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I got all this from a few different thrift stores over the weekend I think I paid A little over $20.00 for all of it.
So I thought I'd start off the night with some Air Fortress as per raptor94k's suggestion. All was going well until about the 5th level. It started to get fairly challenging, but since it has a code system to continue it wasnt a problem and I could give it a few more tries. Boom, after a few attempts Stage 5 done. Nothing to it. The first half of stage 6 was a cake walk and supplied me with more health and bombs than any other level, by far. This fortress will be a breeze........... fast forward 2 hours later and I'm still playing Stage 6. It took me that amount of time to find the best route to get to the Core of the Fortress (you need to destroy each Core and then escape before it explodes). Now that I've found the Core I've spent another hour trying to figure out how to escape, which I havnt been able to yet. I think I'm quite close so I'm not giving up on this game yet. If level 7 proves to be as much of a pain as Level 6 I will have to put in on the back burner though.
Nobody happens to know how to escape from the 6th Fortess, do they? If your curious to try the stage for yourself the continue code is 2APP. Enjoy!
In less exciting news I finished Dynowarz: The Destruction of Spondylus. Its a pretty bad game, but I like it for some reason. Maybe because I just pretend its a Power Rangers game on the NES. I had many stupid deaths so the video is a bit longer than it should have been.
Also tried some Metal Storm tonight, but was having the same issue as with Journey to Silius so I'll have to record these on the VCR and then transfer them onto my computer.
Heres tonights Screen:
9th Day of Challenge - 25/100 (Quarter of the way there!!)
Games Beaten since Oct.8th:
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros 2
Super Mario Bros 3
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Mega Man 5
Mega Man 6
Castlevania
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
Duck Tales
Duck Tales 2
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
Felix the Cat
Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
Ren and Stimpy Show: Buckaroo$
Double Dragon
Contra
Super C
Contra Force
Power Blade
Power Blade 2
Dynowarz: The Destruction of Spondylus
Future Plans:
I'll at the very least finish Stage 6 on Air Fortress tomorrow.
As promised I was able to finish off the NES Contra games by completing Contra Force Tonight. The video will be quite dull starting on Mission 4, because man did I suck tonight. Had to redo it like 4 times for some reason. Oh well its over and done with now.
Next up to the plate was Power Blade. One of my all time favorite NES games. After getting quite frustrated with Contra Force I decided to be a bit cheap and use the bomb glitch on most of the bosses. Even so I screwed up big time on the last level by forgetting that I could restore my health. That made it a lot harder than it should have been since I had several health items I could have used at any time.
Power Blade 2 went a lot smoother. Almost had a no death run, but screwed up on one of the last bosses. Its a lot slower placed than the first one so it seemed painfully sluggish.
Gave Journey to Silius a go, but with enemy bullets being occasionally invisible it just wasnt going to happen. I might have to record this game on a VHS tape and then transfer it because I dont think I can beat it with a handicap like I did a few of the other games.
Tonights Screens are:
8th Day of Challenge - 24/100
Games Beaten since Oct.8th:
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros 2
Super Mario Bros 3
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Mega Man 5
Mega Man 6
Castlevania
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
Duck Tales
Duck Tales 2
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
Felix the Cat
Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
Ren and Stimpy Show: Buckaroo$
Double Dragon
Contra
Super C
Contra Force
Power Blade
Power Blade 2
Might hit up some space themed shooters tomorrow night.
It's been awhile since I have posted but that doesn't mean I haven't been playing and finishing games. I don't have time to go into depth right now but here is a list of games I have beat since my last post:
1. Alice: Madness Returns(PS3)-I really liked this game. It had a great atmosphere and I loved the platforming of it as well. I tried playing the original Alice that came with the game but just couldn't keep playing as it just felt old.
2. Bulletstorm(PS3)-This game was pretty fun. I didn't like the fact that it took a ton of bullets to take enemies down. Even shots to the head would need more than one shot.
3. Medal of Honor(360)-I enjoyed this game but it isn't close to the Call of Duty games in terms of quality. A bit generic but enjoyable.
4. Resistance 2(PS3)--I really liked this game. A lot of people bag on the game but I found it to be an awesome FPS. It was a ton of fun and looked great. I really look forward to getting Resistance 3 soon!
5. Killzone 3(PS3)- I think I will say it-This is my favorite FPS game of all time. It had no flaws in my opinion and was an absolute blast to play. Can't wait for the Vita Killzone!
I am currently playing Homefront which is alot of fun and after that is Dead Space 2 and Condemned 2 just in time for Halloween!
Hyperdimension Neptunia seems to be one of the most divisive games of the year. You either love it or you hate it. And I love it. Where to begin? It's a crazy collaboration between the likes of NIS, Compile Heart, Sega and Idea Factory. It's an extreme JRPG, but seems to be making fun of JRPG's. It's got some of the most moe artwork I've seen localized in a while. It's dialogue is ridiculously hilarious. It has a simplified overworld system where you don't actually walk from place to place, but instead choose chapters from a list. It also simplifies item management. It uses a strange setup where you utilize button combos for your attacks. Instead of spells, you summon old Sega games like Altered Beast or Fantasy Zone. To put it simply, it's kind of insane. And like I said, I love it.
Our heroine is named Neptune. This is actually a personification of the failed Sega Neptune hardware. In fact all of the goddesses in the game are based on consoles. That's because the game is basically an allegory about the console wars. You see it's only when "Nintendo," "Sony," and "Microsoft" team together that they can destroy Neptune. This personification of companies leads to great fan-service jokes. Early in the game Vert (Microsoft) talks about how her breasts are so much larger than Neptunes that it's obvious that that implies she is more powerful -- a sly jab at Microsoft's ridiculously large Xbox (and its controller).
And the whole game is full of rib-jabs to video game nerds. Early on you fight things that look like Space Invaders as well as Dragon Quest-inspired slimes. Your quest is of course to save the land of Gameindustri. Even the developers poke fun at themselves with the visual novel style interface and dialogue that seems to make light of the very games that have put each of them on the map.
I'll be the first to say that this game is not for everyone. It definitely takes a certain kind of fan to find this game appealing. But for those of us that do, it's one of the most unique RPG's to hit US consoles in quite some time. Oddly enough it even inspired me to go out and get a Dreamcast. You see it's such a strange game, I couldn't help but feel like Neptune (Sega) was telling me -- 'hey! If the Dreamcast was still around today, THESE are the kind of games that would be on it.'
After many hours spent not playing NES games, and tons of PMs volleyed back and forth with Bickman2k (who was also my first subscriber ever, horaay!) we were finally able to get some videos shrunk down and then uploaded to youtube. Currently I've got 9.5 games loaded onto the old tube, but I've got all the rest of the videos shrunk to a more managable size and will be able to get them uploaded aswell in the near future. I also learned to reduce the settings on my capture software so that the file will be much smaller from the get go and I wont have to mess around with it afterwards.
Even though I spent a lot of my free time messing around with the videos I did manage to get a bit of gaming time in, which I spent playing Double Dragon. After over a dozen attempts I kept inching closer and closer to the end, but wasnt able to finish any games on Wednesday. A couple hours more DD early on Thursday morning and I was barely able to squeak out a victory and save my lady friend.
Tried some DDII afterwards and decided that, for now at least, the games are too time consuming for me to continue with. They are short, but unforgiving, No extra lives or continues makes them brutal games. So I've moved on to everyones favorite......
Contra!! Now instead of having to dodge invisible bullets, like I had to with Mega Man it was my bullets that would occasionally be gone. That wasnt a big deal, but when I got hit and respawned I wouldnt be able to see my character while he was invulnerable. Which meant I couldnt take advantage of that wonderful time very well. It ended up taking me a bit longer than I wanted, but I was able to get another win. Almost had a no continue victory, but screwed up right near the end.
What goes better with Contra than Super C? Nothing, thats what. So I had no choice, but to follow up some C with a little Super C. Was a little bit quicker than Contra, but still took longer than it should have to get my win. Had a fairly solid run though so nothing to complain about.
I was hoping to score the Contra Trifecta tonight with a Contra Force win also, but I only had a very short time left and when I was partway through stage 4 on my last attempt, my game froze. Should be able to knock it off early tomorrow though and I'll probably follow it up with some Contra-esque Power Blade action.
I'll try and get the hot Contra on Contra videos up soon, in addition to the rest of the Mega Man ones.
Thanks so much for all your help Adam!!
1 week update - 21/100
Games Beaten since Oct.8th:
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros 2
Super Mario Bros 3
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Mega Man 5
Mega Man 6
Castlevania
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
Duck Tales
Duck Tales 2
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
Felix the Cat
Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
Ren and Stimpy Show: Buckaroo$
Double Dragon
Contra
Super C
Hello fellow gamers. My brother and I had a nice haul from one of our favorite places to shop in CB, Iowa. We got 12 NES games complete in there boxes. Well that's not all folks all but three are sealed. The games we got were:
1. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 2 Copies ONE SEALED and One Opened.
2. Dragon Power (Discussed this one in an earlier blog). NEW SEALED
3. Flying Warriors - NEW SEALED
4. Friday The 13th - ONE NEW SEALED and One Opened. The cool thing is both are alternate versions of one another one is the Round Seal and the other is the Oval Seal.
5. George Foreman's KO Boxing - NEW SEALED
6. Guerrilla War - NEW SEALED
7. Kabuki Quantum Fighter - NEW SEALED
8. Magmax - NEW SEALED
9. Ultimate Stuntman - NEW SEALED
10. Wizards and Warriors - Opened
The cool thing is they are all in PRISTINE to MINT Condition. Even the sealed games wrappings are in Mint condition no flaking or tearing. Also I know these aren't rare games but having NEW SEALED NES games is hard to come buy especially when you only spend $60.00 in Trade (my brother traded his magic cards) and $50.00 in cash for the games. So basically we got all 12 games for $50.00.
The other thing we got from our favorite place today is mint condition complete in box Atari 2600 Wireless Remote Joysticks! For $20.00! It's even packaged in the Styrofoam in the inside!!! How cool is that!?! Sometimes when you find Atari stuff they are gutted and there is no Styrofoam which really blows!
The day before (also when I found out about the games) I bought Final Fantasy Tactics Strategy Guide, Prima Edition for $5.00 and sells for quite a bit.
Another thing my brother bought off eBay brand new in box is Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. It is also in Excellent Condition.
So all in all spent about $75.00 at our store in CB, IA and $30.00 on eBay. So a total of approximately $105.00 is pretty good.
SO here are the pictures let me know what you think!
Picture 1: NES Games 1
Picture 2: NES Games 2
Picture 3: Atari 2600 Remote Joysticks Front
Picture 4: Atari 2600 Remote Joysticks Back
Picture 5: Super Star Wars-The Empire Strikes Back Front
Picture 6: Super Star Wars-The Empire Strikes Back-Back
Picture 7: Final Fantasy Tactics Front Cover Prima Guide
Picture 8: Final Fantasy Tactics Back Cover Prima Guide
http://www.destructoid.co...-sale-on-ebay-65705.phtml
I used one of these when I was in the Army Wish I could get my hands on one.
So I was drinking a Pepsi Throwback and eating some Cheetos, then I thought I should make a blog different from my others. So here it is Games with Food or Beverage Companies. I am only going to name a few as there are about 50 or so games out there. The first couple that come to mind well back to Pepsi and Cheetos.
Coca-Cola - Pepsi Invaders & Coca-Cola Kid
Back in the 1980's there was a classic Atari 2600 game that is hard to find Pepsi Invaders also known as "Coke Wins!, Pepsi and Coke"!! This game is pretty cool! Unfortunately all I have is the ROM. The cart doesn't come with any labeling but a white strip that was type written and only given to Coke employees as a promotional gig. Hmmm maybe my friend who works for Coke can get me one! That would be pretty sweet huh!!! Coke has another game that was released on the Game Gear only in Japan called Coca-Cola kid the game pretty cool, easy to get your hands on it if you purchase from eBay.
Pepsi - Pepsiman
Pepsiman is a Japanese game for the PlayStation released in 1999, featuring the Japanese mascot for Pepsi, Pepsiman. The gameplay itself is entirely on rails, consisting of Pepsiman running from one end of the level to the other, picking up Pepsi cans and using Pepsi-branded vending machines on the side. This game is really rare.
Cheetos
Chester the Cheetah had two games released on Sega and Super Nintendo. These games were just basic platform games.
McDonald - M.C. Kids
I know McDonald's has had quite a few games released some on PC and what not. But M.C. Kids on the NES is a pretty awesome platform game that kind or reminds me of Super Mario Bros. 2 and Rescue Rangers on NES.
Domino's Pizza
Yo! Noid was a classic Saturday Morning cartoon commercial character and when a game for the NES came out I was there at Phar-Mor (now owned by some conglomerate, the store was kind of like a giant Walgreen's with a huge video store attached to it). The game is a pretty sweet platform game in which you control Noid. He had other games that came out on other systems, but he is one the most classic 80's food icons. Today I hate Domino's and there's no Noid as their spokes person.
California Rasins
Who doesn't remember the jazz and music playing grapes?!?! I remember them well singing such songs as Heard it Through The Grapevine and so on. They had a game released as a Prototype for the NES. You can download the Rom the game is pretty cool.
7-Up
Spot! Yes that crazy character had many games that were released, such as Spot! The Video game For NES which plays like checkers in my opinion and Spot! Goes to Hollywood which was released on several systems. Spot! Goes to Hollywood is a great game for a platform game unlike his NES counterpart which can be quite boring. But a little background about Spot is he was another commercial character in the 80's who was great at promoting his product 7-Up he's still around but as a silent red dot on the bottle that 7-Up still has but as most commercials have become they all loose their characters that attract kids, and he was the first to go.
The last one I would like to talk about is Kool-Aid
Kool-Aid Man on the Atari 2600 and Intellivision is a pretty cool game unfortunately he didn't have any other releases. He does occasionally show up in say an episode of Family Guy. But his commercials were awesome! He is still around today getting kids to drink their Kool-Aid so how about another game! It would have to be way better than the company I will only mention once the games for Xbox mentioned by the other burger joint oh yeah Burger King, those games are CRAPPY!!!!! Sorry for those who like them.
So I hope you all enjoyed this blog if any of you want to add more information just post a comment and we can talk from there, also if you have any other game that you want to talk or add on to this list leave a comment.
Thanks.
Managed to squeeze one more game of Ren and Stimpy in today. This one went much better and I didnt even have to dig into my continues (barely). I love the show and comics, but this game is kind of lame. Its got some decent humor and nods to the show, but the gameplay is very frustrating at times. Especially when playing as Ren.
Bickman is currently holding my hand and trying to get me setup for some videos on youtube. I'm having some difficulty and being the computer dunce that I am I'm not sure if its my fault or my systems. Hopefully we'll be able to get it sorted out though.
Heres another screen for you guys:
5th Day of Challenge = 18/100
Games beaten since Oct.8th:
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros 2
Super Mario Bros 3
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Mega Man 5
Mega Man 6
Castlevania
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
Duck Tales
Duck Tales 2
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
Felix the Cat
Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
Ren and Stimpy Show: Buckaroo$
Tonight I went with a Classic Cartoon theme and finished Felix the Cat and Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout. Also had a failed attempt at The Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckaroo$.
Felix the Cat was a cake walk. There was one part where I was just trying to go to fast and spent 3 or 4 lives, but otherwise it was smooth sailing all the way to the final boss. He cost me a few more lives until I figured out a better way to attack him and then he fell easily as well.
BBBB was a bit harder than Felix, but still very easy overall. Like Felix the bosses were all a joke. The hammer that Bugs uses to attack is horrible. It really wrecks the game. If they made it so that you had to jump on enemies or simply avoid them, I think the game would have been a lot more fun. After each level you play a lottery to try and win extra lives. Sometime a little over halfway through the game I hit the jackpot and won myself 50up! Because of that I finished the game with something ridiculous like 74 extra men.
I've beaten Ren & Stimpy before a long long time ago, but tonight was having some troubles. Now that I've refreshed myself on some of the trickier spots and puzzles I should be able to breeze through it during my next playthrough.
Heres tonights screens:
5th Day of Challenge = 17-100
Games beaten since Oct.8th:
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros 2
Super Mario Bros 3
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Mega Man 5
Mega Man 6
Castlevania
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
Duck Tales
Duck Tales 2
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
Felix the Cat
Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
PS - I'll be attempting to upload some of the videos onto youtube over the next couple days. I'll let you guys know if its successful or not.
See that Flyer? That's the Flyer for the original Arcade version of Splatterhouse. Tell me, are Arcade games usually long? No. Do they usually take HOURS to beat? No. Splatterhouse breaks both of these rules with it's Nightmarish difficulty. I just spent THREE hours playing through this game, and let me tell you, it was not a walk in the park. Splatterhouse has got to be the toughest Arcade game in the world, without question. I continued over 200 Times, played for three hours, and I finally managed to beat it. Seriously, if I was playing the actual cabinet (I was playing an emulated version on the PS3 Version of the game), I would be out a year's salary. It's THAT tough.
Anyway, your probably thinking "Why didn't you just quit then?". I ask myself that same question, as I honestly have no idea. Normally, my temper and low patience would have led me to quit a game like this, but for some reason, I didn't. I just kept pressing forward until I finally beat it. I knew Arcade Games could be sadistic, but I never imagined one would take it this far. The people who developed it are probably laughing about it to this very day. In all honesty, I don't see how anyone could have allowed a game like this to be released. This game probably crushed a lot of kids' spirits when it was first released. Imagine the toughest game you've ever played, and multiply it's difficulty times four, and you have this.
But enough about how tough this game is. How does it play? This time, you can go figure it out for yourself, because there is no way I can give this game an honest review. It's just not in me. If you want to punish yourself for some reason, then go and play this. I just do not think I can give this game a fair review after what I went through tonight. If you want my advice though, stay away from this game and play Ninja Gaiden II instead. You'll save yourself a lot of frustration. Yeah, I went there. It's THAT tough, if I haven't made myself clear enough yet.
This is ReddMcKnight, signing off, and hoping that I won't ever get the urge to play this game again.
First off I need to ask for some urgent help. Does anyone know of a site that I can upload the videos of my playthroughs on? I didnt realize how much room they were going to take up on my computer and I am quickly running out of space. Youtube sucks because I'll have to edit each and every video into 10 minute chunks, which I really do not want to do. Videos range from 10 minutes to 2 hours and could possibly get longer with future games. Are there any other options out there? I've got a little bit of time if I commandeer my wife's external HDD, but I'll still run out of room before I'm finished.
Now onto tonights conquests!
Decided to go wtih a Disney theme tonight and tackle some old favorites and 1 not so favorite of mine. Got Adventures in the Magic Kingdom out of the way first. It took much longer than it should have. Firstly because I was having some slight lagging issues which made Space Mountain and Autopia basically impossible until I got that resolved. The second part was all me. For whatever reason I just sucked a lot on the 1000 Ghosts and Pirates of the Caribean areas. Eventually I finished the game though.
Duck Tales and Rescue Rangers are two of my favorites. I've beaten both many times and knew they would both be taken down quickly. Neither titles gave me much trouble.
Duck Tales 2 and Rescue Rangers 2 are both decent, but for some reason dont seem quite as solid as their precessesors. Both are very similar to the games they are sequeling, with some slight changes, and both are a bit longer.
Overall another fun night!! Havnt decided what I'm going to tackle tomorrow yet, but I'll spend a bit of time looking over my games and come up with something. Maybe some old Cartoon games like Felix the Cat and Bugs Bunny or something.
Tonights Screens:
4th Day of Challenge = 15/100
3 more worked off the list tonight. I had a lot of trouble remember the order for the master robots on MM5 and just ended up beating 6 of them with my M Buster. Its a solid game, but probably my least favorite MM.
6 Does a few different things from the rest of the series that keeps me more interested. The music in both isnt up to par for the series though.
I had no blinking issues in either MM game, but whenever I got hit on Castlevania I'd lose sight of my character until he recovered. Wasnt a big deal since Simon is Invulnerable when he is flashing anyway.
Dracula was a pain, as usual, and definitely took the most time. Took a few attempts to overcome Death aswell, but didnt spend a whole lot of time anywhere else.
Heres tonights screens:
3rd day of Challenge = 10/100
After four and a half years of year round school I'm finally near completion! While I'm not totally done, I've only a week left of an online class and half a semester of a Monday only class. For the first time in years I can look forward to more than a few days in a row of gaming (without homework looking over my shoulder). To celebrate I'm going to... play games! I am a gamer after all.
After consulting "Game Wishlist" spreadsheet, I decided to concentrate on getting some 360 games. I grabbed a giftcard my Dad gave me for my birthday and went shopping. Over the course of a few days I was able to visit many different stores during my lunch break. My end of week winnings were:
Enslaved - 9.99
Gears of War - 4.99
Alan Wake - 14.99
Not flea market or thrift store prices, but still not bad. Friday night, after the kids and my wife were asleep (and I finished my nightly cleanup) I anxiously placed Alan Wake into my 360 and turned it on... five minutes later I got the Two Rings of Death! Nooooooo!
Damage control: The system is a launch system, and I had already fixed it once (RROD Red Ring, fixed for around $10). I can fix it myself (for a cost of around $0, as I already have the thermal paste) or I can take it to a local game shop (Destiny Games, for you Metro Detroiters) that will fix it for around $50, but I have to ask myself: Do I want to fix this machine? It's a launch machine after all, and will no doubt break again (remember this is the second fix). Also, only my games (read: graphic intensive games) overheat the machine. My son's Lego games will play for hours. I might just wait until refund time next spring and buy a new machine. I'm torn.
Meanwhile a good friend of mine had heard of my plight (we were starting to voice chat when my system died) and showed me mercy. He offered to sell me a load of games for a shockingly low price along with shipping (he lives in Texas). I'm too embarrassed to share the price, but let it be said that I am in this friends dept. Thanks, Brudda'. Currently on the way are:
DS
Retro Game Challenge
Dragon Quest VI
Dragon Quest IX
Dragon Quest Rocket Slime
Contact
Pokemon Black
Nostalgia
PSP
Legend of Heroes Trilogy
Assassin's Creed Bloodlines
Jeanne D'Arc
Final Fantasy Crisis Core
Final Fantasy Tactics
PoPoLoCrois
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
Disgaea
Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles
Now I just need to figure out how to fit several coney dogs in a shipping box without tipping over...
UPDATE: Apparently I forgot that Lunar Silver Star Harmony for PSP is coming as well.
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