has nothing to do with any of the namesake franchises, afaik, but it is not bad at all. And yes, it does pose a really tough challenge, but thanks to unlimited continues it is still doable and enjoyable without too much frustration.

[nerdynebraskan | 356]

@Gaia Gensouki

Welcome to the Top 10! And congratulations on clinching your first publisher's crown, as beating Air Fortress means you are the 2019 HAL champ! It hasn't been beaten in the last two years, but I suppose getting 20 points for it is reward enough. I'd be interested in seeing how much noise you make next year, with the benefit of actually starting on January 1st.

Also, I'll thank you for handing me my 11th publisher crown, since your taking of the Krion Conquest has by default made me Vic Tokai champion once again.

@Hoskat

I'm glad to see you've tackled Bases Loaded, and I hope you can keep the faith. From what I understand, you're about 1/3 of the way through the game. Even if you can complete only one game per day, I think there's enough time left in the year to get it done and get your credit. Though I've never won a single game of Bases Loaded, I seem to remember someone beating it for a previous "Beat All the NES Games" challenge saying that there was an exploit where it was pretty easy to pick off a baserunner between pitches with the pitcher.

[Gaia Gensouki | 1,073]

@nerdynebraskan

Thank you! And I'm looking forward to the start of the challenge next year.

When choosing the Krion Conquest I didn't even consider the publisher competitions as I was just picking something that seemed fun and doable. But glad that it worked out for you. Really impressive btw. to easily beat 200+ NES games in a year!

[Hoskat | 42]

14 hours ago, nerdynebraskan said:

 

@Hoskat

I'm glad to see you've tackled Bases Loaded, and I hope you can keep the faith. From what I understand, you're about 1/3 of the way through the game. Even if you can complete only one game per day, I think there's enough time left in the year to get it done and get your credit. Though I've never won a single game of Bases Loaded, I seem to remember someone beating it for a previous "Beat All the NES Games" challenge saying that there was an exploit where it was pretty easy to pick off a baserunner between pitches with the pitcher.

There is an exploit where you can throw a pitch that the other team cannot hit. So, most games throwing out baserunners isn't necessary. However, I very rarely pitch perfectly so give up a few hits per game. Even with almost never having to play defense and just bunting every time after scoring a run or two each game takes 25 or so minutes. I'm really going to try to finish by year end but we have a lot of travel coming up for the holidays so it may be a bit tough.

[scaryice | 585]

Awesome job Gaia, you've really come on strong lately! I've been having computer issues lately, so I can't update my spreadsheets at the moment. It'll all be sorted out eventually though. The way this forum posts stuff from excel as a picture, in some ways it's nice. But it also makes it harder to edit a few little things. I should probably figure out how to make all these tables a bit prettier for next year, too (like in the SNES thread).

Edited November 5, 2019 by scaryice

[Tablew/chairs | 242]

On 10/29/2019 at 3:28 PM, Strikezone1 said:

 

Nice one! This game is pretty brutal. Back when I was playing it I could get to stage 13 pretty regularly, but those homing missiles are just too much. Never beat it. This one is also rough on the thumb/wrist with the button mashing.

I found if you don’t have any shields on the regular enemies don’t shoot homing missiles so if you’re good at avoiding the enemies and normal shots might be easier  for you I tried but for me just using the shields and taking the damage when I had to worked best 

[8bitsupremacy | 208]

Here are my contributions.  These are in the order i beat them starting on Jan 1 with SMB.  All on original cartridges with no cheats.  Photos of every end screen can be found on my Instagram @8bitsupremacy

Super Mario Bros
Mega Man 5
Marble Madness
MTV Remote Control
Pictionary
Bomberman
Top Gun
GI Joe a Real American Hero

Bionic Commando
Jaws
Donkey Kong Jr Math
3D World Runner
Narc
Chiller
Dusty Diamond

Flintstones Surprise at Dinosaur Peak

Advanced D & D Dragonstrike

Totally Rad
Casino Kid
Casino Kid 2
Little Mermaid
Toxic Crusaders

Thundercade
Arkista's Ring 
Krazy Kreatures
Link
Uforia
Conquest of Crystal Palace
Snake Rattle and Roll
Cowboy Kid
Spiderman Return of Sinister Six
Little Samson
Castle of Dragon
Hot Slots
Faxanadu
Pro Sport Hockey
Paperboy 2
Paperboy
Nintendo World Cup
New Ghostbusters 2
Double Dare
Blues Brothers
Dynowarz
Bo Jackson Baseball
Ghostbusters
Dr Jekyl Mr Hyde
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Beetlejuice

Edited November 9, 2019 by 8bitsupremacy

[nerdynebraskan | 356]

@8bitsupremacy

Welcome to the forum! It seems you've had a good year. You'd be in the Top 10 of our standings had you started on New Year's Day and gotten credit for most of these. As it is, you're still the first this year to claim Blues Brothers, Bo Jackson Baseball, and Top Gun so you'll definitely get credit for those. There are still more than 100 games to be claimed for this year at the top of this thread, which was up-to-date until your last post. I hope you'll stay on and compete for the rest of the year and into 2020.

[8bitsupremacy | 208]

Yeah I will check out the list of games to beat.  I kinda have just been going through the library on a personal journey to get through as many as I can.  Up to 273 completed so far.  Wish I knew of this thread earlier but I was kind of dormant on NA for a while.

[nerdynebraskan | 356]

This has been a pretty cool excuse for me to keep not only exploring but also committing to seeing the ends of the many strange and wonderful things in the NES library. It's a big part of what keeps me coming back.

[8bitsupremacy | 208]

 I think this already got handled but I felt like sharing anyway.  X-Men, tough as balls!

[Daniel_Doyce | 470]

Looks like we hit another plateau here, but I'm good to finish up the Koei block with RotTK2 and also will do Shingen the Ruler once I'm back from vacation next week.

[arnpoly | 198]

I've been playing Bases Loaded II for my project, which normally would be awesome for this thread but it has already been done. 

[Hoskat | 42]

On 10/31/2019 at 2:33 PM, Hoskat said:

I've been playing Bases Loaded for 2 months and still have 53 games to go. Don't think I am going to make it by year end

 

 

Just giving an update. I am now 65-0 and will definitely finish Bases Loaded by year end. I'm really ready to put this one in my rearview.

Only 15 games to go

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,104]

Excitebike is done as long as finishing 1st in each race counts.

[Hoskat | 42]

Bases Loaded is done and I am never playing it again
 

My full review

Edited December 5, 2019 by Hoskat

[Strikezone1 | 154]

On ‎12‎/‎5‎/‎2019 at 8:36 AM, Hoskat said:

Bases Loaded is done and I am never playing it again
 

My full review

Nice review! Both informative and entertaining. And congrats on completing Bases Loaded. That sounds like quite a slog and test of endurance. I've never played any of the Bases Loaded games and TBQH I don't think I ever plan to.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,104]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Taito) and Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road are done.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,104]

Slalom is done. I must be the only person that likes the game since I think I've finished it the last several years. Elevator Action is done too if beating the 10,000 point default high score and finishing the level counts since the buildings just keep repeating.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Bearcat-Doug

[Daniel_Doyce | 470]

sorry to pull a Jim Anchower here, since it's been a long time since I rapped at ya, but shit's been crazy this month. Anyway, Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2 is done, and I'll do my best to finish Shingen before the end of the year.

[bronzeshield | 293]

6 hours ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

Elevator Action is done too if beating the 10,000 point default high score and finishing the level counts since the buildings just keep repeating.

We've used clearing Level 4 as the standard, I think? The enemy aggression rollover trick was the only way I was able to pull that one off back in 2016.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,104]

30 minutes ago, bronzeshield said:

We've used clearing Level 4 as the standard, I think? The enemy aggression rollover trick was the only way I was able to pull that one off back in 2016.

I think I played through four levels and just stopped there since usually beating the default high score is the requirement. I can do it again just to be sure if I need to.