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With the list I'm choosing my games from getting insanely close to completion my choices are getting extremely slim. Because Laser Invasion seemed like the last possible game that might be decent on the list I snatched it up quickly before someone beat me to it. One other nintendoage member had put some time into it and wasn't quite able to beat it, but came incredibly close. Because of that he gave me a few tips one of which was extremely helpful. I'm really bad at the Air Sim stages, but he pointed out that you can simply maneuver around every non-boss enemy. That made things a lot easier, and to make things even more cheap you can choose different secondary weapons before each mission including a RADAR scrambler. Between dodging the enemy missiles and activating one of my 10 RADAR scramblers you're pretty much invincible for the majority of the flying stages.
The shooting stages need some quick reflexes, but overall aren't too hard. The maze stages are actually pretty enjoyable since you get a map of the area uncovered as you explore it. Really once I was able to pass the air combat stages it fell pretty quick. Not a great game, but it was ok. It did have one of my favorite types of endings though. The broken English kind!!
Next up this time was everybody's favorite Submarine sim and highly collectable cart...... SILENT SERVICE!!!! I had extremely low expectations going into this game and much to my surprise it wasn't actually that bad  There is a lot of different things going on such as navigating your ship, locating enemies, using the periscope, watching your depth, rationing your ammo, keeping an eye on damage, finding enemy shipping lines, etc. etc. So there is a bit of a learning curve when you first start because of how much you are in control of. Even with all that it was surprisingly intuitive in a very short amount of time. Now there is not really an ending to this game as its all broken up into misions. So to call it finished for my list I beat the weapons training, all 6 convoy missions and one of the 5 war scenarios. Why 1 out of 5? Because each scenario is essentially the same. Same objective, same enemies, same starting stats. The differences are just which shipping lines are most likely to be in use and which starting ports are available, neither of which change the difficulty in the least. Since there is no end screen here is a snap of my WGSC rank (Worlds Greatest Submarine Captain) which is the highest rank available according to the manual.
And one game that a few people have been dreading, Back to the Future 2 & 3, finally fell. You get unlimited continues so the game itself isn't hard to beat. The problem is how annoying it is. You start on a map of 1985 which consists of about 10 long areas. You have to find doors which contain puzzle rooms. After beating a puzzle room you are rewarded with an item. The item must be returned to an unspecified pipe in the different areas. Now times that by 3 because not only do you have to worry about the maze in 1985, but you have to time travel to similar mazes in 1955 and 2015. To make things extra confusing items obtained in one time are almost always returned to areas in the other times and some areas of the maze are only accessible via time travelling in specific areas of specific time zones. And to make things extra extra confusing there are a couple items that you need to go to earlier times to plant seeds in order for a beanstalk to appear so you can even reach some puzzle rooms. And to make things extra extra extra confusing the keys you need to open the puzzle rooms are rarely available in areas that have puzzle rooms so you have to back track and stock up, hoping not to die since if you lose all your lives and have to continue you keep everything except for your stock of keys.
If you're finally able to achieve your goal of returning all 30 items you win, right? WRONG! At that point you're treated to the second part of the game themed after the Back to the Future 3 movie. Luckily there are only 10 less maze-like areas with only 10 items this time. The levels are MUCH harder to walk through though, but luckily they supply you with a key hidden in an enemy at least once in each area. The difficulty of the puzzle rooms is ramped up pretty significantly this time though so don't think it'll be a cake walk. Anyway return your 10 items to get this screen here:
NES Games Finished In 2012
(click on a title to view the video)
Silver Surfer
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
Ghosts n Goblins
Tetris
Pro Wrestling
Gradius
Zanac
Adventure Island
Karnov
Trojan
Excitebike
Baseball
Spy Hunter
Adventure Island II
Tennis
Battletoads
Shadowgate
Battletoads/Double Dragon
Pinball Quest
Section Z
Godzilla
Hydlide
Marble Madness
Back to the Future
Darkman
Terminator 2
Robocop
Total Recall
Predator
Robocop 2
Robocop 3
Hudson Hawk
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
Batman Returns
Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters
Die Hard
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Krion Conquest
Adventures of Dino Riki
Ultima: Exodus
Legacy of the Wizard
Air Fortress
Ultima: Quest of the Avatar
Darkwing Duck
Ultima: Warriors of Destiny
Legends of the Diamond
Pro Sports Hockey
Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball
Yoshi's Cookie
Kick Master
Zombie Nation
Stadium Events
Super Jeopardy!
Joust
Yoshi
Dance Aerobics
Adventures of Bayou Billy
Pipe Dreams
Ski or Die
Werewolf: The Last Warrior
Simpsons: Bart vs The Space Mutants
City Connection
American Gladiators
Roundball 2-on-2 Challenge
720
Athletic World
Super Team Games
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Gumshoe
Bases Loaded
The Addams Family Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt
Kings of the Beach
The Blues Brothers
Volley Ball
Lode Runner
3D World Runner
Twin Eagle
Dragon's Lair
The Adventures of Rad Gravity
Break Time: The National Pool Tour
Bases Loaded II
Rainbow Islands
Conquest of the Crystal Palace
Peter Pan And The Pirates
Kid Kool and the Quest for the Seven Wonder Herbs
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dragon Strike
Slalom
Wrath of the Black Manta
Race America
Treasure Master
Krusty's Fun House
King's Knight
Mighty Bomb Jack
Bases Loaded 3
Castelian
Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll
Dirty Harry
Conan
Cobra Triangle
Spider Man Return of the Sinister Six
Tag Team Wrestling
Eliminator Boat Duel
Galaxy 5000
George Foreman's KO Boxing
Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge
Thunder & Lightning
Heavy Shreddin'
Flying Warriors
Rocket Ranger
Roger Clemens MVP Baseball
Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure
Destination Earthstar
Street Cop
Short Order/Eggsplode
Star Voyageur
Days of Thunder
Laser Invasion
Silent Service
Back to the Future 2 & 3
BONUS GAME -
Assimilate
Future Plans - The remaining games I own on the list of 14 games has been knock down to 4. Another person is working on Conflict so I'm gonna leave him to it. I've already attempted Might & Magic and was having trouble with the fundamentals, also someone else has expressed interest in it so he can give it his best try. That leaves me with High Speed and Overlord as my last 2 options before the year is over. A couple weeks ago someone said they were going to try High Speed, but I haven't heard any updates in a while so I'm assuming its been scrapped. The same guy that is trying Might & Magic decided to end his run on Overlord in defeat. Both games seem challenging, but in extremely different ways. I'm gonna go with Overlord as my choice and hope I have a better time with it than the other guy did. Wish me luck!!
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