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Title: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Doc on July 29, 2006, 11:29:29 pm
Continue discussion from there:
http://famicomworld.proboards58.com/index.cgi?board=othersys&action=display&thread=1140523014

to here.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: JC on September 22, 2006, 02:46:44 pm
I like the idea of this thread. If you've beaten any games, let us know here...I've beaten:

AV Poker (Famicom)
Bubble Bobble (NES)
Gekitotsu Shiku Battle (Famicom)
Hoshi no Kirby (Famicom)
Joy Mech Fight (Famicom)
Kirby's Adventure (NES)
Mega Man 2 (NES)
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (NES)
Punch-Out!! Special (Famicom)
Rock Man 2 (Famicom)
Super Mario Bros. (NES/Famicom)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES/Famicom)

I'll update this when I beat the next one...
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Toneman on September 22, 2006, 06:49:37 pm
As for Famicom:
Getsu Fuu Ma Den
Final Fantasy III

I think that's it
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: TheSSNintendo on September 24, 2006, 09:26:31 am
I used to have a list of games that I beat on my computer. Looks like I'll have to re-do it again.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: TheSSNintendo on September 24, 2006, 06:16:38 pm
I have to pretty much look through All Game Guide to remember which games I've beaten.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Gorgarth on September 27, 2006, 05:07:53 pm

Ah!! great idea...

As for Familicom:
Akumajou .... (castlevania)

For NES... mmm ... over 200 games..

Regards...
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: JC on September 29, 2006, 07:38:40 am
200 -- wow. I haven't the patience or the time. Thank goodness for warps. If there's anyone out there who has ever beat Snake Rattle N Roll, I'd be impressed.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Doc on October 01, 2006, 04:17:25 pm
Today I beat Super Mario Bros. with no warps, I'll add that to my nonexistant list.

Super Mario Bros.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Gorgarth on October 03, 2006, 05:16:35 pm
Hello to all, I believe that my commentary impressed a little to them respect more than 200 games than I have finished...

On the matter comment to them that I have perhaps managed to finish them throughout my life... that is to say, I have 26 years of age and I have dedicated good part of it to play NES and other consoles...   

I want to them to comment that I am a nostalgic collector who each weekend I am at least finished a game of my collection.    The truth is that I do not have idea since I have finished as difficult games as AMAGON, A BOY AND HIS BLOB, Wizard an Warrior I an II among others...   

Greetings to all
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Doc on October 04, 2006, 11:24:42 am
Amagon has made me its bitch aswell...
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: JC on October 09, 2006, 10:27:27 am
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on September 30, 2006, 07:39:55 am
Quote from: JC on September 29, 2006, 07:38:40 am
200 -- wow. I haven't the patience or the time. Thank goodness for warps. If there's anyone out there who has ever beat Snake Rattle N Roll, I'd be impressed.

With warps? :-\


Snake Rattle N Roll with warps can be easy to get you nearer the end. I've gotten to the final boss without the warps but licking the foot enough times -- I've never been able to destroy the dude.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: natedogg on October 10, 2006, 01:26:05 pm
That final boss is really a pain in the butt, probably one of the most annoying end bosses ever.

But anyways, so that we don't go all offtopic, here's my list. Almost all have been played on a regular NES, sorry.  ::)

-SMB 1
-SMB 2
-SMB 3
-Chip'n Dale
-Chip'n Dale 2
-Double Dragon 2
-Duck Tales
-Duck Tales 2
-Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
-Megaman 2
-Street Gangs ( aka Rivercity Ransom )
-Little Samson
-Super Spike V' Ball
-Turtles 2: the Arcade Game
-Asterix
-North & South
-TaleSpin
-Kirby's Adventure
-Shooting Range





Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Doc on October 11, 2006, 01:55:18 pm
Super Mario Bros. 3, and Antarctic Adventure

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Antarctic Adventure
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: JC on October 13, 2006, 09:42:05 am
Updated my list...you know, the weird thing is that I've beaten Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, but I can't beat regular ol' Punch-Out. Since Tyson and Dream fight the same, I must have some serious racial prejudice that allows me to effortlessly beat the shit out of a black dude and not a white dude. :-\
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: TheSSNintendo on October 14, 2006, 02:37:53 pm
Can I count the Legend of Zelda for the NES, since I beat it on the LoZ: Collector's Edition disc? Same goes for Final Fantasy 1; beat that on Playstation. And Ninja Gaiden 1, beat that on the Ninja Gaiden Trilogy (SNES).
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Doc on October 15, 2006, 06:04:57 am
lol, sure. :)
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: TheSSNintendo on October 15, 2006, 08:07:07 am
Nice.. Emulated games count too then.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: TheSSNintendo on October 15, 2006, 12:19:22 pm
Ok, here's my list. I had to look up the ones that I've beaten via the All Game Guide.. Some games included were beaten via emulator.


Atari 7800[/u]
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.


Nintendo 64[/u]
Cruis'n USA
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Mario Kart 64
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
WCW/nWo Revenge
WCW vs. nWo World Tour
WWF No Mercy
WWF WrestleMania 2000


NES[/u]
Castlevania
Contra
Contra Force
Dick Tracy
Disney's Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers
Donkey Kong Classics
Dragon Warrior
Final Fantasy
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors 2
Legend of Kage
Legend of Zelda
Legend of Zelda 2: Adventure of Link
Mega Man
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Metroid
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden 2
Pro Wrestling
Super C
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Tecmo Super Bowl
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game
WWF WrestleMania Challenge
WWF WrestleMania Steel Cage Challenge


Nintendo Gamecube[/u]
Luigi's Mansion
Mario Kart: Double Dash
Metroid Prime


Playstation[/u]
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Crash Bandicoot
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Driver
Felony 11-79
Final Fantasy (FF Origins)
Final Fantasy IV (FF Chronicles)
Final Fantasy V (FF Anthology)
Final Fantasy VII
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
Madden NFL '99
Mega Man 8
Metal Gear Solid
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
NFL Blitz
NFL Gameday '98
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Suikoden
Vandal Hearts
WWF Attitude
WWF Smackdown
WWF Warzone


Playstation 2[/u]
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Madden NFL 2004
Madden NFL 2005
Medal of Honor: Frontline
Onimusha
WWE Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain
WWE Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth
WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It


Sega CD[/u]
Snatcher


Sega Genesis[/u]
Battletoads
Beyond Oasis
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Desert Demolition Starring Road Running & Wile E. Coyote
Golden Axe 2
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat 2
Mortal Kombat 3
MTV's Beavis & Butthead
Mutant League Football
Mutant League Hockey
NBA Jam
NFL Quarterback Club
Outrunners
Sonic the Hedgehog
Streets of Rage 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
X-Men 2: Clone Wars


Super NES[/u]
Actraiser
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball
Castlevania: Dracula X
Chrono Trigger
Contra 3: The Alien Wars
Donkey Kong Country
Earthbound
Final Fantasy 2
Final Fantasy 3
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Final Fight
Final Fight 2
F-Zero
Illusion of Gaia
Joe & Mac
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Lufia & The Fortress of Doom
Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals
Madden NFL '96
Madden NFL '97
Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse
Mega Man X
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Mortal Kombat 2
Mortal Kombat 3
NBA Hangtime
NBA Jam: Tournament Edition
NFL Quarterback Club '96
Robotrek
Rock 'n Roll Racing
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Secret of Mana
Star Fox
Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Super Adventure Island
Super Castlevania IV
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Metroid
Super Punch-Out!!
Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers
Tecmo Super Bowl
Tecmo Super Bowl 2
Tecmo Super Bowl 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
WWF Raw
WWF Royal Rumble
WWF Super WrestleMania
WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game


Gameboy/Gameboy Color[/u]
Kirby's Dream Land
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3


Gameboy Advance[/u]
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
Final Fantasy IV Advance
Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Lunar Legend
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Zero Mission
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
Super Mario Advance
Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Wario Land 4


Nintendo DS[/u]
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Mario Kart DS
New Super Mario Bros.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: JC on October 15, 2006, 01:05:36 pm
Damn, man. Now I look at my list and get all embarrassed. :-[
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Doc on October 15, 2006, 01:11:20 pm
Quote from: JC on October 15, 2006, 01:05:36 pm
Damn, man. Now I look at my list and get all embarrassed. :-[


LOL, so do I...

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Antarctic Adventure
NBA2K2
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: TheSSNintendo on October 15, 2006, 01:13:09 pm
Yep, beat quite a lot of games over the years... And it ain't stopping there.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: JC on September 03, 2008, 01:09:16 pm
Beat World Heroes II (Famicom) and was very disappointed not to get an ending, not even "Congratulations!"
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: FamicomFreak on September 03, 2008, 02:22:16 pm
LOL I have to work on my list. I had one years ago that had the date of the game that I beaten. I lost it though :(
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: JC on November 24, 2008, 04:33:42 pm
Yes! Finally beat SD Hero Soukessen...final boss was tough... :D
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Paul-FC on November 24, 2008, 04:36:14 pm
i beat master fighter VI for the millionth time today lol
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: FamicomFreak on November 25, 2008, 10:47:57 pm
I finished bobble bubble just to find out you have to beat it two player.....son of a beach!
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: manuel on November 26, 2008, 03:51:05 am
Out of the top of my head, I can say I beat the following games.
I'm sure I forgot a dozen or so...

NES/Famicom: Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Zelda
Tetris (everybody has beaten B type 9-5, right?)
Dr. Mario
Megaman 3
Rockman 6
Maniac Mansion
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Duck Tales

SNES/SFC: Super Mario World
Yoshi's Island
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario All-Stars
Bubsy
Sailor Moon Another Story
Terranigma
Lufia and the Fortress of Doom
Secret of Mana
Mystic Quest
NBA Jam
Mortal Kombat II
Street Fighter II Turbo
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Goof Troop
The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse
Zelda 3

Gamecube: Soul Calibur II
Luigi Mansion
Super Mario Sunshine
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
The Simpsons Hit and Run
The Simpsons Road Rage
Wave Race

Nintendo 64:
Yoshi Story
Super Mario 64
Zelda - Ocarina of Time
International Superstar Soccer 64
Donkey Kong 64

Wii: Wario Ware

Nintendo DS:  Zelda - Phantom Hourglass
Children of Mana
Project Rub (Feel the Magic XY/XX)

Gameboy(Advance): Golden Sun
Golden Sun 2
Sword of Mana
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land 2



... oh boy, the boy is crying. I have to do some babysitting.
I'll edit the list later. :'(
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: JC on November 27, 2008, 04:21:36 pm
Yes! I just beat Lickle. It's an epic...
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: DLX on December 01, 2008, 07:57:53 am
For this weekend;

XBOX 360;
Gears of War 2 on Insane

Playstation;
MegaMan X4
Metal Gear Solid

Famicom;
Zelda I & II on Famicom Disk System

Playing now;
MegaMan 8 on Playstation

None of the games are emulated! Emulation brokes gameplay!
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Rob64 on December 12, 2008, 10:48:39 am
On NES and famicom:
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Dr. Mario (made level 24 repeat, that counts right?)
Mega Man 2
Super Mario 2 j

On SNES:
Super Mario Bros. 2 japanese
Earthbound
Super Mario World

On N64:
Tonhy Hawk Pro Skater 1 & 2
Ocarina of Time
Majora's Mask
Super Mario 64 (beating Bowser with 70, not 120)
Glover
Paper Mario
Banjo Tooie
Mario Kart 64
Mario Tennis 64
Super Smash Bros.
Starfox 64 (going through Area 6, not Bolse)
Goldeneye 007
Ken Griffey Jr's Slugfest
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Mission Impossible

On Gamecube:
Wind Waker
Star Fox Assault
Super Mario Sunshine
and Paper Mario Thousand Year Door

On Xbox:
The rest of the Tony Hawk games released for it minus 2X
Sid Meiers: Pirates
GTA Vice City
Spiderman 1 & 2
KOTOR 1 & 2
Pirates: Legend of Black Kat
Indianna Jones and The Emperor's Tomb
Medal of Honor Frontline and Rising Sun

On Wii:
Wario Ware Smooth Moves
Super Paper Mario
Super Mario Galaxy
Twilight Princess
SSBB
Mario Kart Wii
and Mario Party 8

On DS:
All the Ace Attorney games

On PC:
Star Wars Rebel Assault
Wolfenstein 3D (all three levels)
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego
and Road Rash
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: vgthing on December 19, 2008, 02:36:12 pm
Gradius I and Gradius II. (Whew!)
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2j (Yes, I did beat it once without any warps or cheats, but I have yet to do it again)
Super Mario Bros. 3
Legend of Zelda
Twinbee
Life Force (Salamander)
Kid Icarus
Kirby's Adventure
Quarth
Air Fortress
Abadox
Ninja Gaiden II
Tetris (Type B)
Megaman
Megaman 2
Megaman 4
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: nintendodork on December 19, 2008, 03:33:49 pm
Not that many...these are all of the ones I can think of off the top of my head

NES:
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2 USA
Super Mario Bros. 3
Kung-Fu
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Gyromite (Yes, all 40 levels...starting at level one...R.O.B needed new batteries after that)
The Legend of Zelda 1&2 (Both gold carts!!)
Kirby's Adventure

SNES:
Donkey Kong Country
King of the Monsters 2
Earthbound
Super Mario Kart (On each CC)

N64:
Super Smash Bros.
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Pokemon Stadium
Pokemon Stadium 2
Crusin USA
Crusin World
Mario Party 1-3
Mario Kart 64
Mario Tennis 64
Paper Mario
Mario Golf
Super Mario 64
Yoshi's Story

Gamecube:
Luigi's Mansion (Bowser/ King Boo always scared me :P)
Mario Kart Double Dash
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Mario Party 4-7
Super Mario Strikers
Super Mario Sunshine
WarioWare
Super Monkey Ball 2
Kirby Airide
SSX: On Tour
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Mario Power Tennis
DDR: Mario Mix
Wario Land
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
Cel Damage
Need For Speed Underground 2
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
DBZ Budokai 1&2
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
Shadow the Hedgehog
Super Mario Sunshine
The Simpsons: Hit & Run
The Simpsons: Road Rage


Wii:
LoZ: TP
WarioWare
Guitar Hero 3
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Monster 4X4
Excite Truck
Rayman Raving Rabbids 1&2
Super Paper Mario
Metroid Prime 3:Corruption
Super Mario Galaxy
Mario Kart Wii

Virtuole: (That's my slick, new name for Virtual Console :P)
Kid Icarus
SMB2j
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: JC on December 19, 2008, 11:33:54 pm
Beat Time Diver Avenger just now; I don't know where the title "Eon Man" comes from, perhaps the storyline, where it says some sort of "eon system" people use to travel around in time. I love the story...kinda cool. They call the dude "Time Diver" because he dives through time to save people. The bosses are pretty easy, but the game overall is fun.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Rcoehrs on March 28, 2009, 07:44:32 am
The Idea.. everytime you complete a game, Post it here and at the end of the year. tally it up. I did this once and was suprised how much I sucked at Videogames, Only rule no doubles. beating a game twice doesn't count. lol

I'll go first

RC
--------------------
1. Super Mario Land for Gameboy
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: manuel on March 28, 2009, 07:55:43 am
Ok then. This year so far:

Rockman 6
Super Mario Bros
Little Big Planet
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: son_ov_hades on March 28, 2009, 08:01:39 am
I think there's already a thread for this somewhere.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: nintendodork on March 28, 2009, 10:19:03 am
Yes, there is
http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=41.0
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Rcoehrs on March 28, 2009, 12:47:48 pm
Oh sorry didn't see one like this, it hasn't been updated since 2008 and I figured this would be a one year  tally of the games beat not just all the games you ever beat, but I can close this if yea want...oh by the way

1.Super Mario Land
2.Super Mario Land 2

lol
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Blue Protoman on March 28, 2009, 04:22:17 pm
Megaman 3.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Drakon on March 28, 2009, 07:20:58 pm
do games I've already completed count?  Because I have a habit of playing the same games over and over
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Rcoehrs on March 29, 2009, 03:11:28 pm
sure they do, Just can't post them twice over the year tally.
BY the way ..
3. Super Mario World 99%
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: TanookiSuitSam on April 01, 2009, 12:26:21 pm
Super Mario Bros 3
Mega Man 1, 2, and 3
Dynamite Headdy
Sonic 3

that's it so far =P
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: keiffer01 on April 04, 2009, 10:08:59 am
Ace Attorney 1 2 3 and 4, Resident Evil 4 and 5, Famicom Tantei Club Part 2,SMB1,Kirby's Dreamland, Legend of zelda...
Think thats it since the start of the year :P
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: LocalToast on April 18, 2009, 10:19:25 pm
Are we talking 100% Completion, or making it to the end/beating the last boss?
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: manuel on April 19, 2009, 04:15:11 am
You don't always need 100% completion, so normally beating a game is fine.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Blue Protoman on April 19, 2009, 09:36:47 am
Retro Game Challenge.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: nintendodork on April 19, 2009, 09:40:04 am
Doraemon! :D
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: LocalToast on April 19, 2009, 12:06:53 pm
Hmm... well, I finished Half-Life 2 and Episode 1, and World at War recently.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: TanookiSuitSam on April 19, 2009, 02:53:53 pm
Super Mario Galaxy
SSBB (SSE)
Warioware: TOUCHED!
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Rogles on April 19, 2009, 07:31:28 pm
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
5 Days a Stranger
Trilby's Notes
6 Days a Sacrifice
7 Days a Skeptic
Street Fighter II
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on April 20, 2009, 01:26:27 am
Quote from: JC on October 13, 2006, 09:42:05 am
Updated my list...you know, the weird thing is that I've beaten Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, but I can't beat regular ol' Punch-Out. Since Tyson and Dream fight the same, I must have some serious racial prejudice that allows me to effortlessly beat the shit out of a black dude and not a white dude. :-\

(Weird, I guess I didn't quote it before - which makes my whole statement not make any sense. Anywho...)
Oh, damn. ;D

I haven't noticed this until today. :D

Not too long ago I beat Punch Out!! all in one try just to see the differences in the two games - not that interesting.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: namzep on April 24, 2009, 08:49:17 am
In the last couple of weeks I've taken out:

Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS) - still two puzzles from having 100% completion
Peggle: Dual Shot (DS) - basically Deluxe and Nights combined with some extras

I'm also pretty close on Geometry Wars: Galaxies (DS) but am having trouble with a few of the planets.  I really need to get back to Nuts & Milk and develop my skills at it, though.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Rogles on April 27, 2009, 03:50:41 am
Tsumi to Batsu: Hoshi no Keishosha. The last boss is a frickin' planet!
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: ericj on June 26, 2010, 05:21:26 pm
Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken 2, Pocket Monsters hack version!  :)  I found the game a little too easy.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: nintendodork on June 26, 2010, 06:21:31 pm
Is that the one that commonly goes by Pokemon Green and has the green Clefairy in it?  I agree that game is easy, but it's really fun!
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: ericj on June 26, 2010, 07:10:27 pm
It's the same game as the Pokemon Green version, but the sprite-hacked Pokemon is different--he's blue & red and skinnier. I couldn't find a picture of it online.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: NintendoKing on June 26, 2010, 08:20:42 pm
Quote from: nintendodork on June 26, 2010, 06:21:31 pm
Is that the one that commonly goes by Pokemon Green and has the green Clefairy in it?  I agree that game is easy, but it's really fun!

Green was one of the first sprite hack games I ever played, I got it on a multicart with Pocket Monster ( a hack of Athena )
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on June 26, 2010, 09:41:21 pm
Do I have to list them all? With the exception of early arcade style games (Donkey Kong, Pacman etc) I've beaten every game I own, except for Batman The Animated Series for Game boy. Most recently I beat Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland for GBA. :)
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: tankexmortis on June 27, 2010, 02:25:17 am
I don't usually beat a game unless it's really astoundingly great, and even then it can take several plays over several years before I get around to it. I have a short attention span.

When I was really sick though I'd get a game, beat it, and trade it away for another game ASAP. Went through a bunch like that; Batman: Arkham Asylum, Borderlands, Assassin's Creed II, and several others I'm blanking on.

I'm trying to beat more games, but I don't really have the time to invest with all the things I like to do - like amass more games! Wow, I'm an idiot...
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: cubelmariomadness on June 30, 2010, 07:27:16 am

QuoteGreen was one of the first sprite hack games I ever played, I got it on a multicart with Pocket Monster ( a hack of Athena )




Pocket Monster just stole graphics from Athena, it's not a hack.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on June 30, 2010, 01:40:39 pm
Only level 1 steals from Athena, all the other levels steal from different games. (Adventure Island 2, etc) Some of the bosses are stolen from Adventure Island 2 also. It is a really great pirate original though.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: cubelmariomadness on June 30, 2010, 04:09:31 pm
I know. Played some of Pocket Monster, and it likes to steal from Adventure Island.
Title: What was the last famicom game you finished?
Post by: Kiddo on December 13, 2010, 09:11:14 pm
So yesterday I spent 4 hours playing Tiny Toons and managed to finish it for the first time! I guess compared to most games it isn't that hard but I'm still a bit rusty in the 8-bit gaming scene. Those were 4 hours I could have spent studying for an exam I've got coming up next thursday, but it's just so gratifying finishing a game, seeing the ending screen and listening to the closing music  :D

So what was the last famicom game you finished? Did it take you long? Was it hard? Have you finished it before?
Title: Re: What was the last famicom game you finished?
Post by: FamicomFreak on December 13, 2010, 09:13:24 pm
mine was the second DBZ which was quite easy to play. I enjoyed it but the ending left me wanting for more...ugh it only ends at the freeza saga!
Title: Re: What was the last famicom game you finished?
Post by: MS-DOS4 on December 13, 2010, 09:20:14 pm
Recca.

with cheats
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: manuel on December 14, 2010, 02:08:42 am
Reviving this thread...

The last day I finally beat Baten Kaitos.
First time I played it (in Japanese) years ago it seemed very hard, but this time around I kicked serious ass. Beating a boss boasting 13000HP with 2 attacks just feels so good...  ;D
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: jpx72 on December 14, 2010, 03:18:44 am
Quote from: manuel on December 14, 2010, 02:08:42 am
Baten Kaitos

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeta_Ceti

Also, I've beaten Solitaire :D just now!
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: manuel on December 14, 2010, 03:23:51 am
Nice info...
Title: Re: What was the last famicom game you finished?
Post by: linkzpikachu on December 14, 2010, 05:14:11 am
shouldnt this be under the famicom/FDS threads? and also clu clu land

---

Super Mario advanced, the legend of zelda the windwaker, the legend of zelda spirit tracks (took me a month  :D) and a whole list of PS2
Title: Re: What was the last famicom game you finished?
Post by: Kiddo on December 14, 2010, 06:51:51 am
Quote from: linkzpikachu on December 14, 2010, 05:14:11 am
shouldnt this be under the famicom/FDS threads? and also clu clu land


Whoops, thought I posted it there, my bad.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: FamicomFreak on December 14, 2010, 07:15:11 am
last game I beat although I have beaten it a million times already was TMNT for the NES.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: manuel on December 14, 2010, 07:52:14 am
... merged 2 threads ...
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: cubelmariomadness on December 14, 2010, 01:13:29 pm
Don't you think it would be a good idea if we all just put our games in one post and just edit that post when we beat a new game?
Because this thread is going to get REALLY big if we just put one game per post.

NES:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Kirby's Adventure
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: MS-DOS4 on December 14, 2010, 02:21:04 pm
But nobody would bother to read everybody's post every couple of days just to see if somebody has beaten a game or not. When you make a new post, people will easily be able to see what game you just beat!
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: cubelmariomadness on December 14, 2010, 03:17:26 pm
Maybe for each week or something you could color the title different
like for Week one
SMB3
Week two
Kirby's Adventure

And that way the list would stay organized and you can tell when people have added new games. Maybe I'm just trying making this too complicated.  :P

Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: ericj on December 14, 2010, 03:38:09 pm
How about just deleting your original post and reposting it, noting the last game beaten as well as the those from the original list?  This would bump it to the top and each person would still only have one reply in the thread.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: cubelmariomadness on December 14, 2010, 04:25:24 pm
Yeah, that's a good idea!  :)
Quote from: Kiddo on December 13, 2010, 09:11:14 pm
So yesterday I spent 4 hours playing Tiny Toons and managed to finish it for the first time!


That's a fun game! Yope yope.
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: linkzpikachu on December 21, 2010, 07:00:30 pm
Both battlefronts
LoZ: spirit tracks
LoZ: the windwaker
Title: Re: Games you've beaten (including Famicom)
Post by: NintendoKing on December 24, 2010, 05:44:52 am
I am on a ongoing quest to see if I can beat "Harry's Legend" without using enemy cornering. The game is hard if you don't corner the enemies, but if you do you can beat it in 20 minutes or less.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: manuel on December 24, 2010, 06:01:12 am
 just changed the original thread title to "Last game you beat". So post your beaten games in the same style as you post "finds".
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: linkzpikachu on December 24, 2010, 06:38:50 am
i played coma on armor games, damn that is fun
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: UglyJoe on December 26, 2010, 10:55:56 am
Just got the normal ending in DSi version of Cave Story.  Dunno if I want to start over and go for the good ending.,,
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: ATARI7800 on January 14, 2011, 03:40:01 pm
mother 1 and pokemon red
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: linkzpikachu on January 14, 2011, 05:28:13 pm
clu clu land
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: FamicomRetroGamer on January 18, 2011, 04:16:02 am
The last game I beat it was FairyTale Fights for PS3, a retail game but sort of DLC-type.

Really good one, I've enjoyed.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: hashiriya1 on January 26, 2011, 05:41:13 pm
Obake no Q-Tarou
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: petersvp on January 30, 2011, 11:51:03 am
My last 7 completed games:

Resident Evil 4 [Wii]
Super Paper Mario [Wii]
Portal [PC]
Half Life 1,2,2ep1,2ep2 [PC]
Zelda: A link to the past [SNES]
Earthbound [SNES]
Mother 3 [GBA]

My ALL-Time completed games:

SMB (NES),
SMB2LL (SNES::smas)
SMB3 (NES & SNES::smas)
Duck Tales 2 (NES)
Flintstones 1,2 (NES)
Lodfe runner 1, nuts and Milk,
various Mario pirated cartridges (2,4,6,7,10,12,14),
Tiny toon, Goonies 1 and many, many, many NES games
Star force, Star soldier (NES)
Jazz Jackrabbit, Call Of Duty, Half life (PC)
MANY fanmade games (PC)
anddd many more that I can't recall now (PC) ;]

NOW PLAYING:

Super Mario GALAXY [Wii]
Zelda: Twilight Princess [Wii]
New Super MArio Bros: Wii

Favorite games

Mario series (nintendo),
Left4dead series (VALVe)
Half Life series (VALVe)
Tetris-like games or clones,
Lode-runner inspired games,
Old-school games
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: VegaVegas on January 30, 2011, 02:45:43 pm
Doom on Super NES:
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/2605/img0770small.jpg)
(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/366/img0773small.jpg)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nyziul on February 18, 2011, 08:55:42 am
Bio Miracle Bokutta Upa (FDS version). I managed to get through without having to continue, but I guess the game's not terribly hard to begin with. I Love the music in this game.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: TanookiSuitSam on February 19, 2011, 11:29:32 pm
Decided to go through Mega Man/Rock Man 3 again a few days ago. Thinking about taking down Mega Man/Rock Man 4 soon. Should be a blast!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: ericj on February 20, 2011, 07:09:16 pm
This weekend, so far, I've beat:

Mickey Mouse III: Yume Fuusen
Felix the Cat
Don Doko Don 2

:gamer:
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: FamicomRetroGamer on February 21, 2011, 11:24:35 am
Prince of Persia 08 on PS3

Finally! What a game that was.

Btw, you can play as Altair's skin after completing the game. Pretty nice.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: manuel on April 01, 2011, 04:27:55 am
Rabbids Travel in Time (3DS)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: modeltfordman on April 03, 2011, 05:09:28 pm
I'm still working on Super Mario Bros 2 on my famicom disk. I' cannot seem to get past world 6-1 at the moment!  >:(
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: modeltfordman on April 28, 2011, 05:23:51 pm
Update: I just beat it tonight. I may have used warps and exploited level 1-1 for lives, I beat it.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Cam3ron@FW on April 28, 2011, 10:36:11 pm
half life blue shift and half life opposing force.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: jpx72 on May 02, 2011, 09:50:01 pm
The Legend of ZELDA (NES) !!!! :star: :star: :star:
Gannon exploded deep in his dungeon, and Link and Zelda are finaly together (for the first time I guess) :D
I can't understand why I didn't played this game before...
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nintendodork on May 02, 2011, 09:56:23 pm
Metal Slug 3 (Neo-Geo) :star:
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: VegaVegas on May 06, 2011, 10:28:14 am
Dragon's Lair (NES NTSC version). Yeah, no kidding, finally I beat this motherf*cker (with the final boss, no skipping):
(http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/4815/img0977small.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/830/img0977small.jpg/)
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8246/img0978small.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/190/img0978small.jpg/)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: UglyJoe on May 06, 2011, 04:44:04 pm
Wow, man, I can't get past the third or fourth screen in that one.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: petik1 on January 09, 2012, 06:06:51 pm
Bumpo.

Portal 2. Fantastic game.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Parodius Duh on January 10, 2012, 02:17:40 am
Chip & Dale 3 (Heavy Barrel Hack)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: jpx72 on January 10, 2012, 07:18:01 am
Ys.
Well I did bought a cartridge with saved game right before the last boss....but I mangled him and saw the ending on real hardware :D
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: manuel on January 10, 2012, 07:27:05 am
Super Mario Land 2 on 3DS Virtual Console.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: yobikata on January 10, 2012, 10:08:15 am
The last game that I beat was a Japanese copy of Kirby's Dream Land for the GB. I'm at the end of Bomberman Tournament (GBA) right now, and I'm trying to work up the masochism to work through the last dungeon and beat it.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: VenomMacbeth on January 10, 2012, 10:42:38 am
Out Run for the Sega Master System.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: petik1 on January 20, 2012, 12:43:26 pm
Batman: Arkham City. Holy crap, it was amazing. :D
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Algo Fonix on January 23, 2012, 09:24:29 am
Sonic Generations for PC.

It was pretty fun. I had no idea what was going on during the final battle, but it was cool. Not bad for a free game.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: DowntimeinJapan on February 05, 2012, 07:25:45 pm
Ditto. I am currently working on the Saint Seiya game for the PS3. I recently picked up dracula (castlevania) 1 for the gameboy so I may play through that as I really liked the second one.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: UglyJoe on July 05, 2012, 07:14:15 pm
Sakura Samurai (3DS).  It's a fun little game, with mechanics not unlike Punchout!, in that you have to learn enemy movements, dodge, and then counter-attack. 
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Cheetahmen on July 06, 2012, 02:13:19 am
Antarctic Adventure on the Famicom. :)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: NostalgicRobotX on July 08, 2012, 08:39:50 pm
I managed to finish up Adventure Island for NES after all these years. The repetitive levels and music make me really appreciate the later installments in the series.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on July 09, 2012, 02:53:05 am
Mega Man 9 for the Wii Virtual Console. And now I'm not playing this game ever again, because TornadoMan and PlugMan along with certain sections in WIly's castle that are just too annoying to want to go through again. Good game though. Great music.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: garyptaszek on July 09, 2012, 03:38:14 am
NES
Castlevania
Simon's Quest
Dracula's Curse
Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers
Duck Tales
Faxanadu
Gremlins 2
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Kirby's Adventure
Kickle Cubicle
Megaman 2
Power Blade
Probotector
Snake's Revenge
SMB
SMB2
SMB3

Famicom
Akumajo Dracula Special: Boku Dracula-kun
SMB
:-[ need to get more platormers and less repeating single screen arcade games a'la Popeye...

edit: sorry, still half asleep and thought the thread was just titled 'games you've beat' ... the last one I beat was prob SMB or Akumajo Dracula Special.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: garyptaszek on July 14, 2012, 05:38:20 am
so yeah, ignoring my last post here's the last game I beat. about 3am
BATMAN NES
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/GARYPTASZEK/IMG-20120714-00254.jpg)
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/GARYPTASZEK/IMG-20120714-00255.jpg)
I got it in the mail yesterday and played it nearly all night, great game, seriously tricky but fun enough that you want to keep trying!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: FamicomRetroGamer on July 16, 2012, 09:17:53 am
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2

Completed it once and not doing it again, I'll rather play GTA IV than a boring fight game.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on February 14, 2013, 11:59:52 pm
Choujin Sentai Jetman (Famicom)
Wario Land 4 (Game Boy Advance)
Rockman 6 (Famicom)

These are the games I beat today.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Mo-hd on February 15, 2013, 02:54:21 am
Tomba!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: GBK666 on February 15, 2013, 06:02:04 am
Sengoku Basara 3 with all 16 characters finally. Goddamn the 1st and 2nd game were a lot more fun and SB2 Heroes still is the best one so far.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on February 15, 2013, 03:36:29 pm
Mega Man V. I'd like to think Mega Man represented Earth. ;)

Also "beat" Rastan for SMS using unlimited save states. :gamer:
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on February 22, 2013, 11:07:13 pm
Games I beat today:

Thunder Warrior (Famicom)
Power Blade (NES)

Wish I could add G.I. Joe: Real American Hero for the NES to that list, but the last level was pissing me off and I had to eat dinner so yeah... I'll try later. There's a password continuation system anyway, so it's okay.

Edit: Just beat G.I. Joe. Oddly enough, I actually died at the same time as the final boss... for a second I got angry thinking I'd have to start the level all over again, but luckily for me it counted as a win anyway. Surprise that game actually had some mercy on me...
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: egg_sanwich on February 24, 2013, 11:00:23 pm
Mighty Final Fight!

Was actually a pretty quick and easy play through.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on February 24, 2013, 11:02:38 pm
Quote from: egg_sanwich on February 24, 2013, 11:00:23 pm
Mighty Final Fight!

Was actually a pretty quick and easy play through.


Good work, soldier. I once had that on a GBA multicart and I loved it, might look into rebuying it someday.

Games I beat today:
Power Blade 2 (Famicom)
Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak (Famicom)
Kiwi Kraze (NES)
Shatterhand (NES)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on March 08, 2013, 04:28:28 pm
Mickey Mouse III (Famicom)
Golden Axe II (Genesis)
World of Illusion (Genesis)

Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on June 08, 2013, 04:33:02 pm
I've been in an unusual gaming mood. I've been revisiting obscure NES games that I grew up with. Last night, I beat DynoWarz for the first time in about 15 years. It was probably only the second time in the last 15 years that I'd played it for more than 10 minutes. It's not a particularly long or difficult game, but it does require patience to complete it because of some tough platforming combined with stiff jumping mechanics. The game's concept, of giant dinosaur mechs battling, was pretty cool. But it definitely could've used better execution than it got.

Today, I went back to another NES game that I have vague memories of conquering in middle school: Cobra Command. This one is lacking polish in a few areas, but this is overall a very interesting and enjoyable game. It's got some stiff challenge to it in places, but it's overall pretty fair. And I really enjoy the weapons upgrade system. I played it twice back-to-back, but wasn't able to finish it. The game has limited continues. I exhausted them on the first playthrough on Stage 4, and the second time I reached the opening part of Stage 7 (which is the final stage). Unfortunately, I apparently missed an upgrade depot in one of the middle stages, and I just didn't have enough engine speed to pass the instant-death fireballs at the beginning of the final stage. (It was terribly frustrating to get wiped out by the first obstacle of the stage 15 or so times in a row before the ultimate Game-Over!) I may try to get it done again later today or maybe tomorrow.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Ghegs on June 08, 2013, 11:47:16 pm
Prince of Persia, the DOS version. A while back I read through Jordan Mechner's "The Making of Karateka" and its follow-up "The Making of Prince of Persia" and it occurred to me that I've never actually beaten the original PoP. So I went and did that.

Very awesome game, still holds up today. I'll probably even return to it every now and then, to try and beat it without ever dying. First time I cleared it legitimately (ie. no savescumming) I did it with mere five minutes left on the clock.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on June 10, 2013, 07:52:23 pm
Finally knocked out Cobra Command (NES). That last level was a serious pain. Took me six or seven tries (10+ lives and then game-over/restart the game), across three days. The crazy thing is I vaguely remember beating this when I was around 10 years old. Clearly, I must've cheated my way through with a Game Genie.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on June 10, 2013, 08:55:21 pm
At GameWorks arcade:

Raiden Fighters
Metal Slug 5
Super Street Fighter IV (Arcade mode cleared twice, once as E. Honda, once as Balrog. Plus today I racked up a 26 game winstreak against a couple of players there)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on June 11, 2013, 07:12:21 pm
I just knocked out Ghostbusters II (NES) for the first time. I've been playing this sucker for 20 years, so it's a good feeling to finally finish this one.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on June 16, 2013, 03:02:29 pm
I just knocked out Terminator 2 for the NES, for the first time. Another childhood favorite, conquered at last! Another contribution to NintendoAge's completion project.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Cheetahmen on June 16, 2013, 03:18:39 pm
Freecell :P
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on June 16, 2013, 03:24:48 pm
Gun+Nac, no continues used. I must say this is tied with Talespin for my favorite shooting game, I love the boss graphics in it.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Magicantian on June 16, 2013, 04:34:19 pm
CaveStory+ I highly recommend anyone give it a try, it's loads of fun and would've definitely been a great seller if it could've made it onto the famicom.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on June 16, 2013, 04:38:51 pm
I haven't played that game, but it wouldn't have necessarily sold well on the Famicom just because it's good. I've noticed that generally the best games also happen to be the most obscure and unknown. There isn't really a direct correlation between quality and sales, I mean, just look at how many sports/Mah-Jong games are among the best-selling titles for Famicom.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Magicantian on June 16, 2013, 04:45:33 pm
I guess I should have said could have been a great seller. Are there any places that actually show overall game sales or maybe even production numbers?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on June 16, 2013, 04:47:46 pm
Not that I'm aware of, although I'd be very interested in seeing that information. There is a list of Famicom games which sold over a million copies, though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Nintendo_Entertainment_System_games
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on June 22, 2013, 01:02:20 pm
I just got done beating Mega Man 2 on my NES. I beat it on difficult without using special weapons, except on the two in Wily's Castle that are immune to the pea shooter (the wall turrets and the final Wily/alien robot). I was also able to do it without using E-tanks, except on the two-stage Wily ship boss and the final Wily boss (although I didn't need it to beat him; I didn't get hit again after using it). And, for the first time in over 20 years of playing this game, I was able to get over the disappearing platforms in Heatman's stage without using Item 2.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on June 25, 2013, 08:12:32 pm
I had a couple of NES games to test today, but they were solid titles so I went ahead and beat them both. I started with Super Mario Bros. 2 (US); I used a couple of warps and kind of zipped through it. I played with Toad for the whole game, and had about 12 lives left after offing Wart. It was a pretty good run, considering I hadn't played the game in several months.

I then re-tested Mega Man 3. Last night, I'd passworded straight to Wily's castle, and beat the game, only for the cart to freeze and crash seconds into the ending cinematics. I'm selling this spare cart to a friend tomorrow, and I wanted to be sure this thing wasn't defective. So I cleaned it again this afternoon, and played through the whole game. I used no special weapons, and tried to avoid using E-tanks, but I wasn't as sharp today as I was yesterday. I needed E-tanks to get past three of the Doc Robots, as well as the Orange Devil and the Wily Spider Tank boss. But hey, the cart played beautifully all the way.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on June 26, 2013, 11:19:12 pm
Awesome! You sound to be very skilled at Mega Man, I respect that. Some people consider Rockman 3 to be among the more difficult entries in the series, I'll never know why. Perhaps I just know the game too well.

Last few games I've beaten:

Konami Wai Wai World 2 - Among the easiest games I've ever played, beat it my first time ever playing, and only dying a couple times. Great game nonetheless, but surprised to play something so easy from Konami.

Doki! Doki! Yuuenchi: Crazyland Daisakusen - On the other hand, this is without a doubt one of the hardest games I've played. I wasn't able to beat it in one sitting, I had to use the password continuation to finish it. Cruelly difficult game, but I really loved the bosses in it.

Batman Dynamite - Now among my favorite games, I've been beating this one a couple times a day since I got it. I love almost every aspect of this game... so far the best I've done is beating it losing only one life... hopefully I'll clear a no-death run of it soon.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on June 27, 2013, 08:41:45 pm
Rolling Thunder!! :D Yeha! Woohoo! Yahahahahha! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ5Ae9v6iSA)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on June 28, 2013, 12:16:02 am
Congratulations! If that game is truly as difficult as most claim, then that's quite the accomplishment.

Tonight I beat Ninja Ryukenden III, and Contra on Famicom... Contra was a no-death run, I died a few times on Ninja Gaiden III, but overall I was surprised by how easy the bosses were.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on June 28, 2013, 01:58:08 am
You beat NGIII already?  You only got it recently :)

Even with the easier bosses, I think I might like it more than NGII.
I think I'm the only one though, most like the second more because of the story, but I play in Japanese so it's all lost on me anyway.  I prefer the weapons and platforming in the third one.  The first feels like Spartan X2, walk and hit.
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Post by: Nightstar699 on June 28, 2013, 02:06:10 am
Yeah! This morning... plus it was my first time ever playing. I have NGI + II on NES though, I've had those forever. So I am experienced with the Ninja Gaiden games.

I love all the Ninja Gaiden games, even on Game Boy, Master System and Xbox, so it's really difficult to pick one. I certainly don't play them for the story, though. The story could be about Ryu Hayabusa embarking on a journey to feed the giraffes at a petting zoo, it'd make no difference to me as long as the gameplay was there. I really liked NGIII though, the soundtrack was incredible and the powerups/wall climbing mechanic reminded me of Kage, which, as you know, is one of my favorite games of all time. It just might be my favorite one of the bunch.

Edit: Just completed my no-death run of Batman Dynamite. Yes!
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 01, 2013, 04:11:55 pm
I just beat the third quest of Kick Master (NES). I beat the first two quests last night. I knocked this one out for the NA challenge.
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Post by: Cheetahmen on July 01, 2013, 04:15:25 pm
Minesweeper on expert. It's largely based on luck even when you know what you're doing, but I still did it. ;)
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Post by: FamicomFreak on July 05, 2013, 06:10:16 pm
Dragon Warrior 1 and 2 (GBC)
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Post by: StJackie on July 07, 2013, 02:08:29 am
Deadlight on Steam..
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Post by: Nightstar699 on July 07, 2013, 04:21:54 am
Decided to play some games on my Game Boy Advance SP for the first time in a while. I beat the following:

Ganso! Yancha-Maru
Ninja Gaiden Shadow
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Post by: Cheetahmen on July 11, 2013, 04:27:37 pm
Mortal Kombat II Special on the Famicom. Played as Sub-Zero for most of it but then I lost and decided to use Shao Kahn for the rest of it. :P
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on July 14, 2013, 12:46:55 am
Conker's Pocket Tales - wasn't expecting multiple map areas. :o

But was expecting a final boss. :(
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Post by: Ghegs on July 18, 2013, 10:34:04 am
Just beat the original Super Mario Bros.

For the first time ever. I never did it as a kid. Well, that's something off the To Do -list...
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Post by: L___E___T on July 18, 2013, 02:44:52 pm
That last world 8 castle is fun right?  Figuring out the order etc.

When you're done you get to do it all over again with harder enemies!
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on July 18, 2013, 04:47:32 pm
Now you get to play Super Mario Bros. 2! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7KOQQCBvQA&t=5m14s) :D Oh the joy! ;)
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Post by: Ghegs on July 18, 2013, 11:54:29 pm
Quote from: L___E___T on July 18, 2013, 02:44:52 pm
That last world 8 castle is fun right?  Figuring out the order etc.

When you're done you get to do it all over again with harder enemies!


Well, I knew the pattern for that already. I've picked the information up somewhere over the years and still remembered it. I used warps when I beat the game, but I also played without warps a bit - I had no idea about Castle 4's (I think it was) mini-labyrinth so that took some retries. And for some reason I had a vague idea of Castle 7's labyrinth as well so I managed that on my first try.

I also know what weapons some Mega Man bosses are weak against, even though I've never fought them myself. This is the stuff my brain retains, but I need reminders and calendars to remember things like birthdays.

Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on July 18, 2013, 04:47:32 pm
Now you get to play Super Mario Bros. 2! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7KOQQCBvQA&t=5m14s) :D Oh the joy! ;)


I actually have RetroUSB's superb SMB2j cart, so I'll tackle that sooner or later. ;)
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 26, 2013, 05:56:15 pm
Wario's Woods Time Trials and Game A! I'm going to try to beat Game B in the next few days so I can claim total completion of the game.
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Post by: DDCecil on July 26, 2013, 08:28:35 pm
Just beat Fudo Myouoden ( :redcart:) after being stuck on 3-1 for awhile! Why did they water it down so much for the western release (Demon Sword)?
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Post by: L___E___T on July 29, 2013, 04:14:29 pm
I finally did it, I beat Akumajou Dracula:

(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii47/L___E___T/null_zps25f26367.jpg)

(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii47/L___E___T/null_zps850b753b.jpg)

I somehow managed to beat this the first proper go once I got to the throne room.  It seemed easier than on the GBA version, which I still haven't managed to beat, but will do shortly.

I know a lot of people have beat this game, but I never had this as a kid and recently really got into it after getting a cart from St.Jackie (thank you).  I'm going to keep and enjoy this for a long time, playing through every now and then, maybe I can clear the new game plus sometime too :)

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Post by: Nightstar699 on July 29, 2013, 04:26:49 pm
Ah, you only got hit once I see. Well played L___E___T, congratulations. I beat a few games today...

Tiny Toon Adventures - First time playing this in a long time, forgot how much I loved this game
Bucky O'Hare - This one, too, I haven't played in quite a while, and I actually needed to use a couple continues on Salvage Chute.
Ningen Heiki Dead Fox
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 30, 2013, 06:43:08 pm
Tonight I beat Game B of Wario's Woods, to achieve total completion of the game! I actually kept playing until Game-Over, and actually reached all the way to level 113. (The game continues starting at level 100 after the credits.)
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Post by: L___E___T on July 31, 2013, 02:00:43 am
 Nice one, I'll have to try that at some point.  I love the harder levels of puzzle games like Tetris and Dr. Mario on max. difficulty.

Yesterday I completed Akumajou Dracula GBA as planned.
Now playing through the new game+ mode which is really fun, it makes the first stage much more interesting and dynamic!
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 31, 2013, 06:15:09 am
I found Wario's Woods to be more dynamic and difficult than Dr. Mario or Tetris. Either that, or I really suck at it. You should give it a go and let me know whether the game is that tough or whether I just suck at it.
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Post by: wholesalewatch648 on August 04, 2013, 09:28:32 am
pokemon black 2 NDS
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 04, 2013, 03:39:16 pm
Ninja Crusaders (NES). What a frustrating game, but oh so satisfying to land that killing blow on the final boss. It was nice to yell at the TV in joy instead of frustration.
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Post by: Nightstar699 on August 05, 2013, 09:52:08 pm
Congratulations on beating it at last! I'd guess you stuck with the spear weapon throughout the final stage?

Games I played today:

Don Doko Don 2
Choujin Sentai Jetman
Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti
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Post by: Zeloz (akaBill) on August 06, 2013, 06:01:35 am
I finally 100% Super Mario World a few days ago! In one sit-down too!


...and then the battery back-up died the next day.   :'(
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 06, 2013, 08:59:17 am
@nightstar

Yeah, I kept the bo until the end of the game. There's a practically impossible area with four of those spastic things that run back and forth, plus a couple of other annoying things on an uphill climb. I'd stop short of that, shapeshift into the bird, and just dodged all that crap to the end of the stage.

The final boss's first form is easy, but you already knew that. The second form is a huge pain in the ass. But I found that if I kill the first form at the far left of the screen, the second form will just walk all the way to the right without attacking. I got in three cheap shots when he first transformed (but before his spread-gun), got in three more hit-and-run shots while he walked to the right, jumped him and got two quick shots while ducking to finish him off when he started to attack.

Yesterday, I beat Mega Man 4 (NES). I went for a more relaxing run, so I allowed myself to use the special weapons. But I did play through the whole game without an E-Tank. I also finished with a full 9 lives. Gotta do something interesting once in a while to keep a familiar game a fresh experience.
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on August 06, 2013, 11:27:28 pm
Finished Castlevania III with Alucard.

Should I even bother playing it on 'Expert Mode' ? Translation: is there any redeeming factors? Different ending/dialogue? Not just it being harder?
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 16, 2013, 03:48:43 pm
I just beat The Terminator (NES) for the first time. I've owned this game since my early teens, but I haven't really played it seriously until this week. It's possibly the worst game in my collection. I try to keep only games that I really enjoy playing it, which means 95% of them are at least subjectively good for me. But between my fondness for the movies, and the fact that I've screwed around with this game for 20 years, there's just enough for me to almost-enjoy playing it. But man, this was a lot of frustration for a crappy, one-screen ending.
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on August 18, 2013, 12:07:54 am
Mega Man Battle Network 3

So touching! :'(
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 22, 2013, 09:32:05 am
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (NES)

14-0, 14 KO. I had a perfect, no-hit, 1st round TKO of Super Macho Man to win the World Title, then needed 3 rounds to TKO Tyson. Neither result was hugely surprising.

I kind of needed to go back to something familiar after another crash-and-burn on Firehawk. That game gets damned tough toward the end.
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Post by: Toneman on August 24, 2013, 10:43:13 am
 :redcart:
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 25, 2013, 04:19:42 pm
I knocked out Firehawk (NES) this afternoon. It's overall a very enjoyable game. It was only the second unlicensed game I've ever beaten, and the first by what is possibly the best unlicensed company: Camerica.

Post Merge: August 27, 2013, 05:29:48 pm

Alright, now I've really got to brag.

I just beat Tecmo Super Bowl with Green Bay. Not only are the Packers one of the weakest teams in the game, but I marched through the Giants, 49ers, and Bills to win the Super Bowl. I took a garbage team, and pounded my way through the three nastiest teams back-to-back-to-back to win the big game. (I crushed the Bills 39-13 in the Super Bowl, rolling up 32 unanswered points in the second half.) My regular season record was only 12-3-1, but I definitely feel good about the way I closed out.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 29, 2013, 06:15:48 pm
Conquered Jurassic Park (NES) for the first time tonight. That's the tenth game I've beaten for the NintendoAge challenge this year.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on September 22, 2013, 04:01:22 pm
Dizzy the Adventurer (NES)
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Post by: jpx72 on September 23, 2013, 01:26:23 pm
Sonic Generations (3DS)
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on October 01, 2013, 03:20:27 pm
Operation Wolf (NES)

I used the controller, but I successfully rescued all five hostages. I actually managed to play through the whole game without killing any of the innocent bystanders.

Post Merge: October 02, 2013, 06:33:41 pm

Mechanized Attack (NES)

My second new NES conquest in two days!
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Post by: smeghead on October 03, 2013, 04:15:15 am
Just finished Dunk Heroes... for me, one of the best  FC games ever!!
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Post by: Protoman on October 12, 2013, 07:45:43 am
Resident Evil (PS1)

Got a bad ending because I didn't make a choice I didn't know I could make. Still, this is a great game from the time when capcom was a great company.

The last Famicom/NES game I beat was Megaman 2 (not the first time)
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on October 19, 2013, 02:57:06 pm
The Adventures of Bass 2 (NES) [Romhacked fan sequel to Mega Man 2]
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Post by: smeghead on October 20, 2013, 06:20:59 am
Duck Tales 2 ... it's an easy game!
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on October 21, 2013, 07:23:16 pm
I had a friend over, and as is typical for him he played through Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! As he's somewhat out of practice not having an NES at home, he came up short against Iron Mike. So I got called on to take him down in a rematch. I beat him twice in a row, once by decision and again in a 3rd round TKO.

Post Merge: October 22, 2013, 11:14:59 am

Kirby's Dream Land (GB) - Completed the first quest, for the first time. Didn't have time to get far into the second quest, as I was just supposed to be testing my spare copy.
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Post by: StJackie on October 23, 2013, 01:37:28 am
Alice madness returns on PC.. !
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on October 27, 2013, 02:32:28 pm
Conquest of the Crystal Palace (NES) - First time!

Point of strategy: always take the attack crystal at the beginning of the game. I was able to have projectiles through the whole game, which meant I was able to fight the final boss from a distance. Huge help!
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on November 03, 2013, 07:37:00 pm
Godzilla (NES)

I got in the mood for it the mood for it earlier in the week, after re-watching the original Godzilla movie the day before Halloween.
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Post by: Tetouani85 on November 08, 2013, 08:03:05 am
Resident Evil 3 on PS1 (9 hours of playing, 20min for the dinner  ;D)

(https://i.ibb.co/j3HDVXV/Photo0325-640x480.jpg) (https://i.ibb.co/3fK5kyJ/Photo0324-640x480.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/ZzhHy0y/Photo0326-640x480.jpg) (https://i.ibb.co/Vtcbd2V/Photo0329-640x480.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/02Cmvww/Photo0330-640x480.jpg) (https://i.ibb.co/kHwn0w1/Photo0335-640x480.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/KN4MBZP/Photo0337-640x480.jpg) (https://i.ibb.co/kyY2j5T/Photo0339-640x480.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/2YpTRcK/Photo0342-640x480.jpg)
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Post by: shonenx on November 11, 2013, 10:42:20 am
Lately Ive been running through them so here are some recents, I write about them all on WWW.finalbossreview.blogspot.com (http://WWW.finalbossreview.blogspot.com)
;D
Famicom
Contra
Super C
Bubble bobble
POW
LifeForce
Tiger heli
Chase HQ
Spartan X
EXED EXES

and on Sega Master System (just got one)
Double Dragon 
Alex Kidd Shinobi world
Alex Kidd miracle world
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Post by: P on November 14, 2013, 09:12:06 am
Hikari Shinwa Paluthena no Kagami - Famicom Disk System
Thought I should beat this one once again before I play the new 3DS game. :)
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Post by: Protoman on November 17, 2013, 10:58:10 pm
RAF World on Famicom... took a lot of training, let me tell ya! This game demands near-perfect memorization of the levels. But the awesome music was actually the biggest reason I kept coming back I think.
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Post by: security16 on November 18, 2013, 05:06:34 pm
Top trumps Dr who game for the DS. The hardcore Whovian in me insisted i play it but also the hardcore gamer in my insisted I shouldn't buy it because it's lame  >:(
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on November 19, 2013, 06:52:32 pm
Play Action Football (NES)

I had to stomp this one for the NA Challenge. I actually won all seven games, almost entirely using my three favorite running plays: Lead Option, Sweep, and Dive. Passing is for chumps.
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Post by: smeghead on November 24, 2013, 03:50:47 am
Max Payne 3 (PC)

+
graphics
gameplay
story
sound
music
bullet time
...

-
sometimes too easy, sometimes too hard
few bugs
little bit too short

9/10

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Post by: Mo-hd on November 25, 2013, 01:19:48 am
DKC 2 Diddy's Kong Quest.
Amazing characters, soundtrack, great graphics, levels,  etc. RARE done themselves well with this game.
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Post by: Protoman on November 28, 2013, 11:14:15 pm
New Super Luigi U.

I didn't think I was going to be able to finish this game at first, but it actually got a bit more manageable as it went on strangely enough. The fact that the stages are short are the saving grace.

But getting all the coins and beating all of star world? No way, that's laugably impossible. (to me)
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on December 02, 2013, 02:18:55 pm
Paperboy 2 (NES)

It's my 16th credit of the year in the Nintendo Age challenge.
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Post by: Nightstar699 on December 02, 2013, 03:27:59 pm
Valis III (Sega Genesis) Beat it without dying last night.
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Post by: smeghead on December 03, 2013, 12:14:40 pm
Fallout: New Vegas (PC)

:'(

I finished the game and now i'm feeling a little bit sad!  ???
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Post by: smeghead on December 12, 2013, 09:23:05 am
Broken Sword 5 : The Serpent's Curse Episode 1 (PC)

very interesting but unfortunatly too easy game...
i hope the episode 2 will be available soon!
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on December 14, 2013, 10:11:14 am
Cosmos Cop (Famicom)

The version of the game on the Asder 20-in-1 is incredibly easy, unlike the version of the game on the Caltron 6-in-1 (NES). I only managed to survive the first level on the Caltron version a handful of times, while I just completed the Asder version on my first time playing it. I don't know how many differences there are between the two versions, as I haven't played the Caltron version since selling mine about two years ago.

But there is one HUGE difference: the gun only shoots single shots in the Caltron version. In the Asder, you get either a two or three shot burst for tapping the button, or you can just hold down the A button for continuous fire. The hit detection is a little sketchy in the game, so the kind of precision shooting the Caltron version demands is really pretty unfair. In that version, I pretty much gave up on the gun and only fired the ring weapon; since that weapon has both limited ammo and a slower firing rate, I spent much more time dodging enemies than trying to kill them. In the Asder version, I just put myself in a good  position against an enemy and sprayed a stream of bullets in their general direction. One bullet was bound to find its mark! And it worked, over and over until I had cut through the game like a hot knife through butter.
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Post by: smeghead on December 14, 2013, 01:29:27 pm
I finished Honest Hearts and Dead Money (New Vegas DLC's)
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on December 15, 2013, 10:17:24 am
Top Hunter (Famicom)

This is a pretty easy light gun game on the Asder 20-in-1. I beat it on my first try. You shoot wolves trying to run off with your flock of sheep, trying to survive for some set length of time. Your sheep are reset at the start of each round, and after 20 rounds the game offers you its "Congratiations" and gives you a single screen of credits with some repeating music.
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Post by: smeghead on December 16, 2013, 04:41:58 am
I live in Santa's house! (PC) , so much recollections, found it again on some site, played it when was kid!
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 01, 2014, 08:01:26 pm
Well, Nintendo Age's 2014 Beat Every NES Game challenge has started. I kicked off my new year by beating 12 games. Kind of crazy to nearly match my total from last year in one day, but then again these were all games I knew well and am pretty good at. The only achievement of sorts was beating Duck Tales 2 on Normal difficulty. It was my second time beating the game, and I played it through on Easy the first time. I also knocked out Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers 2, Friday the 13th, Jaws, Mega Man 3, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, Monopoly, Paperboy, RoboCop, and all three Super Mario Bros. games.
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Post by: fredJ on January 02, 2014, 02:17:36 am
I also beat mega man 3 (actually rockman 3), a week ago.... It took me around 15 hours, but it was my first time playing. Had problem with some bosses and on two levels when you play the bosses again. Wily stages took their time too, and Dr Wily until I found out the easy way to beat him. I uploaded the videos yesterday, going to blog about it tomorrow....
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 02, 2014, 10:13:22 am
Well, it took me a lot more than 15 hours to figure out Mega Man 3 my first time. Of course, I was a pre-teen when I first played the first five Mega Man games, and I practically memorized them by middle school. It still took me about an hour and a half to ice Mega Man 3 yesterday, and that was with only three or four deaths (and no game-overs).

I got back to the grind already this morning, as I knocked out Hogan's Alley, Home Alone, Panic Restaurant, Spot, and Wild Gunman for the NA challenge.
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Post by: L___E___T on January 02, 2014, 04:44:10 pm
Hogan's Alley?  I didn't know you could finish it.  Granted I only play Game C but it goes on and on and on.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 02, 2014, 06:01:01 pm
I beat Godzilla this afternoon. An easy game, but it does take over 2 hours to complete.

Neither Hogan's Alley nor Wild Gunman have a definitive end. With repetitive, arcade-style games like those, NA's challenge is just typically to loop the game and get the high score. That's really a pretty low bar for most of those game. I went ahead and played Hogan's Alley until I was named a "sharp shooter" in each of the three phases, which meant that I'd at least doubled the high scores in each phase and played two to three times as many stages as "needed." With Wild Gunman, I actually racked up 100,000 points in each of the three modes, which was almost 10 times the preset high score. As it was, I was still completely done with both games in less than half an hour.

No great bragging rights on either of those, and I wouldn't even personally count them as "beaten" on my personal list. But I wanted to do a couple of quick, easy light gun games this morning, and I was pleased to find a couple of black-box classics still on the need-to-be-played list.
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Post by: fredJ on January 03, 2014, 04:23:59 am
For some reason I never learnt to play light gun games. Even on Saturn I rather use the mouse for Virtua Cop, LOL. I currently do have a famicom lightgun for practice if I wanted. I played Gun Sight with it recently, I think not many know that Gun Sight has lightgun support. Blogged about it too, fun game and somewhat of a hidden gem in my opinion. Maybe I should try to beat it? ;) For my own "beat every famicom game" challenge. That would take a lifetime.
The unrewarding thing with the NA challenge is that the people who beat the games quickly are the ones that have already beaten them many times, so it doesn't give them much.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 03, 2014, 12:06:12 pm
I knocked off Desert Commander for the Nintendo Age NES challenge today. It's kind of an interesting change of pace to beat up on childhood favorites for the challenge.

Your criticisms are true for especially the first week of January, which is kind of the "gold rush" season of the challenge. But the obvious classics are usually long-gone by the end of January at latest, and the hardcore players who stay with the thread for the rest of the year are often slogging through some obscure stuff. Fifteen of the sixteen games I beat for the challenge last year were ones I'd never beaten before, even if I'd owned half of them since childhood and had already seen the last stages of most of those. Of course, I didn't have much choice there given that I only joined the thread halfway through the year, but the idea of playing through the obscure games is probably my favorite part of the challenge.

I've wondered about a spinoff Beat Every Famicom Game, but that would probably be much less successful here. I suspect the amount of interest, if not ability, to beat all of the hundreds of J-RPGs, adventure games, and all the boring crap like the horse racing betting games would be very low here. And of course this board is much smaller to begin with.
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Post by: fredJ on January 04, 2014, 04:50:53 am
We'd have to limit ourselves to playable famicom games, or at least games with English translations. I think it would be interesting to see if anyone could beat famicom exclusive games like Ninja Jajamaru Kun, Ninja Hattori Kun, Warpman, Super Xevious, or Transformers Convoy No Nazo (I think this last game is practically impossible without save states). Holy Diver is also really hard on actual hardware without save states.
There's enough of playable famicom games that would keep us occupied for the full year, without having to go to horse racing games.
Also it would be interesting to see if someone could beat a game like Shadowgate or Deja Vu in Japanese, if they are experienced with the English version.
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Post by: Nightstar699 on January 04, 2014, 05:20:36 am
Quote from: fredJ on January 04, 2014, 04:50:53 am
I think it would be interesting to see if anyone could beat famicom exclusive games like Ninja Jajamaru Kun, Ninja Hattori Kun, Warpman, Super Xevious, or Transformers Convoy No Nazo (I think this last game is practically impossible without save states).


I've beaten Ninja Hattori Kun and Transformers: Convoy No Nazo before. No cheats used, played on AV Famicom, etc.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: PatMan33 on January 04, 2014, 06:48:05 am
Finished Zelda: A Link Between Worlds a little bit ago. That was a really fun, good game. Definitely recommend you get it if you have a 3DS.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 05, 2014, 07:12:47 pm
Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak (NES)

The first game I've beaten for the NA Challenge this year that I hadn't completed before. Took me three serious attempts. The damn fire wheel in the last volcano stage was probably the toughest obstacle in the game. That, and the final boss was pretty tough the first few times I fought it.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on January 06, 2014, 08:15:00 am
Super Mario 3D World.

Pretty easy really, but I expect the post-game worlds to be a lot harder, and the Champion's Road to be impossible.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 07, 2014, 06:07:07 pm
I beat Shooting Range for the NA NES Challenge.

I'm a sucker for light gun games, and I have extra nostalgia for this one since I've had it since childhood. But this one is still kind of a glitch-fest.

I played it on Level-3 (the highest difficulty), and try as I might I beat it twice but didn't score more than 29,950. But to get a gold medal I'm supposed to score 40,000? I look up the FAQ on GameFAQs, and it says you get 10,000 bonus points for beating the bonus stage. That's bull. I beat the round both times on my Level-3 completions, but it never gave me my bonus. (That and the scores for hitting targets are much more random... "500 point" targets are randomly worth 200, 300, or 500 with no apparent pattern.)

I went back and played it on Level-1. I stomped the first two levels, and did a bit better on score. BOOM! It gives me the 10,000 bonus for clearing the second stage, before I even got to the bottle-blasting bonus stage. OK... I play the bonus stage, and actually run out of ammo before blasting the last bottle. Crap! But the bonus points are still there on my status screen after going to the menu screen to start the last stage... IN SPACE! I start shooting aliens, and I look down and my score doesn't reflect the bonus 10,000 anymore. Dammit! I beat the Giant Brain boss and finish the game. I go to the high score screen, and hey, the bonus is back and I've scored 45,000 points. I'm treated to the Gold Medal screen. Alright then. I'll accept a glitch in my favor and call this one beaten.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: untinip on January 08, 2014, 06:51:12 am
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Gamecube version). Awesome game. Love it! I'll definitely play the HD remake someday!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 09, 2014, 08:05:16 pm
Jurassic Park (NES)

My second time beating it, and my second consecutive year of getting the credit for it on the NA challenge. Not overly difficult and actually pretty fun, aside from the frustration of the T-Rex boss battles.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on January 11, 2014, 01:05:21 am
The first Ganbare Goemon on Super Famicom! I was starting to think I'd never beat it.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 11, 2014, 09:30:17 pm
Monster Party (NES)

Another conquest for the NA Challenge. First time beating it, too.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: senseiman on January 12, 2014, 06:17:50 am
Contra!

OK... I used the 30 lives cheat. Does that still count?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on January 12, 2014, 10:21:01 am
I'd say it does, you've probably got the skill to beat it with just 3 though now!

I beat Dr. Luigi - hard on level 15, there's a special surprise when you beat level 20 on hard.

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/nes/images/1734screenshot1.png
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 12, 2014, 12:32:20 pm
I just beat Mechanized Attack (NES) for the NA Challenge. Second time beating it, second year in a row getting credit for it for the challenge. This might actually be the best light gun game on the NES.

As for Contra, you'll need a bit more practice to beat it with three lives, but it's a fairly simple matter of memorization. The game will be exactly the same every time you play it.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on January 12, 2014, 02:17:19 pm
Not to mention that Contra contains some of the weakest enemies/bosses in video game history. I love it, but the whole game is a cakewalk because your character is 1000x stronger than everything else in the game. I guess that's part of the appeal in it, it's interesting controlling a character who feels that powerful.

And I just got done beating Doraemon for Sega Mega Drive. Good game, reminds me a lot of Kero Kero Keroppi 2 on Famicom.

(http://i.imgur.com/JpJS9T2.png)

Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 12, 2014, 03:03:18 pm
A real challenge would be to try to get through Contra without the Konami code and without picking up a spread gun. That powerup is absurdly powerful, and it makes it possible for Contra hardcores to play through the whole game without getting hit once.

I beat Terminator 2 for the NA Challenge a couple of hours ago. Second time beating it, and second time getting the credit for the challenge.

Then, I beat Who Framed Roger Rabbit for the first time. Another NA credit, and a major personal achievement for me considering how long and tedious that final fight is against Judge Doom.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on January 12, 2014, 04:27:35 pm
I've no-death ran it without picking up any powerups, I still wouldn't consider that to be difficult. Now, playing through the game without dying, using the fire gun... that'd be tough. I've only attempted it a few times in my life, and it wasn't pretty.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: senseiman on January 12, 2014, 09:01:58 pm
I`m far gone from being able to finish Contra without getting hit, but I can see from my run through that its just a matter of memorization.

The bosses are ridiculously easy too...

Still, one of my favorite games. 
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 13, 2014, 06:35:31 pm
I had a friend over, and we knocked out Ninja Crusaders (NES) in tag-team fashion for the NA Challenge. The game is far less aggravating with the Contra-style respawning at point of death rather than restarting the level after every death that you have to suffer through in single-player mode. Sorry, Nightstar, but I'm not as hardcore as you are.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on January 13, 2014, 11:21:48 pm
Ah it's okay. It's good to see Ninja Crusaders getting some more playtime regardless of circumstance, I think I'll play it next myself.

This evening I played a couple games, Shinobi III on Genesis (I've had better runs, but still this one wasn't bad. Died just once, and it was to Neo-Zeed), and Cocoron on Famicom. (No deaths)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on January 14, 2014, 04:57:21 am
Heh, the only Shinobi games I can play through without deaths is Shinobi GG and Shinobi on PS2 (do play that one when you get a chance, it's brilliant gameplay, ignore the bad reviews).

(https://ypzeoa.sn2.livefilestore.com/y1p6WFzKYuK4UzupzAOwSyaiDGuWAhee-PhbXusL08qs_GZBSEtpSeRMrLrkswSO6SVMv9kMJ2jRUJo2pdxRJgrTbyh9OBw_gJT/4623361903_ac3728d713.jpg)

The soundtracks are brilliant too!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 14, 2014, 06:32:41 pm
Dizzy the Adventurer for the NA NES Challenge. I also beat the Middle Road  on Paperboy 2, but I'll still need to beat Hard Way to complete the game for the challenge.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on January 14, 2014, 09:02:23 pm
Quote from: L___E___T on January 14, 2014, 04:57:21 am
Heh, the only Shinobi games I can play through without deaths is Shinobi GG and Shinobi on PS2 (do play that one when you get a chance, it's brilliant gameplay, ignore the bad reviews).

The soundtracks are brilliant too!


You can no-death Shinobi PS2? I've yet to play that game but I've heard it's brutally difficult so much respect for that.

I just got done playing through a couple Famicom games, first off I played Ninja Crusaders Ryuga as I previously foretold of... I actually played it through twice, the rust was real my first time around, so I decided to do it again, this time giving it a proper no-death run. And then I played Ninja Ryukenden III, I used to consider this my favorite game of the trilogy but I gotta admit I like the second installment better overall.

Next I'm going to play Super Ninja Kun on Super Famicom. It's been a very ninja past couple days for me. Even on Cocoron yesterday, I created and played a ninja-themed character for most the game.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 15, 2014, 08:55:14 pm
Tonight I beat Paperboy 2 for the second time, and Little Samson for the first time. Two more credits for the NA challenge!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on January 15, 2014, 11:44:24 pm
Go Go Ackman 2 on Super Famicom. Sadly, I had to use a couple continues. I'm not so good at this game, but I love it anyway.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on January 16, 2014, 01:54:54 am
I can only no-death run Shinobi on easy straight through mind.  To be honest you can blaze it with Joe, just takes longer.  You can race through with Moritsune but it's easier to make a mistake and have to restart.  The game's only hard on Hard, then very hard on Super Hard.  There's a challenge waiting for you there - but you'll have no trouble with the game once you get into it I'm sure.

Congrats on finishing Dino City so quickly as well!  I don't have the patience! :)

Post Merge: January 16, 2014, 01:56:03 am

Quote from: nerdynebraskan on January 15, 2014, 08:55:14 pm
Tonight I beat Paperboy 2 for the second time, and Little Samson for the first time. Two more credits for the NA challenge!


How do the credits work and are there prizes?  Or is it all just for fun, like gold stars at school? :)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on January 16, 2014, 03:29:52 am
Thanks! Though I'd recommend you give it another shot, I beat it a couple times since then, actually, It's not so difficult aside from a few points where you have to creatively utilize your human character, those are tricky the first time around.

And I actually just beat Go Go Ackman 2 again, this time no continues were used... my first time achieving that for this game, although, I was down to my last life upon completion. Have you ever played any of the GGA games on Super Famicom? Or has anyone else here, for that matter?

(http://i.imgur.com/AGQ6F58.png)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 16, 2014, 04:41:44 pm
I beat The Terminator (NES) for the NA challenge. It's my second time beating the game.

LET,

Nah, there's no prizes. We're just doing it for bragging rights. I'm currently in third place (out of around 50 members participating), so that's pretty exciting.

They're using a new scoring system this year. Each of the beatable games is assigned a value between one and ten, with the scores determined by how quickly a game has been beaten in previous versions of the challenge. For instance, I got one point for beating Super Mario Bros, because it's always one of the first to fall. And Paperboy 2 was worth ten, because it's usually one of the last (if it falls at all...). It's a novel system that bypasses the subjective difficulty of any given game, and one that fairly accurately rewards people for tackling longer, tougher, or more boring games.

Post Merge: January 19, 2014, 08:17:17 am

I beat Dr. Chaos for the first time in at least 15 years today. The NA challenge was a nice excuse to pop in what was one of my first ten NES games. I also beat Play Action Football last night, with Houston for the first time.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 19, 2014, 08:04:38 pm
I also knocked out Renegade for the first time in about 10-15 years as well. I had to fight that final boss probably a dozen times before I beat him. There are few things cheaper or more aggravating than a boss with a gun in a beat 'em up game. In between my many attempts at that today, I also beat Cobra Command and Operation Wolf. Having done Dr. Chaos this morning, that gave me four more credits for the NA challenge. I'm going to be in second place when the standings are next updated!

Post Merge: January 21, 2014, 12:42:41 pm

Dig Dug II (NES). A first-time conquest, and another credit for the NA challenge!

Last night, I also won a tournament of Base Wars and also looped Road Runner and grabbed the high score. The NA challenge has become my favorite addiction.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 24, 2014, 07:02:49 pm
Tonight, I beat Adventures of Gilligan's Island (NES) for the first time. Five more points for me in the NA challenge. I also beat Wario's Woods again a couple of days ago. It only took me two days this year. Clearly my skills have been maintained after beating it last year.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on January 25, 2014, 10:49:06 pm
Choujin Sentai Jetman on Famicom. Once I figured out the boss fights, the game was pretty easy really, and only 6 stages.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on January 26, 2014, 02:36:46 am
Quote from: Protoman on January 25, 2014, 10:49:06 pm
Choujin Sentai Jetman on Famicom. Once I figured out the boss fights, the game was pretty easy really, and only 6 stages.


Title screen. A + B + Start. Very Hard. Now, you may begin the real game.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on January 26, 2014, 08:27:33 am
How does that change the difficulty?  Less health?  More enemy damage?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 26, 2014, 10:54:53 am
I just beat The Jetsons. A fun, but difficult, game. I'm glad I picked on it for the NA challenge.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on January 26, 2014, 01:59:02 pm
Quote from: L___E___T on January 26, 2014, 08:27:33 am
How does that change the difficulty?  Less health?  More enemy damage?


You die in one hit, no way to replenish energy. And when you look at the overall design/enemy placement of Choujin Sentai Jetman, it was clearly a game intended to have one-hit kills, the other game modes are simply there for practice.

Quote from: nerdynebraskan on January 26, 2014, 10:54:53 am
I just beat The Jetsons. A fun, but difficult, game. I'm glad I picked on it for the NA challenge.


Good job. That game sounds like one brutal son of a bitch. No surprise, as Taito's Flintstones series is also pretty difficult... besides perhaps Surprise at Dinosaur Peak. I played through a few games last night:

Daiku No Gen-San (Famicom, both loops cleared)
Castle of Illusion (Mega Drive)
Magical Taruruuto Kun (Mega Drive)
Yu Yu Hakusho 2 (Super Famicom, cleared tournament mode as Kuwabara)
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo (3DO, cleared as E. Honda)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 26, 2014, 03:13:15 pm
I just dusted off Bonk's Adventure for the first time. Not bad to score two first-time completions in one day, although Bonk is much easier than the Jetsons.

I'm surprised nightstar doesn't have the Jetsons. It's a solid, challenging platformer. It seems like everything he'd want.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on January 29, 2014, 03:22:30 am
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D
Legend of Zelda A Link Between Worlds

Both great games, not much to say really.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on February 03, 2014, 06:54:01 pm
I just beat Rolling Thunder (NES) for the first time. Damn, is it hard!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Ginkgo* on February 08, 2014, 05:36:34 am
Because it takes some time till I'll get my Famicom ( :'( ) I played on my Vita today.
The Vita-owners will know the "game": Welcome Park

It's more like a tutorial than an actual game but it is fun to play. I got 100% of the trophies now, the hardest part was the Slide Puzzle,
may sound easy but I litereally suck at these kind of puzzles  :-[

Greetings
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on February 09, 2014, 11:49:06 am
Power Blade 2 (NES)

Another first-time conquest for the NA challenge. Now, if I can beat Bubble Bobble Part 2, I'll have defeated all of the late-release Taito games.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on February 15, 2014, 07:26:46 am
Super Luigi Bros hack (with warping).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on February 15, 2014, 08:15:46 am
Oh, someone played through it already?  Nice!  I beat the first run but didn't have time to beat the second.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on February 15, 2014, 10:05:44 am
I only beat the first run too.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on February 16, 2014, 04:21:02 pm
WWF WrestleMania Challenge

I saw it still needed to be beaten for the NA NES Challenge, and I used to beat this game down as a kid, so I borrowed a buddy's copy and ended this one pretty quickly. I only needed to win the World Title to call the game beaten, but I went ahead and won the Tag-Team title too. (That's techincally a 2 players vs. the computer mode, but with only one guy in the ring at a time it wasn't hard for me to switch controllers when I had to make a tag.)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on February 17, 2014, 03:19:48 am
Just completed Nekketsu! Beach Volley da yo: Kunio-kun on Gameboy. Fun game.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on February 17, 2014, 03:55:53 pm
WWF Steel Cage Challenge (NES)... another stinker I took down for the NA challenge.

Hulkamania ran wild in the WWF one more time, and after beating Jake "the Snake" Roberts in a Steel Cage final, the Hulkster posed for his fans long into the night with the WWF title back around his waist.

Post Merge: February 18, 2014, 11:47:04 am

I just beat Shatterhand (NES) for the first time. Another conquest for the NA challenge.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on February 20, 2014, 06:03:21 pm
Well, I've beaten Dragon Warrior II. I think I must've done too much level grinding, because I just stomped through Hargon's castle in about an hour.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Russam5354 on February 20, 2014, 06:18:20 pm
'Super Mario 3D World' for Wii U. Not to 100% completion, because to fully complete the game, you need to beat EVERY level in the game at least FIVE times, once with each character. Every level × 4 (I beat every level once with Luigi, but not with the other four characters)  = ¡No me gusta!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on February 20, 2014, 11:58:55 pm
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on February 17, 2014, 03:55:53 pm
I just beat Shatterhand (NES) for the first time. Another conquest for the NA challenge.


I can't believe I missed this, congratulations! I'd have to consider Shatterhand to be the best game the NES has to offer, despite my personal love (nostalgia) for Kirby's Adventure. Which bot combo did you like the best? Oh, and did you have the robot suit activated when you fought the final boss?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on February 22, 2014, 06:01:45 am
I generally preferred the bot who threw the bombs diagonally-down at the enemies in front of me (beta-beta-beta?). That was usually a good angle for me, and it seemed to do more damage than many of the other options. The final boss was honestly not even the hardest one in the game. I was getting him flashing without a bot or a punch upgrade. But when I got in there with the suit and ten seconds to use it, he didn't have a chance.

Now, that sword bot on the elevator? HE was a bastard. I don't know if I could ever beat him without the suit. They really neutered him in the rematch in the second-to-last level, because they took away the gears in the background that could damage you in the original fight.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on February 23, 2014, 03:30:18 pm
I haven't beat Shatterhand/Solbrain yet, I haven't sat down with it properly yet but that first stage doesn't get boring either.

Beat VS. Castlevania for the first time tonight.  Hardest stage is stage 3 for sure.  I raced through stages 4 and even 5 somehow, but it took me a few goes to beat Drac, 3 hits and you're gone.  Only one less than normal, but when you get to the second quest - man, enemies take off 8 points.  Yes, double medusa heads on Stage 2 and they all take off 8 points... Gonna look forward to clearing that!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on February 23, 2014, 04:51:29 pm
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on February 22, 2014, 06:01:45 am
I generally preferred the bot who threw the bombs diagonally-down at the enemies in front of me (beta-beta-beta?). That was usually a good angle for me, and it seemed to do more damage than many of the other options. The final boss was honestly not even the hardest one in the game. I was getting him flashing without a bot or a punch upgrade. But when I got in there with the suit and ten seconds to use it, he didn't have a chance.

Now, that sword bot on the elevator? HE was a bastard. I don't know if I could ever beat him without the suit. They really neutered him in the rematch in the second-to-last level, because they took away the gears in the background that could damage you in the original fight.


BBB, also known as the Grenade Bot is definitely among the strongest in the game, that grenade does great damage. Technically speaking the strongest bot would be ABB, the one which throws discs that ricochet off of surfaces. Because of this, it has a lot of range and versatility, although its projectiles are weaker than those of Grenade Bot. My favorite bot would have to be ABA, the Katana Bot. I just love the animation on that sword swipe, and I'm a sucker for some good close range combat. Not to mention, there's a few points in the game where I think it's the technically preferred bot, like the submarine stage, it slices through those biological messes with ease.

Quote from: L___E___T on February 23, 2014, 03:30:18 pm
I haven't beat Shatterhand/Solbrain yet, I haven't sat down with it properly yet but that first stage doesn't get boring either.

Beat VS. Castlevania for the first time tonight.  Hardest stage is stage 3 for sure.  I raced through stages 4 and even 5 somehow, but it took me a few goes to beat Drac, 3 hits and you're gone.  Only one less than normal, but when you get to the second quest - man, enemies take off 8 points.  Yes, double medusa heads on Stage 2 and they all take off 8 points... Gonna look forward to clearing that!


When the time comes, please make sure to play both Shatterhand, AND Solbrain. Area C is a completely different level between the two versions, and I'd be curious as to which you prefer.

I'm not sure how different VS. Castlevania is from the original, but I played through Castlevania on NES yet again last night, and I have to nominate stage four as the toughest in the game. The randomness in its first (underground) half is enraging. Still, I love the original Castlevania a lot, I'd have to say it's my second favorite in the series, after IV.

Also, a first time completion in the past few days: Papuwa-Kun on Super Famicom. Already beaten it three times, and it's safe to say... yep, one of my favorite games now.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: wholesalewatch648 on February 23, 2014, 08:35:16 pm
beat Pokemon Y. now almost time to move to Pokemon X
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on February 24, 2014, 01:32:42 am
Is that like playing the whole game through again for a couple extra Pokémon?

I got my stages mixed up on VS. Castlevania - I meant to say stage 4, not 3 is hardest.  I did nearly run out of time on Stage 3 though, had one second to spare.

Basic differences are, the game starts off with damage levels of the second quest, then gives you a strict time limit on top of that.  You don't have time to be careful sometimes or collect the usual amount of hearts.  I forgot about this and ran out of time on the first stage.  The first stage!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on February 24, 2014, 05:12:06 am
Quote from: L___E___T on February 24, 2014, 01:32:42 am
Is that like playing the whole game through again for a couple extra Pokémon?

It's more like playing the whole game again on a new save file with just a few different random encounters. Then you would have to trade the new pokemons to the other game (but I supposed you would need two 3DSs in order to trade, plus the save files are locked to the 3DS it's played on AFAIK) if you want to have all pokemon on one game. This is assuming the Pokemon series is still using the same concept as the original.

Arcade versions usually have a high difficulty level but wow! I gotta test those VS games on my Everdrive some time. I saw that lots of them have patches to make them work on a Famicom including VS Hogan's Alley.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on February 24, 2014, 06:00:59 am
I haven't tried VS Hogan's Alley just yet, but yes VS Castlevania gave me some challenge.  Still wouldn't say it's as hard as Ghosts 'N' Goblins yet though.  Not sure what the default difficulty is on VS. Castlevania, but you can adjust it with dipswitches.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on February 24, 2014, 06:22:38 pm
Last night, I beat P'Radikus Conflict (NES) for the first time. It's definitely one of the best Color Dreams games, and a fairly unique NES game to boot. It's basically an Asteroids-style space shooter with action-RPG and space exploration elements.

The difficulty is a bit uneven, with the third mission being quite a bit more difficult than the four that come after it. Then, the last level becomes incredibly hard. I struggled with it for a couple of hours (ah, infinite continues...), before catching a very helpful glitch. When being given the last mission, you get a full supply of the Thunderbolt, which is the most powerful special weapon in the game. But if you re-read the mission briefing, it'll resupply you infinitely. Once I started firing Thunderbolts liberally, the game was conquered pretty quickly.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: wholesalewatch648 on February 24, 2014, 07:59:02 pm
Quote from: L___E___T on February 24, 2014, 01:32:42 am
Is that like playing the whole game through again for a couple extra Pokémon?

Yes.  8)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Pikkon on February 25, 2014, 02:30:41 am
Mitsume Ga Touru

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/pikkonson/duylf_zps4e5598e6.png)

Awesome game
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on February 25, 2014, 09:40:01 am
I have played through Mitsume Ga Tooru mostly, but I ran out of time and had to shut it off.  Looking forward to playing through it, but I am not so good at it - I still find the first boss pattern a bit weird.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on February 25, 2014, 11:45:43 am
I just completed 'Downtown Special Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki Dayo Zenin Shuugou' on famicom. Awesome game!

Edit: Just beat the Gameboy version of Jidaigeki Dayo as well.  ;D
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Pit on February 26, 2014, 07:27:49 am
After 1 year of hard training, finally Gimmick! 1life  :'( :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB9WePg-scU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB9WePg-scU)

I made shit on the 5th boss, usually I take no damage :-[
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on February 28, 2014, 10:52:25 am
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (NES)

Post Merge: March 01, 2014, 08:17:27 pm

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)

A childhood favorite, conquered at last!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on March 03, 2014, 04:35:10 pm
I just beat Alien Syndrome for the first time. I tag-teamed it with a friend of mine. Then we got all the way to the final boss of Thundercade (NES), but came up short...

I also beat Batman Returns (NES) later that night.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on March 07, 2014, 11:15:17 am
I just beat "Bikkuri Nekketsu Shinkiroku: Harukanaru Kin Medal" short mode on famicom. My arm hurts like hell though and I used to be a button mashing champion back in the day, getting old I guess. Excellent game anyway, that "swimming battle royal" is so much fun, requires some real strategy as well.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on March 08, 2014, 04:51:37 am
Cat Ninja Teyandee / Samurai Pizza Cats on Famicom

Not that hard, beat it in one sitting. But fun, nice comedic tone like Kid Dracula.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on March 10, 2014, 07:56:31 pm
I finally beat the first loop of Terra Cresta (NES). That purple, fist-launching boss is a pain in the ass. But I lucked out: I managed to grab the last powerup just before going in and I got to be the invincible phoenix for several precious seconds as I pounded on him. I was able to finish him pretty quickly after it wore off.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on March 11, 2014, 01:41:11 pm
"Bikkuri Nekketsu Shinkiroku: Harukanaru Kin Medal" again. This time the full "Normal Mode" game. Managed to get first place in all events except Judo where I snagged the 3'rd place.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: smeghead on March 12, 2014, 05:21:31 am
Super Contra in 2 player mode with my uncle, awesome!!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on March 12, 2014, 06:40:12 pm
I just beat Pac-Mania (NES) for the first time. I only needed a couple of hours of practice tonight to get to the ending, but it was hectic in the last few levels.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on March 13, 2014, 08:30:05 am
I just completed "Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyoku: Soreyuke Daiundoukai". By far the hardest Nekketsu game I've played.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: fredJ on March 13, 2014, 04:05:11 pm
Nice to know. :)
The Nekketsu games can be tricky to beat in Japanese.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on March 14, 2014, 01:55:47 pm
Completed "Street Gangs" on the NES (PAL version of River City Ransom / Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari) just now.

fredJ: They're really pretty straight forward, some kana knowledge helps though.  :)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on March 15, 2014, 10:33:36 am
Skate or Die 2 (NES)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Profeta Yoshitake on March 15, 2014, 04:11:49 pm
R-Type (PCE)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on March 16, 2014, 09:38:31 am
Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-Kun on famicom. Actually a pretty decent game despite all the crap it gets.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: NintendoKing on March 16, 2014, 10:17:28 am
Rose and Time (OUYA)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: mario3648 on March 16, 2014, 01:21:52 pm
Super Mario Bros., probably. I've beat it like a hundred times now; wish I could've done that when I was younger, I'd have so much bragging rights.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on March 16, 2014, 02:20:19 pm
I just looped Game-B in Pipe Dream (NES). No ending screen or anything, but that was the benchmark for considering it beaten for the Nintendo Age challenge, so I just padded my lead. It's a really fun game, for anyone who likes puzzles.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: smeghead on March 16, 2014, 02:42:36 pm
Oddworld : Abe's Oddysee on Ps1 , with the bad ending, unfortunately... but it's pretty amazing game!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on March 17, 2014, 04:24:32 am
Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball Bu on famicom. Pretty easy as I beat it on my first try. Didn't lose a player so I also fought and beat the shadow team. Fun little game.

Edit:
Just completed Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball Bu: Soccer Hen on famicom. I didn't change any options or team line-up so it was a bit hard, but I made it.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on March 21, 2014, 09:26:28 am
I can't wait to play through it - as soon as it gets a translation... :(
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on March 21, 2014, 12:10:18 pm
Beat "Kunio-kun no Nekketsu Soccer League" just now. It's really fun but a pretty hard game. Although I like the simplicity in "Soccer hen" this one offers much deeper gameplay.

Edit:
Just managed to beat "Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey Bu: Subette Koronde Dairantou". Hard as hell, but kind of satisfying when you get over the awkward controls and the other flaws.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Profeta Yoshitake on March 23, 2014, 04:59:44 pm
Cave Story+ on Steam.
What a nice game!  :yoshi:
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on March 23, 2014, 06:33:45 pm
Cowboy Kid (NES) -- I beat it with a friend in 2P mode. Excellent game!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on March 24, 2014, 12:20:47 pm
Nekketsu! Street Basket: Ganbare Dunk Heroes on famicom. Really great game!

I have now completed all 11 Nekketsu games on famicom so yay!  ;D Feel free to hand me some cookies.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on March 25, 2014, 03:35:07 pm
Klax (NES)

I beat it on medium difficulty, since that's the default and I forgot that there were multiple settings until the victory screen. Another childhood favorite falls at last!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Russam5354 on March 25, 2014, 05:24:17 pm
I beat my high-score (HI-xxxxxxx) in the Wii VC version of 'Balloon Fight' (NES).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on March 27, 2014, 09:23:37 am
Yesterday, I beat Krazy Kreatures (NES) for the first time. I played through it on Easy.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on March 27, 2014, 11:28:19 am
I played and beat Spartan X2 - great game - last stage opener gave me some trouble but other than it's a nice race through.  Now for the harder playthrough...
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on March 27, 2014, 05:55:55 pm
Ugh, how I wish Spartan X-2 had a hard mode. I still love that game, probably my 2nd favorite beat 'em up after Ninja Warriors Again. There is definitely some trickiness to be found on the final stage, gotta place a perfect uppercut against the rain of enemies on the moving platform.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Profeta Yoshitake on March 28, 2014, 05:56:45 pm
I beat Sine Mora on Steam, a great Hungarian shmup full of strategy, items, pilots, airships and a fascinating story.
Try it out, people! Reminds me a little of Einhander!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on March 29, 2014, 02:03:50 pm
JESUS Kyoufu no Bio Monster on famicom.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: UglyJoe on March 29, 2014, 06:28:17 pm
Robocco Wars.  Finally figured out a pattern for the final boss :-[

Decent enough game.  Good graphics and music (it's published by Taito), but probably too easy overall.  Except for the final boss, who actually requires some thought and timing to beat.

edit: 4444 posts (http://i.imgur.com/tbQSlOG.gif)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on March 29, 2014, 07:06:57 pm
Quote from: Nightstar699 on March 27, 2014, 05:55:55 pm
Ugh, how I wish Spartan X-2 had a hard mode. I still love that game, probably my 2nd favorite beat 'em up after Ninja Warriors Again. There is definitely some trickiness to be found on the final stage, gotta place a perfect uppercut against the rain of enemies on the moving platform.


Ahh, maybe that's why it was tricky, I got through with rapid punches and jump kicks, even the last boss was easier than that bit, the enemies just fall fall fall until they push you off :P

edit: 4343 - I'm catching you up Joe (http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100317060905/kidicarus/images/6/66/Eggplant_Pit.gif)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on March 31, 2014, 08:28:02 pm
Adventures of Lolo 3 (NES)... finally! I've been playing this off-and-on for weeks, and with as many hours as this soaked up, I still wound up needing online FAQ assistance for 27 of the 100 puzzle rooms. I'm not proud of that.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on April 01, 2014, 12:43:36 am
Aa that's not good. Although I guess it couldn't be helped. Whenever I get really stuck in a room in an Eggerland game, I take a picture of the screen and sends it to my brother to see if we can solve it together. But by doing that, my brain gets to cool off and I usually end up figuring out the solution by myself, so it's a great tactic!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: untinip on April 02, 2014, 05:25:34 am
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. The controls were a lot better in this game than in the Wii version of Twilight Princess, but I'm still not very fond of this whole motion control thing. I've just started playing Four Swords Adventures (GC) - man it feels good to play using a regular controller again! ;)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on April 02, 2014, 09:16:02 am
I LOVED Skyward Sword.  Just everything about that game I thought was excellently designed, I keep meanign to go back and endgame it.  I didn't let the motion control (or SD) ruin it for me, but like you I prefer buttons, d-pads and joysticks.

(http://zelda.com/skywardsword/mobile/img/l/media/world-art/02_faron-woods.jpg)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on April 02, 2014, 01:37:27 pm
I love that game too! I thought it would be much more like Wind Waker and Twilight Princess (my two least favourite Zelda games although they are still great games) but it easily beats those two games. I was amazed of how good the motion plus feature was. I had heard lots of criticism of the controlls but I can't find anything about it to complain at. It's definitely a game worthy to be part of the Zelda series. I never had time to play through the whole game though. Last time I played I got the last of the three flames.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on April 03, 2014, 09:14:05 am
Please, please go back and finish it - it gets better, and better and better right til the end and I'm hoping the endgame is just as good.

It's not necessarily my favourite Zelda (that'd probably be Twilight Princess), but it is arguably the best Zelda.

This article sums it up well (may be spoilers):
http://tay.kotaku.com/why-skyward-sword-is-the-best-zelda-1557379418
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on April 05, 2014, 01:29:44 am
Well yesterday I ONLY played Street Fighter II on emulator against a friend, so tonight I had to make up for it with a gaming marathon. Beat the following:

Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 1 (Famicom) Beat this one twice.
Power Blade (NES)
Wrath of the Black Manta (NES)
Hitler No Fukkatsu (Famicom)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on April 05, 2014, 07:08:43 am
DoReMi fantasy Super Famicom. finally sat down and gave it the full run and I was very pleased. the game was a lot longer then I expected and the final boss gave me some trouble but Challenge is a good thing.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on April 05, 2014, 10:02:49 am
Sat down and beat Double Dragon 2 - on easy, the shame!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on April 07, 2014, 01:31:46 am
Quote from: L___E___T on April 03, 2014, 09:14:05 am
Please, please go back and finish it - it gets better, and better and better right til the end and I'm hoping the endgame is just as good.

It's not necessarily my favourite Zelda (that'd probably be Twilight Princess), but it is arguably the best Zelda.

This article sums it up well (may be spoilers):
http://tay.kotaku.com/why-skyward-sword-is-the-best-zelda-1557379418

I just completed part of the quest of Song of Hero. I hear this quest is where the game breaking glitch appears. I understand that I should have nothing to worry about if I take the desert part last.

How is it the best but still not your favourite? Isn't "best" also only personal opinion?
It's definitely very good even for a Zelda game, but it's hard to beat Zelda 3 and Ocarina in terms of the best Zelda.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on April 07, 2014, 04:58:45 am
I was hoping someone would ask me to clarify.

In short, what I call favourite = my fondest memories, best = which I think offers (and fulfils) the most for players generally.  Both are subjective of course, as is all critique to some extent.


Zelda3, Link's Awakening and Ocarina of Time I enjoyed all well after they released.  To put that into perspective, the Z targetting system in OOT wasn't new for me, the graphics hadn't aged well at all, the difficulty spikes tiresome, the damnfairy incessantly annoying, among other things.  the game just didn't wow me in comparison to Wind Waker, which I enjoyed a lot more perhaps because it was newer and easier.

Likewise Zelda 3 and Link's Awakening I played later as well - but again in comparison to Minish Cap I just didn't enjoy them nearly as much.  I am definitely no graphics whore for want of a better term, they just didn't feel as well crafted.  Ironically I didn't get that with Zelda 1 and I didn't get that at all with Zelda G&W, the first Zelda game I ever played and went back to at the same time.  I never played Zelda 1 until 5 years ago, so I don't think it is just nostalgia, maybe they weren't in that retro sweet spot, but also lacked the rose-tinted effect of memories from a playthrough at release.


It's a bit like looking at a car collection - a collector may call the Lamborghini Miura his 'favourite' car, but the best performing in his garage may be a brand new Aventador.  It depends on what you judge them on.  I am a nostalgia fiend more than anything, but when games reach a a certain age I think I get that nostalgia even if I didn't play them way back when they were released perhaps.

There are some people that argue that your favourite is also what you call the best - because the games that do what they do best hit those emotions that favourites do - but I think calling something the best is not as personal, while a favourite is entirely personal.  To me that marks the difference.  I know it's commonly thought that ALTTP and Link's Awakening along with OOT are the 'best', but for mew I just didn't enjoy them as much as the Wii releases, they had more frustrations and annoyances than the Wii releases and they also were less pleasant to play generally than the Wii releases, so I do rank Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword above all three of those.  2D Zelda wise, I am sticking to Minish Cap as the best, it's fluid animation, structured gameplay and the way it handles the lore I think are better crafted than Zelda 3 or LA - but still not as original and charming as Zelda 1!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on April 07, 2014, 03:59:47 pm
I see what you are saying. Certainly I probably give Zelda2, Zelda3 and maybe even Ocarina lots of bonus points just because of all the found memories of them. While I played WW and TP as an adult and with much much more critical eyes.

Zelda 2 was incredibly difficult for the very young me but I still insisted on playing it, and now it's permanently an important part of my childhood. If I try to discount my childhood memories of the game, I regard the game as a great action RPG with a very cool and well-made battle system.

Zelda 3 was AMAZING! I dreamed about the game, in school we could talk about the game for hours, and me and my brother often just played around in the game without even trying to get to the next goal. It was like a whole magical world to us. Today the game is still gorgeous. I'm not sure if I can look at this game with objective eyes though lol.

Ocarina was the most anticipated game I ever been waiting for, and yet it's a rare example of a game that fulfilled all my high expectancies and even exceeded them. I don't see why you think this game is hard but yet you have no problem with Zelda1 or Links Awakening which are both much harder IMHO. I think the difficultly (in terms of monsters, not in terms of puzzles) are this game's one and only real flaw. All other Zeldas before and after this game seems harder to me. The only really hard non-boss enemy in the game is the Iron Knuckle and there are very few of them.

I can't see what's so good about Minnish Cap though. It's a great game but I regard it along with the other Capcom Zeldas, as very different experiences that can't really be compared with Zelda games because they don't quite feel like Zelda games.

I don't get that car metaphor. If the Lamborghini Miura is your favourite, that's of course your subjective opinion. But whether the Aventador has the best performance or not is an objective fact that can't be argued against. Still I think I see your point. By best you mean the best game if you compare all the Zeldas objectively without considering nostalgia factors, thus it's still an subjective opinion. In that case earlier games like Zelda3 might loose points, if not for other reasons, because they are way too short compared to the 3D Zeldas.

When you say "best" is not personal you mean it has the potential to be the favourite of many people, as long as they have similar opinions as you (and thus it's in your own subjective opinion) but not the same memories of the games as you have. I totally buy that.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on April 09, 2014, 05:50:18 pm
Fire Bam on the famicom disk system. Was quite fun I really enjoyed it. I tell you there something magical about firing up that red box to play the collection of oddities that are the fds exclusives.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on April 10, 2014, 11:55:12 am
Just finished Elite on the NES. Completed all missions and got the "Elite" rating after half a week of grinding. Great game!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on April 10, 2014, 12:32:05 pm
Congrats!  I never got into Elite but your stories make me want to have a stab at it.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on April 10, 2014, 05:12:49 pm
Did a run on wardner no mori for the fds yesterday it only took about 20 min was really surprised it was so short. I've meaning to mention that I think we should post a pic of the ending screen when we beat the games for proof I've wish I'd have Been doing this the whole time I've been posting in this thread cause a lot of the time when I beat games I take a pic of the end screen. Just beat Mickey Mouse 3 for the famicom.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on April 11, 2014, 02:22:10 am
Quote from: L___E___T on April 10, 2014, 12:32:05 pm
Congrats!  I never got into Elite but your stories make me want to have a stab at it.


Thanks mate! I used to play the c64 version back in the day before I got the NES game. The latter is much more enjoyable today, it's a faster and a much more streamlined experience. So if you feel like giving it a go, definitely go for the NES version.

Edit: Just completed "The Goonies" on Famicom.

Edit: Today I finished a game of "North & South: Wakuwaku Nanboku Sensou" on Famicom. Played as a Level 1 South vs a Level 3 North in 1864 (Hardest campaign for the South). All "disasters" turned on.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on April 15, 2014, 10:25:52 am
Mission: Impossible (NES)

Just beat it for the first time, after working on it for weeks. It's probably the hardest game I've ever beaten, but it was definitely fun enough that I could see myself doing it every year for the NA challenge.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: UglyJoe on April 15, 2014, 10:34:14 am
Nice work :star:

I'll revisit the game one of these days.  How close was I to the end?  (I was at the claws in the last (?) stage).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on April 15, 2014, 10:41:39 am
I think there's another 10 minutes worth of stuff to do between the claws and the ending credits. Most of it isn't too bad, with some practice. And you will get screwed at least five or six times figuring out what needs to be done. And then it's right back to the beginning of that long-ass last stage. And you'll pretty much need all three agents all the way to the end, too.

You shoot the claws with your soldier's rifle, and they blow up after about 15 shots. Definitely take out the bottom one first; it's much harder to dodge.

And I've always wanted to play Elite (NES); I thought it sounded like an awesome game. I even imported a cart a few years ago, but unfortunately it's one of those ones that glitches too hard to be playable in a US console. I've thought about importing a PAL console to play games like it and Beauty and the Beast, but I'm not sure I could get it to cooperate with my American TV anyway.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on April 15, 2014, 11:46:22 am
Good going on beating Mission: Impossible! Been meaning to give that one a spin, I was a fan of the show (though I prefer the 1966 series) but I never got far in the game when I was younger. Sounds like quite a challenge but at least they're kind enough to give you passwords along the way.

If you have a flashcart or want to build a repro and feel like trying out Elite on the NES; the unreleased NTSC version of the ROM is legally available on one of the original authors site found here: http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/nes/
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on April 20, 2014, 02:06:10 pm
Thanks for the link, Issun. I'm thinking about getting some repros done soon, and I've asked my guy whether he can do Elite.

Also, I beat Toobin' (NES) earlier today.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on April 23, 2014, 12:58:09 pm
Two days ago I beat Kirby 64, played it on the Kirby Dream Collection for Wii.

Right now I'm working on Metroid on Famicom Disk System. I've beaten Ridley and have 5 subtanks, I think Kraid is next, mwa ha ha.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Russam5354 on April 23, 2014, 01:55:23 pm
Quote from: P on April 07, 2014, 01:31:46 am
but it's hard to beat Zelda 3 and Ocarina in terms of the best Zelda.

??? Zelda 3 doesn't exist. Do you mean The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on April 24, 2014, 02:39:11 am
Yes that's what we sometimes informally call Zelda 3.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on April 24, 2014, 04:46:45 am
Been playing some more "North & South: Wakuwaku Nanboku Sensou" on Famicom. I've now beaten the game loads of times in 1864 playing as a level 1 south vs a level 3 north. Best time I've gotten is 3 months, which I believe is the fastest possible.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Russam5354 on April 26, 2014, 01:18:58 pm
Quote from: P on April 24, 2014, 02:39:11 am
Yes that's what we sometimes informally call Zelda 3.

Sorry. I'm not a big Zelda fan. Lol.
EDIT: Just beat the 1985 mode of 'SMB. Deluxe' a second time (added difficulty).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on April 26, 2014, 03:57:29 pm
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on April 15, 2014, 10:25:52 am
Mission: Impossible (NES)

Impressive feat. That game pretty much gave me PTSD. Especially this room:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiWoqvYi6rk#t=52m8s

Oh yeah, & that guy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiWoqvYi6rk#t=28m).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on April 28, 2014, 11:48:28 am
Metroid on the NES. Beat it twice today, first I got the one piece swimsuit ending and on the second time around I got the two piece bikini ending. I got everything in both games except one missile tank (it's so hard to get :() and the wave beam (I never use it).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on April 28, 2014, 01:51:44 pm
My goal this year is to beat 10 NES/Famicom games that I haven't finished before. I'm up to eight so far, so I may have to extend my goal!  ;D

So far I've finished: Legacy of the Wizard (NES); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (NES); Double Dragon II (FC);  The Goonies (FC); The Goonies II (NES); Boku Dracula-kun (FC); Bomberman (FC); and Getsu Fuma Den (FC).

Right now I'm working on Clash at Demonhead. Big ones on my list to beat are Blaster Master, Journey to Silius, and the first TMNT game.

Quote from: Issun on April 28, 2014, 11:48:28 am
I got everything in both games except one missile tank (it's so hard to get :() and the wave beam (I never use it).


Good job, especially since the wave beam is the easiest way to defeat Ridley and Kraid!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on April 28, 2014, 05:38:41 pm
Just beat adventures of Tom Sawyer nes. It was quite a challenge with the one hit deaths.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: UglyJoe on April 29, 2014, 06:28:51 pm
Joy Mech Fight on Famicom.  I erased the previous owner's save data since they apparently had unlocked everything already.  Just finished playing through the whole thing on normal mode.  Guess I can move on to hard mode now (and then "special", once I  unlock it). :bub:
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on April 30, 2014, 06:56:04 am
Got through Clash at Demonhead last night. I failed to diffuse the bomb three or four times before I could finally get the "good" ending.  :-[

Loved the game, though. It's rough around the edges but a lot of fun.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on April 30, 2014, 10:39:39 am
Quote from: Issun on April 28, 2014, 11:48:28 am
Metroid on the NES. Beat it twice today, first I got the one piece swimsuit ending and on the second time around I got the two piece bikini ending. I got everything in both games except one missile tank (it's so hard to get :() and the wave beam (I never use it).


Me too! I beat it for the first time ever though, and I didn't even get her to take off her helmet :P She wasn't doing the crying animation at least so that's something. I skipped the wave beam altogether because the ice beam is more useful and the metroids are impossible to survive for me without being able to freeze them.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on April 30, 2014, 01:44:44 pm
Quote from: Zycrow on April 28, 2014, 01:51:44 pm
Good job, especially since the wave beam is the easiest way to defeat Ridley and Kraid!


Thanks mate! Kraid can be a little tough, I usually blast him with the few missiles I have then resort to bombing him until he's down. Ridley is easy though, freeze his fireballs and then feed him missiles until the fireballs begin to thaw, refreeze and more missiles. I seldom take any damage versus him.

Quote from: Protoman on April 30, 2014, 10:39:39 am
Me too! I beat it for the first time ever though, and I didn't even get her to take off her helmet :P She wasn't doing the crying animation at least so that's something. I skipped the wave beam altogether because the ice beam is more useful and the metroids are impossible to survive for me without being able to freeze them.


Great! :) After you've got the map memorized getting a better ending isn't all that hard. It's really a wonderful game, well worth revisiting every now and then.

I finished Shadowgate on the NES this evening, haven't played it in ages. I got stuck at a couple of places but things clicked and I got through it in the end. Loved the game when I was younger, it still has that great atmosphere and the music is just great!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on April 30, 2014, 08:11:29 pm
Just beat street fighter 2010 it was a great run. no turbo controller used. This game is tough but little with a little practice it's not bad. If anyone needs a tip just ask.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on May 01, 2014, 03:41:49 am
I agree that game is not bad at all.

Quote from: Issun on April 30, 2014, 01:44:44 pm
Quote from: Zycrow on April 28, 2014, 01:51:44 pm
Good job, especially since the wave beam is the easiest way to defeat Ridley and Kraid!


Thanks mate! Kraid can be a little tough, I usually blast him with the few missiles I have then resort to bombing him until he's down. Ridley is easy though, freeze his fireballs and then feed him missiles until the fireballs begin to thaw, refreeze and more missiles. I seldom take any damage versus him.

Quote from: Protoman on April 30, 2014, 10:39:39 am
Me too! I beat it for the first time ever though, and I didn't even get her to take off her helmet :P She wasn't doing the crying animation at least so that's something. I skipped the wave beam altogether because the ice beam is more useful and the metroids are impossible to survive for me without being able to freeze them.


Great! :) After you've got the map memorized getting a better ending isn't all that hard. It's really a wonderful game, well worth revisiting every now and then.

I always thought that you couldn't beat the game with the wave beam so I always take the wave beam first (because it's the strongest beam weapon) and then switch to ice beam later.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on May 02, 2014, 10:53:26 am
Quote from: P on May 01, 2014, 03:41:49 am
I always thought that you couldn't beat the game with the wave beam so I always take the wave beam first (because it's the strongest beam weapon) and then switch to ice beam later.


Although you don't need the wave beam, it's technically possible (albeit hard) to beat the game using it. On my route Norfair is done just before ridley so there's really no need to pick it up since Ridley is such a pushover using the ice beam and the normal enemies are kept at bay using the screwattack.

Just beat "Tatakai no Banka" on the Famicom. I used the continue code, but when you've gotten down the strategy for the bosses it's a pretty easy game. I think I'll try to do a run without continues during the week. Pretty fun game.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on May 02, 2014, 12:05:44 pm
I'm looking forward to playing through this:
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1988/
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on May 02, 2014, 10:36:03 pm
No-death runs of the following:

Rastan (Sega Master System)
Kenseiden (Sega Master System)
Genpei Toumaden 2 (PC Engine)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on May 03, 2014, 02:29:35 am
Quote from: L___E___T on May 02, 2014, 12:05:44 pm
I'm looking forward to playing through this:
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1988/

That hack looks good. Especially saving, minimap and beamstacking features. The graphics updates also looks good on pictures but I have to see the animations first before I make a judgement on that. I saw an earlier hack that was supposed to make Samus look better but the running animation was actually really bad.


Quote from: Issun on May 02, 2014, 10:53:26 am
Quote from: P on May 01, 2014, 03:41:49 am
I always thought that you couldn't beat the game with the wave beam so I always take the wave beam first (because it's the strongest beam weapon) and then switch to ice beam later.


Although you don't need the wave beam, it's technically possible (albeit hard) to beat the game using it. On my route Norfair is done just before ridley so there's really no need to pick it up since Ridley is such a pushover using the ice beam and the normal enemies are kept at bay using the screwattack.

So you just have to avoid the metroids in Tourian if you have the wave beam instead of the ice beam?

I started playing the NES version and I realized that I DO take the ice beam first since it's useful and easily accessible in Brinstar early in the game. Then I probably just pick up the wave beam sometime when I'm going to Ridley. Then I have to pick up the ice beam again to stand a chance against the metroids. Maybe I should use the ice beam against Ridley this time though.

Even though I never beated Ridley I know I've been to Tourian as a kid. I probably used someone else's password where Ridley was already beaten. This time I'm gonna beat the whole game!

Oh another question, do you go to Kraid's lair before going to Norfair? I remember I used to beat Kraid by emptying my missile tanks in his face, but to do that I probably need to go to Norfair first and collect more missile tanks.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on May 03, 2014, 02:54:15 am
Quote from: P on May 03, 2014, 02:29:35 am
So you just have to avoid the metroids in Tourian if you have the wave beam instead of the ice beam?


Pretty much, yeah. Hard as shit though.

Quote from: P on May 03, 2014, 02:29:35 am
Oh another question, do you go to Kraid's lair before going to Norfair? I remember I used to beat Kraid by emptying my missile tanks in his face, but to do that I probably need to go to Norfair first and collect more missile tanks.


I first do Brinstar then Kraid, Norfair and finally Ridley. As I mentioned earlier I defeat Kraid by using the few missiles I have and when they run out I roll up into a ball and bomb the crap out of him. Doesn't take long to defeat him as they do pretty good damage. As long as you've got 3 energy tanks you should be able to finish him off easily!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on May 03, 2014, 04:04:52 am
OK I'm more or less done with Brinstar except I haven't got the Varia yet (not sure how you get it).
Speaking of the Varia I just looked in the Japanese manual and the Varia is spelled as "Baria" in Japanese. "Varia" is technically not a wrong romanization of the word but when I look at the picture in the manual where you can see that the item forms a force field barrier around Samus, it's clear to me that the intended meaning was most likely the English word "Barrier" and not Varia.

Quote from: Issun on May 03, 2014, 02:54:15 am
Quote from: P on May 03, 2014, 02:29:35 am
So you just have to avoid the metroids in Tourian if you have the wave beam instead of the ice beam?


Pretty much, yeah. Hard as shit though.

Sounds really hard!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on May 03, 2014, 05:33:47 am
Quote from: P on May 03, 2014, 04:04:52 am
OK I'm more or less done with Brinstar except I haven't got the Varia yet (not sure how you get it).
Speaking of the Varia I just looked in the Japanese manual and the Varia is spelled as "Baria" in Japanese. "Varia" is technically not a wrong romanization of the word but when I look at the picture in the manual where you can see that the item forms a force field barrier around Samus, it's clear to me that the intended meaning was most likely the English word "Barrier" and not Varia.


You can get the Varia early by doing a standing double bomb jump, requires some practice but it's not that hard. Otherwise you need to detour to Norfair for the high jump boots.
Yeah, I've read about that mis-romanization, they most probably meant "Barrier" but "Varia" still sound pretty cool and have of course since been cemented into the metroid mythos. :)

I just completed "Tatakai no Banka". This time with no continues, I got it on the first try.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on May 03, 2014, 07:00:36 am
Yeah I guess. Even the Japanese versions have the in-game romanisation of Varia Suit in later games I think. And since Metroid II the Varia upgrade doesn't just change the colour palette, but also changes the appearance of her power suit, indicating that the suit is physically upgraded as well.

I managed to beat Kraid! I post my latest attempts in the proper thread though: http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=164.msg147809#msg147809

Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on May 03, 2014, 07:52:09 am
Just beat "Hello Kitty World". It's a harder game than you'd think. I was down to my last life when I got to the final boss, was so close to dying several times but managed to pull through. Really fun game, I must say.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on May 03, 2014, 05:08:12 pm
Shinobi on Master System, and finally I managed to clear it without having to continue. That game has a couple ridiculously brutal points.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on May 04, 2014, 05:04:21 am
Wanpaku Duck Yume Bouken on Famicom.

Edit: Also completed Little Mermaid - Ningyo Hime as well as 2 and a half laps of Spartan X on Famicom today.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on May 06, 2014, 09:12:10 pm
Daiku no Gen-San. Also know as Hammerin' Harry. I swear this game has some flawed controls in the jump it sometimes delays or sometimes I don't jump at all when I press the button but it only happens sometimes. Seem to especially happen on that run to the final boss with the fountains. Anyone else run into this problem?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on May 06, 2014, 11:05:48 pm
As a long-time fan of the game, I can't say that I've ever had that issue. However, that sounds exactly what I experience sometimes when I play Doki Doki Yuuenchi... jumps not coming out for seemingly no reason. Huh. Did you clear the second loop of Gen-San? I'd recommend it, it cranks up the difficulty big time.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on May 06, 2014, 11:12:41 pm
Omg hammerin' Harry 2 is one of most intense and hardest platforming games I've ever challenged. Please look up my old posts in this thread when I talk about beating this game. That rival boss you face in the junkyard in shooter mode had my number for like an hour no joke. I'm a platformer guy was not expecting such an intense shooter level.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on May 08, 2014, 08:26:33 am
Guevara on Famicom. Used a few continues though.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on May 08, 2014, 07:32:16 pm
Willow (NES)

@ Jedi

Yeah, those are probably the two most brutal parts of the whole game. The crazy thing is you have to face that room full of flamethrower guys twice to clear the last stage, but I actually got to be pretty good at it with a little practice. Your actor's boomerangs actually work really well; with a little practice you can hit them twice and eliminate them with one shot. Definitely get used to hitting them diagonally; harder to pull off, but it also gives you favorable angles to avoid their fire.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on May 09, 2014, 02:58:58 am
Metroid (NES)

On my way back to Brinstar after beating Ridley, I found a missile tank I had missed. And with that I probably had more than enough missiles to complete the game I thought so I headed for Tourian. The statues raised and the bridge to Tourian was materialized before me. Those metroids are really dangerous even though I know their weakness. But I also found out that I could absorb a good chunk of life or missile energy from them after defeating them, so keep fighting them was a perfect way to heal.

After destroying every metroid in sight I finally arrived in the mother brains room. The Mother Brain was nothing like Kraid or Ridley, it's easily the hardest boss in the game. The rinka are very dangerous because they come out from nowhere and smack you from behind all the time. I managed to destroy every zebetite that keeps the mother brain alive but even then I died several times trying to blast the mother brain with missiles (damn rinka!). Finally I defeated her and escaped before the bomb exploded. There shouldn't be anymore metroids on Zebes now.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on May 09, 2014, 10:33:38 am
Great going there P! What ending did you get?

Just completed Balloon Kid on the Gameboy. It was pretty hard, but since I've practiced all day and happened to find a fool proof strategy on the final boss I beat it with 9 lives left.

Edit: Finished Duck Tales on Gameboy as well. Loved that the stages weren't just carbon copies of the NES game, it was a bit harder though mainly because the control felt slightly off.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on May 09, 2014, 03:01:15 pm
She took off her helmet. Not that bad I guess.

Oh Duck Tales to Gameboy. I used to borrow that game from my cousin when I was a kid and I have probably played it more than the NES version. It's mostly the same game, the stages are just arranged differently. I'm still confused when I play the Famicom/NES version because the stages edged into my mind is still that of the Gameboy version. Especially the more confusing levels like the moon and the castle.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on May 10, 2014, 03:17:14 am
In terms of non-Famicom games, my completions of the day were...

Karate Kid (NES)
Kung Fu (NES)
Black Belt (Master System)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on May 10, 2014, 05:33:14 am
On a martial arts "kick" there, Nightstar? And Karate Kid, wow... the crap factor of that game vastly exceeds my patience.

As for me, well last night I beat all the scenarios on Sensha Senryaku: Sabaku no Kitsune (FC). I wrote a little more about that in the thread, "List of Famicom/NES Game Differences" since I'm already very familiar with its NES version: Desert Commander.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on May 10, 2014, 09:35:26 am
I'm also on a martial arts kick here. I beat Spartan X 2 on Easy mode. I died 2 or 3 times at most.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on May 10, 2014, 04:20:29 pm
I just popped in my new Famicom version of Operation Wolf, and managed to beat it while rescuing four of five hostages on my first try. Either I'm still fresh from beating the NES version a couple of months ago, or this version is slightly easier.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on May 11, 2014, 08:42:02 am
Brought my Famicom over to a buddy's house to play some of the games I got recently. We ended up playing Super Mario Bros. 3 all the way through (no warps). I had never played the slightly-more-difficult Famicom version. My friend grew up playing mostly Super Mario World, so 3 was pretty tough for him (I completed probably 90% of the stages).  :help:

Anyway. Man. That game is perfection. I always find something new in it, too. Like I had no idea that there were two different Bowser rooms.

Post Merge: May 12, 2014, 08:58:29 pm

Tonight I finished Faxanadu, an RPG I played a lot as a kid but never finished . I remember reaching the latter parts of the game when I was younger, but I can't recall if I was using Game Genie or not (I played to the end of many NES games as a kid using the ol' Genie...I just wasn't skilled or patient enough to beat them at the time).

The stiffest challenges, I thought, came in the misty areas midway through the game, where the enemies' strength was somewhat higher than yours, and the final dungeon, which required dutiful mapping. The last two bosses were both pretty tough, too.  :fire:

I loved the king's last line to you: "What a restless guy!"

Oh, and one other thing. If any of you are about to play through this game for the first time, here's some advice: DO NOT collect the amulet at the end of one of the misty area dungeons. It's supposed to increase your sword's strength, but due to a bug, it actually decreases it. The game registers the dungeon as completed as long as you defeat the boss; the amulet isn't necessary. I ended up generating a password to get me to the same point in the game but without the amulet, just so I didn't have to bear that burden any longer.  :-[
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on May 14, 2014, 03:03:50 am
Just completed Cave Noire (Gameboy). Really awesome game! Relies pretty heavily on RNG but still requires strategy and skill to get through, it's almost a puzzle game in a sense.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on May 14, 2014, 10:03:28 pm
Finally finished Adventures of Lolo. I know it's one of the easier titles in the series, but I feel accomplished in that I only consulted guides on one or two stages  ;D
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on May 15, 2014, 10:43:15 am
New Ghostbusters II on Famicom. Pretty good game! Required a little practice too.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Dendy on May 16, 2014, 07:17:15 am
Quote from: Issun on May 15, 2014, 10:43:15 am
New Ghostbusters II on Famicom. Pretty good game! Required a little practice too.


I love this game, finished it on famicom and nes.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on May 16, 2014, 10:07:19 am
Quote from: Dendy on May 16, 2014, 07:17:15 am
I love this game, finished it on famicom and nes.


Yeah it's a fun game! Since I used a continue yesterday, I tried to beat it without one today. Was down to my last life when I arrived at the final boss, but I made it in the end.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on May 16, 2014, 02:28:44 pm
Super Castlevania IV snes. I was a little rusty took me a few more deaths then I'd have liked. Over all it was a good run. Those rotating platforms had my number for a second.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on May 18, 2014, 11:32:39 am
Lode Runner (NES)

No real ending to speak of. Beat Stage 50, and the game loops back to Stage 1 without any acknowledgement. But I did beat all 50 stages, so that's really all you can do. I'll have to try Championship Lode Runner (FC) again someday; I've never been able to beat a single stage of that.

I also dig New Ghostbusters II and Super CastleVania IV, but I've never seen either of them to the end. Someday...
Title: Re: Re: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Dendy on May 18, 2014, 11:57:08 am
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on May 18, 2014, 11:32:39 am
Lode Runner (NES)

No real ending to speak of. Beat Stage 50, and the game loops back to Stage 1 without any acknowledgement. But I did beat all 50 stages, so that's really all you can do. I'll have to try Championship Lode Runner (FC) again someday; I've never been able to beat a single stage of that.

I also dig New Ghostbusters II and Super CastleVania IV, but I've never seen either of them to the end. Someday...


Nice! There is also super Lode runner on the fds.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on May 19, 2014, 07:33:36 am
Quote from: Jay-ray on May 16, 2014, 02:28:44 pm
Super Castlevania IV snes. I was a little rusty took me a few more deaths then I'd have liked. Over all it was a good run. Those rotating platforms had my number for a second.


The stage with the gear wheel that chases you always catches me off-guard.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on May 19, 2014, 11:34:08 am
I just finished Kawa no Nushi Tsuri on the Famicom. A little grind heavy in the middle perhaps, but a fantastic game it was. I loved that you got to walk back to the village (not bothered by enemies) once you'd caught the river master, gave the whole adventure some scope and closure.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on May 19, 2014, 02:48:02 pm
Cool I gotta try to beat that game sometime. Was it short?

Walking back with the river king without encounters, I guess it was the same on the Gameboy game that was released in English? Dragon Quest games are almost always like that after you beat the final boss, you can go back and talk to all people in every town and all monsters are gone. Mother 2 was also like that I think.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on May 19, 2014, 06:32:24 pm
I SORTA beat Blaster Master, a game I've owned since childhood and have repeatedly attempted to complete. As a kid I could reliably get to Area 4, but very rarely past that point - possibly because I simply had to turn off the NES by then! In the past the farthest I'd gotten was Area 5. This time I got all the way to the end of the game.

I say "sorta" beat because by the time I finally got the end of Area 8, I was on the last two lives of my last continue. On the second life I got to the final boss' second form, and even though I knew the trick to beating him, it didn't quite work and he whipped me to death.

Discouraged at having to trek through that entire game again (this first playthrough I left my NES on for three or so days), I decided to use a Game Genie code to put me at the final boss' door. I'd thought I would just use a stage select code and go through all of Area 8 again, but that code starts you without any of Sophia's upgrades, making it impossible to proceed.

But anyway, with a non-upgraded Jason I was able to beat the final boss on the second try, and I consider this book closed.  :fire:

Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on May 20, 2014, 02:28:01 am
Quote from: P on May 19, 2014, 02:48:02 pm
Cool I gotta try to beat that game sometime. Was it short?

Walking back with the river king without encounters, I guess it was the same on the Gameboy game that was released in English? Dragon Quest games are almost always like that after you beat the final boss, you can go back and talk to all people in every town and all monsters are gone. Mother 2 was also like that I think.


It wasn't overly long and somewhat linear, but highly recommended, especially if you're a fan of the series.

No, the Gameboy version cuts to the ending as soon as you catch the River King, but you can continue playing after the credits. That's a cool feature, didn't know the Dragon Quest games had that. I haven't beaten any DQ games as of yet, got pretty far in the first one about 8 years ago or so, but for some reason I never finished it. I will try again sometime in the future!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on May 20, 2014, 06:15:57 am
I've beaten South Park The Stick of Truth. Great game for my money, but I'm a South Park fan. Though I'll say it wasn't any of Matt & Trey's best writing. Seems that since they didn't have an issue to tackle they sort of devolved into gross-out a bit too often. Still, very funny and good.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on May 24, 2014, 11:51:31 am
Completed "Radia Senki: Reimeihen" on Famicom just now. Totally awesome game! Almost felt like a more modern 16bit RPG at times.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on May 26, 2014, 08:37:58 pm
Beat Konami Wai Wai world tonight. The game was tough in some areas, but I had seen Arino complete it on one of the GCCX episodes, so I knew I could do it too.

Overall, I think the game suffers from some poor design choices - the level layouts are bland, the difficulty is all over the place - but the art and music is great and it's got that Konami flair. And since I was already a fan of most of the games represented on the cart, well, I was an easy sell. I'd like to track down the sequel too.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on May 27, 2014, 12:30:09 am
Quote from: Zycrow on May 26, 2014, 08:37:58 pm
Overall, I think the game suffers from some poor design choices

Don't forget how you always walk 75% to the right of the screen instead of the middle making it easier for enemies to take you by surprise.

I beat Megaman X4 late last night, an boy was it hard. I had just recorded a top 10 hardest games I've ever beaten list and now I have to revise it. Having to beat all three forms of Sigma in one go felt very harsh. The only glimmer of hope was that the energy pickup just before Sigma came back after every life which (slowly) allowed me to refill my subtanks.
Sigma's first form is very easy but the second form wasn't, but eventually I got it down to beating him without getting hit when I knew what the trick to him was.
The final final form of him had it's little methods but was even harder and took a lot of tries as well.
When I beat it the time was 01:38 or so and I'm working today. But I couldn't give up either because I knew quitting and continuing meant having to beat all 8 mavericks again which is hard in itself without using up both subtanks.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on May 28, 2014, 08:20:12 am
I just finished Hanjuku Hero on Famicom. Just an excellent game overall! Highly recommended if you like strategy games or just want to try something different.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on May 28, 2014, 07:54:32 pm
Shockwave (NES)

I needed a walkthrough to solve about half of the last ten puzzles... There are some seriously cryptic levels in this one.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on May 28, 2014, 11:17:04 pm
Quote from: Protoman on May 27, 2014, 12:30:09 am
I beat Megaman X4 late last night, an boy was it hard. I had just recorded a top 10 hardest games I've ever beaten list and now I have to revise it. Having to beat all three forms of Sigma in one go felt very harsh. The only glimmer of hope was that the energy pickup just before Sigma came back after every life which (slowly) allowed me to refill my subtanks.
Sigma's first form is very easy but the second form wasn't, but eventually I got it down to beating him without getting hit when I knew what the trick to him was.
The final final form of him had it's little methods but was even harder and took a lot of tries as well.
When I beat it the time was 01:38 or so and I'm working today. But I couldn't give up either because I knew quitting and continuing meant having to beat all 8 mavericks again which is hard in itself without using up both subtanks.


Congratulations, I've beaten it a few times recently too, and I agree that it's brutal. Sigma's second form took me a while to learn, and his third form just made me feel helpless. I can beat it without E-tanks now, but it's always a close battle... almost too close...
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on May 29, 2014, 03:06:00 am
I beat X5 and X6 but could never locate X4 at the time.  I have it on PSP now and will get it at some point.  I heard X6 was really bad for people, but apart from a\ couple of difficulty spikes it's by all means beatable.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on May 29, 2014, 02:57:04 pm
Quote from: Protoman on May 27, 2014, 12:30:09 am
Quote from: Zycrow on May 26, 2014, 08:37:58 pm
Overall, I think the game suffers from some poor design choices

Don't forget how you always walk 75% to the right of the screen instead of the middle making it easier for enemies to take you by surprise.

I beat Megaman X4 late last night, an boy was it hard. I had just recorded a top 10 hardest games I've ever beaten list and now I have to revise it. Having to beat all three forms of Sigma in one go felt very harsh. The only glimmer of hope was that the energy pickup just before Sigma came back after every life which (slowly) allowed me to refill my subtanks.
Sigma's first form is very easy but the second form wasn't, but eventually I got it down to beating him without getting hit when I knew what the trick to him was.
The final final form of him had it's little methods but was even harder and took a lot of tries as well.
When I beat it the time was 01:38 or so and I'm working today. But I couldn't give up either because I knew quitting and continuing meant having to beat all 8 mavericks again which is hard in itself without using up both subtanks.


Yeah, the scrolling is pretty bad.

X4 was probably the only PSX-era Mega Man X game that I really enjoyed. I never actually completed X6. It's been a long while since I played through it, but I do remember the Sigma battle being pretty tough.
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Post by: tomservo on May 29, 2014, 06:15:14 pm
Kung Fu for NES, that game seemed a whole lot harder when I was a kid. I stopped after it started repeating itself.
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Post by: BonBon on May 29, 2014, 08:01:45 pm
Valis genesis first run a lot easier then I expected  :-[
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Post by: Protoman on May 29, 2014, 10:44:46 pm
Quote from: Jay-ray on May 29, 2014, 08:01:45 pm
Valis genesis first run a lot easier then I expected  :-[


Good for you, I got stuck on the 2-headed dragon myself, it just didn't want to die...
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Post by: P on May 30, 2014, 01:36:03 pm
Rockman
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Post by: NintendoKing on May 30, 2014, 05:49:12 pm
The Lost Souls (OUYA)
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Post by: Nightstar699 on May 31, 2014, 01:24:11 am
Just finished a no-death run of Ninja Spirit on PC Engine. I will continue to work on mastering this run to consistency, I still get nervous on stages 4 and 6.
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Post by: Issun on May 31, 2014, 11:31:39 am
The Legend of Zelda - Wind Waker for the 7th time on GameCube. 100% complete except Nintendo Gallery. That final showdown vs Ganondorf still kicks ass.
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Post by: L___E___T on May 31, 2014, 11:39:37 am
I love Puppet Ganon :)
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Post by: Issun on May 31, 2014, 11:55:02 am
Yeah it's a great build up for the final fight atop the tower. :)
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Post by: Nightstar699 on June 01, 2014, 12:50:14 am
Golden Axe II. Wasn't particularly satisfied with my "B" ranking, but eh.

(http://i.gyazo.com/0ea493d59504185ac92bf18b81b007c0.png)
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Post by: UglyJoe on June 01, 2014, 08:11:51 am
Finished Joy Mech Fight on hard mode.  I took a screenshot but the lighting in my office basically turned my TV into a mirror :-[
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Post by: P on June 01, 2014, 12:46:25 pm
Rockman 2
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Post by: Issun on June 02, 2014, 02:51:13 am
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (The Arcade game) on Famicom.
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Post by: BonBon on June 03, 2014, 07:21:13 pm
Super Valis IV super famicom. I love the enemy design.
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Post by: Issun on June 05, 2014, 12:35:01 pm
Akira on the Famicom. First I shot Tetsuo with the laser and got a pretty simple ending. Felt like a strange outcome, nothing like the movie, so I went on the internet and learned that there are different endings. So I used my last password (which was way back) and tried to get a better result. Then I got the one where Tetsuo meets Akira in the final scene and it doesn't appear to be the best one either. Anyone got any ideas on what the prerequisites for the best ending are?
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Post by: BonBon on June 05, 2014, 12:53:02 pm
The legend of the mystical ninja snes
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on June 05, 2014, 06:07:10 pm
Iron Tank (NES)

It was my first time beating it. It's a pretty fun game overall, aside from the tedium of restocking special weapons in the later stages.
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Post by: L___E___T on June 07, 2014, 09:08:22 am
I keep meaning to get Iron Tank - it looks great, congrats for beating it!
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Post by: P on June 07, 2014, 01:13:40 pm
Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun finally I beat the Famicom version! The reason I met multiple Misuzus before is because I was at the final stage and you meet a lot of clones of old bosses there. It's possible to skip the boss Misuzu on her stage, which is what I accidently did, and when I met her clones on the final stage I thought it was the normal boss fight with her.

Also I figured out how to beat her. You run away from her and then turn against her and do a jump kick. She will run into it face first, then you quickly do two more jump kicks and she will fall to the ground. Then repeat.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on June 08, 2014, 11:37:46 am
I've got attitude. I just beat Dudes With Attitude (NES).

@ LET

Yeah, Iron Tank is pretty solid. The special weapons are kind of confusing at first, as is getting used to aiming your main cannon, but the game is worth the trouble.
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Post by: L___E___T on June 08, 2014, 11:41:06 am
Cool, I've included it in my next batch, thanks!
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on June 09, 2014, 02:45:05 pm
Go! Dizzy Go! (NES)

It's probably the best game of the four games on the Quattro Arcade multicart.
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Post by: BonBon on June 09, 2014, 08:29:34 pm
Tiny toon 6 famicom
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Post by: Issun on June 12, 2014, 12:21:00 pm
So I finally got a working copy of Metroid for the FDS and I just completed it. I was anxious that I'd run into an error code every time it loaded a new area so it was kind of an ordeal. One difference between the NES version and the FDS version that never seems to get mentioned is that you always start in Brinstar no matter where you save your game. Also the final showdown vs. Motherbrain seemed much harder, the rinkas can totally destroy you here.

I actually died at Motherbrain, and when I reloaded the game and went to pick up the energy tank in the roof in the beginning (I always leave it for last so I don't need to grind) it was gone. The bridge to Tourian was also activated. So it seem like the FDS version saves some data to disk each time you load a new area.

I had to grind some Metroids for health, though I died at Motherbrain again. So reload, more grinding (saying good bye to the best ending) and then, finally, I destroyed MB. As the ending was loading I got an Err. 27. Fuuuuu! I ejected and reinserted the disk around 5 times and suddenly the ending loaded. Got the best ending after all. :) I also got really lucky with that tricky jump for that one missile tank, so I even got 100% items in this run.

I also went through Hanjuku Hero again earlier today.
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Post by: P on June 12, 2014, 04:02:49 pm
Heh I wasn't smart enough to save that energy tank for last so I had to grind for energy before Tourian (then I realized that metroids gives off tons of energy when killed).

Anyway cool findings. You should post them here http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=383.0. Oh I should post our findings about Paluthena and Kid Icarus there too!
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Post by: BonBon on June 12, 2014, 07:19:55 pm
Valis famicom it was epic but very confusing probably one of the most confusing games I've ever played the maps aren't worth a shit. Got the best ending by refusing to accept taking the place of valia and defeating her. Which allows yuko to return to her normal life.
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Post by: Issun on June 13, 2014, 02:30:09 am
Quote from: P on June 12, 2014, 04:02:49 pm
Anyway cool findings. You should post them here http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=383.0. Oh I should post our findings about Paluthena and Kid Icarus there too!


Done! I checked some videos on Youtube and the Rinkas/Lasers seem to do 15 points of damage in both the NES and FDS version. Don't know why I had so much trouble there, haven't died in that hall in ages. Read somewhere that there's less lag in the FDS version (though I occasionally thought it was the opposite way around whilst playing) perhaps that's the reason I failed twice. Less reaction time, i.e. no "8bit bullet-time" ;)
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Post by: Protoman on June 15, 2014, 07:22:39 am
Rockman X2 on Super Famicom

Definately not as hard of a final boss than X4 had but one of the last stages had a really hard section with a platform that moved in one of 4 directions when jumping on it, kind of like that one stage in Super Mario 3 but much harder.
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Post by: Issun on June 15, 2014, 11:25:49 am
The Legend of Zelda -Twilight Princess on GameCube. That's the 4th time I've beaten it, though the first time on GameCube.
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Post by: smileyman8b on June 17, 2014, 03:16:22 pm
smb1 and smb2 (usa) for the first time on each of them  ;D
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Post by: BonBon on June 19, 2014, 08:07:52 pm
youkai yashiki "monster house" on the famicom disk system no death run did it in about 20 minutes it took a lot of trial and error to get that good of a time and no death is a must because if you die you lose everything and it's so hard to get it back. The game can be very confusing but once you learn the levels it's a breeze. I'm thinking of doing a "play it through" video of it.
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Post by: NintendoKing on June 19, 2014, 08:20:15 pm
That's impressive Jay-Ray, I have personally never beat a game straight without death.
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Post by: Issun on June 20, 2014, 11:46:00 am
Hostages: The Embassy Mission on Famicom. Middle Mode, Trigger Mission. Went for the "No casualties" ending, it was pretty hard getting the third sniper in place but I eventually did it. I believe the Famicom version has got different controls during the last part of the game. I think in the western version you turn using left/right and advance in the arrow's direction by pressing up, whereas in the Famicom version you simply press the d-pad in the direction you want to move. Good game anyhow.

Edit: Just found out that you can select the control type (direct or rotate) by pressing select on the map before you rappel down.

Edit: Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball Bu: Kyouteki! Doukyuu Senshi no Maki on Gameboy. Awful controls and hard as nails, I completed it on easy mode.
I also beat Spy vs. Spy and Nankoku Shirei!! Spy vs. Spy, both on Famicom earlier today.
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Post by: BonBon on June 22, 2014, 11:12:42 pm
Hammerin Harry 2 for the famicom was not as hard as I remembered. great game that rival shooter boss is much easier to beat with a sub weapon beat him first try. Still some intense platforming on that last stage. I think I may have got the bad ending cause I had the professor laughing at me at the end and can't read Japanese so don't know what he was saying game just started over from the beginning. Maybe nightstar can shed some light on this I know he is a big fan of the series.
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Post by: Nightstar699 on June 23, 2014, 02:52:27 am
Sure thing, Jay. I will follow wherever Gen-San advice is needed.

First off congrats on clearing Gen-San 2 yet again. That final stage pretty much never gets easier, those vertical jumping segments are so hard and luck-based. Regarding the ending, just like the first game in the series, Daiku No Gen-San 2 requires you to beat two loops to get the better ending. In Daiku No Gen-San 1, the second loop is MUCH more difficult than the first, but in Gen-San 2? The second loop isn't much different, in fact, the only real difference I've noticed is that the final boss is a lot more aggressive in the second loop... but he's still not too tough.

So yeah, if you want to get the better ending (with a couple additional panels, I believe) then feel free to play the second loop of the game. Just know that it won't be very different from the first loop.
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Post by: Issun on June 23, 2014, 07:22:33 am
I beat Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun: Bangai Rantou Hen and Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyoku: Dokodemo Daiundoukai on the Gameboy yesterday. I really enjoyed Koushinkyoku, more so than the Famicom version actually.

Today I also completed Bikkuri Nekketsu Shinkiroku: Dokodemo Kin Medal. It wasn't bad, but buttonmashing on the Gameboy doesn't work all that well. Had to buy a few more items than usual to compensate. Also my favourite event from the Famicom version, the Swimming Battle Royale, is not in the game. Instead there's this Umbrella game that hasn't got nearly the same amount of strategy involved. But all in all not a bad game.

Edit: Beat Nekketsu Koukou Soccer Bu: World Cup Hen on Gameboy earlier today. Very hard game in the last few matches, I figured out a pretty solid strategy though.

That's all the Gameboy Nekketsu games completed! :)
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Post by: BonBon on June 25, 2014, 09:05:18 pm
Metroid famicom disk version ported to a cart by kaiser. Odd thing I found out about this version is after you die or travel to a new area all power ups respawn energy tanks and missiles but when you die you still keep all the power ups you collected.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on June 26, 2014, 07:16:01 pm
I beat two games for the first time today: Magic Carpet 1001 (FC; off the Asder 20-in-1; I think I even no-deathed it) and Star Trek: 20th Anniversary (NES).
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Post by: Issun on June 28, 2014, 10:33:38 am
Ganbare Goemon - Sarawareta Ebisumaru on Gameboy again. Love this game, it's pretty hard but very rewarding. Echigo and especially Michinoku always gets me tense with the very precise platforming needed.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on June 29, 2014, 05:41:04 am
Adam & Eve from the Asder 20-in-1. It's a mediocre Balloon Fight clone without any kind of ending. But hey, it was an easy point for the Nintendo Age challenge.
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Post by: BonBon on June 30, 2014, 07:20:36 pm
Castlevania nes took no damage in the great hall axe armors go down with one holy water if you hit them just right.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 02, 2014, 07:40:47 pm
Captain America and the Avengers (NES)

I was stuck on the final boss fight against Red Skull for hours. I had to keep my poor NES on for almost 12 hours straight while I continued to grind on this game, since this is one of those games that has to be beaten in one sitting. It's a good thing that you can endlessly farm extra continue powerups in-game.
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Post by: Nightstar699 on July 02, 2014, 08:27:05 pm
Just completed a no-death run of Ninja Gaiden. Not even Jaquio's second form was a match for me this time.

(http://i.gyazo.com/ed7cd085fd1533b61bc450962d32ce35.png)
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Post by: BonBon on July 04, 2014, 01:06:07 am
Parody world monster party ending is the same except for the text.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 04, 2014, 11:09:43 am
I just beat Golgo-13: Top Secret Episode (NES) for the first time.

The maze sections are pretty annoying, so I used maps on GameFAQs to navigate them. (I also needed the FAQ to tell me about a couple of hidden doors in the action stages.) Definitely cryptic in places, but a decent effort gameplay-wise and exceptionally deep on the storytelling by NES standards.

@ nightstar

A NO-DEATH run on Ninja Gaiden?! Holy crap! I knew you were a platforming beast, but that's ridiculous even for you.
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Post by: L___E___T on July 04, 2014, 12:02:19 pm
I just beat Bare Knuckle 3 with the best ending.  Easy mode, mind.  Didn't lose a life until the second to last boss.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 05, 2014, 11:20:04 am
Lawn Mower (NES)

It's my first homebrew completion.
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Post by: Nightstar699 on July 07, 2014, 01:27:58 am
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on July 04, 2014, 11:09:43 am
@ nightstar

A NO-DEATH run on Ninja Gaiden?! Holy crap! I knew you were a platforming beast, but that's ridiculous even for you.


Ahh thank you, but it's nothing. I've no-deathed in the past, it's just... the previous time I played Ninja Gaiden, I failed pretty miserably (I got frustrated and was forced to use a continue), so this was like a nice redemption playthrough for me. Also, I just got done with Darkwing Duck on NES, still love that game.
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Post by: BonBon on July 08, 2014, 03:26:10 pm
Chip n dale 1 famicom. Love that last stage music soooo much.
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Post by: P on July 08, 2014, 04:54:12 pm
Actraiser
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Post by: BonBon on July 08, 2014, 08:34:13 pm
Bucky o'hare nes and boy was it hard I don't even know what to say.
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Post by: Issun on July 09, 2014, 07:53:29 am
Went through Metroid 2 on the Gameboy, got a new personal record timewise.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 12, 2014, 03:37:21 pm
Bookyman (Famicom). Meh. You clear Round 7, and the game just loops back to where the game starts (Round 0).
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Post by: L___E___T on July 12, 2014, 04:34:42 pm
I alo wondered why Athena has a pretty high price - came to the conclusion it's just Athena fandom and a relic of that fandom.
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Post by: BonBon on July 12, 2014, 10:09:19 pm
Wacky races famicom
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Post by: Protoman on July 13, 2014, 04:01:58 am
Resident Evil 5 on PS3 with the PS Move. Mediocre game turned decent with good controls. But the endgame was mighty annoying anyhow.
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Post by: L___E___T on July 13, 2014, 04:04:15 am
Quote from: Jay-ray on July 12, 2014, 10:09:19 pmWacky races famicom


How did you find it?  I breezed through much quicker than I expeted to be able to - but partly because I was having so much fun with it.

Defintely a game I'll revisit at some point.

Quote from: Protoman on July 13, 2014, 04:01:58 amResident Evil 5 on PS3 with the PS Move.


Protoman I haven't even been tempted by a Resi game since Resident Evil 2 - I miss those screen by screen survival horrors.  Onimusha was my favourite.
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Post by: BonBon on July 15, 2014, 06:27:18 pm
Holy Diver on the famicom the hardest game I've ever beaten. The game has ruthless difficulty. I admit I had to use the 1up trick to get through this game but I could make it to level 5 without continuing. I'm mentally exhausted from beating this game.
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Post by: P on July 16, 2014, 02:38:41 am
Good job on Holy Diver!


Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters - This is one of those Nintendo made games that was never released in Japan. Which is strange since the original game sold best in Japan according to this chart http://www.vgchartz.com/game/6307/kid-icarus/. It was released for 3DS Virtual Console in Japan though.

This game is easier than the original.
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Post by: Issun on July 16, 2014, 05:07:07 am
Kirby's Dream Land and Trax on Gameboy.

Edit: Samurai Shodown on Gameboy. Charlotte, Hard difficulty, including Kuroko & Hikyaku. Only lost one round, vs. Kyoshiro (heh). Score: 590650 (Pretty low by my own standards).

Quote from: P on July 16, 2014, 02:38:41 am
This game is easier than the original.


Being on a Gameboy romp lately, I also beat Myth and Monsters again a few days ago. The levels are indeed much easier, however I've always thought the bosses were a fair deal harder than in the FC/NES game. Nothing too difficult anyway.
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Post by: P on July 16, 2014, 08:40:48 am
You are right about that. The bosses were quite easy (if you have been training) in the original but in the Game Boy game they are often very hard. Especially the Minotaur.

The levels are easier because 1) you can't fall off the screen and die like in the original because it scrolls down as well and there are no pits (except the main character). 2) There are small glasses of wine of life that refills small bits of life, these can be found in almost every icarus statue and even as an enemy drop instead of hearts. 3) Big wine of life replenishes itself when you exit a door (in the original it disappears if you exit a door even if you haven't taken it yet). 4) It's easy get points and hearts early on in the game since enemies respawn. 5) Hot springs are in pretty much every level although often hidden.

The original game is hardest in the beginning of the game due to Pit being weak, easy to fall and it's not easy to get hearts and points early on (only certain enemies respawn).

Next I'm going to play Metroid II since I completed Metroid recently.
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Post by: Issun on July 17, 2014, 09:40:46 am
Very true.

Tetris on Gameboy. Type-B: Level 9, Height 5. It's the first time I've ever done it! Could never pull it off back in the day, my mother used to do it all the time though.
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Post by: P on July 17, 2014, 11:53:32 am
Haha my dad used to do it all the time but I couldn't do it. Tetris was one of few games he was better at (another game he was better at was Adventures of Lolo). Nowadays I can do it but it usually takes a number of tries.
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Post by: L___E___T on July 17, 2014, 12:15:30 pm
Quote from: Issun on July 17, 2014, 09:40:46 am
Very true.

Tetris on Gameboy. Type-B: Level 9, Height 5. It's the first time I've ever done it! Could never pull it off back in the day, my mother used to do it all the time though.


I achieved this drunk some years back, I fisted the air so hard.
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Post by: BonBon on July 19, 2014, 03:21:57 pm
Fester's quest nes. Game was pretty easy after you upgrade your gun and whip. your whole inventory refills after boss fights including the health and invisible potions. Love the crowd fist pumping the Addams family at the end.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 19, 2014, 06:03:15 pm
RC Pro-Am II (NES)

There's not much of an ending to this one. If you survive the last track (36), you just get shown your score relative to your computer opponents and jump to the High-Score screen and back to the main title screen. (Which is exactly the same result as a game-over.) I finished second to one of the computers in overall points, but I also took the High-Score (which doesn't count the scores of the computer players, obviously). It would've been nice to finish first, but I can always try again later.
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Post by: P on July 20, 2014, 01:32:11 am
I thought the game loops back to track 1 like the first game. I don't remember if I cleared all tracks but I played RC Pro-Am II quite a bit in the past.


Cleaned up SR388 in Metroid II! It was much easier than the first Metroid, the enemies are scarce (I guess the metroids and the X killed most of the creatures on the planet) although there are lots of bosses (about every metroid is like a boss or mini boss) you seldom have to worry about your energy getting depleted from normal enemies unlike in the first game. The queen was very hard and took me several tries, which made it very satisfying to beat her in the end. Great ending too.

Time for Super Metroid. That's yet another Metroid game I've played multiple times in the past but never really beaten.
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Post by: Issun on July 20, 2014, 07:48:51 am
Yesterday I beat The Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening on Gameboy for the umpteenth time. And today I revisited and completed Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (GB), also conquered the final world of Populous (GB) again.

Quote from: L___E___T on July 17, 2014, 12:15:30 pm
I achieved this drunk some years back, I fisted the air so hard.

Haha, got to try that sometime.

Quote from: P on July 20, 2014, 01:32:11 am
Cleaned up SR388 in Metroid II!

Grats! Great game. :) What time did you get?
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Post by: P on July 20, 2014, 09:34:11 am
05:50 I guess that's the second worst ending, I didn't exactly hurry through the game though. The game is not half as confusing as the first game much thanks to the linearity of the game. It's probably the most linear of all Metroid games, since you just need to clean all metroids in a certain area before an earthquake happens and the acid in the tunnels leaks out and you can go to the next area. Each area is often quite big though and often a bit confusing.

Now the last metroid is in captivity, and the galaxy is at peace. Great game indeed. :)
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 20, 2014, 10:33:50 am
P,

RC Pro-Am II doesn't loop infinitely like the first game does. It just game-overs after completing the last track. A pretty poor ending for an otherwise excellent game.

I have achieved my goal with Cosmos Cop. I managed to beat it on two deaths, using no primary weapon, and destroying the Chief boss with less than 130 rounds of my secondary weapon. I hope I can earn my completion credit for it in the Nintendo Age challenge.
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Post by: L___E___T on July 20, 2014, 12:27:01 pm
Congrats - to earn the achievement you have to 1CC it?
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Post by: Issun on July 22, 2014, 03:34:37 am
Legend of the River King on Gameboy. Love this game! Good timing too, I'm leaving on a fishing trip today.
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Post by: Zero107 on July 23, 2014, 04:33:33 pm
Darkwing Duck on the NES. I'm really disappointed it didn't get a Famicom release, since I love that game so much. Considering searching for a pirate or Famicom reproduction.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: zmaster18 on July 23, 2014, 06:48:02 pm
I also beat the orginal Metroid on my 3DS XL today. I used to find this game waaay too brutal, but that was because I attempted going to Kraid's Hideout without even going to Norfair at all. I learned that going to Norfair early on and getting the High Jump Boots, Screw Attack, and Wave beam made the game sooo much easier. I only died 2 times (not counting Mother Brain) and used the virtual console's save state feature for saving right before the final battle. I didn't get the best ending, I think I had the 3rd or 4th best. I also got all items except 2 missles and the energy tank near the starting point in Brinstar. Now that I beat it without the cheat code, I find this game pretty easy. Next time I will try to beat it without the map.

I tried playing Metroid Fusion right after, but all the talking and cut scenes make the game a pain in the ass to play. I think I'm going to get Kid Icarus 3D Classics on the 3DS XL with my Club Nintendo points. I have it for both FDS (selling it, not keeping) and have the NES cart, but I really like how nice the 3DS version looks. I have never gotten past the first dungeon in this game. I have nearly beaten the GB one, but I find the last boss way to hard. I also have beaten Metroid II a long time ago and found it kinda easy.

And I agree with Darkwing Duck, it's a great Capcom Disney game! I never hear anyone talk about it. Another criminally underated NES game is Conquest of the Crystal Palace. It's an unknown gem and has very deep gameplay, awesome graphics and sound, and I haven't really gotten past the third level. I should play this again soon!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 23, 2014, 07:29:37 pm
Kiwi Kraze (NES)

This game is now in the running for the title of "Hardest Game I've Ever Beaten." This game is ridiculously sadistic.

Oh, and nightstar, if you're reading this: please give this one another shot. You're a much better platformer than I am; if I can beat this, so can you.

Post Merge: July 25, 2014, 10:34:05 pm

I beat CastleVania (NES) for the first time tonight. Another childhood favorite conquered at last!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on July 26, 2014, 11:26:36 am
Went through Donkey Kong on Gameboy again. Also Home Alone (GB) for the first time.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 27, 2014, 10:21:08 am
Porter (Famicom/NES)

This is probably THE gem on the Caltron 6-in1. Now, if I can beat Balloon Monster, I will have beaten all six of the Caltron games in the same year.

Post Merge: July 27, 2014, 06:24:00 pm

Just beat The Mafat Conspiracy (NES) for the first time. Although the graphics were an upgrade on the first Golgo-13, I don't think I like it as much as the original.

Post Merge: July 29, 2014, 05:32:12 pm

Balloon Monster (Famicom)

50 tedious, aggravating levels to be beaten in one sitting, just for the game to loop back to level 1 without an ending. And the game doesn't even keep score, so there's no point in continuing after that. But I can now say that I've beaten all six of the games that appeared on the Caltron 6-in-1.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on July 30, 2014, 02:16:11 am
Gokurousama! It looks like you are leading on the Nintendo Age challenge.


I finally beat Super Metroid! Ridley wasn't that hard although very durable. Mother Brain was also much easier than the last boss in the two earlier games, didn't even need to use crystal flash. Draygon was the hardest boss of all, took me several tries. I saved the etecoons and drachora before escaping, the least I could do since they teached me these incredibly useful techniques.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: tappybot on July 31, 2014, 05:51:14 am
I finally 'beat' Beetle Adventure Racing (Yeah, there's still the bonus mode w/ the final course, but the tracks are so freaking loooong),

I guess you could say my skills got good as I had to keep replaying the game because it was resetting for some reason about 40 min in.
Well it didn't do it last night, and I finally beat the Professional circuit and got the game credits.  Huzzah!

Take that you mildly crappy game!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on August 03, 2014, 08:47:40 am
Nettou Samurai Spirits: Zankurou Musouken on Gameboy.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 03, 2014, 12:00:53 pm
Colorful Dragon by Sachen (Famicom) AKA Tagin' Dragon in the States courtesy of Color Dreams/Bunch. Not that tough a game, once you figure out its quirks and learn how to earn extra lives.

Post Merge: August 03, 2014, 01:29:27 pm

Big Nose the Caveman (NES) is beaten, after months of off-and-on practice!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on August 04, 2014, 10:35:04 am
Spec Ops: The Line on PS3

Better than I expected, the gameplay was merely adequate but the story just got better and better, with a great ending to top it off.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on August 04, 2014, 01:37:01 pm
Been playing some more Nettou Samurai Spirits: Zankurou Musouken on Gameboy today and I finally beat it on Expert without continues. The input lag takes getting used to, especially when you're accustomed to the fluid and pretty much perfect controls of the first game (Samurai Shodown GB). But not a bad game all in all, it's got a healthy dose of difficulty as well.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Bob-Bob on August 05, 2014, 08:46:56 am
Just yesterday I finally beat Konami Wai Wai World.  ;D
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on August 05, 2014, 08:59:41 am
Real Bout Special on Gameboy. I've beaten it multiple times before on Normal without losing a round. This time I finished it on Hard, didn't use a continue but lost the bonus match vs Iori after the credits. :(

Edit: Went through Real Bout Special on Hard again, no continues and this time I pummeled Iori good. :)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: tappybot on August 05, 2014, 09:55:09 am
My brother and I gave a good go at it a few months ago.

I'm sure it gets easier once you start unlocking things, but we couldn't figure out what to do at some point, though I forget what it was.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: mario3648 on August 05, 2014, 07:27:55 pm
I believe I yet again beat Super Mario Bros. sometime ago?

I should probably go after beating All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros..
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on August 05, 2014, 08:56:55 pm
Quote from: Bob-Bob on August 05, 2014, 08:46:56 am
Just yesterday I finally beat Konami Wai Wai World.  ;D
I also just beat konami wai wai world again today. after I cleared the final boss and made it back to twin bee before time was up it just took me back to the start hub no ending sequence. I was pretty salty and wasn't going to take that final boss on again. I think this maybe done kind of glitch I don't know as soon as I got in twin bee I just started pressing A maybe this skipped the ending never the less this is the reason I have no pic for you guys today. Ugh I hate glitches
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Bob-Bob on August 06, 2014, 08:34:44 am
Jay, look...I like you and all but you really need to remember your punctuation. Your posts are a pain to read without commas and periods.  :-[

The reason you didn't get the ending sequence you probably did run out of time. It's just that the game still lets you leave the stage even after it runs out.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 06, 2014, 11:05:24 am
I needed to test a few SNES controllers last night, so it was a good excuse to do a playthrough of Mega Man X. It's such a classic, and maybe the perfect game to test controllers with.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on August 06, 2014, 05:50:11 pm
Quote from: Bob-Bob on August 06, 2014, 08:34:44 am
Jay, look...I like you and all but you really need to remember your punctuation. Your posts are a pain to read without commas and periods.  :-[

Hey wow that's a real kick in the the dick thanks for putting me on blast friend.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Bob-Bob on August 07, 2014, 03:08:34 pm
Look, I mentioned it politely. You don't have to give me attitude in return.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 08, 2014, 03:16:54 pm
Ghostbusters (NES)

What a broken, horrible game! When I heard about the glitch on the stairs to give you virtual invincibility, I had to knock this one out at least once for my own personal records. (Seeing it was still needed for the NA challenge was a good bonus, too.) This was one of my first five NES games, and it's still bitterly disappointing to me how badly this one was made. And it's not cheating to exploit the game's glitching against itself; it's kusoge ju-jitsu!

Still, I have prooved the justice of our culture. I deserve your conglaturations. Now I will go and rest, because I am a hero.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on August 09, 2014, 04:55:57 am
Catrap on Gameboy. Really fun puzzle game. It gets really hard near the end, though I solved the last level pretty quickly.

Edit: Samurai Shodown on Mega Drive. Level 8 (hardest). Haven't beaten it in years. I only used two continues and that was early in the game vs Gen-an, I should've just restarted.  ::)

Edit: Gave it another go today, completed Samurai Shodown (MD) on level 8 without continues.

Edit: Samurai Shodown on SNES. Level 8. I only used one continue and that was vs. Amakusa. What's irritating is that I beat him with two "perfects" afterwards.  :upsetroll:
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 15, 2014, 08:37:58 pm
Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers

It was my first time beating the Famicom version, but it didn't seem any different from the NES version (aside from the text being in Japanese, of course).

Post Merge: August 17, 2014, 10:07:45 am

All-Pro Basketball (NES)

I finished 35-0 with Chicago, while winning games by an average margin of about 40 points. Fairly dull game, actually, but it was a pretty easy 10 point game for the Nintendo Age challenge.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 19, 2014, 04:00:46 pm
Tiles of Fate (NES)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on August 20, 2014, 08:11:17 am
Samurai Shodown on Gameboy. Charlotte, Hard difficulty, including Kuroko & Hikyaku. Didn't lose a single round. Score: 676220 (A new personal best!).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 20, 2014, 05:04:45 pm
Cub Adventure (Famicom)

Well, I've beaten my first Nice Code game. This one really didn't make it hard on me, either. The entire game is just three, single-screen stages. All you do is dodge slow-moving (and completely predictable) enemies and collect items. Imagine my surprise two or three minutes into my first playthrough to be greeted with "End." I went ahead and played it a second time to be sure it wasn't a glitch; after collecting the helicopter hat to fly away from stage 3, the "End" was back again.

Sadly, this one could've been interesting if they'd put a bit more work into it...
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on August 22, 2014, 10:49:47 am
Actraiser on the SNES. Didn't remember the final boss rush being that hard.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on August 22, 2014, 11:30:11 am
I beat Actraiser again recently too and can only agree. Especially the Minotaur was hard.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on August 23, 2014, 08:07:35 am
Yeah it's pretty tough, especially since your MP is limited as you don't get any back if you lose a life. Took quite a few tries to beat, but it's basically all about patterns in the end.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 23, 2014, 09:38:06 am
Snowball (Famicom)

Another short, easy Nice Code game. This one is a Sokoban clone with only five or six levels, all of which I beat on my first try. It's got a decent 8-bit rendition of "Frere Jacques" for the background music.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on August 24, 2014, 07:52:51 am
Street Fighter II on Gameboy. Level 5 without losing a round! Never thought I'd ever pull that off again, I did it once back in the mid 90s when I first got the game. It must be one of the hardest things I've ever managed to do. Been playing for hours and now I'm totally exhausted.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on August 24, 2014, 11:20:10 am
Quote from: Issun on August 24, 2014, 07:52:51 am
Street Fighter II on Gameboy. Level 5 without losing a round! Never thought I'd ever pull that off again, I did it once back in the mid 90s when I first got the game. It must be one of the hardest things I've ever managed to do. Been playing for hours and now I'm totally exhausted.


Nice, which character did you play?

Quote from: nerdynebraskan on August 23, 2014, 09:38:06 am
Snowball (Famicom)

Another short, easy Nice Code game. This one is a Sokoban clone with only five or six levels, all of which I beat on my first try. It's got a decent 8-bit rendition of "Frere Jacques" for the background music.


I can't find gameplay of that anywhere on YouTube, nor Cub Adventure. Perhaps you might post them up yourself??
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on August 24, 2014, 12:24:44 pm
Quote from: Nightstar699 on August 24, 2014, 11:20:10 am
Nice, which character did you play?


Thanks! Chun Li.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 24, 2014, 02:32:32 pm
I don't think I have the equipment to do that.

I did find this video of Cub Adventure, though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsCfKKgPyuo
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: casino on August 25, 2014, 11:51:14 am
I just finish Heisei Tensai Bakabon on Game Boy. Not bad, not bad at all.

I may be the only one who finish this game in my country  ;D
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on August 28, 2014, 11:11:34 pm
Magical pop'n for the super famicom. Been a while since I've Beaten it. Had to use a continue. Was a little disappointed in myself but over all still a good run. I was being really sloppy in the first stage. Cost me two men.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on September 01, 2014, 01:24:33 pm
Little Ninja Brothers (NES)

Definitely a ton of fun. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes Action RPGs.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Yelir on September 01, 2014, 08:29:47 pm
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on September 01, 2014, 01:24:33 pm
Little Ninja Brothers (NES)

Definitely a ton of fun. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes Action RPGs.

Spoiler
How did you like the fake-out glitch near the rainbow bit? That part scared the shit out of me when it happened since we hadn't written down our password to save in awhile...  :'(
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Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Mo-hd on September 02, 2014, 03:05:45 pm
Sonic CD. 8)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on September 03, 2014, 01:09:08 pm
@ Yelir

I thought the game's sense of humor was exceptional in general, but that "glitch" was definitely a highlight. It's not every day that you get trolled by an NES game, afterall.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on September 05, 2014, 06:11:41 am
Primal Rage on Gameboy. Armadon, Level 8. I didn't lose a round but used 2 continues in the Final Battle (6 opponents in a row without any health refill).

Edit: Just managed to beat Primal Rage (GB) on Level 8 with Armadon, not losing a single round and using no continues in the Final Battle. Score: 9190156. No special ending but doing it without continues nets you a shit ton of points.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on September 09, 2014, 12:19:54 am
Silent Hill. Good game but I don't know what just happened, confusing story.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on September 10, 2014, 05:45:39 am
Mortal Kombat on Gameboy, used 3 continues. Unlocked Goro and went through the game with him just for fun, not losing a single round. ;) Goro is pretty OP.
Edit: Went through it again with Scorpion, lost 2 rounds total, but no continues.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on September 14, 2014, 12:47:14 pm
I beat the last mission of Conflict (NES) last night on my first try. I was playing on the lowest difficulty (Fame Points Level 1), but this game is already tedious enough when I start with enough FP to actually build new units. I don't really have any interest in replaying this one on higher levels.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on September 14, 2014, 11:09:33 pm
I beat Paper Boy 2. Pretty lame ending. :upsetroll: Oh well.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on September 15, 2014, 03:28:40 pm
ActRaiser -  great game
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on September 23, 2014, 03:22:26 am
Alien 3 on Gameboy. Very tense final battle with the Queen, was down to my last life and spend like 15 minutes trying to get her caught in chute. Great game!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: hvc01 on September 23, 2014, 05:56:58 am
super marioland
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on September 24, 2014, 11:46:21 am
(http://img.gamefaqs.net/screens/a/e/e/gfs_10120_1_1.jpg)

Ghost Sweeper Mikami: Joureshi wa Nice Body on Super Famicom
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on September 25, 2014, 10:59:45 am
Beat another Bits Studios game, Terminator 2: Judgement Day on Gameboy.

Alien on ZX Spectrum. Short scenario, 40% competence rating. Really great game.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: UglyJoe on September 26, 2014, 08:44:42 pm
Finished Paris-Dakar Rally Special!.  Man, what an odd racing game.

Spoiler
(http://i.imgur.com/Alk5L5j.jpg)
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Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on September 30, 2014, 06:02:27 am
Cauldron II on ZX Spectrum. By far the hardest game I've ever manage to complete. Totally awesome game.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on October 04, 2014, 06:29:14 pm
I beat Mega Man II (GB) for the first time this afternoon, and beat Mega Man X (SNES) earlier this evening.

@ Jedi

Was that the NES version of Paperboy 2? I've beaten it a couple of times, and yeah the single-screen newspaper ending is not the most interesting one after beating such a tough game. (But you have to admit it's a fairly appropriate one.)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Ghegs on October 05, 2014, 02:40:05 am
Got Solomon's Key 2 a few weeks ago and I've been playing it ever since. Such an excellent game, you can tell it's a late Famicom release with the great graphics, animation and music. Gameplay-wise it's kind of different from the first game and obviously made exclusively for a console rather than being an arcade port. The Famicom version also has some differences to the NES version, in the former you can take back your previous moves with the Select button (infinitely, it seems), which makes it easy to test a solution out and then return to a previous state without having to reset the whole puzzle. I guess it makes the game a tad easier overall, but I'm quite happy not to have to reset the puzzle just because I accidentally erased a block I didn't mean to. And the Famicom version allows you to save your progress to the battery rather than having to use a 24-character password. There's even three save slots. (EDIT: Just noticed at least one of the puzzles has a slightly different layout in the NES version.)

Like I said, I've been playing it a lot, and I even got stuck on a few puzzles for days at a time. In the end I persevered and finished the last of the game's 100 levels today without resorting to any hints, walkthroughs or Youtube videos. Really happy about that.

And man, the game kept surprising me to the end. When I reached The End screen, I noticed that I couldn't return to the main screen, so I just set the controller down and turned away from the TV to check something on the computer. When I looked back, I noticed the screen had changed, and there was a message in Japanese. Since I can't read the language, all I understood was the letter "B" and the number "10". Jump to GameFAQS, "Oh, hold Select and press B 10 times in the main screen, okay"...

Spoiler
Holy shit 50 hidden bonus levels?!  :o
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Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on October 05, 2014, 07:28:53 pm
I beat Brawl Brothers and Final Fight 2 today. Both are SNES beat 'em ups, and I beat both of them on Easy. But they were also first-time completions. (And probably last-time for Brawl Brothers, which is just kind of a so-so Final Fight wannabe anyway.)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on October 05, 2014, 09:38:51 pm
Both good picks, Jackson, but I gotta say, I disagree with your assessment of Brawl Brothers, love the entire Rushing Beat series. Oddly enough, the original one (Rival Turf) is my favorite, and that's also the one which plays the closest to Final Fight. Rushing Beat Ran (Brawl Brothers) has more than enough unique traits to set it apart from FF, the dashing attacks, being able to hit/grab opponents while they're down, the Ikari mode, the way the levels are set up, etc.

But Final Fight 2, that's my favorite of the trilogy! I'd recommend going back and clearing it on a higher difficulty, which character did you use?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on October 12, 2014, 02:11:23 pm
(http://199.101.98.242/media/shots/158396-Kurohyou_-_Ryu_ga_Gotoku_Shinshou_%28Japan%29-5.jpg)

Kurohyou Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou on PSP
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: DDCecil on October 14, 2014, 07:00:22 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/rVzDIbf.png)

Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyushutsu Emaki (SFC version of Legend of the Mystical Ninja). Loved the little new touches compared to the U.S. version including the sideshow which was shown in the U.S. manual but not included!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on October 25, 2014, 05:27:54 pm
I just beat Big Nose Freaks Out (NES) for the first time. It's a pretty decent ripoff of Sonic the Hedgehog.

@ nightstar

The gameplay was ok in Brawl Brothers, but the game just felt like a pretty generic 16-bit beat 'em up. The art is pretty average and the characters are pretty bland. I'd wondered if there was some relationship between Brawl Brothers and Rival Turf, and yeah Rival Turf is even more of a poor man's Final Fight.

As for my playthroughs of BB and FF2, I bounced around the characters a bit. But I generally prefer the heavyweight brawlers in these games, so I played with a lot of the big judo guy in BB and Haggar in FF2. See, I even bother to remember the name of Mike Haggar... Capcom made him interesting, at least to me.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Deejayee on October 25, 2014, 06:17:45 pm
Mickey mousecapade, my two year old enjoyed it more than I did
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on November 09, 2014, 04:34:51 am
Ninja Crusaders on Famicom, 2 Players.
Spent like 2+ hours on the last stage... Decent game but I hate 1-hit kills and the fact that whenever one player lost all lives, when the other died then they couldn't come back on the same screen again but had to start the level from the start.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on November 15, 2014, 06:00:56 am
I've recently picked up a copy of Warcraft II (PS1), since my local game store had one and I had some credit there. I've been playing the crap out of it, as I've now beaten the Tides of Darkness campaigns as both the Humans and the Orcs.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on November 22, 2014, 04:10:00 pm
Kero Kero Keroppi Daibouken 2

Short! After 4 worlds I thought I was just halfway but then it was over.

I didn't like that this game like Wagyan Land and Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru, it had minigames instead of boss fights.. memory, janken and some number game. Mostly random when I won or lost these. Other than that, a decent enough game, enjoyable.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on November 30, 2014, 04:43:28 pm
I beat Krusty's Fun House (NES) for the first time this evening. Also, I beat the Beyond the Dark Portal-Human campaign in Warcraft II (PS1) last night.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on December 05, 2014, 12:21:42 pm
milon's secret castle. It was a little frustrating at times and the controls are pretty stiff but don't think it should get as bad a rap that it does.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on December 19, 2014, 11:08:19 am
I sat down and completed Ranma 1/2: Chougi Ranbu Hen on SFC this evening. Not that much depth perhaps but a fun game nonetheless.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: DDCecil on December 19, 2014, 02:22:06 pm
Donkey Kong 64 a few days ago. I really don't like the camera (especially during the final boss battle).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on December 19, 2014, 03:02:02 pm
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

I couldn't find the final heartpiece but I think I got about everything else. I think it's the best Zelda since Majora's Mask!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on December 27, 2014, 09:34:57 pm
I had a good day today. I beat Double Dragon (NES) for only the second time in my life. Machine-Gun Willie is usually such a pain in the ass for me, but I got him on my first try. And, like the first time I beat Double Dragon, I easily defeated Jimmy Lee with a full life bar on my next life.

I also broke out the Duck Tales (NES) for the first time in over a year and got the special $10,000,000 ending.

In between, I celebrated my pickup of a nice CIB Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) from my local game store by playing all the way through on "Easy." It sure is... I beat it on one credit.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on January 13, 2015, 04:27:25 pm
Lickle on the famicom, known as little Samson for the nes and Rambo.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 18, 2015, 06:20:49 pm
Lickle/Samson is a fun one, alright. Rambo, on the other hand... meh.

I had three first-time completions today for the 2015 edition of the Nintendo Age challenge:  Freedom Force, Kid Niki, and Whomp 'Em.

Other new first-time completions I've notched over the last couple of weeks for the sake of the NA competition include Bomberman II, Jackal, Kid Klown in Night Mayor World, Mighty Final Fight, and  Palamedes.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on January 23, 2015, 03:26:22 am
Ai Senshi Nicol for the famicom disk system. Very fun game ran through it pretty quick though. Note the whole game is in English accept title screen.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: jinshu on January 23, 2015, 04:09:08 am
Lickle for the famicom also, on normal, first time i played it, what a great game.

I was thinking it would be cool to finish it  with KO the mouse only most of the time, but i knew that must be crazy difficult, then i saw a speed run of this game and that's how they actually play it.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 25, 2015, 07:19:00 pm
I had a couple of first-time conquests yesterday when I beat Casino Kid II and Kickle Cubicle (both NES, of course).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on January 27, 2015, 08:44:16 am
Gargoyle's quest 2 nes
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 29, 2015, 03:32:07 am
Nice. I need to play through that one someday. Yesterday, I beat Conquest of the Crystal Palace (NES) for only the second time. Very solid, underrated title there.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on January 29, 2015, 01:35:44 pm
Mappy Kids. Got a 'bad ending' but I don't care. Pretty easy but pretty fun still. Again no bosses in lieu of minigames, but after losing once I understood them.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on February 01, 2015, 04:11:21 pm
I've had a couple of first-time completions today: Little League Baseball and M.U.L.E., both on the NES.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on February 06, 2015, 08:44:19 pm
nightstar may be interested to know that I scored a first-time completion tonight: Yo! Noid (NES)

The game is much longer than I would have guessed. Overall, it was flawed but enjoyable.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: ATARI7800 on February 06, 2015, 09:55:12 pm
I just beat kid Dracula and it honestly is one of the best platforms i've ever played. I was definitely hard though especially that boss rush at the end.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on February 07, 2015, 07:02:34 pm
Tag Team Wrestling (NES)

Boring, frustrating, and repetitive. But hey, 9 points for the Nintendo Age challenge for an hour and a half of grinding.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on February 07, 2015, 09:43:05 pm
Adventure island 4
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on February 08, 2015, 11:36:17 am
Spartan X2

Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers


Then I came clooose to beating Street Fighter 2010, but no go :/
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Retrospectives on February 09, 2015, 02:20:35 am
I just beat the Urusei Yatsura game for the FC. Now i cannot get that song out of my head. It is a greatly overlooked game that utilizes much content from the Tv-show and has a really funny humour even though for you who were born in the 90s, it might be seem kind of simplistic but really try it, it's a good game if you haven't tried it yet!!!  :)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on February 09, 2015, 09:44:28 am
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on February 06, 2015, 08:44:19 pm
nightstar may be interested to know that I scored a first-time completion tonight: Yo! Noid (NES)

The game is much longer than I would have guessed. Overall, it was flawed but enjoyable.


Congratulations, Jackson, haven't played that in a while but it is a great game. I myself mastered 2 more no-death runs lately, Journey to Silius and Kick Master.

(http://i.gyazo.com/e4abf8d14a5ce0b7d4bce5a9e42bdab0.png)

(http://i.gyazo.com/2b89c7107109a79763a9ee70098e28e3.png)

So glad I picked up these two for NES, they're now two of my absolute favorites. I could never beat Silius as a kid, but now I can beat it without dying which is cool.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on February 09, 2015, 11:43:41 am
Nice one - any particular reason you are playing JTS instead of RAF world?  I can't get one with that sprite myself :D
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on February 09, 2015, 11:58:56 am
I decided to get a bunch of NES stuff recently, mainly games which weren't on Famicom (like Kick Master and Low G Man) and I've been dying to play JTS again so I just figured ehhh might as well get that one too, though since I've fallen back in love with it I do plan to get a CIB copy of RAF World!

That being said I actually like the sprite in JTS better just because he has a little more color to 'im.

Edit: Speaking of which, I've also been obsessed with Street Fighter 2010 lately. Just like Silius, I couldn't beat this one as a child but have been clearing it quite convincing lately... haven't managed to no-death it yet though.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on February 21, 2015, 08:09:48 pm
Wario's Woods (NES)

It's my third year in a row taking the game down for the Nintendo Age challenge.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on February 27, 2015, 12:35:28 am
Finally completed Golden Sun 2: The Lost Age

Honestly, loved the storyline and gameplay (for the most part), but felt the ending left something to be desired.

Anyone else play this series? I'd talk about it more, but it'd be a spoilerfest. Oh yeah, and the biggest disappointment of all is the lack of a soundtrack release. :'(
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Shumi Nagaremono on February 28, 2015, 05:50:58 pm
Completed Wanpaku Duck Yume Bouken (DuckTales) for the first time in like 20 years.  That game deserves every bit of praise it gets.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on March 01, 2015, 05:35:59 am
Quote from: Shumi Nagaremono on February 28, 2015, 05:50:58 pm
Completed Wanpaku Duck Yume Bouken (DuckTales) for the first time in like 20 years.  That game deserves every bit of praise it gets.


Personally I think it's a bit overrated. Like with the Dreamcast, I just don't see why people praise it so much.

Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on March 01, 2015, 09:53:29 am
I completed RC Pro-Am II (NES) a couple of days ago. It's only my second time beating it, and I actually finished tied for 1st in overall points this time. (I finished behind a computer the first time I completed it.)

As for Duck Tales, I think it's a great game. It is a little on the short side, as are dozens of other polished platformers on the system. And I wish the last stage hadn't just been a replay of Transylvania with all the goodies removed. But aside from that, the game is a gem.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: DDCecil on March 04, 2015, 07:23:01 pm
Beat the 2nd Quest of the FDS Zelda!

(http://i.imgur.com/YQnSn7O.png)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on March 20, 2015, 03:54:23 pm
Rockman X3 on Super Famicom

Beat Kaiser Sigma a total of 4 times, but the first 3 times I then died in the rising lava after. Once you get in there you can't get out
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on March 22, 2015, 02:15:15 pm
I knocked out Conflict (NES) for the second time last night.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: sethreign on March 30, 2015, 12:51:57 am
Chip & Dale 3 (Heavy Barrel Hack)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on April 06, 2015, 10:18:14 pm
A bit modern, but Yakuza 0. Great game in the series as expected
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Shumi Nagaremono on April 07, 2015, 05:29:50 pm
The first Ninja Turtles game (Famicom version), Gekikame Ninjaden. 

Interesting note, that game's just not the same without mangled phrasing. 
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: sethreign on April 16, 2015, 01:07:45 am
Megaman 3.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on April 25, 2015, 05:06:13 pm
I just beat The Punisher (NES) for the first time. And I managed to do it with 13 spare lives, despite never beating the Kingpin before. That supergun is awesome, if you can ace a level to earn it!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BaconBitsKing on April 25, 2015, 11:48:29 pm
I beat Dracula II on the Disk System. I got the bad ending, then the good ending.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Vinnk on April 29, 2015, 10:12:55 pm
Captain Toad Treasure Trackers.  And it was awesome.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on May 01, 2015, 04:57:17 pm
Akumajou Dracula X Chi no Rondo - beat Dracula with Maria. Still only 60% complete though.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on May 14, 2015, 09:05:06 pm
I played through Mega Man X today. It'll probably always be my favorite Mega Man game on the SNES.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: mrtselevel on May 16, 2015, 02:15:07 am
FC Contra. Every time I bust out the famicom with some friends I have to show them what was missing from the Nintendo version of the game
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Shumi Nagaremono on May 16, 2015, 09:47:44 pm
This morning, I finished Ninja Ryukenden (Ninja Gaiden) for the first time. 

That final boss battle.  Wow.  You'd get fired, ridiculed, and blacklisted from the industry if you even *suggested* doing something like that in a modern game.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on May 26, 2015, 03:44:17 am
StarFox 2 (SNES)

I played it on the second difficulty (I forget what they're called), because the first is a complete joke. (A few weeks ago, I watched my partner beat it on the lowest setting in half-an-hour on the first try despite fumbling with the controls for the first 10 minutes.) There was a decent increase in challenge, but I did still beat it on my first try.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: 1983parrothead on May 29, 2015, 07:23:25 pm
Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force for the Sharp X68000. Fun, but sometimes tough.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on June 16, 2015, 04:13:38 am
Went through Kawa no Nushi Tsuri on Famicom again. I found it a bit easier this time, still lots of fun.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: kevkevkev on June 20, 2015, 12:04:11 am
Beat famicom batman.  Last level is tough, not holy diver tough but tough enough. That god you only  have to beat jokers bodyguard the first time.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: zmaster18 on June 20, 2015, 08:02:59 am
I beat Zelda II, NES version. I thought the Grand Palace would be really hard, but it was actually a breeze! Then I came up to Thunderbird without the Thunder spell... So I backtracked and came back. I beat both bosses without dying! Then I played through hero-mode and beat all 6 palaces without a game over. I think I mastered this game.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on June 27, 2015, 06:00:24 am
Beat Radia Senki: Reimeihen on Famicom again a few days ago, I really love the pacing in that game. Also just completed Hanjuku Eiyuu (Famicom) again. I struggled a little in the 2nd scenario as an opponent's kingdom grew too big and kept pelting me with troops, though I managed to hold the front with two shoguns and sneakily flank them with my hero. Things started to ease up as I conquered their main castle, and I won the scenario pretty effortlessly thereafter. Scenario 3 gave me some trouble as well, but it was nothing near as much as in scenario 2. Still an excellent game!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on June 27, 2015, 07:12:45 am
I think I only beat the first scenario in that game. Gotta get back to it sometime.

Quote from: zmaster18 on June 20, 2015, 08:02:59 am
I beat Zelda II, NES version. I thought the Grand Palace would be really hard, but it was actually a breeze! Then I came up to Thunderbird without the Thunder spell... So I backtracked and came back. I beat both bosses without dying! Then I played through hero-mode and beat all 6 palaces without a game over. I think I mastered this game.
Great, it's time to take on the Japanese version, it's harder.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on June 29, 2015, 03:45:49 am
RoboCop (NES)

It's a childhood favorite I've had completely conquered, if not completely memorized for nearly 20 years now. I've been playing this quite a bit over the last few days, because I picked up a stack of copies for cheap at my local game store. It's a good repro donor cart, and I'm testing them before shipping them off for trade credit on some repro work.

I may need to re-watch the movie soon...
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 03, 2015, 10:19:43 am
Astyanax (NES)

I finally beat it for the first time yesterday. The stopwatch spell was very useful.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Shumi Nagaremono on July 05, 2015, 03:10:24 am
Sonic 2. 

Found a copy of Sonic Jam for the Saturn for a price I couldn't pass up.  Popped in the console just to check out how the emulation was...and wound up playing all the way through Sonic 2.  For the first time ever. 
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BaconBitsKing on July 05, 2015, 10:37:38 pm
I beat Super Castlevania IV the other day, and I'm about to beat Zelda 1 on FDS.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on July 06, 2015, 08:36:15 am
Quote from: P on June 27, 2015, 07:12:45 am
I think I only beat the first scenario in that game. Gotta get back to it sometime.


You really should, It's a fun game!

Went through North & South: Wakuwaku Nanboku Sensou (Famicom) just now. Played Level 1 South vs Level 3 North in 1864. Finished in 5 months, feeling a bit rusty.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on July 09, 2015, 01:15:45 am
Mega Man Battle Network
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on July 15, 2015, 08:46:57 am
I just completed all 32 (+7 on the second lap) mountains in Ice Climber on Famicom. Used 4 continues after Game Over. My goal was sub 5 and I almost made it in 3, died just at the end of mountain 30 due to a mistake.

Had a hard time with the game as a kid but I've always somehow liked it though. When you've learned the controls properly it gets really addictive.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: fcgamer on July 15, 2015, 10:41:00 am
Last night I played through Dragon Knife.  It is an awesome game, and a great (unofficial) sequel to the Double Dragon series to boot.  Highly recommended.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on July 16, 2015, 05:54:53 am
Beat Little Nemo: The Dream Master.

I think the difficulty of this game is a bit too high for what it is - I feel like it should be closer to the Kid Dracula/Kirby's Adventure level. But I really enjoyed it, I used to play the game in rental stores a lot when I was a kid. I think back then I couldn't even clear the first stage.

The final stage was super stressful but I found the final boss to be pretty easy.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on July 16, 2015, 06:24:13 am
I hated Little Nemo. I thought I was going to like it but I didn't When out of a 'suit' you're completely fucked as all you can do is freeze enemies (in your way, so you're blocked from progressing lest you take damage!) and in a suit it's not a picnic either. And last but not least, respawning enemies~
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on July 16, 2015, 07:37:11 am
Quote from: Zycrow on July 16, 2015, 05:54:53 am
Kid Dracula/Kirby's Adventure level.


Wat. Kid Dracula is way, way harder than Kirby's Adventure... and Little Nemo, for that matter. Nemo becomes quite easy when you replay it, once you learn when and where to swap suits.

Quote from: Protoman on July 16, 2015, 06:24:13 am
And last but not least, respawning enemies~


The enemies have to respawn, otherwise you'd get into situations where you'd have no way to acquire a particular suit, and would therefore be literally unable to progress.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on July 16, 2015, 07:58:06 am
Quote from: Nightstar699 on July 16, 2015, 07:37:11 am
Quote from: Protoman on July 16, 2015, 06:24:13 am
And last but not least, respawning enemies~

The enemies have to respawn, otherwise you'd get into situations where you'd have no way to acquire a particular suit, and would therefore be literally unable to progress.


Good point! I guess that wouldn't be a problem if you weren't so gimped as suitless Nemo.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on July 16, 2015, 09:58:21 am
Quote from: Nightstar699 on July 16, 2015, 07:37:11 am
Wat. Kid Dracula is way, way harder than Kirby's Adventure... and Little Nemo, for that matter. Nemo becomes quite easy when you replay it, once you learn when and where to swap suits.


Maybe I'm not just remembering the more difficult bits, but I sat down and cruised through Kid Dracula in an afternoon. I found the limitations that Nemo put on you to be more difficult - like not always being able to attack enemies and having to memorize a certain sequence of suit swaps.

I am talking about the Famicom Kid Dracula, by the way. I haven't ever played the one for Game Boy.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on July 20, 2015, 02:09:07 pm
Yakuza 2, HD version, japanese version.

This makes it the 7th(!) Yakuza game I've beaten that was japanese-only. Now there's only Yakuza 5 left  8)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on July 21, 2015, 09:19:24 pm
(http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k590/Zycrow/2015-07-21%2019.59.10.jpg)

Arkista's Ring, one of those odd little obscure games released by American Sammy. My childhood buddy down the street owned this game and I'd borrow it from him a lot. I stumbled across a copy over the weekend and snapped it up - it's fun and well designed, but eventually wears out its welcome. It has a brief 32 or so stages, but you have to complete four full loops of them (with stronger, faster enemies each time) to "really" beat the game.

I wouldn't recommend this. By the middle of the second loop, you've almost certainly found all of the game's items, meaning the rest is just endurance and managing your one-time use items. For all that you just get a black screen with "Thanks for helping me rescue Arkista's Ring," and a frozen shot of your final stats and items. Better just to complete one loop and call it there.

One of the stranger rare items in the game is the "Wealth Ring," which increases your score by 100 points with each step. Since points have no use in the game - you don't get extra lives or anything and they don't even reset at game over - it's more curiosity than anything else. You may notice I have more than 2 million points there at the end. Good lord.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on August 02, 2015, 10:38:14 pm
I finally went back and legitimately beat Ironsword. ;D (well, as legitimately as I could. ???)

And it's not that hard as long as you have the invincibility cloak and have the knowhow to stay at the top of the mountain and wreak havoc on all four of the elements at once: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOpMWtbkpjA

Hey, look at that! 4000 posts.

Edit: Beat Wizards & Warriors III now!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: UglyJoe on August 07, 2015, 07:51:13 pm
Got my FDS working again and finished off Section Z.  It's easier on the FDS because of the save files.  The last boss took me a while to beat because my health was so low.  Yay for respawning enemies that drop health containers!

Spoiler
(http://i.imgur.com/88nHDf2.png)
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Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: JoshyBoshy on August 09, 2015, 09:43:15 pm
The last game I beat was the original Spyro the Dragon on Playstation 1.
And I beat it 100%.  8)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on August 12, 2015, 08:23:45 am
Always meant to finish Section Z on my NES. One of these days.

Lately I've been hitting the Genesis collection which I've neglected for a long time. I'm working through the Sonic games - recently beat 1 and 2, although I had beaten 2 before in the past. Did not collect the Chaos Emeralds in either. I've never made it all the way through Sonic 3 & Knuckles so I'm pretty excited for that.

Also beat Ranger X (one of the best on the system) and Alisia Dragoon (eventually used a stage select cheat since the game is so stingy with continues).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on August 14, 2015, 09:40:48 am
Yakuza 4 on Playstation 3, Hard mode.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on August 22, 2015, 12:08:13 am
Quote from: Zycrow on August 12, 2015, 08:23:45 am
Lately I've been hitting the Genesis collection which I've neglected for a long time. I'm working through the Sonic games - recently beat 1 and 2, although I had beaten 2 before in the past. Did not collect the Chaos Emeralds in either. I've never made it all the way through Sonic 3 & Knuckles so I'm pretty excited for that.

I have not beaten a single Sonic game with all the chaos emeralds (I was close with Sonic 1 Game Gear, though). But I'm going to see if I can do it with Sonic 3D Blast.

By the way, just beat Marble Madness for NES! ;D (why did I wait so long to play this awesome game?) :-\
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Mo-hd on August 23, 2015, 10:37:58 pm
Dark Souls II

Amazing game! :star: It took me about 70 hours to beat it.
I would recommend it to everyone here who looking for challenge and to test the skills. :fire:

Spoiler
(http://i.imgur.com/rKyf1dR.jpg)
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Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on August 28, 2015, 10:47:58 am
Beat Sonic 3D Blast! And with all the chaos emeralds! :o

First time in a Sonic game ever!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Algo Fonix on September 01, 2015, 04:28:32 pm
I finished up Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker the other day. It was fun, and I'm kinda glad I held off playing it until now.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on September 02, 2015, 02:39:28 am
Final Fantasy Japanese version with my own combination of bugfixes (not me who designed them though).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: UglyJoe on September 05, 2015, 01:50:48 pm
Nazo no Kabe: Block Kuzushi (FDS)

Not a bad game, but not a great game.  It's a Konami game but the levels have no music!  The powerups and obstacles keep things interesting, but the levels without any powerups are sheer frustration.  I'm kinda glad that it's over now :-[

Spoiler
(http://i.imgur.com/zfJwSAf.png)
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Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on September 06, 2015, 08:59:31 am
Akumajou Dracula (FDS version)

Long time ago I beat this game last time. It's so much easier now when you can save. :D Thanks to my FDSStick!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on September 13, 2015, 07:09:48 pm
Captain Commando (SNES, easy difficulty)

Not too bad, but it doesn't have the same charm as the Final Fight series.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on September 13, 2015, 11:23:27 pm
StarTropics - such a sweet ending :'(

I was half expecting H. Tanaka's name under the 'Music' credit (track 28 on the NSF even takes a cue from Dr. Mario a little bit), but I've never heard of Y. Hirai before. As far as I'm aware this is the only game he's composed.

I had to see what there was in terms of soundtracks and found this. (http://vgmdb.net/album/53807)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on September 16, 2015, 08:19:13 am
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on September 13, 2015, 11:23:27 pm
StarTropics - such a sweet ending :'(

I was half expecting H. Tanaka's name under the 'Music' credit (track 28 on the NSF even takes a cue from Dr. Mario a little bit), but I've never heard of Y. Hirai before. As far as I'm aware this is the only game he's composed.

I had to see what there was in terms of soundtracks and found this. (http://vgmdb.net/album/53807)


I had 1/2 of a heart left when I beat the final boss. Pretty intense!

Now go play Zoda's Revenge, it's just as fun. The jumping physics are different (you can change direction in midair), which got me killed a few times at the beginning, and there's no "delay" while you change direction or start moving, so it overall feels a bit faster and more action-packed.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on September 16, 2015, 07:20:21 pm
Too soon. Too soon. :D

I felt like this was a great summer game. I think I'll save the second one for next summer. ;)

Plus, I've got too many games on my backburner. :fire: And here's my frontburner:

Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on September 18, 2015, 12:46:46 pm
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on September 16, 2015, 07:20:21 pm
Too soon. Too soon. :D

I felt like this was a great summer game. I think I'll save the second one for next summer. ;)

Plus, I've got too many games on my backburner. :fire: And here's my frontburner:


  • Castlevania III (with each character? Each path? 2nd run? I don't know how the different endings work) :-\




Totally right about it being a summer game. The second one opens with snow and ice, so maybe it's good for next season. ;)

I think CVIII's endings only vary by character. The branching paths basically determine difficulty and which characters you encounter. For example, the clock tower stage is fully optional, but is the only way to meet Grant. IIRC the lower path to the castle results in stages that are far more difficult...although the end of the game is ass-beatingly hard any way you swing it.

Sypha is generally the best choice for ease of play, especially in the U.S. version.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on September 18, 2015, 03:29:41 pm
Quote from: Zycrow on September 18, 2015, 12:46:46 pm
Totally right about it being a summer game. The second one opens with snow and ice, so maybe it's good for next season. ;)

Ooh, nice to know. Maybe I'll play it early spring?

Quote from: Zycrow on September 18, 2015, 12:46:46 pm
I think CVIII's endings only vary by character. The branching paths basically determine difficulty and which characters you encounter. For example, the clock tower stage is fully optional, but is the only way to meet Grant. IIRC the lower path to the castle results in stages that are far more difficult...although the end of the game is ass-beatingly hard any way you swing it.

Sypha is generally the best choice for ease of play, especially in the U.S. version.

So is beating it on the second run completely optional? ???
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on September 23, 2015, 01:06:19 pm
Megaman Battle Network 2

The final boss Gospel took several tries. Only beat it after I decided it was hopeless. Sometimes I find losing hope makes me less nervous and then I make better decisions...
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on September 23, 2015, 02:31:10 pm
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on September 18, 2015, 03:29:41 pm
So is beating it on the second run completely optional? ???


Absolutely optional. And Zycrow is correct that the lower route (the one you have to take if you want Alucard) leads to much, much harder stages. Especially that falling block level... hardest stage in the game, I'd say.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on September 29, 2015, 05:51:34 am
Biohazard Battle for the Genesis. If anyone is into shooters and hasn't tried out this game, do it!

This was a milestone for me, incidentally. I've loved STGs for a long, long time, but I'm rarely able to actually see one to the end.

So this year I decided I'd break that trend - I chose this game first since it has a gentle difficulty curve and incredible presentation. I watched playthroughs for some of the areas that were giving me trouble and used the stage select to practice them.

I played on normal difficulty with the default number of lives (3); I reached the final boss on one credit, but didn't defeat it; I used almost all of the rest of my credits on the final stage and eventually beat it with a couple to spare.

Now that I've had so much practice on the final stage, I think I could probably 1CC the game. Perhaps later. ;)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: kevkevkev on September 29, 2015, 10:28:47 am
Chrono trigger. Took me over 20 hours. Needed a bit of help to get through the sidequests.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on October 03, 2015, 05:52:23 am


I keep meaning to play Chroino Trigger, I never played it or any other RPGs when I was younger.

Last game I finished was Spartan X2!  very  fun to play through every now and then, but too easy.  Is there a HARD mode?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: kevkevkev on October 04, 2015, 05:42:06 am
Me too. Never was a big rpg fan back then. And when game converters stopped working with certain jap/usa games it became to risky to buy from importers. Its a really good game though i wish it was more linear later on. Took me 20 hours and only got stuck a few times in the last quarter.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on October 05, 2015, 05:06:52 am
I grew up with Spectrum, NES and Master System and then Megadrive so it was all about action / platform fighting games for me.  RPGs are great fun to play but when you watch someone else they look pants.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on October 13, 2015, 10:48:36 am
Phantasy Star, playing the SMS original on my Genesis Everdrive.

Good RPG for the era, although the game feels like it runs out of steam toward the end. After a certain point there are no more new enemy types, and the characters don't really gain much strength, so it feels a bit tedious to continue.

But I toughed it out and the final battle and ending were worthwhile.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on October 13, 2015, 03:27:56 pm
Oh that's one of those classic RPGs I wanna finish someday. Too bad RPGs takes so much of your time.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BaconBitsKing on October 17, 2015, 06:38:55 am
I just beat Akumajou Densetsu, and I plan to get the next three endings soon.

Immediately after, I decided to beat Akumajou Dracula again and now I plan to beat hard mode.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on October 17, 2015, 07:24:47 am
My one tip for hard mode (assuming by which you mean the second loop?) is to learn the Fishman spawns well in the first section of stage 4, that's the hardest part of loop 2. Stages 5 and 6 are identical to normal. (I believe)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: untinip on October 17, 2015, 01:50:19 pm
Terranigma (SNES). Loved it, especially the music! :)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BaconBitsKing on October 17, 2015, 03:48:28 pm
Quote from: Nightstar699 on October 17, 2015, 07:24:47 am
My one tip for hard mode (assuming by which you mean the second loop?) is to learn the Fishman spawns well in the first section of stage 4, that's the hardest part of loop 2. Stages 5 and 6 are identical to normal. (I believe)


I almost beat the 2nd loop once, but I deleted my file by putting All Night Nippon on my FDSStick without going into CMD to change game slots (I was even at the final level with Dracula).

Do the third, fourth, and so-on loops add any more enemies?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on October 17, 2015, 04:23:43 pm
Nope, which disappointed me when I went for my stage-reset run a short while back. Every loop after 2 is just a repeat of the second loop.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on October 18, 2015, 02:08:40 am
Quote from: BaconBitsKing on October 17, 2015, 03:48:28 pm
I almost beat the 2nd loop once, but I deleted my file by putting All Night Nippon on my FDSStick without going into CMD to change game slots (I was even at the final level with Dracula).

You used the drag-and-drop icon tool? Does it always overwrite the first slots?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BaconBitsKing on October 18, 2015, 10:31:33 am
Yes, it always removes either the first slot (one-sided disks) or the first two slots (two-sided disks) if you just choose to drag your ROM into FDSCopy.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on October 18, 2015, 11:32:33 am
I see, pretty useless then. Loopy said he is working on a GUI version though.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on October 24, 2015, 10:20:05 am
 

Beat Dracula X with Maria - last level was just too much with Richter so I switched to Maria and beat it first time round, then Dracula first time round as well.  He seemed too easy, especially the 2nd form.

Like Nightstar, I loved the Shaft resurrection boss fights, but it took me a fair few goes to beat them.

Currently trying to get through 5' now and find the other girls, then unlock all the other Technics and whatever else.  Heck of a game!

Think then I'll play through Dracula XX on SNES, I still have to beat Castlevania IV and Castlevania 3, but have a few passwords near the end for those.

After that I'd like to try beating Akumajou Drcaula X68000 and also Symphony of the Night, which I never got into.  Saving Dracula 2 for last, I have an improvement hack of it.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on October 24, 2015, 12:43:38 pm
Don't forget Vampire Killer/Bloodlines. It's also a heck of a game! I was surprised how fun it was when I played it at first, considering I hadn't heard a lot about it. That shows that the Castlevania series isn't just about nostalgia, but a series of very well made games.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: UglyJoe on October 25, 2015, 08:19:05 am
It's Halloween season, so I took down Akumajou Dracula on the FDS.  This game is so much less stressful when you can turn it off without having to start over from the beginning :-[

I know some of you guys can beat this game in like 15 minutes, but this is only the second time I've ever beaten it (once on NES, once on FDS).

Spoiler
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Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on October 25, 2015, 05:15:58 pm
 
Congrats!  It's a game of patterns, so once you have them down I think it gets a lot easier - see if you can 1CC it! :D

I also beat Dracula XX earlier!

Spoiler
(with savestates...)
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Oh yes I didn't forget about Bloodlines - one of my faves, I like to play it with the arcade stick as well!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Cheetahmen on October 25, 2015, 05:19:07 pm
Aladdin (Hummer Team)

Not as good as I remember, but still a pretty fun game overall with some good presentation for a bootleg. It helps that I own the JY Company version. :D I also got to level 7 of Silent Assault before the game broke because Sachen somehow managed to do that on the Super Cartridge Version 3 release.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Nightstar699 on October 25, 2015, 06:06:34 pm
Quote from: L___E___T on October 25, 2015, 05:15:58 pm

I also beat Dracula XX earlier!

Spoiler
(with savestates...)
[close]




Keep at it, mate! Eventually you'll be able to no-death with best ending as I've done... though admittedly it isn't a consistent run, Dracula XX can get brutal. But god I love it... probably my favorite 16-bit CV, or at least tied with Bloodlines.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on October 26, 2015, 06:31:24 am
I don't ever wish to play it again haha.  The first level is fun, but after that I just don't think this game had half the love of Chi no Rondo :(

As for no-deathing it - I don't see how that is realistic for anyone that isn't a machine - hats off to you, but I wouldn't find that fun at all!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: hippy dave on October 31, 2015, 10:05:06 pm
(http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo232/hippy__dave/Screen%20Shot%202015-11-01%20at%2005.00.02.png)
Zany Golf (Amiga)

Didn't think I was going to finish that last hole tbh, fluked it in on my last stroke.
Nice blast from the past.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on November 07, 2015, 06:24:35 pm
Altered Beast (Genesis)

First time beating it, but it was on super-wimpy mode. ("Normal" difficulty, with my energy and lives cranked all the way up.) I knocked out the final boss with less than a square of health left on my last life. The game has great style, but seems a little thin on substance.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Cheetahmen on November 08, 2015, 01:49:11 am
Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive), I've beaten it a few times already but I figured I might as well do it again :D

Edit: I beat Super Mari: Fighting of the Malilugi last night (AKA Chip n Dale), naturally they were too lazy to change anything aside from a few sprites ::)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on November 12, 2015, 04:18:38 pm
Well Spartan X...
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: kevkevkev on November 14, 2015, 12:43:18 am
Seiken densetsu 3. Took me 40 hours with angela, kevin and lise. Would have enjoyed it more if i had less grinding to do like chrono. Next up, mario rpg!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BaconBitsKing on November 14, 2015, 10:56:09 am
I decided to play Hoshi no Kirby on the Game Boy last night and I forgot just how short it was. I cleared the game on only two lives (I died during my first battle with Dedede).

I'll probably try and tackle extra mode tonight.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Cheetahmen on November 15, 2015, 08:02:56 am
Jurassic Boy 2, didn't realise how short this game is until now :o

Monster Party, I wanna play through the Japanese prototype version at some point just to see how different it is :redcart:
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on November 28, 2015, 11:58:03 am
46 Okunen Monogatari: Harukanaru Eden e
I beat the final boss on the first try yay! Much easier than I remember him.


Panel de Pon (1P VS Mode on Hard)
I used well over 20 continues though. :-[
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Cheetahmen on January 04, 2016, 04:11:58 am
Finally got around to beating most of the NES Megaman games, I'd only beaten the second one until the last month or so and I felt like I should really play the others. Still haven't beaten the first one though, I feel like I'd probably have to cheese it with the pause trick :upsetroll:

In general, I feel like I've got a lot of games to catch up on :o
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Rygar on January 08, 2016, 07:20:02 pm
december before the new year I managed to check off:
NES~
Airwolf :bomb:
W&W2-Ironsword :bomb:
Narc :bomb:
Ultima III-exodus :bomb:

GAMEBOY~
Castlevania II-Belmonts Revenge :bomb:
Castlevania-Adventure :bomb:
Megaman5 :blinky: :blinky: :blinky:


Hopefully alot more to come this year  8) ;D
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: M-Tee on January 08, 2016, 07:32:57 pm
Vice: Project Doom. Through phone emulator, abusing savestates and even slow motion. Quite honestly, I'm not good at games. Haha.

Right now, playing through Totally Rad, but not really enjoying it. It seems to collect what I dislike about later Megaman games, and lacks what I like about earlier ones.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: UglyJoe on January 08, 2016, 08:28:48 pm
Quote from: M-Tee on January 08, 2016, 07:32:57 pm
Right now, playing through Totally Rad, but not really enjoying it. It seems to collect what I dislike about later Megaman games, and lacks what I like about earlier ones.


I found the game to be a lot more playable if you only transform when absolutely necessary.  Not sure if that misses the point, but that's how I managed to get through it.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Rygar on January 08, 2016, 11:01:10 pm
Quote from: M-Tee on January 08, 2016, 07:32:57 pm
Vice: Project Doom. Through phone emulator, abusing savestates and even slow motion. Quite honestly, I'm not good at games. Haha.

Right now, playing through Totally Rad, but not really enjoying it. It seems to collect what I dislike about later Megaman games, and lacks what I like about earlier ones.

Totally rad.. great music boring gameplay IMO  :crazy:
idk if you played bucky o'hare on NES yet I doubt you haven't since you finished vice.
but it's really awesome
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: M-Tee on January 09, 2016, 06:50:48 am
Is there a transformation? I think I've been playing it wrong. It keeps referencing magic, but the only "magic" I can figure out, is every time I try to shoot upward (up + B), my dude does a dance, loses magic points and gains hp.

As for Bucky O'Hare, it was a favorite of mine as a child (I should feel guilty about that as an avid Stan Sakai fan, since Bucky O-Hare's commercial failure is often cited as the main obstacle in Sakai getting his own animated series). But, I love the series, and loved the toys and cartoon as a kid. It's on my list of games to play through as an adult.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: UglyJoe on January 09, 2016, 06:58:47 am
Quote from: M-Tee on January 09, 2016, 06:50:48 am
Is there a transformation? I think I've been playing it wrong. It keeps referencing magic, but the only "magic" I can figure out, is every time I try to shoot upward (up + B), my dude does a dance, loses magic points and gains hp.


If you press Start it'll bring up a menu to choose which magic you want to use.  Use Up+B to use it.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: M-Tee on January 09, 2016, 01:30:40 pm
Oh, yeah. That changes things somewhat.

Most of the magic powers are fairly redundant though. The transformations look cool, but there's like half a dozen screen wipes.

That said, the dialog is making up for the lackluster gameplay.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Rygar on January 09, 2016, 03:59:08 pm
Quote from: M-Tee on January 09, 2016, 06:50:48 am
As for Bucky O'Hare, it was a favorite of mine as a child (I should feel guilty about that as an avid Stan Sakai fan, since Bucky O-Hare's commercial failure is often cited as the main obstacle in Sakai getting his own animated series). But, I love the series, and loved the toys and cartoon as a kid. It's on my list of games to play through as an adult.

Yes, the show was unheard of in my hometown sadly :(
but I saw a few of the first episodes and it looked like something i'd watch as a kid :bub:
As for the NES title bucky o'hare, it's one of the most unforgiven Roms i've played and I haven't finished it to this day.
Saying that, the graphics are off the hook!  ;D
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Mo-hd on January 11, 2016, 04:02:39 am
(http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/3/5/1/51351_front.jpg)

Super R-Type! this game is so great. One of the best side-scrolling shooter i ever played.  8)

Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 17, 2016, 07:34:27 am
It's a new year for the Beat Every NES Game challenge thread over at Nintendo Age.

Yesterday, I knocked out Yo! Noid and Captain America and the Avengers for the thread. (Second-time completions on both titles.) I'd been practicing Noid for a couple of days (read: playing until I exhausted my continues... damn that game is frustrating). But I actually 1CCed it yesterday, which was pretty surprising and impressive. I didn't improve too much on Cap'n, though. It took me about 6 hours of off-and-on playing to knock out Red Skull and see the ending there. That game really drags on with the repetitive stages, especially with all of the backtracking every time Cap or Hawkeye gets defeated and captured.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on January 20, 2016, 04:46:53 pm
Nice work!

I 1CCed Wild Guns for Super Famicom for the first time.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Cheetahmen on January 20, 2016, 05:42:47 pm
Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. I know sod all about Super Sentai but I decided I was gonna play the Famicom games released on my b-day and I ended up beating it. Not sure if should try beating Tom & Jerry as well (not gonna bother with Ferrari as it's a dull racing game I don't care for)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: b1aCkDeA7h on January 21, 2016, 04:23:30 pm
Streets of Rage 2 on Mania difficulty.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on January 23, 2016, 02:37:40 am
Mega Man Battle Network 3 White

The last boss went down surprisingly easy, first try. Next to last was Bass and he was harder, had to fight him 5+ times. Damn 100 point aura...
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Shumi Nagaremono on January 23, 2016, 05:47:00 am
Picked up a PSP for some of the classic collections. 

Beat Gradius.

Good lord, Gradius (and even more the sequels) are frustrating as hell.  But so much fun. 
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on January 27, 2016, 04:33:15 pm
 

You bet.  Well done for beating NG1 - not an easy task..
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on January 27, 2016, 07:01:56 pm
Quote from: Protoman on January 23, 2016, 02:37:40 am
Mega Man Battle Network 3 White

The last boss went down surprisingly easy, first try. Next to last was Bass and he was harder, had to fight him 5+ times. Damn 100 point aura...


Are you going to play Battle Chip Challenge?

Despite what people reviewers say, I think it's a fun little diversion.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on January 30, 2016, 08:09:17 am
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on January 27, 2016, 07:01:56 pm
Quote from: Protoman on January 23, 2016, 02:37:40 am
Mega Man Battle Network 3 White

The last boss went down surprisingly easy, first try. Next to last was Bass and he was harder, had to fight him 5+ times. Damn 100 point aura...


Are you going to play Battle Chip Challenge?

Despite what people reviewers say, I think it's a fun little diversion.


I doubt it, not my kind of genre...

In other news, beat Grand Theft Auto San Andreas last night. First time without any cheats whatsoever.

Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 30, 2016, 06:26:29 pm
Beat RBI Baseball 2 & 3 (NES) for the first time today. I'd been playing RBI 2 for the last few days, and once I finished it I just picked up 3 and powered through it as well. I think 3 may even be the same game with updated rosters and slightly improved computer AI. Still, it was kind of nice to finally finish a couple of games I'd rented as a kid.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Cheetahmen on January 31, 2016, 03:49:32 pm
Beat the Famicom version of Battletoads with save states towards the end. I'm sure I could beat this game without them with enough practice, although levels 9-11 are a pain IMO.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 31, 2016, 07:25:28 pm
I had a couple of first-time NES completions today, as well as beating Pac-Mania for the second time. I played through King's Quest V last-night-into-this-morning. I've not played the original PC version, but I can see why this is considered a butchered port. Then I played through Challenge of the Dragon this evening. It's a typically sloppy Color Dreams beat 'em up, with the horribly slippery physics. Not too difficult, though, especially with the continues.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Cheetahmen on February 10, 2016, 03:43:41 pm
Contra (NES), managed to do it without the lives cheat or continues ;D
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on February 15, 2016, 02:25:56 am
Castlevania Dracula x on the super famicom got the best ending!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: MaxXimus on February 15, 2016, 11:09:37 am
You spoiled it for me!

Ha-ha jk.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on February 20, 2016, 02:44:09 am
Gold punch-out!! Went to decision with the 2nd don was a little bitter about that.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Zycrow on February 25, 2016, 08:09:26 am
DuckTales and Super C on the NES.

The latter I still have mostly memorized from playing through with cheats as a kid. This was the first time I actually beat it legit, though! Was able to do so on my second credit.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on February 25, 2016, 06:06:59 pm
Hello kitty world famicom
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on March 09, 2016, 09:09:43 am
King of Demons super famicom best ending.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on March 20, 2016, 09:23:20 pm
Little Ninja Brothers (NES)

It's my second time beating it. It's so much fun.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on March 20, 2016, 10:33:03 pm
Psycho dream super famicom
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Yelir on March 21, 2016, 08:49:59 pm
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on March 20, 2016, 09:23:20 pm
Little Ninja Brothers (NES)

It's my second time beating it. It's so much fun.

Did you play through it alone or co-op? I think I remember 2 player mode is double the hits for every boss...

I won't lie, one of my biggest Famicom wants is a translated copy of Super Chinese 3!  :'( ;)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on March 22, 2016, 04:02:06 pm
I played through it alone. I'd love to give it a go with a partner sometime. And yeah, I'm hoping for an English patch of Super Chinese 3 someday so I can play it too.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on March 27, 2016, 12:28:13 am
Hammerin Harry for the super famicom was a lot of fun. Beat the final boss on the 2nd try didn't even realize he was the final boss. couldn't grab a pic at the end screen cause it cut out to fast but I got this pic because I didn't know if it was the end or not. I'd like to state that the reason I didn't know it was the final boss is because I don't watch videos of play it throughs or emulate roms (I don't own a computer I use all the internet I need from my iPhone) I'll watch maybe a minute or two of the gameplay and that's enough for me to decide if I wanna buy it or not. I'm the kind of guy that's still likes to be surprised by games I don't know about and don't wanna spoil it for myself.

Post Merge: March 27, 2016, 03:24:56 am

Ghost sweeper super famicom. I'm 2 for 2 tonight have super back to the future 2 on deck but don't know if I can make it I'm pretty tired. Btw I got all these games today in the mail. Haven't been sitting on them.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on April 06, 2016, 09:09:59 pm
I took a break from grinding away at the Beat Every NES Game Challenge last night to beat the first Mega Man (NES).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on April 09, 2016, 03:41:44 am
Cadash TG-16
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on April 10, 2016, 03:54:00 pm
Aero Fighters (SNES)

I was at a friend's last night, and he'd just picked up a copy of Aero Fighters. I got the chance to beat it three times on Easy, and I watched two other guys beat it with the American pilots so I got to see all four endings.

It's a fun game, but a little short and light on difficulty. (We got halfway through it on Normal difficulty despite having never played the game before. We turned it down to Easy to see the endings after that.)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on April 16, 2016, 06:39:07 pm
I beat Legends of the Diamond (NES) for the first time earlier today. It's not a bad baseball game.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on May 18, 2016, 08:39:56 pm
100%ed Shantae: Risky's Revenge

I have to be honest; it was really short. I played it on and off, taking weeks off at a time and was surprised to find I was at the end.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Raverrevolution on May 19, 2016, 06:34:27 am
The other night I finally played through Cocoron.  Such an awesome game!!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: DDCecil on May 25, 2016, 07:56:30 pm
Beat the final boss of 3D Dot Game Heroes on PS3. Fun throwback to Zelda and others!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on May 27, 2016, 09:06:26 pm
I beat Tecmo NBA Basketball (NES) for the first time tonight. I played the "short" season, and then simulated the regular season. Then I just had to win 5 games to win the NBA Championship. I didn't really care enough to do more than that. The game is kind of a mess; it's really a shame given how good Tecmo Super Bowl is.
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Post by: Retrospectives on May 28, 2016, 11:47:40 pm
I can really recommend Strikers 1945 if you are into Shoot Em Ups from Psikyo. Although I believe it was not released on the SNES/SFC it is in my opinion their absolutely best game that was released by Psikyo. Most of them plays fairly similar though, but Strikers 1945 stands out in my opinion due to it's historical impact (it became very very popular in the arcades in Japan during it's release) and the AI, controls, variety and plot is simply the best Psikyo ever put out. I like Sonic Wings/Aero Fighters though, it's one of those games that are often overseen by many other more known shooters.
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Post by: Protoman on May 31, 2016, 07:24:36 am
Mega Man V on Gameboy.

Not quite as much slowdown problems as other megaman games on gameboy, and an original story and useful weapons. This is a good one!
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Post by: HummerTeam1001 on May 31, 2016, 04:07:31 pm
I think the last game i beat was the bootleg Hummer Team port of Aladdin.
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Post by: Yelir on May 31, 2016, 11:17:09 pm
Quote from: Retrospectives on May 28, 2016, 11:47:40 pm
I can really recommend Strikers 1945 if you are into Shoot Em Ups from Psikyo. Although I believe it was not released on the SNES/SFC it is in my opinion their absolutely best game that was released by Psikyo. Most of them plays fairly similar though, but Strikers 1945 stands out in my opinion due to it's historical impact (it became very very popular in the arcades in Japan during it's release) and the AI, controls, variety and plot is simply the best Psikyo ever put out. I like Sonic Wings/Aero Fighters though, it's one of those games that are often overseen by many other more known shooters.

I used to own Strikers 1945+ on MVS. I think it's a near perfect shooter and really regret selling it but it went to a good home! :'(
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Post by: Cheetahmen on June 01, 2016, 02:52:44 am
Chase HQ on the Master System, didn't realise how short this game was until I played though it :D
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Post by: Retrospectives on June 02, 2016, 02:43:52 am
What do you think about Battle Outrun? It was not released here in Japan but it is compatible with the Everdrive so I had the chance of playing it. Really like it although it is much harder than Chase H.Q. I like the way that you can customize your car with ugrades although the enemies are a bit...dull.
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Post by: Cheetahmen on June 02, 2016, 04:44:25 am
I haven't had the opportunity to play that one yet. I know it plays more like Chase HQ than Outrun but that's about it. :-[
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Post by: BonBon on June 06, 2016, 12:05:53 am
Just beat StarTropics wow it was a very difficult game but man was it worth it. The ending was incredible! It has to be one of the best endings I've ever seen on the nes it. But my favorite was the final boss zodas death scene it was the best how he just starts throwing up and melting.
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Post by: Yelir on June 07, 2016, 11:49:09 am
Quote from: Jay-ray on June 06, 2016, 12:05:53 am
Just beat StarTropics wow it was a very difficult game but man was it worth it. The ending was incredible! It has to be one of the best endings I've ever seen on the nes it. But my favorite was the final boss zodas death scene it was the best how he just starts throwing up and melting.

Almost fit for a spoiler tag, bro! :(

I didn't know about the game until more recently with the Gaming Historian video. It looks like a pretty fun game.
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Post by: Cheetahmen on June 07, 2016, 12:50:21 pm
Rubble Saver 2 on the Game Boy, decided to play it cause it's on one of my pirate multicarts and I actually beat it on my first try ;D
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on June 11, 2016, 04:47:23 pm
Spiritual Warfare (NES)

Pro:  Decent Legend of Zelda clone
Con:  Cheesy Christian propaganda
Pro: Literally killing Satan in the final boss fight!
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on June 20, 2016, 10:47:06 pm
Wizards & Warriors X: Fortress of Fear

Disappointing. :(
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Post by: Protoman on June 22, 2016, 12:04:06 pm
Takeshi no Chousenjou

Of course, it doesn't really count because I used the "punch 10000 times" and warped to the last stage then used the pause trick to walk to the treasure. I just wanted to see if it would work :P
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Post by: BonBon on June 26, 2016, 03:13:02 am
StarTropics 2 zoda's revenge. Great game really liked it. I thought it was better then the 1st except for zodas death scene and the ending.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on June 26, 2016, 07:43:27 pm
Deathbots (NES)

It was my first time beating it. It's not terribly fun, but it wasn't overly hard either. And it needed to be done for the Beat Every NES Game Challenge, so I went after it today. Only took me two playthroughs in one day to clear it.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 03, 2016, 09:20:54 pm
Went back to a classic tonight, and beat the first quest of Legend of Zelda (NES) in one sitting. I might try running through the second quest again soon.
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Post by: Russ-5354 on July 17, 2016, 08:00:47 am
I beat Half-Life 1 (for PC) a little while ago. Sort of retro, but not really. It's a really fun and well-made game though.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on August 13, 2016, 08:18:35 pm
I beat Time Diver: Eon Man (NES) a couple of nights ago.

I was at a gaming party with a guy I'd just traded some repros to, including that Time Diver cart. He popped it in and asked if I wanted to show how it was done. I'd never really played past the third stage before, but I just powered all the way through with a couple of small hiccups. It's not everyday that I beat a game for the first time with an audience.

It's a really solid, if not thoroughly polished, title. Expectations should never be sky-high for an unpublished prototype, but it was easily more fun than at least the bottom third of the official NES library.
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Post by: Yelir on August 26, 2016, 11:25:04 pm
I haven't had too much free time to game lately, but within the past 2 weeks I finished Gimmick! at home, and then Mother 3 on the GBA SP. I have a pretty short attention span to finish games, but I racked up ~33 hours to finish this one, and felt like I couldn't get enough of the story and absurb NPC interaction(s). My only complaint was not owning the SP headphone adapter, and the fact that my SP battery seems to be close to death.

At one point in Chapter 5, I happened to defeat a rarely occurring enemy, gaining so much XP that my party earned 3-4 levels with all 4 allies, and mere minutes later my handheld soft reset before I could save.  :'(

Spoiler
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/rgallant/20160818_145941_zps5t3nhmgy.jpeg) (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/rgallant/media/20160818_145941_zps5t3nhmgy.jpeg.html)
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Post by: Cheetahmen on August 27, 2016, 03:25:20 am
Aladdin for the SNES, it's funny because I've owned the Mega Drive version for as long as I can remember and I've still never finished that one :-[
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Post by: Protoman on August 29, 2016, 03:06:15 pm
Ninja Gaiden 2 Dark Sword of Chaos aka 忍者龍剣伝2暗黒の邪神剣

Easier than the first game. I much appreciate three things:

Being able to climb on walls
When you die you start with less magic, not none
When you die at the final bosses you only have to redo one stage instead of three(!)

I disliked two things:

The windy and icy stages (they were annoying)
The sword going through a lot of enemies and items(feels like it happens more in 2 than 1/3)

Now I've beaten the Ninja Gaiden trilogy  ;D (on Famicom)
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on September 05, 2016, 11:39:05 pm
You beat III before II? Anyway, welcome to the club! Now all's that's left is Ninja Gaiden Shadow, which was really a Shadow of the Ninja game, so I'm going to play that first.

Oh yeah! I just completed Mega Man Battle Network 4. It wasn't a very impressive title, in my opinion. :diskkun:
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Post by: untinip on September 06, 2016, 11:50:56 pm
Secret of Mana. Next up: Seiken Densetsu 3 (Secret of Mana 2).
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on September 11, 2016, 08:41:28 pm
Collected every map piece and treasure in DuckTales 2. ;D

I miss Alan Young! :'(
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Post by: Protoman on September 12, 2016, 04:33:43 pm
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on September 05, 2016, 11:39:05 pm
You beat III before II? Anyway, welcome to the club! Now all's that's left is Ninja Gaiden Shadow, which was really a Shadow of the Ninja game, so I'm going to play that first.

Oh yeah! I just completed Mega Man Battle Network 4. It wasn't a very impressive title, in my opinion. :diskkun:


I beat them in this order: 3 - 1 - 2. Also Battle Network 4? I'm playing through that series too and am at 4 currently, which is my least favorite. Too many competitions and little real storyline in that one.
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Post by: Nightstar699 on September 13, 2016, 06:17:37 pm
Quote from: Protoman on August 29, 2016, 03:06:15 pm
Ninja Gaiden 2 Dark Sword of Chaos aka 忍者龍剣伝2暗黒の邪神剣

Easier than the first game. I much appreciate three things:

Being able to climb on walls
When you die you start with less magic, not none
When you die at the final bosses you only have to redo one stage instead of three(!)

I disliked two things:

The windy and icy stages (they were annoying)
The sword going through a lot of enemies and items(feels like it happens more in 2 than 1/3)

Now I've beaten the Ninja Gaiden trilogy  ;D (on Famicom)



Huh, as someone who speedruns the whole Ninja Gaiden trilogy, I find your experience interesting. General consensus among runners is that NG2 is the hardest one of the trilogy, and I must agree. The diminished hitbox on Ryu's sword (trust me, it wasn't your imagination) leads to a ton of tricky slashes, it demands perfect mastery of all your special weapons (not just Spin Slash like NG1), and of course those stage hazards. In fact it took me a much longer time to learn 2 than 1 or 3, just since I was so intimidated by its difficulty.

However, it has literally zero randomness, as opposed to the first game. So there's that.

Ironically a lot of Ninja Gaiden runners love the ice level because the sliding physics mean you can slash while standing, without slowing down. I personally kinda hate 5-2.
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Post by: HummerTeam1001 on September 16, 2016, 09:41:39 am
Recently I beat Kirby's Dream Land 2 on gameboy
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Post by: BaconBitsKing on September 16, 2016, 01:07:25 pm
Which ending did you get?
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Post by: HummerTeam1001 on September 16, 2016, 02:32:43 pm
Oh, there's multiple endings? Cool, I didn't know. I got the one where Kirby and the animal friend guys all are walking back while the credits go.
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Post by: BaconBitsKing on September 17, 2016, 11:35:12 am
You can get a different ending if
Spoiler
you get all of the hidden rainbow drops.
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They're pretty hard to find, though.
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Post by: HummerTeam1001 on September 17, 2016, 12:20:05 pm
Oh ok. Thanks. :)
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Post by: Protoman on October 04, 2016, 04:44:06 am
Street Fighter 2010

Although I used turbo, so still have some work to do.
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Post by: Arkanix38 on October 05, 2016, 12:43:10 am
Earthbound, although i'm working on Final Fantasy IV
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Post by: siyah beyaz on October 13, 2016, 07:12:10 am
America Oudan Ultra Quiz ;D.
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Post by: Protoman on October 17, 2016, 10:51:01 am
Motherf**king CONTRA, baby
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Post by: L___E___T on October 17, 2016, 01:49:33 pm
 



I beat Gleeeeeeeylancer for the first time.  Not that it's hard, just never had time to finish it in one sitting.  I'd like to beat Hard Mode to unlock Mania, but I don't think I'm quick enough yet.
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Post by: Protoman on October 23, 2016, 01:09:28 am
Double Dragon 2, on normal. My first time trying to play the game through...


[EDIT] And now.... Super C!
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Post by: Cheetahmen on October 26, 2016, 04:26:27 pm
Shaq Fu, pretty bad but I've played much worse fighting games ::)
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Post by: UglyJoe on November 05, 2016, 07:59:31 pm
Kira Kira Star Night DX

Finally beat Level 2 mode, then did it again with the alternate character.  Nets you this cool ending screen:

moe anime graphics
(http://i.imgur.com/01TFSCB.png)
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Post by: Protoman on November 07, 2016, 02:39:43 pm
Monster in my Pocket, 2-player
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on December 11, 2016, 03:40:06 pm
Batman: The Video Game (NES)

I hadn't beaten this one in almost 20 years. I played it all the way to the Joker pretty easily a couple of weeks ago, but just couldn't take him down in over an hour of trying. I picked it up today and wound up punching him out on about my seventh or eighth try.
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on December 22, 2016, 10:11:28 pm
Quote from: Jay-ray on June 26, 2016, 03:13:02 am
StarTropics 2 zoda's revenge. Great game really liked it. I thought it was better then the 1st except for zodas death scene and the ending.

Just completed this one myself. I was expecting another island-hopping game, like the first one. Then I realized why ZODA's REVENGE is in big titles, while StarTropics II is barely noticeable.

I liked playing through these; they are obscure gems (and nice spiritual successors to the Zelda games on the NES). But I felt the second one was a little too easy. Something about the second one's ending left much to be desired as well. :-\
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Post by: DDCecil on December 26, 2016, 07:29:38 pm
Just beat Gremlins 2 on NES for the very first time after rewatching the movie!
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on December 28, 2016, 07:54:09 pm
Final Fantasy (NES)

I hadn't played through this in probably 15 years. It's still a magical game, even if it has a lousy magic system ironically. My party consisted of two Fighter/Knights and two Red Mage/Wizards, because I need armor and swords to deal with this game.
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Post by: P on December 29, 2016, 03:53:17 am
Yeah since intelligence doesn't do anything, the only advantages the white and black mages has over the red one is their larger spell pool and larger number of spell charges. Mages (including red) also start out with the best saving throw, but they also have the lowest growth in saving throw.

I usually play with one white mage as a dedicated healer and the rest are fighter, monk and thief (I don't like to have more than one character per class). The game is hardest in the beginning, because the monk takes some time to shine and the thief is very weak until he becomes ninja.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on January 02, 2017, 12:46:09 pm
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom)

It was my first time beating it, and I scored a point in the 2017 Beat Every NES Game Challenge, which includes a limited number of Famicom games this year as a special challenge. Those who are dual-members should go over and check it out. Nightstar, someone needs to beat Holy Diver. I know you're up for that.
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on February 18, 2017, 07:53:22 am
I beat Robocco Wars (Famicom) for the first time last night. That's a fun game that starts pretty easy and stays more or less that way until a couple of the later bosses. I don't know if I could ever beat that final boss with less than a maxed-out health bar, so I suppose it will be one of those that has to be 1CCed for me.
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Post by: Mo-hd on March 12, 2017, 07:09:14 am
Blaster Master. Oh man.. Loved it!!
i'm excited to play Blaster Master Zero.
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on March 12, 2017, 07:55:05 pm
How long did Blaster Master take? I want to play this game to completion, but I feel done after just beating the first stage.
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Post by: Mo-hd on March 12, 2017, 11:58:52 pm
3 to 4 hours i think. Believe me, i have play the first and second stage before 20+ time, then said something like ill finish it next time hehe ;D
once you beat stage 2 you will gradually get the feeling of achievement if i may say. :fire:
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Post by: Ghegs on March 13, 2017, 02:04:54 am
I finally got around to beating Darkwing Duck. I was using the cart to futz around with Analogue NT Mini's settings and ended  up beating the game while at it. Easy, but fun. Maybe I'll go for a no-death run too, shouldn't take much.
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Post by: P on March 23, 2017, 05:13:07 am
Warming up for Breath of Wild.
Zelda 1 (FDS version) - Both quests, all Heart Containers, secrets and zero Game Overs.
It's the first time I cleared it with no Game Overs even on the first quest. :) It's much easier than it used to be.

Next I'm going to complete Zelda 2 (FDS version) with no Game Overs. It counts saves instead of Game Overs though, so I'm counting them manually. I'm not going to try beating it without saving, that's just unpractical.
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Post by: mammal93 on March 23, 2017, 08:38:29 am
Last game I beat was Breath of the Wild. My favorite Zelda game since the original two! Now I'm just waiting for my Disk System to get here to finally play the original Zelda. (I've played Zelda on NES to death, but never on my baby Famicom)

But yeah if you love the original Zelda, and have a Wii U or Switch, do yourself a favor and buy Breath of the Wild! It feels like they forgot about all the other games and made a modern sequel to the original title.
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Post by: Protoman on March 23, 2017, 03:12:04 pm
Yakuza 6 (japanese version)

Good game but middle-of-the-road for the series and I'm not really satisfied with this being the last chapter for Kazuma Kiryu.
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Post by: mammal93 on March 23, 2017, 05:07:31 pm
Awesome I didn't know it was out. I considered importing it, even though I'm not good enough with the language yet, as I am a big fan of the series. I'm also a collector of anything Takeshi Kitano is involved in. Too bad to hear that it's not an epic conclusion.
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Post by: P on March 29, 2017, 06:19:11 am
Zelda 2 (FDS version) - All secrets and no Game Overs.
This is by far the shortest Zelda game. Puzzles are quite easy but battles are a bit harder than in Zelda 1. I beat it in about 3 or 4 sessions (but I saved more often so the save count was about 6).

Quote from: mammal93 on March 23, 2017, 08:38:29 am
Last game I beat was Breath of the Wild. My favorite Zelda game since the original two! Now I'm just waiting for my Disk System to get here to finally play the original Zelda. (I've played Zelda on NES to death, but never on my baby Famicom)

But yeah if you love the original Zelda, and have a Wii U or Switch, do yourself a favor and buy Breath of the Wild! It feels like they forgot about all the other games and made a modern sequel to the original title.

I really recommend the disk system version, the English translation has lots of mistakes and weird changes (the ones that are not changed have good translations though) not mentioning the Pols Voices, and the Japanese cart version doesn't have the FDS sound channel feature, so the FDS version is the definitive version of this game.

For Zelda 2 however, I can't say that the FDS is the definitive version though. The changes in the NES version are mostly improvements (except they removed Roto's grave! Noo!) including a better battle theme, a more useful fire spell, easier to keep your experience levels and the translation is quite good too. Although I'm no fan of NOA's anti-religion censorship (they are obviously temples not palaces, and the guardians are of divine nature created by the king).
The manual also has a bunch of strange changes that only made translating future Zelda games more complex: Stalfon became downgraded to Stalfos, Iron-nakk became Iron Knuckles (better than the Tart-nakk -> Darknut translation though) and Gerudo-orm became Geldarm (this one is mostly a matter of romanization though, but Nintendo probably meant アーム to be orm in this case (changed to worm in some later games), and Gerudo is the standard romanization for Geld since Ocarina).
I really recommend to play both versions though, they have interesting changes, and the FDS sound channel is always nice.

Oh yes I'm picking up a Switch and Zelda BOW when I have the chance. But for now I'll continue my warm up with Zelda no Densetsu Kamigami no Triforce. Haven't played it in years.
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Post by: mammal93 on March 29, 2017, 09:48:41 am
Yeah I actually now have Zelda No Densetsu, but my Disk System is still in transit to me!

I did not realize there where any big differences in Zelda 2 in the US. Good thing I still have all my American console and games. I do want the Disk one for my collection, but I'm happy to know to just play the one I've had since I was a child.

BOTW is beyond amazing! I played it on Wii U, and the load times where bad, but it was worth it. I can't wait to get a switch and play through it again. It captures the open world and exploration of Zelda 1, and perfects the combt and everything of the 3D Zeldas. It's story is really good too. Not overly complicated, but a Breath of fresh air.  :-[
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Post by: P on March 29, 2017, 02:51:12 pm
Oh if you haven't played Zelda 2 FDS version before, I really recommend to do it (well after you finished FDS Zelda 1). It's not really worse than the NES version, just different (some things are worse some are better). I think the FDS version is maybe a bit more challenging because you take more damage from enemies (unless I'm remembering the NES version poorly), but on the other hand there are no enemies that drains your experience points, and tektites and zoras are easier because they don't require the fire spell (which makes that spell less useful).
Also if you can read Japanese there are some interesting differences. There are also less NPC variety (no kids or fat ladies).

Yeah BOTW looks a lot Zelda 1:ish. That's actually what inspired me to play that game again to begin with. I think lately modern games have become maybe a bit too linear, I enjoy earlier RPGs where the story is driven forward without too much hand-holding and linearity.
Darn I really need a Switch now!
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Post by: mammal93 on March 30, 2017, 10:03:53 am
Yeah I'm just getting my first FDS so I have't played anything yet, but Zelda will be my first. I do plan on eventually buying Zelda 2, but I spent a lot getting games and the hardware so I'm waiting for it right now. It'll be interesting to see the differences. I played Zelda 2 more as a kid than Zelda 1 so I know it like the back of my hand.

Yeah I can dig a linear story based experience, but having a fully open Zelda made me realize I was really missing that in my life. Now I just need a new Ultima  ;D
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Post by: nerdynebraskan on March 30, 2017, 08:18:09 pm
I just no-deathed Mega Man 2 (NES) for the first time. That was pretty cool.
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Post by: P on April 08, 2017, 03:33:17 pm
Nice, that one is supposedly quite hard to 1CC due to the Boobeam Trap boss. I think I always waste a continue to beat it because I run out of Crash ammo.

Quote from: mammal93 on March 30, 2017, 10:03:53 am
I played Zelda 2 more as a kid than Zelda 1 so I know it like the back of my hand.

Me too, which is why I'm much better at Zelda 2 than Zelda 1. I never understood why it's one of the most disliked Zelda games. It was mostly considered the best game there was when it came out. Sure it's very different from other Zelda games in behind sight, but when it came out there was only one other game to compare with.



Last game I beat:
Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce - 100% complete, all secrets and no Game Overs.
While it was far from the first time I beat this game with one life, it was the first time in several years. I'm glad to see that it hasn't aged at all, it's truly still the best game in the Zelda series (closely followed by Ocarina) IMO.

I'm still in a Zelda mood though so I'm going to continue this little marathon with Zelda: Yume wo Miru Shima. That is one of the Zelda games I played the least. I only beat it once and that was with tons of Game Overs so I didn't see the good ending. Also it was the DX version I beat as I didn't buy the monochrome game when it came out for some reason (I have it now though).
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Post by: UglyJoe on April 19, 2017, 08:03:34 pm
Blaster Master Zero on the Switch.  Good game, but way too easy up until the end.
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Post by: P on April 27, 2017, 07:07:04 am
Oh so you got a Switch? Nice!

Zelda no Densetsu: Yume wo Miru Shima (monochrome Japanese 1.0 version) - 100% complete, all secrets and no Game Overs.
Maybe the Zelda game with the most frustrating dungeons and hardest to find secrets so far (second quest of Zelda 1 might be worse though). I remember I got stuck several times as a kid in the dungeons. Bombable walls without cracks and a few puzzles that requires thinking differently from the standard formula. The DX version is a bit easier with the added owl statues in dungeons replacing the stone tablets and giving away more hints. Though being easier, I'd say the DX version is the better version because of the added photograph quest, the new dungeon and other smaller additions.

OK coming up next: Toki no Okarina!
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Post by: xIceMan on April 27, 2017, 11:05:01 am
Just recently finished Mega Man 1-6 on the NES completely. Damn I remember them easier from my childhood, hah.
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on May 09, 2017, 10:57:44 pm
Finally completed Metal Gear Solid after playing it on and off for the last month. Got a bandana.

I wish disk swapping worked with these disks so I could see the other endings. :(
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on May 10, 2017, 12:42:17 am
Congratulations! Bandana eh, so you got the good ending. The bad ending is sad and non-canon, but you do get a cooler item, I mean unlimited ammo isn't very exciting.

What do you mean disc swapping doesn't work? It's a 2-disc game, how could you complete the game if you can't swap discs?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on May 10, 2017, 01:10:51 pm
I took it to my local used game store, and when the guy couldn't figure it out, we used their copy of the game to create a disc 2 save.

Other than disc swapping, I've had no problems playing my copy. What's also weird is that disc swapping to play a new game on disc 1 also doesn't work. ???

By the way, how many different endings are there?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on May 10, 2017, 01:19:48 pm
 



Weird, you'll be stuck if you get VR Missions as well, as you have to own MGS disc(s) to get it to load...
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on May 10, 2017, 01:34:10 pm
I'll take it in again on Saturday to see if they're tech expert can figure out what's wrong. So far it's been tried on two different Playstations with two different memory cards.

I was told that my discs looked like they were kept in very good condition (perhaps even better than their copy). So I really don't get this.

Edit: Apparently "disc swap" means something else. Every time I try to find help online, I get this crap: http://www.wikihow.com/Disk-Swap-on-a-PlayStation

Edit: The SLUS numbers on the discs match the case. Did Metal Gear Solid get any version updates? And if so, would the SLUS # be different?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on May 12, 2017, 01:29:00 pm
I see, that's kind of wierd. Maybe some scratches or bad laser or something gets in the way for the disc swapping. I don't know much about optical discs though.
I wonder, what happens when you try to disc swap? Does it just freeze, or doesn't it recognize the other disc or something?

I've no idea about versions of the game. I played a PAL version back in the day.

Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on May 10, 2017, 01:10:51 pm
By the way, how many different endings are there?

I'm pretty sure there was just two endings in MGS. Bad ending and good ending. The good ending is canon.
You get the bad ending by (spoiler):
Spoiler
Giving up in the torture scene (press SELECT). The good ending is gotten by surviving the torture scene without giving up until you are able to escape.
[close]


Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on May 10, 2017, 01:34:10 pm
Edit: Apparently "disc swap" means something else. Every time I try to find help online, I get this crap: http://www.wikihow.com/Disk-Swap-on-a-PlayStation

Yeah the Playstation's piracy protection is kind of weak. And that method would probably not work with Metal Gear Solid because that game requires hot swapping the disc half through the game. You can't save, turn off and boot from the second disc (like in for example the Final Fantasy games).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on May 12, 2017, 03:06:29 pm
I just got done beating the Mission mode of Puyo Puyo (Famicom). Some of those puzzles were pretty tricky! (Yes, I needed walkthrough help on about a quarter of them...)

I also beat Kamen no Ninja: Hanamaru (Famicom) for the first time today. That one has an asterisk next to it, since I have beaten Yo! Noid once or twice before and it's basically the same game. It certainly makes more sense in a anime world with ninjas vs. starring the annoying mascot of a corporate pizza chain.

Somewhere... nightstar will see this and smile.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Yelir on May 16, 2017, 05:53:50 pm
I finished Hebereke this morning after starting it up about 2 days back. I kept note of my passwords with my phone, but the game was so short it almost feels like a save feature is completely unnecessary. This is easily a gem in the Sunsoft catalog, but I would have made the main game much longer...

Maybe this is an IP that would be suitable for a Switch title!  :bub:
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: mammal93 on May 16, 2017, 07:51:52 pm
Finally played through Zelda no Densetsu, finally!  8)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on May 20, 2017, 09:54:14 pm
I decided to buy a set of loose discs (from the Essential Collection apparently) so I can beat Metal Gear Solid again. Turns out that the first disc was the one having problems: I could load the first Essential disc and swap in the second original disc but not the first original disc and swap in the second Essential disc. Both Essential discs swap fine.

Anyway, I got the bad ending. :( But I got the stealth camouflage. :)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on June 01, 2017, 02:10:23 pm
I'm not sure if it really qualifies as [beating/i] a game but I finished Otogirisou, a visual novel-type game for Super Famicom (although Chunsoft themselves call it a Sound Novel, because you're supposed to read the text aloud)
It was about a couple driving around and crashing near an abandoned mansion(I love mansions) and explore it finding that a family used to live here but now only one remain, and the girlfriend might just be a long-lost member...

Then I found out that a japanese horror movie was based on the game as well so I've ordered it from ebay!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on June 05, 2017, 09:20:12 pm
I completed Metal Gear Solid on Expert now.

Code Name Crocodile :P
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on June 08, 2017, 06:59:18 am
Great! Is expert when rations are limited/non-existant? I remember playing the hardest difficulty and running out of ration after the fight with Psycho Mantis and got stuck at Sniper Wolf due to having too little life. She always killed me before I could even aim at her!

Quote from: Protoman on June 01, 2017, 02:10:23 pm
a visual novel-type game ... (although Chunsoft themselves call it a Sound Novel, because you're supposed to read the text aloud)

From what I can remember the term Sound Novel was patented or something so companies started to use other terms like visual novel. Chunsoft games and the Sound Novel Tsukuuru games seems to use this term though.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on June 08, 2017, 09:21:53 pm
Oh, sorry. It's called 'Extreme.'

Let's see:

-you only get one ration (at a time)
-there are no ration pick ups; rations can only be acquired from soldiers, who also drop famas and socom ammo (so you can still farm ;D)
-items do not respawn (except for the C4 and PSG1 ammo outside the frozen Tower A door
-after each boss fight, though your health bar increases, you do not regain health
-the lasers in the airlock move faster (which made it easier for me for some reason)
-Sniper Wolf is faster (as you've noticed)
-you must survive each torture session 6 times (which I miraculously got by on the first try both times!)
-the mine detector doesn't do squat (because there's no radar), but the IR goggles are just fine (except for locating the PAL key)
-your health replenishes for the rappel portion (thank God!)
-falling off the Metal Gear during the Liquid fight is instant death

Things I've found out:

-on the tank battle, the grenade must land precisely on the gunner to have effect (which really frustrated me!), on Normal, I believe you can finish this fight with two direct hits, whereas on Extreme you need four direct hits to do anything

-the Cyborg Ninja fight (the only other boss fight I needed to see a video walkthrough for), was the toughest fight by far due to all the phases and how quick he moves, and also his one-hit-kill attacks

-Psycho Mantis wasn't as tough as I expected, but this was the longest and most tedious fight

-the stair climb (the non-boss portion I needed a walkthrough for!) is easier if you're maxed out on stun grenades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZc8jdbEStY

...but my method involved dropping a grenade at the entrance hatch, while laying down claymore mines at the corners while going up (because you can always get more!) and gunning down anyone in front of me

-apparently the Hind D missile strike at the end is an instant kill, but I never get hit by these, because I always happened to be standing in my hiding spot between the door and that generator-looking thing

-the second Sniper Wolf fight is pretty much broken if you have a bunch of Nikita and stinger missiles (they both work!)

-Vulcan Raven (the other boss fight I needed a guide for!) is always shooting now and running from the beginning. It's also tough without the radar! But he moves in a static pattern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty-1KBmkZ6s

-Metal Gear REX isn't hard, as long as you're always running circles around it clockwise while shooting the radome, but on the second phase, stun grenades work now (which makes sense; didn't know why I didn't think of it)

-with precise timing, you can punch Liquid in one combo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-0G4TVJeik

Honestly, I wouldn't really say it's worth playing on Extreme unless you're seeking a challenge without reward. I just wanted to see how it's like without a radar (which is really worth trying out) and I decided screw Hard, let's see how Extreme is like, and it does get easier once your health bar increases enough.

And once you equip the PSG, the sneaking parts are practically nonexistent.

Now trying to get a Big Boss ranking, that's a different story.[/walloftext]

TLDR:

-Extreme is hard as shit that's been dried in the Sahara
-you can sort of 'cheat' in this game
-try 'Hard' if you wanna play without the radar, but just know, Extreme gets easy once you find the PSG
-screw Big Boss
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on June 09, 2017, 11:50:55 am
I think I beat the game on hard but not on extreme (I fed up when I got stuck at Sniper Wolf). The game really isn't made to be played without radar. It requires prior knowledge of the level layout and enemy patterns. Yet all the games features a no radar mode for people that want more challenge.

Later games in the series allows you to shoot from first person view mode which is kind of like using the PSG-1 but with any weapon (and can be done from a standing position). But since the enemy's strategy is much more complex (for example they send out a dangerous search team if they notice they lost a man) it's not something that eliminates the sneaking parts, and in Solid 3 (my favourite) it is absolutely required as it takes place before the more modern radar was invented.

Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on June 08, 2017, 09:21:53 pm
-there are no ration pick ups; rations can only be acquired from soldiers, who also drop famas and socom ammo (so you can still farm ;D)

Hmm why didn't I just farm for rations. I remember I was running around the whole base trying to look for scrap rations to no avail. It was a long time ago though so might not remember.

Quote-the Cyborg Ninja fight (the only other boss fight I needed to see a video walkthrough for), was the toughest fight by far due to all the phases and how quick he moves, and also his one-hit-kill attacks

It's my favourite boss! I always loved that you have to fight him unarmed.

Quote-Psycho Mantis wasn't as tough as I expected, but this was the longest and most tedious fight

Just wait until you fight The End in Solid 3...

Quote-the stair climb (the non-boss portion I needed a walkthrough for!) is easier if you're maxed out on stun grenades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZc8jdbEStY

...but my method involved dropping a grenade at the entrance hatch, while laying down claymore mines at the corners while going up (because you can always get more!) and gunning down anyone in front of me

Yeah there are so many ways you can get through every situation. I really like the diversity of weapons. Stun grenades can be very effective for diversion attacks in any Metal Gear, unless you are sneaking. And mines are always fun, as long as you remember where you laid them...

Quote-the second Sniper Wolf fight is pretty much broken if you have a bunch of Nikita and stinger missiles (they both work!)

Yeah I remember that. It was quite disappointing to discover that so I just refused to use anything but a sniper rifle on her. In later games, sniper battles may require you to not only use the sniper if you want to get certain extra items, or not drag the battle out forever.

Quote-with precise timing, you can punch Liquid in one combo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-0G4TVJeik

Ah yes this is a very important technique in all 3D main series games. As soon as you kick, the enemy will fall and will be invincible for a short while. But if you continue punching he will be unable to doge and you can drain all his life or stamina quite quickly. Doing this on guards can knock them out relatively fast. Faster than doing the punch-punch-kick combo twice anyway, and with less danger of him calling support or attacking you.



BTW did you play the game with a dualshock controller? First time I played it I only had a normal controller, but second time I had the dualshock and was in for a surprise. Also having other Konami games on the memory card will be commented on at a certain time in the game. Gotta love their humour!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on June 09, 2017, 07:09:24 pm
Quote from: P on June 09, 2017, 11:50:55 am
BTW did you play the game with a dualshock controller? First time I played it I only had a normal controller, but second time I had the dualshock and was in for a surprise. Also having other Konami games on the memory card will be commented on at a certain time in the game. Gotta love their humour!

I bought a dual shock just for this game. The only other Playstation games I have are coincidentally Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Suikoden. :P Suikoden is missing the first disc though. :( Yeah, I need more Playstation!

I think I'll be getting into the Resident Evil series next, but I don't know whether I'm going to get Director's Cut or the original. ???
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on June 15, 2017, 04:26:40 pm
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on June 09, 2017, 07:09:24 pm
I think I'll be getting into the Resident Evil series next, but I don't know whether I'm going to get Director's Cut or the original. ???


The directors cut has the arrange mode which switches stuff around. It also has a beginner mode that gets you more ammo and stuff, but nothing in either mode really beats the original in any significant way.

Plus directors cut absolutely butchers one song in the game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kcF7E69C6Q
(orginal for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sITJuWV3HXg)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nerdynebraskan on July 11, 2017, 05:54:12 pm
I just beat the U.S. prototype version of Earthbound (NES) for the first time. I can see why this franchise has a cult following.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on July 12, 2017, 08:32:39 am
Yeah it's maybe even better than Mother 2 in some ways I think. And the OST (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBbRJoHTJAM) is just great!
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on August 22, 2017, 10:35:54 pm
Just finished Pocky & Rocky, holy hell was that game hard! :o
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jordan Pickford on September 11, 2017, 11:55:54 pm
Just beat Alien: Isolation on PC for the very first time after rewatching the movie (1979).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Reames on October 26, 2017, 11:31:06 am
Quote from: Jordan Pickford on September 11, 2017, 11:55:54 pmJust tried using D-Bal Max (https://www.villagevoice.com/2021/06/30/d-bal-max-review/) and beat Alien: Isolation on PC for the very first time after rewatching the movie (1979).

The last game I beat was Middle-earth: Shadow of War. I like the combat in that game, but I wish it had a better story, or rather more of it.
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on November 24, 2017, 11:32:33 pm
Just completed Sweet Home.

Weird ending. Was it supposed to cut to black?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: BonBon on November 28, 2017, 04:39:10 am
After 28 years I finally beat Mike Tyson. Knocked off my number 1 video game bucket list goal. Took me about 2 1/2 hours of practice but I did it. The first time I won it was by decision. I was really disappointed. So when back until I finally got a TKO in the third. I can finally die a happy man. As soon as I learned how to quick dodge I knew it was over for kid dynamite. I've watched tons of tutorials on how to beat iron mike but it's never explained properly. ***To do a successful quick dodge all you do is as soon as you see him flash or wink literally just tap left/right then Immediately hold up and start to throw your punches**** it's truly not an easy technique to put in words. It's one of those things that's self taught after tons of  Trial and error and   Practice. The thing is you don't ever have to use this technique with the first 13 fighters. Naturally you just hold left/right till little Mac descends back to the middle of the screen then start throwing blows. So throw everything out the window you learned from the 1st 13 fights because it doesn't matter anymore. you've to Completely rework your style of fighting for the dream bout.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: SirCandle on December 05, 2017, 02:18:58 pm
I think this is all of the old stuff I've beaten:

Bionic Commando
Bad Dudes
Mega Man 2
Super Mario Bros 2
Contra (No-Death Run)
Gradius 2(No-Death Run)
Kid Dracula
Twinbee 3
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: nintendodork on December 26, 2017, 01:53:27 am
Super Mario Odyssey! At least the main part. What a great, wonderfully polished game. This game alone got me hooked on using joy-cons detached from the little shell that comes with the Switch...since, well, you basically have to play that way to easily make use of all of Cappy's moves. Whatever, I'm really good at Mario Kart 8 Deluxe now since I switched controllers.  8) Also, freehand joy-cons are great for motion-controlled shrines in Zelda since you only have to move the right joy-con. Much easier to execute smaller movements in the direction you actually want to go.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: smeghead on January 02, 2018, 05:09:08 am
i just beat rubber tires
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: FAMICOM_87 on January 04, 2018, 02:23:21 pm
Rock Man 4 Minus infinity  :D
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: xIceMan on January 16, 2018, 12:53:34 pm
Shantae (all 4 parts). :D
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: smeghead on January 22, 2018, 06:01:40 am
I beat everyone in Call of Duty 1 Online MP, S&D, Rifles Only  ;)
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Yelir on January 27, 2018, 08:47:17 pm
Wrapped up my playthrough of Cuphead on Expert Mode to get the 200% on my save file. What a wonderful, but excruciatingly punishing game! I have only played the game co-op for a short period so I hope to try it out again at the upcoming game night!  :crazy:
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Issun on March 16, 2018, 11:37:12 am
Been playing Ice Climber for the last couple of weeks. Just completed all 32 Mountains and got to Mountain 41 before I lost my last Popo. Got a new high score (just by a few thousand) as well: 2,341,940. :) Anyone else playing?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on April 18, 2018, 06:45:18 am
Pokonyan Henpokorin Adventure. Probably the easiest game I've ever beaten, although I didn't get a good score at the end.

A couple days ago, I also beat Mega Man X5. Not the hardest ever, but had some really frustrating bits and hard bosses in the end stages.
On to X6.......
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on April 30, 2018, 05:10:06 am
 



Beat Super Mario Odyssey at the weekend and had a blast - now on to 100% the game, I reckon I'm 65% though or so, it's bigger than I thought.

No spoilers from me, but in terms of gut feel on the game, it's up there with the best but I don't think it's THE BEST Mario or even the best 3D game.

For me Galaxy 1 is still the best although this comes very close, and I prefer it to Galaxy 2.  It feels like a Galaxy sequel in a lot of ways, more than 64.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Flying_Phoenix on April 30, 2018, 06:18:36 am
Just finished Gungrave: Overdose in Japanese so I have no idea what was going on but the story looked stupid as hell anyway, and the game was very so-so too. Now back to Enthusia.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on May 03, 2018, 04:04:15 pm
Quote from: L___E___T on April 30, 2018, 05:10:06 am
No spoilers from me, but in terms of gut feel on the game, it's up there with the best but I don't think it's THE BEST Mario or even the best 3D game.

For me Galaxy 1 is still the best although this comes very close, and I prefer it to Galaxy 2.  It feels like a Galaxy sequel in a lot of ways, more than 64.

I just came to New Donk City!

IMHO Sunshine is the best balanced 3D Mario simply because it seemed more challenging and got you to really use your 3D jumping skills you learned in Mario 64. Galaxy games was made easier on purpose for inexperienced players sake, which made it a bit too easy in general IMHO. Odyssey doesn't feel much harder so far. Mario 64 was cool but it feels like it was (understandably) highly experimental with lots of hardly used moves (like the sweep kick that was removed in later 3D Mario games) and other hardly used things (like throwable boxes without purpose).
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on May 04, 2018, 09:57:37 am
Bart's Nightmare.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: famicomia on May 19, 2018, 12:53:58 am
Super Mario Bros. 2 Japanese Ver. (Ie Lost Levels) On Famiclone Subor D30 Modded for NTSC, w/ Blue Led Mod and Modded adapter, reverse Polarity 6.5V 500ma.
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Post by: Protoman on June 08, 2018, 08:56:41 am
Rockman X6

I beat this game for the second time, first time was around a year after it was released, but I beat it with X's Ultimate Armor so
I wanted to do it the old-fashioned way (but with Zero because Zero is awesome).
Very frustrating(the nightmare system sucks, the stage designs are occasionally infuriating, especially the spike overload) but
I still maintain it's a good game overall and the story is decent and the music ranges from decent to fucking awesome.

7/10
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on June 16, 2018, 08:43:40 pm
Mortal Kombat (Genesis) :blinky:
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Post by: untinip on June 18, 2018, 03:51:59 am
Final Fantasy II (Famicom version with an English translation patch). Didn't like it as much as the first game, but still good. Now on to the third one! :bub:
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on July 27, 2018, 11:33:11 pm
I've gotta play the third one, too!

Also, I just finished Castlevania III on the second quest with Alucard. I alternated between two playthroughs between Sypha and Alucard on the paths separate from where you pick them up on the first quest... and I couldn't get past the sunken city with Sypha. :( She couldn't freeze the water. :'(

Great, yet frustrating game, and sometimes unforgiving game. :)

Edit: Completed Shantae: Pirate's Curse barely under 2 hours by exploiting a jump trick to skip the final palace (I wasn't going to go through all those again!)

Double Edit: 100%ed Pirate's Curse in 2:47 or something and still unlocked the 100% Speedrun wallpaper. GameFAQs says the time is 2:30 for the 3DS. I guess it's 3 hours? ???
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on March 26, 2019, 02:37:09 pm
I beat Zelda 2 FDS today!

I grinded myself to 6 lives then set out for the grand palace, lost half those lives on the way, got to the firebird and beat him on my last life with little health left, then died at Dark Link with him having ONE piece of health left(and YES you better believe I did the "crouch and stab" thing) Then as I continued I saw that some of the items like the extra life was gone and I thought I would have to reset to truly try again but as I got to the firebird again he wasn't there, so I got to try Dark Link again with full health and then I could beat it pretty easily(although he does jump on you even in the corner).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on March 26, 2019, 06:40:19 pm
I remember purposely dying at the Great Palace just so I could start with all my lives there. Not sure if I remember that boss being dead once I beat it. ??? But then again, it wasn't a hard game at that point.

Is it harder on the FDS?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on March 27, 2019, 02:13:55 am
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on March 26, 2019, 06:40:19 pm
I remember purposely dying at the Great Palace just so I could start with all my lives there. Not sure if I remember that boss being dead once I beat it. ??? But then again, it wasn't a hard game at that point.

Is it harder on the FDS?


I think it's probably about the same, but in the FDS one instead of having a leveling-up tree thing with rising EXP levels, you have to level up all 3 stats evenly or you get set back to the lowest level when you die (if you died with 5-2-3, you get set back to 2-2-2). This is a bit rough, but on the other hand when you reach Lv8 you only need 4000 to get an extra life and not 9000.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on March 27, 2019, 08:26:39 am
I always save all the dolls for the Great Palace (or actually they are temples not palaces) except the one in the Maze Island temple, that one is just too bothersome to go back and get. That way you should have more than enough lives for the last battle without grinding. You will probably get at least one more from experience points on your way to the last boss if you have maxed out all stats.

From my experience I'd say the FDS version is a bit harder than the NES version. Enemies seems to do more damage to you. On the other hand certain enemies can damage your experience points in the NES version, and zoras and tektites can only be defeated using magic (which makes the rather useless Fire spell useful). Shadow Link is nerfed in the NES version. The trick to duck at the left edge does not work in the FDS version, you have to fight him fair and square. Low attacks are still quite effective though, just not fail-safe.

Also see this post (https://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=41.msg175940#msg175940) (and the next few posts), for some more changes.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: L___E___T on May 31, 2019, 12:04:44 pm
 



Beat Time Diver EON Man on a first sitting - I'm no Takahashi Meijin so I suppose it's quite easy.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: R_Leo_1 on June 02, 2019, 11:10:12 pm
Last beat Sonic 3D Blast, found it to be a lot better than some people say.
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Post by: adori_12 on June 03, 2019, 06:07:10 pm
Super Mario Bros. 2 for the FDS. I still need to beat it 4 more times in order to play the A-D worlds, but it's nice to commemorate its 33rd anniversary by beating it once again! ;D
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on June 12, 2019, 10:52:57 pm
Resident Evil: Director's Cut - played both Standard and Advanced modes with Chris and Jill and got 6 of the 8 endings, but now I don't feel like playing anymore.

I didn't get the endings that are missing Rebecca because I couldn't ever seem to get her killed unless I was playing as her (which means everyone dies ;D Haha!  :fire: Oops! :help:).
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on July 28, 2019, 11:12:42 pm
RoboCop 3 - short and sweet, but single screen ending, so >:(
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Post by: FamicomFreak on August 05, 2019, 08:16:50 am
Metal storm for the NES, picked it up at a convention early July
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Protoman on August 05, 2019, 08:57:05 am
Quote from: FamicomFreak on August 05, 2019, 08:16:50 am
Metal storm for the NES, picked it up at a convention early July


Did you get the best ending?


I just beat Mega Man Network Transmission for Gamecube.
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on August 25, 2019, 12:35:33 am
Quote from: Protoman on August 05, 2019, 08:57:05 amI just beat Mega Man Network Transmission for Gamecube.

Did you get the good ending?

I just beat read a walkthrough for RoboWarrior and followed its directions. Very promising game, but very poor execution.
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Post by: boye on August 25, 2019, 06:21:19 am
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan). It's not that hard, but the NSO rewind feature definitely helped a lot.
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Post by: Sydsydsyd on August 25, 2019, 05:15:24 pm
Terminator 2!! I finished it two times on last days. Super fun game  :D
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Post by: FamicomFreak on August 25, 2019, 11:12:31 pm
Mega man x3! Snes !
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on August 26, 2019, 06:49:58 pm
Quote from: FamicomFreak on August 25, 2019, 11:12:31 pm
Mega man x3! Snes !

I've gotta give it to you. Quite an accomplishment. Now give it to me! I want that game! Awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Edit: Just completed Tiny Toon Adventures 2 :) I MISS THESE CHARACTERS! :'(
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Post by: Ghegs on August 30, 2019, 06:43:50 am
I finally got around to properly playing and clearing Super Contra (Famicom), I must've had the game for ~five years now. In the end it probably took less than 10 tries to finish the game on a single credit, and I ended up clearing not only the second, but the third loop as well on the same credit. Probably could've done fourth as well, but I had to do something else by that point.
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Post by: DDCecil on September 19, 2019, 05:29:16 pm
3 Fami Games within the week: Power Blazer, Happy Birthday Bugs, and Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain (Had a weird glitch when dying on the final boss, the "Continue/End" text was messed up, and the red ball was on "End", and thank goodness it was actually "Continue"!
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Post by: L___E___T on September 29, 2019, 05:03:27 am
 



I played Lords of Thunder on Mega CD for the first time yesterday evening - hell of a game!  I got my ass handed to me first play as I had a quick muck about on what I realised was the penultimate level first and didn't finish the level - but after a reset and proper playthrough I was able to beat it basically first time round.  Some of the armours feel pretty OP - while Earth armour felt pretty pointless.  Great game though, thoroughly enjoyed it.  I'll be opting for Super difficulty next time I think!
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Post by: Protoman on October 21, 2019, 06:18:25 am
I'm on a roll, beating 4 games in about a week!

Ganbare Goemon 2 on SFC
Magical Girls SFC
Dino Wars (aka DinoCity) SFC
Magic John on Famicom
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Post by: DDCecil on November 02, 2019, 11:07:22 am
Super Pitfall. Thank goodness for the continue code!
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on November 10, 2019, 10:12:54 pm
After putting it off for over a month, I completed Resident Evil 2 with Claire. I can't believe I was so close! :'( If I had just put one more playthrough in I would've beaten it early October! :o
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Post by: Protoman on November 27, 2019, 12:06:55 am
Ganbare Goemon 3 on Super Famicom.

Took a long time as it's a Zelda-y overhead game mixed with platform stages with more puzzle elements than before. Good game though, best Goemon so far imo.
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Post by: Nakazoto on December 20, 2019, 02:44:52 pm
Final Fantasy 2 here for me. Although, it was the GBA version.
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Post by: Protoman on January 04, 2020, 01:20:21 pm
Quote from: Nakazoto on December 20, 2019, 02:44:52 pm
Final Fantasy 2 here for me. Although, it was the GBA version.

I just can't get around that battle/leveling up system, it's so crippingly awful.


I beat Ghouls n Ghosts today :D (first loop, "practice" difficulty)
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on January 05, 2020, 12:33:33 am
Quote from: Protoman on January 04, 2020, 01:20:21 pm
Quote from: Nakazoto on December 20, 2019, 02:44:52 pm
Final Fantasy 2 here for me. Although, it was the GBA version.
I just can't get around that battle/leveling up system, it's so crippingly awful.
What's so hard about attacking yourself, never leveling up your fourth character and pawning all of his items before he dies?
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Post by: P on January 05, 2020, 01:14:57 am
If FF2 is played like a normal RPG it will take forever to beat it, because getting stronger takes so much longer time than in other games. Instead, whenever you want to become stronger, you should do training sessions just outside a town with weak enemies. You also needs to know how to raise each stat. For example HP and vitality will raise at the end of every battle where the character's HP goes down to a critical value at any time. Also abusing the select/cancel bug makes it easier to train certain stats and skills. Details here (https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/563414-final-fantasy-ii/faqs/21734).

It is easy to make different builds. One guy with a lot of HP, another that can heal and one that can use offensive magic etc.
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Post by: Protoman on January 06, 2020, 09:00:23 am
Today, Mega Man 8. Finally, I got past the dreaded(to me) "Jump jump slide slide" stage of Wily's fortress and got the rest of the way as well.
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Post by: VegaVegas on March 08, 2020, 04:40:41 pm
YES, YES, YES!!!!! I just beat King of Fighters 99 on PS1. I played this game for 2 days until I beat that absolutely ridiculously cheap final boss. My reaction after that was literally this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs

To be specific, I actually played it on single play which is the traditional way to play fighting games, you know, you have to beat the opponent twice and you have 3 rounds max with only 1 loss max. This took me so long. Anyway I played the whole game as Mai with Kyo as helper. I thought once that Shao Kahn from Mortal Kombat 3 was the hardest final boss I have ever encountered in my life. Man I will probably back up my words now...

Well, that is until I realized I'm PROBABLY supposed to beat this game in team mode which is the default mode. That is a completely different story. So I just chose Leona, Terry, Mai and Kyo and started playing again and.. I beat this game again with 1 credit run this time. In this mode, the final boss is approximately 50 times easier as this is 4 people vs 1 final boss and only 1 victory is needed now. So in the end, I beat this game twice today and I must say team mode is very easy to complete overall

If there are any fighting games fans then please let me know what you think
(https://i.imgur.com/Nv4WaFR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/somKlFT.jpg)
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Post by: Yelir on March 08, 2020, 10:42:03 pm
Well played! King is my main in the KoF series, though I don't believe I've finished any of them solo. Shao Kahn was an absolute nightmare in MK3 when I beat it on Super Nintendo. I think a lot of other SNK fighters have similarly bad end bosses. Have you ever tried Double Dragon on Neo Geo / PS1?  :'(
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Post by: VegaVegas on March 10, 2020, 04:11:31 pm
Never played Double Dragon on PS1 but it looks like a fighting game, never even knew it existed. Wasn't Double Dragon fighting game also released on SNES??
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on March 10, 2020, 05:15:06 pm
The Neo Geo Double Dragon confused me, because it used clips from the movie but it was it's own thing. It has a pretty rad soundtrack, too!

https://vgmdb.net/album/3295

Also, Shadow Falls looks like it's based off the cartoon, which I mildly remember.
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Post by: P on March 11, 2020, 02:06:08 am
The Neo Geo game is based on the movie rather than the other games AFAIK. Including movie-exclusive characters.
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Post by: xIceMan on March 11, 2020, 03:19:53 pm
Böbl a NES game for the NESDEV compo.
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Post by: Yelir on March 11, 2020, 07:27:35 pm
Quote from: MaarioS on March 10, 2020, 04:11:31 pmNever played Double Dragon on PS1 but it looks like a fighting game, never even knew it existed. Wasn't Double Dragon fighting game also released on SNES??
I wish I could erase Double Dragon V from my childhood, it was a huge letdown when I expected a beat 'em up.

The one based on the movie has some really cool scrolling and interactive background elements. Also broken as hell with the block-juggles but it's charming to me and I have an SNKG cart for my MVS setup.  :gamer:
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Post by: UglyJoe on March 28, 2020, 10:39:03 am
Mappy Kids on Famicom.  Got the bad ending.  The moral of this game is that you should never play slot machines because they'll take away your house!

Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/bnVY81Y.jpg)
[close]
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Post by: Protoman on March 29, 2020, 03:11:04 pm
I beat some games lately:

Tokimeki Memorial, the PS1 standard-setting dating-sim by Konami. First I got the worst ending possible, then I read up on some stuff and was able to win over a blue-haired girl for the win.

Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening, the Switch remake. Great Zelda game and the precursor to Majora's Mask in terms of tone.

Kid Dracula for Gameboy. Easier than the Famicom one with very gentle continue checkpoints, but gets unforgiving-ish at the last stage which took me a while. Overall though I prefer the Famicom version.

Zettai Zetsumei Toshi for PS2, aka Disaster Report, aka SOS The Final Escape. Disaster-simulation-escape-adventure by Irem. Started out slow and has poor framerate and terrible sound design throughout but still a good game, and it picked up a lot in the last third.

EDIT: Luigi's Mansion.

EDIT2: Lately I got these games beat: Hammerin Harry(Famicom) Undercover AD2025 Kei(Dreamcast) Holy Umbrella(SFC) and Gargoyle's Quest 2(FC)
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Post by: adori_12 on June 03, 2020, 10:26:10 am
Nazo no Kabe: Block Kuzushi. Such a hard game, but what blew me away is the condition for unlocking the ending.

I played the entire game and when I beat the final boss, it turned out I had to write a password for a "Break-up system" or something like that. I had no idea on what to enter, so I left it blank and guess what, it returned me all the way back to the first stage!  >:(
But in order to return me to stage 1-01 the game told me to flip the disk to side A, so, in a 200 IQ move, I said "Screw you, Konami!" and turned off the Famicom. Since I saved the game at 4-04, I only had to play 7 (VERY boring) stages again, rather than the entire game.

Now that I was back at the Break-up system screen, I looked up what was I supposed to enter, and it turns out that, by writing down the letters that appear at random levels, the phrase "MERRYCHRISTMAS" forms! Why do you have to do that?!?! The letters don't even appear in order, they're all scrambled! So if you were a Japanese kid who didn't know any English at the time, you had no chance to see the ending!
Maybe because the game was released on December they thought it was a good idea to do this, but why?

It's one of the most unfair and ridiculous requirements for beating a game I've ever seen, right next to X-men's label nonsense.
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Post by: Preki on June 10, 2020, 03:31:06 am
Gradius. It's one of those uber-classic games every hardcore fan of NES/Famicom should have beaten by now but it took me so long. I discovered the game 20 years ago on 52 in 1 or other crazy multicart where it was erroneously listed as Grading or something like that. When I was a kid I couldn't get past the second stage and now the infamous moai statues of the third stage were too much for me. Until five days ago when my God-knows-which attempt of beating Gradius ended with success. Well, with a little help from the Konami Code since one of the stages is practically devoid of power-up capsules so I had to resort to this after losing a life rather than die over and over again until ultimately losing. Interestingly enough, the arcade version included in Gradius Collection for PSP is way easier than the NES/FC port due to more power-up capsules available, maximum of four Options and the way how laser works.

Now I think I can take on Gradius II and other entries in the franchise despite how unfair these games are. Actually, scratch that - I've managed to beat Gradius II too. I would never have thought I'd enjoy these games.
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Post by: Protoman on June 30, 2020, 01:36:32 pm
I was going to beat Super Adventure Rockman on PS1 but my third disc is defective so I can't :(

I did beat Clock Tower(the port of the SFC one on PS1) and Utsurun Desu on Famicom however.
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Post by: UglyJoe on June 30, 2020, 05:26:11 pm
Cuckoo Castle (https://rilem.itch.io/cuckoo-castle) (browser/PC)

Fun little mini-metroidvania game-jam game.  I almost 100% it, but it got a bit tedious :-[
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Post by: Protoman on November 19, 2020, 03:05:05 pm
This forum is kinda dead now, but I'll throw some more games in anyway:

Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Rent-a-Hero No.1 (Dreamcast)
Kaeru no tame ni kane wa naru (Game Boy)
The Starfy series (3 on GBA, 2 on DS)
Banana Prince (Famicom)
Shodai Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun (Super Famicom)

Had to give up on Yoshi's Universal Gravitation though, because while the game was fun, they put in "missions" you had to do every level and if you don't do enough, you can't move on. Beating a stage in 60 seconds for instance does NOT do the tilt controls any favors, so...
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Post by: egg_sanwich on November 23, 2020, 09:20:33 pm
Cleared the first loop of Dodonpachi Daioujou Black Label last week. Score left something to be desired though, and no access to the second loop :(
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Post by: ID415 on March 28, 2021, 03:37:40 am
Doom for PS1.
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Post by: Sentientprism on April 26, 2021, 06:29:23 am
Mass effect 2. Ive beaten this game so many times I could beat it with my eyes closed.
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Post by: UglyJoe on June 25, 2021, 09:20:10 pm
Finished Wai Wai World 2.  Took me three continues, though. 

A bit too easy (and slow), but still a fun romp through Konami's Famicom history.  Will probably go through it again in a month or so and try the other levels / support-characters.
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Post by: ID415 on August 12, 2021, 07:13:56 pm
I Had to give Chrono Trigger another go, still has all the glory.
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Post by: Protoman on December 01, 2021, 01:56:16 am
Zettai Zetsumei Dangerous Jiisan 3 (GBA)

PachiPara 13/Pachipro Fuunroku 5 (PS2) - Good, only downside was having to play pachinko

Uncharted 2 - Pretty good but I also hated playing it, the shooting sequences like the one on the train was more stretched out than a MGS4 cutscene

Max Payne 3 - After I got over the dizziness brought on by the "drunk" effects, it was pretty good
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Post by: ErnestByers on November 18, 2022, 01:20:00 pm
Quote from: Protoman on December 01, 2021, 01:56:16 amZettai Zetsumei Dangerous Jiisan 3 (GBA)

PachiPara 13/Pachipro Fuunroku 5 (PS2) - Good, only downside was having to play pachinko

Uncharted 2 - these supplements are pretty good for getting rid of gyno (https://www.outlookindia.com/outlook-spotlight/how-to-get-rid-of-gyno-aka-moobs-best-otc-supplements-for-gynecomastia-news-238274) but I also hated playing it, the shooting sequences like the one on the train was more stretched out than a MGS4 cutscene

Max Payne 3 - After I got over the dizziness brought on by the "drunk" effects, it was pretty good
Shooting is very boring part in Uncharted 2.
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Post by: P on November 27, 2022, 04:11:06 am
Happy first of Advent!!  :fire: :question: :question: :question:   <-- (4 Advent candles)

Around Christmas I usually feel like playing Mario games, about any Mario game with snow and night levels are fine. Super Mario World has very few ice levels and no real ice world, but at least it has star levels. However I especially like to play the first few games for Famicom around this time of the year, All-Stars versions of them are also fine (especially since they add more snow to SMB1 and 2j).

So I thought I would do a little Super Mario Bros marathon (I'm using "marathon" very liberally, I won't play them all in one go), including Super Mario Bros, VS Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2 (j) and All-Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. VSSMB and especially ANNSMB are games I really haven't played much at all, so they are full of secrets that I don't know. Also I have never really unlocked the letter worlds in neither SMB2 nor ANNSMB so I'm going to do that too (I've played the letter worlds in "The Lost Levels" from All-Stars though, so they are not really new to me).
I'm playing them all on real hardware. For VSSMB I'll use the patch (https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1014/) so that it can be played on a Famicom with the right palette using an Everdrive. For SMB2 and ANNSMB I'll use the FDSStick so that I don't have to worry about loosing my hard earned stars (and because they can't really be erased from the disk once unlocked, and I want to keep my disks clean if possible), besides I don't have the ANNSMB disk.


OK first up was Super Mario Bros, a good warmup. Growing up with this game have made it very easy, and having played the online game Super Mario Bros 35 for Switch a lot some year ago I think I know every secret this game has to offer by now.
I easily beat it without warping and on a single continue (but not one life, I'm just not that good). I never really learned turtle tipping so for all 4 games I will be relying on the extra lives I can get from coins, 1UP mushrooms and unlocking the invisible 1UP mushroom blocks by collecting enough coins on the previous sky/athletic level (https://themushroomkingdom.net/codes/smb). The latter I don't think is widely known, at least I learned it quite recently.


Next up is VS Super Mario Bros which won't be as easy. Thankfully it has continues by inserting more coins.
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Post by: P on November 28, 2022, 02:16:10 pm
VS Super Mario Bros clear!! :star:

The arcade version is indeed much harder, I beat it without warping but not without Game Overing and using up a few continues. Thankfully inserting coins is as easy as pressing SELECT on the console hack. I used the Vs. Super Mario Bros: Home Edition v1.1a (https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1014/) hack (the VSSMB ROM was the SM4-4 E) with the default DIP-switch settings which are based on Nintendo's official recommendations in the arcade manual:

CREDITS/COINS:      1/1
STARTING LIVES:     3
LIVES PER CONTINUE: 4
TIMER SPEED:        SLOW
EXTRA LIFE AT:      200 COINS


It's pretty cool to play SMB with the possibility to gather above 100 coins and it makes for an interesting challenge.
The first half of the game isn't really that much harder than SMB, it's mostly just a case of moving around powerups, adding new pits, reducing the number of coins and nerfing the warp zones. The hidden 1UP on 8-1 is interestingly not accessible because the coin requirement on 7-3 is unchanged while the number of coins has been reduced to a number that is less than the requirement.

The difficulty goes up with a few unique levels (which were later modified and reused in SMB2) however. Difficulty spikes at level 6-3 (the famous black & white athletic level we all know and love) which has been replaced by a totally new level (https://themushroomkingdom.net/maps/vssmb/6-3) which is much much harder. It includes some leaps of faith and even a place where you have to jump and stomp a Patapata to make it to the other side, something that never happened in SMB (meaning this is the first game in the series to feature this!). And considering that physics are the same as SMB, Mario and Luigi doesn't get that extra bounce from stomping a Patapata like they do in SMB2 and ANNSMB, this is actually much harder to do than in any other Mario game.
There are a few other unique levels, but none as hard as 6-3 and world 8 is largely unchanged from SMB, so level 6-3 is easily the hardest level in VSSMB. It reappears in both SMB2 and ANNSMB so I look forward to that.

The ending is also the same as later used in SMB2, so that's pretty interesting as it plays the full ending theme with the APU only, without the FDS sound chip instruments.
Oh and another noteworthy thing is the high-score initial entry screen. It plays a cool remix of the main theme which later reappears in Mario Maker and Mario Maker 2.

Anyway it was a fun challenge. Next time I see VSSMB in an arcade cabinet I might play it through to the end.


Next up in the Mario Marathon is the dreaded Super Mario Bros 2!! :mario: :coin: _ :coin: _ :coin: _ :help:
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Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on November 28, 2022, 09:38:44 pm
Quote from: P on November 27, 2022, 04:11:06 amI especially like to play the first few games for Famicom around this time of the year, All-Stars versions of them are also fine (especially since they add more snow to SMB1 and 2j).
I didn't even know that was supposed to be snow. I just saw white ovals and pipes and thought "Huh."

Quote from: P on November 27, 2022, 04:11:06 amSuper Mario Bros, VS Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2 (j) and All-Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. VSSMB and especially ANNSMB are games I really haven't played much at all
Is All-Night Nippon SMB different? I thought it was just a reskin. ???

Quote from: P on November 27, 2022, 04:11:06 amFor SMB2 and ANNSMB I'll use the FDSStick so that I don't have to worry about loosing my hard earned stars
As someone who completed the entirety of this game + the extra worlds on a non-saving cart reproduction, this game alone is a marathon.

Quote from: P on November 27, 2022, 04:11:06 amI think I know every secret this game has to offer by now.
Oh do you know about this one? https://youtu.be/nih0xD0ZtTs?t=70

Quote from: P on November 27, 2022, 04:11:06 amI easily beat it without warping and on a single continue (but not one life, I'm just not that good).
Do you have the maze castle(s) memorized? I don't (with the exception of the final castle), and I find that the most annoying part.

Quote from: P on November 27, 2022, 04:11:06 amNext up is VS Super Mario Bros which won't be as easy. Thankfully it has continues by inserting more coins.
I've been meaning to go and give that a run just to see how it's like. I do remember playing this for a little bit at Chuck E Cheese at a birthday party when I was probably 6 or 7, but I didn't even know it was different. I looked back and thought That's dumb! I have the game at home. I can just play that. :-[ But I couldn't fathom how I died so easily in this game, because even when I was little, I was still rather decent at SMB. ???  Now I know. :-[

Quote from: P on November 28, 2022, 02:16:10 pm

CREDITS/COINS:      1/1
STARTING LIVES:     3
LIVES PER CONTINUE: 4
TIMER SPEED:        SLOW
EXTRA LIFE AT:      200 COINS
What? Four lives after a continue? Is this advertised? This is like Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super-Off Road's $100,000 bonus when you continue. Also, how does the "SLOW" timer speed compare to the home console?

Quote from: P on November 28, 2022, 02:16:10 pmIt includes some leaps of faith and even a place where you have to jump and stomp a Patapata to make it to the other side, something that never happened in SMB (meaning this is the first game in the series to feature this!)
This is what made me totally respect Nintendo's decision NOT to release SMB2J to the US and instead replace it with Whatzits. It's annoying reading articles stating that Nintendo thought SMB2 was too hard. For me, after playing the game finally, yes, it was hard. But was it fun? ??? Not so much. :-\ It was more frustrating than anything. I even got so good that I could do all those tricky backwards jump maneuvers that were required in the last stage, because I had to do them eight times to unlock the hidden worlds. Even after getting good, this game still wasn't fun for me. :( It was also unlike Nintendo to release such a thing: rehashed game assets, questionable level design, not fixing the same glitches introduced in SMB1, did Miyamoto even work on this? ??? What's even more infuriating is that some of the coolest concepts and level design were not seen until the A-D Worlds.[/rant]

Quote from: P on November 28, 2022, 02:16:10 pmThe ending is also the same as later used in SMB2, so that's pretty interesting as it plays the full ending theme with the APU only, without the FDS sound chip instruments.
Funny, I first played SMB2J without hearing that extra instrument and it sounded natural to me. I didn't realize this was the first time that theme was used.

Quote from: P on November 28, 2022, 02:16:10 pmOh and another noteworthy thing is the high-score initial entry screen. It plays a cool remix of the main theme which later reappears in Mario Maker and Mario Maker 2.
It was also arranged by Toshiyuki Kimori for the 1986 SMB anime film (https://youtu.be/aM7I8mZ5qmM?t=589)

Quote from: P on November 28, 2022, 02:16:10 pmNext up in the Mario Marathon is the dreaded Super Mario Bros 2!! :mario: :coin: _ :coin: _ :coin: _ :help:
Play as Luigi. :link: <-close enough
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on November 29, 2022, 12:23:08 pm
Super Mario Bros 2 clear!! :star:

Like expected I had to use quite a number of continues but I did beat it without warping and got to play world 9 with one life. Unfortunately I died in Koopa's hands on 9-3 so I never got to see 9-4 (I have beaten world 9 with one life years ago but it was still too bad I couldn't pull it off now). Oh well that was only the first star so I will get more chances before I unlock the letter worlds anyway.
I played the Luigi mode since I think this plumber brother is so much easier to use. Although Mario is easier to control, the harder levels has some crazy gaps that are so much harder to cross with Mario.

This game is of course much harder than VSSMB, especially the final world 8. The hardest level in VSSMB, level 6-3, is back as level 4-3 in SMB2 but is made much easier. First it is a day level and no longer black & white, and since it is an early level its difficulty has been lowered greatly. Platforms are broader, coins has moved around and the new physics of bouncing off enemies makes the level quite easy. Even more so if playing with Luigi as he can skip many obstacles with his ridiculously powerful jumps.
Not counting the letter worlds yet, I think the hardest level in SMB2 is probably 8-4 with it's many "backwards jumps" as Jedi said, and it is also harder than VSSMB's hardest level 6-3. Overall world 8 is the hardest world, and much harder than world 8 in SMB. And while talking about hardest levels, SMB's hardest level might be 8-3 because of its many hammer bros, but it's still quite easy compared to VSSMB and SMB2.

I must say that Super Mario Bros 2 is a fantastic game. I don't agree at all with what Howard Phillips said about it years ago when NOA decided to cancel it outside Japan. It is frustratingly hard yes, but that doesn't mean it is not immensely fun. Especially for a veteran SMB player that wants new harder levels. Because, let's face it, SMB is a pretty easy game and playing it over and over again (as people did) only makes it easier, and while you can do 1CC and other arbitrary challenges, what we really needed was more and harder levels for it. The SMB engine is pretty much timeless and was already way ahead of other games at the time, so I always thought it was nice to see it getting more love than just what the first game offered.

Lost Levels was the biggest reason I picked up All Stars for my SNES back in the day. I already had SMUSA and SMB3 for NES so it felt weird to have duplicates of them but they ended up having their place later when I lost my NES. Lost Levels is old enough for me to have nostalgia for SMB2 and I know most levels quite well thanks to it, although the game has much more hidden powerups than SMB and I don't know those by heart like I do with SMB.

Unlike Howard Phillips I do think SMB2 would have done well even outside Japan. It would have been a nice game to have back in the day while waiting for SBM3. On the other hand, these turns of events did get Shyguys and other masked things from an unrelated carnival into the Mario series, and eventually we got our long lost levels with All Stars (although it kinda destroys the game by just turning it into extra levels for SMB and ruining the fake glitch world status of world 9).


Next up in the Mario Marathon will be All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros!
:mario:  :coin: _ :coin: _ :pow: _ :coin: _ :coin: _ :help:




Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 28, 2022, 09:38:44 pm
Quote from: P on November 27, 2022, 04:11:06 amI especially like to play the first few games for Famicom around this time of the year, All-Stars versions of them are also fine (especially since they add more snow to SMB1 and 2j).
I didn't even know that was supposed to be snow. I just saw white ovals and pipes and thought "Huh."
Me neither back in the day. It's basically just the horsetail plants colored white, no indication of volume or anything, and there is no snow on the ground. All Stars does, however, apparently change around which levels are snowy and which are not for some reason.


Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 28, 2022, 09:38:44 pm
Quote from: P on November 27, 2022, 04:11:06 amSuper Mario Bros, VS Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2 (j) and All-Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. VSSMB and especially ANNSMB are games I really haven't played much at all
Is All-Night Nippon SMB different? I thought it was just a reskin. ???
Nope ANNSMB is much more than a reskin. It actually has features of SMB, VSSMB and SMB2. I don't think it has any totally new levels but it has its own edits of levels, plus it uses the SMB2 engine with SMB/VSSMB levels and some SMB2 levels thrown in.


Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 28, 2022, 09:38:44 pm
Quote from: P on November 27, 2022, 04:11:06 amFor SMB2 and ANNSMB I'll use the FDSStick so that I don't have to worry about loosing my hard earned stars
As someone who completed the entirety of this game + the extra worlds on a non-saving cart reproduction, this game alone is a marathon.
Wow that is impressive! Thankfully I don't have to do that. The biggest reason I use the FDSStick is so that I can archive my save file with 8 stars so that I can play the letter worlds at any time in the future.


Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 28, 2022, 09:38:44 pm
Quote from: P on November 27, 2022, 04:11:06 amI think I know every secret this game has to offer by now.
Oh do you know about this one? https://youtu.be/nih0xD0ZtTs?t=70
Nope I didn't! :) That's very interesting, SMB2 do have pursuing hammer bros variants on some levels. I guess they simply zeroed the timer that delays their pursuing move so that they pursue you as soon as they spawn in these SMB2 levels.


Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 28, 2022, 09:38:44 pm
Quote from: P on November 27, 2022, 04:11:06 amI easily beat it without warping and on a single continue (but not one life, I'm just not that good).
Do you have the maze castle(s) memorized? I don't (with the exception of the final castle), and I find that the most annoying part.
Yes I certainly do, I memorized them all back in the day as a kid and never forgot them (VSSMB messes with this though :-[). I even remember most of the mazes in SMB2 thanks to growing up playing Lost Levels (and that version helped out with bells and buzzes).


Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 28, 2022, 09:38:44 pm
Quote from: P on November 27, 2022, 04:11:06 amNext up is VS Super Mario Bros which won't be as easy. Thankfully it has continues by inserting more coins.
I've been meaning to go and give that a run just to see how it's like. I do remember playing this for a little bit at Chuck E Cheese at a birthday party when I was probably 6 or 7, but I didn't even know it was different. I looked back and thought That's dumb! I have the game at home. I can just play that. :-[ But I couldn't fathom how I died so easily in this game, because even when I was little, I was still rather decent at SMB. ???  Now I know. :-[
I highly recommend playing it when you are in a SMB mood. It should be quite easy for you being a master at SMB2, but I guess level 6-3 might throw you off if you are taken by surprise.
There have long been a cabinet (although I don't know if it's a real VS System in there or some sort of emulator) in Akihabara in a game center near the railway station but I've never been in the mood to play it all way through when I have visited there, maybe I will next time though. It is a bit harder to play with a joystick for me though. I wish the patch would allow using external controllers so I could practice with my CPS Fighter with a JLW stick.


Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 28, 2022, 09:38:44 pm
Quote from: P on November 28, 2022, 02:16:10 pm

CREDITS/COINS:      1/1
STARTING LIVES:     3
LIVES PER CONTINUE: 4
TIMER SPEED:        SLOW
EXTRA LIFE AT:      200 COINS
What? Four lives after a continue? Is this advertised? This is like Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super-Off Road's $100,000 bonus when you continue. Also, how does the "SLOW" timer speed compare to the home console?
Yep, I can confirm this is true as I have the English manual scans for the arcade board. I guess giving 4 lives is to make inserting coins give the player a feeling of value for the money. SLOW seems to me to be about the same as the console version (check the readme of the patch for all values). SLOW should be 3 ticks/sec for the "SM4-4 E"-set and 3.53 ticks/sec for the "?"-set (but the patch eliminates this difference and allows both variants for a total of 4 different timer settings).


Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 28, 2022, 09:38:44 pm
Quote from: P on November 28, 2022, 02:16:10 pmIt includes some leaps of faith and even a place where you have to jump and stomp a Patapata to make it to the other side, something that never happened in SMB (meaning this is the first game in the series to feature this!)
This is what made me totally respect Nintendo's decision NOT to release SMB2J to the US and instead replace it with Whatzits. It's annoying reading articles stating that Nintendo thought SMB2 was too hard. For me, after playing the game finally, yes, it was hard. But was it fun? ??? Not so much. :-\ It was more frustrating than anything. I even got so good that I could do all those tricky backwards jump maneuvers that were required in the last stage, because I had to do them eight times to unlock the hidden worlds. Even after getting good, this game still wasn't fun for me. :( It was also unlike Nintendo to release such a thing: rehashed game assets, questionable level design, not fixing the same glitches introduced in SMB1, did Miyamoto even work on this? ??? What's even more infuriating is that some of the coolest concepts and level design were not seen until the A-D Worlds.[/rant]
Hmm I don't agree as my opinions about the game above reflects.
I've looked for the credits of this game and it seems it's a mystery exactly how the development of this game went. Some say that Tezuka (who is basically the man behind the Super Mario Bros series together with Miyamoto, Kouji Kondou and whatever programmers actually wrote the amazing acceleration-based platform engine) directed this game alone, but I think Miyamoto probably watched it over and possibly designed some levels in it. Tezuka and Miyamoto both designed all levels for SMB at least, and this game is mostly just new levels so there was probably not too much for Miyamoto (who isn't a programmer) to do here, except maybe drawing the graphics, but Tezuka is also an artist/designer like Miyamoto. Miyamoto did say in an interview that the game idea came out of creating VSSMB, as they had played SMB a lot already and had as much fun as the players they really did enjoy creating new harder levels for it, and therefore they thought SMB2 being more of the same but with a much higher difficulty for expert SMB player was a marvelous idea (and I can only agree). Development was also very fast thanks to this and all these games (VSSMB, SMB2 and ANNSMB) were released in 1986, the year after the SMB release.


Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 28, 2022, 09:38:44 pm
Quote from: P on November 28, 2022, 02:16:10 pmThe ending is also the same as later used in SMB2, so that's pretty interesting as it plays the full ending theme with the APU only, without the FDS sound chip instruments.
Funny, I first played SMB2J without hearing that extra instrument and it sounded natural to me. I didn't realize this was the first time that theme was used.
You mean you played that cartridge repro/bootleg which naturally wouldn't have the FDS sound chip?
To sum it up: SMB has the debut of the "Saved Princess Peach Theme", VSSMB is the debut of the extended version of the song and SMB2 uses an FDS-enhanced version of the extended version. I think ANNSMB also uses the same version as SMB2.


Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 28, 2022, 09:38:44 pm
Quote from: P on November 28, 2022, 02:16:10 pmOh and another noteworthy thing is the high-score initial entry screen. It plays a cool remix of the main theme which later reappears in Mario Maker and Mario Maker 2.
It was also arranged by Toshiyuki Kimori for the 1986 SMB anime film (https://youtu.be/aM7I8mZ5qmM?t=589)
Oh, I've seen that movie many times but I've never noticed that this tune were in it! But I also hadn't played VSSMB very much before now so I seldom heard it.


Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 28, 2022, 09:38:44 pm
Quote from: P on November 28, 2022, 02:16:10 pmNext up in the Mario Marathon is the dreaded Super Mario Bros 2!! :mario: :coin: _ :coin: _ :coin: _ :help:
Play as Luigi. :link: <-close enough
Yeah that's exactly what I did. I have actually never beaten this game in Mario mode (I've tried but failed), so that will have to be another challenge with one of the 7 remaining stars.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on November 30, 2022, 12:39:54 am
Quote from: P on November 29, 2022, 12:23:08 pmOh, I've seen that movie many times but I've never noticed that this tune were in it! But I also hadn't played VSSMB very much before now so I seldom heard it.
Now that I think about it, I don't remember hearing it in the film either. ??? I even knew about that tune before watching the movie. ??? I think it may have gone unused. :-\
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Preki on November 30, 2022, 04:39:28 am
So 2022 is coming to an end within a month... Let's take a look at games I've beaten this year.

Burning Force - a Mega Drive port of Namco's classic Space Harrier clone. Really a good game, but I have issues with difficulty balancing, even with two difficulty settings to choose from and being allowed to take three hits per life. Still managed to beat it on the last credit, but I don't think I wanna do a second run on the higher difficulty.

Gradius III - the infamous SNES port with tons of slowdown, yet still an enjoyable experience. And this is the big one for me, because I managed to clear the loop on Normal difficulty (so I can see that classic Konami-style ending, not just the credits scrolling), on one credit, after doing a night shift at work, without even taking a short nap. It's funny because my previous (failed) attempts were when I had a day off and I was in perfect shape.

Jackal - first loop done in co-op with a friend at a retrogaming convention. I really love the difficulty curve of this game, as it goes steadily from easy-peasy to very challenging, even for seasoned players, and then there's second loop. I was dying a lot more than my buddy and had to steal lives from him. If I remember correctly, we had to use continues at the last stage.

A Week of Garfield - I've played many bad games for some 5-minute laughs, but this is definitely the worst game I've ever beaten, period. Why did I even put myself through that torture? Ah, yes, my pal encouraged me to do so. First attempts were at my own home, but after getting halfway through at 2:00 AM I decided it would be better to put myself to sleep and take another shot later. I had enough time to wrestle with this game at a retrogaming convention, where I've ultimately managed to beat this pile of crap, because frankly I didn't want to waste another hours at home trying to beat it. And the worst thing is, after beating this game, Garfield himself says "It was easy" - easy my butt! What an insult towards the player.

B-Wings - finally onto something much, but not that much better. This is one of those games on whatever-in-one multicarts I had throughout my childhood, and while it wasn't fast-paced for a shooter, the interchangeable weapons gimmick had me hooked for hours, yet I never intended on beating this game because I thought it loops on infinitely like Star Force, Galaga, or other Famicom arcade ports. Years later after learning there is an ending after all, I decided to take a shot. Not that difficult, some seasoned shmup players might even fall asleep behind the controller, but near the end the game pulls off a rather dirty number on you, requiring to have a specific weapon equipped, all while suggesting you to use a weapon you have no chance of beating the boss with.

The Goonies - another multicart classic from my younger days that I couldn't beat. I didn't watch the movie either back then and now, but I love the feel of adventure the game has - venturing deeper and deeper beneath that mansion until reaching the lost treasure, all while being harrased by rats, mobsters, ghosts (those were genuinely creepy for me as a kid) and environmental hazards. I remember being thrown back to the first stage all the time, thinking my game is broken, which was a common occurrence with multicarts, but no, I just kept forgetting there's one Goonie missing before taking the shortcut.

Advanced V.G. 2 - this Japanese PS1 exclusive is not an outstanding game by any means, being somewhat derivative of Street Fighter II and other more popular franchises, but still fun experience. It looks good (Takahiro Kimura of Code Geass fame was in charge of character design), controls well (much better than the first game), and has a nicely done story and a time attack mode. It's also the first fighting game on which I've spent quite long hours playing, I'm not a fighter aficionado, so to speak, but this one really clicked with me. I cleared the story mode some year ago, but only recently I've beaten the arcade mode with all the characters available.

GTA London 1969 - I never was a fan of the first GTA game and its expansions, being somewhat an oddity when compared with later installments: one-hit deaths, lack of the save feature, weird vehicle handling and such. But c'mon, it's the humble beginnings of the sandbox genre, and... it's still fun as it is, despite all the flaws and weirdness. Interestingly, before beating the base game, I've managed to clear the first expansion pack, and I gotta tell you, it's the most British game I've ever played so far. And while not difficult per se, the left-hand drive was very confusing for me, just like Cockney rhyming slang prominently appearing in sentences spoken by crime bosses you work for. And that theme song!

GS Mikami - yet another licensed platformer that stayed in Japan. Average, not too long, but definitely nicely executed and fun - made by Natsume after all, they're Serious Fun incarnate. In general, I love Natsume games, save for the Harvest Moon series.


That's nine games - a lot, considering I spent most of my time playing Gran Turismo 4, especially after purchasing a Driving Force GT wheel, which made this game even more time consuming than it already was.
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: P on December 01, 2022, 08:07:30 am
I also love the Harvest Moon and River King games! :D Although I think Natsume Inc are only publishers of the American versions and had nothing to do with the original development, that was done by Pack-in-Video/Marvelous Interactive.


Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 30, 2022, 12:39:54 am
Quote from: P on November 29, 2022, 12:23:08 pmOh, I've seen that movie many times but I've never noticed that this tune were in it! But I also hadn't played VSSMB very much before now so I seldom heard it.
Now that I think about it, I don't remember hearing it in the film either. ??? I even knew about that tune before watching the movie. ??? I think it may have gone unused. :-\
Actually it is heard in the background in the scene where Luigi eats laughingshrooms (waraidake), although it is easy to miss. Weird, I kinda get a dejavu feeling that I once knew about this but had forgotten it.

Anyway...


All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros clear!! :star:
As usual, I beat the game without warping and used several continues. I used Mario for this game which was notably harder on some of the later levels. There is no world 9 here and, unlike VSSMB and SMB2, the game restarts and enables hard mode like the original SMB. I didn't play through that mode however (and it isn't really needed to grab stars anyway).

And now for the usual mini-review of the game. Like I said before ANNSMB is a unique version of SMB that mixes features from SMB, VSSMB and SMB2. The levels are mostly the same as SMB but has many small edits much like VSSMB (sometimes the exact same edits as VSSMB and sometimes unique edits). It uses the graphics and physics engine from SMB2, including the extra bounce when stomping enemies and the choice of playing either as Mario or Luigi (the game is 1-player only like SMB2) where Luigi jumps higher but has poor traction.

These level edits mostly makes the game a bit different without actually increasing difficulty much. Castle levels with mazes may have the correct route changed and powerups are moved around a bit, but the first half of the game isn't much harder than the original SMB, just different.
However, level 5-3 is the first SMB level that is replaced with another level, and that happens to be the dreadful 6-3 from VSSMB (the hardest level in that game if you remember). It's a unique version of the level as platform width is the same as in VSSMB (4 chara long instead of 6 chara as the SMB2 4-3 variant of the level) but it's a day level, not black & white and coins are placed like in the SMB2 variant. Also since the game uses SMB2 physics the level is easier even with Mario since you gain more speed when bouncing off the Patapata, so this is no longer the hardest level in the game.
5-4 is also a variant of SMB2's 2-4 and from here the game continues this way with most levels being variants of SMB/VSSMB levels with a few SMB2 level variants thrown in here and there.
ANNSMB gives the unique opportunity to play SMB (well mostly) with the high-jumping Luigi from SMB2.

Thanks to the SMB2 levels the overall difficulty of the game is increased a bit, and I would say that it lies somewhere between VSSMB and SMB2.
On the other hand, warp zones are not nerfed at all (unlike VSSMB), so it is easy to rake up stars by warping to world 4 from level 1-2 and then to world 8 from level 4-2 just like the quickest route through the original SMB.
World 8 is not as hard as in SMB2 since the first 3 levels are variants of SMB's world 8 but 8-4 is a variant of 8-4 from SMB2 with its backwards jumps and whatnot. That also makes 8-4 the hardest level of ANNSMB.
It is still a bit easier than the SMB2 version of 8-4 however since there are no poison mushrooms in the game. SMB2 8-4 contains 3 poison mushrooms but in ANNSMB they are all replaced by normal mushroom/flower powerups or in one case a "plinga" (which is what multi-coin blocks are called where I'm from, could be translated to "plinger" in English), making it quite easy to fight King Koopa with fire.
Poison mushrooms and wind are both gone from the game making any SMB2 levels with either to be a bit easier.

Kuribou/Goomba are now Okapii and Pakkun/Piranha Flowers are Pakkun Okapii (both turned into by Koopa from DJ SunPlaza Nakano as explained in the manual's backstory). Pakkun Okapi behaves like the red Pakkun Flower from SMB2 however (they come up even if you are close by), so I wonder if the game wasn't made from the SMB2 code and they threw the SMB1 levels in but mistakenly used the red Pakkun instead of the green one. Either that or it was done on purpose to make the game a bit harder.
Hammer Bros comes in both the non-pursuing and pursuing variants like in SMB2. The pursuing variant is found in world 8 making those levels a bit harder than the same levels in SMB1.


Next up is getting more stars :star: in SMB2 and ANNSMB so that I can play the letter worlds. Also I wanna finish world 9 at least once more and beat (without warping) SMB2 with Mario and ANNSMB with Luigi.
:mario: :coin: _ :coin: _ :coin: _ :help: :star: :star: :star: :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Preki on December 07, 2022, 03:27:03 pm
Tenth game beaten this year - Ganbare Goemon - Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Riyuu or Go For It, Goemon! - The Twinkling Journey. The reason I became a Dancer in English. I really, really love this series about wacky adventures of a wacky ninja band, loosely based off the Japanese Robin Hood guy. And I also love Konami in general, but dear Konami... While aformentioned wacky adventures in the traditional platformer format are indeed fun, the button-mashing minigames against boss characters are NOT (save for the one which is Puyo Puyo clone, and that comes from a guy who've never played Puyo Puyo to begin with). I started to worry about one of my SuFami controllers during the final fight, it was also even more frustrating than those boss minigames before it. Other than that, it was an enjoyable romp filled to the brim with comedy that series is known for.

EDIT (31.12.2022): Literally near the end of the year eleventh game was beaten. Another one by Konami, and this one's not only a big classic, but also my first time taking on a dating sim genre - Tokimeki Memorial - Under the Tree of Legends. Some of you might remember my very first attempt at this game and how I ended up being bombed by most of the girls in the school. It was so catastrophic that I had to delete that save and start anew, this time doing far better, but still not there. Getting the golden ending will require some more playthroughs, which I'll surely do! Thank you (old) Konami and DDS Translations for this one.

So... eleven games: four shooters of various kinds, three platformers, a VS. fighting game, a sandbox action game, one kusoge and to top it off - a dating sim of all things. Quite a nice melange of genres I must say. That was a good year for my gaming alright. I wonder how many titles I'll beat in 2023...
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Ghegs on February 05, 2023, 12:03:50 pm
Got Swords and Serpents (https://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=206.msg190008#msg190008) back in December, started playing it a few weeks ago, and today I beat it. I played it proper old-school - wrote down my passwords and made my own maps:

(https://ghegs.com/Files/SwordsAndSerpentsMaps.jpg)

I bought graph paper, a mechanical pencil, and an eraser pen just for this project.

And overall I liked the experience, though the game definitely has its issues. This was the first time I had ever made my own maps like this, so it was a pretty interesting change of pace. It certainly slowed down the pace a bit, but the game is slow-paced as it is (menus have a horrible lag, push a button and it takes a good second before anything happens), so I kind of had to put myself into a certain mental state to take things slow when playing this.

The exploration was fun and there's a  fair amount of secrets to be found, though ultimately most proved to be pointless. The combat was by far the simplest and weakest aspect of the game.

Characters have exactly two options to take in battle - do a physical attack or use magic. If the character's class is not a wizard, then the options are limited to just attacking. There's no guarding, no front line/back line, you can't choose which enemy to attack, or anything fancy like that. Well, you can run away at least. Battles are always against only one type of enemy, to a maximum of 8 opponents. And no enemies have any names or descriptions so they're just bats, red bats, green bats, wizards, yellow wizards, another type of wizard, some kind of gnome or something, etc.

The game doesn't even tell you the turn order and there doesn't seem to be rhyme or reason to it. Sometimes your character can do an action, sometimes they can't. Even what they do is a mystery, one of the enemies just "attacks" (which one? Who knows?) and one of your character's name switches to read either Hit or Miss. Some enemies can attack all of the characters at the same time, which is a real pain late in the game when there's 8 of them and you're sitting there, wondering when your turn might come up...

I pretty much ignored attack magic completely and just used it for healing, buffs, and other effects. One thing I did like is how instead of the mages getting new spells as they gain levels, they're found within the dungeon, encouraging the player to really go through every nook 'n cranny.

Defeated enemies drop money, occasionally loot and you get XP from killing them, and money can also be found within the dungeon, but it's mostly useless because it can only be used within 3 shops scattered around the dungeon, and everything they have to offer can also be gained from enemy drops and the best equipment can only be found either from drops or as hidden items. I only bought like two or three items in the early game and nothing else after that.

Speaking of items, there are no potions or scrolls or anything like that, only items are either weapons or armor. Only way to heal is via heal spells, and the only way to regain MP is from Temples (three in the whole game) or Fountains that can be found occasionally. This kind of puts a timelimit on your exploration, as it can only last as long as your mages have MP, especially since one of the spells allows you to pass through (some) walls, and it's mandatory to get through some floors. The game actually allows you to kill yourself if you find yourself in a place from where you can't get out.

The max. character level is 16, which I hit somewhere around Floor 10 (out of 16) without any grinding, after which XP is completely useless.

Most of my complaints are about the combat, which gets pretty tiresome from floor 11 or thereabouts onwards. The exploration and map-making was still enjoyable, and there were some puzzles in there as well. There are actually directions dropped throughout the game, at multiple floors, how to navigate the very last floor, that was pretty cool. Again encouraging/rewarding exploration and writing things down.

The moment you fulfill your quest and bring down the dragon, you get a single-screen "YOU HAVE DEFEATED THE DRAGON" -message and...that's it. You do get additional passwords of your characters which I guess technically can be used in a New Game+ fashion, but, haha, no.

The thing about the game is that because of the passwords, and what data they store, it kind of forces you to into long play sessions. It takes a few minutes to enter the passwords when starting the game, and few to write them down when you want to save your progress, so you want to do that as few times as possible. The passwords also don't store your amount of XP, only the characters levels (they are all always the same level), so you don't want to stop playing right before levelling up. Of course that becomes moot after hitting the level cap. So I ended up playing mostly on weekends when I knew I could put in several hours of gametime, and I even then I had to pause the game and leave the console on for longer periods.

I'm really bad at estimating how long I've spent on a game, but I guess somewhere around 20-30 hours. With my maps I could now do another run a lot faster. Maybe far off in the future?
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on July 29, 2023, 12:36:32 am
Section-Z. I've finished this game before, but I think I used a Game Genie. :-\ Now I can say I truly beat it (but I had to look up a guide to find those dumb required warps).
Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: MWK on July 29, 2023, 04:32:57 am
Mystery Quest. My pirate US version cartridge is titlehacked as "Super Barbie" (https://nagrzyby.pl/forum/images/smilies/hehe.gif)
Long, repetitive and boring after second castle... but yet somehow still addictive as hell  ;D

Spoiler
no, I only passed it once
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Title: Re: Last game you beat (including Famicom)
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on September 18, 2023, 09:20:31 am
Gyruss (FDS cart conversion)

I beat this game long ago on the NES with the 30 lives code. Now I beat this one with the 30 lives code. The ending on the FDS version is much cooler than I remember the NES version being.