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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:
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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:
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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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Posted on Oct 9th 2011 at 03:38:32 PM by ( Crabmaster2000) Posted under NES Challenge, Mega, Man, 2, 3, 4, Wily, Light, Proto, Buster, Rush |
Now at the second day in and I have been able to cross 7 games off the list so far. Tonight Mega Man 2, 3 and 4 all fell to the might of my M Buster. I dont know if any other night of gaming could match this one though. Maybe I should have saved those 3 for a later date in case I get burnt out and need an extra push. Good tunes tonight too, some of my favorite on the NES. Most people know (and love) the music from Wily's stages from Mega Man 2. But I think the final Wily fight from 4 has my favorite song from the series. Its fantastic. Check it out if your not familiar.
Mega Man 2 gave me a lot more trouble than it should have. Unlike yesterdays "missing" bullet problem I had a case of "missing" Mega Man tonight. It only happened in two areas on the game. The first Wily Stage boss (big dragon). That wasnt to bad since he is super quick and easy, just had a couple accidental deaths since I didnt dodge at the correct time. The second spot was a lot more frustrating. The Wily Boss with that requires you use your Crash Bombs to blow away walls and turrets. That one was pretty close to impossible to beat without being able to see my character. Fortunately after several attempts he was clearly visible and I didnt have an issue. I tried messing around with the settings a bit, but it doesnt really give me to many options and none of them seemed relevant to the problem I was having.
Good news is that I didnt have any issues with the video on either of the other games.
Tomorrow I'll shoot for Mega Man 5 and 6. If time permits I'll be getting started on the Castlevania games afterwards also.
Here are tonight's screens:
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2nd Day Completion Total = 7/100
First day of my challenge has officially started. To start things off right, I was able to beat all 3 Super Mario Bros games and had enough time left to defeat Dr. Wily once too! Just so that no one can call me a liar I decided to capture videos of each and every game I'm beating. I'll post screen shots of the ending screens on my blog here. The videos are really only for my own benefit, unless someone needs some additional proof of the game being finished.
I'm finding my playing is a lot sloppier when playing on the computer, as opposed to on a TV. The response feels pretty good (although there were a couple times when the video lagged for a few seconds and caused me to run down a pit or into an enemy) so it must just be a mental block or something. Hopefully I'll get used to it, because I should have had enough time for at least one more game in this sitting. I'm also finding that some things are not always showing up on the computer monitor. For example, ducking down in SMB 2 you normally flash after a while, the characters didnt flash and I just had to guess when they were charged for a super jump. Also Dr. Wily and a couple other bosses were even harder than normal because only some of their bullets were clearly visable and would often "blink" on and off the screen.
These arnt huge issues when playing games I'm familiar with, but when I get to uncharted territory its going to make things very difficult. Does this have something to do with the monitor being an LCD screen? Is there something I can do to remedy this issue?
Anyway here are tonights screen shots and tomorrow I'm looking forward to A LOT more Mega Man!!
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Completed so far Oct.8th/2011 = 4/100
Back to our regularly scheduled episode.
In the last episode, Arino was re-introduced to the romance genre with Roommania #203, a life simulator for the Sega Dreamcast. Arino was very familiar with the game, but one scenario had escaped him - the romance scenario.
Arino armed himself with the game's strategy guide and worked through the scenario. However, at the end of the scenario, he was only able to read part of the text for the ending and thought he had lost the challenge. However, that text was documenting the past, and the rest of the text revealed the happy ending!
Poor Arino, he never wins when it comes to romance.
This week, we're introduced to a brand new segment of the show - the collections! At the beginning of the episode, the fansub providers were kind enough to leave in the second portion of the Hudson Collection, and in the next season this segment becomes a mainstay.
Arino's challenge this week is a game published by Hudson, known as Star Force. Shmup fans will immediately recognize this title, as it almost singlehandedly brought the genre to the forefront in Japan.
Win Condition: Earn the 50k bonus for defeating Rarios before it forms.
Bonus: A legendary video game idol is introduced on the show! Guess which video game character is modeled after him?
Got this in the mail today from Goozex.
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Hey everyone. My brother and I did a little shopping last week and a week before he bought a nice package off of eBay from Japan. My brother and I ended up going to Lincoln, Nebraska last Thursday and spent a few dollars and got quite a few great things. This is probably the best Game Hunt we have had in a long time. First stop was Salvation Army on the way to Gamers my brother bought a PC game The Ancient Art of War At Sea complete in box for $2.00. Second stop Gamers number 1 in Lincoln. I purchased a complete SEARS Video Arcade (Intellivision). The box and everything is in great shape! Paid $65.00 for it and it was a great purchase. Along with the Intellivision. Also I bought Quake 2 complete in Box for N64 not shown in picture. I also bought a couple of strategy guides not shown in the pictures Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Rouge Spear and Fear Effect 1. My brother purchased another item not pictured (sorry some items aren't going to be pictured they weren't around the table until after I took the shots, but if you want proof I can provide pictures LOL) he bought Persona 2 Collector's Edition for the PSP and Space Jam on Sega Saturn. Then we were off to Best Buy and my brother got Bioshock 2 Collector's Edition for PC! Then we went to Games 2 in Lincoln. I bought a semi-rare PS1 game in Mint Condition Castlevania: Symphony of the Night! (Yes I bought the other PS1 Castelvania Game but will get to that later). I also bought Ace Combat 6 Strategy Guide for Xbox 360. My brother bought Star Ocean for PS1 and Deus Ex Human Revolution Strategy Guide. Then we went to a place called the Gameroom in Downtown Lincoln, he bought Railroad Tycoon Deluxe for $8.00 and not even used. Then we found out they had a second store so we went there and it was a good day for strategy guides. I bought Romancing Saga, Tales of Vesperia, Donkey Kong 64 (with EB Games Cover), and Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb. Then on the way out of town we went to a good Antique Store we bought only a couple of things my brother bought the Pac-Man card game from Milton Bradley in mind condition Copyright year 1980 and I bought the Nintendo Power for $3.00. So that was the adventures in Lincoln. Then on our way home we stopped at CD Tradepost in Council Bluffs, I bought Three Stooges complete in Box for NES, and had Eternal Darkness for GameCube shipped from another store.
The next day we went around a few places in Omaha. First place we went to was Barnes & Nobles I bought the two Sonic the Hedgehog Anniversary Comics, I need part one still. Then we went to Gamers I bought the SECOND Castelvania game Castelvania Chronicles for $38.00, the ColecoVision Roller Ball Controller ($5.00), World Series Baseball 2 Sega Saturn ($4.00) and two ColecoVision Games Slither ($2.00) and Time Pilot ($2.00). Then next up was another Strategy Guide find at Half Price Books I bought Silent Hill 1 BradyGames for $7.00, Fear Effect 2 ($3.00), and Gears of War 1 ($2.00). My brother bought SimCity 3000 and SimCity 4 Guides (The SimCity 3000 Guide is HUGE!) Then we went to Best Buy I bought Suikoden III Previously Viewed but returned it because I already have it, bought Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Game & Guide. Then we went on to the second Gamers by Best Buy, jackpot! Bought Super Mario Bros. 2, Narc, Ice Hockey, Karate Champ, and Commando CHEAP GAMES! Well Super Mario was $13.00 but worth it. All games were complete, and I got the NES Controllers Complete in Box for Free, and I purchased Eternal Darkness strategy guide. Then my brother and I went to Nebraska Furniture Mart and he bought Catherine: Collector's Edition. Then we went to a place called TUVA and I purchased Sonic The Hedgehog trading cards not opened for $5.00. Then we stopped at Best Buy on the way home and my brother purchased Epic Mickey Collector's Edition 50% OFF. Today at Best Buy my brother purchased Rage Anarchy Edition and Strategy Guide and I purchased Ace Combat Joint Assault for 50% OFF.
The other day my brother purchased a bunch of Famicom Games from Japan. The jewel of them all MOTHER! This game is Earthbound in the USA but having this copy on the Famicom in your collection is a must for any collector. The other games were Kanshaku Tamanage Kantarō no Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi (yes very very long title), Super Xevious (Gold Cartridge), Family Mahjong 2, Battle Fleet (Those Namco Games for Famicom came in sweet cases), another copy of Ultima - Seija heno Michi, another copy of Tetris, Wrecking Crew, Marusa no Onna, Momotarou Densetsu: Peach Boy Legend. Then on Monday my brother bought BC Racers for 32x Brand New! We only have two more games to go to complete our 32x Collection. Hope you all enjoyed this great game hunt blog. Pictures are posted on here as well. Please respond to blog thanks.
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Apple has reported that CEO and Co-Founder Steve Jobs has died today after a long and painful struggle with Pancreatic Cancer.
Although his contributions to the tech world were more related to computers as opposed to video games, his contributions to the tech world will never be forgotten.
As well, though I was not much of an Apple fan, I do appreciate the contributions that he made to the technological world.
He will be missed.
Thanks to everyone who helped me fill out my list of NES titles a bit more! Here is an updated list:
Adventure Island
Adventure Island 2
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
Batman
Battletoads
Blaster Master
Bonk's Adventure
Bubble Bobble
Bubble Bobble 2
Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout
Castlevania
Castlevania II
Castlevania III
Caveman Games
Chip n' Dale RR
Chip n' Dale RR 2
Circus Caper
Contra
Contra Force
Donkey Kong Classics
Dr.Mario
Duck Tales
Duck Tales 2
Dynowarz
Felix the Cat
Flintstones Surprise at Dinosaur Peak
Ghosts n' Goblins
Gremlins 2
Journey to Silius
Kickle Cubicle
Kirby's Adventure
Kung Fu
Legendary Wings
Little Samson
M.C. Kids
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Mega Man 5
Mega Man 6
Metal Storm
Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!
Monster in My Pocket
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden II
Panic Restaurant
Power Blade
Power Blade 2
Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckeroo$
River City Ransom
Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants
Simpsons: Bart vs. The World
Simpsons: Bart Meets Radioactive Man
Sky Shark
Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular
Snow Brothers
StarTropics
StarTropics 2
Super C
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros 2
Super Mario Bros 3
Super Spike V'Ball
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles
TMNT II
TMNT III
Where's Waldo?
Wizards & Warriors 2: Iron Sword
World Games
Xexyz
Yo! Noid
Additions:
Rygar
Battle for Olympus
Narc
Commando
Roadblasters
Top gun
Top Gun 2
Adventures of Lolo
Adventures of Lolo 2
Double Dragon
Double Dragon II
Double Dragon III
Battletoads/Double Dragon
Gargoyle's Quest II
Air Fortress
Ninja Gaiden III
Roller Games
Clash at Demonhead
Crash n the Boys
Jetsons
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Widget
Adventures of Rad Gravity
Little Mermaid
Jungle Book
3D World Runner
Super Dodgeball
Rampage
Breakthru
Tiny Toon Adventures 2
Monster Party
Guerrila War
Thats 104 games in total. I'd still like to pad the list further is possible so please shoot some more title suggestions my way. I dont have any Lightgun or Track Mat games on the list yet so if you know of any ones that arnt to hard to beat let me know.
October 8th will be the official start date!! Which means I'll have until January 16th (please correct me if I'm off with my times) to beat at least 100 different NES games. Wish me luck!
Welcome to another Let's Watch: GameCenter CX article! This week, I've decided to release this episode early due to the shortness of the episode. Expect another episode on Friday!
Previously, Arino interviewed Atsushi Inaba, a producer for Tekki [Steel Battalion outside Japan] and learned the history behind the infamous controller. He then proceeded to challenge the title and see how far he could make it while playing it on a theatre screen.
This week, Arino's back and playing another Life Simulator game, Roommania #203 for the Sega Dreamcast. He's quite familiar with the title, as he purchased it when he was released. However, there was one scenario he never completed on his own - the romance scenario. Viewers may remember his trials with Angelique Trois in S1E2, but will things be different this time?
Win Condition: Complete the Romance scenario with the good ending.
As always, leave your comments and feedback below and enjoy the show.
I recently found and sent CrabMaster2000 a power adapter for his Atari 2600 so that could finally fire it up and join me in some retro gaming. Before I sent it, we talked about playing against each other for high score once it arrived. Well, it arrived today and I looked over his list of games to determine what we would play first. I have decided on Phoenix as the first game. After thinking about it (for oh, let's say 5 minutes), I decided to blog about this challenge and open it up for anyone on RFGen who is game. Scores can be posted as responses to this blog. Of course we are going by the honor system here, so please, no made up scores or other forms of cheating. The challenge will run until the end of the month, October 31 at midnight. Hopefully, we will have enough participants and be able to make this a monthly event. Good luck!
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Mom picked me up 2 atari games Space Invaders and Circus Atari and another NDS case So they were free lol.
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A new arcade/game store just opened up in my area, and needless to say, I've become a pretty frequent customer since its inception. The guys that own it are really nice and have been very helpful in introducing me to new games and systems. Along with several standup and sit-down machines, they keep a nice stock of pinball machines going (always ten at a time and they frequently swap them out). As a result, I've been bitten by the pinball bug and am working on saving toward my first machine. Luckily, there is a fairly strong pinball community in my area and I should benefit from knowing some of its members in my local search. Unlike video games, pinball is something you have to work to find locally, unless you have unlimited funds to blow. For my first machine, I though I might go with something more nostalgic to me. I was a big fan of the Williams machines of the late 80s/early 90s, such as Taxi, Cyclone, and Whirlwind, so I am going to start there, since those machines tend to be more affordable than the newer dot matrix models.
Continue reading The Pinball Bug
Well Went To thrift Store Today and picked all this up for $3.00
Baseball.Golf, and Soccer for Atari. pokemon junior #8 book, Space Invaders handheld, TMNT VHS, and Star Wars Book.
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Then I traded my brother a computer laptop desk for Gears of War 2 and an Arkham Asylum Batmobile.
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Then I picked up This pimpin Poster and Frame At walmart for $20.00
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