Continue discussion from here:
http://famicomworld.proboards58.com/index.cgi?board=famicom&action=display&thread=1129919636
to here.
Super Mario Bros.
Michael English Adventure
Still weird...
Dragon Ball Z III
Doki Doki Panic! (FDS)
Come on, no one else plays with their Famicom games?!
109-1 Multicart.
LOL, sometimes I do play that.
Quote from: FamicomJL on August 12, 2006, 12:41:26 pm
Come on, no one else plays with their Famicom games?!
You wouldn't believe how little time I have for it -- but yeah -- beat Joy Mech Fight tournament mode the other night!
Quote from: JC on August 13, 2006, 11:16:47 am
Quote from: FamicomJL on August 12, 2006, 12:41:26 pm
Come on, no one else plays with their Famicom games?!
You wouldn't believe how little time I have for it -- but yeah -- beat Joy Mech Fight tournament mode the other night!
Lol.
I'll be playing A Week of Garfield later. :D
Doraemon
Splatterhouse
Gradius II.
Trying to get that game on YouTube is the pits!
I just need the final stage. But it's ruthless!
Haha, I am so terrible on that via emulation...I want to buy the cart sooooo badly...
Balloon Fight.
TMNT 2
Gimmick. It's just a great game with pretty great nes sound!
Dough Boy.
Tetris 2 +Bombliss
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on August 21, 2006, 02:01:22 pm
How far have you gotten in that game, FJL?
Not as far as I'd like to admit. I'm still stuck in regular mode, but I'm getting the hang of the puzzles.
Antarctic Adventure.
Galaxian
Again, Antarctic Adventure.
You talk obsessively about that game, Jedi! I must try it!
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on August 26, 2006, 05:38:32 pm
I cannot, for the love of God, figure out the last two puzzles I need to complete BomBliss. >:( Worst yet, there's no guide I can go to for help.
Ugh, I'm having those woes, too.
JC, you should get it, it's a fantastic game!
I'm in a BAD BAD mood, so I'm playing SMB3 to cheer me up.
Mickey Mouse
Challenger, this game is awesome for mid 80's FC. It's on one of my multicarts. It's been two years since I got that multicart and didn't even know I had it.
That's funny. :D Why is challenger good? I have it on my want list for some reason?
Challenger is pretty good, haven't played enough though.
Sweet Home.
I don't know maybe I like Challenger for the music.
Sure wish I had some kind of music maker so I can tinker around with that Magical 8-bit Plug thingy of YMCK's website.
Battle City
Dragon Quest 3
Mother
Sweet Home.
Soap Panic
Super Mario Bros. -This is also the first FAMICOM game that I have played.
(Man this game rocks!)
I have not beat it yet because my Fami gets really warm when I use it, and so until I measure input with it's load, I should probably not play it. I believe that the voltage differences between the Japanese specs and an actual US outlet may be affecting it. The adapter puts out 16vDC with no load, instead of the required 10vDC. The adapter stays cool enough. And dealing with AC current may be dangerous, so I may have to down-step the voltage inside the FAMICOM.
Twin Bee.
All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.
Replicart for the FDS earlier today, did not have the patience for it at the moment though, think I played it for 20 mins.
Goonies.
"Baloon Fight", it was on my new multi-cart.
Doki Doki Panic
Super Mario Bros. 2, & I finally beat it (without warps). That final castle was easy with Mario. It's too bad I died on World 9-2, damn that Lakitu. >:( And those stages are supposed to be the easiest ever! :)
Battle City
Final Fantasy III
I love Final Fantasy series... ::)
Excitebike
Dragon Ball
Super Mario Bros. 3
3-D Hot Rally on the Disk System.
I love this game with all it's jumps 'n slides what you just dont have on other FC / NES games! Also pretty varied, compared to Rad Racer for example. Love it. Best FC driving game!
Pro Wrestling (FDS)
Gekitotsu Shiku Battle -- beat it and reviewed it. :)
Green Beret (FDS)
Karnov (on my Ad-Fami)
Tetris 2 + BomBliss. (http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/rolleye/rolleye0012.gif)
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on October 19, 2006, 02:50:45 pm
Tetris 2 + BomBliss. (http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/rolleye/rolleye0012.gif)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
The game Jedi said he played...nothing is weirder than playing that game at 6 in the morning...
Abarenbou Tengu
Summer Carnival '92: Recca :) Gotta get in the time before it goes...if it does. Maybe it will be mine for a bit longer.
How about giving it to me for free...:P
:o
Dang that's so cool that you get to sit around and play Recca from the time you bought it until the time it ships. It's like a rental, only better...because you'll likely make a profit in the end (most of the time, anyway).
emulate!
Oh, I despise emulation. Takes so much away from the real thing. :P
lol, :P.
TMNT 2 (3 in the U.S.)
Tom Sawyer no Bouken!!!
I quit at the last stage!
It is very long, with that damn dragons spitting fire...
If you die, the stage restarts at the beginning!
It reminds me of the evil Ninja Ryukenden' last stage...
Pro Wrestling (FDS)
Ganbare Goemon!
Dragon Ball
Lunar Ball
Front Line
Rock Man 5
Hoshi No Kirby
Return of the Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Famista '90
Dragon Ball Z III
Mario Bros.
Takeshi no Chousenjou
Still can't figure out what the HELL is going on...
Don Doko Don and King Kong 2. :)
How's King Kong 2? I read a bunch of places that it was a cool game.
Damn cool game. I hate RPGs, and a lot of people say it's got RPG elements, but I really dig this one. You walking around various worlds crushing stuff, fighting enemies, and finding doors to warp between worlds in search of keys that will unlock the cage/chains imprisoning Queen Kong. Each world has a boss and defeating the boss will give you a key. It's much like a maze, as you can enter some doors that'll take you right back to the beginning. It can be frustrating if you haven't mentally mapped out where you've been. Some of the bosses seem impossible. This one will keep you working for hours.
Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyoku Soreyuke Dai Undoukai
Quote from: JC on November 20, 2006, 04:58:57 pm
Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyoku Soreyuke Dai Undoukai
Say that three times fast. :P
Binary Land.
Some good old fashioned Burgertime!
Hyper Olympics
Nazo no Murasamejou, the greatest FDS game!
Wasn't it re-released on the Game Boy?
Yeah the Famicom Mini version.
A Week of Garfield.
SMB2j. :D
"Super mario gold" (mario 2j) from a 4 in 1 cartridge pack. That game is awesome
Quote from: FamicomFreak on January 08, 2007, 01:26:35 pm
"Super mario gold" (mario 2j) from a 4 in 1 cartridge pack. That game is awesome
Is the 4 in 1 called Super Mario Gold or is SMB2j called Super Mario Gold?
Devil World.
Quote from: JC on January 08, 2007, 09:30:16 pm
Quote from: FamicomFreak on January 08, 2007, 01:26:35 pm
"Super mario gold" (mario 2j) from a 4 in 1 cartridge pack. That game is awesome
Is the 4 in 1 called Super Mario Gold or is SMB2j called Super Mario Gold?
SMB2J is called Super mario Gold.
Now playing Rockman 4
Sweet Home.
For the record, I said "HOLY SHIT!" 20 times in a 30 minute playing time. What an amazing game. I simply must find a FAQ.
Pandamar, then Soap Panic, then Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyoku Soreyuke Dai Undoukai, then Soap Panic. ;D
metal gear
Sweet Home, stalling time until I have to leave to proctor exams. :-\
rockman (just arrived yesterday :) )
Sweet Home again.
Donkey Kong Country -- actually a fun port. :)
Quote from: JC on February 05, 2007, 11:07:59 pm
Donkey Kong Country -- actually a fun port. :)
Yeah, I was very impressed with it, especially for a bootleg. The roll / flip could have used a little more work, as it very seldomly works, but other than that, it's a pretty impressive port, given the circumstances...
I just got finished with a Goonies run... this game get pretty challenging after you rescue the third Goonie.
Yeah, Goonies is a big favorite of mine.
Played some RockMan 4 yesterday. I'm thinking of re-hooking up my actual Famicom soon. :)
Splatterhouse.
Hissatsu Doujou Yaburi
Kirby!
SpartanX 2 ... this game is fuckin' evil and cruel, and makes me want to break stuff... I have to beat it.
Punch Out!! I'm taking out my frustrations at youtube via it. :)
Quote from: FamicomJL on February 10, 2007, 06:42:42 amfrustruations
I just learned a new word. (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/Themes/famicomworld/images/post/cheesy.gif)
You shush when your admin makes a typo. :-X
Some other forum someone typed 'cocasionally' :P.
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on February 11, 2007, 08:33:24 am
Some other forum someone typed 'cocasionally' :P.
I SMELL A NEW DRINK! ;D
Oh yeah, and I last played Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
Super Mario 3
FDS- VS. Excitebike
Quote from: super56k on February 11, 2007, 10:14:27 am
FDS- VS. Excitebike
Speaking of the Excite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyuayM8s88g
That was awesome ;D
Heh, I used to do that trick all of the time for kicks... I think I used Game Genie though.
Chesterfield.
About to do a Star Force score attack
Kinniku Man - Kinniku Ookurai Soudatsusen
Famista '90.
It's basically a harder version of RBI Baseball.
goonies
Soap Panic.
Akumajou Densetsu
some ninja game for famicom I have no idea in name
I played some Doki Doki Panic tonight, the sounds are quite different than SMB2.
mappy
Is Mappy the game before Mappyland?
Pretty sure it's the original, and before Mappyland.
Played Sweet Home. Such a tough game, since you've got to think. :)
Yoshi no Tamago.
Either Doki Doki Panic or 3D Hot Rally, I forget which I played last.
that kunio fighting game
I played last was Super Mario Bros. 3, I like it more then the NES version
Golf Gold Prize Cart (Thanks JC! :P)
The legendary MOTHER!!! ;D
Pooyan ... this game is surprisingly very addictive.
Hahaha. :D Yes! Pooyan. It's really a cool game, but hard. :)
rockman 4 toad man stage rules!
Master Fighter IV.
You keep saying it's Master Fighter IV, but all the pics of the box, cart, & screenshots show Master Fighter VI. (http://www.websitegoodies.com/smilies/gfx/confused0075.gif) Which is it?
No way. :D I must be dyslexic. I've honestly thought it was IV the whole time. I'll take a closer look. :-[
EDIT: I'm so surprised I never noticed it was VI. Dumb, dumb, dumb. :P
Played a little bit of Tekken. Mine's a bit glitched out (fucking glob-tops), so it wasn't as fun as it should be. :(
Just played Recca Summer Carnival on my Nintendo playchoice. Does that count? :P
I'm playing now Space Harrier and Valis ;)
Blaster master broda
baseball
Super Mario Bros. 3
Ikki (yes, for some reason now I like that damn game)
baseball
Tekken 3 -- perfect...finally. It wouldn't work on my NES with a converter, but worked on my Famicom.
Plus, played Mario 12 and Street Fighter IV: 12 Peoples.
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on April 04, 2007, 01:40:18 pm
Fighter 12 Peoples Street VI! :o
Funny that that's how the title screen shows the name. I think they mean for it to be Street Fighter VI: 12 Peoples, but Fighter 12 Peoples: Street VI works, too, I guess. It's on a multi-cart and the game list screen shows is as Street Fighter 12P.
And note: Yes it's "VI" despite my continuing dyslexia.
This person's review of it is funny:
http://www.insertcredit.com/features/famicom/famiclone.html
I wonder if he mistakenly gets it wrong on purpose? :-\
Cool site. That Street Fighter 97 Zero 2 looks really interesting. I hadn't seen it before. And that Tekken 2 is different from the one I've got. Mine is Tekken 3 on the title screen, I think, and it doesn't says the name of the fighter "Wins," it just says "Win". :( You'd think the game would get better from 2 to 3, but it doesn't look like it did. :(
True for many licensed series, but when it comes to pirates the point wasn't to change much about the game itself, instead just to hack the older version to improve the aesthetics and how smoothly it functioned. So, I'd expect for pirates to improve from the first in the series to the next.
Maybe the third one came out before the second one in this case? You never know...
Galaga, Kid Dracula, and SD Hero Soukessen. :)
Othello. I played today with my aunt. According to hr, it was the 1st time she played, but she managed to win me 34-30.
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on April 06, 2007, 03:32:54 pm
Othello is luck. :-\
Yeah, that's right. However, she's really good at these things. When I got to her house, she was at level 21 on Dr. Mario. ;D
Now I played Auto-Upturn (Sachen) until level 4, then I got tired of it and quit playing.
Broke out the Twin Famicom+ normal Famicom and Dragon Quest to show to my sister.
She thought they had the "NES" in Japan, too and was quite shocked that trhe design of the console and cartridges was _SO_ different.
Gradius of course :)
Well, I took a dep breath and finished Auto-Upturn. The last 2 levels (it has 7 levels) are "naughty", but nothing really strong. The end is simply an animation of blocks changing colors and the words "The End" displyed on the screen.
Fuuun Shaolin Kyo (FDS)
Super Mario World and Splatterhouse. They're both really fun. I didn't expect that from SMW.
Castlevania 3 : Dracula's Curse !
mario 3
Famicom Composer for FDS. Still can't figure it out though!
mario bros (mr. mary)
Magic Cube. Maybe the best Sachen game.
A quick round of Super Mario Bros 2.
That one's really a bit more difficult than part 1. You gotta hate those bad mushrooms. :P
Game Party (the Hockey minigame)
choplifter
the game sucks... :-\
:( Does it really suck? I had heard a long time ago that the game was good, and I've had it on my want list for a while. :-\
Quote from: JC on May 14, 2007, 11:19:40 pm
:( Does it really suck? I had heard a long time ago that the game was good, and I've had it on my want list for a while. :-\
Yea, it sucks. The controls are weak. But then again there are games I love which other people hate. So its just my opinion.
Eggerland. Fun, of course. :)
tmnt 3
Super Mario Bros. (on the NES though)
The Tower of Druaga
Zippy Race. Is fun to see how the AI is so lame. The cars do impossible thigns just to have the opportunity to crash me and they even horn on me! :D
Dirty Pair: Project Eden (FDS)
Super Mario World, Eggerland, and Splatterhouse -- I finally got some gaming in, as if I'm busy. :D
contra, super contra, and contra 3(only one none famicom)
Sweet Home (translated).
I'm strongly considering getting a translated Sweet Home reproduction cart. It would destroy my Zelda, but I have two. But a Gold Cart Sweet Home? Hmm..
lol, you could probably then sell it on ebay as like a prototype or something to some unsuspecting buyer and claim its awesome.
A translated copy is highly recommended. I got mine from michaelthegreat -- don't know if he's still reproing them.
And Zelda sucks, imo. (http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/hide.gif)
contra again!
Yie Ar Kung-Fu - figured out the difference between Level 1 & 2: Level 1, Lee faces the opponent; Level 2, Lee faces freely.
Wai Wai World 2. Two Players is awesome!
Snake Rattle N Roll. >:(
Quote from: JC on May 23, 2007, 10:12:21 am
Snake Rattle N Roll. :D
Fixed. ;)
How far did you get?
I've played through the whole game many times, but for time's sake, I use the first level warp to level 8 and play to the end. I haven't played in a while, so I didn't get passed level 10. Two damn ice levels in a row is trouble. I hope by tomorrow I'll have remastered all the hops to get through unscathed and lick that bastard foot to explosion.
Game Party - nice selection of mini-games. And I also think Zelda sucks.
Hino Tori -- I've had it for months but hadn't played it. I'm impressed by it. It's got some really neat things going on, with the laying of "bricks" to pass obstacles and collecting pieces of a painting at the end of levels. I have a feeling it's a short game, though. Maybe I'll review it for the site. :)
I'm pretty sure a handful of people on the internet are romanizing it wrong.
it should be Hi No Tori, three words.
火
の
鳥
Bird of fire or something like that
Quote from: kite200 on May 24, 2007, 10:28:52 pm
it should be Hi No Tori, three words.
Um. I've seen so many different ways of putting Japanese together. Anyway, the NES cart that I've got (likely from HK) shows it as Hino Tori. And wouldn't it be Hi no Tori -- if we're trying to be accurate? I've seen Hoshi no Kirby.
Not to disappoint you, but there are actually no rules of how to connect or disconnect "words" in Japanese.
You can write hinotori, hino tori (the "no" here is a genitive case, so there might be people who connect it to the noun) or hi no tori (I prefer this one).
Caps or no caps doesn't matter because in Japanese you don't have caps. ;)
Quote from: manuel on May 26, 2007, 04:28:27 am
Not to disappoint you, but there are actually no rules of how to connect or disconnect "words" in Japanese.
I thought so, but wasn't certain, so I didn't post it. I've noticed that a lot of people, including those who translated the Metro Museum Famicom book, break up the words differently. And if my thinking's right (I know little about Japanese) there are no spaces between Japanese characters like with English words, it's just one after the other. So I was wondering why the heck the Japanese would break up their Japanese letters based on the translated English (as kite was doing) instead of the translated Japanese characters -- no spaces (though some spacing would be necessary at some point [imagine a book with no spaces]).
My semi-educated guess: In Japanese, you have kanji and katakana making up most (all?) of your words, and hiragana thrown in to handle the grammar. You can go without spaces because you can discern where one kanji (word) is ending and the next is beginning.
By romanizing a Japanese phrase, you're taking away the distinction between hiragana/katakana/kanji, and just replacing them with roman letters. Because of this loss of distinction, you can no longer be sure where one word ends and the next begins. For an example of what I mean, the website Expert's Exchange used to have a domain of expertsexchange.com. If you don't know the name of the site, the domain could be read as "experts exchange" or "expert sex change" :o. That's probably not the best example, but I think it gets the point across. You need spaces to tell where words end.
Also, I'm sure you've noticed that some Famicom games (RPGs, in particular) use spaces throughout their text. Due to space constraints, they only use hiragana and katakana. Since they've lost the kanji, they add spaces to let you know where a word begins and ends (although, where they stick the grammar hiragana seems to be up to the developer).
there's no spaces in japanese books, its kinda annoyign. but i was just breaking it up based on how you should romanize it. whatever
Quote from: UglyJoe on May 26, 2007, 01:41:59 pm
My semi-educated guess: In Japanese, (...) you can go without spaces because you can discern where one kanji (word) is ending and the next is beginning.
By romanizing a Japanese phrase, you're taking away the distinction between hiragana/katakana/kanji, and just replacing them with roman letters. Because of this loss of distinction, you can no longer be sure where one word ends and the next begins.
Good guess. :D
It's this and western people tend to "westernize" everything they come across. We are used to split everything up by words, so we tend to do so with Japanese, too.
Navy Blue.
dragon quest 2
Fire Emblem! I enjoy the game very much, and will probably write a review for it once I get a day off from work.
contra once again
Adventure island (once again, I din't finished the game)
punch out
Super Mario Bros. USA
Tsuppari Oozumou.
I like the animations of the sumo wrestlers. ;D
That's a decent game. :) I have yet to really enjoy a sumo game.
There should be a sumo game for the Wii.
You could do the tsuppari with Wiimote and Nunchuck. ;D
I wonder if they consider Sumo for Wii Sports 2? ::)
Super Mario Bros. 3!
Before that, I was playing "The Adventures of Chatran" on my FDS.
Mario Adventure V (my latest nes hack I was testing the level designs)
Gradius II... & I beat it! :D Remember when I said I reached the final boss & said I quit? I was dead wrong! :o There were a couple stages after that.
Edit: Played it again & reached the stage before the last; man this game rocks! I'm going to start the review, finally. How long has it been now, a year?
Tetris...the controls are so odd.
3D Hot Rally!
Super Mario Bros.2
doki doki panic
Green Beret (FDS)
I'm playing the last that I got from Yahoo Auctions, Juouki - Altered Beast, crappy funny game!
SMB2j
tetris
Tama and Friends (FDS)
super bros 8
Keru Naguuru!
Do anyone know this one?!
It's a genuine one-on-one fighting game from Namco!
Looks like my beloved Yie-ar Kung Fu, but with many
more fighters, but with very less difference between
styles and characters!
Try it out!
It has the 2-players option that lacked so much at the
Famicom's Yie-ar version!!!
Quote from: FamicomJL on June 15, 2007, 12:04:14 pm
Tetris...the controls are so odd.
This game sucks hard to me...
It is crap compared to
Tetris 2 + Bombliss in every way!
Quote from: Profeta Yoshitake on June 30, 2007, 07:27:06 pm
Quote from: FamicomJL on June 15, 2007, 12:04:14 pm
Tetris...the controls are so odd.
This games sucks hard to me...
It is crap compared to Tetris 2 + Bombliss in every way!
Jedi and I both accept you into our Tetris 2 + Bombliss cult. :)
Quote from: FamicomJL on June 30, 2007, 09:41:11 pmJedi and I both accept you into our Tetris 2 + Bombliss cult. :)
Wow!
The T2+B CULT now has a Prophet! :D
Last night: Fudou Myouou Den
Very nice Ninja game!!!
It brought both The Legend of Kage and
Ninja Spirit [Pc-Engine/TG16] to my mind!
Final Fantasy 1. I still get goosebumps everytime I play it, very nostalgic.
Akumajou Special: Dracula Boku-kun (aka Kid Dracula)
Super Mario Bros. 3
Lucky 7 Bar Slots. its a gamling HKO as far as I can tell, but its not a hentai game which I would have thought from the fact that there's a topless anime chick on the cover.
Sex ads work wonders, even if the product has nothing to do with sex.
Galaxian on my NES
Star Force - Famicom Version on my NES
Played Dragon Quest 1-4... well, I didn't play them for too long, I just wanted to compare the opening music. :D
Quote from: Profeta Yoshitake on June 30, 2007, 07:24:50 pm
Keru Naguuru!
Do anyone know this one?!
It's a genuine one-on-one fighting game from Namco!
Looks like my beloved Yie-ar Kung Fu, but with many
more fighters, but with very less difference between
styles and characters!
Try it out!
It has the 2-players option that lacked so much at the
Famicom's Yie-ar version!!!
Dude have you ever tried the Flying Dragon/Hiryu no Ken series? The first one is meh but 2 and 3 are awesome. They are action/adventure games with Yie-Ar style battle systems and ocassional RPG-style turn based boss fights.
Good to see another guy who knows his obscure titles. :) I really need to know more about them...
Kid Niki 3 is what I last played.
Quote from: Nintega on July 14, 2007, 09:59:11 pmDude have you ever tried the Flying Dragon/Hiryu no Ken series?
I just love
Hiryu no Ken 3!
I have already finished it!
The other games of the series are waiting!
Quote from: Profeta Yoshitake on July 16, 2007, 10:32:55 am
Quote from: Nintega on July 14, 2007, 09:59:11 pmDude have you ever tried the Flying Dragon/Hiryu no Ken series?
I just love Hiryu no Ken 3!
I have already finished it!
The other games of the series are waiting!
Glad to see another HnK fan! Too bad Culture Brain these days is making games targeted to the female demographic. I'd love to see another fighting game like Flying Dragon 64.
Shin Onigashima.
One day I will learn how to play you...one day...
Twinbee!
My high score was 363.700!
Ganbare Goemon Gaiden 2
Just got this blue haired ninja girl joining my party.
I'm playing a good side-scrolling game called Teyande - Kyatsu Touninden, by Tecmo, pretty funny!
Legend of Zelda.
Arkanoid II
Rockman
Yoshi.
sasa
the blue haired ninja girl is Yae
She has green hair in later games, though
Final Mission
Bubble Bobble 2
Momotarou Densetsu
Very strange Dragon Quest clone about a samurai boy that got spawned from a huge peach.
Momotarou Densetsu or The Legend of the Peach-boy
or something, is a game about a "true legend"!
In Japan this legend exists in their culture I mean.
I finished New Ghostbusters 2, finally!
What an easy game!
Quote from: kite200 on July 26, 2007, 03:51:34 pm
the blue haired ninja girl is Yae
She has green hair in later games, though
Actually in Gaiden 2, the ninja girl's name is Koryuta. Just found that out.
:-\
Ok then.
How hard is the gaiden series to play if you don't know Japanese fluently, but know some Japanese?
is there a guide on the internet?
Mother
Zelda II.
Quote from: kite200 on July 31, 2007, 05:34:47 pm
:-\
Ok then.
How hard is the gaiden series to play if you don't know Japanese fluently, but know some Japanese?
is there a guide on the internet?
Unfortunately there are no English walkthroughs for the Gaiden game but I did manage to beat Gaiden 2 with some trail and error. They are like most NES RPGs gameplay wise. Town > dungeon > town > dungeon....
Famicom: Metal Gear 1
FDS: Zelda 1
Riki kunio games
Quote from: FamicomFreak on August 01, 2007, 01:47:16 pm
Mother
Great choice! ;D That game rocks! ;) I just played the original Mario Bros. :)
Gradius II
Contra ;D
ff3
Taito Basketball.
Still sucks...
merry bros 2(smb) in pirated cart....been a long time since i beat mario twice
Tecmo NBA Basketball.
I SMELL A REVIEW!
(Yes maybe I'll actually add content to my own freakin' site for the first time in months, ladies and gents! :D)
omg its one of my fav basketball games review it!
golf japan course for the disk system.
Kid Icarus for the Famicom Disk System! ;D
:D Awesome!
I'm not a huge fan of Kid, but I'd love to play it to see how the mic feature works. :)
Yeah about the mic fuction; in the game I went in a store (not the black market guy who doesn't want to lower prices) and talked and screamed in the mic, but nothing happened. So I did like in our versions of Kid Icarus and just pressed the A and B buttons on the second controller and then he lowered his prices. Im I doing something wrong? :-\
Just finished the game, and boy is the ending different in many ways! :o
Cool! -- but maybe your mic doesn't work! :-\
Yes it does work. Pretty well actually. I don't think that Kid Icarus was compatible with the microphone after all.
I've just been playing some Layla. I grabbed it on a whim, but the quality of the game surprised the crap out of me. Anyone else given this much of a try?
The only Famicom game I own at the moment is Batman, and I've been playing it a lot lately. The only differences between it and the NES version is that there is no opening copyright screen, plus 1-1/1-2 and 2-1/2-2/2-3's BG music is switched around.
Quote from: DDCecil on August 31, 2007, 07:04:08 pm
there is no opening copyright screen
Sounds like a pirate.
It's in a Sunsoft case, and Sunsoft appears on the title screen. The actual ROM is like this too, so I'm pretty sure (and hope!) its official.
the rom may be a rip of a pirate though, who knows
Tetris 2/Bombliss and Hanjuku Hero.
Quote from: DDCecil on August 31, 2007, 07:04:08 pm
The only Famicom game I own at the moment is Batman, and I've been playing it a lot lately. The only differences between it and the NES version is that there is no opening copyright screen, plus 1-1/1-2 and 2-1/2-2/2-3's BG music is switched around.
I have a question. I have a pirated Batman cart but it has a weird label on it. Does yours look anything like this? (http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/piratedbatman.jpg)
I've seen that label before. I had been curious what game was on the cart. Sucks that it's just Batman, because that's a kick ass label. :)
Yeah I had no idea what game it was when I first got it but then I saw batman and I'm like damn I first though it was a Castlevania game or maybe even beetlejuice.
Quote from: FamicomFreak on September 07, 2007, 09:35:01 pm
Quote from: DDCecil on August 31, 2007, 07:04:08 pm
The only Famicom game I own at the moment is Batman, and I've been playing it a lot lately. The only differences between it and the NES version is that there is no opening copyright screen, plus 1-1/1-2 and 2-1/2-2/2-3's BG music is switched around.
I have a question. I have a pirated Batman cart but it has a weird label on it. Does yours look anything like this? (http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/piratedbatman.jpg)
No, it's this one:
(http://www.japangamestock.com/images/fami-235.jpg)
Does your version have the Japanese music change, or is it exactly like the U.S./European versions?
Mother once again! ;D
Quote from: DDCecil on September 09, 2007, 12:28:40 pm
Quote from: FamicomFreak on September 07, 2007, 09:35:01 pm
Quote from: DDCecil on August 31, 2007, 07:04:08 pm
The only Famicom game I own at the moment is Batman, and I've been playing it a lot lately. The only differences between it and the NES version is that there is no opening copyright screen, plus 1-1/1-2 and 2-1/2-2/2-3's BG music is switched around.
I have a question. I have a pirated Batman cart but it has a weird label on it. Does yours look anything like this? (http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/piratedbatman.jpg)
No, it's this one:
(http://www.japangamestock.com/images/fami-235.jpg)
Does your version have the Japanese music change, or is it exactly like the U.S./European versions?
I'll have to check it out. Not sure but I think I have the roms so I'll try it out at the same time as the tv.
Antarctic Adventure - I beat Level 1 without losing, which is good because I didn't know you didn't have lives in this game. :P
Then on Level 2 I lost with 200 KM left on the last stage. :-\
Gradius 2.....still blown away!
Mother!
Hard ass game to play with no translation. I couldnt even find the key to the basement
dragon ball and ninja ryukenden 2
Metal Gear
Quote from: FamicomFreak on September 07, 2007, 09:35:01 pm
Quote from: DDCecil on August 31, 2007, 07:04:08 pm
The only Famicom game I own at the moment is Batman, and I've been playing it a lot lately. The only differences between it and the NES version is that there is no opening copyright screen, plus 1-1/1-2 and 2-1/2-2/2-3's BG music is switched around.
I have a question. I have a pirated Batman cart but it has a weird label on it. Does yours look anything like this? (http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/piratedbatman.jpg)
That face is from the movie
Nosferatu. Great movie ;D
Quote from: The Ancient on October 03, 2007, 02:11:06 pm
Quote from: FamicomFreak on September 07, 2007, 09:35:01 pm
Quote from: DDCecil on August 31, 2007, 07:04:08 pm
The only Famicom game I own at the moment is Batman, and I've been playing it a lot lately. The only differences between it and the NES version is that there is no opening copyright screen, plus 1-1/1-2 and 2-1/2-2/2-3's BG music is switched around.
I have a question. I have a pirated Batman cart but it has a weird label on it. Does yours look anything like this? (http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/piratedbatman.jpg)
That face is from the movie Nosferatu. Great movie ;D
haha really? Kewl
Is that supposed to be Max Shreck? ;D
Mother! My favorite game ever I believe.
gradius 2.....WOOHOOO!
I just played TwinBee. Apparently I've underestimated this game a bit; it's two players, has stages with Bosses, & the gameplay really kicks in when you get that "option" power up. It's like the predecessor to Gradius, except vertical. This is kind of what I expected when I played 1942; looks like Capcom had to learn from the master, Konami.
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on October 09, 2007, 11:10:13 pm
I just played TwinBee. Apparently I've underestimated this game a bit; it's two players, has stages with Bosses, & the gameplay really kicks in when you get that "option" power up. It's like the predecessor to Gradius, except vertical. This is kind of what I expected when I played 1942; looks like Capcom had to learn from the master, Konami.
Yeah I love that game and the music is wonderful! Shooting at forks is fun!
Mach Rider
Sweet Home. :)
Mario's time machine for nes...and boy does it suck! :-\
Rock Man Vi
I can't seem to get enough of Akumajou Special lately... it's so fun!
Zelda
Some Exciting Basketball.
Super Mario Bros 2 lost levels
Rockman VI
Rockman 2
Rockman board( don't know what the hell was going on)
Rockman 2.
Rockman seems to be the game all the cool people are playing recently.us :)
Quote from: MaxXimus on November 01, 2007, 10:08:20 am
Rockman 2.
Rockman seems to be the game all the cool people are playing recently.us :)
Haha yeah that's right I can never get tired of Rockman. I love playing through the whole game without losing a life or password. The series is just so enjoyable
I enjoy the game if Im able to beat any level, haha.... Im using a crappy yobo clone right now. I desperatly need to update, to a replica clone console at the very least.
F1 - Race FTW!
Earthworm Jim 3 -- I'd been looking for this for a year or so and got it in the mail last week. It's pretty fun, but what I'm realizing is it's basically the same as Sonic the Hedgehog and Donkey Kong Country...they all seem to be extensive hacks of the same basic programming.
Can you post a screen of ingame play? Possibly a pic of the cart?
I last played tetris in my famicom against my sister. She is a long time tetris fan.
Quote from: MaxXimus on November 04, 2007, 07:23:58 pm
Can you post a screen of ingame play? Possibly a pic of the cart?
HERE (http://www.famicomworld.com/Pirated/Hi-Game_3_in_1_Earthworm_Jim_Three.htm). I'll add a screen or two later; they're trapped on my little bro's digital camera. :P
City Connection
Nuts and Milk
Fist of the North Star (love the weird gore)
The Hyrule Fantasy: Zelda
Although when I had finished playing, I walked away as the FDS was saving my data... when I returned it still had the LOADING screen on. I took out the disk and it said PUT IT BACK IN!! so I did. Still the LOADING screen.
So I turned it off, then back on.
Yay, all the save files are gone. Awesome. :)
Samurai Pizza Cats!
Athena.
As a side note, it seems the pirated pokemon game "pocket monster" borrowed some of its graphics from the game Athena.
Quote from: MaxXimus on November 15, 2007, 12:42:32 am
Athena.
As a side note, it seems the pirated pokemon game "pocket monster" borrowed some of its graphics from the game Athena.
Maybe it's the same game but with edited character!
I can guarentee that isn't the case. They just borrowed a bunch of graphics.
I been playing Star Wars Famicom only version, for somereason I get messed up screen using the Game Genie though it
I played pizza pop!
Super Mario Bros 2j
Super Mario Bros 10
tmnt 2
i played
super mario bros 8
super mario 13
My games arrived! Just played Rampart and Quarth.
Quote from: popibros1 on November 29, 2007, 02:28:23 pm
i played
super mario bros 8
super mario 13
Do you have the "official" pirated cart of Super Mario Bros 8 or just a rom? I'm sure FamicomFreak will pay lots of money for it. He's been searching for a long time.
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
Mighty Bomb Jack
FamicomFreak would be willing to pay a bunch for it if you interested in selling.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The last Famicom game played by me was Arkanoid 2,
with the special analog controller!
I just beat Super Mario World, and I must say that though there are many similarities, the Famicom port is its own unique game, and even though some of the gameplay mechanics are off(like jumping for instance) I very much enjoyed it and look forward to going through the game again!
I also found a bunch of glitches(I am a sucker for glitches) like:
- freezing shells in the air
- getting yoshi into castles
There were a few more, but those are the notables.
Anyways, as I said before, great game! Maybe I'll try to play through Somari soon, though I doubt it. Even though owning the cart is cool, the game is so messed up in terms of mechanics(jumping, responce, level of difficulty, etc) that it may not be worth it. I will however go through and try the levels with the level select code I found on the net.(LDBARUABUDUD then Start after you hear the chime"done at the title screen") I played a few and they seemed neat in terms of level design.
I'm glad we have another SMW fan here. Most gamers who play this version poopoo it because it's not like the original. :P
In all truthfullness I actually found it more enjoyable in some ways. It also makes me wonder what the original official SMW for the FC/NES would have been like.
How many people on the forums have this cart?(pirated SMW)
About 4 or 5 people have the cart.
The last game I played was Dr. Mario!
I'm getting sick bad, but Dr. Mario did not help me out!
I have had too many overdoses, and the God-damned
doctor keeps throwing pills inside my mouth!
I'm too addicted to stop playing this game. I think that
I'm going to stop only when the top UberNES table of
records' score (http://ubernes.com/current-nes-high-scores.html#DrMario) is mine!
Ah! I'm ZEMO there!
Super Mario Bros 13
Salamander.
I played some Duck Hunt. :)
TMNT 3, love that game ^^
Which was that? Ive only ever seen 2 actual carts from when I was young. TMNT2 and what appeared to be the same game but completely iced over.
Quote from: MaxXimus on December 18, 2007, 03:45:27 pm
completely iced over.
Sounds like one of the later levels in TMNT 2.
NES TMNT = Gekikame Ninja Den
NES TMNT 2 = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
NES TMNT 3 = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Manhattan Project
NES TMNT Tournament Fighters = n/a
Turtles 2 rocks!!! My fav turtles game of all time!!
I specificly remember this other TMNT2 cart with an iced over label though. NES. Not Famicom.
City Connection! Man I gotta find me a 1985 Honda City :D
Double Dragon, but I forgot how hard it is >:(
Rockman 2. I was WAY better at this game when I was a young kid... >.<
Or was it that the USA version had an easier mode? In any case, that wouldn't really make a difference because I can't even get to the end of most of the damned levels, haha.
I find Mega Man 1 and 2 a lot easier than the others. MM3+ are hard, MM2 is frustrating at certain parts of the game. Mega Man 2 is the best out of the series in my opinion!!
Quote from: Mo on January 09, 2008, 02:27:06 pmMega Man 2 is the best out of the series in my opinion!!
I couldn't agree more!
I played Twinbee with my amigo, Andrew,we didn't get very far.
Duck hunt with the gun I bought off Jabra!
mappy. I love dropping the bells on the kittens lol
Twinbee is f!@#$%^g diificult but it is a challenge. I want to finish the game a lot. Konami games are in general very hard to play. :)
I think megaman 4 is the best. ;D
Quote from: Har the cat on January 22, 2008, 06:19:58 am
Twinbee is f!@#$%^g diificult but it is a challenge. I want to finish the game a lot. Konami games are in general very hard to play. :)
I think megaman 4 is the best. ;D
There is an ending to twin bee???
Haha! i dont know. Maybe there isnt :D
Super Mario world
Sky Kid :)
Dream Mary.
Tetris
Final Fantasy III.
My friend and I played Popeye and Donkey Kong. Now those are some classics.
Vs. Excitebike with a friend!!!
Very recommended!
Awesome, good to hear. I've been looking for a copy of Vs. Excitebike.
Super Fighter III Famicom
Final Fantasy 2
Yie ar kung fu.
Twin Bee.
Akumajou Dracula "Castlevania"
I'm currently hooked on mario 3
Herakles no Eikou - Toujin
I'm playing SPACE INVADERS!
For a decent highscore!
Until now I'm just 5,150!
Spelunker
Short game with some really annoying ways to die, but ultimately a great classic game. It reminds me of Donkey Kong in some ways. It's short (only 4 levels), tough due to some stupid controls and level designs, and easy once you know how to clear the levels.
My high score: 287310.
Dengeki Big Bang! also known as Clash at Demonhead.
Quarth.
Finished this one, I think. There's 9 stages, but you can choose whichever one you want to start from. I played through all the levels and finally lost near the end of the 9th stage (argh!). So, I kept starting over on the 9th stage and managed to finish it after 10 or so tries.
Now I'm seeing a screen that says GREAT in big letters and has a crowd of people repeatedly throwing my spaceship up into the air and catching it. Looks like an ending to me ;D
Hahaha. That's funny: GREAT. What an ending. I played Bubble Bobble, FDS version on cart. I love Bubble Bobble's ending...what's the most important magic in the world?
I also played some of the games on about 30 pirates and multicarts I got recently. I got one multicart that plays "Unchained Melody" on the selection screen. It's simply amazing! I love that song and it's so awesome to hear a real song as 8-bit. I think there are only about four or five real songs adapted for 8-bit, one on this multicart, one on Rainbow Islands, and two on Soap Panic.
If you buy one of those dance-mat Famiclones, you get more 'real life' 8 bit songs :P.
Sunday Funday for the NES had a karaoke thing in that played "a sing-a-long of a song by Christian pop band 4Him."
There's also this one Famicom game made after some Japanese band. It's a really bad game and it loops an 8-bit rendition of one of their songs over and over again. I'll look it up when I get home.
Cool. It'd be neat to do a write-up on these, with music samples. I think Famicom Karaoke must have some real songs in that series as well, though I think it's a lot of Japanese stuff we wouldn't necessarily recognize. I think Karaoke has Jingle Bells.
The game I was thinking of was Seikima II: Akuma no Gyakushu, based on the band Seikima II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEIKIMA-II). Family Computer 1983 - 1994 doesn't say that it's their songs in the background (I thought that it did), but it does say the music is repetitive.
Just beat Earthworm Jim 3 and Guevara. Both of them are really fun games.
Earthworm Jim 3 has, iirc, six levels.They go quick, but the game is great. It's got just enough of a challenge to make it fun, where most pirate originals are either too easy or too hard. The last two levels are cool because it adds a new element, this dog you have to help get through the level.
Guevara is really cool, and it reminds me a lot of today's games, where it's impossible to die because you just respawn in the same spot you died. So, the challenge is less about living and more about dying the fewest times possible. It's a tough one, though, because you've got all kinds of enemies thrown at you.
Return of Mario Bros. on my disk system 8)
Kid Dracula-fun game :).
Joy Mecha Fight, just beat Tournament mode on normal and working on hard.
Mario 8
The HK original named Pocket Monster. The one with Pikachu on the title screen with a red hat. The game sucks, but I was looking for a good laugh. :P
I was playing Rockman 4...soo many good memories...this was the first megaman I ever played.
Master Fighter VI
Beat hard mode on Joy Mech Fight. :)
The original Fire Emblem for me. I just love Marth, he's a great character. I'm so glad they are remaking the game for the DS. I don't know if they releasing it stateside yet, but I'll probably get the Japanese version anyway!
I played through Ai Senshi Nicol (FDS) for like 3 times. I really like this game! My only complaint is that it could have been a little more challenging. It's a shame it was never released here. At least, for commun players that don't have a FDS.
I'm also playing Nazo no Kabe - Block Kuzushi from Konami! A great game like Arkanoid, but only better.
hotman
A game called Jewelry. It's like tetris except every piece is 1 wide by 3 tall. Each cube in the piece is a different color, and pushing A moves the colors down. You need to get at lease 3 of the same color in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line to remove those blocks. Before the end of ever level there is also a joker piece that comes down (it is white and acts as any color) and the color it hits is the color that gets removed from the game. (if you hit a yellow with it all yellow cubes disappear)
I think its an HK original but I could be wrong.
Spartan X2 and Summer Carnival 92 8)
Fami~Freak. You really did get an amazing deal on that multi. :P
Quote from: MaxXimus on May 12, 2008, 06:50:09 pm
Fami~Freak. You really did get an amazing deal on that multi. :P
Yeah it came with surprises!
What kind of surprises? :O
Quote from: MaxXimus on May 12, 2008, 07:00:00 pm
What kind of surprises? :O
Well the cover said bruce lee which ended up being spartan x2 and pokemon green well was just another hack but I was psyched about spartan x2....I played it today for a while a lonnngg while and I beat the whole thing...kinda short but still awesome! I only gotten to the boss of level 2 of Summer Carnival 92....that game is insane!
夢工場 ドキドキパニック
tetris
Doki Doki Panic
Balloon Fight. Such a great game. :)
Quote from: MaxXimus on May 23, 2008, 08:14:44 am
Balloon Fight. Such a great game. :)
heck yeah
i once started to play balloon fight and it was 1:02
so i was playing playing and playing then i got a game over
i look back at the clock at was 1:50! lol
50 minutes isn't that bad.
When I was playing Zelda: Windwaker, I started playing, and the next thing I knew, it was 3 days later and I had finished the game. :P I didn't sleep at all, and I only got up to go to the bathroom a couple times, and to grab munchies when I ran out of them. :P
Quote from: MaxXimus on May 23, 2008, 10:15:49 am
50 minutes isn't that bad.
When I was playing Zelda: Windwaker, I started playing, and the next thing I knew, it was 3 days later and I had finished the game. :P I didn't sleep at all, and I only got up to go to the bathroom a couple times, and to grab munchies when I ran out of them.
Damn I don't remember playing games like that for a while. I used to do that a lot in my younger years though. I used to play Zelda a link to the past for hours and hours until I discovered everything. I played it so much that I still remember where everything is. :D
I got all of the trophies in WindWaker, as well as the tingle tuner/camera/pretty much everything else. I walked and searched every single bit of the game. :P
Quote from: MaxXimus on May 23, 2008, 10:27:26 am
I got all of the trophies in WindWaker, as well as the tingle tuner/camera/pretty much everything else. I walked and searched every single bit of the game. :P
Damn you Zelda freak!
I am not a big Zelda buff by any means. I just like OOT and Windwaker. Infact, I am going to play through OOT again soon. :)
Quote from: MaxXimus on May 23, 2008, 10:57:04 am
I am not a big Zelda buff by any means. I just like OOT and Windwaker. Infact, I am going to play through OOT again soon. :)
I might play link to the past soon to for the memories!
Dr Mario
Quote from: MaxXimus on May 23, 2008, 10:15:49 am
50 minutes isn't that bad.
When I was playing Zelda: Windwaker, I started playing, and the next thing I knew, it was 3 days later and I had finished the game. :P I didn't sleep at all, and I only got up to go to the bathroom a couple times, and to grab munchies when I ran out of them. :P
Um...I played gameboy Tetris for an hour once.
xD
Oh...Um.....Mario Bros 3. BEST GAEM EVAR?
Recca
Tetris
Front Line.
Pocket Green. (a hack of that hello kitty game with the frog)
I was playing a pirate Mario 2 cart on my NES. Had fun, but even better than the game was the list of instructions on the converter.
It's a NASA Converter, nothing special, and it reads as follows:
QuoteREMARKS: Since this is a sophisticated apparatus, should avoid to operate or to store under extreme temperature also avoid violent bumps is necessary; moreover, never disassemble it.
- Combining your game cartridge with this converter, then, insert them into your console.
- If you find the picture is flashing or isn't operating after turning the power on, please push "reset" button 3 to 5 seconds and releave. It will be ok.
My favorite part is their warm reassurance that things will be okay. I wish people told me that more often!
A side note, the converter got its revenge on me. When I went to remove the cart and converter from the NES the ribbon came out... and that was all. ::)
I have the same converter, but the ribbon never gave up on me :P. Does your converter use a lockout chip stunner circuit? Mine does and I'm looking to replace it with a real CIC for instant boot-up times.
You've got me on that question, I'd try to find out for you but I'm not quite sure how I'd go about it.
There's a nice dissertation on the back of the Mario 2 cart as well, looks like the cart and the converter came from the same people. I wish I knew more about these pirate carts.
Open it up carefully, and look for an IC socket. If there's nothing there, your converter cannot work on a standard NES. If you see some kind of McGyver-esque thing with transistors, diodes and resistors, your converter has a lockout stunner, it generates a strong negative voltage spike to knock the lockout chip inside your NES unconscious so it won't reset the game once per second due to the lack of a lockout chip inside the converter. If you see a proper chip in the socket, then it's got a CIC clone.
There's a small cut out in the bottom where the 72-pin connector that I can see though. There's a whole mess of diodes and whatnot that can be seen from there.
The thing works on my NES anyway, so would that mean that it's there?
Yep, it's got a CIC taser ;D. And I bet it takes a second or two for the game to display properly.
Cool beans! I always learn something new when I talk to you.
I played a little bit of Racca and Spartan X2. Then that kunio dodgeball game.
Mario 8
Super Mario World. This port never gets borring for me. :) I am looking forward to recieving R-Type pirate.
I played goonies last night. That game is a lot of fun!
Wai Wai World 2. Very fun ditty by Konami. And hey just wanted to say hello to everyone, as I am just a newbie here- hope to make some acquaintances.
Quote from: thegreatgonzo on June 06, 2008, 12:09:55 pm
ditty
:) Welcome to FW. We hope you stick around. You'll love the Famicom. Lots of good stuff.
Super Mario Bros USA :)
Super Mogura Tataki on the Family Trainer :)
Mogura Tataki tyotally rules.
I played that in a kids' arcade 3 years ago and beat the record there with my 1st try. :D
I got it online a few weeks ago from toysonlinehk and finally hooked it up to my Family Trainer to see what it was like. It was surprising how much fun it was--kind of like a 'whack a mole' with your feet! ;D
Of course, it's always more fun with a few beers beforehand ;)
yeah i know that.
ive got hyper sports with the konami button bash controllers. really simple, but its hilarious
I played Mario 2 the other day Mario USA I mean and finished the whole game. Lazy mario sleeping in the end.
Star Luster. My rank is: Cadet Wang :-X
Mario 6 ;D
Since I am still new in the Famicom world, can you guys tell me a bit about Mario 6 and 8? I assuming these games are on pirate carts? And from another post I hear that Mario 8 is the most sought after?
Fill me in!
???
I'm a Famicom n00b, and this is actually my first post on this board, but I just got Namco Star Wars the other day. What a strange game.
Can you tell me why the Namco Star Wars is strange? I'm all ears. Or eyes, anyways... 8)
Well it's a pretty good action platformer, it has levels that plays like Castlevania, Kid Icarus, and so on. What makes it strange is the story line. I can't read Japanese, so I have no idea what any of the text says, but each boss starts out as Darth Vader and then turns into some animal/alien. Luke has to rescue Chewbacca from some unknown planet, there are Stormtroopers on a Jawa transport, it's like the developers never actually watched "A New Hope".
Cool beans. Gotta love how the Japanese can make anything more interesting!
Wonder if they made any other games of the sequels?
That's the only one Namco ever made. There were later games made by a different company, whose name escapes me at the moment. They more closely followed the story though.
Just asking anyone who is out there.. has Bio Miracle (AKA Baby Mario) ever been included on a multicart? ???
Last game I played was Gradius 2. I hate dying in the first level though.
LOL GRADIUS.
Gradius is so hard. :(
I need to use a game genie and konami code just to get to those volcano things on level 1. :(
The Lion King, and Magic Dragon.
awww come on just keep trying and stop cheating you son of a beach
TOO FUCKING HARD.
Even with a ridiculous controller, it's too hard.
I just received and played all my pirates from Argentina. Awesome! A few highlights:
Dance Dance Revolution -- Decently OK (and is difficult to match up the arrows to score points, but has an upbeat version of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On!"
World Heroes -- your average fighter, but the way the dudes fight is cool. They have flowing garb. It's neat to see them jump through the air.
Aladdin II -- Kinda neat how Aladdin jumps and hangs. Otherwise, I didn't get to into it.
The Dragon -- the best game of the lot! Not only is it fun, but it's got two language options: English and Arabic. Yes, Arabic. I've never seen something like that before. Really cool. The fighters are ripped from Mortal Kombat, but nothing else is. It's not like any of the other fighters. These dudes actually worked hard to make the game. They didn't just steal everything.
Fatal Fury 2 -- Terrible. I would never want to play it again. It's piss poor ripoff of SF pirates.
Mickey Mania -- awesome because it's in black and white, except for Mickey. At least the first level is. It's tough, but fun.
Super Donkey Kong -- this is unlike any I've seen. I can't wait to post screens of this one. Everything about the game is great. I think it's the original pirated Super Donkey Kong, not some later version.
Earthworm Jim 2 -- poor compared to Earthworm Jim 3. It's rough and tough. I'll have to tackle it again when I have patience.
I got a few more games, but haven't tried them: Super Bros. 8, Toy Story, etc.
Sounds like you got some nice gems, JC!
Jealousy has reared its ugly head...
:o
Shhh... you'll get us caught ;D
It seems that no matter how hard FamicomFreak searches for this game, everyone but him can find it. :P
I actually didn't play my copy of SB8 yesterday, even though I had just gotten it. Maybe I'll get to it tomorrow. :P
Currently playing two:
Moon Crystal and Magical Kids Doropie - this one is pretty hard!
Power Joy 008! ;D
King's Knight
Quote from: corisco on June 18, 2008, 05:50:58 am
Moon Crystal
I really want this game, but I never seen any loose on YHJ. It's one of the first Fami-exclusives that was recommended to me.
A pirate fds version of Super Pig's Aki to Tsukasa no Fushigi no Kabe :-[
I played Macross, TwinBee, Arkanoid, Millipede and Pandamar all on my Power Joy 008 cart! 8)
I played Mario 8 yet again and then baseball simulator 1.000!!! GREAT GAMES ESPECIALLY MARIO 8!!! AWAAAAAAAAAAAA
My roommate and I have been playing a lot of Hyper Sports.
We couldn't beat the triple-jump until we used a toothbrush to slide back and forth over the buttons for speed. That hyper-shot controller can seriously take a beating.
But the last game I played was Teletubies... a mario bros. hack. Good times.
Do you need to press the buttons hard?
If not, hold the controller BACKWARDS so the buttons are facing away.
Put your thumb on the back, pinky on the side, and that other stupid finger on the side. I've found you can press buttons quickly with your Pointer and Middle fingers.
I dunno how big the Hyper controller thing is, though :P
wonder where that Power Joy 008 came from ;)
Actually atm been playing a lot of Nekketsu Hockey - mainly to try and write a review for this here site here. It's a good game, and should have one! :)
... ironically, I can't beat the girls' hockey team :( They're too fast!
Quote from: JC on June 27, 2008, 05:25:56 pm
Quote from: corisco on June 18, 2008, 05:50:58 am
Moon Crystal
I really want this game, but I never seen any loose on YHJ. It's one of the first Fami-exclusives that was recommended to me.
I got my copy(mint cib, yess!) on YAJ for 4.000 yens half-year ago, but sometimes you can see a very few copies there.
http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d84587992 final price is pretty expensive, and the box are yellowed, 3 days remaining.
Did you try the Rakuten Auction? Maybe you can find a loose copy there.
Turning to the subject, now I'm playing Hebereke, a pretty 1991 Sunsoft action game, Ufouria in Europe, I guess. Highly recommended ;)
Kid Icarus. It's hard.
Oh, and a famicom game fits perfectly in a sega genesis game box.
Yie Ar Kung Fu. First time playing I managed to get to level 13 before Game Over. Fun stuff!
Shin Onigashima. Ever since I saw the trophy of Donbe & Hikari on SSB Melee I've wanted to know what it's all about. Now that I can actually understand the dialogue in the game, I decided to buy it.
The story has many Japanese folklore themes (Momotarō comes to mind) and the music is fantastic (Koji Kondo). So far, I say Shin is a new found love for me. I love the cover art as well. Great stuff.
Yesterday I played Burgertime (cart) and Moero TwinBee (FDS).
Since I test games for the store, on an average weekend I play between 30 and 50 Famicom games. My life is good. ;D
Just found out what the game I just played is called: Youkai Yashiki (Ghost House). Thanks to risingstuff.com's site ;)
My copy is a pirate disk, tho :P
Quote from: ericj on July 15, 2008, 07:37:19 pm
Just found out what the game I just played is called: Youkai Yashiki (Ghost House). Thanks to risingstuff.com's site ;)
My copy is a pirate disk, tho :P
Glad to be of help. It's a fun little game.
Turtles, who says the water level is hard - piss easy - eh ;D
Haha. That's one of those stages I could never beat as a kid, but now I usually get through it on my first try.
Likewise! As a youth I hated that stage - it was a nightmare - may be because as kids we were Inpatient ::).
Otocky! ;D
Really fun, silly game! If you don't have it, go get yourself a copy! ;)
Kid icarus, on a big flat tv. It was ridiculous.
Quote from: ericj on July 17, 2008, 05:27:32 pm
Otocky! ;D
Really fun, silly game! If you don't have it, go get yourself a copy! ;)
I have it. Great game!
Today I had about 8 friends over and we played famicom. My wife is pretty good at Dr. Mario and it turns out I am a whiz at popeye. We also played a few rounds of Kinikuman.
Nekketsu Kouha - Kunio Kun!! I love playing this game so basic but addictive & fun ;D.
Quote from: nurd on July 17, 2008, 06:02:10 pm
Kid icarus, on a big flat tv. It was ridiculous.
I got my 52" Samsung LCD a few weeks ago, and surprisingly my Twin Famicom never looked better.
Just make sure you don't play stretched in widescreen, ugh!
Played Doki Doki Panic this morning, and swore a lot, hard f*** of a game.
Haha doki doki panic is a fun game after all except you can't run!! I played Mario 8 this morning.....didn't beat it this time because I was sleepy...maybe later
Quote from: TheClash603 on July 20, 2008, 09:22:51 am
Quote from: nurd on July 17, 2008, 06:02:10 pm
Kid icarus, on a big flat tv. It was ridiculous.
I got my 52" Samsung LCD a few weeks ago, and surprisingly my Twin Famicom never looked better.
Just make sure you don't play stretched in widescreen, ugh!
Heh, you beat me, the one I was on was 50".
Yeah, it looks really good on a big screen, but then, all of a sudden, kid icarus stopped working. :(
I hooked up my Twin Famicom to the projector my wife's grandpa bought the last day. :o
Mario in 80" glory. Just ridiculously cool. :D
Contra 8. The first stage was disappointing but thereafter I had many WTF moments
Quote from: manuel on July 23, 2008, 04:39:06 am
I hooked up my Twin Famicom to the projector my wife's grandpa bought the last day. :o
I have a projector in my basement, It's really fun to play Super Mario World or any other games on it. xD
Quote from: thegreatgonzo on July 23, 2008, 11:45:42 am
Contra 8. The first stage was disappointing but thereafter I had many WTF moments
I've got that one coming to me...sounds exciting.
Hitler no Fukkatsu. It'd be real nice to mod an NES Advantage for a Famicom for this game. Or maybe I should just play it on my NES with a converter :P
I love that game, but I've never beaten the first area :(
Quote from: nurd on July 24, 2008, 10:04:38 am
I love that game, but I've never beaten the first area :(
I always get to this point in the first level where there's a single enemy who parachutes in. I shoot him and grab his power-up dealy and then wait for him to drop in again. I keep this up for about 10 minutes. All of the power-ups that I collect extend the life bar so I can take two or three hits without dying. The game's not so hard after that.
I've actually never played it on cartridge. When I was Four, I had an emulator and a ton of games. I've been playing it on Nesplay (http://www.nesplay.com)
When I was four, they were still releasing new NES cartridges :-[
When I was four, gameboy color came out.
When I was four, they just released the famicom in Japan (1983). No NES yet. ;)
Bomberman II ;D.
Quote from: ericj on July 24, 2008, 11:42:56 am
When I was four, they just released the famicom in Japan (1983). No NES yet. ;)
Hey, me too. :)
I played Rockman 6 the other day.
Quote from: manuel on July 24, 2008, 05:59:25 pm
Quote from: ericj on July 24, 2008, 11:42:56 am
When I was four, they just released the famicom in Japan (1983). No NES yet. ;)
Hey, me too. :)
When I was four the PC Engine and Sega Master System were released. As well as Street Fighter 1, Double Dragon, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, Contra, Castlevaina, Zelda II for the famicom. NES got Zelda and Megaman. I just realized how much things used to rule when I was four.
P.S. - I am the same age as the famicom.
devil world
Holy Diver
Holy Diver is great, I need to get that one.
Its very decent. I saw a complete one for 57 dollars on ebay a few days ago...
Hence why I don't buy complete games lol.
I'm right there with ya... I buy 95 percent of my games loose unless I see a bargain. :D
Baseball
The game is pretty impressive for 1983.
Golf
Super Mario Bros. 2j
rock man 6 :D
I played Mr. Mary earlier today.
Splatterhouse Naughty Graffiti earlier today
Nazo No Kabe At least I think that's the name. I loved Super Breakout and this just goes to another level.
I played Mario 8 again yay!
Rockman 5.
It was in one of those Famiclones in a store display and the TV with volume on max. ::)
SD Hero Soukessen. Trying to convince my friend this game is a must-have in his collection. He is immune to my Jedi Mind tricks :(
Rockman 6
Bought it the day before yesterday and beat it today in the evening. Nice to see I can still do stuff. :D
WAAAAA I want Rockman 6! I played Mr. Mary again!
I forgot to mention I played Don Doko Don 2, too.
Controls aren't the best, but I can see that you could have fun with it. I'm sure I'll play it some more later.
AWAAAAAA it's the best!!! especially the super hammers! I haven't gotten through the whole game without taking a hit though....:(
Star Wars
I'm still trying to beat that damn game.
Quote from: FamicomFreak on August 21, 2008, 08:26:47 am
AWAAAAAA it's the best!!! especially the super hammers! I haven't gotten through the whole game without taking a hit though....:(
Without a hit would be very hard I imagine...
I only made it to the water levels so far and get hit all the time. :D
I love the boss in the water level. It's kinda of freaky and cute ! ;D
I hope the boss is cooler than the rather lame floating tree in level 1. :P
I remember a while back you recommended that game to me. Still haven't won a copy yet.
Dang everyone seems to have it but me. Bastards! Um I mean... good finds, my friends! ::)
Are you looking for the original Don Doko Don 2 or Mario 8? Which would you prefer?
waaaaaaaa that floating tree was kewl!! I played this game back when mario world just came out and it kinda reminded me of the concept of throwing stuff in the air to kill bowser in the final level. ahhh more great memories...
That's true! It reminded me of the Bowser fight in SMW, too. It was just a lot easier.
Ha I had to reread the thread. When son_ov_hades said he was playing star wars... I thought you guys were talking about that game!
Back when he first joined he recommended star wars for me..
Wouldn't mind either a Don Doko Don 2 or Mario 8 someday though..
ebay had a mario 8 that was way too much for me because it came with a lot of pirate games. Don 2 is more common to find on ebay.
I don't see any listed today. Guess I will have to add it to my hunting list. Got my daughter's birthday next week, though. Got to focus $$$ on that :D
Quote from: thegreatgonzo on August 21, 2008, 08:39:36 am
Ha I had to reread the thread. When son_ov_hades said he was playing star wars... I thought you guys were talking about that game!
Back when he first joined he recommended star wars for me..
Wouldn't mind either a Don Doko Don 2 or Mario 8 someday though..
Namcot Star Wars rules! It was the second Famicom game I ever bought. You should definitely track down a copy.
I think I'll put that on my hunting list, too. As a total Star Wars nut I think I need it. :D
Oh it's a must have for any Star Wars fan.
Thought so.
After getting the Laser Discs of the trilogy (nerdy?) I owe it to my Famicom to get a copy of the game. :D
Laser Discs!!! I heard that in Japan they actually had a "Hi-Def" LD player. Of course this was hi-def in a a late 90's sense. I've got a singe and a double LD version of A New Hope but I haven't gotten the rest of the trilogy yet. I mainly stick to Criterion Collection LD's. Do you collect laser discs as well Manuel?
I only own the Star Wars and Super Mario Bros. movie LDs.
Quote from: son_ov_hades on August 21, 2008, 04:36:36 pm
Quote from: thegreatgonzo on August 21, 2008, 08:39:36 am
Ha I had to reread the thread. When son_ov_hades said he was playing star wars... I thought you guys were talking about that game!
Back when he first joined he recommended star wars for me..
Wouldn't mind either a Don Doko Don 2 or Mario 8 someday though..
Namcot Star Wars rules! It was the second Famicom game I ever bought. You should definitely track down a copy.
I've seen it on ebay quite a few times and always goes for a little high price so I'm taking a guess that it's gotta have something good in it.
Quote from: manuel on August 21, 2008, 04:53:28 pm
Thought so.
After getting the Laser Discs of the trilogy (nerdy?) I owe it to my Famicom to get a copy of the game. :D
I only saw a Laser Disc in person once in my life. But yeah being a Famicom collector and Star Wars nerd, it's near blasphemy not to have the FC game. Oh and I have a Star Wars tattoo, I believe that's a win in the nerd contest.
Yeah, even when they were produced LD's weren't widely known. The average price of one was around $80 bucks, way to much. Some feel that they have better visual quality than dvd's though. I just like to get the one's that were never released on dvd.
When I was in 9th grade, we watched several videos on laserdisc in my science class. I remember that they were big like records and shiny.
Yeah, for some reason they were big with schools systems. I don't know why though. I remember there being National Geographic LD's at my school.
I played Chip & Dale 2 tonight. The game is not bad at all.
I played Goonies for the first time. I was surprised how fun it is.
Ha, I was just going to say I played that. Oh well, guess I'll go with Door Door.
Goonies is a great game I just can't believe it never came out on the US NES!! WTF IS THE DEAL WITH THAT!! The movie rocks too!
Quote from: FamicomFreak on August 21, 2008, 10:56:16 pm
Goonies is a great game I just can't believe it never came out on the US NES!! WTF IS THE DEAL WITH THAT!! The movie rocks too!
The Goonies was filmed in Astoria, Oregon. I've been to the house and other places from the movie. The town has a festival on every 5th anniversary (I think it's every 5 years) of the movie.
EDIT: Looks like they had a 20th anniversary festival (doesn't sound like it's every 5 years). I just moved to Oregon in 2002, so it was the only one I ever heard about.
http://www.thegoonies.org/Goonies_20th.htm
That is awesome. The Goonies is one of those movies that will be around as long as people are here to remember and find it.
Quote from: wentle85 on August 22, 2008, 06:31:17 pm
That is awesome. The Goonies is one of those movies that will be around as long as people are here to remember and find it.
Until they remake it...they utterly destroyed Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with their recent remake. :P
Goonies remake? ... *shudder*
The Fratelli brothers played by George Clooney and Brad Pitt...? :P
I wish they'd just let good movies rest and only remake bad movies, so no harm is done.
I liked the Willy Wonka remake, but it was mainly because it had a sorta of dark undertone and Willy seemed like a deeply disturbed individual.
Rockman 2.......Very difficult game !
Super Mario Bros. 3
Takeshi no Chousenjou ;D
the damn kareoke part w/ the microphone is soooooo annoying ... :(
not quite famicom, but nes( i just must mention it)
beat megaman 4 without continues 8)
Played Mappy last night.
WAVERACE....64.
hogan's alley
Pacman!
Dracula-kun
Xevious with my new Family Champ. *joy*
doki doki panic
Crisis Force
Why didn't this get a US release? No Japanese text and it's a great game, it really pushes the limits of the Famicom.
Utsurun Desu (a bizarre and hilarious game)
Why's it bizarre and hilarious?
It's a non-conventional platformer. The enemies don't make sense, some of your attacks are pointless, shops sell you items that you hurt you. I imagine the dialog is weird, too. The rom is worth checking out (although I may start looking for the cart, soon).
Played SMB2j, Smash Ping Pong, Bubble Bobble and Doki Doki Panic today. Dang, it was great to have some time to play Famicom games. I've been way too busy lately.
Fire Rock -- a really awesome FDS game, at least in the first few minutes I've played it.
star wars
Bubble Bobble (FDS port!)
Egypt
...fun puzzles... but really hard after the first 5 levels or so....
This Disk that has Zanac and Twinbee.
It's made of win.
Played MC Mario & Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa.
Dragon Quest IV
... not really sure whats going on ??? but i think it has a bunch of saves already on it....
Quote from: zombiepowder on October 23, 2008, 04:52:46 pm
Dragon Quest IV
... not really sure whats going on ??? but i think it has a bunch of saves already on it....
I have All 4 Famicom DQ games and dont understand how to play a single one of them.
Meikyuu Jiin Dababa, on Disk System. Recommended ;)
rockman 2
AV Beautiful Girl Fighting. There's this one fighter -- Jean -- who rampages through every fight. I've frustrated trying to beat her.
Golf
I played some Crisis Force today, I can't beat it even with the Konami Code.
Tetris
Yume Penguin Monogatari -- was testing it before a sale. Even though I've had another copy of it for a while, I'd never played it. Cute, fun game...
It's one of my favorites, but it's kinda frustrating when you can't make that fat bastard avoid the food. :P
Getsufuu Maden!
Don Doko Don & Akumajou Special Kid Dracula Kun. :)
I beat Transformers: Mystery of Convoy earlier. I'd beaten this in emulation before, using state saves to do it over the course of a couple days. I can't believe I had the patience to do it in one sitting on the actual hardware.
Rockman 2
Store displays rock. You can play old games at full volume, so everyone can hear you die. ;D
Quote from: JC on October 29, 2008, 07:06:33 pm
Yume Penguin Monogatari -- was testing it before a sale. Even though I've had another copy of it for a while, I'd never played it. Cute, fun game...
I was the buyer! First time I played it, I thought I was SUPPOSED to eat the fruit. Very fun game and thanks to JC for letting me buy it...
Reminds me a little bit like that Kirby mini-game where you eat the eggs, only, you're right, you don't eat the fruit.
Mario 11
Mario 8
What.
hahahahha man I want that mario. I played Mother a little bit today.
Famicom TMNT, or NES TMNT2 -- oh how they try to confuse me...
Well this is my first "official" post here at FAMICOM WORLD, but I may as well get started
off with a bang. Had the day off today and I've been playing my AV Famicom off and on
all day. Today I played the following...
Super Contra
IKARI III: The Rescue
Highway Star
Crisis Force
Downtown Nekketsu Story
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario World (HK "bootleg")
Samurai Spirits 2 (HK "bootleg")
Legend of Kage
Figuring on powering up Dragon Ninja and The Goonies
before the night's over though, and one day by GOD I'm going to
beat "The Goonies" ... it's never happened though since those
days back at the arcade playing the VS. cabs.
The Goonies has a very satisfying ending so don't give up. Great compilation of games you played there. I wish I was lucky enough to play all day in my days off but alas the wife wants to go places.....sometimes I feel like a cab driver lol
Been playing Power-Joy 008 all night long. haha. Been getting my Pandamar on! :D
Gosh, I wish someone would hurry up and find another Power Joy. I know they exist, likely 001-008 or more, but they never show up for sale. PJ-008 is awesome.
I saw one on ebay I was watching a while back. They took it out of auction after a day or two. I wish I had bid on it.
Quote from: JC on November 16, 2008, 09:34:35 am
Famicom TMNT, or NES TMNT2
Played it again and didn't get any further than the last time before I gave up...boss for level 2. i don't use up any continues, though...
That's my favorite TMNT! I like the pirate one the best because you start with 5 lives wekekekke anyways I played King Kong 2! SMASH SMASH EVERYTHING!!
Destroy everything?...
That makes me want to play Rampage again...
:)
hahaha another classic. Man I want to destroy more stuff now!
What would be the best version of Rampage?
Are there any good ones? :P
I think there is a psone version that's pretty good.
I 've been playing The japanese version of river city ransom (downtown something, don't remember).
Gotta learn some japanese 'cos i don't understand a thing when i enter to the shops to buy something !!!
Just beat for the first time in 17 years...
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/MX_5000/POWFamicom.png)
Strangely enough, beating the Arcade PCB of
P.O.W. is easier (at least to me) than the Famicom
port. Once I figured out the hit detection glitches on
what appears to be the same playing field but isn't
though... it was smooth sailing until I made a bone headed
mistake. But the last boss fight I forgot, how stupid it all
was. Guy was waaaaaaaaaay too over powered.
But I'm pumped. ;D
Quote from: Vikingo70s on November 20, 2008, 07:56:28 am
I 've been playing The japanese version of river city ransom (downtown something, don't remember).
Gotta learn some japanese 'cos i don't understand a thing when i enter to the shops to buy something !!!
Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari ("Story") if I remember correctly. It's a long assed title to begin with, will always be just River City Ransom as far as I'm concerned. The key I've found to winning at the Fami version without knowing Japanese is to have played the NES version enough, that you're familiar with the product placement of
Karma Jolt, *Stone Hands, Dragon Feet, Javelin Man... and of course
The Texas Boots. Outside of that, I figure if an item is expensive on the Yen scale in the respective stores, then it's gotta' be close to the USD in RCR. It's how I play anyhow. Just like how I more or less memorized the cut scenes in English of Ninja Gaiden, so I actually watch the scenes in Ryukenden and know exactly when Robert TS is going to be all: "Move it Hayabusa... get to the tower of laja!"
:D
Quote from: Agent X on November 20, 2008, 10:05:37 pm
Just beat for the first time in 17 years...
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/MX_5000/POWFamicom.png)
What sort of game is it? Cant find anything on a Google search oddly enough :(
Quote from: Lorfarius on November 21, 2008, 02:30:39 am
Quote from: Agent X on November 20, 2008, 10:05:37 pm
Just beat for the first time in 17 years...
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/MX_5000/POWFamicom.png)
What sort of game is it? Cant find anything on a Google search oddly enough :(
The above you quote is just the Famicom version of the NES...
If you've never experienced the awesomeness of
P.O.W. ~Prisoners of War~, by all means
run out and find a copy. Especially if you like/love
Beat 'Em Up/Roving Brawlers.
Quote from: Agent X on November 21, 2008, 08:18:30 am
Quote from: Lorfarius on November 21, 2008, 02:30:39 am
Quote from: Agent X on November 20, 2008, 10:05:37 pm
Just beat for the first time in 17 years...
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/MX_5000/POWFamicom.png)
What sort of game is it? Cant find anything on a Google search oddly enough :(
The above you quote is just the Famicom version of the NES...
If you've never experienced the awesomeness of
P.O.W. ~Prisoners of War~, by all means
run out and find a copy. Especially if you like/love
Beat 'Em Up/Roving Brawlers.
Yes, its a must have for any beat em up games, specially for those who like double dragon and spected for a fourth version
Now I'm curious! Any pics ;D
Yoshi's Cookie
King Kong 2
Quote from: manuel on November 22, 2008, 12:09:56 am
Yoshi's Cookie
you mean "yossi no cookie" hahahahaha :D
Haven't had much time to play today (as of yet) but after pulling
an all night shift I powered up...
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/MX_5000/HeavyBarrelFamicom.png)
The game is a bit easier than I remember it being in the arcade
or on the NES, but I managed to get dang near to the end and
ended up continuing like (3) times on a single red helicopter
gunship before arriving at the second underground facility,
pieced together The Heavy Barrel ONCE, then died and
had run outta' continues! >:( Going to give it another go in
an hour or so, then it's onto some nice *Gradius* action.
Bubble Bobble. Got to Level 57 without dying, and then Level 57 kicked my ass, as always.
hehe I played this pirate cart that has bubble bobble and started it on level 60(final level) I beat it just to find out that I have to beat it with two players! AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
King Kong 2...
EDIT: And some SD Hero Soukessen. Still haven't beaten it! :P
I'm playing Relic at the moment on FDS. It seems a bit...poor.
I played Captain Tsubasa 2
Lickle -- awesome game, if you've never tried it. I'm playing it for the first time and I'm amazed by its creativity.
I was just playing Atlantis no Nazo a while ago. Embarrassingly enough, I lost all my lives in the 1ST ZONE. Every time by bat poop. :-[
Those bats definitely poop too much. ... Or aren't they crows?
Mother. It's the only Famicom game I got right now. :(
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/MX_5000/Gun-Dec.png)
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/MX_5000/DragonNinja.png)
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/MX_5000/LordofKings.png)
...only three games I've had time to play in the last 2 days.
Been mostly working my butt off, going to enjoy me
two days of in a row finally though, still waiting on a
shipment from JGS, seems the parcel has been
stuck in Customs since the 28th? Figured it have
been here by now. :-[
Parodius ;D
I must admit....I've never played an actual physical Famicom game before....only ROMs...
If anyone would like to graciously donate a Famicom or Converter....just PM me :P
No, seriously..
Been working mostly as of late, or working on the web launchpad sections of Aggressive World (http://www.mx5000.net), which is proving to be a major chore. But as of lately I did play some PS2 (for once), and I played the following
two Famicom games...
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/MX_5000/DeadFox.png)
DEAD FOX: Human Weapon [AKA: Codename Viper]
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/MX_5000/Gun-Dec.png)
Better Known As: Vice Project Doom
Vice Project Doom is a fantastic game. Recently did a writeup for it in my blog ;D
Doki Doki Panic
Dr.Mario
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa
Time Diver Avenger -- can't get passed this part that seems to require a high jump... :-\
Antartic Adventure
Time Diver Avenger is really cool. It's got a couple of features. It's always decent gameplay and a unique feature that make a game. Well, the Time Diver, as the main character is known because he dives through time to rescue people, has mad hops off walls. You climb by hopping from one wall to the opposing wall. It's cool.
But the game also has another feature I haven't seen before. Last night I beat the first boss and was transferred to some time in the future for the next level. But, I lost so I gave up for the night. So, I decided to play again this morning. When I beat the first boss again, I was transferred to the past, like the Old West or something, instead of to the future. I've never seen a game that swaps the order of the levels like that.
Quote from: JC on December 14, 2008, 09:43:48 am
Time Diver Avenger -- can't get passed this part that seems to require a high jump... :-\
I caught a video of it on youtube.It reminds me a lot of Ninja Gaiden- looks like a fun game! If you have any extras someday I would be interested in getting it myself!
Quote from: skyrunner14 on November 27, 2008, 05:56:53 pm
I was just playing Atlantis no Nazo a while ago. Embarrassingly enough, I lost all my lives in the 1ST ZONE. Every time by bat poop. :-[
I love that game!!!!!
Star Soldier.
Atlantis no Nazo (emulator)
Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken 2
I played some tubular Mappy the other day...heheh
Doki Doki Panic
Mario Bros.
Doki Doki Panic. I got trapped in one of those nighttime scenes where you get the heart and coins...no coins, no heart, just looped music...weird glitch...
Tower of Druaga.
I played the Super Mario World pirate today with my brother. It was my gift to him for Christmas this year, which he really loved! Thnx JC. :)
I would like to proudly say: I FINALLY GOT A FAMICOM!!
And my first game I played... was....
Rockman 3 8)
Nice. Rockman 3. I always forget which one's my favorite. I wish I could take all my favorite weapons and bosses and put them into one ultimate Rockman game.
I played a bunch of games today. Mostly multis, testing to see what's on them, but also some Chinese originals. I guess you can't quite say you "play" Chinese originals since most are RPGs and impossible to play.
I played the kunio game where you are a samurai I guess?
Gimmick! (rom)
can't get past the first level... :(
Doki Doki Panic (disk), Doki Doki Panic (cart) and Super Mario USA. I was comparing the audio. I never paid attention to the differences. People always talk about the extra sound in some games, and I wasn't quite sure what they were referring to...
Quote from: JC on December 29, 2008, 11:13:56 pm
Doki Doki Panic (disk), Doki Doki Panic (cart) and Super Mario USA.
Stop bragging JC :P
Devil World
Well, actually, I have much more of an appreciation for the FDS version. The cart version is missing almost all of the sound effects. :P
ahhh you serious???? I don't want the cart anymore....."takes away five dollar offer" 8)
What's the highest offer you've gotten so far JC?
Gradius. Up up down down left right left right B A start!
Quote from: nintendodork on December 30, 2008, 12:28:28 am
What's the highest offer you've gotten so far JC?
Highest I got was $80, but I sold it a few hours earlier for $75.
Metroid. Yikes.
Haha I noticed the thread where you were asking all those Metroid related questions :P
Sweet Home.
Twilight Princess for wii, using Ocarina cheats through homebrew channel. :D
I didn't know they made Twilight Princess for the Famicom. :P
Doreamon
Volleyball.
I put my Mario 2 in upside down by mistake and an hour later I had lost about a dozen matches. :-[
Duck Tales 2
Joy Mech Fight ;D
so you finally got it huh? Awesome! I played Mappy
Quote from: FamicomFreak on January 06, 2009, 07:42:54 pm
so you finally got it huh? Awesome! I played Mappy
Yeah, he shipped it on Saturday and I got it yesterday...so he shipped it pretty fast. AND IT ROCKS!
And so does Mappy :P
Rockman 3 (for a gameplay video for Youtube)
Crayon Shin-chan, the Future Media version. It's such a simple but damn cool game for an unlicensed original. It's got some great specials, probably similar to things from the anime, that allow you to kill enemies by: 1) flying like some kind of bat, 2) doing some hula dance and what looks like playing a ukulele, and 3) removing your shorts and shaking your penis at them.
Quote from: JC on January 07, 2009, 01:42:13 pm
Crayon Shin-chan, the Future Media version. It's such a simple but damn cool game for an unlicensed original. It's got some great specials, probably similar to things from the anime, that allow you to kill enemies by: 1) flying like some kind of bat, 2) doing some hula dance and what looks like playing a ukulele, and 3) removing your shorts and shaking your penis at them.
I knew that game had to be awesome ;D
Joy Mech Fight
Tetris
It's a weird version. You rotate with up and drop with A. There's no way to speed up the drop. You're left with really, really slow or instant lock. It's also broken up into stages and rounds. As far as I can tell, it's 6 rounds per stage and you have to clear 25 lines per stage. The thing is, the stages are exactly the same. It's just a clean board every time. Boring. I also found a glitch: if you hold down select (which toggles whether you see the next piece) then the current piece will stop wherever it is.
I played Mr. Mary hehehe Mario Bros
What about the first famicom game you played? Mine was SMB.
My first Famicom game I played was Contra
Here's a similar thread, only not about Famicom specifically: http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=2226.0
Also, I think mine would've been some crappy pirate cart. Don't remember. I could've sworn we talked about this somewhere before...
Dragon Scroll, Konami action RPG. On my way to beating it.
But here's my previous efforts...
(Vid 1, released December 14, 08)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22qx8gq3Ok
(Vid 2 released January 3, 09)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUMY3Q0ofSo
Last game I played was Ballon Fight, got straight to rank #1 on balloon trip 1st time, I was chuffed :D
Takeshi no Chousenjou
....still stuck on the hangliding part :P
Hoshi no Kirby...
My first Famicom game I played was Rockman 3
Tetris again. I beat the hardest stage and got to see the ending. It's a Moscow skyline with animated fireworks. It would make a pretty cool screensaver, actually ;D
(http://ximwix.net/storage/tetrisending.jpg)
Tetris ending is awesome, in the GB version it's a huge rocket taking off and all sorts, I felt proud for the mother country :P
Robocco Wars
I remember seeing someone's fave game was Antarctic Adventure, so I gave it a go last night again.
I never found it fun and way too easy - then i found out you press UP continuously to speed up, that made alot of sense! Now I see it's a really great game and alot of fun!
Devils World
I played Duck Tales 2
Hoshi no Kirby (again) :D
I played tennis for about an hour last night, I got really into it - like 8-bit wii sports without the waggle stick :D
Nothing... my RF adapter decided to die.
oh man sorry to hear about that. I hope you can find a fix soon.
Quote from: Rogles on January 12, 2009, 12:10:54 pm
Nothing... my RF adapter decided to die.
I love my A/V cables :P
I'm sure you could find one on eBay for dirt.
I did last week.
Doki Doki Panic
Volleyball
Soccer
on my real FDS! :D
I played Mighty Bomb Jack for a bit last night; starting to like it almost as much as the original I had on my Spectrum.
Star soldier; my RF adapter arrived. :D
Hoshi no Kirby (store display)
I've been getting my ass handed to me in Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no Kagami. lol. That's the fds version of Kid Icarus to all you nes nerds. heh.
Game's hard :P
But the music is damn good :D
Ya, it has an awesome soundtrack and sound effects! World 2 is a lot easier than world 1 imho! lol. I didn't die once in world 2, I did die multiple times in world 1. I finally ended up dying again in world 3-2, which is when I flipped my disk and saved. I think I deserve a little break after all of that. haha. The boss of world 2 makes scary noises when you shoot him, gotta love that fds fm sound!
I can't wait to get my FDS...
First game I'll probably play is Tobidase Daisakusen (3D World Runner)
I was playing a ROM and I accidently pressed "Select" and it went into 3D mode..and I didn't know about 3D mode and I was like WTF
I finally beat Crisis Force, with the Konami code. ;) Love that game.
Quote from: son_ov_hades on January 15, 2009, 02:54:47 pm
I finally beat Crisis Force, with the Konami code. ;) Love that game.
You need the Konami code to beat this game .... ? Why not just play in easy?
btw, last game I played was Kage, but on emulator, online co-op with a buddy
The last game I played was Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic and I need to beat it threem more times. ::)
Why do you have to beat it 3 more times? ???
Well, I just finished Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no Kagami. Whew!, what an adventure! The world 3-4 dungeon was hell man. I got turned into an eggplant a million times! The boss was pretty easy though; but so are all of the bosses. lol. World 1 is the hardest, after that the game gets progressively easier. Well, imo atleast. The last boss was the easiest. Overall a great game! I recommend it to anyone with a disk system and some patience. haha. Waa? I see eggplants when I close my eyes! ;)
Quote from: manuel on January 15, 2009, 05:06:45 pm
Why do you have to beat it 3 more times? ???
Because in order to see the real ending you will need to beat it with all four characters. Yay to disk save! :D
Ah, so it is!
You learn something new every day. :D
Quote from: manuel on January 15, 2009, 07:59:59 pm
You learn something new every day. :D
True dat! Thanks to nintendodork I've learned that 3D World Runner has a FDS version! That's one of my favorite NES games ever and I've never been able to get the actual cart! But now it's just a FDS disk away! ;D ;D ;D
WOw didn't know that I love world runner as well one of the best Square games for the old 8 bit console in my opinion.
There's also a port to cart, I think, but it may not be quite the same...
Quote from: FAMICOMfag on January 15, 2009, 03:46:25 pm
Quote from: son_ov_hades on January 15, 2009, 02:54:47 pm
I finally beat Crisis Force, with the Konami code. ;) Love that game.
You need the Konami code to beat this game .... ? Why not just play in easy?
btw, last game I played was Kage, but on emulator, online co-op with a buddy
It's fucking hard man, I've beaten it on easy before.
Quote from: JC on January 15, 2009, 10:27:57 pm
There's also a port to cart, I think, but it may not be quite the same...
There's a Sega Genesis game that's a rip of off 3D WorldRunner
http://www.flyingomelette.com/oddities/oddities8.html
3d world runner is a rip off of the sega game doode! haha.
I guess he was missing his sarcasm tag since the page clearly says so :P.
And besides, the similarities are pretty obvious ::)
Quote from: turbo D on January 16, 2009, 11:39:06 pm
3d world runner is a rip off of the sega game doode! haha.
NOOO NOOO NOOOOOO!!!!!!! It's not true AWAA!
Mr Splash with my bro. He won :(
Quote from: JC on January 15, 2009, 10:27:57 pm
There's also a port to cart, I think, but it may not be quite the same...
Actually JC, that game you are thinking of is the sequel to World Runner, I think it's called JJ or something..
But World Runner is only on a disk :)
Quote from: 133MHz on January 15, 2009, 08:04:44 pm
Quote from: manuel on January 15, 2009, 07:59:59 pm
You learn something new every day. :D
True dat! Thanks to nintendodork I've learned that 3D World Runner has a FDS version! That's one of my favorite NES games ever and I've never been able to get the actual cart! But now it's just a FDS disk away! ;D ;D ;D
It's on it's way from Famicomshop.com!! I'm so giddy! :P
I got it for $8 loose in sleeve..
But it's still available CIB on Famicomshop for $16
Also got Doki Doki Panic in the same order with my CIB FDS w/ FREE game :D But ckenda1 tells me it's just some Mah-Jong disk..he even told me it wasn't that fun..
But it's the though that counts ;)
No. I'm talking about a pirate port.
Quote from: #589 -nintendodork on January 17, 2009, 04:23:23 pm
Also got Doki Doki Panic in the same order with my CIB FDS w/ FREE game :D But ckenda1 tells me it's just some Mah-Jong disk..he even told me it wasn't that fun..
But it's the though that counts ;)
Do not worry true believer!; pretty soon you will be able to write nippon mario onto that gay mahjong disk! 8)
OMG OMG OMG turbo D, you're right..
ckenda1 said that the FDS was a 7201 with alot of writing..hopefully it's a small board...
I don't think any of us can wait any longer for the writing tutorial :-X
I don't like writing over games. I'd rather get a real copy.
I don't really feel like paying over $1000 for a yellow square :P
Duck Tales
after burner
SMB
Wrecking Crew
Arkanoid II
F1 Race. Going to take a video clip of it in action for my blog as well.
I've downloaded the new version of Battle City. Some guy dissasembled the original Battle City and extract the original source code of the game and he re-write the game (not hacking), so he changes the maps, now they are random, enemies can pick up items, there are mini-bosses to beat to clear the area and more. He posted this in Nesdev forums, I pick it up from the website of this dude, but I can't go trough the LEVEL 2 'cause the dificulty it's insane.
If someone wanna try and beat me, there's the Nesdev link if u wanna try. (http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=3995)
3D World Runner 8)
Got my FDS today, I'm gonna post pics in the "Finds" thread
Quote from: nintendodork- The Board Yonger on January 20, 2009, 02:28:27 pm
3D World Runner 8)
Got my FDS today, I'm gonna post pics in the "Finds" thread
That game really is one of the best... so underrated!
Momotarou Densetsu
Balloon Fight
I played Rockman 4 a little bit today.
Merio -- cool SMB hack. If you've never tried it, do.
Quote from: JC on January 21, 2009, 10:29:44 pm
Merio -- cool SMB hack. If you've never tried it, do.
MERIO??? That's Mario's messed up brother!
DDP, when I got it, all 4 characters were used..the most used was Papa. Some Japanese kid got all the way to 6-2 with him, and I finished the game with him :P
Got to 5-1 w/ Princess, she was only at 1-2, which means she was the least used :D
MARIO 8!!! WAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
Quote from: ericj on January 22, 2009, 04:56:30 pm
MARIO 8!!! WAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
MC Mario
Mario 8.
Wah?
Wah.
Super Mario Bros. Frustration/Forever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in6RZzdGki8&feature=related
LOL I love that video! I crack up every time I hear that guy.
Galaxian
Super Mario Brothers 2! Beat it without warps!
Super Bros IV
Yay, its so fun to play!!
MARIO 4! AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
and Mario 8 AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
...are both games that I really want AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I think JC has at least one of those in his Sale thread.
He has Mario 8 for $20, but I don't have $20 :D
Joy Mech Fight, still can't beat Zone 4 :(
Formation Z
Tetris!
Star Wars
Damn this game is hard. >:(
Mario 8 and Mario IV are must haves for any Famicom player.
I still need Mario 8, to bad I am broke at the moment.
I lost my job, and am trying to get a new one; I hate the economy... the place I was working at closed forever.
Quote from: son_ov_hades on January 26, 2009, 12:26:16 pm
Star Wars
Damn this game is hard. >:(
I just got this game, CIB. Will play it soon...
CIB nice, mine's loose because I'm cheap. Be prepared for an awesome game though. It's tough and hilarious. but once you get past the OMGWTF you'll find a solid action platformer.
King Kong 2. Got 2 keys and nearly got a third. This game needs a password system or something.
King Of Kings!
Kid Icarus!
Quote from: nensondubois on January 27, 2009, 06:02:41 pm
King Of Kings!
I need more info on this title...anyone? I have checked the database and it seems to be a RPG?
It seems to be a strategy game for this video: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=h4uyJK7gWgQ (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=h4uyJK7gWgQ)
It's a weird playing card based RPG and I don't really understand how to play it.
It's also a really, REALLY bad unlicensed religious game from Color Dreams. ;D
Sweet Home ;D ;D ;D
Famicom Wars
Twinbee (ROM)
Fun game :)
I NEED a Sansui Joycard though, that game is a bitch on your fingers..
Doki Doki Panic.
I played dr.mario on my nes with adaptor but that counts right?
Well if it's the Famicom cart it counts. ;)
woohooo ok last game played Dr. Mario
I'll need to buy that, too.
It's almost as addictive as Tetris.
I have an extra copy if you are interested! 8)
RollerBall / HAL; on that device :
(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/2707/4fedfb54xe6.th.jpg) (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=4fedfb54xe6.jpg)
Woohoo! Just beat Animal Attack Gakuen! I wore the 3D goggles a little bit while playing, but it was a really tough game to beat.
Greatings
Dr. Mario... I luv the music!!!
Brandimer OUT...
Dr Mario and Tetris
Golf - pulse line cart....
snow brothers
Doki Doki Panic, found a Shy-Guy glitch
Over Horizon
Either Esper Dream or Akumajou Dracula.
... Actually, thinking about it, I just got a large lot of Fami games and had to test all the carts, but I didn't play any of them for more than a minute.
Shin Moero!! Pro Yakyuu '88. :)
Super Mario Bros
Unknown pirate game....jap title awaaa!
Post a pic and I'll tell you the title.
Quote from: Tjibynn on February 06, 2009, 01:00:26 pm
snow brothers
!!! Love that game, highly underrated Capcom gem. Too bad a good copy for the NES can get expensive...
street fighter 2010
smb
donald land
Duck Tales
3D World Runner w/ Hannah Montanna 3D glasses :P
Just completed Magical Taruruto kun. ;D
Clu Clu Land
I beat SMB2j earlier today (25th star)
But the last game I played was Takeshi no Chosenjou (which I also beat)
Strange coincidence; I beat smb2j today as well! I beat my pirate cart version today; no extra stars were added as all stars had been pre-unlocked!
Did the ending work correctly?
It showed the normal ending, but the song was retarded. It was a mixture of the regular ending song and the game over song. I used warps, so no level 9 :(. I'll beat it without warps when I have more spare time.
That's what I meant too, it didn't put a star on the title screen, because there's no more room :D
But if there was...it would have been the 25th star 8)
I was junking out on Galaga, and Galaxian last night. I love those games. Granted, they are arcade ports, but whatever. Was also playing Daiku no Gensan, but that wasn't the -last- one I played.
Super Xevious (gold, baby!) :D
I just beat my disk version of smb2j. Turns out my pirate was missing the dancing toads in the ending. I had beat the disk version without warps, not sure if that causes the dancing toads or not. This was my second time beating smb2j, so I'm not sure what is supposed to happen when whatever is done. haha. Got to 9-2 in the fantasy world, damn Lakitu killed me. Awesome game; it said that I was a super player! :D
edit:
I just beat the disk version again with Luigi using warps. The dancing toad remained. I guess my pirate just lacks it :(. Anyway, it was definitely a challenge to beat the game with Luigi, especially 8-4! Now my disk has 2 stars. I'm slowly catching up to you nintendork. ;)
Star Wars... finally! 8)
Quote from: turbo D on February 15, 2009, 04:03:31 am
I'm slowly catching up to you nintendork. ;)
You will eventually. My title screen won't hold anymore stars :'(
Just completed Raf World, had to use a continue though :(
Damn do I love this game, I had a blast. :)
Gradius. Finally got my RF switch. :D
Gun.Smoke
LEVEL 5 WOOT!
moai kun
Doki Doki Panic Beat it again.
Antarctic Adventure
2 minutes of MOTHER
Mr. Mary and Rockman 5
Mario 8 ;D
*Shakes fist*
Takeshi no Chosenjou :D
Duck Tales
Popeye Eigo No Asobi, for two minutes.
Someone should have told Nintendo that Holland refers to an area of The Netherlands, not the country itself. :P
SD Gundam Gachapon Senshi 2- Capsule Senki.
Quote from: son_ov_hades on February 21, 2009, 08:58:44 pmDuck Tales
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did/do. It's one of my favourites. Transylvania is such a nice level. :D
I like the Moon level...the music just blows me away to this day.....
Quote from: manuel on February 21, 2009, 11:20:34 pm
Quote from: son_ov_hades on February 21, 2009, 08:58:44 pmDuck Tales
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did/do. It's one of my favourites. Transylvania is such a nice level. :D
Oh yeah I love that game, I had in in NES a long time ago.
Doraemon.
Super Mario Bros. 2j
Mario Sonik II
Quarth and Ninja Kun.
Both are pretty fun and addicting.
So far I cannot get past scene 4 in Ninja Kun. Have to keep working at it. Then again, it was past 2am, and I was a little drunk. :P
Lagrange Point, using a walkthrough originally in Japanese, but thrown into Babelfish, and could actually comprehend the broken English
Little Dracula or [whatever the Japan name is, Sorry kind of new at this :-X ]
Either way I gotta say, it's pretty addictive and gives yea a challenge, That rail way scene is intense!
So good I can't even fault the clansmen bosses at the end of the first level. What's up with that anyways?
Oh and thanks everyone. this thread really is teaching me what to look for. You all sure love your pirated Carts ;D
Quote from: Rcoehrs on February 24, 2009, 01:26:53 pm
So good I can't even fault the clansmen bosses at the end of the first level. What's up with that anyways?
Obviously back then the Japanese game makers weren't too aware that the things they put in their games being culturally offensive in other countries.
That continued all the way up to the 90's, ever see the Japanese version of EarthBound?
The Happy Happy cult resembles the Aum Shinrikyo in terms of ideals, and are dressed like Klansmen. Not to mention that the Onett's mayor's name is W.H. Pirkle. Both were changed in the American version.
Yeah several Famicom games had some racial stereotyping..
Square no Tom Sawyer - that character Jim and his black face with the big fat lips
The thief from Wall Street Kid was originally black and had his skin color changed in the US version
Just finished playing (dammit I almost beat the end Tank too!)
JACKAL on the AV Famicom, using a adapter to play NES
games on it.
Before that was some good times with Mighty Final Fight
My goal is to hopefully be able to pass stage 2 of CHASE H.Q.
though as I find the Famicom game's controls nowhere near
as precise as the Arcade original or even the PC-ENGINE HU
Card version either.
SMB2j
WBlueSky lives FTW
If I had a band, that's what I'd call it :P WBlueSky lives :D
metroid fds found the screw atack for the first time ! thanks carl ! ;D oh and just beat zelda fds. its kind of funny after playing these games so many times over the years im putting in the time to beat them on a system i should have never played 8)
Lagrange Point. Just leveled up my main character to 9.
After putting Little dracula on the back bunner [God damn Lion and it's fire] I'm trying my hand at Yie Ar Kung Fu, Interesting game not to good yet but it's keeping my interest for sure.
Tower Of Druaga... I might make a game play video.
You should. I still haven't subbed your videos yet. I wish my connection was better, then I'd upload WAY more videos. I have like 6 on my computer, but I don't have the willpower to upload them.
If you put them in windows movie maker,(you don't have to edit the video, just put the movie in and "save as movie file"), they'll be compressed a LOT.
Windows Movie Maker doesn't cut it at all. Even after I publish the video from Movie Maker, it still takes like 4 hours to upload a 5 minute video.
oh.
Robocco Wars
Arkanoid
Before logging on 'bout half an hour ago or so
I played me the following on the AV FAMICOM...
~JACKAL
~Buggy Popper
~Super Contra
~Gradius 2
~Hello Kitty Balloon Adventure
~KAGE (Shadow of the Ninja)
first time I'd had the day to myself to just "veg"
out, so I made it a Famicom day, probably power
up the Mega Drive in a bit.
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/MX_5000/MRX.gif)
MOTHER. Blue Protoman convinced me. I like it!
ROM or Fart?
Mario 8 ;D beat it
The translated "Earthbound Zero" ROM.
Played Kunio Hockey Game!!!
Being snowed in with the car doors sealed shut by the ice, I managed to make a little progress on Super Star Force and Lagrange Point
Recently got in a shipment of games from JC as well as a bunch of pirate famis, so I spent a few hours last night "testing" them. I was sadly disappointed w/ a lot of the games tho. I kinda expected the pirates to have a ton of repeats, but didn't find too many games on them that I cared for, including a game that I have no idea how to play (Astro Robo Sasa). At least they all seemed to have over 15 unique titles, and decent ones at that (Rockman on one, a Street Fighter II hack on another, Contra on a third). What really bummed me out tho was playing a bit of both Metroid and Zelda 2 on the FDS. I've tried them both in the past on the NES and wasn't impressed, but I was kinda hoping if I gave either of them a shot it would be different. And while I can't say that I really tried too hard to like them this time, from what I've seen they do not seem like games I'd want to play. Oh well, got em for my collection anyway. (I got into playing Castlevania after I got the FDS version and now love it after disliking it on the NES, so there is SOME precedence as far as why I thought I might like these even tho I didn't in the past.)
Also I had thought the Wizardry games were all in English (or there was a way to select them to be), but after trying it, seems like it's half in English and half in Japanese. Unless I did something wrong.
Most of the Famicom games were of the platformer/arcade variety and, I'm sorry, they felt rudimentary at best. But you know the Famicom was around for so long that you have stuff like wrecking crew on the one hand and Super Mario 3 on the other; Karate or Fist of the North Star on one end and Mike Tyson's Punch Out or Double Dragon on the other. This is really true of the Famicom side (ie games not released on the NES). Plenty of jewels to discover, but twice as many are games that weren't ported for obvious reasons (cuz they suck).
I'm also sure that my particular tastes have more than a little to do with it. Even games that are considered to be classics (the aforementioned Metroid & Zelda 2, Mega Man, Super Mario Bros) I just can't get into. At least in those cases, tho, I can appreciate what others see in them. Astro Robo Sasa tho? Green Beret? Heck, Mario Bros Arcade? GOOD GOD NO! Some of them seem like Atari 2600 games with a few more colors and a background. Others aspire to have the control of a good Atari 2600 game!
Wow, I didn't mean to rant like this. It was just a bit disheartening to play so many games and not find anything that I enjoyed. Well, I did like the Golden Axe hack, shame that the graphics were a bit scrambled tho (is this a hack, an original or just a renamed game?). I think my frustration was compounded by the fact that I couldn't get the NES pirate to work and the Famicom to NES adapters also wouldn't work in my toaster (probably due to how most games need to be positioned a certain way to work properly and that's difficult if not impossible to do w/ the adapters).
That's what you generally find on pirate multi-carts. They tend to use games with simple or no mappers, therefore you don't see complex bigger games on these carts much.
Quote from: son_ov_hades on March 03, 2009, 11:00:03 am
That's what you generally find on pirate multi-carts. They tend to use games with simple or no mappers, therefore you don't see complex bigger games on these carts much.
Oh that's definitely true, and I really don't ever expect much from multi pirates like that. There were some complex games on them, tho most of it was typical pirate stuff (Nuts & Milk, ChackN Pop, SMB, Mario Arcade, etc). Trying to play "Fancy Mario" (ie Dream Mary, etc etc) was one of the "highlights" but it's only good for a minute or two before the effect becomes boring. There were even a couple games I'd never played, but I can't say they were all that good (Warp Man, for instance, which sounds like either a rename of SMB or a Mega Man boss).
Quote from: mobiusclimber on March 03, 2009, 09:55:48 am
Recently got in a shipment of games from JC as well as a bunch of pirate famis, so I spent a few hours last night "testing" them. I was sadly disappointed w/ a lot of the games tho. I kinda expected the pirates to have a ton of repeats, but didn't find too many games on them that I cared for, including a game that I have no idea how to play (Astro Robo Sasa). At least they all seemed to have over 15 unique titles, and decent ones at that (Rockman on one, a Street Fighter II hack on another, Contra on a third). What really bummed me out tho was playing a bit of both Metroid and Zelda 2 on the FDS. I've tried them both in the past on the NES and wasn't impressed, but I was kinda hoping if I gave either of them a shot it would be different. And while I can't say that I really tried too hard to like them this time, from what I've seen they do not seem like games I'd want to play. Oh well, got em for my collection anyway. (I got into playing Castlevania after I got the FDS version and now love it after disliking it on the NES, so there is SOME precedence as far as why I thought I might like these even tho I didn't in the past.)
Also I had thought the Wizardry games were all in English (or there was a way to select them to be), but after trying it, seems like it's half in English and half in Japanese. Unless I did something wrong.
Most of the Famicom games were of the platformer/arcade variety and, I'm sorry, they felt rudimentary at best. But you know the Famicom was around for so long that you have stuff like wrecking crew on the one hand and Super Mario 3 on the other; Karate or Fist of the North Star on one end and Mike Tyson's Punch Out or Double Dragon on the other. This is really true of the Famicom side (ie games not released on the NES). Plenty of jewels to discover, but twice as many are games that weren't ported for obvious reasons (cuz they suck).
I'm also sure that my particular tastes have more than a little to do with it. Even games that are considered to be classics (the aforementioned Metroid & Zelda 2, Mega Man, Super Mario Bros) I just can't get into. At least in those cases, tho, I can appreciate what others see in them. Astro Robo Sasa tho? Green Beret? Heck, Mario Bros Arcade? GOOD GOD NO! Some of them seem like Atari 2600 games with a few more colors and a background. Others aspire to have the control of a good Atari 2600 game!
Wow, I didn't mean to rant like this. It was just a bit disheartening to play so many games and not find anything that I enjoyed. Well, I did like the Golden Axe hack, shame that the graphics were a bit scrambled tho (is this a hack, an original or just a renamed game?). I think my frustration was compounded by the fact that I couldn't get the NES pirate to work and the Famicom to NES adapters also wouldn't work in my toaster (probably due to how most games need to be positioned a certain way to work properly and that's difficult if not impossible to do w/ the adapters).
Can't go wrong with Castlevania. It is one of, if not my most favorite series. There isn't any of them I hate on any system (though I hate the Wii, so whatever comes out on that I will not see). Looking forward to the PS3 release. Though I wish they would go back to 2d on the main systems. As for Zelda II, it is my favorite of all the Zelda games, so to each his own I guess.
SMB3, beat Bowser with Frog Mario ;D
Samurai Pizza Cats
F1 Race. It plays suspiciously like Pole Position... Which isn't a bad thing.
Splatterhouse, Master Fighter, and Adventure Island.
Good times all around, though I get my ass whooped on Master Figthter.
Spatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti is really fun!
Gradius 2
Quote from: shoggoth80 on March 05, 2009, 07:31:18 am
Spatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti is really fun!
I just got mine and only played through to the doll to try it out, but I like how quick all the controls are (instant chop with no slow down from the jump, etc.)
~Master Fighter VI
~Highway Star
~Excite Bike
~Salamander
~IKARI III: The Rescue
~P.O.W. Prisoners of War
~Super Mario USA
...all I had time for tonight really.
So since I couldn't get some of the pirates to work right (the NES one didn't work at all, the converters didn't work either), I took them over to a friend's house to test on his top loader. They all worked fine, including "Golden Axe IV" which had some scrambled graphics on the fami. And OMFG I couldn't believe this, but right away he recognized what game it was: Astyanax. Considering I never played that much of this game, I'm not totally shocked I didn't recognize it, but still.
Boogerman...gotta get the snes version of this game to see how it compares.
I thought it was a little ironic (and funny) that Nintendo has Boogerman on the VC, but it isn't the SNES version.
Adventure Island
Pokemon Red and Mario 8
devil world
Donkey Kong Junior Math
Kid Icarus, disk version on cart
Just got my copy of The Little Mermaid from JC a half hour ago.
I beat it TWICE!
I forgot about how ridiculously easy Disney licensed Capcom games are :-\
PS I love pink Famicom carts
I had totally forgot I sold it to you and then someone else tried to buy it...ugh.
Played a little bit of TMNT -- the NES version, as I was testing about a pin converter.
Final Fantasy 2.
Quote from: Rogles on March 02, 2009, 04:45:44 pm
MOTHER. Blue Protoman convinced me. I like it!
You will become a fan in T-minus one week. I did.
Pro-Wrestling
Dr. Mario
Crisis Force ;D Long time no play!
Robocco Wars. Almost made it to the end this time! :)
A hack of Super Mario Bros. called Pocket Maero. Guess what the changes are.
Oh God, that hack is horrible...
SMB2j
Just got Devil World in the mail. I've played it before, but it is a strange little foot-note in Nintendo's history, so it's worth the purchase. Silly and strange, plus it gets pretty hard as it goes on.
flipped Super Mario World! 8)
Kunio Hockey!
Just beat Kid Dracula--the last level was a PITA having to start over the bosses each time (managed to have 20 lives when I got there luckily...got 13 somehow on one of the minigames alone--the swords in the barrel one--had 5 lives when I beat the game..so about 15 tries for the last level :P).
And the ending looks one HECK of a lot like the beginning/ending of Conker's Bad Fur Day.
This game has earned a spot amongst my favorites.
Taken from YT (Am I the only one that sees the similarity?--there's even a wooden pitchfork on the same side as the wooden broom in Kid Drac)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i7/4regt4/KidDracending.jpg)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i7/4regt4/endingconk.jpg)
Somari...
annoying...
Quote from: Medisinyl on March 17, 2009, 09:56:45 pm
Just beat Kid Dracula--the last level was a PITA having to start over the bosses each time (managed to have 20 lives when I got there luckily...got 13 somehow on one of the minigames alone--the swords in the barrel one--had 5 lives when I beat the game..so about 15 tries for the last level :P).
And the ending looks one HECK of a lot like the beginning/ending of Conker's Bad Fur Day.
Maybe they did it on purpose? :o
/\ Considering how many things Conker's Bad Fur Day definitely copied, I suppose it is a possibility, but if I were to go looking for similarities in games, then I know I'd find all kinds of unintentional ones, so who knows.
They look strikingly similar, so I wouldn't doubt they tried to recreate it.
The framing is similar (big chair with curtain behind it centered in shot), but the similarities end there. The number of differences far outnumber the similarities.
Well, don't you run into copyright issues if you copy it exactly? And the differences aren't great at all. What, there's a few skulls? That's the only difference I see. As for similarities, you've got the pillars at the sides kinda faintly highlighted. You've got the big chair with one character in it. You've got a bunch of other characters to the left and right of the big chair...
We could argue forever, I guess, since we might never know for sure...
If you were to look at it the opposite way, I don't see how you could translate that CBFD image to 8-bit any closer without using the same characters and blatantly copying it--of course CBFD has a fancier 64-bit background, but every aspect aside from the absence of flying characters in CBFD is there (skulls on the chair are a minor difference).
Really, what's in the Dracula-kun picture? A big chair with a little guy in it and a bunch of people sitting and flying around it.
The chair in the CBFD is also big and also has a character in it, but the chair looks nothing like the one Dracula-kun chair. There are characters around it, but they're not in the same positions as the Dracula-kun characters. There isn't enough similarity.
It's like, if I drew a picture of a long table that had 7 people sitting on one end of it and an eighth guy standing on top of it, it wouldn't be a nod to The Last Supper. It's just that both happen to feature a long table and people.
But, yeah, agree to disagree, I suppose.
Another similarity: Characters in the thrones are of small stature
/\ That is one of the main things that got me to notice the similarity instantly.
To get back on track, and to predict the future, by tonight I will have played at least some of Somari, SMW, Splatterhouse, and Kid Dracula to show my sister and her boyfriend when they come over. Doubt they would care about the audio difference between the FC and NES CV3 games, but may show that as well.
AV FAMICOM for today:
~Master Fighter VI
~Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
~LAYLA
~Yume Penguin Story
~Mad City
~Pocahontas
~Mari Turbo: Street Fighter III
Pro Wrestling
Egypt
Rockman
Bubble Bobble
Quote from: JC on March 21, 2009, 11:27:06 am
Bubble Bobble
Disk System or NES cart or Disk System version on Cart?
disk on cart...
got in some time around noon time with the following games...
~Highway Star (Rad Racer)
~Downtown Nekketsu Story (River City Ransom)
~VICTORY ROAD: IKARI 2
~Salamander
~Mighty Final Fight
~Spartan X2
Gonna' power up the Super Famicom in an hour or so.
Super Mario Bros. Somehow I haven't beaten it yet...
/\ ??? Wow...NEVER once completed SMB1? I'm sure I've beaten it at least 100 times as long as warps are counted (probably only beaten the game all the way through no more than 5 times). Most of these were when I was younger and SMB1 was what I always played with friends to show off how fast I could beat the game :P
IT'S HARD. Actually, I had never played it until I had gotten it for the Famicom last year. I played it a couple times on emulators before that, but never really tried to beat it.
Electrician (FDS)
bubble bobble 2
Splatterhouse (definitely a good game, but too easy and rather short for a game with a password system).
On a Mario kick. So just finished Super Mario Land on the gameboy. Good and easy platformer. But 2 blows it out of the water
That's not a Famicom game.
I haven't played the Famicom since February! :o I played a little SMB2j for awhile, and then I played through Takeshi no Chosenjou
I played Gall Force last night, but I've been trying to beat Low G Man on the NES.
Finally decided to tackle Holy Diver (with intent to beat it)... It's sitting paused on level 3 at the moment as I'm taking a break from cussing.
Good luck with "Holy Diver". Had the game ONCE for six months and even after playing it twice a day for that duration I could never even get past stage 2. I don't think I'd cussed out a game, and yelled: "Bull fucking Shit!" so much in my life. It's a great game, but the cheese factor for how you get killed just wasn't for me. I sold it and never looked back. I love the game's atmosphere though, but can't for the life of me understand why it's so rare and commands high prices (even loose) on eBAY? It's just HARD.
That said, only FC game I've played lately are:
~Hello Kitty Balloon Adventure (with my daughter)
~Yume Penguin Story (I will beat this game!)
Stage 2 took me 3 or 4 tries to beat (I beat the boss the second time I got to it), but stage 3 has gotten me rather upset, so if the following levels are even harder, then I can't expect to beat it tonight. As for being sought after... its Castlevania-like image would be one aspect, then the other would be the references to rock/metal music with playing as Dio (one of my top 3 favorite artists), and apparently the possibility of King Crimson and Slayer being mentioned (I saw in a FAQ on Gamefaqs that the names "King Crimson" and "Black Slayer" are mentioned at the end or something, though the writer made no mention of possible music references, or perhaps doesn't even know the band King Crimson). The FAQ writer also mentioned "save state", so he clearly cheated to beat the game on an emulator--I'm of course playing on the actual cart.
EDIT: LEVEL 4!!! -- F'ing finally. Thankfully the level 3 boss was easy...took forever to get through the level.
EDIT 2: I haven't been playing it straight, but I've left the machine on and after coming back from a late dinner, I have yet to get past the first area of level 4, so it may be getting shut off until the next time I try to tackle beating it. I actually don't think I'll have too much trouble getting back to level 4, but it would be nice to have a password system. Ultimately, for the game to be as challenging as it is and for me to still be entertained with it, I know it must be a great game. Thankfully I was able to control breaking something--I credit that to the affixed Famicom controllers--if this were on the NES, then I would be on my third controller by now.
Again however, I've noticed this game runs much smoother than I would expect. I mentioned in another thread about how Kid Dracula played smoother without lagging on the Famicom, but lagged with too many sprites, etc. when used on the NES with a converter. I looked at a couple online Holy Diver clips on Youtube from emulators and they were complaining about sprite lag in areas that the game ran perfectly smooth for me on the Famicom with even more sprites. I had asked previously with no answer, but wanted to know if the Famicom is a more powerful system in some way (I have a Twin).
I played 1942 for a little bit.
pulse-line cart Golf
Still struggling with Holy Diver. I got back to stage 4 pretty quickly last night and played for a little while, then left it on overnight. I've been playing it quite a bit today, and getting through stage 4 is a breeze now, but I can't beat the boss (I generally get there with 3 or 4 lives and lose them quickly).
EDIT: And just shut Holy Diver off... Disappointed with myself :'( At least I know I can get back to where I was with little difficulty. Will probably wait at least a couple weeks before trying again. If I ever beat it, it will be the hardest game I've beated (and I have no idea what level 5 or 6 looks like).
Atlantis no Nazo, managed to find a couple of warps that got me to stage 95
Gegege no Kitarou
Managed to get to the second world until I kept messing up since I suck at the game =P
fun game though.
Flipull, Double Dragon III, and Mighty Final Fight.
SMW pirate. Thanks JC!
clu clu land
BB Car
That's Hwang Shinwei's version of Rally X, right?
Quote from: Blue Protoman on April 03, 2009, 11:40:51 am
Quote from: turbo D on March 17, 2009, 12:17:26 pm
flipped Super Mario World! 8)
Flipped?
I had
completed the Super Mario World famicom pirate. Just a slang way of saying that you beat a game. heh. :)
umm Kunio game don't know the name of it.
Quote from: 133MHz on April 05, 2009, 01:21:34 am
That's Hwang Shinwei's version of Rally X, right?
Yes. It's kinda hard...the enemy cars are too fast.
Quote from: turbo D on April 05, 2009, 02:36:06 am
Quote from: Blue Protoman on April 03, 2009, 11:40:51 am
Quote from: turbo D on March 17, 2009, 12:17:26 pm
flipped Super Mario World! 8)
Flipped?
I had completed the Super Mario World famicom pirate. Just a slang way of saying that you beat a game. heh. :)
I'm assuming you mean the abbreviated pirate, or do you have the near mythical full version?
Super Star Force
Nuts and Milk
Mr. Mary!
Super Mario Bros 3. I swear I'm so much better at this game on original hardware and a CRT. Wii emulation and a HDTV just isn't the same.
Ai Senshi Nicol
Golf
...damn wind >:(
Kaettekita Mario Bros.
Joy Mech Fight...
FINALLY beat the final level! ;D
splater house ;D ,cv3 ,and dragon ball 8).I'm real pissed off at how bad the movie is , and the fact that a fami game is closer to the show than a movie that cost more than we'll make in a life time. they only had 30 years to mess this up. i would like 5 min with the screen wright and a base ball bat!!!( im nice i aim for knee's) ;D
The movie really must be bad.
Japanese message boards are full with hate messages for it. :D
I think the movie would have been more successful if they just used another name... and other names for the characters. People expected Dragon Ball and got, well, something different.
a pile of steaming brown stuff ;)
Nuts & Milk & Kaettekita Mario Bros.
Recca: summer carnival '92 and Gradius II. Pure awesomeness.
Akumajou Special: Boku Dracula-kun
Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari.
I swear the Japanese version is harder. It may just be because I can't level up my stats properly due to the language... I really ought to get my English language version out and write what's what in the shops and menus.
Star Soldier
Lode Runner
Metroid
Street Fighter 2, damn those pirates and their carts that break so easily.
What does Nippon mean ???
Japan, I'm pretty sure. If you're talking about All Night Nippon, that's a Japanese radio program, essentially "All Night Japan."
I was playing all night nippon super mario bros last night
We learned in 5th grade Geography that Nippon means Japan. :P
Pandamar
(somebody dumped a PowerJoy 008 rom and I managed to rip Pandamar into it's own rom ;D)
Nice. I'd wanted that to happen for a loong time. Can Pandamar be placed on cart?
I'm pretty sure you can put it on a SMB cart.
Alice Cooper, a crazy SMB ROM hack, and then I played Drunk Mario, another ROM hack in which the controls switch on you randomly! :D I'd like to see Drunk Pandamar on a cart. That would be the coup de grâce of all Mario hacks!
There's a ROM hack of SMB with Alice Cooper?.... WOW....
Where can I get it for free for the JNES 6 emulator? I'm a big fan so it would be interesting to see what was used for mushrooms and what not.
PM'ed :)
Played tons of games, testing out some new sales items. Found some fun hacks I've never seen before, including a neat hack of a Hwang Shinwei game. Also played some game titled "RoboCop 3" on the label, which wasn't RoboCop -- I don't think -- and was pretty fun.
SMB Fast Mario hack
Dragon Quest IV
Hoshi no Kirby
The last boss is pissing me off so bad!! >:(
I've played SMB's called "Fast Mario" but could never figure out what's different. What's different?
Maybe it's different than mine. The only thing that's different in mine is that Mario runs faster. The time stays the same, the enemies are the same...Mario just moves faster. It's easy to jump over the flag like this. Also, if you run in a straight line for a little bit, the game sort of switches into Dream Mary "mode". Whatever's in front of you also appears behind you.
Yeah, the ones I've played never seemed faster. :-\
Bubble Bobble
Adventure Island. The first one is my favorite.
Don doko Don
Red Pig (AKA Porco Rosso Valiant Pig) and The Panda Prince. Beat Panda Prince. Fun, but pretty easy and short.
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Image Fight and it's actually pretty good :D
TMNT 2!
Banana Prince & Mighty Final Fight
I've been playing RockBoard all night long! hahaha. RockBoard is sooo much fun, you'd be amazed! The language barrier is not bad at all. RockBoard is a pretty straight forward game of monopoly, except you're rockman characters. If you enjoy both Rockman and monopoly, then RockBoard is definitely for you. 8)
Just spent sometime with Power blazer. God it's difficult.
Astro Robo Sasa on my GP2X.
Exed Exes all the way.
I finally got into some Banana gameplay. Not a bad game at all.
Rockman 4
Egypt
Super Mario USA
Rockman 5
Golf
MOTHER
I played PUNCH OUT!! Gold, o yea!!! it is a great game and a great collectors item too, but i still don't know why i didn't just buy regular MT's Punchout for 20 $ :-\ but anyway i am a collector and i am talking to myself :-[ ill stop.
Because with the gold PO you get poor grammar and misspelled words!
really! where, i didn't notice but any way it is an awesome collector's item ;)
How much did you get yours for?
700$ with box and letter and manual and game all in mint condition plus it came with a protective sleeve which is why the back of the box looked like it has tape on it but the tape is actually on the sleeve.
Quote from: JC on June 10, 2009, 03:16:59 pm
Because with the gold PO you get poor grammar and misspelled words!
An English teacher's nightmare!
Super mario bros. 2 such an excellent but hard game.
Zanac. The game and music are awesome. Plus, the name is fun to say aloud.
Donkey Kong Jr. Math
Super mario bros.
Slogging my way through Esper Dream on the FDS. It's not a bad game, but it's also not great. The action stuff gets tiring after a little while. Still it's one of the better Japan exclusive RPG titles for the FDS (of course, NO RPGs were ported from the FDS to Famicom if I'm not mistaken).
The Legend of Zelda was ported to cartridge in 1989 iirc
Quote from: nintendodork on June 20, 2009, 10:03:55 pm
The Legend of Zelda was ported to cartridge in 1989 iirc
Yeah, both of the Zelda games, but that's a whole can of worms right there (is it an RPG or an action-adventure?) that I didn't want to open. :) Beyond those two, though, I don't think a single RPG made it to the NES. And, in most cases, with good reason. XD
Lagrnage Point but only for the sound test.
a good little game or Dragonball: Shenron No Nazo. i always get too tired to finish this game for some reason.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Mario 8
Arkanoid II
I want a paddle controller...
super mario bros.
Salamander.
OHHHH MY GOD IT'S SO HARD
Famicom Basic V3.0 cart built-in games. Interesting...anyone else played them?
famicom pirate cart C.D. Decisive battle
Super Mario VII
Exed Exes
Mario 12 (Yoshi's Cookie hack)
Mario IV
Super Mario 7 (Grand Dad) and Mario 13. Thanks, FamicomFreak!
King Kong 2
Dragon Quest IV
Quote from: ericj on July 03, 2009, 05:57:26 pm
Super Mario 7 (Grand Dad) and Mario 13. Thanks, FamicomFreak!
np awaaaaa!
I played Harry's Legend and Mari Fighter 3.
Karnov
good old smb
Rockman 3, till beat it.
I played super donkey kong 2.
Is that a pirate of Donkey Kong Country 2?
Yeah the one with three levels. The snake level is a bitch to finish!
All Night Nippon on cart. 8)
Alright JC, tell us, how much did you pay Ryo? :P
$0 :D
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!? I WANT IT!!!! i will pay a load of freaking $$$$$$$$$$ for that.
The last one was Over Horizon, one of the best horizontal scrolling Famicom shooter.
Those guys who likes shooters MUST know this one.
It looks like a mix of Gradius and R-Type in certain stages
(http://www.coolrom.com/screenshots/nes/Over%20Horizon%20(2).gif)
I played (and beat) Sonic the Hedgehog, and then I played Mario 10 for awhile. It's one of the few (if not only) Mario hacks to use a different sprite than the standard SMB3 one that most Super Bros. games use.
Beat Sonic, eh. I don't have the patience.
Yie Ar Kung Fu
Gradius
Salamander
Star Soldier
I felt like shooters tonight. :P
Wow rogles nice selection. I played myself Gradius 2 the other night.
Fire Bam on the FDS. Way too much waiting/loading and flipping from B to A and A to B for me. Fun game, though. :)
Battletoads
binary land
Pipe V (pirate), aka Gimmick. Fun game! Thanks MWK!
Pizza Pop! Mario
Galaxian. Btw is pizza pop mario a fun game? what is the point?
It's a pirated Mario hack of Pizza Pop!, which is apparently rare. I like the Mario version better anyway :D I thought I saw an article about it on FW's main site one time, but I guess I didn't, because I can't find it now. Anyway, here's an old thread about it. http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=137.0
Also, check your PMs, famiac. ;)
Thanks nindork ;D
Just finished RECCA (http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii100/Corisco73/P7030431.jpg) right now on normal mode.
Playing Nuts & Milk, crazy puzzle-platformer game from Hudson. Epic game btw.
3 in 1 pirate which I made a video of in youtube!
super mario world (famicom) :D
Hello everyone. this is my first post. heheh
the last game i've played was tetris. heheh I was just cleaning my famicom then got stock with the game ;D ;D
Welcome X.
X like "Ecks" or X like 10?
I think he means ecks if his name has to do with his avatar.
yup :D. I'm a very big fan of X-Japan :o
Just got done playing choujin sentai jetman on ma 7in1.
waw. i played that long time ago heheh. that was fun. garuda eagle was my favorite robot :o
Hey X-Japan is cool.. Although the only thing I've heard from them is their Okkusenman remix. :P
Super Lion King
Punch-Out!! Special!
By the way 100th post WOOOOOO!
Digital Devil Monogatari: Megami Tensei. It arrived today. :D
Bubble Bobble 2 and Over Horizon, which I finally got in the mail yesterday.
Contra Spirits aka Contra 3 for NES. I noticed the second player can't use the bombs. I guess the programmers forgot to add the select input for the second player. Plus, we got stuck in level 5 (repeat of level 2) because of bad respawning near the beginning of the level. Another case of bad programming. It's a good thing there is an option to start with 30 lives ;)
Super Mario Bros 2 (USA)
Atlantis no Nazo
Zelda no Densetsu The Hyrule Fantasy (FDS)
Dragon Scroll (cart)
Beat SMB2j without warping once again :D.
I can't seem to play famicom right now because the guy who I bought my famicom from is taking more than a week to ship it. I'm getting extremely angry...
When is a good time to pull the plug on botched ebay purchases such as this?
Just message the seller. If he doesn't reply within so many hours, report him. I've never had to report a seller, but I've come very close. Sometimes they're just so lazy, they procrastinate and don't ship stuff for awhile.
I've messaged him many times... He speaks engrish AND TYPES IN ALL CAPS!
I guess I'll just wait a few more days.
Beat SMB2j again without warping and also beat Electrician :D.
how do you get through the long jump in 2-2, or 2-3 i think. I tried with luigi only but i dont think mario jumps that far.
Long Jump in 2-2: There are two hidden coin blocks. Hit them and use them to climb up to the pipe on top. From there you can do a running jump and arrive at the other side.
Youtube is always a good spot to look that kind of stuff up, too. :P
THANKS guys!
Wagyan Land 2
Megami Tensei II(Or as my uncle calls it, "Demon Fuckers II: Electric Boogaloo" XD)
Bucky O'Hare
Rampart. Pretty nifty game.
Playing some soccer simulator on my quattro arcade pegasus 4in1.
Rockman 4
Otocky
When I finally get an FDS, this is the first game I'll get. :D
Dig Dug
I love Otocky!
Air fortress, still haven't beaten it.
Finally some people who also like Otocky! ;D
Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Grafitti
Amagon
Pokeymon Gold
Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa - Got to Level 4-3 before I had to continue. I call World 4 "133MHz's Land". :D If you've gotten to it, you know what I mean.
(http://images.nintendolife.com/screenshots/3541/medium.jpg)
He should put that picture on his blog, and replace the baby with the shot of him from that picture with the lightning. :P
Summer Carnival '92: Recca
Im playing spartan x. How the hell do u beat the magician dude on stage 4?!
I think you have to punch his head off... or not punch his head off - I forget. :-\
Lol i figured it out. Its the latter!
Rockman 6
Joy Mech Fight. I plan on doing a Famicom-exclusive special on my channel soon.
A Super Mario Bros hack I just got from ericj along with BMBU
Here's a video by phatphunk on this very same hack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIqdrpW4Q5I
Nice hack! Do you have it on single or multicart?
Neither, it's on a disk.
Oh aight. The last famicom game i played was snow bros on 4in1. I beat it!
Yup. The disk and the case look like this.
(http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj287/pingaloquita/Mariohack-1.jpg)
Quote from: nintendodork on September 10, 2009, 06:31:25 pm
A Super Mario Bros hack I just got from ericj along with BMBU
Here's a video by phatphunk on this very same hack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIqdrpW4Q5I
I was laughing when you tried to go to the warp zone. :P
Silkworm pirate.
Dizzy on famicom.
Rockman 4
City Connection would be the last.
Armadillo!
Super Mario USA
Just played Mario bros up to 5-4 and got fed up at the castle so quit. It was fun.
This mornin i played some fancy mario, then moon mario!
Super Bros. 11
The game default gives you 30 of each item plus 10 lives. ;D
Sonic 5
*vomit*
Wait...there's Sonic, Sonic 5, Sonic 6, and Sonic 3D Blast 6..
What's the difference?
I had sonic 6, it started on spring yard.
That's the one I have, but the title screen just says Sonic the Hedgehog.
Yeah, mine too. But i have seen title screen variations on youtube. Does yours come in an orange cart? Says sonic 6 on the label?
Mine doesn't have a label, and it's in an orangish-yellow cartridge.
wagan land 3
PIKA, just found out it has world select on it.
I just picked up the Empire Strikes Back at my local shop which is a HARD game to find (and relatively expensive but I got a good deal). Just fired it up and it is awesome!!
Moon mario on 9mil in 1! I got over the flag, and was taken to an infinitely scroling castle! Im trying to repeat this to take pics
I also once jumped over a flagpole in SMB on the NES and ran and ran until time ran out. It was both cool and annoying. :D
Woah, manuel howd you do that? Mine is a hack where the gravitys all screwy.
I've managed to do it on regular SMB too, about three or four times in my lifetime. You need lots of skill (or luck!) but it's doable ;).
As 133 MHz said, it's possible.
But I don't remember the level I did it in or how I did it, it just happened. :D
Yeah that happened to me too, like 3 times on regular smb.
Golden Romeo AKA smb2j hack, tiles and character names hacked, the floor looks like smb 1 LOL
Hoshi no Kirby
Mario14. AKA kaiketsu yanchmaru 3. The last level was hard as fuck! I couldnt beat it.
Recca
Awesome shooter. Glad I finally got a copy of it. Thanks MWK! ;D
Pirated I assume?
Me too! Haha, this was also the last game I played.
Crisis Force! Just picked it up on Wednesday and it's great! Feels like Konami combining Star Force and Twinbee, with fantastic graphics and great Konami music, to boot.
SMB 3 brazilian pirate that lets you get any power up you want on the level select map.
I only got to world 3 :P Lol
Then again i only had 1/2 hour to play.
Thanks Nightstar699!!!!!!!! For selling the game.
No problem ;) yesterday i didnt play any famicom cuz i was grounded, but the last i played was aladdin 3.
Double Dragon 2: The Revenge - Sample Version
Hack of Doki Doki Panic and SMB ANN. Thanks RGB_Gamer! ;D
Whats the hack?
Pretty much all the sprites (player & enemy) are replaced in the game with different ones. There are tiny Marios! ;D
Played through my Crisis Force sample. It only has two levels and then it has two screens of japanese text, probably telling you to buy the game. Too bad there wasn't more levels but at least there were some difference to the released game :)
Mario 14
Wagyan Land 2, and then Pokemon Crystal. Thanks Trenton_net and Rogles!
Tengen Tetris on my 82in1 pirate cart.
new multicart game that I got yesterday. It is the same as the other one I found at the same flea market months back so it's going for sale.
Super Mario USA
Tiny Toons.
On a level, it froze, after all that hard work!
Pocket monster. I beat it!
Pokemon red 2000, the mitsume ga tooru hack. First time in a while ive felt really proud of beating a game!
Just got done playing famicom for 4 hours. Mainly played wrecking crew and spartan x 2. It was fun!
Quote from: Nightstar699 on September 30, 2009, 07:04:24 pm
Just got done playing famicom for 4 hours. Mainly played wrecking crew and spartan x 2. It was fun!
i Dont get how to play wrecking crew.
Look up some gameplay videos on YouTube. It's pretty fun once you get the hang of it ;).
True dat! :) gotta love level design mode!
Spartan X 2
Good old Super Mario Bros.
Mario IV, THANK YOU Dante Vale !!!!!
City Connection
(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/135/cityconnectioncat.png)
I hate that cat! >:(
Also I've learned that the piece of music that plays when you hit the cat is known in Japan as Neko Funjatta (I Stepped On The Cat) :P.
lol, losing for fun!
Mother (it arrived today, still waiting for Shin Megami tensei II.
Mappy
Educational pirate cart... har har
Armadillo. Played to the last stage, got mad and quit.
Lol me too!!! ;D except i played mario IV the armadilllo hack.
hahha is that final level such a pain in the ass? I played golf.
Yeees! Tough as hell last level. Famiac, good job with mario IV, i dont have that one.
Kabuki quantum fighter! Got it from MWK, great game!
Hey did you guys know that pandamar isnt a hack of mario? Its a hack of level select mario because it has level select and so does pika! And i went to the minus world in both of them and it was the NA one!!
Uhh, that doesn't matter. Where do you think the people who made level select Mario got their code from? ::)
Today it was time for a nice round of Dream Mary. :D
Quote from: nintendodork on October 07, 2009, 08:08:56 am
Uhh, that doesn't matter. Where do you think the people who made level select Mario got their code from? ::)
Jeez tough croud.
Sorry if I sounded mean, but think logically. The pirates didn't just make their own code from scratch.
Apology accepted, youre right but did you guys know pandamar has level select ?
Yep. And so does Frog Prince and Pika Chu. Not sure if they're all like this, but my Super Simpsons only has world select and not level select.
damn that game is so effin cool i love super simpsons.
Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Grafitti. I'm starting to make videos for my channel again. I'm surprised no one has unsubscribed to me yet. :o
Mother again. ;D
Tiny Toons 6. ;D
Got it from Bramsworth.
Aladdin III
Somari :D
Ball Story
Pac-man
Super Mario Bros IV
Yogi Bear (SNES)
Tom and Jerry.
It's pretty fun.
The graphics of this are nice if I remember right (from my emulation days).
The boxart is cool, too.
If only I could find a cheap CIB copy of Tom & Jerry, that would be nice.
Yeah, i'd recommend getting a copy.
I normally emulate the first level of a game before i buy, though.
That's a really good way to prevent big disappointments.
Multicart 4 in 1
Tengen tetris and kabuki quantum fighter.
Tengen tetris.
Quote from: famiac on October 10, 2009, 08:47:41 am
Quote from: famiac on October 08, 2009, 05:39:44 am
Quote from: Cult on October 07, 2009, 11:05:14 pm
Somari :D
I want that ;D Haha lol
I actually did buy that game hahaha Lol.
I last played My PJ-008
I don't have Somari, but I have Sonic 5, which is the exact same game only with Sonic sprites. The game is cool for what it is, but the control is simply awful.
Is sonic 5 the one that starts on spring yard?
My Sonic game does. It's just Sonic the Hedgehog, but it starts on the Spring Yard Zone.
Last game I played was Bio Miracle Bokkute Upa.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on October 10, 2009, 10:49:39 pm
Is sonic 5 the one that starts on spring yard?
Yes. I wish it started on Green Hill Zone though, because the graphics for Spring Yard are unbelievably bad.
Doki Doki Panic(cart) ;D
Quote from: MS-DOS4 on October 10, 2009, 11:32:05 pm
Quote from: Nightstar699 on October 10, 2009, 10:49:39 pm
Is sonic 5 the one that starts on spring yard?
Yes. I wish it started on Green Hill Zone though, because the graphics for Spring Yard are unbelievably bad.
There's a cheat you can put in at the title screen to get a level select..and music! :D
Left, Down, B, A, Right, Up, A, B, Up, Down, Up, Down
Joy Mech Fight.
Toy Story Bomberman ;D ;D ;D
Thanks Cult! This game is hilarious!
Got in an hour of adventure island 1 in before dinner.
lately great GRADIUS II.
ah Gradius 2 really is great!
been playing Crisis Force, not the hardest shmup ever but amazing from a technological standpoint.
love the way you change ships to deal with the different sections. red powerups over blue!
I see everyones been playing shooters lately. Me too, played twinbee, star soldider and galaga.
Teletubbies ;D
Felix the Cat, Famicom pirate. :)
Oh my god, you found felix!! Is the the hudson game or dragon co?
Tetris Blast and bombliss! The explosion sounds will blast the words "Holy Crap!" right out of your mouth!
Quote from: Nightstar699 on October 14, 2009, 07:35:03 pm
Oh my god, you found felix!! Is the the hudson game or dragon co?
It's the Hudson version--just like the original NES game.
Mario 8!!! ;D
Back GOTO. Future 4
Crappy title, great game! (blaster master)
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! That Super Macho Man kicked my ass.
I get my ass kicked by soda popinski and bald bull 2nd time is impossible... I only faced him like 4 times though.
Dick tracy. :(
Gyruss on the FDS. My version has infinite lives, no Konami code needed. :)
Rampart.
Shin Megami II: Digital Devil Story. It arrived today. The music is the best part.
Kiwi Kraze pirate
More blaster master. Love that game.
Bignose the caveman.
I was cleaning it earlier, and I said, " Time to clean out my Big Nose!"
Then I realized what that sounded like.
MS-DOS4 i thought you forced yourself to play famicom games :D
All Night Nippon Mario Bros. (on a FDS copy [I'm certainly not crazy enough to buy an original :P]).
Noticed differences that I didn't already know about:
Numerous re-located (and possibly missing) items (usually I found them elsewhere nearby if they weren't where they were supposed to be).
Also, the hammer bros. on at least the 3 level sections of 8-3 chase Mario with a vengeance (in the original NES game, they jump up and down the levels with little movement if I recall correctly, but in ANN they run at you).
I expect those must be noted about it online, I just didn't know much about it before playing it aside from the graphics swaps and different ending, etc.
Quote from: famiac on October 16, 2009, 08:41:49 pm
MS-DOS4 i thought you forced yourself to play famicom games :D
Well, blastermaster is a good game.
Super mario bros 3
Teletubbies mario bros.
Madara! It came CIB in near mint condition.
LOZ: LTTP pirate.
The Pagemaster (SNES) It's not really a doodoo game like most people think.
:( Trenton wont even respond to my PMs anymore... lucky
Why dude what happend?
Argus... ::) Lol
Namcot Star Wars
@Nightstar699
A big misunderstandung, i tried to trade my DSi but it broke and i threw it away and before that i had paid him 50$ for a game and it was reversed by paypal because it thought someone stole my Account, plus he said that communication abruptly stopped but it didnt, i sent 2 emails after that.
Tecmo sumo wrestling game i got from manuel, great game!
Played through Takeshi no Chosenjou. It was fun.
GRAAAAAH!!!!!!! I cabt get through 8-3 on smb!!!!! I tried sooo much!
Pooyan
SMB 3. What's up with that extra box-out effect when you enter a level?
Just an effect NOA thought was useless I guess. :D Have you managed to find all the other differences? I believe there are more, but so far there's that, and when you get hit by an enemy, you go back to Small Mario instead of Super Mario.
I don't like that change.
Super Mario USA. I guess the real ending doesn't exist in this version.
SMB again! CURSE YOU WORLD EIGHT THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you get to 8-3 with a Fire Flower, getting through it is a real breeze. If you don't get there with it, always try to get the Fire Flower. There are two Super Mushrooms, one in each of the Hammer Brothers' topmost platforms.
Quote from: nintendodork on October 22, 2009, 02:05:56 pm
Have you managed to find all the other differences?
Not many more. Is there a list I can go look at for all the differences? I'm interested.
Quote from: nintendodork on October 13, 2009, 02:34:20 pm
Quote from: MS-DOS4 on October 10, 2009, 11:32:05 pm
Quote from: Nightstar699 on October 10, 2009, 10:49:39 pm
Is sonic 5 the one that starts on spring yard?
Yes. I wish it started on Green Hill Zone though, because the graphics for Spring Yard are unbelievably bad.
There's a cheat you can put in at the title screen to get a level select..and music! :D
Left, Down, B, A, Right, Up, A, B, Up, Down, Up, Down
This cheat also works on Family Kid. Interesting to note with Family Kid is that the flag at the end of the level sometimes shows Mario (the same one from Somari) which makes me think Family Kid is hacked from Somari.
Quick question - What is Family Kid anyway? I keep hearing about it and apparently it's more rare than the Super Mario World pirate.
Levels & gameplay is exactly like Somari, but it has a different character sprite that replaces Mario.
Pao Ching Tien!! It was fuuun
GUESS WHAT!!!! Thanks to 133mhz's advice i just beat super mario bros!!! My passport to retro gaming was granted, now lets beat all the other 39 games i have!
Congrats man! Welcome to the club!!
YAAAAAY!!! :D partyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!! Haha beating all the games i have left will take me forever :P
The fact that i sent you a multi with galaxian a million times doesnt help either :P
Is that the surprise game you included?
No its the one with dream mary an moon mary!
Ok cool i wonder what the surprise game is...
It's impossible to beat Galaxian anyway, so yeah. Good luck. :D
Last Famicom game I played was Mario 9. I really like Adventure Island 2.
Quote from: nintendodork on October 25, 2009, 12:41:32 pm
It's impossible to beat Galaxian anyway, so yeah. Good luck. :D
Ahh but that is what makes it so challenging.
I playeda super mario bros!! (on 15 in 1)
The Quest of Ki
finally made it to level 71 but i can't get passed it... >:(
Ah i was thinking of getting quest of ki. Is it any good?
I am playing robocop 2 that i got from uninvited gremlin. I lovethis game!
Hey nightstar thanks for DBZ! hehe it's fun!
ahh glad the package arrived! and have fun with moon mario itsa cool hack
Yupsies. and its very fun to bounce off of enemies
They probably applied a Game Genie code and patched it but then again those Chinese software pirateres can make their own games.
boogers
Quote from: Nightstar699 on October 26, 2009, 07:34:18 pm
boogers
You played a Famicom game called boogers?
Is it any good? ;)
Haha it was 1997 boogerman, russian game
I played some ice climber the other day.
Rockman 4, oh yeah.
アイス・クライマー
Ice Climber. Didn't even have to use Google for it. 8)
悪魔の世界
Might have to go try out Ice Climber myself :P
I've never played it, but believe it's on a multi-cart I have.
Nintendo World Championships 98 competition cart.
...1998? Was there another one?
WOOH! I beat pao ching tien, my all time favorite pirate original. The jumps were hard as fuck. Great graphics! On level 5, it looked like a SNES game! Ahh... Now to go play some wagyan land! :)
...Huh, i guess no one else played famicom today. I just played doraemon giga zombie, then sumo game, and then boogerman. I got to the last boss, he owned me :(
Quote from: Nightstar699 on October 29, 2009, 05:43:45 pm
WOOH! I beat pao ching tien, my all time favorite pirate original. The jumps were hard as fuck. Great graphics! On level 5, it looked like a SNES game! Ahh... Now to go play some wagyan land! :)
Any screen shots of this game? I had never heard of it, and FW doesn't have much info on it.
Yea yea, ill try to take some sometime. Ill let you know. Its a great game.
Akumajou Denetsu. I got up to the clockwork so... fun!
So i krazy glued my super bros 6 cart back together. I went to test it, but ended up gettin hooked. I gave up on stage 4 tho. Twas fun.
-----
Wizardry: Legacy of Llygamyn
mod edit: Don't double post. If you post in the same thread twice in a row, edit your last post instead of making a new one.
Quote from: nintendodork on October 29, 2009, 01:01:01 pm
...1998? Was there another one?
1990. There was however, a campus edition in which students competed on a college campus.
Want to buy a repro?
http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=68
No donor carts used otherwise I wouldn't support the site.
Megami Tensei II.
The game's a lot easier when you read the text. XD
If you can read it. I got lost walking around in some building that plays like Myst-style so I gave up. Personally the music is the best part of the game.
Ah. In the beginning, when you're playing a sort of top-down RPG version of the first Megami Tensei, you have to beat Minotauros to advance in the real game.
Samurai pizza cats, the last stage was hard!
Quote from: Rogles on November 01, 2009, 10:45:54 am
Ah. In the beginning, when you're playing a sort of top-down RPG version of the first Megami Tensei, you have to beat Minotauros to advance in the real game.
I managed to figure that part out but I'm in building with green walls. I'll have to finish playing once I actually learn Japanese.
Contra 5! Even without snake eyes i put the hurt on cobra.
Played a healthy round of Rampart.
Binary Land
Destiny of an Emperor II
This game has me completely addicted! I think it's my new favorite RPG
Bubble bobble 2 :) on 4in1 tho.
Madara. This game is not that fun. I only use it for the Sound Test.
I kinda like madara. I played magical taruruto kun! Awesome game, i got to world 3!
Beat all of these games tonight:
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
SMB2j (with some warps)
Spartan X 2
Takeshi no Chosenjou
It was fun. :D Frustrating at times, but fun.
Impressive lineup, nintendodork! Here was tonights playlist for me:
magical taruruto kun
super contra 6
super contra 7
pokemon green!
Twas a fun night.
Edit: I forgot, also Bubble Bobble 2 and Snow bros!! ::)
More ninja hattori kun! Fantastic game!
BONK!
I was testing a bunch of games and popped in Yoshi's Cookie, I was playing it for maybe a quarter hour before I snapped and the trance and realised it worked :P
Rockman 2. My favorite rockman game.
I need to get Dr. Mario, I love that game.
Ha, funny you say that - I played Doc.M right after as it reminded me how much I liked it :D
After a few days without playing my fami, i enjoyed a good game of Ninja hattori kun! :D
I played Bonk, and the Rockman V
Magical Taruruto Kun Fantastic World! Without a doubt the most difficult games ive ever beaten. it makes battletoads look like kirby!!
Rockman II
I played Big Nose the Caveman until Until UNTIL.....My ac adapter fell out of the wall. >:(
Then I played Megaman 6 until I died, then I played Metal Gear.
Famicom Disk System bios. Mario and Luigi forever!
Super Mario World
1944
Played a good game of ninja hattori kun! My hi score was 71700!
i played galaxian against my friend and then it froze cause the controller are to short >:(
Mario 7 grand dad...this is a tough game!
A wholesome round of Ice Climber, then some Adventure Island 2.
Last night i had fun playing pao ching tien, super aladdin 3 and f1 race. today i beat pokemon red 2000, and mario 7 grand dad!
Adventure island 2. That game is a really good one. I keep finding myself wanting more.
Momotarou Densetsu. Sweet game. And i have a question. I have two similar purple carts, wrecking crew LB30 and f1 race LA16. Does anyone have some info? How many were made. Thanks.
F1 Race
Akumajo Dracula
FC Genjin once more. This game is really not bad at all!
Beat harry potter, then beat harrys legend. Takes patience!
Teenage mutant ninja turtles! I remember playing it a few years ago, it seems much easier now! Awesome game tho, cool cart too.
Super Xevious. As a fan of the original, I must say this game is awesome.
Beat ninja turtles, then played mickey mouse.
Electrician. I booted it up for some quick FDS tests and ended up beating it twice in a row.
Beat a lot of famicom games this morning!!
Choujin Sentai Jetman
Power Rangers 2
Daiku no Gensan
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Previously, I hadn't done anything more than test my Eggerland disk when I got it. I was in the middle of LOLO 3 when I initially received it. Someone recently mentioned LOLO games, so I finally gave it a proper play.
I expected it to be even simpler (in features) than LOLO 1 on the NES. However, unlike any of the other LOLO games I've played (1-3 on the NES), Eggerland is like those games mixed with Legend of Zelda 1. The screen shift is the same as LoZ and you can go in all four directions to get to another puzzle room. And what I particularly like about that feature is that some of the puzzle rooms can only be completed by coming in through the right door (and you can walk out of a room to reset a puzzle as opposed to killing yourself). Eggerland also has a save feature, which is certainly a plus after LOLO 3. The puzzles don't have to be completed in a 100% specific order , so if you get bored with one, there are others to find, and some rooms create a door that leads to a room with a special key of some sort. I only just started with it for the most part, so I'm not sure about everything, but it was interesting for me to see that Eggerland offered a fancy feature when I expected less.
Earthworm Jim 2. Forget if the version I have is the one considered the best port or not. It's hard to beat though :p
Eggerland has yet again surprised me... I got to a point in a puzzle where it seemed impossible, then noticed the bottom right corner had the snake thing under a "?" so I realized that had something to do with it. For whatever reason, I decided to block it in on all 4 sides to see if that would work, and then the whole screen went crazy and an odd Lolo image showed up that allowed a green Lolo double to walk anywhere on the screen and teleport to that location.
Just odd to me that Lolo 1 actually seems to be stripped down compared to Eggerland when I expected the opposite (Eggerland is older).
I love the lolo series. When I get a disk system, I'll be sure to get eggerland.
Super Mario Usa.
Beat teenage mutant ninja turtles tournament fighters, no loss, as donatello, on turbo hard mode. Now playing pocket monster.
Quote from: cubelmariomadness on November 22, 2009, 10:19:35 am
I love the lolo series. When I get a disk system, I'll be sure to get eggerland.
Super Mario Usa.
I definitely recommend you do that. The best way I can describe the difference is Eggerland is to Lolo 1-3 what SMB3 is to SMB1. There are a lot more special things you can do in Eggerland, and I think it may even have some of the best puzzles.
To note a couple more special features I've found in Eggerland that the Lolo games don't have... in Eggerland you can get a magnet that lets you pull emerald framers from across the room, and I recently found in another puzzle that I was able to shoot an enemy and place their ball in the lava to turn the lava into sand that could be walked on (reminded me of draining the lakes in LoZ).
EDIT: This eBay store has a bunch of sealed FDS Eggerland games at a great price right now (at this price, it would be worth getting it now during the sale). http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-Nintendo-Famicom-Disk-System-EGGER-LAND_W0QQitemZ220440475433QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item335346b729
Apparently there is a similar sequel on cartridge, but I don't see one on eBay. If someone is selling one, or knows if it is rare/expensive, then please let me know. (I also read about a disk writer exclusive game, but it was described as simple and short [how I would describe Lolo 1).
Im currently on world 3 of time zone... god i love this game.
Star Force
Yay I beat Transformers Convoy no Nazo today! ;D
Just beat the A-D worlds in SMB2j and only lost 2 lives.
QuoteIf someone is selling one, or knows if it is rare/expensive, then please let me know. (I also read about a disk writer exclusive game, but it was described as simple and short (how I would describe Lolo 1).
Lolo 1 is some of Lolo's Japanese games mashed into 1.
Eggerland Meikyuu no Fukkatsu video: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x62rwh_eggerland-meikyuu-no-fukkatsu-nes_videogames
Eggerland - Souzou e no Tabidachi
If I recall, there's more, but I can't remember them.
QuoteI will get my copy (old label) for Christmas
Wha!? Where did you find yours? You are lucky. ;)
How much did he sell it for?
I beat Ny nyankies! Tommoro i'll play tsuppari oozoumou.
Wow, thats a great deal. Youre a lucky man! ;D
Highway Star and JJ using the 3D Goggles. Thanks Rising Stuff!
Played ninja hattori kun earlier, I got to area 10 on level 4 difficulty!
Still playing Eggerland... I'm stuck on a room I can't figure out (maybe I'll post a photo of it if anyone knows the game [just knowing how to work NES Lolo puzzles won't help unfortunately...I don't think it can be figured out by just looking at it, which makes the particular room a bit of a flaw IMO unless there's some clue I'm missing]).
I finally found the map though (after discovering that the raft that popped up in a level I beat a ways back would let me float up to another puzzle room). I've also found another likeness to Zelda (sometimes secret doors will be revealed by pushing a specific block after a puzzle is completed [found at least two like that so far after discovering that in one room with a ridiculously easy puzzle and a bunch of blocks...figured there had to be something else]).
Guess I'll go take a pic of it incase anyone can help...
EDIT: Here's the room (the bottom right is noting that it involves one or all of the boxes in some way, and I've moved them in all sorts of locations, and can't figure out what the heck to do... :( I expect that once I figure out the trick, one of the things that lets Lolo teleport anywhere will pop up so I can get the key.
I had wondered if the arrow shape on the left side of the screen was telling me something, but it hasn't done me any good yet.
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i7/4regt4/lolowtf.jpg)
Earlier i played Power Rangers 2 pirate cart
That's no arrow shape.
The whole formation is the Japanese character "kami" 神 = "god".
Quote from: manuel on December 03, 2009, 12:39:55 am
That's no arrow shape.
The whole formation is the Japanese character "kami" 神 = "god".
Thanks Manuel, that's interesting to know ;D
Though I went ahead and looked up a walkthrough page that got me to a solution...that I'd already tried on my own in some form several times (though I expect I got them there after collecting the hearts).
This is what I found online: "Collecting the Heart Frames from this stage presents little to no challenge. The trick is to discover the method that will allow you to reach the chest. As the screen indicates, it has something to do with the Emerald Frames. To activate the appearance of the transparent Lolo that will appear and allow you to walk through the walls, you must make sure that all four Emerald Frames are in their original position before you collect the very last Heart Frame. As long as each Emerald Frame is in its original position, the transparent Lolo will appear. "
Guess I'll try it next time I have a chance to play it :P I hate that I had to look up an answer (I've spent a while on some of the puzzles).
EDIT: Having looked up the Kami symbol, I see that that was a clue to figuring it out... to complete the symbol, the framers have to be in the original positions. Would have been easier to fiddle with variations on that had I known it were a symbol (I need to learn Japanese =P). I expect someone that knows Japanese would have figured it out fairly quickly, so I suppose it's no longer a flawed level design :D (if it were a completely random looking solution, I wouldn't have been happy with it).
Yesterday I played Dick Tracy pirate game, and Sanrio Carnival.
Star Soldier projected on the wall 8)
Rockman 3. I can barely get any further in it than when I first got my Famicom. Which was basically beating one stage if I was lucky. :(
Circus Charlie
Just beat Eggerland. The best music tracks are saved for the end, but you do get several different tracks throughout the game, and the sound quality seems to be beyond NES quality several times. The ending and ridiculous boss battle are great too. Surprisingly some of the easiest rooms in the game were the final rooms, but you had to collect all of the guardians to be able to complete certain rooms (they'd give super speed [making for a very cool rapid dash through a bunch of Gols], infinite shots, and the ability to chop one tree down).
Having only been familiar with Lolo 1,2,3 on the NES, this game continued to amaze me with it's special features from beginning to end. There was always something new being thrown in (I even think invincibility and the magnet ability were used only once, but would have liked to have seen more of the magnet one).
They call the NES Lolo games "adventures" but Eggerland truly has the adventure aspect. Quite unexpectedly, one of the best games I've ever played, though I suppose now that I've done the puzzles, there isn't much replay value.
played some Pika earlier.
Musashi No Ken!
It came on one of the multicarts I got from Nightstar699.
;D your welcome
Dragon Quest 3, my favorite dragon quest game!
Quote from: Nightstar699 on December 11, 2009, 09:16:59 pm
Dragon Quest 3, my favorite dragon quest game!
I am glad you got it then, once again I very much appreciate the trade.
Flappy. Quite an addictive puzzler.
Ah, i like that game.
Battle city
I played some Banana, Mario Bros(they had big Russian hats on), and fast mario game.
Master fighter 2.... Beat as chun li. Super easy if you have a turbo co ntroller.
FC Genjin
Quarth.
Rocman X
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
Games on my new multi:
contra
gekitotsu yonku battle
fireman
duck maze
bookyman
Bishojou Control
Haven't heard of it? Good!
I haven't played a Famicom game in almost two months. :'(
Just about two months for me too.
Fire Fighter
Final Lap. I can't beat the last race but it's still quite fun.
Mighty Final Fight
Mag Max
Super Pitfall :(
Chip n Dale 2.
Spelunker II
Mike Tyson"s Punch Out.
Entered in Tyson Code, got knocked out first round lol.
Dragon Quest III
Bio Miracle Bokkute Upa
Ferrari Challenge
Taito Chase HQ with the Arkanoid vaus controller
Last game I played was Bubble Bobble 2 on one of my multicarts. Fun game, a bit different than the first one. Those little syringe guys are a pain!
Lucky! ::)
Power Rangers 2
Power Rangers 2, as I see its a theme.
I also decided to pop mine in the famicom.
Super Mario Bros (For those who say I couldn't beat the game without warping in that other thread, I made an 8 part video) ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0rbSziwOK8
FC Genjin last night. Beat it for the 4th time. ;D
I beat 3 great Famicom games (all no-deathed)
Power Ranger 2
Spartan X 2
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
City Connection
Highway Star
Pokemon Red. Beat it.
Hector '87
SonSon - Reached my personal goal of 200,000!
Crisis Force
I played Chip n Dale 3. Nice SHMUP
Chack'n Pop
I was playing a famicom multicart and it had a hack of MArio Bros. that alllowed you to swim through the boards...gave it some challenge in the dungeons cause you didn't just jumo you would float through the boards like you were swimming....
Finally beat the last maze in Chack'n Pop. They didn't bother to port over the intro, cutscenes, or ending from the arcade version, so it just loops back to the first maze with no fanfare or anything. The funny part is that the sprite for Ms. Chack'n (whom you're trying to reunite with) is in the ROM, but never ends up getting used. She's there, but you can never get to her ;D
I was just wondering why there was no intro or cutscenes in the FC version of Chack 'n Pop. Lack of storage space didn't make much sense and you've just confirmed that they didn't bother. :P
My favorite console port of Chack 'n Pop is the Sega SG-1000 version. A bit slow but pretty faithful to the original and it's got some nice catchy music too.
I'm leaning towards inexperience with the hardware. There's other unused graphics in there, too, like a full-sized Mighta, the water vial (which isn't used in the FC port), and this giant Monsta:
(http://ximwix.net/storage/chacknsprites.png)
I'm thinking they just brought over all the graphics from the arcade version and realized later that they wouldn't be able to effectively pull off the story elements.
Waoo, this is really interesting !
UglyJoe, how do you have access to those graphics ? I'd be really interested to dig into game Roms as you did.
I used Tile Molester to view the tiled graphics:
http://www.romhacking.net/utils/109/ (http://www.romhacking.net/utils/109/)
I arranged them myself in a separate buffer -- it's kinda like putting a jigsaw puzzle together.
Excellent, thanks ! I'll give Tile Molester a shot.
Some developers had to cut corners to make it all work. I wonder if more games (especially arcade conversions) have unused graphics like these ones...
I'm currently having a BLAST on Gun-Nac ! Such a great shooter !!
It is interesting to see how the American version omitted the part of the story with the Miko girl and the summoning of the ship. They cut out most of the ending too...
Hi No Tori!
I love that game!! ;D
I beat the chinese Dragon Ball Z 2 pirate fighting game as Gohan!
I haven't played my Famicom in such a long time. Just got in a game of Splatterhouse. Beat it in about 20 minutes.
Just picked up an olympic 999,999 in 1 cart....lots of interesting variations..may take me a while to just try every variation that exists on teh cart..... :-\
Mario Bobble (Bubble Bobble sprite hack)
Quote from: nintendodork on February 21, 2010, 11:54:15 am
I haven't played my Famicom in such a long time. Just got in a game of Splatterhouse. Beat it in about 20 minutes.
I have Splatterhouse on a NES cartridge,
but I have never had the opportunity to have the Famicom one.
Played a few levels from Mega Man 6 on my delicious megaman 6 in 1 pirate.
Seems much harder than the American version... did the Japanese feel Americans were too incompetent and made the game easier for western audiences?
Probably. It is definitely harder though.
Akumajou Densetsu
DBZ pirate fighter game
DDP hack with invincibility. ;D
Ikki, I figured I'd play it since its been awhile since last time I played.
Hammering Harry!
Magic Jewelry
I love Magic Jewelry! Its great.
Apparently we're in the mood for some Hwang Shinwei games :P
Oh, yea!
I really enjoy the ever-changing color of the statue of liberty!
Playing Magic Jewelry makes me hungry for candy for some reason.
Played WITTS, pretty good game. Specially for two players ;D
I finally took out my famicom out of the closet and stopped using my NES so I played some Contra and pretended it was the late 80s ahhh I even turned the internet off, the phone off, and left my laptop outside so I wouldn't see it at all....har har har!
I played some Atlantis No Nazo, Ai Senshi Nicol and Yuu Maze last night, great games.
I last played Argus, I just love that game so much especially when you change into a Mech.
Circus game....it's pirate one!
Tetris Flash
I played NInja Gaiden 3 pirate until I got to level 6 and the cart got all messed up :( I will try again another day.
I brought Street Fighter VI 12 Peoples to school today and played about an hour of it against a few friends. It's actually really fun when you get a group together and play it.
New Ghosts Busters 2!
Snake Rattle N Roll
Today i was playing ninja ryukenden 2. I get to the last boss but he killed me a lot of times...i quit playing ;D
The 7 (8 maybe, idk) built in games in the Power Joy famiclone. :)
Game Doctor FDS version of Rainbow Islands: Bubble Bobble 2, that I just got in the mail today.
Pocket Monster!!! ;D
Mappy Land FDS Game Doctor version.
Don doko don
Vs. Excitebike
New Ghost Busters 2 ;D
Rockman 4 Sparking To Hero.
It's a really great rom hack.
FDS version of the Zelda sprite hack of SMB.
Contra
Galaga
Galaxian
Binary Land
Batman , i love that game.
The Famicom version has the first stage BGM switched with the second stage, very dumb decision.
Clu Clu Land, it remains addicting.
Don Doko Don
Zelda 2. The FDS sound effects are downright frightening.
Final Lap (got a game over just to hear the song on hardware.)
Desert Commander.
Can't read a lick of Japanese, but it's a fun game to play once you figure out what the hell is going on.
guess you could say that about a lot of famicom games
Desert Commander is fun game, primitive rts but still pretty fun.
Star Wars
Takahashi Meijin no Bugtte Honey (anybody interested? I have spare copies)
Rockman 3
Tested out a Famicom...
Quote from: manuel on April 18, 2010, 08:31:19 am
Takahashi Meijin no Bugtte Honey (anybody interested? I have spare copies)
Rockman 3
Tested out a Famicom...
What is Takahashi Meijin No Bugtte?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEVlJh4WfOg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEVlJh4WfOg)
Oh yeah I know that game. I played pirate multi cart a bit today before I placed my famicom away. Now I will need to use my adapter with nes to play famicom games.
Tetris Flash
My Somari/Earthworm Jim 3 cartridge!! Yea!
Quote from: MasterDisk on April 25, 2010, 11:30:29 am
Super Mario World on 45in1
Jeeze, way to show me up. Lol.
But anyways, awesome cartridge.
Tetris BPS
Wait and See! The Dragon company pirate from MWK.
(http://i41.tinypic.com/wryzyq.jpg)
Somari on my new AV Famicom! Woohoo!
Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffitti... in preparation for my next video. ;)
/\ One of my favorite games on the Fami. Can't wait for the video!
Gradius II and Dragon Ninja game doctor versions on the FDS freshly written to disk with my MGD1.
Today, I continue my quest to get further in Earthworm Jim 3... the 2nd boss is ridiculously difficult to kill. ;D
Mario 8 is back!
Yay, FamicomFreak;
I am glad you are playing it again as it took you forever to get it.
Today i was testing my new famicom games:
Kinnikuman (i don´t know the real name)
Legend of Kage
Kunio Nekketsu soccer (or something like thath)
A tank game by SNK
A crappy baseball games (i hate these games in lots)
and a few others
Beat Doki! Doki! Yuuenchi (game that was later turned into Trolls in Crazyland for PAL NES)... Definitely a great game (was also surprised by a second/final boss battle AFTER the credits, followed by a final ending screen). Though the two final bosses were rather average in difficulty (the prior stage boss [giant cat thing] took me many tries to beat). Has several rollercoaster type levels that remind me greatly of the mine-cart levels in Donkey Kong Country. The 3-d-esque platforms are rather SNES-like as well...
Currently playing Samurai Pizza Cats (on the same 2-game multi-cart as Doki! Doki Yuuenchi :P) I believe I'm near the end, but the game has been really easy thus far :-\ Still, it appears to have some of the best animated cut-scenes of any 8-bit games (despite the fact I can't read any of them). General gameplay is great (very Mega Man-like with 7 characters [5 switchable at any time during play], each with multiple, unique special abilities [including swimming, smashing walls/blocks, flying, digging, and various special attacks]).
I would recommend both of the mentioned games--both are top-notch side-scrollers.
EDIT: And just beat Samurai Pizza Cats...
What's with games called Doki Doki becoming different games? :D
Lol, good point nenson. I love samurai pizza cats! I have it on game boy advance on 25 in 1. Might play it in a bit.....
a tennis game from namcot (yes namcot and not namco)
Post Merge: May 08, 2010, 10:53:08 am
twin bee with my stepbro. he sucks, he died on the first level and i made it to level 3, then i had to leave :(
HK port of Pac-Land on the FDS.
Super Mario Bros IV (Rock and Ball Mario)
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on May 08, 2010, 06:31:57 pm
Super Mario Bros IV (Rock and Ball Mario)
If you have the cart, does yours ever play somewhat choppy? My graphics don't glitch on mine at all, but it stops a bit at times, perhaps similar to sprite overload I suppose (would have to paly it again to give a better description... it isn't terrible)... I got it recently and wondered if this is typical with the hack...
I have played it all the way through and never had it overload, do you play it on a famiclone or an real famicom.
That happens to me sometimes. I have a real Famicom, and I think it's just due to having so many sprites on the screen.
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on May 09, 2010, 06:07:29 am
I have played it all the way through and never had it overload, do you play it on a famiclone or an real famicom.
I played it on a Sharp Twin (AN-505-BK). Will have to play it again to see what exactly it was doing...
Otherwise, Gun-Nac and that Three Eyes game (unsure of the exact name) were that last couple I played (beat Gun-Nac...on normal thus far).
I noticed that the Pokemon hack of Three Eyes starts the game out at a later level...
Gyrodine
Just finished Zelda II on the FDS.
Spoiler
(http://ximwix.net/storage/zelda2end.jpg)
Seriously? "Thanks a million"? What an odd game.
Hoshi no Kirby ;D
Baseball (Englisg Pulseline). There is no gameplay balance. It's not even close to the real sport.
Boogerman
Contra (finished) and Robocop (died on the second stage)
pd: it´s my idea or all the fw users are into pirate games? ::)
Yeah, most of us are. ;D
Dig Dug II
cart with sumo guy on the cover, Sumo game? awa?
Hoshi no Kirby
Quote from: FamicomFreak on May 13, 2010, 08:48:04 pm
cart with sumo guy on the cover, Sumo game? awa?
I believe that is Tsuppari Oozumou by Tecmo.
Pinball (Side A).
Sumo game for Famicom, my fingers hurt...
Some weird game doctor hack of Predator where you start with 99 lives and on a weird level. I'm not really sure what it is, but it's different than the NES version.
Jackie Chan´s Action Kung FU.
I get to the last boss but he killed me a lot of times.
Very Cool game, bring me back a lot of memories
Mario 14
I actually played Famicom this morning..... the cart said Sted and it was quite interesting.
Antarctic Adventure. :)
Jumpin' Kid
Super Mario 14
Mario 13
Ufouria.
it's like Metroid made by users of 2chan.
Quote from: satoshi_matrix on May 23, 2010, 02:27:54 pm
Ufouria.
it's like Metroid made by users of 2chan.
That's a great game. I've had the PAL cart for a few years now and have considered getting Hebereke ever since to check out the differences.
Mario Bros. Pulseline.
Kart fighter with messed up screen...
Been playing Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods for like an hour now. I can't figure out what to do! Haven't even been able to get inside a dungeon or anything!
Baseball
Slots game to see girl naked but I keep losing....damn it!
That weird cart version of Legend of Zelda 1.
Raid on the bungeling bay...
20 years and i still don´t know what i´m supposed to do ;D, just flying in circles like and asshole
New Ghost Busters 2!!
I love this game so much.
slot porno game, got to 2000 coins thinking she would get naked but noooooo ! it's the same thing again, I shut it off afterwards.
Super Mario bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3 game doctor version on the disk system just to check it out.
It's the Japanese version and there isn't a status bar glitch like the cart version. I wonder what mapper they used to make it work? It's a Doctor 6+ game, meaning it has to be loaded with a Turbo Game Doctor 6M or 6+, so it has to be using a supported mapper.
Falsion
Spelunker ;D cool LED on the cartridge
^
When I had Spelunker, I could never get both keys from the first level so I never even figured out how to move to the second.
Galaxian on a new multicart I got. :D
I've been playing Bomberman all night..... it is now 4:05 AM. I is tired.
Somari... It's crazy hard, I can't beat the 4th level.
Mappy Kids - Almost beat, but I lost motivation at the last few levels so I got a Game Over and died.
Tetris 2 + Bombliss - beat a few puzzles
Just Breed - I can't play a Japanese RPG
Gegege no Kitaro
Ninja Ryukenden 3
Mitokoumon 1 and II.
Blades of Steel. Beat! ;D
THE GAME: Super Mario Bros
But i played it on the WII (virtual console)
................................................................................. terrible get the real one, the wiimote response sucks on the VC
Quote from: famiac on July 08, 2010, 08:34:32 am
................................................................................. terrible get the real one, the wiimote response sucks on the VC
I have the real one too (the famicom version and nes)
But my room is a real mess with all the cables, systems, etc. ;D
pd: The nes emulation on the VC is really cool, much better than the xbox emulation for example.
Mostly, I use the classic controller. But I never noticed any problems with the wiimote on Mario 3 or others though.
The only problem I have with playing VC games on the Wiimote is the awkward shape. The Classic Controller is great, though.
yeah i love the classic controller
Somari, so fun but very hard.
Zelda on cart and disk. Great stuff.
Gimmick ! best Sunsoft sound extension there is!
^Get ready for a PM from nensondubois.
Megaman 6. Some people call it bad, but I think it's ok.
I beat Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2: Karakuri Land. I could honestly say that this game is better than Armadillo, it's THAT good.
Yie Ar Kung Fu. Got to stage 8, then I got bored. :P
Beat Atlantis No Nazo (with warps).
Beat Guerrilla War in no less than 40 minutes. What where they thinking when they put in unlimited continues?!
Galaxian. Got around 40,000 points I believe.
Ninja Ryukenden. Clear the game without die (trying along the years).
Quote from: corisco on July 23, 2010, 07:36:44 am
Ninja Ryukenden. Clear the game without die (trying along the years).
Impressive, i can´t beat the game without save states :D
On the real cartridge i get to the last boss :P
pd: Last game played: Yoko´s Street Fighter (finally!)
I'm still playing MGS Peace Walker and absolutely loving it!
Quote from: L___E___T on July 25, 2010, 02:20:42 pm
I'm still playing MGS Peace Walker and absolutely loving it!
MGS peace walker for famicom? a chinese original pirate ? ;D
Post Merge: July 26, 2010, 10:52:27 pm
Zippy Race and Road Fighter (both come in my new cheap multicart) :)
Donkey Kong Country 4
Mappy
Killed lots of cats ;D
i played dragon quest 4 yesterday.. actually its not my save file that i had load with.. but anyway.. reaching the final boss in just level 39 is a mess. haha.. so poor.. need to gain more level and also to practice my hiragana / katakana japanese reading :)
I think the last one I've played was Mylon's Secret Castle.
Super Mario Bros ;D
Jackie Chan Action Kung Fu (famicom version)
Beat! :D
Hanshin Tigers "Giabbit Hunting" SMB hack that's been converted by a friend to work on the FDS with a game doctor. It's a platformer, which was surprising to me, since I thought it would be some sort of baseball-throwing game.
Played Galaga on my 7600000-in-1. Got to stage 18, and got about 120,000 points. Twas fun.
Road Fighter, Kinda beat it because the game loops again.... ???
Captain Majid (Arabic) (Captain Tsubasa Hack)
Kart Fighter!!! ;D on a single game cartridge! thanks vash!
Exerion
It's kinda like a floaty Galaga.
Goonies n Contra ;D
Rod-land ;) . Nice game, but kinda weird... (well, Japanese game)
(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5295/img0162medium.th.jpg) (http://img443.imageshack.us/i/img0162medium.jpg/)
(one screen from the ending)
Rodland and that picture are funny together.
Family Basic V.3 cart converted to run on a game doctor FDS disk! ;D
Ninja Hattori Kun on my 76-in-1. Fun game.
The Disk Kun Edition Mario Golf
Flipull
Super Mario bros 2.
F-1 race. Got it at a local play-n-trade. It was an impulse buy, as I know they will be few and far in between there.
Baloon Fight
Binary Land
Akumajou Densetsu
no more using pen and paper
I use my cell phone camera to get my passwords 8)
Recca via emulator :)
Played and beat "Pocket Monster" on a 3 in 1 cartridge.
What a junky game...
I thought that game was pretty good.
A heavy dose of Super Mario Bros.
Contra ;D
I was triying to make a perfect speed run at the first-stage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiGGvrqZeQU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiGGvrqZeQU)
I've been working on Mr. Gimmick all day. I hope I can beat it without the use of a game genie. :-\
D.J. Boy game doctor version on the FDS. Was this ever released on the NES/Famicom? I can't find any info on it.
Sure ericj, it's just a pirate version of the "Rollergames" :-)
edit::
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/9084/djboy.jpg)
Ah, yes, that's it. Thanks MWK! ;)
Played BLADE BUSTER on my Powerpak. Pretty awesome game.
http://hlc6502.web.fc2.com/Bbuster.htm (http://hlc6502.web.fc2.com/Bbuster.htm)
Goonies
Master Fighter 2 (sucks but i like it anyways)
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3868/dscf0195l.jpg)
Panic Restaurant
Little Nemo: Dream Master :) .
(http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/2113/img0475small.th.jpg) (http://img809.imageshack.us/i/img0475small.jpg/)
On this cartridge:
(http://carts.emunes.pl/albums/userpics/10063/IMG_0141%20%28Medium%29.JPG)
Little Nemo is a good game; also cool pirate copy!
My copy blows :( The sound is all screwed up.
Quote from: MasterDisk on October 10, 2010, 12:00:34 pm
Titenic.
How is that game? It's a hack of Harry's Legend, right?
Just played some Super Mario World for famicom. That game is waaaay too hard for me! I failed at it miserably. But i finally mastered the physics. On my first try i died five times on level 1. The hitboxes are crap.
I am currently playing Wu Shi Hun!
Awesome game!
Playing with my subor keyboard! Lots of fun!
Zippy Race!
Super Mario world 9,
a fun hack but frustrating.
Super Mario World 9, that's a hack I have wanted for awhile, it looks so fun.
Banana Prince's Big Adventure.
A so/so platformer. The mini games are fun.
Quote from: MS-DOS4 on October 21, 2010, 10:33:03 am
Playing with my subor keyboard! Lots of fun!
I'm pretty sure one of the os's that an early one of those came with was called Kiboard. I love to say that.
Earthworm Jim 3, I love this pirate porting. Quite possibly the best on Famicom, or atleast I consider it to be.
i played doki doki panic love it!!!!!!!!! ;D
Faxanadu. I like the art style, kind of muddy.
Clu Clu Land!
super mario world full version on my SC-120. It's so cool, but the map is so different and there is a ton of things missing.
A little Gimmick.
Famiac, sorry to read that.
Currently playing Somari!
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on November 15, 2010, 08:53:19 pm
Famiac, sorry to read that.
Currently playing Somari!
Sorry to read what? My copy is perfectly normal. I was just comparing full version super mario world to the SNES release
Beat Mighty Final Fight like a week ago
I just played some Super Mario Bros. It was great! I got up to the 7th world then I had to do homework.
Playing Mario IV(Armadillo)!
tortoruga ninjas
Gimmick. I never completed the game to see either endings yet.
Masterdisk, could you post pics & explain where you added the dipswitch? :)
That's really cool, isn't Jungle Book 2 rare?
I only have JB2 on a multi, but have never seen the single cart.
Thanks, Masterdisk! ;)
castlevania III, man i love this game....
Clu Clu land!
Mario 8 returns !
Played a lot of Hammerin' Harry and Bonk's Adventure!
I have heard great thinks about Bonk's Adventure! Also I recently played a bit of Dr. Mario!
Wow MS-Dos very good titles! That's a lot of fun ! I just finished testing out a pirate cart 76 in 1 just trying out the games and well lots of fun !!
Dr. Mario is pretty fun. I still gotta buy that game!
Also, what kind of games did the 76 in 1 contain? Generic 1st generation games or were there some pretty good titles?
They are the generic ones but some weird titles for some of them maybe hacked ones? I will have pics tomorrow of them!
Played and beat Bonk's Adventure!
Congrats! I played Devil Man!
Doki Doki Panic :P
Harry (Potters)'s Legend (pirate)
I have beaten it 3 times since it arrived today, its sort of challenging so the game doesn't get boring. I look forward to maybe owning the other 2 pirates of Harry Potter one day.
Uhh, Falsion? I didn't get very far, though! hahaha
Clu-Clu land!
Klax! There a few differences between the NES version more than just the Title Screens.
Harry's Legend (pirate)
Twinbee, god i love this game 8)
The music of twin bee kicks ass! I played some Mario 2k followed by Recca <3
Played Adventure Island on my multicart and got to 4-1 before I yelled at the game and turned it off.
Super Mario Bros (FDS)
Uchuu Keibitai SDF
Ide Yousuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong II
Got this CIB with its Mahjong controller. It's a fun game if you know how to play it. It has an RPG mode, too, which I guess brings the total number of FC Mahjong RPGs up to at least two (the other that I know of is Mahjong Taisen).
Post Merge: January 12, 2011, 07:03:45 pm
Played more Mahjong, then some Tower of Druaga for a change of pace. Got to the 12th floor!
Super C
Some time ago I tried playing that game on an emulator... I must have been at it for 4 hours.. I was sooo far in the game (I wasn't using save states, but got the Hudson Bee which gave me infinite continues) but my whole session suddenly ended when I accidentally close the program (RockNES is touchy!).
I failed it.. I couldn't do it.... Maybe I'll try again someday.
Devil World
Mahjong summit (sachen)
...didn't get it
More Tower of Druaga. Got to the 20th floor! Lots of fun once you realize there are items hidden on each floor.
Willow
Ninja Ryūkenden \m/
Cadillac (I wish you could change in-game songs by pausing and pressing select, but you can't ) I also have this game for the Game Boy called Square Deal - the Game of Two Dimensional Poker that my Grandfather gave to me. I also ripped the GBS of Square Deal.
I also played Devil World up to round 4.
Devil's world !
Had fun playing Spy vs. Spy with my little brother earlier. :D
Harry's Legend! I am becoming quite fond of this game!
Moon Crystal. It is a very hard game, birds at fourth level (Pirates ship) are very frustrating. ::)
Kid Dracula(I can never remember the actual name)
This game is really fun, I'll have to pick up the gameboy version.
I was playing 'Ninja Ryūkenden'; made it all the way to 6-1 and then bumped the console. Garble, garble, bloop-bloop. Some days I hate myself. :pow: :star: :pow:
Someone please tell me that there is kind of continue code for it... :help:
(The name of that Konami game is:: 'Boku Dracula-kun', by the way...)
I also played a few rounds of 'Popeye' today. I forgot how fun that game can be, although I wish you could defend yourself against Bluto a little better without the spinach; he gets real tough in the later loops... :) :bomb:
Mahjong Taisen. It's an RPG where the battles are played out in hands of mahjong. I have no idea what the story is, but I do know I pwned the king with a chiitoitsu.
Earthworm Jim 3! :star:
Kick Master
Kart Fighter :D
バイナリイランド Binaryland, for about 15 mins. Picked it up for Y100 today at a used book and game store. (Hello, new here.)
Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak (on my 3in1 multicart with Lion King and Mortal Kombat 3 special)
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa, cart port version. I beat the World 7-3 boss, but then the game just went to the title screen instead of the final boss. Shit. >:(
That sucks, ericj... it really does.
I played City Connection, those cats are very annoying.
Then I tried Baseball, but I quit when I was down 8-0 in the first inning (or whatever it is called). I'm going to keep that game though. I have a lot of baseball games but many have Japanese text or are difficult to hit the ball. Feel free to suggest better baseball games, I have at least 10.
I have been playing my Famicom cartridge of "All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros."! :mario: :coin:
Cosmic Epsilon with the 3D goggles. The boss of the first level caught me off guard. Creepy skull thing is creepy, and the 3D effect made it kind of surreal.
I played choplifter.
Difficult game, but I still enjoy enjoy it even if I often die after a few seconds.
Flintstones: The Suprise at Dinosaur Peak!
Exerion. For whatever reason I tend to like this game more than most people do.
It is a special game!
Me, I am playing Star Wars (the famicom game). Have to play the games I sold today. It's not such a bad game, neat actually.
Super Mario Bros. 2J
I just started playing wai wai world yesterday.. It's tough but pretty fun so far.
I played Daiva.
Fun sci-fi action game. Reminding of an early Star Trek game where you explore space and fight other ships. Feels a bit like Metroid, fighting the aliens.
Crisis force!!!
It's a great shump, not even so hard (when switched to "easy" :D ), of course I wasn't further than stage 4 but it was fun! The idea of changing the ship configuration to shoot different patterns is great (reminds me of Macross, but much more effective).
Seems interesting, I'll try to find it for myself.
Last game I played was yesterday when I played "Higemaru Makaijima: Nanatsu no Shima Daibouken" (Makai Island).
I enjoy those games where you move around freely in search of quests and battles. Turns out the world was bigger than I thought, and I had to resort to the FAQ to find the ships to battle. And the clues are in Japanese so it makes it more difficult.
Harry's Legend
Some more gaming with my Super Mario Bros. 2j Famicom cartridge; I love Mario games!
Well, I haven't played any famicom games yet, but will by the weekend. I just purchased a famicom twin and it comes with Super Mario Bros 2. I can't wait to play it! ;D Also, I'm new to the forums and I just wanted to say hi.
I hope the disk driver works then. I still haven't been able to play any of my FDS game.... :(
The seller said it booted up and played with no problems.(keeping fingers crossed)
Donkey Kong Jr. :D
The Legend Of Zelda Hyrule Densetsu and Super Mario Bros 2, and I just finished playing Splatter House. I have to admit it....I'm hooked on my twin! :D
I need to get one of those, have so many FDS games just lying around. I have two junky ones on their way. Too bad the fixed ones are so expensive. Many of the best games for the famicom were FDS only.
Shatterhand. I've never played much of this game before, but so far I like it.
Got a complete Esper Dream 2 a week ago and beat it last night.
Just finished Legend of Zelda and started Metroid.
Little Samson, I have it on a multicart. ;D
Adventure Mario on the multicart from tonev. Thanks! ;D
Super Mario Bros. on Famicom, and beat it. Owned Koopa with Fireballs too. Yay.
Quote from: ericj on April 02, 2011, 03:54:33 pm
Adventure Mario on the multicart from tonev. Thanks! ;D
How is it? Fun?
Playing "All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros."
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on April 03, 2011, 07:17:32 am
Quote from: ericj on April 02, 2011, 03:54:33 pm
Adventure Mario on the multicart from tonev. Thanks! ;D
How is it? Fun?
Playing "All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros."
It's a graphics hack of Adventure Island. I think you can draw your own conclusion from there. :D
Bio Force Ape ;D , a prototype dumped a few days ago
http://www.lostlevels.org/bio-force-ape/ (http://www.lostlevels.org/bio-force-ape/)
Quote from: ericj on April 02, 2011, 03:54:33 pm
Adventure Mario on the multicart from tonev. Thanks! ;D
Hm i am wondering can you beat it? I mean on my cart you get stuck because there is no ending boss...
Adventure Island. What, no continues?
Dr Mario Yay!
Hoshi no Kirby ! (in B&W by the way...) :-\
Super Mario Bros 2. I almost beat it this time! ;D
Super Mario Bros 2J, decided to play it after I read modeltfordman's post.
Time Zone
Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula-Kun
All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.
My cartridge fascinates me even though it's a incomplete copy of ANN:SMB.
Lode runner :gamer:
Challenger :P
Super Mario Bros. 2 (J) I just beat it! FINALLY!!! I may have warped and exploited the life glitch on world 1-1, but I did it.I can say I beat it. ;D
Now it is on to the second quest of The Legend of Zelda. Don't get me started on Zelda II at the moment!
Double Dragon 2
Tiny Toons Adventures
Bio Force Ape (proto)
Doki Doki Panic!. Only two more characters to beat it with. :gamer:
Now I'm on The Legend of Zelda (FDS) 2nd quest. I'm having some trouble in level 4 at the present time!
Antarctic Adventure
cluclu land :D
Morita Kazuo no Shogi. I've just started playing Shogi, and I'm absolutely terrible! This game is hard!
Satomi Hakkenden!
Actually it plays out very similar to Mother, of course that's just a standard RPG. :)
Bio Miracle Baby Upa was the last game Ive played! I highly recommend it to any of you who have not given this game a shot yet!
Just beat Super Joy III Contra. It skips levels 5 and 6 and is missing graphics from the ending.
Spoiler
Kind of funny, really, since the island at the end gets blown up by red letters instead of explosions.
I finally beat Super Mario Bros 2 (FDS) without warping. In the end I had 72 lives left. I however; died in world 9-2. :(
F1 race
Saiyuki World 2! Fun game but wayyy to short and easy
Played about 150 Super Mario Bros hacks this week :crazy: :gamer:
castlevania 3....
Donkey Kong Country 4
Quote from: nintendodork on May 24, 2011, 09:50:44 am
Donkey Kong Country 4
Awesome, also I may sell a multi with it soon, if anyone is interested.
Someone should definitely jump on that. DKC4 is a really unique "port." It's one of the few games I'm going to keep, partially because the ROM won't work on a Powerpak, but also because it's really awesome!
Puggleys Scavenger Hunt
A sped up version of Super Mario Bros.
Splatter House Wanpaku Graffiti.
had the pleasure of playing rockman a few weeks back (first time) and hope to add them to the collection soon :)
Time Zone!
I was playing Rockman 2 a few months ago and was halfway through Metal Man when my Famicom shut off and never turned back on :( .
Now I have to look for a new cheap one....
F1 race :pow:
(http://stores.rinkya.com/pic/item/grid/201103/385967baf4.jpg)
I played a but of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' today, but I did so on a Pockefami, and hit the reset button instead of 'B', thus resetting the game, twice and finally gave up.
On the other hand, I played 'Bible Black' (Windows) through to the best Evil Ending ('Evil Never Dies') yesterday. Let all those who dislike Hentai visual novels barf now if you so choose... :bomb:
I just played Dragon Warrior 2. I also just receieved my Powerpack from retro zone. Now I can try out SMB 2 JAP on an NTSC Nes. I know it will be lacking in some sound, but not enough to hinder game play. If I remember correctly the music is only messed up at the ending when using the powerpack. However; it does not compare to actually playing the game on my twin famicom though.
Emulating an FDS title never quite feels the same, special music or no; and you're right, it's only the end-music that uses FDS-audio. You should wire-up the PowerPak sound mod on your system. :bomb:
Just recently got a brand new copy of Super Mario 2 and Metroid for my disk system. Felt kind of bad to open them but what the hell. Been speed running through mario 2 and did a full run through yesterday died on 9-3 of the extra set of stages. Gota beat the game a couple of more times to unlock the a-D stages
I know right. I just got three lame sports titles for real cheap just to test out my FDS... I get them in the mail and there mint and sealed. Its great but I can't open them. IDK zelda FDS new for $36 or 38 or incomplete with just the card and disk for 20 - 25. Its worth it to pay the extra to have it complete and new but then I know i'll never open it so what's the point.
If they're just sports titles, they aren't worth anything anyway. I say rip 'em open and make history by being the first person to play them!
CaH4e3 posted a new dump a few days ago. The Keyboard Transformer rom (http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/dumping_2011.php) is interesting because you can use your PC's keyboard with it.
Dragon Ball Z: Gekitou Tenkaichi Budokai
(http://ximwix.net/storage/datach.jpg)
SonSon, and received a score of 120600. That game has too many sprites on screen.
Splatterhouse
Post Merge: August 09, 2011, 01:01:17 pm
Oh! I just finished recca!
:o :o
Post Merge: August 09, 2011, 04:14:02 pm
good game it is very hard i think...
I finally finished Kyūkyoku Tiger on my twin famicom :gamer: :gamer: :gamer:
Kyoro Chan Land
I beat Spartan X 2 but emulating it ::) (NesDS)
does that count? ;D
MegaMan (PAL) on Wii Virtual console
-by the way I'm very dissapointed about the emulation speed, cause it's the PAL (50Hz) speed, cca17% slower than the US/JAP version. They could've fixed this on the Wii...(but if you want authentic European slow-gameplay experience, it's okay)
Hopefully something like this won't happen on 3DS!
I just finished Super Mario Bros 2 jap repro cart!
I'M KID DRACULA
Trying to finish the game
Famicom games played in the last period on my AV Famicom:
- Super Mario Bros: I could start my Famicom adventure only with this game, that has also been my first videogame ever, many years ago. Now I have completed both quests even in its Japanese version, and for me is a great thing, the game is identical to its western counterpart for secrets, enemy placement, etc.
- Akumajo Densetsu: One of the best games for the system, hands down. The 4 characters system has never been used again, and it's strange, because it worked great. Grant makes sense in the Japanese version, because he throws daggers. Wonderful music enhanced by the chip inside the cartridge, wonderful levels, challenge and atmosphere. Both loops done a lot of time, absolutely a must-have for the system.
- Akumajo Special Boku Dracula Kun: Game with a lot of humor and full of references to Akumajo series (Alucard vs Garamoth, first stage, etc) and Konami universe (Pentarou joins the quiz at level 5), it's a very nice, relaxing 2d platform with very good 8 bit music, and a must have for every Akumajo fan. In many levels it recalls more Rockman than Akumajo.
Quote from: jpx72 on August 15, 2011, 02:16:29 am
MegaMan (PAL) on Wii Virtual console
-by the way I'm very dissapointed about the emulation speed, cause it's the PAL (50Hz) speed, cca17% slower than the US/JAP version. They could've fixed this on the Wii...(but if you want authentic European slow-gameplay experience, it's okay)
Hopefully something like this won't happen on 3DS!
Unfortunately here in Europe VC games aren't optimized to 60Hz, and they run on 50Hz and with butchered screen, like they did 20 years ago. It's really a shame, because one person pays to have something that is much worse than emulators that you can get for free, even if illegal. Does Megaman 1 run with slower music like did the nes pal version? :-[
At least, games that never came out from Japan like Chi no Rondo and Super Mario Bros 2 instead run at 60 Hz and fullscreen.
I really hope Nintendo fixes this with WiiU.
Ninja Ryukenden III. Just came in the mail today!
Been playing LOTS of Zelda II on FDS. It's such an unerrated and unappreciated game. The more I play it, though, the better I understand what the haters don't like about it. I think those complaints are legitimate, and the history of Zelda since that game has borne out that opinion. But there are still a lot of elements from that game that have become essential to the series: a magic system, towns, going on quests for the townsfolk, and (to some extent) jumping.
The change from an overhead 3/4 angle to a largely 2D side-scroller seemed to do a lot for making the world of Hyrule seem more LIMITED. Only being able to travel left or right seems like it loses something. (Jumping hardly makes up for that.) I also miss the plethora of sweet items. You still GET items in Zelda II, but they're only used in certain contexts, and otherwise are entirely passive. Any new abilities you get have to be used through the magic system, which means most of the time you're just hitting things with your sword. No boomerangs. No bombs. No bow and arrow. Unless you count the fire spell, you have absolutely no range attack -- although you do have Thunder (an AoE), but only have enough magic power to ever use it once in a go.
It's also, as my friend Phil Bond mentioned on our podcast recently, the most PUNISHING of the Zelda games. Sometimes it's just not fun. But then you get the hang of it, and the idea of literally FLINGING Link's body at enemies in order to successfully attack them. There are also no health drops; you need to gain the life spell (which you can get before the second palace) and hope that enemies drop enough magic for you to use it. The game is certainly designed around this approach, especially in the later levels where they sprout those little jelly blobs out of every orifice like delicious candy. There also aren't a lot of puzzles, just difficult enemies that try to kill you all the time. Yeah, there's a bit of trial and error in that each palace is laid out so that you need to go a certain direction to get some keys before you can get into certain other spots. EVEN WORSE, some areas of later palaces are only accessible by falling through pits -- which, if you've been doing your job of staying alive, by this point you're so programmed AGAINST needlessly falling down pits you'd never try it, get frustrated by not being able to progress, and just give up.
I'm interested in trying Battle of Olympus after this. I saw it in a used game store about a year ago and picked it up, but never really played it; the last time I saw it was over 20 years ago. For those who don't know, it has similar aesthetics and mechanics as Zelda II, but ISN'T a Zelda game at all, and wasn't developed by Nintendo. I remember the hero looking MORE like Link than he does in actuality, but the combat (and to some extent the way the sprites and enemies move) is nearly identical.
Also, in both games you walk to the right. A LOT.
I just played Super Mario Bros 2, Doki doki Panic!, Metroid,The legend of Zelda The Hyrule Fantasy and Zelda II Link no bouken. I have been experimenting with my powerpack cart. I also just did the powerpack fds sound mod like Xious suggested in a previous post I made a while ago. It worked, but not accurate.
Hammerin' harry 2 aka Daiku no Gen-san 2: Akage no Dan no Gyakushuu It was really hard the last level has some of the most intense platforming I've ever come across and the stage 6 boss is really tough he takes 17 hits fun game though
Darkwing Duck
All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. Reproduction Famicom cart! :)
Yoshi's Cookie. Man I love that game.
Just played Metal Storm and Captain Skyhawk for the first time...pretty good games (Metal Storm is better, though :3 )
Rampart!
Played through the normal difficulty stages. I never did get around to finishing the hard difficulty...
Famicom Wars
(I wish I knew someone to play against)
Wai Wai World 2! I love me some crazy weird Konami mashups! ;D
New Ghostbusters 2
Spy Hunter. Not technically a Famicom game but I was playing it off a clone. ;D
Yesterday I played Akumajo Densetsu, Wai Wai World 2, Getsu Fuumaden, and Parodius Da!
Today when I get home it will be Holy Diver and Don Doko Don 2
Operation Wolf. Too bad the Zapper doesn't work on LCD. :(
Tobu-ing Go! AKA: Flying Hero, A really great arkanoid-ish game where you are two firefighters with a net who must bounce a third fireman and put out fires and rescue civilians. I definitely recommend it, very fun!!!!
this persons not very good, but...check out some gameplay :P :
http://youtu.be/LZukX2yVyu4
Haha that is one of the most intresting breakout clones I've seen!
Quote from: Parodius Duh on October 25, 2011, 10:39:29 pm
Tobu-ing Go! AKA: Flying Hero, A really great arkanoid-ish game where you are two firefighters with a net who must bounce a third fireman and put out fires and rescue civilians. I definitely recommend it, very fun!!!!
this persons not very good, but...check out some gameplay :P :
http://youtu.be/LZukX2yVyu4
I dunno, I thought it was alright until level 5 where the screen scrolls and you essentially have to guess where your net is. :-\
Super Bros 8 (Don doko don 2 pirate hack)
Super Mario IV (Armadillo pirate hack)
I need to purchase a copy of Super Bros. 8; it's very cool!
Supah Bros 8 har har har!
Just got through with a nice SMB run... which ended at world 7. I always get frustrated around there and either persevere or ragequit... yeah.
Just got a boxed copy of Castlevania III in the mail today. Having never played it before, and obviously hearing about the regional differences thanks to Konami's chip, you can probably guess what I have been playing today. ;)
All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.
I just finished Super Mario Bros.2 again for the 20th time.
Adventure Island 4, awsome game ;D
Quote from: Algo Fonix on November 03, 2011, 08:35:23 pm
Just got through with a nice SMB run... which ended at world 7. I always get frustrated around there and either persevere or ragequit... yeah.
me too ;D
Contra -- I've started to game again to relax. It'd been more than a year!
Twin Bee, on the Super 64-in-1 cart from volumerates :gamer:
Love that game!
PANDA PRINCE ;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm level 21 in Earth Bound, playing a repro of the prototype in a Mother cart. It's pretty neat!
Battletoads from a pirate cart since my NES copy went walkies around about the time my nephew used to stay and play the NES ::)
I really need to overthrow the xbox and the ps2 for the use of the teev!
I'm gonna have to look into getting a repro of that for my fami after Christmas... always wanted to play the Mother/Earthbound series. :o
I played some Rockman 2 earlier. I've been on a real classic series kick lately.
Quote from: fredJ on November 13, 2011, 03:52:24 pm
Quote from: Algo Fonix on November 03, 2011, 08:35:23 pm
Just got through with a nice SMB run... which ended at world 7. I always get frustrated around there and either persevere or ragequit... yeah.
me too ;D
My only hated stages are underwater levels, as you have little platforming ability and are essentially defenseless the entire time. I can flash through almost any level in SMB, and I tend to sweep through SMB2, until around 6-2, which is an evil water level, and then again at 7-3... One of the most evil stages in the game, with wind and springboards, depending on a great deal of luck.
I actually got so sick of that stage that I played to it, lost about 30 lives and paused the game for three days before continuing. If you think World-7 is tough in the original game, then grab a some whiskey & beer and try it in the sequel...
Anyhow, I'm still on FF3: I now am at L27/28 (almost all four at L28) with three of the tusks, teeth, elemental MacGuffins and the third airship, which moves at snail-speed compare to the first two; luckily, I can go back to the second nautilus craft, and I marked its location on a map so that I can easily find it on the huge overworld. .
I have to say, the enemies in the Ancient Ruins are pure evil. Those creatures that split when you hit them with a melee weapon are horrible! I can imagine kids in Nippon growing up with phobias of splitting sandwiches because of things like this. The spots where you're forced into 'midget' size and need to rely on magic and running are also terrible. They may have been easier if I figured out earlier that I can use a few of the melee weapons as magical items with damaging spells, but by the time I found this out, many of them didn't work on most of the enemies anyway. Really, I wish that I knew about the powers in the claws at the time.
I did have to waste two Elixir (one for WhiteWiz and one for BlkWiz) in the Ancient Ruins, as I ran out of all of their powerful spells (IL3-7) and it is impossible to run from any of the encounters there. In fact, running is essentially instant-death, as it lowers your defense to zero to attempt to flee, and one hit splatters any character.
The real killer is that these bastards award experience points suitable for fifth-level to eighth-level warriors. Honestly, killing a group of monsters that split themselves around twenty times or more netted 320XP!!!! They give great cash awards, but I really don't care about those, as aside from spells, I don't need to buy much of anything, and the few remaining spells are the ones I'd buy purely for the sake of completeness.Most of the remaining equipment in the game can only be found... :coin: :coin: :coin: :coin: :coin:
Such a cruel game...
I also have a minor gripe that normal potions are not available in any of the outer-world shoppes, so I need to constantly return to the floating world to buy them. Hi-Potions are a complete waste of money, as they cost 10x+ a s much as a standard potion, but only cure about 3x to 4x the HP. Every time I go to a dungeon, I buy around 90 standard potions, saving the WhiteWiz healing spells for emergencies, or for use during combat, then after combat I plow through potions, using the obscene Gil awards to buy more later.
Truthfully, the award fro one splitter encounter will buy 99 potions, wastes 1/4 the arsenal of spells of a mage, and awards nearly no XP. I find myself just using low-power black magic on these things as by the time you have gotten a BlkWiz up to Lev-28, you have 18 first-level spell slots, and you have enough skill with Fire-1 that wen combined with the fire rod, yo do about 100-points of damage with it. That means a lot against the creatures that split when hit in melee that have 1,500HP or more each, but combat takes forever. :pow:
My strategy for them is to hit them with a big spell, then a couple medium spells, then just poke at them with Fire-1 or Ice-1 until they die, while having WhiteWiz use the Rune Staff to hit them with ice damage, and have the melee guys defend. I tried having them use items on these things, but they miss most of the time (and I mean 99 times out of 100) and they end up taking massive damage (200-400 hits,versus 1 hit), which wastes cure potions and cure magic.
I also finally stopped using the 'Blood' sword, as the game was tossing powerful undead my way, and instead of absorbing HP it absorbs
negative energy from them, which deal damage to the warrior using it instead of healing him. That's an evil trick!!!. :octorok:
I'm hoping to find new claw soon too, as it feels to be about that time. I discovered one in the ruins, but it is actually
less powerful than either of those that I have equipped. What sickens me is that unlike the swords, which you can buy a second of later, the claws appear to be unique. You can't buy a second 'Dragon' claw, for example, to double that attack power: You can.t even
find a second one! Did they forget to include that in the shoppes, or did they just decide that one is enough? I did try to de-equip the karateka, in case he was better without them, but his attack power is certainly higher with the dual claws. (I think that he will
always have a better attack with dual-weapons in FF3, contrary to popular belief.) ...
I'm sure I've missed quite an assortment of other treasure, but honestly, I don't care anymore. The one good thing about this game is that I have not needed to do much (if any) grinding, although now that I've said that, I'm sure I'll run into a 'Willow'-like spot where I need to grind 30-levels before i can continue. . I did grind for money exactly once, at early levels (around Level-7), but it was not honestly required. I don't recall what I wanted to buy either at this point...
Possibly it was for a spell, or to stock up on potions or something that now seems pointless; I just don't remember, which happens when you play a game over a long period of time. Eh, who am I fooling..l It happens when you go senile... I think I shall go retire for the night, or sit in my chair and drool for a while. :bomb:
Murder on the Mississippi
Literally impossible to play if you can't read Japanese.
Mappy Kids! :star:
some famicom multis just to check what gamez were on them...
Played and cleared Metroid on the FDS today before work. The end game English was hilarious!
I started playing Jesus - Kyofu No BioMonster yesterday. It's the english version in an emulator though. I really love the games artstyle. I bet it would make a great repro^^
Played Dracula Kid yesterday. Got through about half of the game, took a break for an hour, then came back to it with no sound :( so i stopped.
Quote from: DerZocker on January 17, 2012, 03:50:50 am
I started playing Jesus - Kyofu No BioMonster yesterday.
That game looks so good! I couldn't play it because I couldn't understand. I'd love to play it in English : )
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/1043/ here's the patch. There is also an FAQ on the translator's homepage http://www.niahak.org/jesus-dreadful-bio-monster/
I began playing Seiken Psycho Calibur a couple of weeks ago. It was weird to me at first but the more I play it, the more I love it.
Mother ;D
Final Fantasy II. Going after the mithril now.
I need to eventually get someone to put the english roms on this cart... or at least the one for II. I already have FF1 on the nes.
A little rusty with Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Played some Binary Land. Having a lot of fun with it, but it does make my brain strain a little bit. The timer seems to be my biggest foe.
All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.
OH YEA!
Daiku No Gensan 2.
Being that Daiku No Gensan, or Hammerin' Harry, is one of my favorite games ever made, I found the 2nd one to be a huge disappointment. Hopefully some day I'll get a PSP so I can play the newest installment in the series.
(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/406527_10100498093598400_16907981_49241811_1254691482_n.jpg)
Finally beat Ninja Ryukenden today after like four days of effort. One of my greatest gaming accomplishments to be sure!
Quote from: lobdale on February 07, 2012, 02:42:38 am
(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/406527_10100498093598400_16907981_49241811_1254691482_n.jpg)
Finally beat Ninja Ryukenden today after like four days of effort. One of my greatest gaming accomplishments to be sure!
(https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSRQgHV2utFcMzGXCXGMB83kX8idFIBIbYEuKAviPF2oBWnr1DHAg)
Rockman 4
Gekitotsu Yonku Battle.
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/403222_10100506744102720_16907981_49260570_1998641255_n.jpg)
Beat Battletoads too, awww yeaaaah.
Metro-Cross
Got to stage 8! 85450 points!
Super Arabian on my 64 in 1, by far the worst game on it.
Gun-Nac, on a multicart.
Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak
Spartan X2! Awesome game, just wish the controls were a bit better, and it is surprisingly easy on normal and hard mode is like normal....
Quote from: Parodius Duh on February 17, 2012, 06:58:05 pm
Spartan X2! Awesome game, just wish the controls were a bit better, and it is surprisingly easy on normal and hard mode is like normal....
I don't remember there being a hard mode in that game. ???
Anyway, Lunar Ball. :)
Spartan X2 is pretty easy, in a way, that game reminds me a lot of Karate Kid for the NES.
As for me, I played some Ninja Hattori Kun earlier.
Post Merge: February 19, 2012, 01:42:33 am
Armadillo. Still perhaps my favorite game ever made.
Sigh. I *finished* Gimmick today. Then I discovered that, not only do you have to get all the secret items to actually finish the game, you also have to do so without continuing? Ugh. Okay. :)
B-Wing
The song of the start screen is so cool 8)
Rockman 5
I played Formation Z which is not such a bad shooter actually.
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa.
Ikki. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll be playing Kid Dracula, if my copy of it arrives....
Gradius II
Was doing great until a Moai head blew me up and I lost my barrier, laser, four options, and spread bomb. Still managed to get to the boss rush towards the end, but ran out of lives. I'll get it next time ;D
Super Mario USA
Boku Dracula Kun/Kid Dracula. A friend of mine ensured me that once I played it, it would take over Armadillo's role as my favorite platformer. While it failed at that, it succeeded at providing me an insight into the lighter side of vampirism. What a fun experience it was.
Zelda. First time playing the FDS version. I really like the upgraded sounds!
Gyrodine.
Don Doko Don 2... and I can honestly say it's one of the greatest gaming experiences of my life.
Lots of Akumajou Densetsu. I don't care how many times I play it, I love this game.
Many hours of Famicom played today.
Don Doko Don 2
Batman Dynamite
Doraemon
Kid Dracula
Crisis Force
Is that game hard or do I just suck?
(... don't answer! I'm sure it's the latter... :'()
Quote from: manuel on March 07, 2012, 05:17:28 pm
Crisis Force
Is that game hard or do I just suck?
(... don't answer! I'm sure it's the latter... :'()
It's challenging, as a good shmup should be. I just wouldn't suggest you play Touhou Project anytime soon...
Edit: Last one I played was Ikki.
Lots of Makaimura, Spartan X and Rampart :)
Don Doko Don, in honor of the anniversary of it's release date.
Dodge Denpai! Just beat the second team.
Just got finished playing some doki doki panic! I just wish you could run on that game :)
Wanpaku Kokkun no Gourmet World. Brilliant platformer.
Super Mario Bros.
Dodge Denpai again. Beat the third team in overtime. It was down to 1 vs 1! Intense!
Tetris and City Connection...
Quarth - It's so easy with a turbo controller^^'
Dynamite Batman
Contra
Hi No Tori
Musashi No Ken
Two of my favorite anime based platformers, which I received in the mail from Senseiman today.
Wai Wai World 2: SOS!! Paseri Jou :D
Crisis Force,
Dito, mine arrived just today
Man, those graphics are really impressive. It looks like an early PC-Engine game at times ;D
Rockman 4
I really just get my ass kicked by this game.
Gradius II I killed about 60 ships and i didn't get further than the beginning of level 2 ^^'
Duck Tales
Bomberman! I keep thinking of this old lady whenever I do:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAYUjBgbdro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAYUjBgbdro)
Quote from: untinip on March 29, 2012, 12:19:18 pm
Bomberman! I keep thinking of this old lady whenever I do:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAYUjBgbdro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAYUjBgbdro)
What a hero. Pretty Godlike at Bomberman, too.
Last games i played were Super Lion King and Earthworm Jim 3, thanks to Famiac. Great games, EWJ3 is officially one of my favorite pirate originals/remakes.
1942; I could never be bothered to beat all 32 levels of this so I quit about 3 levels in. :P
Master Fighter II. I wish Honda was in this version, oh well, at least Zangief is.
Just tried Uchu Keibi tai Space Defending Force for the first time. I was very very impressed, it has to be one of the best shmups on the Famicom. Well, at least as far as level 1 is concerned, I didn`t get past that.
B-wings 8)
I played through Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti again, to see the true ending that I didn't even know existed (thanks VGD!), and later on I tried my hand at Heisei Tensai Bakabon (?), one of my favorite games albeit sluggish, can't even pass the second level of that game. :(If you're in the mood for rather archaic humor, check out this review (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAxO-itC32o) on YouTube. ;D
The last Famicom got I awa'ed was Musashi No Ken, for the Nintendaaa! Family Computer. It's not every day I get to awa a game like this. Video game awa-ing is a hobby I hold very near and dear to my heart.
Lode Runner; I never liked this game, to be honest. :-\
Salamander
I need to get one of my arcade sticks wired for NES/Famicom use though.
After owning a handfull of arcade machines, you get used to playing shmups with sticks and buttons.
Quote from: son_ov_hades on March 21, 2012, 04:47:31 pm
Rockman 4
I really just get my ass kicked by this game.
Same happened to me today. ;D
What's the best boss to start with?
Toad Man for sure, he is incredibly easy.
Thanks! I'll try that.
My son wanted me to start with Pharaoh Man. :'(
Quote from: Cheetahmen on April 03, 2012, 02:58:23 am
Lode Runner; I never liked this game, to be honest. :-\
I picked up Lode Runner and Championship Lode Runner recently, they should be right up my alley but the learning curve is pretty unique!
Rockman 5
Had a game night, played through the Quest of Ki using warps, plan on playing through again doing all 100 levels without skipping any, then hopefully onto the Tower of Druaga and I'm going to attempt playthrough without the help of any guides. :link:
Me and Da_Bear tried to play Transformers: Convoy No Nazo.
We clocked how long we lasted before game over. I think his max was around 35 seconds and mine was at first 55 seconds. I had played it before, that's why.
But before we quit, I made it all the way to the boss before quickly dying twice.
Dragon quest!
Falsion. My 3D glasses arrived today so i had to test it out^^ Pretty neat 3D effect and those glasses look so rad ;D I wish I had sunglasses like this
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Arcade Game.
Man, I got my ass kicked by a giant wolf :-[
It was much easier when I was young...
Battletoads, I swear sometime soon I will get through that speed bike part! :-[
Then after that was Cosmic Force
Crisis Force. Had the volume up at full blast. ;D
Adventure Island :D
Never get tired of that game ;D
Super Mario Bros 3.
Slightly harder than the US version, which is cool.
Bomber King
Beat Rockman 3 yesterday:
(http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/6850/img0433custom.jpg)
thats crazy, I was just trying to beat that (on NES) yesterday! Unfortunately I had to cut my gaming short, might get back on that tomorrow.
Last game I played was 'Dragon Ball Shenlong no Nazo', it arrived today from Japan, I've wanted this game for ages, hearing the Dragon Ball theme in 8-bit sure does put a smile on my face!
Little off-top: are you Polish?? I see the word "ptaszek" (bird) ;D
Quote from: MaarioS on May 14, 2012, 09:54:30 am
Little off-top: are you Polish?? I see the word "ptaszek" (bird) ;D
Well spotted, my father is half Polish
Snow Brothas!
Quote from: FamicomFreak on May 15, 2012, 11:25:07 am
Snow Brothas!
haha, well my mum on the other hand is Sicilian... so I'm abit all over the place.
thread-jack over!
Tried to beat Twin Bee :'(
A crappy HES ( Aussie developer ) game called Little Red Hood. Last game i beat was Die Hard maybe. It was a while..
Quote from: geeses on May 29, 2012, 11:33:29 pm
A crappy HES ( Aussie developer ) game called Little Red Hood. Last game i beat was Die Hard maybe. It was a while..
Little Red Hood is actually by Sachen if I remember correctly. ;)
Anyway, I played a few games I have on a 20 in 1 and I managed to beat Road Fighter on it. :D
Last I played was Duck (Duck Maze). Kind of like load runner control-wise, but the main objective is to safely drop your egg down to the goal. A little frustrating, but a solid title.
I don't know why, but my dog is memorized by Duck. I often leave it on for him when I leave the home, and thank god there is no title music. I believe that the only reason I play it is because it's already running when I get home!
Quote from: Phosphora on May 30, 2012, 02:57:32 am
Last I played was Duck (Duck Maze). Kind of like load runner control-wise, but the main objective is to safely drop your egg down to the goal.
Sounds like Penguin Land (http://www.mobygames.com/game/penguin-land/screenshots) for the SMS.
Quote from: Cheetahmen on May 30, 2012, 02:22:16 am
Quote from: geeses on May 29, 2012, 11:33:29 pm
A crappy HES ( Aussie developer ) game called Little Red Hood. Last game i beat was Die Hard maybe. It was a while..
Little Red Hood is actually by Sachen if I remember correctly. ; )
My bad HES was the distributor here in Australia.
Yoshi No Tamago
Rockman 6
MOTHER
Found a few goodies at the store near me. Was playing The Firemen for super famicom. Great game! Hope to get some time to beat that! Then i will start my newly aquired for famicom Pajama Hero Nemo =D
Ninja Jajamaru-kun. Got 47,410 points!
I also beat Rockman 3 recently. Those remix stages are harder than the Wily ones. And use Rush Jet for Wood Man, makes it alot easier.
Star Wars. The Namco version. That one is SO cheap.
I beat Akumajou Special: Boku Dracula-kun yesterday!
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/GARYPTASZEK/IMG-20120611-00188.jpg)
I have finished "CONTRA" this evening after returning from work. ;D
(https://i.ibb.co/w76bv43/12062012001.jpg) (https://ibb.co/dtK3hD1)
Beat Samurai Pizza Cats, on a Korean multicart.
Final Fantasy II with my son.
Gun Nac.
Kid Dynamite's Punch Out ... and the Goonies.
Gradius. First without Konami code, then after getting slaughtered, with.
Lupin III
The Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 on an 8 in 1. :diskkun:
has a go on adventure island and gave up somewhere in world 2 :-[
Crisis Force
I've realized that I'm simply not good at video games. :-[
Super Mario Bros 3!
Goonies. Great game. Shame it never got a release in the States (other than play-choice).
I finally got my Kid Dracula translated cart to work, this game is fun! It might become one of my favorites on the system.
Final Fantasy 3 :)
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa. On stage six now.
Galaxian :gamer:
I've been playing a lot of Dragon Quest/Warrior 4. I've played the DS remake, and although it is technically superior in every way, I find that the Famicom game is just more... I dunno, charming? The DS game was great, but I'm really having more fun with the Fami game.
I don't normally mess around in RPGS, I take the most linear path to the end, but I'm on Taloon's chapter now and I find it fun to just go wandering around randomly doing things. It's a shame I didn't play this much back when it was new, it's really fantastic.
I finally got my copy of Recca. Played it a bunch last night. It just gets better and better. It's a hard one to put down.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Akumajou Densetsu. Got to the water stage with Grant. I love this game.
fudou myou den. '88 8-bit still looking good.
Twinbee 3 ;D
I didn't play it but I received Final Fantasy III with a bulk lot of games and decided to look at the save data
(http://i.imgur.com/cCgJ6.jpg?1)
:o someone was busy.
Sonic And Mario 2
Devil World
Relics Ankoku Yousai
I feel like this game could be good if it didn't load every two seconds. :crazy:
Bikkuri Nekketsu Shinkiroku: Harukanaru Kin Medal, AKA Crash 'n' The Boys. Love me some Kunio games
Super Bros. 8.
Rockman
Played Ganbare Goemon 2 last night, got up to a point and got bored. Played again today, same thing. Next time I'm gonna use a guide.. The game is great, it's just my attention span and getting lost that's the problem. I even enjoy the first one, even though people say it's aged poorly. Also yelling at people is fun.
Rockman 3
I think this one's my favorite in the series...
I`m playing Star Tropics 2...
I know , i know, it isn`t exactly a famicom game, but i`m playing it on a AV Famicom with a converter ;D
BTW....is`t as good as the first one :o
Beat Splatterhouse in one day! ;D Err... night. ??? Great game! ;D
Beat Mega Man (Rock Man) 1!
I can't believe how short this game is. Gracious.
But it's hard as hell.
After you've played all the other games the NES has to offer, this game is kids stuff.
Finally finished browsing through all the 256 stage of SMB256. Kinda disappointed. :-\
So here's my next project:
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/JediQuestMaster/smb65536.png)
SMB65536 - for those who weren't satisfied with first stages! ;) Haha! ;D Too bad it doesn't work. :-\
Ultraman Club: Supokon Fight!
Got another Datach game from manuel! I only have the cart, but luckily the cards from the pack-in DBZ game work with it.
Metroid......on the Disk System! Ooooooh! Lmao
Splatterhouse on a real hardware... Finally no more emulation! Thanks senseiman!
Falsion.
Street Fighter VI. Shoutouts to being a tournament SF player, but being unable to perform my character's special moves in this shitty port.
Ninja Jajamaru-kun Ginga Daisakusen. Pretty good game but now I'm at a part where I have to keep wallclimbing and walljumping, and the controls are hard to figure out... reminds me of Super Metroid, but not in a good way.
Quote from: JohnnyBlaze on August 30, 2012, 08:10:57 pm
Metroid......on the Disk System! Ooooooh! Lmao
How you could play it on NOT WORKING (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=8353.0) system? It's kinda lie :(
Quote from: Protoman on September 08, 2012, 12:43:54 pm
Ninja Jajamaru-kun Ginga Daisakusen. Pretty good game but now I'm at a part where I have to keep wallclimbing and walljumping, and the controls are hard to figure out... reminds me of Super Metroid, but not in a good way.
I still wish to try this game someday, as a huge fan of the original Ninja Kun.
Quote from: 80sFREAK on September 08, 2012, 05:03:06 pm
Quote from: JohnnyBlaze on August 30, 2012, 08:10:57 pm
Metroid......on the Disk System! Ooooooh! Lmao
How you could play it on NOT WORKING (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=8353.0) system? It's kinda lie :(
On my iPad emulator, thank you very much.....
BTW, we came to a settlement. We're BOTH going to be on here. Might as well start to get along......
Sensing some real sexual tension between 80sFREAK and JohnnyBlaze here. Just saiyan.
..But that's not a Famicom game. Uhh.... I played Legendary Wings on a 4-in-1 earlier.
lmao. Not really tension on my end. It's over for me. Live and learn.
But, I DO like the pun. Fellow DBZ fan here. lmao
Just got off Holy Diver. Gotta love having your ass handed to you. 8)
Gimmick! This game is a lot harder than it looks! :o
Pulled out the old emulator again to play 3D Hot Rally. Word to the wise, if you use the NES.emu for the iPad, DON'T PLAY THIS GAME!
The bottom indicators kept blinking, which didn't really bother me. But, when I turned off the game and closed the app out, I STILL had those indicators blinking on my screen! Turning it off and on again didn't fix it either. So, I turned it off and kept it off for a few hours and the screen is back to normal. I don't know why that game does that, but just be forewarned that it does.
Quote from: JohnnyBlaze on September 11, 2012, 09:37:17 am
Pulled out the old emulator again to play 3D Hot Rally. Word to the wise, if you use the NES.emu for the iPad, DON'T PLAY THIS GAME!
The bottom indicators kept blinking, which didn't really bother me. But, when I turned off the game and closed the app out, I STILL had those indicators blinking on my screen! Turning it off and on again didn't fix it either. So, I turned it off and kept it off for a few hours and the screen is back to normal. I don't know why that game does that, but just be forewarned that it does.
Just another advantage to playing real console, I suppose.
Played some Binary Land earlier, as well as Super Mario 10.
Quote from: JohnnyBlaze on September 11, 2012, 09:37:17 am
Pulled out the old emulator again to play 3D Hot Rally. Word to the wise, if you use the NES.emu for the iPad, DON'T PLAY THIS GAME!
The bottom indicators kept blinking, which didn't really bother me. But, when I turned off the game and closed the app out, I STILL had those indicators blinking on my screen! Turning it off and on again didn't fix it either. So, I turned it off and kept it off for a few hours and the screen is back to normal. I don't know why that game does that, but just be forewarned that it does.
It's unlikely but maybe it could have something to do with the 3D function. Was the 3D turned on? But I guess the HUD is not in 3D.
Nope. The HUD was what was blinking.
Had the gaming experience of a lifetime earlier thanks to Ice Climber. Thanks, Ice Climber.
Finally have a working FDS RAM Adapter, so I've been playing Castlevania, Doki Doki Panic, Othello, and Pro Wrestling.
had a short session of Pacman, Gradius II and Crisis Force today. I reached the third boss in Crisis Force and failed hard there. Though I failed really hard at the other two games:-[
Super Dodgeball, or whatever the long Technos Japanese title is. Great stuff.
It's that time of the year again. I played Donkey Kong, folks.
Akumajo Densetsu. Love that extra sound channel over CV3. :)
Super Mario 14. Brought to a Famicom near you by Wario. Thanks, Wario.
Nazo no Murasame-jō!!
Really, I just love hearing that disk system hum ;D
M.C. Kids
On my 101 in 1:
Contra
Bump N' Jump
Bookyman
And also today, I decided to pop in my Pipe V cartridge and play some Gimmick!, to see what all the praise for this game is about. Surprisingly, I was quite disappointed. Pretty good platformer, but it doesn't hold a candle to Armadillo, Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2, or Daiku No Gensan, or many of the other wonderful platformers on the Famicom. Good game, but I'll forever fail to see why some people act like it's the pinnacle of platforming perfection.
Edit: And now Master Fighter II by Yoko Soft. I actually found out some working combos with Chun Li. Or maybe it's an AI flaw, I don't know.
The other day I beat:
Rockman (No death... until the boss rush at the end. :( (No pause trick used either.)
Kaiketsu Yancha Maru 2 (No damage taken)
Yesterday I was too tired to play, today so far I've played Ninja Hattori Kun.
Queen bee V
Im too sick to get past the first boss. I hate colds.
was playing a 99 in 1 cart. Theres some pretty decent games on there, some repeats.
Was playing Twin Bee on it last night... didn't even realise it was on there.
Kick Master
Rockman 4 Minus Infinity (Thanks jpx72!! You're the best!!)
Either I'm a bit rusty, or this game is f*ing hard. ;D
Clu Clu Land, got it for 1 cent, didn't really like it at first, now I've got the controls and finding it really good. Hard as nails though.
1 cent? Wow! :o
Family Basic! Working on a little project, albeit kinda impractical ;D
(http://i.imgur.com/2lftc.png)
Rockman
Just Breed (EN translation)
Rambo
Quote from: UglyJoe on October 18, 2012, 07:27:38 pm
Family Basic! Working on a little project, albeit kinda impractical ;D
(http://i.imgur.com/2lftc.png)
14 lines of code starts from "10" ???
Got the Turbo Twin to read all of my disks now, so playing Zelda 2 and The Goonies.
Burger Time on FDS! I suck at it, the 3rd stage is too damn hard!
Rockman 3
Rockman 6.
I was just playing through Plantman's stage and noticed how similar it was to Sting Chameleon's stage in Rockman X1! :D
Donald Land. Very difficult. Very frustrating and very poor 2D platform game. But I still like it.
:)KAGE...just tested my AV mod Famicom...
Beat Rockman 3 on my 3-in-1, then played Jungle Book II on a JY multicart. Pretty well made, actually.
Played through Bucky O'Hare. Lots of neat setpieces in it, and fairly easy once you learn the stages and bosses.
Still very easy to die in it, but the game also throws 1-ups at you like they're candy about to expire.
53 Stations of the Tokaido :)
Choujin Sentai Jetman. Easily makes it onto my personal top 10 Famicom games.
pinball
Getsu Fuuma :D
Batman.
Kickle Cubicle.. fun
I beat the following recently:
Rockman 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Story mode, as Raphael)
Pokémon Blue (Wacky Races hack)
Twinbee 3
Power Blade 2
I also played quite a bit of Holy Diver, couldn't beat it. That game is pretty brutal, I'll need some more time to get good at it.
Bad Dudes Vs. Dragon Ninja
Bomber King :D
Highway Star!
Magic Jewelry II on 260-in-1. Very fun game, I got to 200,000 points or so before I choked.
Akumajou Dracula - Death did me in.
Crisis Force
I suck at shooters :'(
Super Lode Runner, stuck on level 10, I know what to do, it's just a matter of doing it right. :-[
Pizza Pop Mario... I love this game. At first the game glitched and was stuck tallying up my score infinitely after stage 4 for some reason... so I reset my Famicom and played it again, beating it this time glitch-free. Wonderful game... I'd probably say it's the number 1 easiest game I've ever played, but also one of the best.
Super Mario 14
Wanpaku Kokkun no Gourmet World
Beat both of these this morning.
Post Merge: February 11, 2013, 10:32:28 pm
Don Doko Don 2. Beat it four times today, the most recent time I beat it without losing a life, which was my goal.
Beat FC Genjin. I loved it, but it's without a doubt one of the easiest games I've ever played. About to play Boku Dracula Kun now.
Just played 53 stations of tokaidou
Playing and singing too...lalalalala :cherry:
Magical Doropie
Bomberman 2.
Quote from: manuel on February 18, 2013, 01:37:44 am
Bomberman 2.
I was deciding between this and Argus. I went for Argus because I knew if I popped in Bomberman 2, I would never get to bed!
Rockman 4, aww yeah!
Quote from: o.pwuaioc on February 18, 2013, 03:16:53 am
Quote from: manuel on February 18, 2013, 01:37:44 am
Bomberman 2.
I was deciding between this and Argus. I went for Argus because I knew if I popped in Bomberman 2, I would never get to bed!
Good decision.
I only wanted to try if it works and ended up playing over an hour.
Daiku No Gensan 2, Tiny Toon Adventures 2, Felix & Jerry. Beat all three of 'em.
I need to get Bomberman II at some point, it looks fun.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on February 13, 2013, 02:11:41 am
Beat FC Genjin. I loved it, but it's without a doubt one of the easiest games I've ever played. About to play Boku Dracula Kun now.
Dracula Kun was nice, but oh so easy as well so I stopped playing and saved it for later. I suppose it's a kid's game after all to some extent.
Quote from: L___E___T on February 19, 2013, 04:27:24 am
Quote from: Nightstar699 on February 13, 2013, 02:11:41 am
Beat FC Genjin. I loved it, but it's without a doubt one of the easiest games I've ever played. About to play Boku Dracula Kun now.
Dracula Kun was nice, but oh so easy as well so I stopped playing and saved it for later. I suppose it's a kid's game after all to some extent.
See, I thought most of that game was easy, but the last level... holy hell that stage took me a while to beat. I didn't use a single continue until I got there... I guess it'd be easy if you still manage to keep your five hearts (I.E. don't get a game over) otherwise it's down to three, which leaves very little room for error... and in a stage with 3 bosses, zero checkpoints, zero items or health refills... it gives me shivers just thinking about it. Maybe I just suck at Dracula Kun.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on February 19, 2013, 08:13:05 am
See, I thought most of that game was easy, but the last level... holy hell that stage took me a while to beat. I didn't use a single continue until I got there... I guess it'd be easy if you still manage to keep your five hearts (I.E. don't get a game over) otherwise it's down to three, which leaves very little room for error... and in a stage with 3 bosses, zero checkpoints, zero items or health refills... it gives me shivers just thinking about it. Maybe I just suck at Dracula Kun.
I agree. I thought the last level was terribly difficult. The rest of the game was fairly easy, though.
Agreed, Eric. Speaking of which, I just beat Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy. That game got hellishly frustrating in some parts, and the final level especially took me many tries, but still a great game. My first time completing it after owning it for a few months.
Gun Nac. Got to the last level but just couldn't do it, not worth even trying. Gotta love that shoot-em-up "you died, so you lose ALL your powerups, and therefore have zero shot of beating the game" bullshit. What a brainless way to inject "challenge" into a game. The game would be mindlessly easy had it not been for that one factor.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on February 25, 2013, 03:31:44 am
Gun Nac. Got to the last level but just couldn't do it, not worth even trying. Gotta love that shoot-em-up "you died, so you lose ALL your powerups, and therefore have zero shot of beating the game" bullshit. What a brainless way to inject "challenge" into a game. The game would be mindlessly easy had it not been for that one factor.
I think you'll find that a lot of games at the time did that, but I'd agree with you on it being stupid a lot of the time. :bomb:
Quote from: Cheetahmen on February 25, 2013, 09:32:00 am
Quote from: Nightstar699 on February 25, 2013, 03:31:44 am
Gun Nac. Got to the last level but just couldn't do it, not worth even trying. Gotta love that shoot-em-up "you died, so you lose ALL your powerups, and therefore have zero shot of beating the game" bullshit. What a brainless way to inject "challenge" into a game. The game would be mindlessly easy had it not been for that one factor.
I think you'll find that a lot of games at the time did that, but I'd agree with you on it being stupid a lot of the time. :bomb:
True. It made sense in the arcades because obviously in the situation of arcade games, it'd leave the player with no other option but keep unloading quarter after quarter if they wish to complete the game... but for a console game like Gun Nac? I guess they'd do it to stay true to the arcade style of shoot 'em ups.... or they just wanted to piss me off 20 years later.
Sometime I'll attempt beating Gun Nac again... it's the same type of deal as Silver Surfer, your only chance of beating the game is to do a no-death run so you'll get to keep your weapons.
For me it was Atlantis no Nazo.
Quote from: Strider_Hiryu on February 16, 2013, 10:33:02 am
Just played 53 stations of tokaidou
Playing and singing too...lalalalala :cherry:
For anyone who doesn't know, the 53 Stations song has lyrics! You can read them here: http://i.imgur.com/8WuHsl.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/8WuHsl.jpg)
http://chirb.it/7N0CnE (http://chirb.it/7N0CnE) is the polished version, but I prefer this one: http://z0r.de/4136 (http://z0r.de/4136) ;D
Just beat Banana Prince... now among my favorite games, wonderful platformer. Since I can't read Japanese, the quizzes were a nightmare, though... I pretty much just had to guess my way through them and they took forever.
I also beat Rockman 5 and Harry's Legend yesterday.
Super Mario Bros. 2?
I hope emulators count.
They count at making you a horrible excuse for a human being if you use them.
No but seriously, if it was the Famicom version then yeah, I guess it counts.
I beat Harry's Legend again today. I think I'll play one of the Rockman games in a bit, haven't decided which one.
Ninja Gaiden
I still suck at this game. :-[
Was it the eagles? It has to have been the eagles...
Tiny Toon Adventures, great platformer. quality Konami.
just played Angry birds, Plants vs Zombies for famicom. :crazy: EPIC ;D
the music is irritating like in seikumatsu
Quote from: famifan on March 01, 2013, 08:25:00 amjust played Angry birds, Plants vs Zombies for famicom. :crazy: EPIC ;D
the music is irritating like in seikumatsu
There's actually carts for these games or just homebrew/hacked ROMs?
Last Famicom game i've played is
Donkey Kong 3.
Quote from: Matias on March 03, 2013, 09:19:47 pm
Quote from: famifan on March 01, 2013, 08:25:00 amjust played Angry birds, Plants vs Zombies for famicom. :crazy: EPIC ;D
the music is irritating like in seikumatsu
There's actually carts for these games or just homebrew/hacked ROMs?
unlis carts with rather original game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxGxeTht2UI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF2CGMFJh5Y
I beat Rockman yesterday!
(http://i.imgur.com/equ0tFH.jpg)
Good work. The original happens to be my favorite Rockman game. I just beat Rockman 3, though.
Thanks! I've somehow beaten most of the other ones at various times in my life, but the original I just was never able to really sit down with and take it out. It actually ended up being pretty easy when I got down to it.
Ah, congratulations. I too have beaten all the Mega Man games, and I find the original to be fairly easy. Others claim it to be the hardest in the series, which I find rather absurd. I just didn't find anything in it which was genuinely difficult, and I originally beat it when I was 8 or so. I guess a couple parts of Dr. Wily's stages were tricky the first time, but once I found out what to do, they're extremely easy too. But then again I don't think any of the original Mega Man games are hard, in fact I think they have the perfect balanced level of difficulty.
Rockman 3
Over Horizon, it's much more fun than I expected - especially with the whole Weapon edit mode and Option mode.
I am actually quite enjoying my copy of Momotaro Densetsu, even if it is giving my Japanese skills a bit of a work out :-[
Bucky O'Hare and Flintstones: Surprise At Dinosaur Peak. I beat Flintstones: SADP, but I couldn't really get into Bucky. I'll try again later.
Jackie Chan
Beat Mickey Mouse III, wonderful game. I shall attempt it on hard mode after work today.
Hoshi no Kirby
I just beat Gimmick. (And no, I didn't get the good ending. I don't know where all the secret items are, I only got the first one. I might replay it later to get the good ending) I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it, but I still stand by my opinion. Exceptional graphics and music, but the gameplay wasn't my cup of tea. Only a couple parts of the game seemed difficult to me, and they seemed difficult in a bad way. More frustrating than they were genuinely challenging. I didn't care much for your weapon, either... perhaps I'm just impatient, but because of how slow it is, how weird the arc it shoots in, and the fact that you have to charge it up before shooting left me really bored at times where I'd miss a shot, and have to wait for it to clear the screen. It's certainly different, very unique platformer. I thought it was fun, but I wouldn't consider it a favorite of mine. The balloon weapon in Mickey Mouse III seems similar in the sense you can ride on the balloon after you created it, but that concept seems executed a lot better in Mickey Mouse III. That said, I reiterate, I did enjoy Gimmick. The fact that the A.I. seemed to react to my inputs was pretty cool, a feature I haven't seen much in platformers. The graphics were exceptional, I found myself really digging the designs of the stages, and many of the boss and enemy characters. I like it.
I was just playing donkey kong jr and realized that the game is 31 years old and still fun to play.
Quote from: tonev on March 10, 2013, 02:41:10 pm
I was just playing donkey kong jr and realized that the game is 31 years old and still fun to play.
Probably my favorite of the three Famicom launch titles. Speaking of age, in just a few weeks Kirby's Adventure is going to turn 20 years old. Can't wait to replay it on its anniversary.
Last Famicom games I played were Super Contra, and Super Contra 8, on my beloved Contra themed 4-in-1. Beat them both without using a continue, oh yeah! Interesting to note is that the laser gun is extremely strong in Super Contra 7/8, as opposed to in real Contra where it's actually one of the weaker guns in the game.
I just finished playing Gun Nac, and I still can't get past stage 6 :/(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc128/pimpsta657/20130309_221547.jpg)
The key to Gun Nac is this: do NOT die. I know this can apply to pretty much every game, but in a game like Gun Nac, where you lose all your powerups when you die (leaving you completely helpless and pretty much screwed, especially in the later stages), perfect play is absolutely required for completion of the game, unless you memorize every single enemy and their firepower patterns. Gun Nac is pretty easy if you're able to power up your weapons and stay alive, but once you make a mistake, it gets brutal.
I've been playing Gimmick again... I think this game is starting to grow on me.
Yeah, you're absolutely right. Gradius comes to mind. I still can't get used to the floaty physics of Gimmick.
Speaking of, I played Gradius again for like the 4th time in my life yesterday, and I still can't make it past stage 3...this is the highest score I've gotten yet.(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc128/pimpsta657/gradius31013.jpg)
This seems to be the number one difficulty factor in many shoot 'em up games... while some others, such as the Touhou Project series on PC, are a bit more lenient when it comes to keeping your powerups (you can collect a few of them when you die), but there are much more bullets to worry about evading. Gradius is a very difficult game, I beat it a couple years ago, though. Stage 3 is the level with the Moai heads, I believe? I remember just trying to take out those heads as quickly as possible with a fully powered laser, but the double shot might be more useful for the mini-boss, which, if I remember correctly, is a giant swarm of ships attacking you. And I remember using the warp in this stage, too.... it's been too long. I should replay that sometime.
As you get older playing shoot 'ems you have to start relying more on memorization
We can rely on those fast twitch muscles like we had when we were younger :'(
Haha totally. I do have to put that time in, so many different shooters, so many patterns to memorize...
I admit, that my play style is probably 80% twitch reflexes, 20% enemy pattern memorization. thatsprobablywhyisuck.jpg
Couldn't get to sleep as usual, so I decided to play Famicom instead.... as usual.
Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2 - Beat without losing a life, didn't take any damage until the last level.
Daiku No Gen San - Beat on regular mode, as well as the much harder second quest that's playable after initial completion of the game.
Kero Kero Keroppi 2 - Beat without losing a life... until the final "boss". Damn randomized card-matching
Kage - This game came awfully close to defeating me, luckily I was able to beat the final boss on my last continue, and I only had one block of health left... and I almost hesitated, too. Boy would I have been pissed.
Edit: Oh yeah, and I beat Gekitotsu Yonku Battle, too.
Just beat Rockman, didn't have to use a continue, only died once. I'm going to play all the Rockman games on Famicom/NES back to back. Now onto the second, which happens to be my least favorite one, but I still love it.
Edit: Beat Mega Man 2. Much harder game than the original, hardest in the series, I'd say... unless of course you're playing it on baby mode.
I would say Mega Man 2 is the easiest one. Metal Blade works against most bosses. Even though I played Megaman 3 more I think it's much harder, mostly because of the Doc Robots.
Last Famicom game I played: Zelda II: Link no Bouken for FDS
I always wondered if you take more damage in this than in the NES version. It feels like you die more easily anyway.
Quote from: P on March 16, 2013, 06:01:01 am
I would say Mega Man 2 is the easiest one. Metal Blade works against most bosses. Even though I played Megaman 3 more I think it's much harder, mostly because of the Doc Robots.
The robot masters in Mega Man 2 are very easy, as are all their stages, but the BooBeam Trap in Wily's Castle is one of the cruelest bosses ever conceived, mainly just because if you miss a single shot against it, you basically have to just keep killing yourself until you get a game over. It can kill you pretty quick too, and its firepower is pretty tough to dodge. Don't get me wrong, Mega Man 2 is an easy game, but I have more trouble beating it than any other one in the series. (Last night I beat 1, 3 and 4 without a single continue, on Mega Man 2 I had to use 3 continues)
I actually find Mega Man 3 to be the easiest in the series, as it's the one I've played the most. Mega Man 2 is my least favorite in the series, so therefore it's probably the one I've played the least, and don't know as well as the others. I think that's the primary factor in deciding one's experience with a specific Mega Man title, how well they know the game.
Edit: And I played MM2 on Difficult mode, as it was the standard (and only) difficulty in the Japanese version.
And on the PAL boxart for MM2, I can not for the life of me figure out what this is supposed to represent in-game:
(http://gyazo.com/6dcd1680aa95e8f70901fd4d6e3080b8.png?1363457764)
Esper Dream 2
Quote from: Nightstar699 on March 16, 2013, 10:36:02 am
BooBeam Trap in Wily's Castle is one of the cruelest bosses ever conceived, mainly just because if you miss a single shot against it, you basically have to just keep killing yourself until you get a game over. It can kill you pretty quick too, and its firepower is pretty tough to dodge.
Yeah I definitely agree that that's one of the hardest bosses in any Megaman game.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on March 16, 2013, 10:36:02 am
I actually find Mega Man 3 to be the easiest in the series, as it's the one I've played the most. Mega Man 2 is my least favorite in the series, so therefore it's probably the one I've played the least, and don't know as well as the others. I think that's the primary factor in deciding one's experience with a specific Mega Man title, how well they know the game.
Yup I also played Megaman 3 the most but I still think Megaman 2 is easier because I beat it with a lot less playthroughs. I know every stage in Megaman 3 much better though.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on March 16, 2013, 10:36:02 am
Edit: And I played MM2 on Difficult mode, as it was the standard (and only) difficulty in the Japanese version.
I do too. Easy is way too easy IMO.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on March 16, 2013, 10:36:02 am
And on the PAL boxart for MM2, I can not for the life of me figure out what this is supposed to represent in-game:
(http://gyazo.com/6dcd1680aa95e8f70901fd4d6e3080b8.png?1363457764)
That's Dr Wily in his UFO! ...maybe. ;D
Played Zelda 2 Link no Bouken again.
I think the reason why you take more damage in the Japanese version is because that in the NES version there's enemies like the Moby and the Molblins that drain your experience points when you touch them and I guess the damage your life bar takes from these enemies is less. In the Japanese version you just take damage like from any other enemy. Bubbles are the same in both versions though, they damage your magic points more than your life.
Lately ive been hooked on player streemerz and battle kid some of the best homebrew games of all time.
When they havent kicked my ass enough i like to chuck on holy diver and get a real beat down.
POW and TMNT 2 and 3 if i wanna have a casual session.
Quote from: P on March 16, 2013, 06:16:08 pm
Quote from: Nightstar699 on March 16, 2013, 10:36:02 am
And on the PAL boxart for MM2, I can not for the life of me figure out what this is supposed to represent in-game:
(http://gyazo.com/6dcd1680aa95e8f70901fd4d6e3080b8.png?1363457764)
That's Dr Wily in his UFO! ...maybe. ;D
That's what I thought too. I'm actually considering buying PAL copies of Mega Mans 1, 2, and 3 just for the label art. PAL MM2's art is hysterically bad, but 1 and 3 actually looks pretty good, and the drawing of Wily looks remarkably dark and creepy on both of them.
Last Famicom game I beat was Rockman 5, gonna play Rockman 6 now .
Lol when I borrowed Megaman 2 from a friend for the first time I was like "What the heck is this!? Robocop's papa?", and I even thought the Ice Climber box art was inaccurate at first.
Last Famicom game: Zelda II, I'm about to enter temple no 6 Three Eye Rock Temple.
Robocop's Papa 2 would make a fitting title for the PAL version of Rockman 2, as obviously Robocop's Papa 1 would be the U.S. version of Rockman 1.... no clue how they fucked that one up THAT bad.
Last Famicom game I played was, surprise surprise, Rockman 6. Just a few weeks ago I said the original Rockman was my favorite, but after playing them all back to back, I have to say that 3 and 6 seem like the best installments to me. 3 for the series innovation and the nostalgia (first NES Mega Man game I played), and 6 because it just seems to be a perfect game. No groundbreaking gameplay changes, but everything is done so beautifully in it. Coolest robot masters, coolest stages, the 2nd best NES graphics I've seen besides Kirby's Adventure. Obviously the theme they were going for was robot masters from different parts of the world, and different time periods, and they did it quite well.
I agree with you to 90%. Rockman 6 is really well made and it beats the crap out of Rockman 4 and 5. They managed to make most of the Robot Masters interesting again with their themes as you say. It makes sense since they are representing their respective parts of the world in the tournament. However the only problem I have with the game is the music. It's no match for the first three games in the series and overall I think those three are a bit more fun to play for some reason. I think Rockman 3 is the most perfect game with Rockman 1 and 2 very close behind.
Last Famicom game played: Haven't played anymore Zelda 2. Gonna finish the last two temples when I have time.
Quote from: P on March 18, 2013, 03:43:01 am
I agree with you to 90%. Rockman 6 is really well made and it beats the crap out of Rockman 4 and 5. They managed to make most of the Robot Masters interesting again with their themes as you say. It makes sense since they are representing their respective parts of the world in the tournament. However the only problem I have with the game is the music. It's no match for the first three games in the series and overall I think those three are a bit more fun to play for some reason. I think Rockman 3 is the most perfect game with Rockman 1 and 2 very close behind.
Last Famicom game played: Haven't played anymore Zelda 2. Gonna finish the last two temples when I have time.
Ah, really? I liked a lot of the songs in Rockman 6, Knight Man's theme, Yamato Man's theme, Tomahawk Man's theme (and he happens to be my favorite robot master in the series), and the music for the final battle with Wily was terrific final boss music. I can't there there was a single Rockman game I thought the soundtrack was lacking... although 1-6 are the only ones I've really played in depth, so I can't speak for the other ones. Right on about Rockman 3 being the best, that game made me so used to sliding that it was somewhat hard to adjust to being unable to slide when I went back and played the first two.
I beat a couple Famicom games, the first Castlevania, where I managed to beat both Death, and Dracula (both forms) without getting hit once. When I was younger the Grim Reaper used to give me hell, but now I realize what I did wrong. You have to hold onto that Holy Water, the stuff is liquid gold! It seems like they intentionally place a boomerang in one of the nearby candles just to screw you over. Both the infamous hallway of doom, and Grimmy himself are a piece of cake with this weapon.
And I played through Pokemon Red, the hack of Mitsume Ga Tooru. The music for the credits was so beautiful, nearly brought a tear to my eye. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAtvUJfuih4
Quote from: Nightstar699 on March 18, 2013, 04:15:59 am
Ah, really? I liked a lot of the songs in Rockman 6, Knight Man's theme, Yamato Man's theme, Tomahawk Man's theme (and he happens to be my favorite robot master in the series), and the music for the final battle with Wily was terrific final boss music.
Yeah they are all good when I have gotten used to them (especially Knight Man's music took a while), but they didn't immediately stick like the songs in the first three games did (I fell for the fortress boss theme in Rockman 1 right away). For Rockman 4 and 5 I only liked Skull Man's music. Maybe I just haven't played them enough.
Quote
Right on about Rockman 3 being the best, that game made me so used to sliding that it was somewhat hard to adjust to being unable to slide when I went back and played the first two.
Yeah that's one of the reasons I think it's so perfectly balanced. The sliding adds to the game play and also the loyal Rush gives a good air to the game. Then the music and graphics being so great. To bad Rockman 4 couldn't continue to give me this feeling.
Last Famicom game: Zelda 2, I finished off Volvagia. Only the great temple left now.
Quarth
Patlabor. Finally managed to beat level 3, the boss took all my bullets though. :'(
Quote from: P on March 18, 2013, 01:51:58 pm
Yeah that's one of the reasons I think it's so perfectly balanced. The sliding adds to the game play and also the loyal Rush gives a good air to the game. Then the music and graphics being so great. To bad Rockman 4 couldn't continue to give me this feeling.
Rockman 4's biggest change was, obviously, the fact that Rock can now charge up his Mega Buster. I've found that critical response to this feature was mixed, some people thought it made certain parts too easy, and many believed it reduced the emphasis on strategy and managing your special weapon energy (which is obviously one of the things that set Rockman apart from many platformers). It also created the format of going through two different castles (or fortresses, boss stages, whatever you wish to call them), as well as the fact that the transportation items were not given out, but rather hidden, which was kinda interesting. One thing I did find lazy though, is that the last boss in 4, 5, and 6, Dr. Wily's final form, all look identical. That was a bit lazy, but they do have to be fought somewhat differently, too. But Rockman 3 definitely has a certain charm that I don't think any other game could ever match, same with the original Rockman game.
Last Famicom game I played was the Pikachu hack of Nuts and Milk.
I don't mind the new technical features at all, and I love the chargeable rockbuster in later games. Especially in the X series. The problem is hard to put a finger on but I think the level design is lacking, most of the robot masters don't leave much of an impression and the music isn't very memorable save for Skull Man's music. The intro is very cool though.
Last Famicom game: Zelda II, I entered the great temple with 8 lives (from gathering the Link Dolls and one from levelling up) thinking I'm gonna explore the whole temple. But damn those bird warriors are strong! I was down to 2 lives left when I finally decided to go beat the game even though there was still one small part of the temple still left unexplored. I lost another life to the final guardian so I only had one life left on the final boss. I barely beated him too! If he had got one or two more hits on me it would be game over and I would have to redo the whole temple!
Wanpaku Kokkun no Gourmet World
THE FLINTSTONE THE SURPRISE AT DINOSAUR PEAK ( pirate cart )
love it ;D
I finally beat Hoshi no Kirby. The game isn't hard, idk why it took me forever.
Atlantis no Nazo
(http://media.tasvideos.org/autosnaps/1990_1.png)
I play it from time to time.. difficult + enjoyable 8)
Ninja Ryukenden 3. Seemed way easier than I expected. Would people say the harder US version is better, or just cheaper? Cheap as in unfair hard God Rugal cheap. Not cost on eBay cheap :)
I don't like the third game very much, it's the worst of the three. No continues in the US version also makes it less fun. Only good thing about it, is that story is in English but the story is the worst of the three IMHO. Ninja Ryukenden 2 is my favo.
Higemaru Makaijima, what a great hidden Capcom gem!
I had a small Balloon Fight competition this morning with my little niece :) We had a lot of fun.
:redcart:
Switchstance, is that really you? :o
This place hasn't been the same with out you. I've dying to ask, how is 'switchstance' pronounced? Is it like 'instance' ?
Exactly like "instance". :bomb: I am back yeah! I have been in and on for quite some time, but finally I have some time to spare and play many famicom games :D
Tokkyuu Shirei - Solbrain.
Rockman 5
Spent about 15 minutes playing a translation of Fire Emblem on the Everdrive. That soundtrack...
Beat a few Famicom games today, one of which was the "Super Mario and Sonik 2" hack of Chip N Dale 2. Which is odd, because the Bootleg Games Wiki article on it claimed that this game locks up after the first level... huh. I guess my copy is made of pixie dust.
Played a few boards on Wily and Light No Rockboard, since my friend is over for a sleepover ::)
I knew she would pick Roll.
Kirby
Well, actually my son played it. And he beat the first boss (the tree) on the first try without taking damage. WTF? :o
What ability did he have when he fought Whispy Woods? Or was he just normal Kirby? Either way that's impressive for a youngster's first try.
The last NES/Famicom game I emulated was :mario:Somari.
It is so hard... >:( Dying in the first level a lot! Stuck in the next! I think I will play SMB3 :mario: :star: :question: :yoshi:
I request you take a stab at the title screen for Kiwi Kraze.
I played and beat a few Famicom games today:
Don Doko Don 2 (Twice, I wasn't satisfied with my mediocre performance on my first run)
Mitsume Ga Tooru
Samurai Pizza Cats
I think I'll play Rockin' Kats (on NES) next.
Nice, I played a translation of SPC that "Is supposed to be just like the American cartoon." It was interesting seeing the names Speedy and Guido on the Famicom. I've been playing through Jesus: Dreadful Bio-Monster in my spare time today. All I can say, the main character's girlfriend is a babe.
(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc128/pimpsta657/Helene.jpg)
That does sound pretty cool, as I was a fan of the English dub growing up, but in more recent years I saw watched the original series with subtitles, and I loved it. Needless to say, the SPC game is one of the best, and my copy of it is definitely among my most prized possessions.
Yeah, it's pretty neat. I'm with you on that, such a great show growing up. My cousin had some tapes he had recorded with a good amount of episodes. I've been meaning to track down a cartridge myself. I had a chance to grab one off eBay a few years ago, but I forgot to bid before the auction ended!
Games I beat today:
Mickey Mouse III: Yume Fuusen - Beat without dying. I love this game too much for my own good.
Banana Ouji No Daibouken - Getting past the quiz parts are a nightmarish guessing game if you can't read Japanese, but it's pretty easy otherwise. Wonderful game.
Gimmick - I still think it's overrated and the epitome of "flash over substance"... yet for some reason I still come back to replay it every couple weeks. Ugh. Gimmick.
Post Merge: April 09, 2013, 12:33:29 am
Just played through one of my favorites, Choujin Sentai Jetman, and beat it on the Very Hard difficulty setting only accessible via a simple code. This setting doesn't change much about the game... in fact, everything is pretty much identical besides the fact that you are only able to take just one hit before perishing, as opposed to the long health bar you get in the normal setting. This, plus the fact that there are no health powerups whatsoever in the Very Hard mode, so it truly becomes a no-mistakes, one-hit-kill game. At first I thought that this was a rather lazy way to add challenge to the game, as the enemy placement is exactly the same as Normal mode. However, as I played through it I grew to love this mode of the game, and I feel like one-hit-deaths are truly the way this game was meant to be played. Some of the enemy/trap placement in this game is very clever and tricky, but during the normal game you wouldn't even notice, because your health bar means that taking damage during stages practically doesn't matter. Oh, and for the final boss - I'd suggest using the rope-a-dope method.
Long live Jetman.
Rockman 4
Daiku No Gensan 2 - Beat the second quest, yay.
The Flintstones: Surprise At Dinosaur Peak - No death-ran it this morning, yay.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on April 04, 2013, 12:14:02 am
What ability did he have when he fought Whispy Woods? Or was he just normal Kirby? Either way that's impressive for a youngster's first try.
He was needle Kirby.
i have finished Megaman 2 this morning ;D of course with help of some game genie codes :-[
(https://i.ibb.co/HzytqKD/Photo0045.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/JvHQwKV/Photo0047.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/B4YyGvG/Photo0051.jpg)
Yesterday I've completed my first Famicom game: Rockman 2
I must say that can be quite a challenge if you're only used to Megaman 2 on "normal" mode... :D
Did a few no-death runs today:
Don Doko Don 2
Pizza Pop
Rockman 6
Ducktales 2 (Difficult mode, didn't get the best ending. Still too lazy to find out where the other map pieces are)
It's worth pointing out that I didn't know the Energy Balancer was even in Rockman 6 until a few days ago when I got it for my first time. Wowee!
Kage. Love that game.
Akumajou Dracula - I beat Death for the first time. Really easy if you have Level 3 Holy Water!
Yes. In fact that whole stage is easy with the Holy Water, even the cursed hallway of knights and Medusa heads. The Medusas are still annoying, yes, but Holy Water tears those knights to shreds.
FC Genjin and Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu are the games I played recently.
Started playing Akumajou Densetsu again - got past that pirate ship stage (I always used to die on the see-saw bit).
I played a little Akumajou Dracula before that and got Dracula nearly to his second form. It won't be long before I can beat it at last.
- Nightstar I figured out that hallway you have to jump and throw the holy water (against the knights), then it's a breeze. Trying to get through without using the holy water is pretty tough.
Very good, Dracula's first form requires patience and precise timing. I'm pretty sure it's only possible to hit him once per teleport cycle. There might be a strategy to get in more than one hit, but I'm guessing it's extremely risky. So I prefer to take that battle nice and slowly... then for his second form, I just unleash that Holy Water. (Jump and use holy water, then repeatedly jump and whip his head)
Beating that form without Holy Water? No clue, never tried it, and I'm guessing it's incredibly difficult, and a bit luck reliant, too.
Last games I played:
Bucky O'Hare - Beat it, but died dozens of times in the process.
Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula Kun - Beat it without dying, yay.
I'm new to Famicom. My 1st game I completed was Kid Dracula, I sold the cart on, with the intention of buying a CIB, and I miss it already.
I'm now going to mix and match with Cart only and CIB as I really want to focus more on playing stuff rather than collecting (which I have been guilty of in the past) Of course, its nice to have complete looking games for box art and Japanese colour manuals, but my funds simply don't allow that.
Anyway..enough of that! I'm currently playing Rolling Thunder and guys..I'm struggling!! anyone here beat this on a one credit run...?
I'm loving it, but finding it very challenging :-)
Post Merge: April 20, 2013, 05:01:29 pm
These were the 1st set of Famicom games I bought. Semi blind buys, with tiny research so they were surprises, but just to check they werent rpgs or anything too text heavy as I'm in the UK and I don't speak any Japanese (save a few words)
I've played them all and some of them are really fun, I've only played them for limited amounts of times as I'm rotating my family computer and rolling thunder at the moment.
(I've also bought several disk system games for when that arrives..again, this is all new to me) don't get me wrong, this isnt a fad, I loved and still love the NES with all of my gaming heart, very special console, considering I've bought so many Japanese consoles over the years, I'm still puzzled why I never bought a famicom for so many years. hehe
Terrific games, from those I can tell you that Ninja Ryukenden II, Musashi No Ken, Ninja Hattori Kun and GeGeGe No Kitaro are marvelous. Haven't played the others.
The 1st one I beat on the NES (Ninja Gaiden) (and I found it hard) I know the NG games do have magificent stories, so when I start the 2nd properly, I'll print the story off. Don't get me wrong! The gameplay is sublime!!
i know the lady dies, i read it by accident
Post Merge: April 20, 2013, 05:17:20 pm
I've played a fair bit of GeGeGe No Kitaro as I popped it in to check it working on arrival and I couldnt stop playing it..so addictive and IIRC no continues..so play it with honesty!!
Post Merge: April 20, 2013, 05:33:01 pm
I have Yokai Doukiki on Core Grafx, but wanted to see how the famicom version plays. I love that game, I know it has its fair share of non supporters, but I've always liked it. Pretty difficult in places too, especially final level, fiendish jumps!
I'm going to have a nice Sunday morning relaxing, then have Sunday lunch with my mum, then I'm going to play on the Family computer.
Thats the plan anyway - fingers crossed it works out like that :)
Wanpaku Kokkun No Gourmet World, usually I can beat this game without dying, today I fell into the pit on the final stage. :( As easy as the game is for the most part, that one jump is pretty damn frame-specific.
Also played Ducktales on NES, it's been forever since I played this game.
Paaman 2
Battle City ;)
Rockman 4. Never beat it before tonight - glad I did it on a cart the first time :)
Beat Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu without dying. I think I'll play Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3 next.
Saiyuuki World. It was the last one I got around to testing from a package I just got from manuel. It wasn't quite as good as I was hoping for, but maybe it'll grow on me. I really like the sequel, which got released in the US as Whomp 'Em.
Very nice! I played Whomp 'Em just yesterday, that game is one of my favorites as well.
I've been kicking back with a beer every night while playing Rockman. (Thank you again, Manuel. I'll be picking up from you again soon :pacman:)
I just haven't had much time to really get into it. I'll end up beating 4 Robot Masters before I call it quits. I kind of want to play now, but I ended up going on a 6 mile jog with my boss and a few coworkers after work today, so I'm tired as shit.
On a different note, due to a certain member's influence, I'm really looking forward to playing Pizza Pop soon.
Ahh, the original Rockman is a wonderful game. What order have you been starting with? The one I'd recommend is: Guts, Cut, Elec, Ice, Fire, Bomb. But then again, Guts, Cut and Bomb are all very easy, and make good starter stages. Just make sure you play Guts before Elec, because I'm pretty sure the game cannot be completed if you fail to get the Magnet Beam in Elec's stage, which requires use of Guts' weapon.
As for Pizza Pop, did you already get/order a copy of it? How very wise of you to trust the influence of a certain member. That certain member has great taste in games, and an electrifying sense of fashion.
The last Famicom game I played was... Pizza Pop. I'll play Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula Kun next.
Edit: Just got done beating Boku Dracula Kun, and I did so without dying. Good thing I had max health, because that stupid Drillbot on the final stage took 3 entire hearts from me. That thing is impossible to beat without getting hit, unless you get ridiculously lucky.
I usually start with Bombman because I think Gutsman is harder than Bombman and Cutman. You can replay old stages in Rockman so you can get the Magnet Beam later if you fail to get it the first time but it's never fun to backtrack.
Haven't played anymore Famicom since I finished Zelda II. I recently finished Rockman World and then I started on Rockman World 2.
Quote from: P on April 25, 2013, 01:06:43 pm
You can replay old stages in Rockman so you can get the Magnet Beam later if you fail to get it the first time but it's never fun to backtrack.
Ah, that's exactly what I was wondering. I had heard a few people claim otherwise... but I hadn't been in such a situation myself, to confirm.
Edit: I decided to play the original Rockman as well. This time my challenge was to use the special weapons as often as possible throughout the stages, as usually I just stick to the Buster in that game. I never knew Fireman's weapon was so useful against certain enemies. This time I went in an odd order: Fire, Bomb, Cut, Guts, Elec, Ice. I actually attempted Ice Man's stage first, and I did get to him, but I just couldn't beat him without Electricity. I suck.
Score upon completion: 1307400
Quote from: Nightstar699 on April 25, 2013, 08:57:51 am
Ahh, the original Rockman is a wonderful game. What order have you been starting with? The one I'd recommend is: Guts, Cut, Elec, Ice, Fire, Bomb. But then again, Guts, Cut and Bomb are all very easy, and make good starter stages. Just make sure you play Guts before Elec, because I'm pretty sure the game cannot be completed if you fail to get the Magnet Beam in Elec's stage, which requires use of Guts' weapon.
As for Pizza Pop, did you already get/order a copy of it? How very wise of you to trust the influence of a certain member. That certain member has great taste in games, and an electrifying sense of fashion.
The last Famicom game I played was... Pizza Pop. I'll play Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula Kun next.
Edit: Just got done beating Boku Dracula Kun, and I did so without dying. Good thing I had max health, because that stupid Drillbot on the final stage took 3 entire hearts from me. That thing is impossible to beat without getting hit, unless you get ridiculously lucky.
I've been going Cut, Bomb, Guts, Elec, Ice, then Fire. I realize I'm going in a strange order from the beginning, but it's been working for me. Haha that certain member happens to like a lot of the same games as I, so I figured I was doing the right thing by putting forth trust. Electrifying, huh? Speaking of, it was a casual day at work today, so I wore a pair of red plaid zipper pants, a gray dress shirt with the sleeves cut off over a t-shirt, and a pair of black suede Puma high tops. I had decided to leave my hair down though (which is a Mohawk). Fun times. I'm actually having trouble finding a copy of Pizza Pop, but I can easily throw the ROM on my Everdrive to give it a spin. I'll probably do that tomorrow after I pick up some sake.
I have a spare copy of Pizza Pop (cart) if anybody's interested. ;)
Damn, manuel, did you score two spare Pizza Pops recently? Because you've promised one to meeeeeeeeeeeee!
Also, I got a few new FC carts in the mail the other day. I started testing them yesterday, and the last one I played was Don Doko Don. I gotta get home from work and test the rest of the stack!
Quote from: Zero107 on April 25, 2013, 09:20:05 pm
Quote from: Nightstar699 on April 25, 2013, 08:57:51 am
Ahh, the original Rockman is a wonderful game. What order have you been starting with? The one I'd recommend is: Guts, Cut, Elec, Ice, Fire, Bomb. But then again, Guts, Cut and Bomb are all very easy, and make good starter stages. Just make sure you play Guts before Elec, because I'm pretty sure the game cannot be completed if you fail to get the Magnet Beam in Elec's stage, which requires use of Guts' weapon.
As for Pizza Pop, did you already get/order a copy of it? How very wise of you to trust the influence of a certain member. That certain member has great taste in games, and an electrifying sense of fashion.
The last Famicom game I played was... Pizza Pop. I'll play Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula Kun next.
Edit: Just got done beating Boku Dracula Kun, and I did so without dying. Good thing I had max health, because that stupid Drillbot on the final stage took 3 entire hearts from me. That thing is impossible to beat without getting hit, unless you get ridiculously lucky.
I've been going Cut, Bomb, Guts, Elec, Ice, then Fire. I realize I'm going in a strange order from the beginning, but it's been working for me. Haha that certain member happens to like a lot of the same games as I, so I figured I was doing the right thing by putting forth trust. Electrifying, huh? Speaking of, it was a casual day at work today, so I wore a pair of red plaid zipper pants, a gray dress shirt with the sleeves cut off over a t-shirt, and a pair of black suede Puma high tops. I had decided to leave my hair down though (which is a Mohawk). Fun times. I'm actually having trouble finding a copy of Pizza Pop, but I can easily throw the ROM on my Everdrive to give it a spin. I'll probably do that tomorrow after I pick up some sake.
Hmm... that's a respectable order, I'd say. Just wondering, do you actually use Bomb Man's weapon as you fight Gutsman, or do you just use the Buster? I find Bomb Man's weapons to be absolutely useless, they really should have exploded upon impact. Huge oversight on Capcom's part, I'd say, but the weapons in the original are still cool overall.
Zero, have you ever considered cosplaying as Zangief? I could tell you that if I could pull off a Mohawk (which sadly, I cannot) I'd 'Gief it up every single day of my life no matter what. Good luck getting Pizza Pop, that game took me years to find before I finally got one from Manuel. If nerdynebraskan claims the current spare copy of Pizza Pop, I'm confident Manuel wouldn't mind getting a copy for you, too.
The last Famicom games I played were Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2, Gremlins 2, Joy Mecha Fight, and my pirate cart of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters. Now I'm at work, and I wish I was home already so I could play more games. FC Genjin awaits me.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on April 26, 2013, 03:01:57 pm
Quote from: Zero107 on April 25, 2013, 09:20:05 pm
Quote from: Nightstar699 on April 25, 2013, 08:57:51 am
Ahh, the original Rockman is a wonderful game. What order have you been starting with? The one I'd recommend is: Guts, Cut, Elec, Ice, Fire, Bomb. But then again, Guts, Cut and Bomb are all very easy, and make good starter stages. Just make sure you play Guts before Elec, because I'm pretty sure the game cannot be completed if you fail to get the Magnet Beam in Elec's stage, which requires use of Guts' weapon.
As for Pizza Pop, did you already get/order a copy of it? How very wise of you to trust the influence of a certain member. That certain member has great taste in games, and an electrifying sense of fashion.
The last Famicom game I played was... Pizza Pop. I'll play Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula Kun next.
Edit: Just got done beating Boku Dracula Kun, and I did so without dying. Good thing I had max health, because that stupid Drillbot on the final stage took 3 entire hearts from me. That thing is impossible to beat without getting hit, unless you get ridiculously lucky.
I've been going Cut, Bomb, Guts, Elec, Ice, then Fire. I realize I'm going in a strange order from the beginning, but it's been working for me. Haha that certain member happens to like a lot of the same games as I, so I figured I was doing the right thing by putting forth trust. Electrifying, huh? Speaking of, it was a casual day at work today, so I wore a pair of red plaid zipper pants, a gray dress shirt with the sleeves cut off over a t-shirt, and a pair of black suede Puma high tops. I had decided to leave my hair down though (which is a Mohawk). Fun times. I'm actually having trouble finding a copy of Pizza Pop, but I can easily throw the ROM on my Everdrive to give it a spin. I'll probably do that tomorrow after I pick up some sake.
Hmm... that's a respectable order, I'd say. Just wondering, do you actually use Bomb Man's weapon as you fight Gutsman, or do you just use the Buster? I find Bomb Man's weapons to be absolutely useless, they really should have exploded upon impact. Huge oversight on Capcom's part, I'd say, but the weapons in the original are still cool overall.
Yeah I used to start with Cutman too but it was annoying to have to play Elecman's stage twice every time and you don't get to throw rocks at Cutman since there are no rocks when you encounter him the second time. Then I learned Bombman also was easy with the rockbuster. I use Bombmans weapon on Gutsman but it's probably the only good use it has. Gutsman is slow and won't be able to dodge the bombs in time.
If I may ask, what about Gutsman's stage do most people find difficult? Whenever I see people talking about the difficulty level of the original Rockman, Gutsman's stage seems to always come up but I find it to be one of the shortest, but also most fun stages in the game, as well as the one with my favorite theme. What do you think?
Last Famicom game I played was Joy Mech Fight, I'm starting to really get into it, at the moment my best characters in it are Flame, Giant, and Neo. I'd say it's tied with TMNT: Tournament Fighters for best 8-bit fighting game.
Last NES game I played was Shatterhand last night... beat it without dying, which I was pretty proud of because I tend to make stupid mistakes on the last stage of that game.
I just beat my first FC (exclusive) game: Jumpin' Kid AKA Jack the Giant Slayer. Damn, this game is tedious, though.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on April 27, 2013, 01:51:08 pm
If I may ask, what about Gutsman's stage do most people find difficult? Whenever I see people talking about the difficulty level of the original Rockman, Gutsman's stage seems to always come up but I find it to be one of the shortest, but also most fun stages in the game, as well as the one with my favorite theme. What do you think?
For me as a kid it was probably the lifts that suddenly tip you off. Until you get used to it could cost you many lives.
I would say the hardest non-fortress stage is probably Iceman's stage. Especially the part with the platforms that doubles as indestructible enemies (since they shoot at you). They are so unpredictable. Now when I start with Bombman however, I have the magnet beam on that stage so it's not such a big deal anymore. The disappearing blocks of course, used to be annoying too but after several years of Rockman experience they aren't so bad anymore.
Nightstar, there is no way I can pull off a Zangief cosplay on the daily, hell, not even once. I don't have the physique to even consider it. I use the buster on Guts most of the time, but I'll use the bombs every so often just for the hell of it. I agree, they should have been programmed to explode upon impact. I NEVER use them outside the occasional Guts fight. I agree as far as that stage being short and fun. The lifts never give me trouble. If anything, the flying platforms in Ice Man's stage, after the disappearing platforms piss me off. Dem bullets...
Last Famicom game I played was Layla. Made it to Asteroid 3 before I lost a life, but I was done. It's a fun game, but I can't get used to the weird, "on wheels" physics of it.
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on April 27, 2013, 04:25:43 pm
I just beat my first FC (exclusive) game: Jumpin' Kid AKA Jack the Giant Slayer. Damn, this game is tedious, though.
Is that game any good? That is one of the very few platformers I haven't played, but I looked it up and it appeared to be pretty good.
Quote from: P on April 27, 2013, 04:40:29 pm
For me as a kid it was probably the lifts that suddenly tip you off. Until you get used to it could cost you many lives.
I would say the hardest non-fortress stage is probably Iceman's stage. Especially the part with the platforms that doubles as indestructible enemies (since they shoot at you). They are so unpredictable. Now when I start with Bombman however, I have the magnet beam on that stage so it's not such a big deal anymore. The disappearing blocks of course, used to be annoying too but after several years of Rockman experience they aren't so bad anymore.
Ahh, I always loved the lifts in Gutsman's stage. Once you memorize how they work, it can be cleared without issue using precise timing. But Ice Man's stage was one I always dreaded... although yesterday I cleared it pretty easily, I remember those shooting platforms being terribly random and glitchy, sometimes I'd get shot and fall right through the platform. Of course the Magnet Beam makes that part easier, but to this day I still get slightly nervous at that point in the stage, Magnet Beam or not. But Ice Man himself as a boss? Boy is he impossible unless you use Electricity. His Ice Shots HURT. Real bad, three mistakes and you're done. The timing to dodge his shots consistently is so precise that I could never even imagine beating him with the buster... and I tried to do so yesterday, I failed.
Quote from: Zero107 on April 27, 2013, 04:59:46 pm
Nightstar, there is no way I can pull off a Zangief cosplay on the daily, hell, not even once. I don't have the physique to even consider it. I use the buster on Guts most of the time, but I'll use the bombs every so often just for the hell of it. I agree, they should have been programmed to explode upon impact. I NEVER use them outside the occasional Guts fight. I agree as far as that stage being short and fun. The lifts never give me trouble. If anything, the flying platforms in Ice Man's stage, after the disappearing platforms piss me off. Dem bullets...
Last Famicom game I played was Layla. Made it to Asteroid 3 before I lost a life, but I was done. It's a fun game, but I can't get used to the weird, "on wheels" physics of it.
A very fun thing to do in the Rockman games is force yourself to use the weaker weapons often, or in situations where their use is limited. Weapons like the bombs in Rockman 1, the Top Spin in Rockman 3, the Charge Kick in Rockman 5, etc. I've found a great deal of replay value by utilizing weapons in this way, and it's actually helped me discover situations where the weapons actually do come in handy. (But not the bombs in Rockman 1... those are just awful. Oh well)
Last Famicom game I played was Gremlins 2.
I wasn't hugely impressed with it to be honest. The control is not the tightest. Enemy placement is frustrating. Hit detection is a bit biased against you. These are obviously manageable, since I managed to beat the game and it limits you to 9 (single-life) continues.
The most frustrating thing is in the powerup mechanics. Your default jump is tediously weak. You can earn up to two stages of upgrades by picking up springs, but you lose them EVERY time you take a hit. You can also upgrade your shot against bosses by picking up beans, but you also drop them EVERY time you get hit. I wasted a lot of time in several awkward places shooting respawning enemies repeatedly waiting for them to drop a spring or two that I desperately needed.
To be honest, a couple of those traits actually remind me of Shadow of the Ninja/Kage, one of my favorite games... (losing powerups after being hit, single-life continues, etc) But regardless, based on your description I think I'll opt not to try that game. Games being hard due to controlling an underpowered character isn't challenging, it's just a sign of bad game design.
I haven't played a lot of Shadow of the Ninja, but I was pretty impressed with it from the first couple of stages. Natsume was a pretty underrated minor developer. The gameplay of SotN is fast, smooth, and even 2P co-op which is unusual in platforming action games. Jumpin' Kid is none of those things. I also found the graphics underwhelming for a game published in 1990.
And the bosses were very poorly programmed pushovers. The final boss -- THE giant at the top of the beanstalk (this is a Jack and the Beanstalk interpretation) -- is seriously a statue that throws fireballs in a slow, predictable pattern. If you stand directly at his feet, he can't even hit you. I took more hits from the bats circling in his room than I did from him. Just jump up and take a couple of potshots at his weak point right after he lobs a fireball, then wait for him to throw the next. Lame.
Tell me about it, I'd say that Natsume is tied with Irem for my favorite game company. I'd recommend you put some more time into Shadow of the Ninja if you get the chance... it's a tough game, but in the good sort of way, it's extremely skillful and the boss battles are some of the best.
Wow, when you stand near his feet, are you able to cause damage to him? If so, a genuine safespot for the final boss battle, that's pretty weak. The difficulty of this game appears to be grossly imbalanced.
I just got done playing Joy Mech Fight, beat the story mode. It took quite a while, there are many opponents to do battle with. Now to track down and favorite the soundtrack for this game on YouTube... the music was so great it almost distracted me from the fights. Almost
the lord of king, very hard game, got stuck at 3rd level :-[
Shatterhand - so so awesome!
Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2, 4th final boss beat me. :'(
Daiku No Gensan. Trying to get to the point where I can complete both quests without taking any damage, but the seagulls in stage 3 drive me insane.
Rockman 3
So I sat down 20 minutes ago to play my Famicom, when I realized it's been on since last night. It was pretty damn warm near the vents, and the RF port almost burnt my damn finger. Just played a little Blade Buster on my Everdrive, and damn, it was awesome being able to play it on actual hardware.
(http://i.imgur.com/CQEN0nZ.jpg)
The reason my Famicom was on last night was because I was playing UTACO , a neat music game based on the above famicase entry. The creator said you can use the Player 2 mic to actually "sing", registering hits, but it apparently doesn't work.
http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=9915 (http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=9915)
Source above.
I have a fear of coming home from work and seeing that my Famicom was accidentally left on. I seriously check it like 5 times before I leave. have never heard of Blade Buster until now but I did look up a couple screenshots of it, and oddly enough some of the screenshots resembled a shoot 'em up while others resembled a platformer. Huh.
Last Famicom game I played was Bananan Ouiji No Daibouken, one of my favorites. This time I was able to pass the quiz sections thanks to a Japanese website I found which contained the answers. Victory is mine, the Bell Pepper King was defeated!
Wow that homebrew game Utaco is amazing although very hard! I tried it in Nestopia and the mic do seem to work. Zero, do your mic work on any other game like Zelda or Palutena no Kagami? My mic only works when it wants to in Zelda and it never seems to work when I'm in a shop in Palutena, so this game would be impossible to play with the mic for me. I suspect it just needs some cleaning though.
Oh and Blade Busters has good music too!
Wow, does it really get that warm?
Back in the day I left the NES on for 2 or 3 weeks once (playing through SMB3). ;D
MOON CRYSTAL ! :p
Just played a little Tetris Flash and Yoshi no Tamago, alongside the US versions of Tetris 2 and Yoshi. The two games are the same on both sides of the Pacific, aside from somewhat different title screens on Tetris 2/Flash.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on May 01, 2013, 12:13:03 am
I have a fear of coming home from work and seeing that my Famicom was accidentally left on. I seriously check it like 5 times before I leave. have never heard of Blade Buster until now but I did look up a couple screenshots of it, and oddly enough some of the screenshots resembled a shoot 'em up while others resembled a platformer, huh.
Seriously, I'm like that too. I treat my Famicom with more love and respect than I did my ex-girlfriend. (Kidding) But yeah, I left it on. Don't smoke pot and neglect your treasured imported consoles, kids. Blade Buster is fun. As P said, the music is excellent. It's a caravan shooter like Star Soldier, but better.
Quote from: manuel on May 01, 2013, 06:10:59 am
Wow, does it really get that warm?
Back in the day I left the NES on for 2 or 3 weeks once (playing through SMB3). ;D
Seriously, the RF port felt like a pan over a stove. Whoa, that's insane. Was the NES OK?
Quote from: P on May 01, 2013, 02:58:15 am
Wow that homebrew game Utaco is amazing although very hard! I tried it in Nestopia and the mic do seem to work. Zero, do your mic work on any other game like Zelda or Palutena no Kagami? My mic only works when it wants to in Zelda and it never seems to work when I'm in a shop in Palutena, so this game would be impossible to play with the mic for me. I suspect it just needs some cleaning though.
Oh and Blade Busters has good music too!
That's the thing, my mic works with both Zelda and Palutena no Kagami, so I just assumed the function in UTACO didn't work on actual hardware.
Last Famicom game I played was All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. It was fun playing as Luigi, but my friend kept shouting in the mic...
(http://www.myteespot.com/images/Images_d/DSCF9249.jpg)
Ah, I didn't even know Blade Buster was a homebrew game. And here I was wondering why I had never heard of it, it looks cool though. Mickey Mouse III: Yume Fuusen was the last game I played.
just finished playing Legend of Kage read about it hear
Spartan X 2.
Just had my first taste of Micro Genius. Bought Creatom and Thunder Warrior from fcgamer. They came in the mail today, and I just got done testing them. Thunder Warrior has the potential to be a decent platformer, but the controls aren't the tightest. We'll see if I can get used to them. Creatom is an odd puzzle game. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do yet.
Ah, I love Thunder Warrior! Although my copy of it only works on my clone, and I have to take the board out of the cartridge before it will play... regardless, I love the Chinese mythological theme of it, and the music is great. The bosses are pretty cool too. I'd consider the main flaw of Thunder Warrior to be how underpowered your character is if you die, therefore losing all your powerups. The difficulty of this game is similar to that of a shoot 'em up, in that regard.
I've been playing lots of Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2: Karakuri Land today. I had a strong suspicion that there existed hidden bonus rooms in this game, besides the few I had already found. Sure enough, I proved my suspicion correct. Secret bonus rooms found in the Forest Railroad, and the Maze (2nd to last level).
Thunder Warrior's platforming controls are similar to Ninja Jajamaru: Ginga Daisakusen. The jump is entirely too short, and there's an over-reliance on a less-than-easy-to-use dash mechanism to compensate. Still, both games have a lot to offer, and I'll try to adapt.
Do you have an original Micro Genius cart? That's what I bought, and it plays perfectly on my AV Famicom (at least the first level, which is all I've seen as I'm terrible so far at the game).
Yes, my copy is 100% original (I've never seen a pirated copy of it unless you count the Gluk version). And I've never once gotten it to work on my AV Famicom, I've gotten it to work twice on my Famiclone, I had to take the board out and put it in the console, then move it around in a very specific way before it'd load up. Then when I finally got it to work for the first time, after 2 years of owning it... I beat it. Twice. It was awesome, but I've never gotten it to work since.
I'll have to try Ginga Daisakusen someday, the only Jajamaru game I own is the original Ninja Kun.
I'd like to pick up a Gluk cart someday, but they're so damn expensive.
I just got done playing some Chuka Taisen. That's a fun, but tough, little horizontal shooter.
Ah, yeah the prices on those are absurd. As you know, I used to have a Sea of Dreamland Gluk cart. I liked that game, but at the time I was really desperate for money. What a coincidence you played Chuka Taisen, that's one of the games I have coming in the mail for me right now. Although I do have Cloud Master on Master System, I noticed the Famicom version has a few different levels and bosses.
So far today I've beaten Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu, and Don Doko Don 2 (without dying). Hiryu No Ken Special: Fighting Wars will be next.
Hoshi no Kirby, Recca, then Blade Buster. I think Blade Buster is crying out for a longer timed game. 5 minutes isn't enough to get past two stages :(
Got a shipment of new FC carts in today from South Korea. It's even from the Gangnam district of Seoul. That's pretty neat. I've got seven games in here that I'd never played before, but I've only had time to test the first three: Ultraman Club, Magical Tururuuto-Kun 2, and Getsu Fuuma Den. All three seem pretty solid from my first playthroughs of them. I've already added Ultraman to my collection, and it's rare for me to add a game to my collection after only 10-15 minutes playing it. (I only keep the ones I know I'll play.)
Just finished Mary Pizza Pop. A short but sweet game! :cherry:
Yes!!!! That is THE game, right there. Well the original Pizza Pop is. Pizza Pop Mary is almost the game. Glad you enjoyed it, hope you succeed at getting it a new label.
Last two games I beat:
Kero Kero Keroppi No Daibouken 2
Mitsume Ga Tooru
Just got done testing my last two games from the shipment: Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2 and Cosmo Police Galivan. Both are impressive titles. KY2 is a huge improvement over the first one, which we got as Kid Niki. I never cared much for that game, but this sequel is better in every way possible. But Cosmo Police Galivan, wow. I don't know why we didn't get this on in the States. It's something else; I'm just hoping this game will be playable for me, since there is some in-game dialogue in Japanese. I hope I'm not missing too much.
Oh my God, you got Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2? Congratulations, I love that game so much. The magic spells are fun to play around with, and the secret bonus rooms are so tough to find that I'm still discovering new ones. (And I've been a fan of this game since 2006)
Last game I played was Don Doko Don 2. Usually I beat this game without dying, this time I stupidly fell into a pit on stage 4, but played the game through from there. I think I'll give it a proper playthrough now, to make up for my poor performance yesterday.
Just spent a few minutes with a couple of my new arrivals: Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2 and also Magical Taruruuto-Kun 2. Definitely collection-worthy. KY2 is so much better than Kid Niki that I can hardly believe it. I'm not sure if I like MT-K2 as much as the first one, but it's still solid.
Tell me about it... and I love the original Kid Niki, but KY2 is one of the best platformers ever. I'd also recommend you play Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3, too... but it's completely different from the first two games. I'd consider it to be inferior to KY2, but it's still great in its own ways. In the 3rd installment, Yanchamaru looks completely different, and he uses a staff as his weapon, rather than a sword. Your default attack is firing a wave attack from the staff, and the staff can be used in many ways, including using it to bounce off of walls (similar to Ninja Gaiden's wall-jumping), bouncing on it to safely navigate through spikes and kill enemies (similar to Scrooge's cane in Ducktales), and poke upwards to hit enemies above you (similar to the upward spear thrust in Whomp 'Em). Oh yeah, and Yanchamaru has a slide, like Mega Man in this game. Another thing which sets this game apart from its predecessors is that rather than simply having to get to the end of each stage and fight the boss, you have to locate keys to open doors. Usually I hate non-linear exploring elements like these, but KY3 manages to include them without making it too confusing, so you don't feel lost or anything. The game retains the amazing boss battles of KY2, but bosses take many more hits to kill in KY3. So overall KY3 is an entirely different experience of KY1 and 2, but it's great in its own right.
Last game I played was Wanpaku Kokkun No Gourmet World/Panic Restaurant. In fact, I've beaten it six times so far today. Can't get enough of this game.
GRADIUS II
forget Salamander and Gradius...this is too difficoult. Frustrating. also for old players like I am.
But a must for yr. collection
Started my day with a little bit of Getsu Fuuma Den, and just got done beating Double Dragon II for the first time (on "Normal" difficulty). Gotta love how the FC version has continues, since I needed two of them to beat the game. DDII is decent, though a bit anti-climactic in that the bad guys are less of a threat than the spike pits. Whose bright idea was it to have precision platforming in a game with a mook who can barely jump?
Beat Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (Samurai Pizza Cats) twice in a row this morning. The first time I performed extremely poorly against Karamaru, so I just had to redeem myself.
Played some Dian Shi Ma Li. I can now call my life (almost) complete.
Thanks Nightstar699!
Ah, you're quite welcome! I'm glad you were finally able to rich, at long last.
Rockman 5 was the last game I played... next up, I'll play Wanpaku Kokkun No Gourmet World yet again.
Tonight I played a bit of Thunder Warrior (thanks, fcgamer!) and Cosmo Police Galivan. Two solid games.
How far did you get on Thunder Warrior? And how do you feel about the music in that game? I remember loving the music as I played it through. Boy are the final stages of that game frustrating, but still fun and most certainly beatable.
My victories of the night:
Wanpaku Kokkun No Gourmet World
Mickey Mouse III: Yume Fuusen
Wacky Races (NES) - This time I challenged myself to only use the crappy Sonic Bark attack, rather than the highly superior bomb.
Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula Kun - Didn't take any damage on the final stage, which I owe entirely due to luck. I'm convinced that it's 100% random whether or not the drillbot will hit you, I swear there's no pattern to it. You lure him to the ground, sometimes he hits you, sometimes he doesn't.
I reached the third or fourth stage. I also appreciate the music, as well as the detail they put into the graphics. I wish the running jump mechanics were simpler to use, but last night I discovered that he has a double-jump as well! That makes life much easier in that game.
Finished hoshi no kirby again. Classic game
I'm starting to test the contents of my package from manuel. I've just got done having my first tastes of the Famicom version of Gremlins 2 (which might be a bit easier than the US version... I wasn't seeing as many of the annoying cigar-smoking Gremlins in the second stage as I remember there being). I'll need to play them side by side for a better comparison. It'd be neat if there was a gameplay variation. Truth is I broke down and bought the FC version because the label art is much cooler.
Oh, and nightstar, you might want to sit down...
I also just played some Pizza Pop! It seems alright so far. I only reached the second stage.
Very nice, I also have the Famicom version of Gremlins 2. I used to have the NES version as well, so I've beaten them both but it's been a real long time since I played the U.S. copy, so... I can't recall if there were any differences, I think it might just be in your head... but it's worth looking into. I think that game is pretty difficult simply because you are only allowed one item at a time, and you lose them all upon death... but then again I'm awful at that game, too.
Congratulations on finally starting your Pizza Pop! journey. The 5th and 6th levels are my favorites, and there is quite a nice bit of variety in not only the levels, but the strategies required to beat bosses. I absolutely adore the drawings in the manual for it as well, makes me wish I had a scanner so I could scan some of the pages in mine.
Last game I played was Wanpaku Kokkun No Gourmet World, but I've been out most of today. Very excited for tomorrow since I'm getting a huge delivery, lots of good games to play, then.
I'll definitely be looking forward to a bit more of Pizza Pop and a closer comparison of the two versions of Gremlins 2. It might be a couple of days though, as I have other new stuff to clean and test.
I just got done beating Rockman 4. I just had to take it beginning to end. Definitely seems to be identical to the US version, which I know very well. Although, I did make an epic discovery. I was able to hit the sweet spot on the second-to-last Wily boss by charging my buster and jumping to shoot him. I'd previously always resorted to using the Wire, and jumping and shooting from Rush Jet, etc. Needless to say, I usually burned through 8 or 9 E-tanks to beat him. I was able to off him the simple way without an E-tank. Man, was I dumb!
But thanks, manuel, for the boxed RM4. That box already looks great on the NES/FC box shelf in my gameroom.
Ah, you know it's odd, I always collect both the secret items in Rockman 4, but I've never even used the Wire, except the first time just to test out what it did. I had no clue it could hurt bosses.
Last game I played was Dragon Fighter! And I beat it without dying. One of the best games I've ever played.
Post Merge: May 13, 2013, 04:54:49 pm
Been playing my new games, and I was finally able to beat Gun Nac. Last time I played this game was months ago (on a pirate cart which I don't have anymore) and I was unable to defeat the cruel final stage, then. But this time I did it.
Dragon Fighter and Gun Nac are both solid titles, for sure. I have NES versions of them.
I last played some Macross and Flappy. It was my first time playing Flappy on an original cart, but I've seen it plenty of times on pirates.
Ah, congratulations. Not only are those wonderful games, but the NES versions of them are incredibly rare, too.
I remember making it to stage 5 or so on Macross, long ago. Never did find out if that game had an ending. Never played Flappy but indeed, it is a traditional multicart game, along with many other of the early Famicom releases.
I think I'll play Saiyuki World 2 next, but I also plan to learn how to play Palamedes II, at some point. I tested it out today along with all my other additions, and I quickly realized that's the type of game I'll have to actually take some time to learn before I can play it.
Edit: I played Time Zone instead, and just got done beating it. Outstanding platformer, I love the graphics and sound in it, the mini-games and bosses were great as well. The ninja enemies in the ancient Japan level remind me of those in Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2! I'd recommend you pick it up if you get the chance, Nebraskan. If you do play it, keep in mind it very much is a platformer which favors patient play above all else.
Time Zone has been on my watch list for a while, actually. I hope manuel will find me one. Searching for it on eBay is a nightmare, given how generic the title is.
I really enjoy the first Palamedes for NES, and I've been looking for the sequel for a while.
I just got done testing my latest shipment from manuel. The last game I played was Paaman Part 2. It's a bit different from the first Paaman, in a good way. I liked the first Paaman, but the sequel has a bit different style of gameplay. I enjoyed flying around obstacles. It's sad how unique this title is, given how many flying superheroes had games on the NES/FC.
Ahh no worries, then. Manuel can find just about anything. Time Zone is so much fun, tomorrow morning I'll play it again, and try to beat it without dying. The gameplay is... kinda similar to Yo! Noid, or Wagyan Land... but it plays a lot better, and unlike those games, it has actually bosses you fight, rather than just bosses you play mini-games against!
Paaman 1 and 2 are both on my future "to find" list. Though it'll be a long time before I can buy games again, I wouldn't mind trying out those games, especially since I believe they're released by Irem, one of my favorite companies.
I myself just got done beating Ninja Crusaders Ryuga, and wow... I went into it knowing it was a hard game (from reading online), but the difficulty of the later stages outdid my expectations. I spent a lot of time learning the pattern of the final boss, before I could finally beat him, but I had a lot of fun doing so. Great game.
Macross can be pretty brutal, but I get a kick out of the transformations of the player character. I reached stage 3, or maybe it was 4, last night. It was my best run of the game to date. Definitely a bit repetitive, but still fun.
Is the FC version of Ninja Crusaders any different from the NES version? I've enjoyed my NES copy, from what little I've played of it.
I last played some Pizza Pop! This game is tougher than it looks. I burned my last continue and game-overed on stage 4.
I'm pretty sure they're identical other than the fact that the title screens are different, as well as the names of the levels. (Even though the level names are both in English) Oddly enough, even the text on the ending screen is 100% in English, so yeah, I don't think you'll feel the need to buy it on Famicom as well... even though the Famicom label art is sick. Ninja Crusaders, like Macross, is another game with cool character transformations, I think today I'll replay it, but try out some different weapons. (And therefore, different transformations)
The main challenge in Pizza Pop is really getting a feel for the speed and hitbox of your pizza attack, as well as the speeds of enemies, and how they react. Once you master utilizing your pizza box to the fullest, the game becomes an easy piece of pizza pie. Though each boss does have a different strategy required to beat them, which must be learned.
So far I've today, I've beaten Mighty Final Fight (with Haggar), and Time Zone (No continues used, but I did die a couple times. I finished the game with 22 lives). Next up I'll play Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger.
That "hit box" in Pizza Pop! is damned tiny. I think the attack may even be stubbier than Panic Restaurant. (Or maybe it's just that the enemies are faster and more erratic in Pizza Pop!) I blew a lot of lives on the fat mobster at the top of the high-rise until I started jumping on his head. I got so much in the habit of using the pizza box to whomp all the cats and dogs in the first level. Kind of odd that jumping only stuns small animals, but can kill a man twice my size.
I just got done with a little side-by-side comparison of Gremlins 2 on NES and FC. They do seem identical. I remembered there being more of the cigar-smoking Gremlins in Stage 2, probably because they gave me fits especially when I was younger. I actually reached Stage 4-2, which might be my best playthrough in over 20 years of occasionally screwing with this game.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on May 12, 2013, 05:33:32 pm
Congratulations on finally starting your Pizza Pop! journey. The 5th and 6th levels are my favorites, and there is quite a nice bit of variety in not only the levels, but the strategies required to beat bosses. I absolutely adore the drawings in the manual for it as well, makes me wish I had a scanner so I could scan some of the pages in mine.
PLEASE just take some pictures of the manual. I'd love to see these. :)
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on May 14, 2013, 03:14:45 pm
That "hit box" in Pizza Pop! is damned tiny. I think the attack may even be stubbier than Panic Restaurant. (Or maybe it's just that the enemies are faster and more erratic in Pizza Pop!) I blew a lot of lives on the fat mobster at the top of the high-rise until I started jumping on his head. I got so much in the habit of using the pizza box to whomp all the cats and dogs in the first level. Kind of odd that jumping only stuns small animals, but can kill a man twice my size.
I just got done with a little side-by-side comparison of Gremlins 2 on NES and FC. They do seem identical. I remembered there being more of the cigar-smoking Gremlins in Stage 2, probably because they gave me fits especially when I was younger. I actually reached Stage 4-2, which might be my best playthrough in over 20 years of occasionally screwing with this game.
Panic Restaurant (Wanpaku Kokkun No Gourmet World) is my 3rd favorite game ever! Yes, the attack range in Pizza Pop is definitely less than that of the default weapon in Panic Restaurant. That's why learning the patterns of enemies, and timing your attacks precisely is crucial in Pizza Pop. Depending on how quickly the enemy moves, you'll want to time your attack differently. As you get the hang of it, you might want to jump on most the enemies before killing them. In Pizza Pop you have to time your attacks really well, so it does take some getting used to.
Are they the enemies that spin around all over the place? If so I hate those too... Gremlins 2 is a really hard game, but it is pretty good.
Quote from: nusilver on May 14, 2013, 03:19:35 pm
Quote from: Nightstar699 on May 12, 2013, 05:33:32 pm
Congratulations on finally starting your Pizza Pop! journey. The 5th and 6th levels are my favorites, and there is quite a nice bit of variety in not only the levels, but the strategies required to beat bosses. I absolutely adore the drawings in the manual for it as well, makes me wish I had a scanner so I could scan some of the pages in mine.
PLEASE just take some pictures of the manual. I'd love to see these. :)
Sure, in a while I'll try taking pictures but all I have is a shitty cell phone camera, so... they might not turn out well at all. But I'll try.
I think the ones you're talking about don't appear until later, in either Stage 3 or 4. They're the ones that look like little tornadoes, and throw lots of debris and are invincible until they slow down? The cigar gremlin just sits in one place and blows flames at you. But of course Sunsoft would put an enemy that fires projectiles directly at you while you're trying to do some precision platforming. They wouldn't want to make it too easy for us.
I last played some Donald Land. How is it that there are two decent McDonald's-themed platformers (M.C. Kids is also good), but we couldn't get a great X-Men game in the 8-bit era?
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on May 15, 2013, 09:02:14 am
I think the ones you're talking about don't appear until later, in either Stage 3 or 4. They're the ones that look like little tornadoes, and throw lots of debris and are invincible until they slow down? The cigar gremlin just sits in one place and blows flames at you. But of course Sunsoft would put an enemy that fires projectiles directly at you while you're trying to do some precision platforming. They wouldn't want to make it too easy for us.
I last played some Donald Land. How is it that there are two decent McDonald's-themed platformers (M.C. Kids is also good), but we couldn't get a great X-Men game in the 8-bit era?
Ahh yes, those were the ones I'm thinking of. Man those pissed me off my first time playing Gremlins 2. It is a tough game indeed, I think it'd be a lot easier if they would have allowed you to buy multiple items from the shop, so, for example, you wouldn't have to choose between refilling your life, or upgrading your weapon. Usually I'd rather get the health refill/extra live item in that game, because I found that it was very much beatable with the default weapons, so I'd rather use that chance to better my chances of survival.
I still haven't played much Donald Land, I only beat the first stage to test out my copy of it, and it was really fun from what I played. Sometime I'll have to play it through.
I just got done beating Kage without dying, it's been a while since I've managed to accomplish that. I was able to get both powerups before fighting Garuda, too. I remember when I was little I thought that you absolutely had to choose just one of them. But no, you can grab them both... you just have to make sure to outrun the screen to grab the first one, then you can just barely make it back down to grab the second one if you act quick. I did beat some other games last night too, including:
Dragon Fighter (No deaths.)
Felix the Cat (On NES)
Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers (On NES)
Time Zone
For Nusilver, sadly, as I expected... I attempted taking some pictures of the Pizza Pop manual, and none of them turned out whatsoever. Barely even visible, I wish I had a scanner.
Yeah, Gremlins 2 would be much easier if you could buy more than one item per stage. They give out 20 bits of money for almost every enemy killed, and the items only cost 10-150 money bits. (I don't know what they call currency in the game.) I personally take the extra life every time they offer it. It's by far the most helpful item.
I last played some Esper Dream 2 and Seikima 2. ED2 is a fun little game, but I may need to get a translated repro because of all the text. Still, it's a fun, good-looking and -sounding game. S2 is a bit of a clunker. I'll try it one more time, but I may end up getting rid of this one.
It's disappointing to hear that the Seikima II game sucks, as I've heard that from a few people. I've never played that game, but I'm a huge fan of the band it's based on. Perhaps it is for the best that I never play it.
Just got done with another no-death run of Kage, this timing using Lady Ninja Kaede. This time I was very proud of myself because I did NOT pick up the health refill before Garuda. I reached him with just one hitpoint of energy, and I still completed my run. Very nice.
Oh, I dunno. I'm more likely to tolerate a moderately mediocre game if it's a licensed tie-in to something I care about. For me, that might mean the lousy Star Trek and Terminator games on my shelf. (I can't tolerate an outright trainwreck of a licensed game, so you won't find LJN's first X-Men game in my collection.) After a couple of 15 minute sessions with Seikima II, I'm more inclined to put it in the moderately disappointing category.
I last played a bit of Downtown Special. I dig it, but I probably need to invest in a translated NES repro.
I thought Gremlins 2 was crazy hard before as well but nowadays I can beat it consistently. Here are some advice for those struggling:
1.) Take it slow! The spinning enemies, the skateboarders, the big jumping enemies can all be taken down pretty easily if you get outside their range so they just basically come towards you.
2.) This is how you should prioritize your purchases:
a. Extra lives (ALWAYS buy these, it's essentially 3-5 free hearts starting from where you died)
b. Extra heart container (if Extra lives are unavailable)
c. Weapon upgrade (get this when you get the paperclips. If you die but have extra lives you get to keep your upgrade - awesome)
3.) Make sure you get pretty good at the first and second level, up to the final boss. Try not to lose any lives. After that you should be stacked with extra lives and lots of health. Should be easier from there on out.
Good luck :mario:
Yeah, I can definitely see that being a solid strategy, Miller. I've been starting to take some of those same steps, but I'm still just wearing down on Stage 3 and 4. I think I just need a bit more practice with the game.
I last played some of The Goonies and more of Seikima 2. I reached the last stage of the first "area" on two consecutive plays. The worst part of the game is definitely in the jump mechanics. They've managed to combine the bizarre and counter-intuitive "starting to fall as soon as you let go of the A button" high jump from games like Amagon with a one-size-fits-all long jump out of the Double Dragon games.
Hmm... then there might actually be some hope for my experience with the Seikima game, for a good laugh if anything. Not to mention the fact that I'm generally pretty tolerable to games which are often considered to be garbage.
Miller sounds like a pro at this game, I have beaten Gremlins 2 a few times but I definitely struggled. At this point I can't see it as being a game that I can no-death run without issue, like I can do with Kage, Dragon Fighter or Shatterhand. Patience is definitely important in Gremlins 2, your health bar can drain quick if you make a mistake and frantically try to rush past an area. I'll practice it eventually with Miller's strategies in mind.
I myself am about to play Insector X... I'm hoping to beat this, then Parodius Da, then Chuka Taisen, then Gekitotsu Yonku Battle. I'd like to beat a few first-time games today, rather than play through the usual games I've already mastered.
Edit: Never mind, fuck it. I can't concentrate on shooters. I'll just play Kage again.
About Gremlins 2, also remember that if you shoot with an upgraded weapon at a boss (hurling away 5 paperclips instead of 1) it counts as multiple hits, so try and stay pretty close to the bosses during the fights. That's about it for advice.
I finished Yume Penguin Monogatari for the first time today, got it a day ago. On my first playthrough. Damn that was easy and....... not as good as I expected. Oh well.
By the way, is there a thread where people show off their collections? I'd like to get some inspiration...
Seems similar to a boss battle from a shoot 'em up, in that regard. As for collection threads, right here: http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=523.0
I haven't posted mine but I do have a few pictures of my stuff in case you were interested. Last game I played was Saiyuki World 2, beat it without even having to grind for gourds in the Ice Ritual! But I have work in a few minutes, so I'll play more games later.
Kind of, but sometimes bosses in NES-games quickly goes into hit-stun mode when you hit them with one bullet (and nullifies the other four) but not in the case of Gremlins 2, so stay close.
I'll check out the thread tomorrow, thanks! I'll be playing Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain tomorrow, got it the other day and it seems great!
Oh yes, I got Solbrain a few days ago from Manuel, but I've had the American version of it (Shatterhand) for a while. That's probably my 5th favorite game ever made. It takes some practice, at first I was unable to complete it whatsoever, but now I can finish it without dying, with little issue. Exceptional game, and I'd be interested in hearing your experiences playing it. I'd suggest trying out the different bot combinations and finding which ones suit your playstyle. My initial mistake with that game was going into it without fully understanding the mechanics.
I need to play some more of Shatterhand, Whomp 'Em, and Yume Penguin Monogatari. Those are all solid games.
I last played some Paaman 2. It is also a solid game. I really like the flying mechanics.
Never played the penguin game, but as a master of Whomp 'Em and Shatterhand, here is some advice.
Whomp 'Em - You may or may not know of this trick, but in the Ice Ritual, there is a spot. (When you're going down the area with a trippy green-ish background, and lots of purple enemies are rising up to attack you) In this spot, you can grind all the way to a full health bar extremely easily, by simply attacking downward, in the air as you leap. The Final Test can get pretty tough if you aren't familiar with it, so this trick is an easy way to increase your chances of success.
Against the bosses of the Magic Forest, and the Ice Ritual... learn their patterns, and be extremely careful, because you'll notice at one point in the battle, they'll turn red... when they're red, any impact from them whatsoever will take one of your potions. And potions are pretty much the spare lives of this game, so they're very important.
Shatterhand - Not sure if you've played this game enough to get a feel for which bot(s) you prefer, but I could vouch for BBB, the Grenade Bot. Although you can only shoot one grenade at a time, and the angle at which it shoots is slightly awkward so you'll have to time your shots real well, the extra range it gives you is extremely helpful. If you're having trouble with a particular boss, memorize where all the items are in that stage, so you can plan out how you collect them, and make sure to get the mech suit (or "the gun" in Solbrain) right before you fight the boss. However I think the mech suit kills some of the fun because it makes it so you kill the bosses within seconds... the same reason I generally dislike using robot masters' weaknesses against them in Rockman.
I've just only played Whomp 'Em and Shatterhand a handful of times. When I've got a bunch of new games, I spend most of my time playing those to see if they're worth keeping. The worst part of my system is that obviously worthy games like Whomp 'Em and Shatterhand earn a spot on my shelf very quickly and I don't always get back to giving them a proper playthrough for some time.
I last played some City Adventure Touch. It's one of the cuter beat 'em ups I've ever seen, but I don't know if I understand the objective very well. I'm off to read the FAQ for it on GameFAQs.
Just got done beating Bucky O'Hare, only the second time I've beaten it. What an incredible game, very difficult but still fair because you get as many chances as you'd like, so the game allows you to really learn each section. Oddly I thought the final boss was one of the easiest parts of the game, but thrilling nonetheless.
I'd definitely like to play some more of Bucky O'Hare. That's another solid game tragically collecting dust on my shelf. I do remember that the difficulty is pretty stiff; I don't remember if I've cleared any stages yet.
I just got done playing some Saiyuuki World. This one has definitely grown on me.
Definitely, man. I've actually beaten Bucky O'Hare three more times since I posted that, I'm addicted to it. The other day I talked to someone who said he was only able to make it past the first level, so yeah, it has a wide reputation for being incredibly hard, but as I said, it is fair.
I've never played the original Saiyuki World, despite its sequel being one of my favorite games. I doubt I'd like it, as I usually don't care for RPG-like games. Although I do have the SMS version of it, Wonder Boy in Monster Land... but I won't have that for much longer, as you know.
You should give Saiyuuki World a chance. It's really not much of an RPG from what I've seen and read. There's a bit of strategy as far as piling up money (which isn't common in the game), and how you want to spend it toward upgrades. But the core gameplay is that of a pretty linear platformer.
I just played some Ikki. It's a surprisingly enjoyable early effort from Sunsoft. It's simple, even to the point of being crude, but that's to be expected.
Abadox
I know some people really dig Abadox, but I could never get into that one. I just played some Kunio Kun no Nekketsu Soccer League.
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on May 25, 2013, 09:25:40 am
I know some people really dig Abadox, but I could never get into that one. I just played some Kunio Kun no Nekketsu Soccer League.
Never played the one you speak of (just looked at a video of it on youtube) reminds me of Rockman's Soccer.
It's actually the second Kunio-Kun soccer on FC; it's a sequel to the one that got localized as Nintendo World Cup for the NES. I like this one quite a bit more. I've never played Rockman/Mega Man Soccer; I've always been curious about it being a Mega Man fan, but I've never put a priority on getting one.
I'm not much of a Soccer guy, but it was interesting for a few games. I'd stick to the Original Rockman and X1 - X4.
I'm not big into sports games, but I've got a few that I enjoy playing. These Kunio-Kun sports games are hybrid beat 'em ups to boot. Speaking of which, I last played a little of Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey-bu (the Kunio Ice Hockey game). I guess it's just been a Kunio kind of day. I'm even getting the hankering for a little Renegade on the NES (which is a localization of the first Kunio-Kun), and that doesn't happen often.
Just got done with a no-death run of Kamen No Ninja Hanamaru. No clue why I thought this game was hard when I was little... but then again I was playing the "Yo! Noid" version of it for NES at the time... does anyone know if Noid is more difficult than Hanamaru?
(http://gyazo.com/1b88481e750534d9632ad634a43badc5.png)
Post Merge: May 26, 2013, 10:14:11 am
Just got done beating Bucky O'Hare, and for the first time I completed it without having to use a single continue. My final score was 248,900. And I had 15 lives leftover upon completion.
(http://i.imgur.com/HYnHqrS.png)
I've never played Kamen, and I haven't played Yo! Noid in more than a year. I've resold the copies I've come across, because I find the game frustratingly hard. I found the graphics misleading, even dying in the first level by falling into the water when it clearly shows the platforms are still above water. And then, what the second level is already an ice stage, and exceptionally slippery? I got fed up with it. I thought it was Capcom's second-weakest platformer after Trojan.
I last played some Wai Wai World. I still can't beat any stages of it. It's fun, but damn, is it hard.
Aww man... you should get another copy of it! Better yet, get Ninja Hanamaru... the graphics are all completely different, perhaps they're more clear? I think Hanamaru is a much better game anyway. Yeah falling in the water is annoying at first, Time Zone has stages with similar obstacles, where the stage itself moves up and down, and you die if you're caught at the bottom. It's easy once you get used to it. Stage 2 is indeed the ice level, and I'd actually say it's the hardest level in the game. This morning when I replayed Hanamaru, it was the only stage I died on. You have to be really patient and have the controls down well. But every other stage is much easier from there once you learn them... you have to learn them pretty well though, especially the vertically-scrolling second-to-last stage, lots of platforming there.
I've never played Wai Wai World... I'm not sure if I'd like it, as I heard it was a non-linear "Metroidvania" style game, but I'm not sure if that's true. Last Famicom game I played was Batman. Beat it.
(http://gyazo.com/d24ce4df7d6f65961ea56ed4dd0b0ff4.png)
I played my All Night Nippon cartridge, I love this game!
I would love to play the true game one day though, mine is the quality SMB 1 hack version.
Finally got my NES to Famicom converter to work, so I decided to playthrough Yo! Noid to see if I could spot any differences from Kamen No Ninja Hanamaru. (Other than the obvious graphical and sound changes)
- In Yo! Noid, the final stage stocks you up with a lot more (and better) items than in Kamen No Ninja Hanamaru. So the final boss is easier in Yo! Noid.
- In Yo! Noid, the platforms are placed slightly differently in stage 13, making it a bit easier than the same jumping sequence in Hanamaru.
But another thing I noticed was that due to the sprite changes, the graphics are a lot more deceptive in Yo! Noid, a lot of hitboxes don't match the sprites. So I'd consider Hanamaru to be the better game... plus I like the graphics and music in it better than Noid.
You should add those comparison notes to the NES/FC differences thread. Is the music different, too? You said something about preferring Kamen's music.
And yeah, the first Wai Wai World isn't a simple run-to-the-right platformer. The first six levels can be accessed in any order, which I first thought of as being like Mega Man. But it turns out there are obstacles in some of those levels that can't be passed with your starting characters and abilities. So, the game is kind of a mix of Mega Man and Metroid in that way. But I like RPG and adventure elements sometimes.
I last played some Youkai Douchuuki. I'm close to adding it to the collection, but I'm not entirely sure yet.
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on May 27, 2013, 09:30:35 am
You should add those comparison notes to the NES/FC differences thread. Is the music different, too? You said something about preferring Kamen's music.
And yeah, the first Wai Wai World isn't a simple run-to-the-right platformer. The first six levels can be accessed in any order, which I first thought of as being like Mega Man. But it turns out there are obstacles in some of those levels that can't be passed with your starting characters and abilities. So, the game is kind of a mix of Mega Man and Metroid in that way. But I like RPG and adventure elements sometimes.
I last played some Youkai Douchuuki. I'm close to adding it to the collection, but I'm not entirely sure yet.
Yep, a vast majority of the music is entirely different, though you can tell the soundtracks were done by the same people. The music in Hanamaru is more traditional Japanese-sounding, overall. I love that type of music. I shall go through the thread now, to see if these changes were already posted.
Wai Wai World does sound kinda fun, perhaps I should get it sometime. I remember seeing the label art for Youkai Douchuuki and thinking it looked cute, but a quick Google Image search suggests it to be very text-heavy, which might make it hard to play. Is it any good?
Time Zone was the last Famicom game I played.
Youkai Douchuuki does have some shops and such that are pretty confusing when you don't understand Japanese (which I don't). It's an alright game. I haven't decided whether or not it's collection-worthy. It's definitely got an interesting story.
I just played Mad City, and beat it for the first time. It gets pretty easy toward the end, once you pick up the whip. I don't know if or when I'll ever be able to knock out the US Bayou Billy, though. Mad City's second loop gives the enemies about as much health as Bayou Billy. I got to keep the whip I was holding when I beat the first loop, so the first couple of levels were still pretty easy. It was all going fine until I was stupid enough to touch a knife and lose my whip.
I've never played either version of that game, but I've listened to the stage 1 theme a lot, it sounds pretty sick. I've heard horror stories about how unplayably difficult the U.S. version is, so I think someday I'll to find Mad City.
Last Famicom game I played was Pizza Pop! I died a couple times throughout my playthrough because I decided to test out a few alternate methods/strategies for passing parts of the game.
I've been moving so I haven't played too many video games lately. Last night I unpacked the Famicom, hooked it up and played several random games. Feels good, man.
Well, I got a package from St. Jackie today. I didn't have time to play all of the games yet, but I had to play the main attraction of the lot: Choujin Sentai Jetman. I only played it for about 10 minutes on the easy difficulty, but so far I like it.
Got my Famicom setup in a temporary location in my basement. Played Lost Word of Jenny for the first time. Good stuff.
(http://i.imgur.com/vvic4yyl.jpg)
I just played my new FC copy of Rampart. I popped in it to test it, and wound up playing it for well over an hour. Very cool.
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on May 29, 2013, 07:50:32 pm
Well, I got a package from St. Jackie today. I didn't have time to play all of the games yet, but I had to play the main attraction of the lot: Choujin Sentai Jetman. I only played it for about 10 minutes on the easy difficulty, but so far I like it.
Oh dear lord... alongside Armadillo and Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2, Choujin Sentai Jetman is one of my major reasons I got into Famicom, that is an exceptional game. I'd highly recommend you play it on the hardest difficulty where you die in one hit, I feel this is the way the game was meant to be played, as some of the enemy placement is very clever, but you usually don't notice it because you can take so much damage before perishing in the other difficulty settings.
I've never played Lost Word of Jenny, but I looked up a gameplay video and it reminds me of GeGeGe No Kitaro in a way.
I myself beat a few games in the past couple hours:
Kaiketsu Yanchamaru - Even though I prefer the sequels, it's nice to go back to the original every now and then. Beat it without using a continue... died a couple times due to elements of randomness in stage 4.
Gekitotsu Yonku Battle - Another Irem title, this is one of my favorite non-platformer games. Great music and the final stage was pretty tough.
Moon Crystal
I just played some more Choujin Sentai Jetman. Definitely putting this one in the collection.
Bumped it up to Normal, and the levels are all still easily cleared on the first try. But I'm nowhere near clearing these without getting hit. The bosses, on the other hand, are much more difficult. I managed to beat a couple of them.
The boss battles are one of the best and most unique aspects of that beautiful, perfect game. I'd recommend you go into Battle Mode and practice the bosses so you can get the hang of the strategies. Knowing how/when to block the opponent's attack waves, when to counter-attack, and how to manage your meter building is essential. I'd recommend letting it build completely before unleashing the level 4 super attack, it does monstrous damage.
Edit: Speaking of Jetman, I just got done playing a similar game by the same company. Tokkyu Shirei Solbrain. Cleared it without dying, and I decided to mix it up and use some of the weaker bots instead of sticking with ABB or BBB like I usually do. I also played Chip N Dale 2 earlier, beat that as well.
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on June 01, 2013, 12:52:03 am
Beat this Jurassic Park "port" for the Famicom. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dbRYhuqfk8s)
I have been looking for that one for a few months now. Congrats if you have it!
I think I might have it on a multicart, in case you wanted that.
I just played some TwinBee. This is really pretty solid, especially for an early release.
Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula Kun
Choujin Sentai Jetman (On Very Hard mode)
Rockman 3
Post Merge: June 02, 2013, 08:40:32 am
Choujin Sentai Jetman. Beat it on Very Hard mode without dying, only used Black Condor.
I just played Kickle Cubicle (NES) and Meikyuu Shima (FC) back-to-back for the first time to really see the differences in them (and there are several).
Bucky O'Hare. Beat without using any continues.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on June 03, 2013, 06:15:32 pm
Bucky O'Hare. Beat without using any continues.
Nice. Good memorization skills :D
Quote from: UglyJoe on June 03, 2013, 07:16:02 pm
Quote from: Nightstar699 on June 03, 2013, 06:15:32 pm
Bucky O'Hare. Beat without using any continues.
Nice. Good memorization skills :D
Thanks! Even after memorizing all the level layouts, certain parts of this game still seem very difficult for me. For example, in Red Planet, the scene where you're being chased down platforms by lava streams. I'm bound to die at least once on that part, I've never cleared it on my first try.
I just played some Seikima II. I actually beat the first two stages, before running out of steam. I'm going to be reselling this one. It has some unique charm, but the repetitive gameplay and irritating jump mechanics are just not doing it for me.
I broke out the Power Pad and the FC-to-NES adapter to try my Family Trainer games for the second time. After warming up with a little Short Order/Eggsplode (NES), I tried both Family Trainer 8: Totsugeki! Fuun Takeshijou and Family Trainer 5: Meiro Daisakusen. I didn't really figure either out, and I'm not sure if there's a hardware incompatibility or if I'm just an idiot. (I have been pretty slow to figure out US Power Pad games.) I'm hoping to get this worked out, because I do actually get a kick out of these PP/FT games.
Tokkyu Shirei Solbrain! Figuring out some good uses for what are usually thought of as the weaker bots in the game. For example, I found that Beta/Alpha/Alpha is actually really helpful in the second half of Area B. This is perhaps the most situational bot in the game, and is completely useless in a majority of circumstances.
I spent the last couple of hours playing three new pirate multicarts I picked up in town this afternoon. The 102-, 146-, and 9999999- in-1 each only had five to seven unique games apiece on them. I had a sampling of the very common Battle City and Road Fighter. (Battle City was actually on all three of them.) Mostly I played the one uncommon game apiece that was on the multis. One had Sqoon, which I also have for the NES but hadn't played it in a year or so. The next had Magic Jewelry on it, which is a pretty enjoyable pirate puzzle game. The last one actually had Dr. Mario on it.
Battle City... I have yet to come across a high-number multicart which doesn't contain that game on it, I swear it's on them all! I beat a few of my new games today.
Power Blazer - It was incredibly difficult, I believe stage 4 took me more tries than any other. (Or maybe it was stage 6... the one with the insane platforming over fire pits.) Despite the much weaker protagonist, I think I like this game even better than its U.S. counterpart, Power Blade.
Spartan X-2 - On the other hand, this definitely is among the easiest games I've ever played. Beat it on the normal difficulty setting. I think it might be my favorite beat 'em up, I adore the music and graphics in it. The gameplay was fast paced, fun and satisfying. I will go for a no-death run of this later.
Cocoron - Despite this being my first day ever playing it, I'd already consider it to be among my favorite games ever. Definitely going to be replaying this game with many different character combinations.
Post Merge: June 15, 2013, 09:43:23 am
Just got done with my no-death run of Spartan X-2. My final score was 122,290. I had 7 spare lives remaining. Next up I shall play Kamen No Ninja Hanamaru, then Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3.
Yeah, Battle City is actually a really solid game. I'm a little surprised it didn't get released over here on the NES. And I really need to sit down with my copy of Cocoron someday. I was really impressed with that when I picked one up a while back.
Tonight, I tried to figure out a couple of games I've been having trouble with. I played a bit of Creatom, and was just as baffled with it as I was the first time I played it. Then I tried a bit of Crazy Climber. It seemed like I got into a rhythm for a while, but fell out of rhythm just as quickly and died before completing the first stage.
Unfortunately I'm not sure if you'll be able to get any help with Creatom... it seems to be rare enough that very few people have ever played it. Perhaps there is a Creatom expert out there who'll show you the ropes someday. I've never even seen how Creatom plays, but from your descriptions I'm surprised at how complex it seems.
Definitely give Cocoron another chance... I know I will, I want to beat it with as many different character combinations as possible! Last Famicom game I played was Time Zone.
I had a buddy over, and we passed the controller back and forth with both Magic Jewelry (pirate port of Sega's Columns) and then Puzslot. I also let him check out my copy of Robocco Wars, but I didn't actually play it today.
Ah dude, Robocco Wars happens to be one of the few games I'm still looking for. How did he enjoy it? It looks awesome.
I haven't played much today, but earlier I did beat Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3 without dying.
Working on the Namcot version of Star Wars. A surprisingly fun game, and in some ways even better than the other Star Wars one, faithfulness to the source material be damned.
I just wish I could skip the initial cutscene with R2-D2 showing Leia's hologram plea for help. Short though it is, it's still a bit annoying.
I just played some Robocco Wars. This game is very cool. I think you'd dig it for sure, nightstar. I do think the difficulty is a little light, especially in the early stages. I didn't exactly finish the game here on my second playthrough. The bosses do get tougher as the game goes on. It's a mix of Mega Man-esque platforming/run-and-gun stages with a few horizontal shoot 'em up stages thrown in for variety. Terrific graphics and music. An excellent game, but perhaps deserving of a hard mode.
I've only played the Namcot Star Wars game once, but I was pleasantly surprised with it. It's vastly superior to the later Lucas ones we got in the US. I think those were both garbage.
Yeah a few days ago I actually watched the first few levels of it on a playthrough, it seems really cool. I guess it'll have to be one of the few games still on my wanted list... just that and Metal Storm... for now, anyway.
Last game I beat was Samurai Pizza Cats... L___E___T's recent finds post made me want to replay this one again, man I love this game. Nice move variety in the cats, cool Ninpo animations, incredible soundtrack and some of the best boss battles I've ever fought, not to mention the fact that there's plenty of 'em.
Super Mario Bros. 2 The Lost Levels
Post Merge: June 19, 2013, 01:41:40 pm
Super Mario Bros. 2 The Lost Levels famiclone version.
Mitsume Ga Tooru... I plan to play it again when I get home from work. I'm disappointed in myself because during this morning's playthrough, I died once to a spike pit on stage 3... I can do better than that. I know I can.
A Rockman hack comprised only of Sonic the Hendgehog levels...
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii47/L___E___T/null_zps55570046.jpg)
and Samurai Pizza Cats in Russian!
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii47/L___E___T/null_zps214a4921.jpg)
What's the name of that Rockman hack? I'd be interested in playing that sometime. Is it a hack of the first game? Is it good?
Wow. Samurai Pizza Cats, Super Mario 2J, Metal Storm... all fine games that I've got, but haven't played in too long. Sadly, I've played no video games at all today, and it's time for bed. I'll try to get some gaming in over the weekend.
I'd strongly recommend you choose Samurai Pizza Cats for your next gaming session. That game is magnificent from beginning to end... remember that you can double tap forward to dash in that game.
I just got done with a no-death run of Mitsume Ga Tooru... effectively redeeming my previous mistake.
Obake no Qtarou: Wan Wan Panic
It's known as "Q Ghost" on my pirate multicart that I got from Tonev.
Spartan X. Is it just me or this considerably harder than the sequel? (Not saying much, but still)
I can assure that it's not just you. Spartan X is a pretty easy game overall (does it even get any harder when it loops?), but Spartan X 2 is among the easiest games I've ever played.
I just played some more of Robocco Wars. Managed to reach the final boss, but it was too much for me. There's a really strong train theme to the platforming stages of this game, which definitely appeals to the little boy inside of me.
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on June 20, 2013, 07:25:36 pm
What's the name of that Rockman hack? I'd be interested in playing that sometime. Is it a hack of the first game?
The full title is Megaman - the Hedgehog Trap
It is a hack of Rockman 5 I think - it uses Darkman bosses, so I'd be surprised if it copied that code over from another game. But it does appear to have Megaman 3 stages in, so perhaps it is. It's actually pretty well done, as hacks go. Levels art is well done and the only minor issues I've noticed so far aresome collision moments and odd design choices that you wouldn't see in the regular games. Some tiles and screens don't feel polished enough because they've been made to behave differently or edited as best as could be to be honest.
This isn't off topic, because I just played it again on my Everdrive :)
Rockman 2, beat it with no deaths finally! Only took my whole life. :)
Games I beat today:
Kage - No death. I mainly used the kusarigama, usually I go with the katana. The kusarigama is pretty effective once it's well-powered up. Powering it up, and keeping it powered up is the challenge.
Dragon Fighter - No death, primarily used the Blue moveset.
Darkwing Duck - Well this one was on NES. I died once.... at Moliarty. Fuck Moliarty.
Samurai Pizza Cats. Got all the way to stage 10 and ran out of time. Game is pretty damn good, I didn't want it to end and only meant to get a quick test play through. Some of the bosses got on my nerves and figuring out all the different character's unique powers without a guide was, let's say, intuitive actually. A very well designed game, but too slow and easy if anything. Collision can sometimes be inconsistent, but it feels like an amazing game for kids, just like Hoshi no Kirby. Dashing animation is nice and the cut scenes are second to none, which makes sense from Tecmo. The best thing about it though? The colours. The game is so vibrant and everything is drawn so well, it's another great latecomer game. I'm currently playing a trio of this, MetalStorm and Lickle, they'll keep me busy for quite some time and complement each other brilliantly. I am young enough to remember the cartoon show of SPC, though I don't think it ran for very long over here not was significantly popular.
If I may ask, L___E___T, what do you mean by "too slow" in this sense? I find SPC to be a pretty fast paced game, but I usually dash when I'm not battling an enemy.
The thing is with the dash, that you don't have as much control it seems, but I did use it to cover distance. In terms of what's slow, pretty much everything seemed to be. It's no bad thing, but compared to other action games like Ninja Gaiden 3 I kept wishing it would pick up the pace. It felt a bit like a PAL version, it just needs that extra push I think, but then again it is a kid's game, hence why the difficulty isn't a negative. Cut scenes were great, but everything's skippable at least. Maybe I'm used to faster action games, it did feel on the slow side, but that added to its uniqueness. I found this as enjoyable as the Ape Escape games on PS2, also a little slow, also for kids and also briliiant.
Rolling Thunder - holy shit this game is frustrating! :o
I'd recommend not playing Code Name: Viper first before tackling this on.
Highway Star :)
I love Highway Star...one of my favorite NES/Famicom games and the best racing game ever!
http://imageshack.us/a/img843/3046/0t8z.jpg
Can beat Mario on one man, but sadly died on 7-3 this morning.
I know the pain... I hate having a beautiful no-death run ruined by a single mistake. Speaking of which, Batman Dynamite was the last game I played. Can't believe I love it even more than the first Batman game.
Made it to the final stage boss of Rolling Thunder.
Has anyone here legitimately beaten this game? ??? It looks like it goes all out to screw you over:
-one hit kills
-can't control jumps
-precise jumping requirements
-meticulous memorization segments
-no checkpoints on the final stage
I think I have a new nomination for most frustrating game ever. (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=4098.msg66380#msg66380)
That's one game I have yet to play, but upon viewing a YouTube video of it, it reminds me of Shinobi. It's probably much harder though.
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on June 26, 2013, 11:28:47 pm
Made it to the final stage boss of Rolling Thunder.
Has anyone here legitimately beaten this game? ??? It looks like it goes all out to screw you over:
-one hit kills
-can't control jumps
-precise jumping requirements
-meticulous memorization segments
-no checkpoints on the final stage
I think I have a new nomination for most frustrating game ever. (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=4098.msg66380#msg66380)
Bloody good on you. I spent around 50 hours getting to stage 8 on 1 credit (Famicom) hours of frustration, skill, dedication, memorization!) It just chews you up and spits you out! I'm going to revisit it, someday soon for the rematch :) Again, bloody good on you for getting that far.
I love Rolling Thunder. I think I got it when I was about 12 years old. Still haven't beaten it :D
Mario is Missing!
Choujin Sentai Jetman! Beat on Very Hard mode, no-deaths. Sometime I should find a different strategy against Destruction Beast Semimaru... I've found that the rope-a-dope is generally the best way to fight him, but perhaps I can beat him quicker by utilizing my special moves differently.
I enjoy Rolling Thunder as well, but I haven't played it in probably a couple of years. I might have to dust it off sometime soon here, though I'm now also looking for an FC copy for the superior sound.
And I will have to strongly consider getting a repro done of that Mega Man 3/Sonic hack.
I had a buddy over, so I busted out my copy of Holy Diver to show him. We couldn't even finish the second stage, but this is definitely a cool game. I hadn't played it in a couple of years, so I'll definitely have to pick it up sooner than that next time.
Takeshi's Challenge >:(
Completions of the day:
Ninja Ryukenden III (Only died once, and it was because of a dumb mistake on my part. I had no clue that you'd die from sinking ater the 6th boss, but that's my fault)
Batman Dynamite
Parasol Henbee
Doki! Doki! Yuuenchi (I've finally gotten good enough to beat this game without continuing, but it'll take more practice until I can no-death it)
Spartan X-2
Rockman 3
Wai Wai World 2
Also played a little bit of Parodius Da, but I just couldn't get into it. Which is a damn shame because I really like the music in it.
Wow, you're completing more in one day that I all year so far... and last year... :'(
I need to play more. :gamer:
There can never be too much playing of Famicom! Although I actually haven't played any games today... it's been a rough one.
Last game i played was Xevious.
Ningen Heiki Dead Fox. I couldn't get past stage 3. I suck.
Last game I played was Layla. I can't believe I've never heard of this one before! Super fun, although the jumping physics feel a bit "floaty". Love the title screen theme as well.
I still have yet to play that game, although I did see the GameCenter CX episode on it.
Dynamite Batman and Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti were the last two games I've played.
It's really fun. Reminds me of Rockman in a way, although it's nowhere near as good. Dynamite Batman and Splatterhouse are some of my favorite games on the system, though I no longer am in possession of either...
Last game I played was Mother, using a walkthrough. Made it to the cemetery. That title theme <3
Those are two of my favorites as well, sorry to hear you no longer have them. If I ever get spare copies of either then they'll be yours, but.... I already have them both CIB so I doubt I'll get them again. If I may ask, what was your preferred gun of choice on Dynamite Batman?
I shall play Kamen No Ninja Hanamaru next.
Ah, that's nice of you, but it's ok. I'll replace them eventually. The sad part was, I didn't get to play a lot of Dynamite Batman. I played it twice, before a friend of mine spilled his damn drink onto it. I had it, as well as Splatterhouse on the floor next to my Famicom, and as he sat down, he accidentally tipped his glass over, submerging the carts in an unforgiving pool of hops and barley. I let them dry for several hours, but neither of them would work. I remember liking a homing gun of some sort. Gonna play some Salamander in a while.
Ninja Crusaders Ryuga, and Ninja Cop Saizou. Both great games, but I wish you could skip/speed-up the cutscenes/text in Ninja Cop Saizou... maybe you can, and I just didn't notice it... hmmm...
I played Black Manta as a kid and thought it was the next generation of gaming. I remember fighting Tiny and being blown away.
Yeah I have the Black Manta version of it too, I also played it when I was young. I definitely like the sprite for Tiny better in Black Manta, not sure which version of the game I like better overall. Is it just me, or was the final stage in Saizou more difficult than that in Black Manta? Maybe I'm just rusty...
Just played Galaga. This was the highest score I've been able to achieve, I definitely need to put in some more practice.
(http://i.imgur.com/LZKnVE0.jpg) (http://imgur.com/LZKnVE0)
Mickey Mouse III: Yume Fuusen
Wanpaku Kokkun No Gourmet World
Beaten these two today, next up I'll play Little Nemo. Then Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger.
I celebrated the Famicom's birthday in style today, by playing a new game for the first time. Insector X was a worthy way of celebrating the grand 30th anniversary of the Family Computer. It's a fun little shoot 'em up, even if the difficulty spiked out of nowhere at the end of level 5.
The Flintstones: Surprise At Dinosaur Peak
You have a pirate of that? I've never seen anything about a legit FC release of Dino Peak. Solid game, though. I just wish I'd bought mine three years ago when it was a $150 and not the $550 I paid for it last year. (I had to have the legit US version.)
Yes sir, I'd love to get the official copy of it, if only it didn't cost a fortune. I actually really wish it received an official Famicom release, because it truly is a great game, although I prefer the first Flintstones game, the sequel improved on quite a few features. My only wish for it was that the flying stage, when the pterodactyl is taking you to Dinosaur Peak, was expanded a bit. It was an extremely short stage with only two types of hazards, and no boss. I would have loved to see a shot powerup there, and have the level be expanded a bit, with a boss battle at the end.
It will disgust you to hear this, but I must confess I haven't played the game past the second or third stage. I've probably spent an hour or less in my lifetime with the game, and probably only about 20 minutes or so with mine since buying it. (It is one of at least four copies here in Lincoln, and I've played two of the others as they're in the hands of fellow collectors that I buy/sell/trade/bullshit around with.) There aren't too many, even on this forum, that can say they've had three different copies of Dino Peak in their console.
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on July 17, 2013, 11:01:10 am
It will disgust you to hear this, but I must confess I haven't played the game past the second or third stage. I've probably spent an hour or less in my lifetime with the game, and probably only about 20 minutes or so with mine since buying it. (It is one of at least four copies here in Lincoln, and I've played two of the others as they're in the hands of fellow collectors that I buy/sell/trade/bullshit around with.) There aren't too many, even on this forum, that can say they've had three different copies of Dino Peak in their console.
Oh wow, that's pretty awesome. I doubt I'll ever see an original copy of it in real life. I would strongly recommend you give it another shot, it really is one of the best games I've ever played... although I still prefer Flintstones: Rescue of Dino and Hoppy. Play that one too, if you haven't already... but I think you should get into Dinosaur Peak first, it'd be a nice warmup as it's MUCH easier than the first Flintstones game, but it did improve on the original in many aspects. The obvious innovation in Dino Peak is the fact that both Fred and Barney are playable, and their abilities differ greatly. Some of the ways they utilized the character switching feature was very clever, such as the way you have to take advantage of Barney's shorter height to pass under ceiling spikes in the final stage. Dinosaur Peak made Fred's club much easier to use, because not only is it faster, but they also seem to have changed the hitbox on it a bit. Plus they altered Fred's ledge-hanging ability, he's able to pull himself up much faster than in Rescue of Dino and Hoppy. There is some great gameplay variety in Dinosaur Peak, but I really love the powers you get from Gazoo in the first game. They were both fun and helpful to mess around with, and the animations on them were great. Although the graphics and sound were overall improved in Dinosaur Peak, I've grown really fond of the stages in Dino and Hoppy, especially the last four stages. The Asian-themed level in that game is one of my favorite levels ever, as unfitting as it was. I loved the Sumo Dinosaur boss!
Last game I played was Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2: Karakuri Land before work today.
Last game I played was Toki, JuJu Densetsu.
Nightstar, this is one for you... One hit kills, precision shooting, varied level setups and challenging action.
Several moments feel like one-time catch you outs, but they don't feel unfair either.
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii47/L___E___T/null_zps1badcec1.jpg)
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii47/L___E___T/null_zps524b9a65.jpg)(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii47/L___E___T/null_zps98da116d.jpg)
I played the Megadrive one as a boy, but I think this version may actually be better. Bosses are a lot of fun.
Ah, that game does appear to be a solid platformer, I'll look into getting a CIB copy of it someday, as it doesn't seem to be super expensive. (Unlike the other games I want) I remember seeing Toki on Nick Arcade, and it does look very fun. Thank you for the recommendation, L___E___T, although Lickle and Metal Storm are my most wanted at the moment.
Nice fire Mario plush too... what is that Famicom game next to him? It almost looks like... a pirate of Donald Land?
Heh, my girlfriend won the Mario plush at a theme park, it's quite big, was embarrassing to carry home a bit.
That is a good eye, that IS a pirate of Donald Land funnily enough, it's a metallic purple shell and chips inside I think, I'll be selling it with that stack on top of my playcase.
Can you guess the cart to the right of JuJu in the Famicom shot?
On JuJu, I only played the first three levels but it's great so far. Play style reminds me of Gourmet World in that you can breeze through swiftly IF you know what to look out for. Though I did Gourmet World feels a bit cheap difficulty and has luck involved sometimes, so far this isn't like that, it's just overall rewarding while also being unforgiving.
Hmm, to the right of JuJu... is it one of the Hello Kitty games, by any chance?
I find Gourmet World to be a pretty easy game with the exception of one jump in the final stage which is quite strict, you have to jump on the absolute last pixel to the edge. But I've gotten the hang of it so I can no-death run it every time. I can no-damage run it too, but sometimes I make a mistake on stage 4 and one of the flying skewers hits me! I look forward to playing JuJu Densetsu, I love games with an emphasis on learning enemy placement and how to deal with each situation. I think Dynamite Batman is a game which emphasizes this style well, but it's actually A LOT more forgiving than some people realize.
Quote from: L___E___T on July 17, 2013, 04:12:02 pmCan you guess the cart to the right of JuJu in the Famicom shot?
Hello Kitty? :P
Anyway, I played Stick Hunter earlier just to see if it's as bad as I thought it was before. Let's just say I'd rather play Wayne Gretzky Hockey on the NES. :bomb:
I have the NES version of Toki, and I would second LET's recommendation to nightstar on that game.
By the way, you both win on the Hello Kitty game. Question is, which is it?
Hello Kitty World, I'd guess...
Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzDOpvukhNo
I played it earlier, great game. Then I played more JuJu, then I played Gun Dec. Loving these.
(http://i.imgur.com/Drsyzp4.gif)
Ah, do tell, how far have you gotten on Gun Dec? I've beaten that game a few times since I got it and I absolutely adore it... the final boss seems near-impossible at first, but there is a trick to fighting him.
Edit: Not Famicom, but Power Blade on my NES is the last game I played!
I got up to the secnd boss, died and then powered off. Not really trying, just had a quick blast through while I was waiting for something and died before I knew it. Boss 1 is such a walk n the park that I didn'mt see how quickly my life bar went down. I didn't get hit even up til then :)
So not very far yet, but it seems relatively easy so far. I'll let you now when I have a proper sit down with it. I tend to play Famicom games for 5 mins and then move on to another game, it's bit of a bad habit.
Ahh, I hope you spend more time on it in the near future, I'd love to hear your experiences with the later stages.
I'd consider Gun Dec to be somewhat similar to Ninja Gaiden in a couple ways... the most prominent of which is the fact that the game is extremely easy... up until the final stage, which is actually pretty damn hard. I remember before I played Ninja Gaiden, I had heard the difficulty of it hyped up to such great extreme, so when I got a copy of it I was surprised to just easily breeze past level after level, until the difficulty really hit me on the final stage... then I seriously had to take some time and learn the game inside and out. Gun-Dec is kinda the same way, but... I'd still say it's easier than Ninja Gaiden overall.
Your knack for action games is probably what made Ninja Gaiden easy Nightstar. First time I played it long ago I had trouble long before the last stage. But the difficulty really increases greatly on the last stage.
Last Famicom game I played: Wrecking Crew
I guess I'm not half bad at action games. On the other hand I could never even imagine beating an RPG, so anyone who has finished one of those has already 1-upped me in that category.
Games I beat this evening...
Power Blade (On NES)
G.I. Joe: Real American Hero (On NES)
Gun-Dec
Castlevania 2 : Simon's quest (3 hours of playing this morning) ;D
of course i have used my game genie apadpter :-[
(https://i.ibb.co/6PRtgzb/Photo0167.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/8gWdDtx/Photo0169.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/VpP8kfL/Photo0172.jpg)
Although I had to rely on continuing via the password system, which makes me feel a bit ashamed, I can proudly say I beat Ningen Heiki: Dead Fox at last, something I thought I'd never be able to say.
(http://gyazo.com/0b94bd00a84b16fb3fe0183e736d3bf8.png)
Edit: Never mind, just got done beating it again, and this time I didn't need to use any continues at all. Life is good.
this time i have beated Bowser in the famous game "Super Mario bros" ;D
20 min of playing, 2 warp zones (1-2 to 4-1 and 4-2 to 8-1).
(https://i.ibb.co/cbFFbwm/Photo0189.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/ZxTC7sp/Photo0190.jpg)
For the first time I beat Ninja Crusaders without using a continue, my final score was 870,900. I also beat Ningen Heiki: Dead Fox again today... I'll play Gun-Dec next.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on July 20, 2013, 12:14:23 pm
Although I had to rely on continuing via the password system, which makes me feel a bit ashamed, I can proudly say I beat Ningen Heiki: Dead Fox at last, something I thought I'd never be able to say.
(http://gyazo.com/0b94bd00a84b16fb3fe0183e736d3bf8.png)
Edit: Never mind, just got done beating it again, and this time I didn't need to use any continues at all. Life is good.
On difficult mode?! :o Fun fact: did you know you can control the speed of the shots at the computer screen? ;D
Bokosuka Wars. Thinking to get MSX version ???
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on July 22, 2013, 12:19:40 am
On difficult mode?! :o Fun fact: did you know you can control the speed of the shots at the computer screen? ;D
Nah, the time I beat it without continues it was on normal. However, I did beat it on difficult yesterday, I needed a few continues though. I didn't know that, but I'll give it a try next time I play it, which will be today!
Post Merge: July 23, 2013, 09:18:22 pm
Today's completions:
Ningen Heiki: Dead Fox
Samurai Pizza Cats
Doki! Doki Yuuenchi
I've been playing lots of Ningen Heiki: Dead Fox and Robocco Wars lately.
Eggerland, about half of the labyrinth completed!
Densetsu no Kishi Elrond ;D
Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3
(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/LnXQs_TE1Pk/hqdefault.jpg)
(http://s.uvlist.net/l/y2006/05/19146.jpg)
Lickle and JuJu. Got to stage 5 on JuJu, I'll complete it soon.
Mother 1. I beat Mother 2 & 3 already. This is by far one of my favorite game series. I highly urge anyone whom has not played Mother 2 (EarthBound in USA) on Super Famicom to do so immediately!
I'm at the very beginning so far but it feels a lot like Mother 2 but kind of like a rough prototype with a different setting & story. Some objects in Mother 1 were used in 2.
I'm taking it slow and trying to savor every last fresh moment of the game as this will be the last of new games of the series for me. (Shigesato Itoi said he will not be making anymore)
Castlevania 3
I've played Don Doko Don 2 and Ningen Heiki: Dead Fox so far this morning.
I played Don Doko Don some time back, but man how slooooow is that game?
I want to play Mother 1, 2 and 3 - which one should I start with?
Don Doko Don 1 or 2? I have them both but I just couldn't get into the original, but DDD2 is one of my favorites. If you played the second installment, how far did you get in it? Your character's walk speed is rather slow but the level design is glorious, especially later on.
Choujin Sentai Jetman was the last game I played, beat it on Very Hard mode without dying, mainly used Black Condor.
Contra. Next up is Lickle. Or Super Contra.
The last Famicom game I played was Recca, but I did play though the Blue Marlin from beginning to end yesterday.
City Connection on a pirate cart. Pretty interesting game, but the only problem is that sometimes you can't dodge the cats, so you are forced to hit them and lose a life. Level 3 looks really glitchy, instead of background there is some glitchy sprite madness, just like on some level of TwinBee, where some objects and background look glitchy.
Quote from: AlexRUS on August 10, 2013, 06:01:33 am
City Connection on a pirate cart. Pretty interesting game, but the only problem is that sometimes you can't dodge the cats, so you are forced to hit them and lose a life. Level 3 looks really glitchy, instead of background there is some glitchy sprite madness, just like on some level of TwinBee, where some objects and background look glitchy.
That's because the bootleggers cut some of the graphics from the game. As a result, the cutscenes between levels are glitched and some of the backgrounds are missing. :(
Maze of Galious 2
Ninja Ryukenden 2 - No continues used, had 9 lives when I finished it.
Ninja Ryukenden - Sadly, I had to use a continue to beat this game in my last playthrough of it. I forgot how lenient NG2 and 3 were when it came to 1-ups, they seem extremely hard to get in the original.
Lot Lot. A fun little puzzle game, and another piece of Irem's history that we were sadly deprived of in the US.
Ninja Crusaders Ryuga
Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2: Karakuri Land
Jigoku Gokurakumaru
@80sFreak
Nice. I like Gorby, too. That's a fun little puzzle game.
I just had my first taste of Bio Senshi Dan. I can already see why this is a popular NES repro. This is a pretty cool game, but I'm not quite sure I'm going to be able to play this with all the Japanese text.
More Wrecking Crew
Quote from: L___E___T on August 08, 2013, 10:36:47 am
I want to play Mother 1, 2 and 3 - which one should I start with?
Definitely start with Mother 1 or 2. If you are not used to older RPGs (more exp grinding and less dialogue) I recommend to start with Mother 2. But if you are ok with that, there's no reason not to play them in order. I like Mother 1 and 2 about equally much, and Mother 3 is not far below.
I need to play my Earthbound Zero someday soon, and then my girlfriend's Earthbound SNES cart after that.
Tonight, I played Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Douchuu for the first time, followed by Arkanoid II (with a real FC Vaus controller for the first time). Thanks, hashiriya1.
playing exed exes more and more lately,,,i feel its becoming my favorite famicom game 8)
Kamen No Ninja: Hanamaru
Don Doko Don ! Sweet game indeed!
Final Fantasy. Just reached Melmond. Gonna take on the vampire next.
Gun+Nac
Pizza Pop hack with Mario in it, and even recorded and uploaded an ending of it on my channel :)
Earthworm Jim 3
(It's one of my favourite pirate portings.)
Baseball it's surprisingly addictive
Rockman 3
I love the Jump Cheat with Player 2
Dr. Mario 2
Thanks, fcgamer!
New Ghostbusters 2, been playing it all day today and yesterday. Can't get past the 5th boss, it seems impossible.
I love New Ghostbusters 2! It's so much fun!
I think it's a great game, but let me ask, have you managed to defeat the 5th boss, Gremlin? I've fought it over 50 times in the past two days, and I just absolutely can't do it. Their shots move waaaay faster than I can move.
Just cleared one loop of Daiku No Gen-San 2, going to clear the more difficult second loop now. Needed something to raise my self-esteem after being demolished by New Ghostbusters 2.
I enjoy New Ghostbusters II, but I haven't played too far into the game. (I have the PAL NES version; I don't know if there's any differences with the Famicom version.)
I last played Rocman X, though that was a couple of days ago. I wanted this one for a while. Ahhhh, yeah. Sachen ripping off Mega Man!
Wrecking crew, I'm on a puzzle game bender recently.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on September 17, 2013, 10:55:59 am
I think it's a great game, but let me ask, have you managed to defeat the 5th boss, Gremlin? I've fought it over 50 times in the past two days, and I just absolutely can't do it. Their shots move waaaay faster than I can move.
Just cleared one loop of Daiku No Gen-San 2, going to clear the more difficult second loop now. Needed something to raise my self-esteem after being demolished by New Ghostbusters 2.
I have not, heh. It's a tough game but still quite fun!
Daiku No Gen-San 2. Beat both loops, zero continues used. Final score:
(http://gyazo.com/7c8b6ca168bf7601ce2b81630c95376f.png)
Castlevania: Chorus of Mysteries
No-one played a game since me? I thunk this thread needs more love!
I played Mitsume Ga Tooru up until the end of Stage 5. Alas, I ran out of time.
(http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/manga/2/30084.jpg)
Gradius II, and it kicked my butt. :'(
Quote from: L___E___T on October 15, 2013, 03:43:17 pm
No-one played a game since me? I thunk this thread needs more love!
I played Mitsume Ga Tooru up until the end of Stage 5. Alas, I ran out of time.
(http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/manga/2/30084.jpg)
I so very much look forward to hearing when you've got the job done... Mitsume Ga Tooru has to have my favorite ending ever in a video game.
Kage was the last one I played.
Akumajou Densetsu.
Quote from: Yoyo on October 17, 2013, 05:45:07 pm
Akumajou Densetsu.
Great game. I was playing Castlevania earlier on my NES. I go back and forth choosing which one is my favorite: simpler and cool, or more complex and awesome. :gamer:
Quote from: Yoyo on October 17, 2013, 05:45:07 pmAkumajou Densetsu.
Firstly welcome :bub:
I love the look of Akumajou Densetsu, but I do believe Akumajou Dracula is the better game, it's purer and more polished at the same time, simpler visuals, but I think there's more going on gameplay wise.
Top Gun 2 , what a bad game >:(
Rockman 6 - can't believe how easy it is compared to the others. On the plus side, it might be the nicest looking.
Odd, I find them all to be equal in terms of their easiness... Rockman is just an easy series in general.
Duck Tales 2
Akumajou Densetsu. The soundtrack is sooooo much better than the US CastleVania III.
As to whether I like the first or third CV game better, that's really a toss-up. The first one is much more original, but the third one added so much to the formula.
Indeed it is. :)
4 in 1 with Recca and Silk Worm. A great multicart! (Thanks a lot Let!)
Spent an hour or so in the cold basement to play some Famicom!
Played a game of I Love Softball and...found out that it has a "mercy rule" that ends the game if you're losing 10 - 0 :-[
Played Konami Wai Wai World for a bit. Got up to Dracula in the Castlevania stage but couldn't take him down.
Played Erika to Satoru no Yume Bouken, to the best of my abilities, since I can't read Japanese. Great music (Namco 163 chip!) and great graphics, though.
Dusted off the ol' Famicom for the first time in almost a month, as I had a friend over and I wanted to show him Rocman X and the Dr. Mario 2 pirate hack sequel that I bought from fcgamer. We both had a pretty good time with both games.
Last night right before bed I popped in a copy of Parodius just to test it out (make sure it works) and I told myself I would only play it until I died (needed to sleep). Of course then I did better at the game than I ever have before and it totally woke me up. Couldn't sleep for a while after that.
Note to self: Only test boring games or text-heavy RPGs before bed.
Super Mario Bros
Mickey Mouse
Contra
Castlevania 3 Dracula Curse
Pacman -> My Favourite
Konami World 2
Son Son
That's it !
Played a little 2P Crisis Force with my brother. It's such a great game, and it's totally inexcusable that I hadn't played it for so long.
galaxian
Mr. Splash! Really fun...luckily my brother liked the game when I showed it to him. I'm thinking of making a gold cart repro as a trophy and having a showdown once we've practiced on it enough.
Asder 20-in-1 multicart. Thanks, MWK.
Panic Restaurant
More of my new Asder 20-in-1. It's taken me hours just to try everything on here. I just played Dream Fighter and Skate Boy for the first time. I used to think I'd have to track down one of those Gluk carts from Spain to try this game.
Bucky O Hare.
Aha you're still playing I see! Last game I played was Pinball.
That's correct! Lately I've been playing more Mega Drive and Super Famicom than anything, but... Rocket Knight Adventures reminded me so much of Bucky O Hare, I just had to plug in the AV Famicom and see if I could still hold it down. (Didn't do too shabby, by the way. Had 40 spare lives upon completion.)
I'm on a quest to play thru the 245 in 1 Famiclone cart. It's a great cart for the breadth of quality, plenty of kusoge (Saint Seiya, Mystery of Comvoy, Ikki) and classics ( Batman, Joust, Contra). Last game I played on there was Armored Scrum Object / Alpha Mission (us title). Cool game.
Been playing Hebereke last night. So funny, I was close to the end of the game and kept thinking about some work I had to finish last night, but just kept playing Hebereke. Then some stupid glitch happened, and the frog character froze on screen, with this evil looking, smiling face, and the music played as normal. But the character was frozen, and I could not move anywhere. I guess this was a sign to stop playing and start working.
Then my eye started hurting me a lot, probably from my contacts, and I didn't get the work done anyway :(
Quote from: Sarahconner on December 19, 2013, 09:55:50 pm
I'm on a quest to play thru the 245 in 1 Famiclone cart. It's a great cart for the breadth of quality, plenty of kusoge (Saint Seiya, Mystery of Comvoy, Ikki) and classics ( Batman, Joust, Contra). Last game I played on there was Armored Scrum Object / Alpha Mission (us title). Cool game.
Aren't both versions of Alpha Mission on the 245 in 1?
I'm unsure. I know ASO is.
Just finished playing some Final Mission with my uncle... we came on 3rd level, but it's just too hard :o
Yep. Stage 3 is the furthest I've ever gotten on Final Mission. Undoubtedly the hardest game I've ever played.
Metro-Cross
A Chinese 8-in-1 multicart with several (if not most/all) Waixing games that I just got in the mail from fcgamer. I have to say that I'm pretty disappointed with them. Some of these games would fit right in on the Action 52.
I played Recca on my DSlite
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on December 22, 2013, 07:57:04 pm
A Chinese 8-in-1 multicart with several (if not most/all) Waixing games that I just got in the mail from fcgamer. I have to say that I'm pretty disappointed with them. Some of these games would fit right in on the Action 52.
Hey mate, glad you got that package safely. Some of those games were not made by Waixing, but another company, or so I've heard.
Also, Waixing had made around 100 games or so, mostly Chinese RPGs of questionable quality. ;)
Tashiro Masashi no Princess ga Ippai + Firehouse Rescue
Hit Marmot. This is a pretty fun light gun game. Thanks, fcgamer!
I finished The Guardian Legend (Guardic Gaiden) on famicom and wrote a blog post, with game play videos and review. The game is often considered one of the best NES / Famicom games, so if you are curious do check out my blog. And keep updated for more "famicom friday" posts I will make.
Double Dragon III, Wagyan Land 2, and Quarth.
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on December 26, 2013, 03:50:14 pm
Hit Marmot. This is a pretty fun light gun game. Thanks, fcgamer!
No prob bro! I really like that game myself, and think that it is a simple, yet addictive light gun game. One of my favorites in the genre.
I had a friend over today, and I had to show him some of my recent pickups: The Asder 20-in-1, Twinbee, Wagyan Land 2, and even that mediocre Chinese 8-in-1. I also fired up my Action 53 (NES), as he'd wanted to try that out as well.
I've been trying REALLY hard to finish Tarurutu-kun 2. But when I get too mad at my failures to do so, I always put in SD Hero Soukessen: Taose! Aku no Gundan. Its my go-to famicom game
I've been button smashing on Kid Niki and JuJu or Toki in the U.S. for the last couple of days. Both are really fun but unforgivingly hard.
Just out of curiousity any one else curse at there games and throw the controllers in a fit of rage?? :gamer: LOL!! Some times I cant help it specially when your playing a game where you die and then the game laughs at you.. like dieing isnt enough oh no its got to F'ing Laugh in your face errr..
Crackout + Thunder & Lightning + Takahashi Meijin no Bugutte Honey
Tiny Toon 6 :)
Dr. Luigi - I love it but the colours don't look quite right.
JRA-PAT
It's...um...historically significant?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qELTf1xNBfQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qELTf1xNBfQ)
Well I subscribed to your channel, so it wasn'tr a complete waste of time :)
Yay! I got a nice video capture device for Christmas, so I've been recording some random FC stuff and uploading to Youtube to test it out.
I know the JRA-PAT video isn't very interesting, but I don't think there's very much video of it online. The other card that I have for the Network System is slightly more interesting since it has a dancing Mario sprite and some vaguely Zelda-II style music. I sent that one off to get dumped by bootgod, though, so I can't make a clear video of it just yet.
Anybody vouch for Getsu Fuuma Den?
Wanting to buy :redcart:
Its good, but not sure if there's a translation or not. Plays a little like Zelda 2 with a ninja (Fūma Kotaro) as the main character. Its the kind of game i boot up and switch off a few minutes later, but I've never really properly sat down with it to be fair.
I've mostly been playing SMB3 improvement hacks.
None! Because my current Famicom is broken :'(
(Good thing I decided to upgrade to a TwinFami though! Should be here in a couple weeks~)
I just completed 'Bodycon Quest I - Abakareshi Musume Tachi' :-[
Going to tackle Metroid and Parutena next.
Well, I've been getting a lot of Famicom goodies in the mail, but I've been so busy with the Nintendo Age NES challenge I haven't even found time to test my new games. But I found a few minutes tonight to get my first taste of Don Doko Don 2, and it was everything I'd hoped it to be.
Last game I played was a hack I am working on :)
Arkanoid II. I got a package of goodies from senseiman, and I bought a Vaus controller off of Ebay. I've been busy with my US games for the NA challenge, but I thought this was a good chance to test two new arrivals at the same time.
Oh, and LET, don't tease us like that. What are you hacking?
It's only a quick SMB hack - I'll post a video of it soon :)
I guess I'll be looking forward to that. What made you decide to do a SMB hack?
I just played a bit of Galaxian, Higemaru Makaijima (sp?), and Challenger as dinner is soon and I didn't want to get committed to a full game. (I'm looking for excuses to test my new arrivals... kind of sad, eh?)
Interesting. I'm looking forward to that too. My only serious attempt at a hack is a small translation that I've yet to finish. Thought I was gonna make it public once I translated all the strings but I ran into trouble.
Last game I played: My own Famicom pong game :redcart:. Finally started working on it for a bit again and thought I could finish it, but now my collision routine doesn't work. :(
Actually that makes me realise the Famicom is in need of a pong game - or a 2 player Arkanoid game isn't it?
As for my hack - I can't really answer that without giving it away. All will become clear though in a week or so, forgive me until then (and don't hype it)!
Quote from: L___E___T on January 27, 2014, 06:29:09 am
Actually that makes me realise the Famicom is in need of a pong game - or a 2 player Arkanoid game isn't it?
Family Block / Thunder & Lightning is a two-player Arkanoid game, although it's co-op.
I don't think I'm familiar with it, but just checked it out, music is awesome :)
(http://www.gamingsanctuary.com/AMJapaneseFamilyBlock.jpg)
I might pick that up actually, is it rare? Can't believe they risked releasing something like that after 1990 though!
Quote from: L___E___T on January 27, 2014, 10:33:26 am
I might pick that up actually, is it rare?
No clue on the rarity, sorry. I picked up the NES version from a GameStop when they were liquidating their NES assets ;D
I just played Uchuu Keibitai SDF for the first time. It's pretty impressive.
Ugh, I'm still waiting for my copy to arrive! Should've been here ages ago, not impressed.
I just tried that too on the Everdrive to see MMC5 support. Amazing game!
Last game I played: My own Pong game again. I finally figured out why my collision detection didn't work! I had simply swapped the addition instructions and the subtraction instructions when comparing the paddles' and the ball's positions! I can't believe I didn't notice it earlier! lol
It's finally fully functional but I need to add a title screen and some more interesting bouncing physics before it can be called a game (it just bounces in four diagonal directions at the moment).
I just beat Nekketsu Kakutō Densetsu. Also, I was undefeated up until the last fight versus the tiger twins. Great game!
Super Mario Bros 2 FDS
I just had my first taste of Kidou Senshi Z Gundam: Hot Scramble. And it's not too bad, if fairly simple and repetitive. (But hey, can't expect too much from an '86 release...) Stages play out in two parts: the first half is like a poor man's Space Harrier, and the second half is kind of a simplified version of Thexder.
Played and completed Chip to Dale no Daisakusen 2.
Dr. Mario with my lovely girlfriend, I won (mostly) and she had a strop, it was cute.
Post Merge: February 09, 2014, 05:04:14 am
I played through the Super Bat Puncher demo, then a bit of New Ghostbusters 2, then raced through Streemerz which I absolutely love. Played and completed it on PC but playing it on real hardware is so much nicer. Plus the new modes are brilliant, go doctor! I also played a little Jackie Chan, the excellent Cosmic Epsilon and Battle Kid, which I wasn't too keen on. Then I played a little Fire N Ice, which was more enjoyable than I expected, I finished World 1 but didn't fancy spending my entire Sunday on laborious puzzles. Then I played Final Mission for the first time - wow, cleared the first level without dying but it gets pretty hard pretty fast - but what a game! A new favourite.
I took a little break from the NA NES challenge to test a few FC games that have been laying around for a couple of weeks now: Gekitotsu Yonku Battle (so much fun!), Transformers: Convoy no Nazo, Youkai Douchuuki, and Tokoro-san no Mamoru mo Semeru mo (my first time playing this one).
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on February 09, 2014, 08:59:23 am
Gekitotsu Yonku Battle (so much fun!)
Oh hell yes. Always loved this game, as well as the music for the final match.
GUN-DEC was the last one I played, beat it on one credit. I'll never get tired of this game.
Played through Akumajou Dracula and beat it. Still trying to do that one one credit. I tend to have trouble with Igpr and Frank only, which is exactly what happened on this occasion. Lost once to Drac then beat him on the second.
Still haven't beaten VS. Castlevania, but I know now it's more than possible if I don't die on Igor and Frank. Once theyre beaten there's no reason to even get hit if you play it right.
My key to a consistently easy defeat of Igor/Frank is the same as Death: Hold on to that Holy Water for dear life.
I had it but messed up first run - then had to do it with nothing :(
I just tried Great Battle Cyber for the first time. It's not bad.
Nightstar, I'm a bit surprised. I honestly didn't think you played games that weren't platformers. But Gekitotsu Yonku Battle is definitely a good one to make an exception for.
It's crazy, right? Even I enjoy a little bit of variety from time to time... but only a very little bit.
Great Battle Cyber... just by the name, I'm reminded of a Super Famicom game I've played recently, titled "Great Battle Gaiden 2". It's pretty much a Ganbare Goemon imitator featuring SD licensed characters. (I used the Gundam!)
Last Famicom game I played was Spartan X2. It still rules.
Going at some of the kusoge on the great 245/1 cart.
"Mystery of Comvoy" is as bad as they say. You can't see the projectiles against the backgrounds!
Had my first taste of Daiku no Gen-san 2 this morning. Then, I had a friend over and we played a bit of Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti.
Played "Kill That Respawning Enemy Over and Over Again to Get Health Drops", aka Konami Wai Wai World.
Sounds like a lot of games to me. :)
I played some more Dragon Quest. At level 15 I finally felt comfortable with my strength enough to leave Garai's grave and travel south to the ruined town of Domudora. The monsters outside town are strong but I can handle them if I fly back, rest and restock often. The monsters seems even stronger closer to Melkido, so it looks like this area around Domudora will be my new training grounds until I'm ready to tackle the golem. I managed to defeat a Metal Slime the other day!
Gotta love the metal slimes.
I played Recca - got to the 3rd stage, which is way further than I normally get.
Threw in my 100000 in 2 cart and played some Mighty Final Fight to test out a new AV mod I had done (was BEAUTIFUL by the way.) Then my Fami died again. Yeesh. I think the cart edge connector is junk. Unit still powers up and gives me the gray screen, but it won't read any carts! And I forgot sandpaper at work :(
BTW, the AV mod is a clone of the Twin Fami circuit, installed on a rev7 HVC-001. Strong, clear picture, and almost zero jailbars. Still need to add a few caps on the CPU and PPU as filters, but WOW. Big improvement to the simple mod I was using. Just need to retr0brite my case, and get the thing running games consistently, and shes all done!
Any more info on that kit? I'm after doing the same thing :)
Sounds ace though - look forward to seeing the final results!
Keroppi to Keroriinu no Splash Bomb! It was my first time trying it; it's a pretty decent Bomberman knock-off.
I played some more Dragon Quest. I traveled to Melkido and challenged the Golem at level 16. Darn he's strong! Even by exploiting his weakness I couldn't defeat him!
After failing to defeat the Golem I hunted some more metal slimes and trained outside of Domudora. At level 17 I learned the Behoimi spell (Healmore) so now I don't need to rely on herbs to heal in-battle anymore. This time the Golem was not a problem and I didn't even need to heal. I've only died twice in the game, so I had just enough gold to buy the Flame Sword (best sword until you find Sword of Loto) and the Mirror Shield (best shield in the game!).
I then went to search for the Armour of Loto. I met the guardian Demon Armour Knight. He was not a problem at all after I had sealed his magic with my Mahotoon spell to prevent him from putting me to sleep.
Now I have the best armour and shield in the game and the next best sword so there's literally nothing more to fear outside of the Dragon King's castle including poison swamps! I'm almost ready to enter the castle but I think I'll at least gain another level before doing that.
Little Nemo. As much as I love this game, I swear, if it had boss battles for every stage, it'd be an all-time top 10 for me.
I love that game too. Here the Nemo comics isn't very known, so when I was younger I always wondered what movie Little Nemo was based on, it was clear that it was a movie-based game.
Volguard II. Got to area 3 this time :D
I've been playing "Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey-bu: Subette Koronde Dairantou". I've gotten to the 6th game and shit got hard. There's so many things wrong with the game it's not even funny. The controls simply suck, it's like controlling a tank, can hardly maneuver at all. You'll never get possession of the team mate closest to the puck nor can you manually request which player to control. You'll never be able to chase down the opponents as they're as quick or quicker than you. Controlling the goalkeeper also sucks, you're lucky if you manage to catch one while they bombard the net and you can't use your players to try to stop them either since you're controlling the friggin goalie. Their keeper on the other hand is godlike, you need super shots to score on him. However pulling of super shots are nigh impossible, the jump one is like frame perfect, the charge one takes forever and the opponents will of course stop you from even trying. I might be doing something wrong, but I can't figure out what. Terrible game.
The last Famicom game I played is a pirate: Dragon Fighter.
It doesn't remind me of any other pirate fighting games like World Heroes 2, Kart Fighter, Street Fighter III or even Yoko's Street Fighter II.
This game has quite a good collision detection system and the special moves are done easily and that is great, altough the CPU players always tend to corner and annihilate you. It's a very difficult game. My greatest effort was winning 5 out of 10 opponents. Ah! There are limited continues: just 5 "credits".
Robocco Wars. Once again, I got to the final boss (or what I assume is the final boss) and lost all my lives. It's annoying when a game is dead simple up until the very end. The difficulty spike is unnerving.
Quote from: UglyJoe on March 29, 2014, 08:26:08 am
Robocco Wars. Once again, I got to the final boss (or what I assume is the final boss) and lost all my lives. It's annoying when a game is dead simple up until the very end. The difficulty spike is unnerving.
Yeah. I feel the same about Dragon Buster II. A HUGE game without password and a killer final boss that always kills me! >:(
Twinbee 3. It was my first time playing it, and it's pretty decent.
And yeah, I remember the final boss being surprisingly hard in Robocco Wars too. I cut through most of the game on pretty much my first try, but I just hit a big boss and just fell apart.
excitebike :) love that one for some reason can play it over and over
Breeder (FDS). All you do is distribute points to stats for robots, and then let two of them duel automatically. The duels drag on a bit (you can cancel them, thankfully), but it's kinda fun tweaking the stats to try and get them to do what you want.
I finally got around to testing the last few carts I received in late December/early January. Yeah, I'm a bum...
Anyway, those were Felix the Cat (pirate... thanks again, Nightstar), Flying Hero, and JJ.
I don't remember the final boss of Robocco Wars being quite that hard, although I think I did die most of my lives (and some continues if there are such).
Breeder, isn't that game often mentioned on lists of worst FC/FDS games ? Nice to hear a second opinion. I think a lot of FDS games are under appreciated, although some of them are amazingly unplayable.
Quote from: fredJ on April 13, 2014, 09:15:02 am
I don't remember the final boss of Robocco Wars being quite that hard, although I think I did die most of my lives (and some continues if there are such).
The final boss is the only platforming boss (as opposed to shmup boss) in the game that requires learning anything beyond the most basic patterns. The platforming controls are also a bit imprecise, which doesn't help.
Quote from: fredJ on April 13, 2014, 09:15:02 am
Breeder, isn't that game often mentioned on lists of worst FC/FDS games ? Nice to hear a second opinion. I think a lot of FDS games are under appreciated, although some of them are amazingly unplayable.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's generally considered to be
kusoge. It's practically a non-game. I think it's a neat curiosity, though.
My goal this year is to finish 10 NES/FC games in my collection that I haven't beaten before. I'm four down so far. Right now I'm working on Double Dragon for NES (last night I got to Mission 4 for the first time :fire: ) and Getsu Fuma Den for FC (finished the first 3D maze and now I'm exploring the upper half of the map).
I had a little mini-marathon to take a break from the stress of pounding my way through some difficult NES games for the NA challenge. I played some Daiku no Gen-San 2, Ganbare Goemon, Keroppi Splash Bomb, and SDF.
Just finished Mickey Mouse 3. Very easy game, but nice!
(http://www.suslik.nl/cng/50.jpg)
(http://www.suslik.nl/cng/51.jpg)
Nice display! I'm currently working on Goonies II.
I just had my first taste of Cross Fire. I got one in from Ebay yesterday, and I'm enjoying it.
Nice! I was just thinking about that game the other day, I still have yet to finish it. The furthest I've gotten is the train stage... Cross Fire's difficulty is similar to a traditional shoot 'em up in the sense that everything can be all fine and dandy when your weapons are powered up to full, but then when you make an unfortunate mistake and lose it all, it's near impossible.
Started playing "Hikari Shinwa: Parutena no Kagami" on the FDS. Made it to the first fortress so far.
Quote from: Issun on April 24, 2014, 10:30:01 am
Started playing "Hikari Shinwa: Parutena no Kagami" on the FDS. Made it to the first fortress so far.
I played through the NES version of that game back in college and I found that the game actually gets easier as you progress. Plus, you have the advantage of not having to write down the tortuously long passwords! ;D
Quote from: Zycrow on April 24, 2014, 11:43:13 am
I played through the NES version of that game back in college and I found that the game actually gets easier as you progress. Plus, you have the advantage of not having to write down the tortuously long passwords! ;D
I've beaten the NES version many times before and you're right; it gets easier as you go. :)
I'm currently trying to get the best ending, which is quite a different deal in the FDS version. It's going to be interesting to see if the "save instead of continue" trick works.
I love passwords! ;D
I got a package from Dave (aka fcgamer) today. So I went ahead and had my first taste of Magic Cube... my second Sachen game. (Dave also sold me my first... Rocman X.) It's a pretty decent variant of the Puyo Puyo-inspired genre of puzzle games.
Quote from: Issun on April 24, 2014, 12:54:25 pm
Quote from: Zycrow on April 24, 2014, 11:43:13 am
I played through the NES version of that game back in college and I found that the game actually gets easier as you progress. Plus, you have the advantage of not having to write down the tortuously long passwords! ;D
I've beaten the NES version many times before and you're right; it gets easier as you go. :)
I'm currently trying to get the best ending, which is quite a different deal in the FDS version. It's going to be interesting to see if the "save instead of continue" trick works.
I love passwords! ;D
I guess it gets easier because you get stronger. Trying to get the worst ending is probably a real challenge because that limits how many enemies you can kill and you don't get stronger.
Be sure the report back if the "save instead of continue" trick works. :)
Continued with Parutena today, made it to the final fortress with 5 health and 5 arrow upgrades. I guess I will try to complete the game this evening.
Quote from: P on April 25, 2014, 09:56:13 am
I guess it gets easier because you get stronger. Trying to get the worst ending is probably a real challenge because that limits how many enemies you can kill and you don't get stronger.
Yeah, after a few upgrades things starts getting easier. In the beginning it almost feels like you're dead if an enemy even looks at you funny.
All you have to do to get the worst ending, even with all upgrades, is to choose continue 40 times. So it's not that hard ;)
Quote from: P on April 25, 2014, 09:56:13 am
Be sure the report back if the "save instead of continue" trick works. :)
Will do! :)
Quick run on Spartan X-2 I think just for the cutscenes!
Last night, I had my first taste of Magic Block, the other new unlicensed game I bought from Dave aka fcgamer. Definitely an interesting concept for a puzzle game, as it is a hybrid of sliding puzzles and Pipe Dream. It's a tough one, though, with very little time to think and act. (And limited continues!) Still, I was able to play further than the only sample video I could find for it on YouTube.
I just completed "Hikari Shinwa: Parutena no Kagami" on the FDS. Got the best ending! :) It seems like getting all the health/arrow upgrades and using save instead of continues really works. (Thanks P!) I got a final score of: 521900 (I beat you fredJ ;D now get playing!)
I was a little scared of the final level as I'd heard that there was no auto scroll, no going under the brick wall and you have to hold the A button to fly. It was no worries though, I didn't even take damage until I got to Medusa.
I've been on an Itadaki Street craze lately. (http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/JediQuestMaster/itadaki_st_zpsd592b983.png)
Though the automated dice-rolling really throws me off. Literally.
I begun playing Metroid on the FDS today. I finished Brinstar and used up+A on controller 2 to save the game, later when I was going to continue my file had no progress stored at all. I created a new game in slot 2 and quickly did all of Brinstar again, this time the save worked. Must be something with the disk I guess. Anyway, I completed Kraid's hideout as well. Tomorrow awaits Norfair.
Quote from: Issun on April 26, 2014, 10:11:41 am
I just completed "Hikari Shinwa: Parutena no Kagami" on the FDS. Got the best ending! :) It seems like getting all the health/arrow upgrades and using save instead of continues really works. (Thanks P!) I got a final score of: 521900 (I beat you fredJ ;D now get playing!)
I was a little scared of the final level as I'd heard that there was no auto scroll, no going under the brick wall and you have to hold the A button to fly. It was no worries though, I didn't even take damage until I got to Medusa.
Thank you for confirming that! Yeah the last stage is a bit harder than it is in the NES version and you can't cheat against Medusa by staying in her blind spot and keep shooting, but it's probably still the easiest level in the game ironically enough.
No problems mate. :)
I was going to continue with Metroid FDS today. When I loaded the game I was back in Brinstar (should've been in Kraid's hideout), but I had all my equipment intact at least. I continued to Norfair but as I entered the cavern suddenly my energy was only 07, and all my equipment gone. I reloaded the game and I was back in Brinstar without any equipment at all, though the game registered that the Maru Mari was collected as it wasn't in its place. Seems my disk is corrupted so I went a head and bought another copy from eBay, hopefully it'll work better. Seems to be a pretty common problem with Metroid disks, as far as I can tell.
I took out the old NES and started Metroid there.
Quote from: Issun on April 28, 2014, 04:27:22 am
I took out the old NES and started Metroid there.
My advice: If you have a smartphone, use it to take a picture of your password instead of trying to write it down. Metroid passwords are the worst!
Over the weekend I beat Boku Dracula-kun, which was a beautiful journey for a Castlevania fan like me, and also played through Bomberman for the first time. I love how that game lets you keep your bomb/explosion upgrades when you die but takes away your better upgrades - it keeps the challenge steady but not unsurmountable. I was sort of bamboozled that I had almost 3 million points by the end of the game ... however, after researching the game's hidden bonus items, I suspect some people have recorded some insane high scores.
I'm now working on Clash at Demonhead for NES.
Quote from: Issun on April 26, 2014, 10:11:41 am
I just completed "Hikari Shinwa: Parutena no Kagami" on the FDS. Got the best ending! :) It seems like getting all the health/arrow upgrades and using save instead of continues really works. (Thanks P!) I got a final score of: 521900 (I beat you fredJ ;D now get playing!)
I was a little scared of the final level as I'd heard that there was no auto scroll, no going under the brick wall and you have to hold the A button to fly. It was no worries though, I didn't even take damage until I got to Medusa.
Wow, I was surprised to see you mentioned me all of a sudden.
But it would take a long time to save and continue each time at least for me.
I think it is unfair to call Kid Icarus a simple game, as some seem to do... It takes time to get used to all the jumping (especially on ice !! ) and find your way around the castles for people who haven't played the NES version as kids. It probably isn't too hard after one has played it for 100 hours or so.
Some suggest to buy several feathers, but then you'd need money, and have to stand and kill enemies for a long time...
Speaking of difficult passwords, the worst I've had so far is Japanese version of Guardian Legend (http://japanspel.blogspot.com/2013/12/famicom-friday-guardian-legend-guardic.html ), but a few days ago I has almost as bad password with Captain Ed. I came here to tell about my last played game, Captain Ed, probably an unknown famicom game to most. http://japanspel.blogspot.com/2014/04/captain-ed-famicom.html
I have a complete Japanese guidebook for bomberman, by the way... (1986) Sometimes those books have info that isn't on the internet, but I can't really tell.
Wow, I'd love to see a guidebook for Bomberman. In general I just love Famicom guidebooks, even though I'm not fluent in Japanese.
The worst password screen for me so far has been in Getsu Fuuma Den, where it's all stylized hiragana. Even with my phone camera it would still sometimes take several tries to get it right.
I could say I learned hiragana playing Harikiri Stadium from start to finish.
Two lines of hiragana. Pen and paper.
Quote from: fredJ on April 30, 2014, 03:19:33 am
I think it is unfair to call Kid Icarus a simple game, as some seem to do... It takes time to get used to all the jumping (especially on ice !! ) and find your way around the castles for people who haven't played the NES version as kids. It probably isn't too hard after one has played it for 100 hours or so.
Some suggest to buy several feathers, but then you'd need money, and have to stand and kill enemies for a long time...
Yeah who calls it an easy game? I played it as a kid a lot and still have trouble finding my way in the fortresses. I never owned it for NES though, only borrowed it. Yeah the game is the hardest early on when you don't have much strength, weapons, feathers or wine of life. But if you grind a bit early on (might be hard since it's easy to die), it gets easier later in the fortresses. When you come to the overwolrd it's easy to get more hearts and experience points.
Played more Dr. Mario with my lady. She has got so good she usually kicks my butt but I managed to trounce her this time round. We do first to three games as a rule, I own 3-1 but have lost 3-0 too many times now...
Quote from: L___E___T on April 30, 2014, 10:51:02 am
Played more Dr. Mario with my lady. She has got so good she usually kicks my butt but I managed to trounce her this time round. We do first to three games as a rule, I own 3-1 but have lost 3-0 too many times now...
Dr. Mario is such a great 2P game. Actually I've had fun with almost every competitive puzzler that I've played. I gotta track down a Tengen Tetris...
Yes, you do Zycrow. Tengen Tetris is pretty awesome. It's actually pretty easy to find on Famicom pirate multis, but I totally think it's worth the money to get a legit NES version.
I got in my new CIB AV Fami today, so I had to break it and the controllers in with a mini-marathon. I played some Cross Fire, Flying Hero, and Star Wars (Namcot).
Metroid
After going around in Norfair to look for tanks to increase my chances a bit I stumbled uppon the high-jump boots and now I could finally get the Varia in Brinstar. After that I went to Kraid's hideout to pick a fight with him. When I reached his room I had 3 full energy tanks plus full energy in the power suit, 35 missiles, High-Jump and Varia.
I started shooting missiles but he kept shooting them down with his projectile horns. I turned to my old strategy and went up close to him and emptied my missiles in his face. He kept blocking most of them with his horns though. When I was out of missiles, I tried Issun's strategy with bombs. Being so close to him drained my energy tanks very fast, but I somehow managed to defeat him with 28 units of life energy left.
Next up is more powering up in Norfair and then Ridley...
Quote from: P on May 03, 2014, 06:54:04 am
Metroid
After going around in Norfair to look for tanks to increase my chances a bit I stumbled uppon the high-jump boots and now I could finally get the Varia in Brinstar. After that I went to Kraid's hideout to pick a fight with him. When I reached his room I had 3 full energy tanks plus full energy in the power suit, 35 missiles, High-Jump and Varia.
I started shooting missiles but he kept shooting them down with his projectile horns. I turned to my old strategy and went up close to him and emptied my missiles in his face. He kept blocking most of them with his horns though. When I was out of missiles, I tried Issun's strategy with bombs. Being so close to him drained my energy tanks very fast, but I somehow managed to defeat him with 28 units of life energy left.
Next up is more powering up in Norfair and then Ridley...
Great going! On a side note, if you have the icebeam you can freeze one of his horns while it's a way from him then jump over it and unload missiles into him. Though my tactics are the same as yours, get close and shoot him in the face then bomb the crap out of him. Keep us posted mate!
I played some Twinbee 3 this morning, and got into the fourth stage. This is really a great game.
Quote from: Issun on May 03, 2014, 07:58:47 am
Quote from: P on May 03, 2014, 06:54:04 am
Metroid
After going around in Norfair to look for tanks to increase my chances a bit I stumbled uppon the high-jump boots and now I could finally get the Varia in Brinstar. After that I went to Kraid's hideout to pick a fight with him. When I reached his room I had 3 full energy tanks plus full energy in the power suit, 35 missiles, High-Jump and Varia.
I started shooting missiles but he kept shooting them down with his projectile horns. I turned to my old strategy and went up close to him and emptied my missiles in his face. He kept blocking most of them with his horns though. When I was out of missiles, I tried Issun's strategy with bombs. Being so close to him drained my energy tanks very fast, but I somehow managed to defeat him with 28 units of life energy left.
Next up is more powering up in Norfair and then Ridley...
Great going! On a side note, if you have the icebeam you can freeze one of his horns while it's a way from him then jump over it and unload missiles into him. Though my tactics are the same as yours, get close and shoot him in the face then bomb the crap out of him. Keep us posted mate!
I did freeze his horns, but I couldn't freeze the lowest flying horns, and then there's the curved horns shooting out from his back.
OK played some more Metroid.
Time to head in to the dreaded Norfair. It's the biggest part of the game and has tons of identical looking rooms. But I seemed to remember some parts of it and then I found the Screw Attack device! Now the enemies here aren't that bad anymore since a screw attack can take them all down in one hit! Then I found the Wave Beam. I don't want to go and pick up the Ice Beam again so this will have to do against Ridley. It's a great beam weapon but since getting the screw attack it's honestly not that useful anymore. They should have placed it much earlier in the game.
With these weapons and some more tanks in hand I finally found the entrance to Ridley's hideout. It's time to set the score with the dragon. Ridley's hideout was full of traps, false floors and strong enemies. But with the Screw Attack they are not really a problem anymore. Then I stood against Ridley. He breathed fireballs against me but I rolled under them, went up close and fed him a shower of missiles. I tried the Wave Beam too but I had a feeling missiles are stronger and I had lots of them so I switched back to missiles. This time I had much more energy tanks and missiles but this guy still felt much easier than Kraid as I didn't take much damage at all.
Now to take care of those metroids...
I got my order from senseiman yesterday, and I spent much of last night and this morning/early afternoon cleaning them all up. I only had time to test the first three (pulled basically at random, because I just wanted to try them for a few minutes apiece): Flipull, Quarth, Tetris 2 + Bombliss. Puzzle game fever!
Since finishing Clash at Demonhead, I've been working on Faxanadu, and dear Palutena, I forgot how excellent was the soundtrack to that game. It's glorious. Has a great atmosphere, too. Fun story: When I was a kid, sometimes my mom would order refurbished NES games for me (I'm pretty sure she was ordering them straight from Nintendo?). I wanted Castlevania, but the person selling the games said they didn't have that one. However, she said she had one that "plays like Castlevania," and Faxanadu was what I got.
Deep down I still really wanted Castlevania, but Faxanadu definitely scratched an itch for me. The main character really does move around a lot like Simon Belmont, so it's still interesting to me that the saleswoman knew enough about the gameplay to make that recommendation.
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on May 04, 2014, 07:42:17 pm
I got my order from senseiman yesterday, and I spent much of last night and this morning/early afternoon cleaning them all up. I only had time to test the first three (pulled basically at random, because I just wanted to try them for a few minutes apiece): Flipull, Quarth, Tetris 2 + Bombliss. Puzzle game fever!
I've got an order from Senseiman coming in today with a lot of games I'm eager to try out. I actually look forward to the pre-gaming cleaning process - it's somehow cathartic.
Yeah, I kind of like cleaning games too Zycrow. It kind of feels like I'm doing my small part in preserving the history of our hobby by preserving these original carts' working condition for a little while longer.
As for today, I continued to test my new lot in small chunks with brief playthroughs of Devil World, Pac Land, and Space Invaders.
Rockman 4 :)
Had a cleaning session and then tested out my haul from Senseiman, which included Devil World, Door Door, BInaryland, Super Mario Bros. 3, Ganbare Goemon, King Kong 2, Wai Wai World, and Solomon's Key.
Played several of them two-player with my wife, and I was pleasantly surprised at how much fun was the 2P mode for Devil World. For most of those older games I expect them to be two-player alternating, but this one was simultaneous. I'm also very excited about playing through Wai Wai World and Solomon's Key.
After that we finished up by playing some Dr. Mario head-to-head.
Tonight, it was Hottaman, Magical Taruruuto-Kun, and Sensha Senryaku: Sabaku no Kitsune (Desert Commander).
Played a bit of Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun. Everything went fine and I didn't loose a life, until I got pummelled by Misuzu...
In the arcade version you beat her by pretending to run away and let her chase you and then suddenly do a backwards kick that she'll run straight in to, but it doesn't work on the Famicom version.
I managed to beat her once with jump kicks (dangerous because she can grab you if you are that close) but then another Misuzu appeared...
Beat Gradius with a no-death run. Very proud of this because I'm generally not that good at shooters.
(http://i.gyazo.com/7b8663d281c64a50955d74b6733c60fa.png)
Impressive indeed, Nightstar! I can kind of see where some of those Konami games are almost *easier* if you can get to where you can no-death them, since you're kind of screwed if you lose all of your power-ups late in the game.
This morning, I started off my day with Gekitotsu Younku Battle, Sqoon, and Youkai Club.
Picked up a few NES titles while out and about yesterday, including Shadowgate, Zanac, Kabuki Quantum Fighter, and Phantom Fighter.
Phantom Fighter I grabbed because I hadn't heard of it or seen it for sale anywhere, and it was cheap. I was surprised to discover that it was based on a Japanese film (Reigen Doshi was the name of the film and the Famicom version of the game), and the American NES port feels very Japanese. Surprising from a time when NES publishers were keen to westernize whenever possible.
Phantom Fighter was kind of mediocre, but Kabuki Quantum Fighter is a solid title. I think you'll like that one.
I'm still grinding through my package from senseiman. Today, I had my first taste of Shanghai II, as well as testing my new copies of Circus Charlie (which I'd only played on pirate multis) and Magical Taruruuto-Kun 2. I probably played Shanghai II for over an hour, when I'd really only meant to test it and move on. There aren't many games that I add to the permanent collection after my first playthrough, but this is going to be one of them.
I'm working on my Blaster Master now. It's always been very high on my "to-beat" list ever since I read the old Worlds of Power novelization when I was a kid. My NES is going to be weary by the end of it since I'm leaving it on the whole time. Hopefully the power won't go out in the next couple days. :-[
Attack Animal Gakuen
Gall Force: Eternal Story (FDS). Pretty cool shooter by HAL. Has anyone else played this?
Quote from: UglyJoe on May 17, 2014, 07:13:45 am
Gall Force: Eternal Story (FDS). Pretty cool shooter by HAL. Has anyone else played this?
Yup, although I've only tried it briefly when I bought it. Got to a boss that took forever to destroy, my arm hurt so bad afterwards for all the button mashing. I now have a Hu Joycard so I'll probably give it a spin again someday.
Today I started Kawa no Nushi Tsuri. I did a lot of fishing and got all the equipment from the first village, then I fished some more for cash and leveled up to 11HP. I think I'll venture further downstream this evening.
Gall Force: Yes, I made a video of it. Man, that is a tough game (in my opinion) due to the limited continues. I read it is pretty short so probably beatable with practice... I think I made it to rescue 4 or 5 out of the 7. But it is frustrating.
I recommend to play with a good quality turbo-controller.
I played a little Great Battle Cyber this morning.
I haven't played any FDS games in a while since my Famicom is a little flakey, so I finally modded my NES top loader and converter to work with Famicom expanded audio. Popped in Doki Doki Panic and JOY! It worked. This game is awesome.
Quote from: Issun on May 17, 2014, 07:25:53 am
Today I started Kawa no Nushi Tsuri. I did a lot of fishing and got all the equipment from the first village, then I fished some more for cash and leveled up to 11HP. I think I'll venture further downstream this evening.
Oh Kawa no Nushi Tsuri, that's my favourite fishing game series! I love the battle music in the first game. :)
Quote from: P on May 18, 2014, 05:54:44 am
Oh Kawa no Nushi Tsuri, that's my favourite fishing game series! I love the battle music in the first game. :)
:) Legend of the River King on Gameboy is one of my favorite games so it's fun to see where it all began. The Famicom game is much simpler in design (and aptly so, being the first in the series) and there's more emphasis on level grinding, but I'm having loads fun and it shares a lot of the same ambiance as the Gameboy game. As of now, I'm preparing to leave Chuuryuu, need to build a few more levels just in case though.
Rocman X... probably one of the best Sachen games, but that's not saying much of course. I actually beat the first phase of one of the stages for the first time, too.
Yesterday I got to the end of Blaster Master and was absolutely crushed several times by the final area. I did not realize the game had limited continues until I had used up three, and eventually I made it to Plutonium Boss on my last two lives on my last continue. He beat me both times - the second time I got past his first form - and then it was back to the title screen.
Since I'm not thrilled about leaving my NES on for several days again while I slog back to the end of the game, I'll probably use a level select Game Genie code to jump back to the end.
Kunio Kun Nekketsu Soccer League aka Goal 3 , lately this is the game i play the most of time, because i love soccer and can't wait to watch World Cup in Brazil!!!
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on May 18, 2014, 11:35:10 am
Rocman X... probably one of the best Sachen games, but that's not saying much of course. I actually beat the first phase of one of the stages for the first time, too.
Oh I am terrible at that game, and that would definitely not be on my top ten list of Sachen games, lol. Maybe I need to give it another chance.
Finally got my copy of Kira Kira Star Night last Thursday and beat the Level 1 difficulty this morning before school. For a short game with a pretty simple concept, it's actually pretty tough. In my opinion, it's worth every cent, if anyone here was considering getting it.
I'm currently playing Radia Senki: Reimeihen on the Famicom. Pretty awesome game!
Quote from: ImATrackMan on May 21, 2014, 11:20:44 am
Finally got my copy of Kira Kira Star Night last Thursday and beat the Level 1 difficulty this morning before school. For a short game with a pretty simple concept, it's actually pretty tough. In my opinion, it's worth every cent, if anyone here was considering getting it.
whered you get yours? :v i havent seen the famicom one for sale anywhere
Quote from: nurd on May 22, 2014, 12:39:56 pm
Quote from: ImATrackMan on May 21, 2014, 11:20:44 am
Finally got my copy of Kira Kira Star Night last Thursday and beat the Level 1 difficulty this morning before school. For a short game with a pretty simple concept, it's actually pretty tough. In my opinion, it's worth every cent, if anyone here was considering getting it.
whered you get yours? :v i havent seen the famicom one for sale anywhere
If you're asking where I got a cartridge, I didn't (I think you can only get those at the events he hosts/goes to ). I'm running it on my Famicom via Powerpak and 72-60 pin adapter (the book +CD package includes the .nes file). I eventually will be making a cart for it. I just need to find a really cheap TKROM game first.
(Speaking of which it'd be cool if somebody could make me a label for it based on the real label)
I have been looking for that cart for awhile...if anyone ever figures out how to get them, please let me know.
Quote from: ImATrackMan on May 22, 2014, 08:18:49 pm
Quote from: nurd on May 22, 2014, 12:39:56 pm
Quote from: ImATrackMan on May 21, 2014, 11:20:44 am
Finally got my copy of Kira Kira Star Night last Thursday and beat the Level 1 difficulty this morning before school. For a short game with a pretty simple concept, it's actually pretty tough. In my opinion, it's worth every cent, if anyone here was considering getting it.
whered you get yours? :v i havent seen the famicom one for sale anywhere
If you're asking where I got a cartridge, I didn't (I think you can only get those at the events he hosts/goes to ). I'm running it on my Famicom via Powerpak and 72-60 pin adapter (the book +CD package includes the .nes file). I eventually will be making a cart for it. I just need to find a really cheap TKROM game first.
(Speaking of which it'd be cool if somebody could make me a label for it based on the real label)
Image Fight.
http://japanspel.blogspot.com/2014/05/image-fight-famicom.html
I completed the first scenario of Hanjuku Eiyuu on Famicom. Fun game.
Quote from: Issun on May 26, 2014, 12:36:10 pm
I completed the first scenario of Hanjuku Eiyuu on Famicom. Fun game.
I could never finish the second scenario. I kept running out of money :'(
Quote from: UglyJoe on May 26, 2014, 07:08:33 pm
I could never finish the second scenario. I kept running out of money :'(
Just completed the second scenario. It wasn't easy. In my first attempt I just casually attacked the nearby castles and easily grew pretty big, didn't even look at the other clans on the map. All of a sudden I was bombarded with troops, I took a quick peek at the map and there was only two clans left (equal in size), me and this other guy. No matter how I tried I couldn't advance, he just kept sending troops. So I restarted and rethought my strategy, I only attacked the largest clan and let them fight among themselves. This strategy worked! Slowly but surely I grew bigger and an hour later it was only me and one of the opponents castles left, which I conquered with no problem.
Money wasn't an issue really. You can always reset if you're struck with bad luck at the end of the month. Kind of cheap but it works. As you grow bigger and if you haven't got too many expensive generals (I made do with the initial 3 generals) money really starts to pour in.
Haven't quite figured out the purification rituals that you can have done at the monster castles. I'm guessing you'll have to know the mechanics of it if you're to stand a chance in finishing the third scenario.
Quote from: Issun on May 27, 2014, 09:14:24 am
As you grow bigger and if you haven't got too many expensive generals (I made do with the initial 3 generals) money really starts to pour in.
Yeah, I think it was the shoguns' salaries that bankrupted me.
Quote from: Issun on May 27, 2014, 09:14:24 am
Haven't quite figured out the purification rituals that you can have done at the monster castles. I'm guessing you'll have to know the mechanics of it if you're to stand a chance in finishing the third scenario.
Maybe the mechanics there are more complicated than I thought? I would just fight the monsters, win, and then they'd upgrade my egg monster.
Quote from: UglyJoe on May 27, 2014, 09:22:30 am
Maybe the mechanics there are more complicated than I thought? I would just fight the monsters, win, and then they'd upgrade my egg monster.
Yeah, there some sort of growth chart. You can potentially get one beast of a monster.
Also if your egg has been reduced to a low level, visiting a monster castle and performing the ritual will supposedly increase its level again. However it never worked for me :( I think I need to investigate further.
Ah, okay. I can upload some scans from the manual if you think it'll help.
Sure! If that's no problem. :)
Here's the scans of the section about egg monsters: http://imgur.com/a/0cpnv (http://imgur.com/a/0cpnv)
Hope you can make more sense of it than I can. The page titled "How to make a delicious egg" sounds promising :D
I played a little bit of Magic Cube this evening, which is another of the more impressive Sachen titles. Speaking of Sachen...
@ fcgamer
It's likely that you've played more of their games than I have. Which ones do you most care for?
Most of what I know firsthand is thanks to what was republished in the US by Color Dreams and AVE. And off the top of my head, Pyramid was the only game released here that I didn't find to be awful. And while Rocman X has some issues, it's also unique, ambitious, and pretty good-looking overall.
Hey Jackson, I never thought Twin Eagle (Double Strike) was that bad...I mean, games like that can be a bit generic, but it is really hard to screw it up and make it worse than average imo.
Metal Fighter and Galactic Crusader are not too bad either, and I actually enjoyed Mahjong Trap and Happy Pairs. Q Boy and Jurassic Boy are okay, and the Super Pang ports and decent as well. I also thought Hellfighter was a decent game, and the two Pyramid games. I actually got to try Pyramid 2 today, and I enjoyed it much more than the first one. And some of the gambling / board game titles I think would be okay too, if you enjoy the original games (I found Chinese Checkers to be a bit quirky, but like playing Chinese Checkers and never have anyone to play it with, so this is an okay alternative).
In all, I find the Sachen games to be average at best and worst. Sure, I think there are some stinkers, but nothing really too bad.
Quote from: UglyJoe on May 27, 2014, 07:33:09 pm
Here's the scans of the section about egg monsters: http://imgur.com/a/0cpnv (http://imgur.com/a/0cpnv)
Hope you can make more sense of it than I can. The page titled "How to make a delicious egg" sounds promising :D
I checked out that first page and here's my summarise of it. I tried this game out long ago but I didn't knew how to play it properly back then and there are some things here I still don't understand. For example it appears that it's not explained how you can control the what kind of power you "intertwine" to an egg during the rituals. Or maybe I'm just misunderstanding that part.
Egg Monster
In battle push B to make the window appear, pick "たまご" and push A.
The medecine man will appear and the purification ritual can start.
Doing that will make the egg crack with a pishi! and an egg monster will
be born.
Monster in battle
Each monster has 2 types of attacks that you select with the A button.
(The third option is "たまごにもどれっ！" order it to return to the egg.)
Caution: If an egg monster dies, that general won't be able to use egg monsters
anymore until he dies.
You can't tell what monster will appear until the egg hatches.
How to make delicious eggs
Every scenario has 4 types of monsters that can be called forth with purification
rituals. You intertwine them with a power and they'll appear (every monster will
be in a monster castle, please give them a visit). Using a monster even once
(even without loosing any HP) will make the monster's level decrease by 1.
In other words one type of monster power disappears. Thus it's important to learn
how to appropriately intertwine power to the four types of monsters.
What monster types will appear is decided immediately after starting the game. The
game allows for some flexibility in what relationship there are between the purification
rituals and the eggs so please try out various things. If you can always make the strongest
monster appear, it won't matter what enemy will stand in your way.
Thanks Joe for the scans! And P!
As far as I understand, and after some more digging online, there's 4 different type of eggs (like the manual says). And in order for them to grow in level you need to take them to monster castles and perform the purification ritual on them. However you need to take them to each monster castle in an order depending on what type of egg it is. Like Water>Griffon>Goblin>Gargoyle will work for a certain type of egg. But the game doesn't specifically state what kind of an egg a shogun possesses, so you'd need a chart of some sort to make any sense of it. I could be wrong though.
I guess it doesn't matter though, managed to beat it today! ;D I didn't even visit any monster castles. I just applied my strategy from scenario 2. Since money was an issue in the final scenario (castle revenue was very low), i did a few resets near the end of the month so I got a good harvest at least once and then slowly monitored my opponents and made my moves as strategically as I could. It wasn't even that challenging, I actually did it on my first try! Took awhile though. Pretty amazing game, especially for 1988.
Quote from: Issun on May 28, 2014, 08:40:50 am
Pretty amazing game, especially for 1988.
Congrats! I thought the game was pretty good, yeah. I'll have to try and get further than the first scenario some time. Graphics and music are great, for sure. I was really surprised the first time I saw the game change seasons.
Thanks! Yeah the change of seasons were a nice touch. I beat the last scenario in 6 months (and the earlier even faster I think) so I never got to see winter nor spring.
I played a little more Magic Cube this evening. I'm pretty close to clearing a spot in the permanent collection for this one.
@ fcgamer
Clearly, our tastes are a little bit different. I've played Double Strike, Galactic Crusader, and Metal Fighter and I found them all to be pretty mediocre. I think I've now heard several people say that Pyramid II is better than the first. That definitely intrigues me, as Pyramid is one of my favorites from the company.
I've spent some time playing Battletoads & Double Dragon, very interesting and fun game!
Quote from: Issun on May 28, 2014, 08:40:50 am
Thanks Joe for the scans! And P!
As far as I understand, and after some more digging online, there's 4 different type of eggs (like the manual says). And in order for them to grow in level you need to take them to monster castles and perform the purification ritual on them. However you need to take them to each monster castle in an order depending on what type of egg it is. Like Water>Griffon>Goblin>Gargoyle will work for a certain type of egg. But the game doesn't specifically state what kind of an egg a shogun possesses, so you'd need a chart of some sort to make any sense of it. I could be wrong though.
I thought the purification rituals was what you do in battle in order to make the egg hatch.
Anyway I summarised the second scanned page as well:
Introducing the Egg Monsters
Sasorimukade (Scorpion Centipede)
The result of a scorpion and a centipede crossbreeding. The trunk-like nose is used
to suck blood.
Mashinnaito (Machine Knight)
The result of becoming Mazinger Z? With insufficient photon energy it's body is a bit
rundown, but its Rocket Punch is very powerfull. It crushes an enemy in one hit.
Oijuusu
A potato that lived for 400 years and had a spirit lodged at, making it more
intelligent than a human. On a top of that he has reached enlightening under a lime
tree and have become a super potato. If one gets trouble one can seek advice from him. Yeah.
Other Things
As time flows seasons changes!
The scenery and the BGM changes as seasons changes. Please feel peace within your
heart even during fierce battles.
Even if you don't think anybody's looking...
Even after fighting a lot, HP MAX is not increasing. So how is the hero's endeavor
rewarded?... one might think. The answer to that is hiirodo! (hero grade)
(TN: 英雄 is normally read as "eiyuu" but in this game it's read as "hiiro" according
to the ruby letters above the characters.)
The hiirodo isn't displayed in numbers anywhere on the screen, but it increases when
recruiting famous generals and as the number of captured castles increases.
When this Hiirodo exceeds a certain fixed value, 「良い事」 (よいこと, yoikoto, good things)
happens during events. Thus you can't just relax and think that no one is looking.
There could always be someone that's looking you know.
Caution: Your hiirodo decreases when dismissing generals.
Quote from: P on May 30, 2014, 07:49:42 am
I thought the purification rituals was what you do in battle in order to make the egg hatch.
I read on some page that monster castles perform "purification rituals", which makes sense. The monsters themselves also mention "お祓い". Why the summoning ritual (during battle) would also be referred to as a "purification ritual" beats me. Semantics. ;)
The manual says お祓い is the ritual when you summon an egg, and is what I translated as "purification ritual" because that is what the word means. So there's another ritual when you capture a castle? I guess that ritual is what I translated to as "intertwine power to an egg". I tried out the game but nothing special seems to happen after capturing a castle (besides earning more tax money etc). Maybe there are special castles where these rituals happens?
Also you mentioned that you don't hire new generals to save money, but the only way I've seen to hire a general is to get the random event of when three generals offers their service (usually two weak ones without eggs and a stronger one with an egg) and then you play a minigame and try to get the good one (but it's still usually crappier than the 3 initial generals). There's no way to decline the offer. I guess you can dismiss crappy generals though, but that will decrease your hero grade.
Quote from: P on May 30, 2014, 01:35:36 pm
The manual says お祓い is the ritual when you summon an egg, and is what I translated as "purification ritual" because that is what the word means. So there's another ritual when you capture a castle? I guess that ritual is what I translated to as "intertwine power to an egg". I tried out the game but nothing special seems to happen after capturing a castle (besides earning more tax money etc). Maybe there are special castles where these rituals happens?
There are special castles that you don't need to capture in order to win, these are the monster castles. In scenario 1 they're on the west side, their symbol resembles an downward pointing arrow. If you take your egg there the monsters inside will perform a ritual that'll strengthen the level of your egg. These monsters talk about performing a "purification ritual" so I'm guessing both rituals, monster castle and during battle are simply "purification rituals". Could be wrong though.
Quote from: P on May 30, 2014, 01:35:36 pm
Also you mentioned that you don't hire new generals to save money, but the only way I've seen to hire a general is to get the random event of when three generals offers their service (usually two weak ones without eggs and a stronger one with an egg) and then you play a minigame and try to get the good one (but it's still usually crappier than the 3 initial generals). There's no way to decline the offer. I guess you can dismiss crappy generals though, but that will decrease your hero grade.
Yes, that's the only way of hiring generals. If you get a crappy one, you can either dismiss him or use him as cannon fodder. As long as you keep capturing castles, I wouldn't worry about the hero grade as I didn't seem to have any problems getting, at least occasionally, good fortune at the end of the month.
OK I played some more Hanjuku Hero and you are right. I initially thought those castles to the west in the first scenario belonged to a kingdom whose all castles are fortification level 5 so I avoided them on purpose and fought smaller kingdoms first. After defeating the monsters in a monster castle, the monsters do indeed ask if they may do oharai to your egg.
Since an egg monster levels down every time you use it, I guess there's no penalty for using it when it's already level 0 (besides the risk of getting it killed). That way you can see what kind of eggs you have early on. It also seems you can level up an egg again how many times you want by revisiting the "captured" monster castles.
The only thing I noticed by having a high hero grade is that a hero called Super Ultra Miracle Man shows up and gives you a free item at the end of every month. But it's possible it also increases the chances for other good events to happen and/or decreases the chance for bad events. I've noticed the generals that I can hire are a bit stronger as well but it could simply be related to how long you have played.
Quote from: P on May 31, 2014, 09:36:06 am
It also seems you can level up an egg again how many times you want by revisiting the "captured" monster castles.
Yes but I think you have to visit all monster castles (and in the order pertaining to the egg type) in order to get those really strong monsters.
Quote from: P on May 31, 2014, 09:36:06 am
The only thing I noticed by having a high hero grade is that a hero called Super Ultra Miracle Man shows up and gives you a free item at the end of every month. But it's possible it also increases the chances for other good events to happen and/or decreases the chance for bad events. I've noticed the generals that I can hire are a bit stronger as well but it could simply be related to how long you have played.
Super Ultra Miracle Man made his presence quite a few times in my playthrough, and I wasn't purposely trying to raise my hero grade. I know that the trump cards you can buy gets more powerful the longer you play, not sure about the shoguns though. I think I still got pretty lousy ones near the end of the game, so hero grade could possibly factor in there.
Rockman 2
Quote from: Issun on May 31, 2014, 10:04:21 am
Quote from: P on May 31, 2014, 09:36:06 am
It also seems you can level up an egg again how many times you want by revisiting the "captured" monster castles.
Yes but I think you have to visit all monster castles (and in the order pertaining to the egg type) in order to get those really strong monsters.
Yeah I guess. I visited all the monster castles in order from south to north with my main character in the first scenario, and when I tried it in battle it turned out to be a powerful devil that could crush an enemy army in one swoop. I tried it in battle again and now it had leveled down to a cyclops. No idea what monster it was at level 0 though.
Quote from: Issun on May 31, 2014, 10:04:21 am
Quote from: P on May 31, 2014, 09:36:06 am
The only thing I noticed by having a high hero grade is that a hero called Super Ultra Miracle Man shows up and gives you a free item at the end of every month. But it's possible it also increases the chances for other good events to happen and/or decreases the chance for bad events. I've noticed the generals that I can hire are a bit stronger as well but it could simply be related to how long you have played.
Super Ultra Miracle Man made his presence quite a few times in my playthrough, and I wasn't purposely trying to raise my hero grade. I know that the trump cards you can buy gets more powerful the longer you play, not sure about the shoguns though. I think I still got pretty lousy ones near the end of the game, so hero grade could possibly factor in there.
Super Ultra Miracle Man probably appears every month as long as your hero grade is above a certain fixed number, and since the hero grade raises from fighting and capturing castles, your hero grade is naturally high near the end unless you do a lot of things that lowers it (whatever else that could be apart from dismissing shogun).
Found a website with lists of shogun, egg monsters and trump cards. Check the（FC版）for Famicom version. http://www1.seaple.icc.ne.jp/kobuna/game/half-boiled_top.htm
Quote from: P on May 31, 2014, 04:14:40 pm
Yeah I guess. I visited all the monster castles in order from south to north with my main character in the first scenario, and when I tried it in battle it turned out to be a powerful devil that could crush an enemy army in one swoop. I tried it in battle again and now it had leveled down to a cyclops. No idea what monster it was at level 0 though.
The main character's egg in the first scenario starts out as the cyclops.
Aha so the eggs are fixed to each shogun in each scenario, even though the manual appeared to say the eggs are decided when you start a scenario. So that's what the list I linked to meant by 使用する将軍と卵の回数 (which time and egg is used by what shogun). 主人公･ゼウス1回目 (Main Character, Zeus, first time) means that the main character and Zeus has this monster in the first scenario.
I guess the egg monsters doesn't evolve for each level they reach in monster castle rituals then.
Here's a list of generals and the order their eggs need to be upgraded: http://the26th.web.fc2.com/Generals.html (http://the26th.web.fc2.com/Generals.html)
And here's a list from the same site with all the monsters as well as the upgrade order: http://the26th.web.fc2.com/hanjuku_monster.html (http://the26th.web.fc2.com/hanjuku_monster.html)
Since the Hero's egg is already at level 3 at the start of each scenario you only need to visit a Gargoyle castle and perform the ritual there to upgrade his egg to the strongest monster "Hades". Same goes for Zeus.
Speaking of Hades, I had a quick blast through the first world of Demon Returns, really nice game.
I then had a quick run on Dragon Fighter - just arrived (thanks Senseiman!) and really liking it so far, even if I did see the Game Over screen rather quickly. Already looking forward to my next gaming session with that one...
Just finished The Legend Of Zelda Cartridge version for the Famicom awesome game by the way, and am now playing Gimmick but I am stuck on the pirate ship boss and cant figure out how to hit him a second time??
The first time is simple you just throw a star at him as he lands after he jumps over your head but then he runs at you straight on again and again causing me to lose energy and die. I tried jumping over him but he just follows along by jumping when I do and smashes into me like before.Anyone know how to kill this guy cause its starting to piss me off and I am about to throw this game at the wall and rip out the rest of my hair!! >:(
Thanks to Trenton, I finally played some Akumajō Densetsu (Castlevania 3) on a real TV. It felt amazing. :gamer:
Nice, it's a hell of a game visually, phonically and interactively. I always love seeing the mist effects on Stage 2 (not the clock tower).
Today I beat Japanese Super Mario Bros. 3, all eight worlds, in one sitting. Used my white Famicom. I don't think I've ever even pulled that off on the US version. :crazy:
I've been playing a fair bit of my Asder 20-in-1 multicart over the past week or so, since it contains the six games from the Caltron 6-in-1, which is still needing to be beaten for the Beat Every NES Game Challenge on Nintendo Age.
Earlier I got the furthest I've ever gotten in Challenger. Only managed two of the key items though. :gamer:
Athena: http://japanspel.blogspot.se/2014/07/athena-famicom.html
That game would be a real challenge for nerdynebraskan. :D
Famicom version of Athena is not the best of ports. You should play the arcade version at least. It's hard though.
The one saving grace in Athena on Famicom is that there's a secret trick that gives you every power-up. In games like that, it's best to use all the help you can get. :gamer:
What is that trick? I will try it out! :D
I'm working my way through the Pulse Line games. Tonight, I'm playing Pinball and Donkey Kong 3. :redcart:
That's an admirable approach, work through the entire library chronologically? :)
Quote from: L___E___T on July 08, 2014, 05:27:49 am
That's an admirable approach, work through the entire library chronologically? :)
Thanks! When/if I ever assemble a complete collection, I'm going to make it a point to do just that. :)
Still need three Pulse Line games. Fingers crossed, that'll be taken care of by the weekend.
Quote from: L___E___T on July 08, 2014, 04:45:52 am
What is that trick? I will try it out! :D
In the first level, find the first small mushroom, stand on top of it, and crouch down. You'll receive the best sword, shield, helmet, and armor. ;D
Quote from: Bob-Bob on July 08, 2014, 09:44:13 pm
In the first level, find the first small mushroom, stand on top of it, and crouch down. You'll receive the best sword, shield, helmet, and armor. ;D
I found that by coincidence when I played it, but for some reason the super sword drains your health.
The guides on the internet don't mention this. Has no one noticed?
When your health is low enough, you will revert back to some kind of shooting weapon.
Also, in many cases one already has collected the armor when reaching the sword.
So the trick isn't that useful. I thought it wasn't a cheat, but more of a fool.
That's why I didn't do it in my video..
You can check another video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI_ohrZZEmE around 01:20.
Today, I found a copy of Contra 「魂斗羅」for a reasonable price. It was my favorite game on the NES, but I'd never played the Japanese version. If I'd have known how different it was from the NES version, I'd have bit the bullet and payed the usual going rate! If there are any NES Contra fans out there that *haven't* tried to Famicom version, I'd highly recommend giving it a whirl!
How did you find it? Every time Contra pops up on here they sell like hotcakes. :'(
Also, I made it to stage 7 in Mad City (The Adventures of Bayou Billy) yesterday.
Quote from: Bob-Bob on July 09, 2014, 09:06:48 am
How did you find it? Every time Contra pops up on here they sell like hotcakes. :'(
Also, I made it to stage 7 in Mad City (The Adventures of Bayou Billy) yesterday.
Got lucky. The retro game store, Friends, had a copy in their "daily specials" bin.
Pat and the Nerd are unspeakably jealous of your Mad City proficiency. :)
I watched that video too - but I think they made the US version much harder for some reason.
Yes I can beat Mad City without dying (if not using light gun mode) but I have never ever beaten the last boss in the NES version. Plus the NES version takes a long time to play because the enemies needs so many kicks and punches before they go down.
Most changes has been documented in the Famicom/NES differences list thread http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=383.0.
Last Famicom game: Bokosuka Wars - I came pretty far then I was ambushed by Ogoreth's army of yellow guys. Almost all soldiers was killed including my heavy knight (my last promoted unit). So I took my chances and fought them with the king side by side with my men... WOW YOU LOOSE!!
Mad City is piss-easy compared to The Adventures of Bayou Billy. :P
However, I beat it today and made a very unusual discovery - after the credits end the game lets you restart from the beginning immediately with your score and items intact. I made it to stage 6 before losing, but along the way I noticed the enemies took more hits to kill and there were more helicopters in the driving stages. Unless it was my imagination, it seems the game has difficulty loops like an arcade game.
If this is indeed the case, then perhaps the US version set the game on the highest difficulty by default? Has this been documented anywhere? ???
The only cart that's been in my Famicom for the last week or so has been the Asder 20-in-1. I've mostly been playing Bookyman, which I finally beat today. I've been meaning to beat Porter, too.
Oh, and to hell with that suggestion that I tackle Athena! I've played that a few times over the years, and it's garbage. It's just another arcade port screwed up royally by Micronics. That one is possibly a bottom-20 piece of the NES library, and I'm not nearly that masochistic.
Fire emblem. I tried playing it in Japanese using a hiragana and karnataka chart and then translating it through google translate. I think google translate didn't pass Japanese class. I am taking Japanese class in the fall so hopefully I will be able to read this soon.
So I beat Mad City again. Turns out there is an "average" ending as well as the good and bad endings. If you beat each of the three training modes you'll be given life, gas and bullet refills that activate automatically when you run out during the main game. Apparently beating the game with these refills gives you a different ending where you don't see the scene of Billy and Annabelle speaking to one another, the image of the archway during the credits doesn't show them standing under it, and it says THE END on that screen without going to the staff roll. How peculiar.
The endings I've heard about:
Happy ending - Complete the game normally
Bad ending - avoid the girl after last boss
Goofy ending - press UP+SELECT when the girl hugs you.
And then there are two more endings involving the training mode?
Last game I played: My own homebrew attempt at trying to control ROB using UglyJoe's code. Didn't work... I got ROB to make a noise once but I can't repeat it.
Edit: Got it to work thanks to UglyJoe (I had the ROB commands' flashing in reverse order). There's a few more things to fix, but now I could technically make ROB homebrew yay! :D
Still need to buy a hand for ROB...?
Anyways, it will be interesting to see that project. Maybe it could increase the interest of Family Basic. Even if the ROB has so limited movement.
Last game I played, Youkai Club: http://japanspel.blogspot.se/2014/07/youkai-club-famicom.html
I quite like the various Youkai games, some of them are hard to understand though, so I liked your preview - thanks!
I finally got to try Crisis Force, courtesy of gamer888. ;D
Ye gods, it's probably the coolest shooter I've ever laid eyes on. :gamer:
Quote from: fredJ on July 18, 2014, 03:43:24 am
Still need to buy a hand for ROB...?
Anyways, it will be interesting to see that project. Maybe it could increase the interest of Family Basic. Even if the ROB has so limited movement.
Me? I never needed a hand, not for ROB at least. I have all the ROB parts CIB.
UglyJoe shared his ROB Famibe program here on the forum if you search for it. I'm going to release my ROB test program soon too I hope, it just needs a working menu now.
Pool of Radiance, which in my opinion is the most underrated RPG ever!
Last game I played on my (albeit hacked up together) famicom was MOTHER. Damn good Nintendo Dragon quest clone.
Isn't it? Itoi is a genius! Same goes for the two sequels.
Last Famicom game I played was my ROB testing program again. Now it works as it should... almost. All commands works with ROB anyway.
I played some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. :D
Porter (Asder 20-in-1)
I sat down for about 4 hours last night and plugged in the Everdrive. I ended up playing through the translation of Fire Emblem, Rockman No Constancy, and Blade Buster.
Metal Flame Psy Buster: http://japanspel.blogspot.com/2014/07/metal-flame-psy-buster-famicom.html
Contra (US Version) on a 4-in-1 FC cart
Just got done playing Mario 2 the lost levels and Rockman 1 both pirate carts that I got in the mail this morning from fcgamer here on FW.I thought I was going to be slick and breeze right through these games so I could show off for my daughter... What a huge mistake,I ended up looking like a clown LOL I couldnt even get passed the level 2-4 in mario 2 those damn spinning fire things that go round and round and then koopa shooting fire at me errrr. Very very difficult game much much harder then the Super Famicom Version in Mario Collection. Rockman on the other hand not so bad.. got to Dr. wiley no problems on the first run through but couldnt figure out where to hit him to damage him??
Dragon quest 2 which I just got today. Trying to do a full play through since these passwords are gonna be a pain in the butt.
Quote from: Bluecowbowling on July 28, 2014, 11:08:07 am
Rockman on the other hand not so bad.. got to Dr. wiley no problems on the first run through but couldnt figure out where to hit him to damage him??
You just jump up and hit the front of the machine while dodging the beams. When the front breaks off you continue and jump and shoot his cockpit. I don't remember what weapon is strong against it though.
Quote from: Bluecowbowling on July 28, 2014, 11:08:07 am
Just got done playing Mario 2 the lost levels and Rockman 1 both pirate carts that I got in the mail this morning from fcgamer here on FW.I thought I was going to be slick and breeze right through these games so I could show off for my daughter... What a huge mistake,I ended up looking like a clown LOL I couldnt even get passed the level 2-4 in mario 2 those damn spinning fire things that go round and round and then koopa shooting fire at me errrr. Very very difficult game much much harder then the Super Famicom Version in Mario Collection. Rockman on the other hand not so bad.. got to Dr. wiley no problems on the first run through but couldnt figure out where to hit him to damage him??
It is somewhat sad that Mario Collection ("All Stars") ruined SMB2 in a way by taking away the two things that made it special: It is a hard game, and it is old school SMB.
The "cute'em" up they gave it in All Stars in music and graphics, and its unrestricted lives/continues, makes it unmemorable. Playing the real deal is a real fun challenge, however. In my opinion anyways. :)
I wrote a blog post about it a while ago, if anyone is interested: http://japanspel.blogspot.com/2013/12/smb2-lost-levels-original-vs-all-stars.html
I played a bit of Pocket Zaurus this afternoon. It was the first Famicom cart to sit in my Famicom besides my Asder 20-in-1 in almost a month. But now that I've beaten all of the games redundant from the Caltron 6-in-1 for the Nintendo Age challenge, my Asder is probably going back on the shelf for a long time.
Quote from: fredJ on July 29, 2014, 11:38:17 am
Quote from: Bluecowbowling on July 28, 2014, 11:08:07 am
Just got done playing Mario 2 the lost levels and Rockman 1 both pirate carts that I got in the mail this morning from fcgamer here on FW.I thought I was going to be slick and breeze right through these games so I could show off for my daughter... What a huge mistake,I ended up looking like a clown LOL I couldnt even get passed the level 2-4 in mario 2 those damn spinning fire things that go round and round and then koopa shooting fire at me errrr. Very very difficult game much much harder then the Super Famicom Version in Mario Collection. Rockman on the other hand not so bad.. got to Dr. wiley no problems on the first run through but couldnt figure out where to hit him to damage him??
It is somewhat sad that Mario Collection ("All Stars") ruined SMB2 in a way by taking away the two things that made it special: It is a hard game, and it is old school SMB.
The "cute'em" up they gave it in All Stars in music and graphics, and its unrestricted lives/continues, makes it unmemorable. Playing the real deal is a real fun challenge, however. In my opinion anyways. :)
I wrote a blog post about it a while ago, if anyone is interested: http://japanspel.blogspot.com/2013/12/smb2-lost-levels-original-vs-all-stars.html
Yep Mario 2 is unforgiving and hard as hell. forget using the wraps cause the higher the levels you get to the harder it gets. the original mario 2 lost levels famicom version is nothing like the mario collection remake for Super famicom. those flying squids and spinning fire plat forms and bullet bills are no joke. I usually get to level 2-4 3-1 and get so pissed off with gamer rage >:( I have to turn that game off before I whip my famicom at the wall LOL. Mario 2 on the mario collection for super famicom is a cake walk and easy to beat compared to the original. what the hell is the point of that fire power block in 2-4 when you cant even reach it?? same with that damn turtle pacing back and forth between the 4 spinning fire platforms. how the hell are you supposed to get passed that without getting hit when your big mario?? its like you purposely have to get hit just to pass that area.I mean you cant even duck jump to clear him cause those spinning fire platform things get me every time.
Yeah and then we have the fantasy world that was inspired by those glitch levels in the first game. In Mario Collection it's just a normal world with some weird level layout (turtles under water and such), not glitchy at all!
I played through SMBUSA on GBA once and somehow ended up with a glitch that turned me into an invincible movable object. I went through all the worlds like a hurricane just to see the ending, cos I'd never been able to get that far before. Unusual to see such a staggering glitch like that in a Nintendo game.
Crayon Shin-Chan: Ora to Poi Poi
It was my first time playing it, and it was kind of interesting.
Played through the Strider Hiryu Famicom Proto rom the other day. Man, is that game buggy!!!
Crisis Force.
I've been sampling a 400-in-1 Real Game multicart. I've tried a few games for the first time, including Cadillac (which wasn't what I was expecting... it's really just a Puyo-Puyo style game). But the most fun I've probably had today was with Lot Lot.
While I don't quite own a Famicom or a Disk System, I am quite addicted to All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. at the moment.
Super Mario Bros., which I just got from senseiman. I expected it to be the same, but its sameness still surprised me.
I've been spending a lot of quality time with my new 400-in-1 Real Game. I've only tried the first 250 or so, but I've also been focusing a bit on Tiles of Fate and All-Pro Basketball since they both still need to be beaten for the Nintendo Age NES Challenge.
I played a few Nice Code games (via the 400-in-1 Real Game multicart) before going into work this morning. These guys make Sachen's games look like Konami!
Rockman original
Densetsu no Kishi Elrond. Just beat it and enjoy the little differences from the NES Wizards and Warriors
Spoiler
(especially Malkil's meteor desperation attack after you finish him off!)
I played all the way through another Nice Code game this evening called Twin Cards. It was a decent card-matching/memory game. (Of course, those are pretty hard to screw up.) It turned out to be 75 stages long.
Either Adventure Island 2 or Tiny Toons.
My first post here btw and I love these icons!!!! :redcart: :star: :question: :help:
Tonpuu, a Natsume mahjong game. Has pleasant music, and I was actually able to win the first round of the tournament ;D
More cruddy Nice Code games on the 400-in-1 Real Game multicart. Most of this stuff would be right at home on the Action 52. But I'm still determined to sample the last 50 of them, just in case there is a diamond somewhere in this rough.
I played Cosmo Cop on the Asder 20 in 1. Love that title screen but the game itself doesn't seem quite as fun as it used to - perhaps because it's going.
I had my first tastes of Arctic and Puyo Puyo tonight. Thanks, senseiman!
@ LET
The Asder version of Cosmos Cop is much easier than the Caltron version. That rapid-fire sure is helpful in a game where lining up to shoot an enemy and/or the hit detection seems a bit spotty. It is a somewhat subpar Space Harrier clone, but it's also above-average by the standards of unlicensed action games.
Mighty Final Fight
I had my first taste of Layla yesterday. It's not bad. I've also been playing a bit of Fantasy Zone II over the past few days.
Battletoads!
I managed to make it to stage 6 without getting a Game Over. It really is easier than the US release. :P
Layla's actually my favorite Famicom exclusive.
Last game I played was the US Lolo 2, as my famiclone has a mix of US and J region games built in.
I've played a bit more of Layla. It's really growing on me.
Super Mario Bros., as a proclaimed "safe zone" of Nintendo consoles in my opinion.
As same as it is, it's still fun, even after I beat it several times on my NES!
I'll never beat ice man... ever
Batman!
I made it to stage 3! That's halfway through the whole game. ;D
Ninja Gaiden. I don't know why I keep doing it to mysellf. After 25 years you think I would have learnt.
Paris-Dakar Rally Special!
The racing segments here are pretty bad. Why are cars randomly faster than me, especially when coming from out of nowhere beyond the bottom of the screen? At least the game over music is nice.
Post Merge: September 20, 2014, 05:22:08 pm
Still Paris-Dakar Rally Special!, but made it past the first racing stage now. This game is just...what the heck is going on? Not at all the generic racer I was expecting.
Super Mario USA. Never beat it as a kid and figured I'd finally settle my account with that game.
...I figured *wrong*.
I am also attempting super mario usa after more or less breezing through original smb... I agree that it's pretty tough
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on September 13, 2014, 04:00:37 pm
I've played a bit more of Layla. It's really growing on me.
I have this one, and mean to pop it in and give it a whirl one of these days.
Finally took an evening to play some games, and played Doki Doki Yuuenchi. TBH, the game never really appealed to me as I am not really a soccer fan, and the idea of kicking a soccer ball at the bad guys just seemed dumb to me; after playing for a few minutes today though, I was quite sucked into the game and didn't put it down until I finished it. I really enjoyed the game, going against my expectations for it.
SMB3. It's my first time going through the game and since I suck I had to leave the famicom on for almost a week. Accidently hit the cartridge today and lost all my progress... Maybe next time. :'(
I keep dying on the third section of Mission 3 in Double Dragon. :'(
Quote from: Bob-Bob on September 26, 2014, 06:59:00 am
I keep dying on the third section of Mission 3 in Double Dragon. :'(
This is a difficult game. I had it since a child, and although I could progress to Mission 3, only in more recent times (maybe college-ish) was I able to complete the entire game.
Yesterday I spent 4 hours and hundreds of lives getting all the way up to stage 7-3 in Adventure Island, only to forget to hold left while pressing start. :'(
Today I stayed home from work after having some issues last night. In the afternoon I played Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti for the first time, and beat the game. I then played through it again later to get the good ending. Fun game, albeit short and easy. I guess I can take that one out of the queue now, and stash it away in my room :)
I've had to play a bit of Akumajou Densetsu for yet another friend today to show off the superior audio. He'd actually brought his FC Everdrive N8 by, as I'm looking at buying one soon, so it was an even better comparison than usual since one of the games I tried on it was the US version of CastleVania III. Hearing them back-to-back on the same console is the best comparison, afterall.
(I've done this now for four or five different gamer nerds, and the unanimous response is still "wow!")
@ Bob-Bob and fcgamer
Yeah, Double Dragon is a tough one to clear. I've only managed to beat it once, although I've probably had the first three missions completely mastered for almost 20 years now. The moving blocks at the beginning of Mission 4 are still a nightmare for me, and they usually cost me my first life... even if I get through them alive, I'm too weak to fight through the Chins and Ropers before reaching the next phase. I usually game-over on Machine Gun Willie, who I've only beaten a handful of times in my lifetime. My goal is always to beat Willie with a life to spare, because I never have anything left for Jimmy Lee after running the gauntlet. I think I've only managed that once, but I did beat Jimmy pretty easily with a full lifebar. He's easily the second-toughest guy in the game, but the guy with the gun is still much harder for me.
Like the guy above I was playing a little bit of Akumajou Densetsu today. Just love the audio too much.
Renegade.
EDIT: I played an emulated version.
Daiku no Gen-san. Really liking the art style and play, but need to read up on the fine details to get the most out of it. Time to find manual scans of the NES version...
The last Famicom game I played is a pirate: Dragon Fighter.
Quote from: preparefordescent on October 19, 2014, 08:08:55 pm
Like the guy above I was playing a little bit of Akumajou Densetsu today. Just love the audio too much.
+1
Today, also for the sound and also on an emulator.
Rockman 1-6 for around a week, now Crisis Force, all on my trusty AV Famicom
I've been alternating between Galaga, Star Force, and Contra. Galaga is so much harder than I remember it. Those pesky aliens dodge my fire like old pros.
Guevara
I'm seeing some good stuff on the thread in the last month: Rockman, Crisis Force, Contra, Guevara.
Today, I had my first taste of two excellent Rockman ROM hacks: Rockman no Constancy and Rockman 4 Minus Infinity. I also had my first taste of Esper Dream 2 in English.
I can see why Constancy has long been considered the gold standard of Mega Man fan games. The levels are completely rebuilt in style and appearance as well as layout. Damn, is it hard though! I tried all eight stages, and I only reached two of the robot masters (and didn't have enough left to take down either of them).
And Minus Infinity is simply spectacular. I played it on the "Easy" difficulty, and was able to take down Toad Man after about 20 minutes. (I know this because apparently the game times you, as I found after I cleared the stage.) The stages seemed significantly longer than in the original Rockman games, and really made it all feel pretty epic. It is definitely the best ROM hack I've ever played.
Esper Dream is also very cool. I knew I'd probably enjoy it after puttering around with it in its original Japanese, but I could definitely see myself sitting down with this one for a few days and seeing it to the end someday.
I played Dragon Scroll, an action/RPG by Konami.
http://japanspel.blogspot.com/2015/01/dragon-scroll-for-famicom.html
Turns out to be pretty unplayable in Japanese. :( Because you can't understand the hints that explain how to do things. A bit like in Legend of Zelda. If you know how to play, you can beat it easily in Japanese. But you VERY LIKELY will need a guide the first time.
Last Friday I played
Quinty, Super Chinese 2 (trying at least), Tonjan, Dragon Ninja, and Burgertime...
http://japanspel.blogspot.se/2015/01/famicom-friday-5-games.html
I played Mickey Mouse 3. After long time break from famicom games !
Got my CIB Samurai Pizza Cats today.
Cleared the game without continues on my first try. I knew beforehand it was easy, but damn. Still, it's kind of neat to think of it as a Ninja Gaiden-lite (with heavy emphasis on the lite part) with the similar story scenes and music. I'm fairly certain the same person is responsible for the music in both.
I see the game has a hidden Hard Mode, should give that at least a glance.
Quote from: Ghegs on January 22, 2015, 08:55:31 am
I see the game has a hidden Hard Mode, should give that at least a glance.
Wow, I've loved this game for many years now and I'm honestly just discovering this now. I'll have to give that a shot then. Congrats on getting SPC, easily in my top 5 FC exclusives.
Today was a good day for me, I mastered a no-death run of a game which, for the longest time, I wasn't even able to 1CC. And I've cleared it three times today using those strats so I'm confident they're reliable. The game is tough nonetheless, some parts get very nerve-wracking.
(http://i.imgur.com/3Ur88A3.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/RN3EhC3.jpg)
JuJu Densetsu and Paaman.
I'm disappointed in both, JuJu(Toki) because it's one-hit-kill system is pretty unfair, it's clear that it's an arcade conversion because it's set to suck quarters out of people, yet not adjusted for home consoles really (with only 4 lives and no continues).
Paaman is good, but the boss battles are random crap. Some boardgame that there's no skill to, just luck. I've tried 7 times so far and not beaten stage 1.
^ I believe they added in a health bar to the NES version of Toki, maybe that'd be more to your liking.
I myself cleared a couple no-death runs this morning, of Ninja Crusaders and Ninja Gaiden I. NG I've no-deathed a million times so it isn't a big deal, but it was a first for Ninja Crusaders so I'm pretty happy about it. Though I attribute it partially to luck since the AI is so out of control in that game.
(http://i.gyazo.com/60927af72c1a356dcd21ff202dfc9e32.png)
(http://i.gyazo.com/e01c7047261c0ccd13360ea4b084d0b6.png)
Lately I've also been trying my absolute best to no-death Ninja Gaiden II, but have failed up to this point. The hitbox on Ryu's sword is so much worse in that game, plus the enemy layouts are much more unforgiving. I would also say the final boss gauntlet is way harder too, but that I've gotten the hang of by now.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on January 25, 2015, 05:59:46 pm
Quote from: Ghegs on January 22, 2015, 08:55:31 am
I see the game has a hidden Hard Mode, should give that at least a glance.
Wow, I've loved this game for many years now and I'm honestly just discovering this now. I'll have to give that a shot then.
Sadly the Hard mode wasn't that interesting, it seems the only difference is that the damage the enemies do is doubled. Sure, it means I wouldn't be able to bruteforce through some of the bosses anymore, but I was hoping for more enemies present in the stage, harder patterns for bosses and things like that.
Quote from: Protoman on January 28, 2015, 05:05:08 am
JuJu Densetsu and Paaman.
I'm disappointed in both, JuJu(Toki) because it's one-hit-kill system is pretty unfair, it's clear that it's an arcade conversion because it's set to suck quarters out of people, yet not adjusted for home consoles really (with only 4 lives and no continues).
JuJu is very doable even with one-hit-kills. In fact, I've cleared the game without any deaths (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0No1hpvpTjQ).
Since I've been so into the NG games I haven't gotten around to trying it out, but that's disappointing. I'll play it anyway though, I like being forced to learn boss patterns, brute forcing makes me feel dirty.
Still, a small change can go a long way. I believe Choujin Sentai Jetman is absolutely best played on Very Hard mode, and obviously there the only difference is that you die in one hit... which feels like the way it was meant to be played, given the enemy layouts.
Edit: Oh, and I just no-deathed Batman again. Speaking of brute-forcing, I finally have a genuine strategy for the 3rd boss, previously I just spammed Batarangs and hoped for the best.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on January 28, 2015, 07:41:55 amStill, a small change can go a long way. I believe Choujin Sentai Jetman is absolutely best played on Very Hard mode, and obviously there the only difference is that you die in one hit... which feels like the way it was meant to be played, given the enemy layouts.
I've been meaning to start working on Jetman, and one-hit kills is what I'm most comfortable with anyway. Having those in Samurai Pizza Cats could be interesting.
Quote from: Ghegs on January 28, 2015, 12:11:45 pm
I've been meaning to start working on Jetman, and one-hit kills is what I'm most comfortable with anyway. Having those in Samurai Pizza Cats could be interesting.
I could probably make a game genie code for that.
Quote from: UglyJoe on January 28, 2015, 12:20:28 pm
Quote from: Ghegs on January 28, 2015, 12:11:45 pm
I've been meaning to start working on Jetman, and one-hit kills is what I'm most comfortable with anyway. Having those in Samurai Pizza Cats could be interesting.
I could probably make a game genie code for that.
No need to trouble yourself on my account, but I'll certainly give Samurai Pizza Cats: Prepare To Die Edition a go if it happens.
Quote from: Ghegs on January 29, 2015, 12:43:31 am
No need to trouble yourself on my account, but I'll certainly give Samurai Pizza Cats: Prepare To Die Edition a go if it happens.
A little trickier than most, but I think I got it. Needs all three codes:
OXXSUPAO
AEXSKPZA
SEXSSPVG
Thanks, works as advertised. Having everything from the smallest bird and falling music note be a serious threat makes the game more interesting indeed, I found myself even using the Ninpo skills during stages, I just spammed those during the bossfights during my normal clear. The stage design comes alive in a whole new way now.
Really a shame this isn't the real Hard mode.
Cool - gonna have to try SPC out with those codes at some point.
As for me I just booted Gimmick! up last night to listen to some 5B tunes and played a couple of levels quickly. Such a beautiful game, all the little details throughout...
Been on something of a Konami kick as of late. Picked up Salamander over the weekend and have been (slowly) making progress. Another super fun game from a quality company.
Well, seeing Nightstar in this thread inspired me to go and beat Ninja Crusaders for the NES Challenge. It's my third year in a row taking the credit for that... mostly because nightstar isn't active on Nintendo Age anymore. This one would probably be gone on New Year's Day every year if he was. I like to grab the sword and use it for the whole game, because it makes the bosses drop so quickly. Once I got to the final boss, I shapeshifted into a dragon and killed it with impunity. I have an easier time getting through the stage with a no-range attack than I do surviving that second form of the final boss.
Interesting strats, Jackson, I'll be honest I don't use the sword much. 2-1 and 3-1 are the only stages where I regularly usually use the sword, I prefer the Bo for the most part, it drops the bosses slightly less quick but still packs a wallop. For the final stage, however, I do switch to the shuriken, and then grab the kusarigama before the final boss. Here's my strat for his second form:
I kill form one when he's to the right side of the screen, so form 2 will immediately fire off a spread shot. I get in about 5-ish hits, then retreat to the left side, twitching backwards to get in a couple hits at a time as I do so. Once he chases you to the left side, he'll do the stabbing pattern of the 3rd boss. Crouch the first hit, and then immediately jump the second hit. He will walk backwards for a sec, I get in some more hits at this time, then he approaches and does the stab one more time. After dodging that, I jump over him (he'll fire off another spread shot), and retreat to the right side of the screen, again, getting in as many hits as I can along the way. Then jumping over him once he reaches the right side (I guess he doesn't do the stab at all on the right side of the screen?) and retreating to the left side, hitting along the way of course. From there he'll go in for the stab yet again, rinse and repeat. It takes quite a few hits with the kusarigama, yeah, but I feel a lot safer with the shuriken for that stage.
God I wish I had a capture card so I can upload some of my strategies and runs, I feel like I'm explaining this all wrong. Ah well. Anyway here's my achievement of the day.
(http://i.gyazo.com/00c884bd41e16102a2c4e629ce11fb97.png)
No-death run completed of Ryukenden III, I was quite proud of this one. Although I'd consider Gaiden II to be the hardest of the trilogy when it comes to regular play, for no-deathing, III is absolutely brutal for one reason, and one reason only: They give you JUST BARELY enough time to complete the final stage, take a look at my timer in the screenshot there. I was absolutely hauling ass through the stage, and the final boss, and yet it was still close. Also I'd say the final boss gauntlet is the hardest of the trilogy.
I picked up a copy of Time Zone on Ebay a few days ago, since I had some Ebay Bucks to blow and a decently-priced Buy-it-Now popped up. I had my first taste of the game last night, and I enjoyed it considerably. It reminds me a lot of Yo! Noid, but I'd have to say Time Zone does it better.
Played King's Knight: http://japanspel.blogspot.com/2015/02/famicom-friday-kings-knight.html
It was frustrating but not completely bad... not that I bothered trying to beat it, don't have that much time.
Went for a long run tonight, as I felt a little bummed out, and wanted something to do.
Afterwards, I came back home and finished the work I had to do for my job, and then I sat down to play some Famicom as a treat. I picked Jumpin Kid, a game I wanted to play for awhile, and had purchased from Sean several months back (maybe over the summer, I forget), but never had time to really play until now. Fun game, took me a bit to get used to the controls and what not, but nice. Too short though, but definitely one of those games that is worth playing.
I had Spartan-X in the console (got it the other day), so when I started my PC up I decided on a whim to start the Famicom as well and play while I waited. Ended up clearing the first loop.
Never did beat the game when I had it as a kid...
Quote from: Ghegs on February 12, 2015, 07:52:54 am
I had Spartan-X in the console (got it the other day), so when I started my PC up I decided on a whim to start the Famicom as well and play while I waited. Ended up clearing the first loop.
Never did beat the game when I had it as a kid...
I never felt much excitement over the first one, but I might pop it in over the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday, as I plan to do a lot of gaming and drinking. But as for the second one, I actually wanted to play it last night, but couldn't find it, and since I didn't have a lot of time to play, I then opted for Jumpin Kid instead. Maybe this weekend I will pop in Spartan X 2, that is a game I wanted to play for awhile.
I think the first game is just utterly charming, despite being simple. I like how a single loop takes like five minutes and boss fights can be over in seconds.
Also, I just cleared Jigoku Gokuraku Maru. Yay. Died a few times, might go for the no-miss clear.
Spartan X 2 is the same way in that regard... it takes between 7-9 minutes to clear, and the bosses are similarly short, but somehow there's a bit more depth to it. I love both games, though I still need to re-buy the 2nd one CIB, though it costs a fortune. And I really wish it had a hard mode rather than just easy and normal.
Good choice on Jigoku Gokuraku Maru, it's an easy one to no-death so you'll probably get it on your next play. Did you use any chip on the final boss' 2nd form? He's a tough one to beat hair-only.
Last Famicom game I played was Mitsume Ga Tooru, no-death beaten. IMO I'd have to say this is probably the best Famicom exclusive out there. Gonna play Little Nemo next.
Switching back and forth between Dracula-kun and Ninja Turtles Manhattan Project.
Konami's Famicom output, folks. Wow!
Quote from: Nightstar699 on February 15, 2015, 05:46:37 am
Spartan X 2 is the same way in that regard... it takes between 7-9 minutes to clear, and the bosses are similarly short, but somehow there's a bit more depth to it. I love both games, though I still need to re-buy the 2nd one CIB, though it costs a fortune. And I really wish it had a hard mode rather than just easy and normal.
Good choice on Jigoku Gokuraku Maru, it's an easy one to no-death so you'll probably get it on your next play. Did you use any chip on the final boss' 2nd form? He's a tough one to beat hair-only.
Last Famicom game I played was Mitsume Ga Tooru, no-death beaten. IMO I'd have to say this is probably the best Famicom exclusive out there. Gonna play Little Nemo next.
I had a few spare hours tonight, and started going through my Famicom games - I was going to play whatever game of substance I could find first. I found Little Nemo, a childhood favorite, and began playing it but it froze up in the middle of stage 3, so I decided to call it quits. I had beaten that game before anyways, dozens of times. I then went to my extra stash of games and grabbed a hand full, one of which was Spartan X 2, which I had wanted to play the other day. I decided to give it a go, and just completed it a few minutes ago. It is a nice game, but imo definitely not worth the price of admission. It is too short, imo, but fun just the same. I wonder what game I will play tomorrow?
Yeah, if Spartan X-2 fleshed out the levels a bit, beefed up the bosses, and added a hard mode, I'd say it'd rank up there with the best on the system. As it is, it's still a good game that definitely captures the charm of the original even if it takes the theme/setting/tone in a completely different direction. Also, I absolutely adore the music in SX2.
Tough luck on Little Nemo, I hope that doesn't happen with my game... I haven't popped it in yet, by the way, I'm playing through GS Mikami on Super Famicom first because I really missed this game, then Little Nemo afterwards.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on February 15, 2015, 05:46:37 amGood choice on Jigoku Gokuraku Maru, it's an easy one to no-death so you'll probably get it on your next play. Did you use any chip on the final boss' 2nd form? He's a tough one to beat hair-only.
I did, yeah. And then I finished him with a sissy "hide in the corner and come out to attack whenever possible"-tactic. I don't think the last form would be tough to beat even with just hair, just time-consuming because the vulnerable bit isn't always low enough to hit and it's hitbox seems pretty small vertically, making it tough to hit with the hair that has similarly small hitbox vertically.
Just got done clearing GUN-DEC, no-deaths.
(http://i.gyazo.com/a5e3edbcee7dfebd2d2e8e5c8dbe7c75.png)
Easily in my top 10, ridiculously good game.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on February 15, 2015, 05:46:37 am
Good choice on Jigoku Gokuraku Maru, it's an easy one to no-death so you'll probably get it on your next play.
Right you were, got the no-miss clear on my very next run. It was still a somewhat sloppy run as I slipped and fell a few times in the towers of Stages 3 and 5, but it got the job done. Could still shave off several minutes off my time were I to get really serious with it. Very fun game.
hi everybody :)
This evening, i saved the king & i got my princess in "KID KOOL" ;D
(https://i.ibb.co/4s8fVxf/kidkool.jpg) (https://i.ibb.co/1TYRLtH/kidkool1.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/s53Xz5j/kidkool2.jpg)
Just had my first taste of my new Gimmick! cart. I knew it had a great soundtrack, since I've had a pirate of it for years. But hearing those expansion audio channels for the first time... WOW! I think I had an ear-gasm.
Good then it probably is genuine! :)
Played TwinBee 3 for the first time this weekend. Seriously fun shooter, but I am way out of practice. Haven't mashed buttons like that since I was in grade school.
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on March 07, 2015, 04:08:14 pm
Just had my first taste of my new Gimmick! cart. I knew it had a great soundtrack, since I've had a pirate of it for years. But hearing those expansion audio channels for the first time... WOW! I think I had an ear-gasm.
I must be the only one who's not that big on Gimmick's soundtrack, besides the intro theme. It's amazing from a technical standpoint, undoubtedly, but most the stage themes just sounded kinda "there" to me, they didn't really stick with me like a Natsume soundtrack, or Journey to Silius.
Beat Holy Diver, after spending ages stuck on the 4th boss/4th stage in general. Probably the hardest game I've ever played (not counting pieces of crap/genres I naturally suck at), but man was it satisfying. Can't wait to play it again tomorrow.
(http://i.imgur.com/4hX6uWN.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/CIOJhFH.jpg)
Man, I know a lot of people have said Holy Diver is tough. But if Nightstar of all people can get stuck on it, it must really be brutal.
As for my last uses of the Famicom, it's nothing super exciting. I got a small pile of crap games bundled with a cheap AV Fami I snapped up off Ebay. I went ahead and tested through the games yesterday, which included my first time playing Major League (it's baseball...), as well as my first time playing FC versions of Adventure Island and Super Mario Bros.
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on March 15, 2015, 03:49:24 pm
Man, I know a lot of people have said Holy Diver is tough. But if Nightstar of all people can get stuck on it, it must really be brutal.
My thought exactly! Gotta play that game sometime.
Recently I haven't played anything at all. Been busy moving and stuff. I don't even remember the last Famicom game I played.
I just got done beating it again (I've done so maybe 6 times now, I believe) and yes, I will still stand by it as the single hardest game I've played.
I gotta admit, when I was watching Funkdoc speedrun this game at AGDQ, and he was claiming it to be the hardest NES game and "what Battletoads wishes it could be when it grows up", I thought he was exaggerating and that it didn't look too hard, but then I delved into it, and.... yeah. It's insane. Most the game is tough, but reasonable, however....
The 4th boss of Holy Diver is the single most random, cruel, and unforgiving part of a game I've ever encountered. If you haven't played to this part, basically, it's a giant pillar comprised of three sections that you fight atop a few moving platforms. It shoots bullets from each segment, and if you get hit in the wrong way, you are knocked off and die immediately. It sounds rough, but oh does it get more sinister: Firstly, its firing pattern is pseudo-random, there isn't a reliable consistent strat for dealing with it. But the worst part of all is that the only effective spell against it is Overdrive, and when you equip Overdrive... its bullets turn invisible half the time due to sprite overload. Yep, not only is the firing pattern random, but you aren't even allowed to see some of the bullets on top of that. It's truly the hardest fight I've ever faced, and I have yet to do it without continuing at least once... speaking of, the stage itself is long and grueling, and when you run out of lives? Yep, you're starting that fucker over again.
...Besides that though, I've memorized the game so very few other parts give me issue. There's a luck-based room near the end of the game, but it isn't quite as random as the 4th boss. In fact just now I didn't die at all on stages 1, 2, and 3, and only had one death each on 5 and 6, so.... if it wasn't for the relentless 4th boss, this would have been a very clean run. Maybe someday.
Edit: Despite all my bitching in this post, I love Holy Diver. Really love it. Like, I think it's better than any of the 8-bit Castlevanias, apart from maybe II on Game Boy. One thing I really like about Holy Diver is how every magic spell has their uses so you find yourself switching between them constantly, none of them feel pointless.
I played a little bit of Rockman 4 Minus Infinity this afternoon. I had a friend over, and I wanted to show it off.
The last game I played before my Twin Famicom broke... I don't really remember! But I do remember that I was about to try my new purchase, Cocoron, when I discovered it wasn't working anymore :/
Ugh, Cocoron is an unfortunate one to miss out on. Remarkable game. I don't know what I'd do if my AV Fami ever broke, I should probably put aside some money to replace it if it ever breaks.
I've been playing Holy Diver lately... lots, and lots of Holy Diver, to the point where I think I've mastered a consistent 1CC of the game. (I've 1CC'd it 5 times now, so I think it's safe to say) The 4th boss, while still partially luck-based, has a certain "rhythm" you can get into to dodge its bullets while delivering damage.
I just had my first taste of Taiyou no Yuusha Firebird. It's pretty decent, but a bit light on the difficulty aside from the bosses (but I only played the first two stages).
@Nightstar
"I don't know what I'd do if my AV Fami ever broke, I should probably put aside some money to replace it if it ever breaks."
Yeah, I know what you mean. That's why I've got two of them now. I also have two NES-101s for my 72-pin games. I'm not a big believer in hoarding lots of doubles, but I think keeping a backup console around is justifiable when you've invested as much in games as some of us have.
I played a bit of Gimmick! tonight. I decided to compare the sound side-by-side with my old "Pipe V" bootleg. (I did want to make sure it still worked, as I decide what I want to do with it now that I no longer need it.) The pirate version still sounds pretty cool, but of course it's not in the same league with an original 5B's soundtrack. I only wanted to play through the first couple of levels, but I left the game on to continue listening to music as I checked the forum.
Nice. Your Pipe V cart must be vastly superior to the one I had because it sounded AWFUL. The music was barely audible and it had some annoying scratchy noise that played throughout, and made the whole thing unbearable.
I myself played a couple games today, Akumajou Densetsu and Holy Diver. I finally have gotten to the point where I can 1CC Akumajo III, still working on no-deathing it. Holy Diver went well as always.
metal gear
Akumajo Densetsu beat, no deaths! Trevor-only, also.
(http://i.gyazo.com/b4cb01cda56131fc60771e45d4a6a7a5.png)
(Also happy April 1st FW)
No deaths? Wow! :o
Yeah! Go Nightstar! Please try Shinobi PS2 when you can :)
I played it a few months back and loved it L___E___T, I have a copy sitting on my shelf! Though admittedly it's been a while since my PS2 have been plugged in. But somewhat related, tonight I did manage to no-death Shinobi III on Genesis.
How you can no death all these runs is beyond me :)
I can no death GG Shinobi, but that's not too hard once you have it down. I can no damage up to the castle most times I play it.
Oh yeah, I've grown to love G.G. Shinobi I equally to G.G. Shinobi II, those games just complement each other so beautifully - and yes, I can no-death them both as well, I think the first game's difficulty has become a bit overstated. Before I got it I used to read that it was incredibly tough but it just didn't seem that way when I got around to mastering it.
I just had my first taste of Space Shadow. It's decent, but not special as light-gun games go. But it was fun playing with my brand-new (to me, at least) Hyper Shot light gun. That thing is ridiculously awesome.
last game I played was castlequest
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/38/6d/a0/386da009eb13a92ee30b733ee8fe4d4c.jpg)
I played it quite a few years back on gameboy, and I found out the was a fami version so I had to play it !!
Had my first tastes of Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3 and Parasol Henbee tonight. Thanks, Nightstar!
I just received Mickey Mouse III: Yume Fuusen. And then proceeded to 1CC it on my first try. The balloon mechanics were cool, but woefully underutilized. But after the end credits the Konami code was revealed (though the game's by Kemco) and doing it at the title screen starts up Hard Mode which actually lives up to the name. I had difficulties getting past the first stage and Game Overed without reaching the second boss.
Not sure if I want to tackle that now, got other games to continue. Been also playing the fantranslated version of Maze of Galious and it is fantastic.
Super Mario Bros., which I just got from senseiman. I expected it to be the same, but its sameness still surprised me.
Quote from: sethreign on April 16, 2015, 01:03:44 am
Super Mario Bros., which I just got from senseiman. I expected it to be the same, but its sameness still surprised me.
SMB has that rare power to surprise even though it's so familiar.
Last FC game I played was Baltron. Strange little shooter.
Just finished The Guardian Legend - entertaining at first, but then it became a bit boring because there's very little challenge except for very few specific situations. There's no point to having 12 different weapons if I don't even need to use them 90% of the time, I did quite fine using just the normal weapon except for maybe four boss fights. The shooter sections are poorly designed - thanks to the large hitbox you're bound to take hits every now and then (constantly in the late game), but enemies drop health and ammo pick-ups at a steady rate, even during boss fights, so it's quite easy most of the time. The graphics are nice, but the enemies and bosses are re-used many, many times, up until the very end.
The concept is fun, and I guess it's the concept what people are thinking of when they praise the game, but the execution needs to be a lot tighter before I'd consider this a classic.
Huh. I remember feeling kinda "meh" about Guardian Legend as a kid, those exploration segments seemed a bit much, and they were what made me hesitant to add it to my Famicom want list at first. Seeing the boxart/poster in your Finds post featuring it are what changed that, I'll definitely admit it seems better in concept than execution.
I last no-deathed Castlevania 1, good way to start off the day.
(http://i.gyazo.com/ae186a56b4969214fe5718a20423e7d5.png)
Quote from: Nightstar699 on April 17, 2015, 09:44:28 amHuh. I remember feeling kinda "meh" about Guardian Legend as a kid, those exploration segments seemed a bit much, and they were what made me hesitant to add it to my Famicom want list at first. Seeing the boxart/poster in your Finds post featuring it are what changed that, I'll definitely admit it seems better in concept than execution.
Yeah, the box art and the poster are so good. I'm somewhat considering selling my Guardic Gaiden now. I'm probably not going to play it again, I may take it out every now and then to gush over how cool the poster is, but that's pretty much it.
A solid remake of the game could be damn sweet.
I played a bit of Mad City tonight, to test my Famicom Light Gun (which sadly, seems defective). I went ahead and played a round with the Hyper Shot too, and that works great.
How do you like it, Jackson? Would you say the improvements put it into "good game" territory? That's one I've been debating whether or not to put on my wanted list.
I just got done with a no-death of Captain Saver/ Power Blade 2. I've grown to love this game as much as the first Power Blade.
Mad City is horrible. Some time ago I saw a CIB copy for sale for $8, almost bought it right away but decided to give it a go in emulator first and I'm glad I did. So boring, easy and lackluster. No amount of tweaking the enemies' health can make up for the dull gameplay. I passed.
I think Mad City is decent. It is pretty easy, unlike its NES cousin Bayou Billy. The variety in gameplay is pretty ambitious. And since it's Konami, you know the music is going to be cool.
But it's true that the gameplay lacks polish, which is typical of multi-genre FC/NES games. The most obvious flaw is the suspect hit detection in the beat 'em up stages, which are the bulk of the game. The NES version is an utter chore; who wants to play a beat 'em up where the low-level grunts have health almost equal to yours AND are tough to hit just because of poor programming? (Let alone the gators, who are really tough to hit and actually have to be fought in Bayou Billy.)
One example of a great multi-genre game is GUN-DEC/Vice: Project Doom. Besides that, most the ones I've played are pretty crappy, E.G. Battletoads which tries cramming a ton of genres in, but none of them done well. Mad City seems to be the same way in that regard. I dunno, I'd just rather have one genre done really well than a bunch of them done poorly.
The only thing that interested me about Mad City (besides, of course, that music) is the fact that I just don't know of many good beat 'em ups on FC, besides Mighty Final Fight, Double Dragon II and the Spartan X games, which is a shame because I love the genre.
I've always had a philosophical issue with beat 'em ups. You're supposed to be this kick-ass guy who's a bad enough dude to rescue the president. But you often have to keep pounding on a single grunt enemy for what feels like minutes just to defeat him. It certainly doesn't make me feel like a bad-ass, compared to playing as Ryu Hayabusa in Ninja Gaiden who slashes at an enemy once and they friggin' explode. Or even as Thomas in Spartan X, where one solid punch or kick gets rid of most small-time enemies.
This also ties in with my pet peeve in games, locking the player in to a room (or just not scrolling the screen forwards) until all present enemies are defeated. Most annoying in later-era games like Devil May Cry that ties to justify this by a magical barrier popping up, and then disappearing when the room has been cleared. It's fine if it's an occasional thing, but having every encounter like that just annoys me. So I don't tend to play the genre a whole lot. FC's representation of the genre are pretty basic anyway, all the elements that can make those games interesting (many different attacks, varied enemies so you don't fight the same palette swapped guy constantly, etc) didn't really start coming out until a bit later. I understand the Neo Geo has many good beat 'em ups.
Also, Mad City's music. Yeah, it's pretty decent, that one riff is even catchy, but I felt there were maybe two songs in the entire game. One for the beat'em up stages, and the shooting/driving stages share the other tune. Maybe they have a different BGM, can't be bothered to check. But the game definitely doesn't have the variety of memorable music something like Castlevania has.
Beat 'em ups almost feel like a smaller-scale fighting game to me, and there's something satisfying about being able to continue your assault on a single enemy until they go down. Like in Mighty Final Fight, which I'd cite as being the FC's best beat 'em up. It's fun to execute Haggar's infinite combo and watch it drain an enemy's health, then be able to finish them in any manner I choose, the move/character variety is something I love about beat 'em ups.
I can also see why you'd hate the "invisible barrier" that pretty much every beat 'em up out there has, but most beat 'em ups just aren't designed around much else but fighting enemies so it makes sense that they force you to dispatch all of them. Also, if it takes forever to kill even the smaller goons, then that's a sign of a badly designed beat 'em up, E.G. the aforementioned Mad City. In a good one, let's say, Warriors of Fate or Double Dragon II, you have the move variety to kill enemies quickly if you're able to master your character's array of attacks. For example, the Uppercut/Knee special moves in DDII, they're able to kill a lot of the enemies in 1 or 2 hits but they take extremely precise timing to pull off, so they have to be learned. A lot of people just try sticking to the "mash attack button" combos, which is an ineffective strategy, and that might be why they find beat 'em ups to be boring.
Also yeah, Mad City only has a couple themes. A good couple themes, but that's still kinda sad. On topic I just got done no-deathing Akumajo Dracula, I'll go for Akumajo Densetsu next.
Edit: I can't think of many good Neo Geo beat 'em ups other than Sengoku 3, by the way. From my experience the Mega Drive, Super Fami and Saturn seem to be the best consoles for the genre.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on April 18, 2015, 06:47:09 am
The only thing that interested me about Mad City (besides, of course, that music) is the fact that I just don't know of many good beat 'em ups on FC, besides Mighty Final Fight, Double Dragon II and the Spartan X games, which is a shame because I love the genre.
TMNT 2, TMNT 3, River City Random, Downtown Jidaigeki Zennin Shuugo, Batman Returns possibly
Finished Takahashi Meijin no Bouken Jima IV.
What an amazing game. Easy to be sure, but a great experience, and it felt like an appropriate swansong to the Famicom.
It's not without its design flaws - many of the acquired items are used exactly once and then never again, some of them not even that much. Some of the non-essential minigames were more difficult than any of the bosses. The dinosaurs are kind of useless. Except for the pterodactyl, and after he has been rescued all jumping challenges can be circumvented by just using him. The game map's relatively small size and the lack of difficulty makes for a fairly short game.
But the positives far outweigh the slight negatives. The graphics are great with neat little touches here and there, like the way Tina comes out to wave to Takahashi every time he leaves for his adventure. I thought that was cute. The controls are spot-on. The passwords are short, which comes much appreciated after the looooooong Guardian Legend passwords. Most importantly, it's just great fun to play. I enjoyed exploring the island and I only wished there was more of it.
A game I'll certainly play again.
Cool! The small map size makes Takahashi IV sound a bit more appealing to me, full-on Metroidvania games just make me feel too lost to enjoy the experience.
Quote from: Protoman on April 19, 2015, 03:06:58 am
Quote from: Nightstar699 on April 18, 2015, 06:47:09 am
The only thing that interested me about Mad City (besides, of course, that music) is the fact that I just don't know of many good beat 'em ups on FC, besides Mighty Final Fight, Double Dragon II and the Spartan X games, which is a shame because I love the genre.
TMNT 2, TMNT 3, River City Random, Downtown Jidaigeki Zennin Shuugo, Batman Returns possibly
The thing about River City Ransom is that, while I do enjoy it as a game overall, I wouldn't think of it as a good beat 'em up... if that makes sense. The RPG elements and humor are more of what define it IMO, the combat and enemy variety is too shallow for it to hold a candle to any of the better beat 'em ups out there.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on April 20, 2015, 10:35:23 am
The thing about River City Ransom is that, while I do enjoy it as a game overall, I wouldn't think of it as a good beat 'em up... if that makes sense. The RPG elements and humor are more of what define it IMO, the combat and enemy variety is too shallow for it to hold a candle to any of the better beat 'em ups out there.
Hmm...disagree. It's not great compared to classic CPS2 arcade beat-em-ups, but it has great variety for an NES beat-em-up once you've purchased the techniques. The two-player stuff is cool, too (you can throw your partner at eneimes!).
I'll admit the variety in stuff to pick up and throw/strike with (including, as you cited, your own partner/other enemies) is great. The only special moves I recall in the game are those techniques you can learn that make you punch or kick rapidly and knock the opponent down. The problem is that once these moves are learned there really isn't much of a reason to use anything else. Compare this to the move variety in Mighty Final Fight, where the characters (except Haggar) have two types of jumping attacks, all have both throw and hit enders on their combos, a unique special move per character, a unique desperation move per character, grabs with multiple types of enders (bash, throw, or suplex), plus a weapon each. Being able to mix up my combos with these various techniques are what I find most fun about beat 'em ups, RCR never really felt that same way to me, as much as I do like it overall.
I played Doraemon for a solid 90 minutes or so last night - I really just intended to test it out for a bit but ended up playing until about midway through World 2. Surprisingly fun game, considering it's a licensed property.
Managed to finish the whole map in Antarctic Adventure last night for the first time, which might not seem a big deal to most people but I was so bad at that game back when I first played it on my Famiclone years ago that it feels like a victory for me (I couldn't even finish the first stage lol). Now I have the music stuck in my head...
Almost 2 hours of playing :pow: :coin: "MARIO BROS" :coin: :pow:
Till phase 31 :-[
(https://i.ibb.co/0GM56B9/20150424-012127.jpg)
1CC'd Metal Storm, gonna try going for the no-miss next. Gotta say, I'm loving this game every bit as much as I thought I would. However I still like Holy Diver better. The only reason I bring this up is because Hardcoregaming101's article on Holy Diver cites Metal Storm as correcting some of its flaws.
(http://gyazo.com/dbc8c4b39d45f61637f7bbdbf00822e4.png)
Quote from: Nightstar699 on April 28, 2015, 06:13:37 am
The only reason I bring this up is because Hardcoregaming101's article on Holy Diver cites Metal Storm as correcting some of its flaws.
...And adding a flaw; one-hit kills
Quote from: Nightstar699 on April 28, 2015, 06:13:37 am
1CC'd Metal Storm, gonna try going for the no-miss next.
Nice! Does the Famicom version have a hard mode like the NES version?
Yep! It does, I have yet to try it though. Also, the biggest regional difference is that the top and bottom of the screen is electrified on stage 6 of the Famicom version, making it much harder.
You can take more than one hit on the FC version of Metal Storm? I didn't know that. Definitely one of my favorite games - I'm just glad I picked up my copy of it about 10 years ago, since the aftermarket prices on it now are just wretched. I'd really like a CIB copy, but that's even more absurd.
(http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k590/Zycrow/2015-04-28%2021.43.51.jpg)
I finished reading the "Anatomy of Games" articles on Mega Man and got a craving to play it - it took me around 45 minutes with a few scattered breaks. I've had this particular copy of Mega Man since I was a kid, when I probably couldn't beat any of the Robot Masters save for maybe Cut Man. Still one of my favorites, though some of the sequels saw a lot more play from me in childhood. Still can't decide on a favorite.
No, really the stage 6 thing is the only major gameplay change from the FC and NES versions (that I know of), you still die in one hit unless you have the additional armor powerup, of course.
Good job on Megaman 1, to me the yellow devil is impossible without the select trick
Quote from: Protoman on April 29, 2015, 02:14:38 am
Good job on Megaman 1, to me the yellow devil is impossible without the select trick
I started the battle planning not to use the pause trick, but after a certain point I realized I would either have to use it or I would have to play Wily 1 all over again.
I also used the pause trick against Fire Man during the final boss rush. That guy moves too quickly for me to get his pattern down, and he was leaving me with a single hit left for Guts Man.
I find the Yellow Devil extremely easy because he NEVER changes up his pattern, there's nothing to fear in that battle. You just have to learn one rhythm to dodge his segments, and you're good to go.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on April 29, 2015, 06:34:30 am
I find the Yellow Devil extremely easy because he NEVER changes up his pattern, there's nothing to fear in that battle. You just have to learn one rhythm to dodge his segments, and you're good to go.
I agree, but that takes years for me to learn/memorize
No-death run of Metal Storm, complete. Pretty close to being no-damage too, I only got hit once on 6-1.
(http://i.gyazo.com/6c46187a6d871803313cc3153ef6f351.png)
Good job as usual!
Quote from: Protoman on April 30, 2015, 01:44:49 am
Quote from: Nightstar699 on April 29, 2015, 06:34:30 am
I find the Yellow Devil extremely easy because he NEVER changes up his pattern, there's nothing to fear in that battle. You just have to learn one rhythm to dodge his segments, and you're good to go.
I agree, but that takes years for me to learn/memorize
You only have to memorize the timing of the blobs of him that flies near the floor. The rest will fly above your head if you stay calm.
He's worse in Rockman 3 though. Once in a while he lets all his blobs bounce on the floor at the same time so it's impossible to dodge (I think I never managed to do it at least) unless maybe if you use Rush. You just have to beat him before he does the bounce move enough times to kill you. I would like to know what Nightstar does to beat him without damage.
Been messing around in Valkyrie no Bouken. I've heard a lot of bad things about this game but I find it charming. Something about these old, obtuse adventure games is fun to me. I would probably enjoy Hydlide, Palutena help me.
It does help that I have the game CIB, and it comes with a very pretty foldout map and a thick instruction booklet, though I'm having to use my phone's camera to translate bits of it.
Arkanoid 1 and 2. I just got a boxed version of Arkanoid 2 with controller. And I see you can connect the controller that came with Arkanoid 1 into the Arkanoid 2 controller for 2 paddle controller multiplayer. Very nice although I don't have the Arkanoid 1 controller.
It contols well though, I like how the paddle on screen always jumps to the place the knob is on the controller, so you never have to recalibrate yourself so to speak.
Been playing Pizza Pops. Pretty much cant wipe a smile off my face when playing it ;D
Got and finished Yume Penguin Monogatari on the first go, another easy title. But very entertaining and fun. The concept is something that probably wouldn't be received too well today, so that's interesting too.
And keeping with Konami games, I've been playing the first Castlevania to get my more difficult action-platformer fix.
After picking up Samurai Pizza Cats at Hard-Off this weekend, I've been hooked. Incredibly fun little title. I can't stop thinking that this is what the first Ninja Turtles game *should* have been.
Contra FC and I beat it 1CC and got to half way of the second loop before I said screw it and lost my lives. After all these years I found it to be easy. :p
I just beat Kirby a third time. That game is really short, but I can't stop playing every time I come back to it.
Power Blazer and Power Blade (NES)
I just got the former a few days ago from senseiman, and I pulled the NES remake off the shelf for the first time in a couple of years to compare them directly. The NES version definitely has more polish, but it's strange to see two such different games sharing the same soundtrack.
As I was playing Power Blazer earlier, my partner came in, looked at the screen and asked, "What is this? Off-brand Mega Man?" Yes, it pretty much is.
Just played all my Nintendo games: Clu Clu Land, Mario Bros, Golf, and other pulseline games. I'd like to have every single Nintendo-made game for the Famicom one day :) So far I have these pulseline games:
-Donkey Kong
-Donkey Kong Jr
-DK JR Math
-Popeye's English
-Pinball
-Mario Bros.
-Gomokunarabe
I used to have more like Popeye, DK3, Mahjong, etc. I never see the pulseline sports games for sale, someone's gonna have to hook me up with those.
Started my day off with a bit of Kaiketsu Yancha Maru 3, Salamander, and Space Shadow.
GameFAQs reports that KYM3 was actually developed by Micronics, which would have to make it by far the best game they programmed for NES/FC. They screwed up so many arcade ports for so many great companies it's a mystery how they kept finding work. But that might be part of the reason why KYM3 doesn't seem as good as KYM2.
I received kirby today, oh my god I've been missing out
I only ever played kirby on the gameboy and it doesn't even compare to the FC
found a new favourite game!
Quote from: liquidco2 on May 18, 2015, 12:06:34 pm
I received kirby today, oh my god I've been missing out
I only ever played kirby on the gameboy and it doesn't even compare to the FC
found a new favourite game!
Definitely a highlight of the console. A favorite of mine as well - have played through it many, many times.
Got 42 stages into Solomon no Kagi. By that point my FC had been switched on for about three days, so I finally decided to cut it off after attempting stage 42 several times. Tough game! At some point I'll probably try to get through it again. Sure wish it had a password feature.
Ninja Gaiden, got to 4-1 then gave up for this time.
Quote from: Zycrow on May 21, 2015, 08:35:51 am
Quote from: liquidco2 on May 18, 2015, 12:06:34 pm
I received kirby today, oh my god I've been missing out
I only ever played kirby on the gameboy and it doesn't even compare to the FC
found a new favourite game!
Definitely a highlight of the console. A favorite of mine as well - have played through it many, many times.
Got 42 stages into Solomon no Kagi. By that point my FC had been switched on for about three days, so I finally decided to cut it off after attempting stage 42 several times. Tough game! At some point I'll probably try to get through it again. Sure wish it had a password feature.
just finished kirby, definately a highlight, I had only played the gameboy version before, I can see myself playing it again for sure...
but for now I'm going to move onto hebereke.
Quote from: Zycrow on May 21, 2015, 08:35:51 am
Quote from: liquidco2 on May 18, 2015, 12:06:34 pm
I received kirby today, oh my god I've been missing out
I only ever played kirby on the gameboy and it doesn't even compare to the FC
found a new favourite game!
Definitely a highlight of the console. A favorite of mine as well - have played through it many, many times.
Got 42 stages into Solomon no Kagi. By that point my FC had been switched on for about three days, so I finally decided to cut it off after attempting stage 42 several times. Tough game! At some point I'll probably try to get through it again. Sure wish it had a password feature.
I think that's about my record as well. Maybe I've beaten 42 but not much more than that. The levels gets really tough after that.
At the moment I play 'Kanshaku tamanage Kantarō no Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi' a lot - I really like the simple graphics and the game mechanics!
Beat Lickle on normal/hard difficulty. Good game, however I prefer Takeru's other masterpiece. (Cocoron)
I had a friend over last night, and he asked me about Life Force. So, I broke out the Crisis Force and we played some co-op. Naturally, he was blown away. That's such an amazing game.
I also let him goof off with my PAL copy of Little Samson. Which brings me to Nightstar:
Yeah, Lickle/Samson is really fun, isn't it? I suspect it might be too light on the difficulty for someone of your skill, but there's just so much done right on that game too.
Made a heroic attempt at beating Ninja Gaiden (NES). Pretty smooth sailing until 6-2, where I spent a good 30 minutes getting the enemy patterns down. The screen where you have a running soldier, a bat, and an eagle, followed by a knife-tossing guy and an eagle was where I lost most of my lives.
Figured out you could de-spawn the knife guy by waiting in a certain spot, but then the eagle would knock me back into the spawn zones of several other enemies - I think the level designers knew exactly what they were doing.
Eventually got through that with patience, rest of the stage wasn't too bad.
Watched a YouTube LP for some tactics at facing the final boss's first part - still got destroyed in pretty short order. Bumped back to 6-1; game switched off. I'll probably try again at some point when I have more patience for 6-2.
That's two Tecmo games that have kicked my ass this past month!
Meanwhile I'm still saved at the final dungeon of StarTropics. Gotta finish that one soon.
Oh yeah the difficulty goes to the moon at stage 6-2. It's in a whole other league from the rest of the game.
6-2 is easy peasy. You have two primary options in the "AVGN room".
1) De-spawn the Hammer Brother, then jump onto its platform with a slash to take out the bird. Be ready for the soldier that jumps towards you on the next platform.
2) Keep the Spin Slash. Then that room is as simple as "jump and hit B"
The latter is optimal, nowadays I only do the former when I go for sword-only runs. The only tricky part of 6-2 (of the whole game, for that matter) are the Jetpack Ninja. But they can be dealt with consistently using proper management of your Spin Slash.
Quote from: nerdynebraskan on May 31, 2015, 08:48:01 am
I also let him goof off with my PAL copy of Little Samson. Which brings me to Nightstar:
Yeah, Lickle/Samson is really fun, isn't it? I suspect it might be too light on the difficulty for someone of your skill, but there's just so much done right on that game too.
Actually I found it to be pretty tough played on the harder setting, as some of the boss fights got rough when I lost the mouse and golem... since they're the only two characters that can really damage the bosses, shame Samson's bells are so weak. This made me have to force a Game Over in the final castle, which hurt. But I think this game would be very easy with proper management of the health potions, I just need to practice it a bit more. But yeah it's a good game. Like Gimmick, though, I think it greatly falls short of the price it demands. It's a good thing a relative bought it for me as a gift. Now, Metal Storm?
THAT is an expensive game that's worth every penny IMO. Power Blade 2/Captain Saver as well.
As for my last played, I just got done with a Castlevania no-death. Had to avenge myself for botching a run last night, Dracula gave me the worst spawns in history. (He teleported right on top of me 4 times in a row) So it felt good to teach him a lesson.
Quote from: P on June 02, 2015, 10:09:47 am
Oh yeah the difficulty goes to the moon at stage 6-2. It's in a whole other league from the rest of the game.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on June 02, 2015, 10:20:53 am
6-2 is easy peasy. You have two primary options in the "AVGN room".
1) De-spawn the Hammer Brother, then jump onto its platform with a slash to take out the bird. Be ready for the soldier that jumps towards you on the next platform.
2) Keep the Spin Slash. Then that room is as simple as "jump and hit B"
The latter is optimal, nowadays I only do the former when I go for sword-only runs. The only tricky part of 6-2 (of the whole game, for that matter) are the Jetpack Ninja. But they can be dealt with consistently using proper management of your Spin Slash.
I think calling it "easy peasy" is being a bit cheeky. :P (But then, I'm not yet a person who can do a sword-only Ninja Gaiden run.)
The techniques you mentioned were definitely what worked, though. Keeping the spin slash is ideal, but in some scenarios I would die in the previous screen where the cannons could knock you back into an eagle spawn zone and if you didn't jump right, you would grab a wall and eat a bunch of projectiles. I do get the sense that the developers saved all of their meanest trick for that particular sequence.
QuoteAs for my last played, I just got done with a Castlevania no-death. Had to avenge myself for botching a run last night, Dracula gave me the worst spawns in history. (He teleported right on top of me 4 times in a row) So it felt good to teach him a lesson.
I recall a similar feeling when I finally completed Castlevania several years back! Still haven't managed to do that without the use of holy water, but there are so many other games I haven't beaten...
Last game I played was Star Luster. I'm a big fan of Namco's early Famicom stuff, and Star Luster feels rather ahead of its time despite being base whole cloth on an older Atari game. There are plenty of games from the 1989-1994 range that don't feel nearly as polished and immersive.
Quote from: Zycrow on June 02, 2015, 02:59:04 pm
I think calling it "easy peasy" is being a bit cheeky. :P (But then, I'm not yet a person who can do a sword-only Ninja Gaiden run.)
Well, Cheeky
is my middle name. Ninja Gaiden does indeed have a very "deliberate" feel to the stage design, a big part of why I love it so much. In fact my last played game was... Ninja Gaiden! Decided to end my night with a no-death run of this beautiful game, and it was a good run too. I'm getting better at performing the rapid sword-slash glitch that speeds up the Jaquio fight.
Quote from: Zycrow on June 02, 2015, 02:59:04 pm
I recall a similar feeling when I finally completed Castlevania several years back! Still haven't managed to do that without the use of holy water, but there are so many other games I haven't beaten...
Oh trust me man, I'm a Castlevania runner and even I wouldn't dare let go of my Holy Water past stage 4. The Frankenstein and Death fights are way, waaay too crazy and random to be done consistently with insufficient weaponry. Ninja Gaiden sword-only is fairly easy, but Castlevania whip-only is a whole different story.
Well, that makes me feel a bit better about my CV skill.
Among a bunch of other stuff, I've been playing Ninja Jajamaru-kun. The difficulty curve seems better-balanced than its predecessor (Ninja-kun), and the frog summon is impressive for a 1985 game. I like it a lot!
I love Castlevania, and the most difficult parts of the game are Frankenstein and Igor, the hallway leading up to Death, and Death himself. I have been able to do these parts with just the whip.
I've been playing Ninja Gaiden recently and the last stages are totally tough. I hate that when you die at the last bosses, you go back. Apparently this was a glitch made by the programmers that was intentionally left in the final game... This game is tough, but so good. You actually feel like a ninja because you need to be fast. You also need to know exactly what's coming up ahead of you. Those birds can be such bullies though >:(
Is it really a glitch if it's intentional though? Speaking of Ninja Gaiden, I no-death ran it a couple times today to test out some more speedrunning strats, I didn't set a timer but I looked at the clock before and after, and it was a 13-ish minute run so a few minutes off from the record.
But yeah I know what you mean, getting sent back to 6-1 makes it a very difficult challenge to learn, if I wasn't so obsessive about this game as a kid I know I would have never had the will to master it. Birds feel like the worst part of Ninja Gaiden, yeah, but when you master their layout they honestly aren't bad. The Hammer Bros. (any of the multiple enemies that throw items in arcs) are the worst part because there's genuine randomness to their weapon throws, the birds spawn the same way, every time, so once you memorize them they aren't much of a problem.
Although I don't have a strat for Frankenstein or Death whip-only, I do know how to clear the hallway leading up to Death: If you don't have Holy Water,
NEVER and I mean,
NEVER jump during this segment. Just advance forward and whip away to destroy the knights, if you stay grounded you should be able to dodge the Medusa heads when they swerve below or above you, just watch for their pattern. The good thing about Axe Knights in this game is that you can destroy their axe with a standing whip, whether it's high or low, as opposed to later CV games.
Quote from: Zycrow on June 09, 2015, 01:20:47 pm
Well, that makes me feel a bit better about my CV skill.
Among a bunch of other stuff, I've been playing Ninja Jajamaru-kun. The difficulty curve seems better-balanced than its predecessor (Ninja-kun), and the frog summon is impressive for a 1985 game. I like it a lot!
Ever played Super Ninja Kun on Super Famicom? Really great platformer.
I've also been playing a lot of Captain Saver/Power Blade 2 today, love this one.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on June 09, 2015, 09:14:03 pm
Ever played Super Ninja Kun on Super Famicom? Really great platformer.
No, I haven't! Will have to put that one on the list.
Finally beat StarTropics.
(http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k590/Zycrow/2015-06-09%2019.58.33.jpg)
(http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k590/Zycrow/2015-06-09%2020.02.47.jpg)
The difficulty ramped up pretty high toward the end, but not in an unfair way. Managed to defeat Zoda on the first try, though at the end I had 1/2 a heart. (Actually 1 1/2 hearts, since Zoda hilariously dropped a single heart refill upon death.)
Only thing I didn't like were the bits where spikes randomly pop out of the ground. In particular there was one dungeon that had a checkpoint which started you IN a room with random spikes, which I felt was a little too cruel and punishing.
All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.
I played a bit of Akumajou Densestu Just for the soundtrack, never gets old.
I played through the FC version of Contra in co-op mode with a friend yesterday, so he could see the cutscenes and background animations that got cut from the NES version. Also played through a bit of Gimmick! (mostly for the music, as he's really into that Sunsoft sound), Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa, and Don Doko Don.
Quote from: L___E___T on June 27, 2015, 04:19:15 pm
I played a bit of Akumajou Densestu Just for the soundtrack, never gets old.
Seriously, it's worth owning just for that. I wouldn't have believed that the music in the NES version could have been improved upon. Those Konami chips, man!
I had a friend over earlier that's a big CastleVania fan, so I went back to Akumajou Densetsu. We played through it long enough for me to earn the services of Alucard. It's been years since I made it that far. I'm going to have to sit down and try to beat this game someday soon.
I also played a bit of Wai Wai World 2 tonight. Also a great choice.
I picked up Namcot's Star Luster a few days ago and have been really enjoying that.
It's a first person space shooter with three different modes (that seem to indicate difficulty) all in which you select a location on the ship's hud and fight enemies until there aren't any left, then move on to the next location. One of my favorite aspects is that one of the enemies is a straight up Death Star.
I could compare it to BattleTank, if anyone has played that...
Other than that, I finally got around to playing Koneko Monogatari: Adventures of Chatran on the disk system which I found to be an enjoyable and unique piece of software. It's based on a film of the same title, which was also localized for the United States as "Milo and Otis". It is a sidescroller that has you taking the role of Chatran, whose only defense is dropping eggs when he jumps. The eggs are limited and are gathered by either hitting a tree's leaves with your head. You can also jump on top of the tree leaves which generally drop apples which you can kill enemies with and also gather for points. I suspect the reason for it ending up on disk system is because of the effect used on the tree leaves, something I have never seen used in another Famicom/NES game. I'd recommend it if you are looking for interesting FDS software.
I've been also kinda hooked on Tecmo's Pro Wrestle, though I'm horrible at it :-[
Tonight, I played some Parasol Henbee and Taiyou no Yuusha Firebird.
Henbee is a fun one, yeah? I played Castlevania 1 today, mostly. Ran it twice, one where I made a ton of mistakes but kept playing anyway, it made for an interesting playthrough because I had the wrong subweapon like... everywhere. And then afterwards I gave it a proper no-death run, 14:59 is my time which is good, I was hoping for sub 15:00.
Nightstar you have played Castlevania many times. Have you ever seen the glitch that makes the game crash randomly and corrupt graphics? Here https://tcrf.net/Castlevania_%28NES%29 PRG0 random crash. It's suspected that it can happen in US PRG1 version too but I've never seen it in scandinavia or Japanese cart version. I'm curious if anyone else have seen it.
Last game I played: Xevious, I'm getting better at shooting games! :)
I have absolutely seen that glitch... on my U.S. copy, when I was younger. I was actually just thinking about this yesterday, how my U.S. copy gave me tons of problems as a kid but I haven't had a single issue with my Japanese cart.
I see so it's probably true that it's fixed in the Japanese version and probably PAL version. The reason I asked is because there's a guy with the PRG1 version that still seems to trigger the glitch http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12977. I guess it wasn't completely fixed in the US PRG1 version after all, but fixed in later versions of the game.
Yeah, Death's stage was awful when it came to crashing/glitches. I'll be sure to report if I ever come across such a glitch on my JP cart but it's been smooth sailing since I got it.
Ugh that's a bit too far into the game for crashes. Especially for a game without any ability to save.
Anyway thanks!
No problem man, I just got done running it, actually, no stage 5 glitch. However I did execute a few other glitches, including the sprite overlap glitch with the Mummies, and I got a critical hit against Dracula form 1. Think I also got a critical hit on one of the Bone Pillars in stage 3.
What are these critical hits of which you speak? Does the whip randomly deal higher damage?
Not randomly - if you whip something on the exact same frame as it hits you, your whip will do a monstrous amount of damage for some reason. You can kill the bat boss of stage 1 in one hit using this method, however my timing isn't good enough yet so I use a (much slower) AI manipulation to kill that boss.
Edit: Here's a demonstration of the glitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjvF4w5R5zA
Just played Lunar Ball. Did some freak experiments with 0 friction.
Quote from: number47 on July 06, 2015, 12:57:26 pm
Just played Lunar Ball. Did some freak experiments with 0 friction.
I like that game - I have the NES version. I would never have given it a second glance if not for Chrontendo.
More Castlevania - 14:49 was my time this run. I decided I'm gonna try the game "axe%" meaning I'll keep the axe subweapon the entire game, if I can... should be fun.
I've never beaten Frankenstein, Death, or Dracula without the holy water. I think I could probably get through Frankenstein and Dracula using the axe, but Death sure introduces a lot of random elements...
I beat Frankenstein using the Cross the other day and it wasn't too bad... but yeah, the Death fight is just insane. It's funny how Ninja Gaiden 1 and Castlevania 1 are about equal difficulty-wise when it comes to playing them normally, but then if you try to low% run them... Ninja Gaiden 1 is just a tad bit harder than a usual playthrough, while Castlevania 1 is monumentally more difficult.
I don't think there's a strategy as such to beating Death with the Cross, you just have to be pretty freakin' expert at it dodging and attack simultaneously, with luck thrown in.
I've done it once when an enemy unexpectedly dropped the cross right before the fight and I got stuck with it, I sure as hell wouldn't plan on beating him with it any other time.
I've been playing more Dr. Mario multiplayer with my better half lately - I can win more often these days, at one stage she got too good at the game for me to even try to beat her, it was almost maddening!
Quote from: L___E___T on July 16, 2015, 02:03:04 am
I've been playing more Dr. Mario multiplayer with my better half lately - I can win more often these days, at one stage she got too good at the game for me to even try to beat her, it was almost maddening!
My wife is an occasional video game player (we a lot of board games together though). Puzzle games are her favorite type - Dr. Mario used to be our go-to game but I recently got Puyo Puyo on FC specifically for its head-to-head mode. Love it.
Rolling Thunder. I picked up a copy from senseiman finally, and it's amazing how much better it sounds than the NES version. (Although it's a trip that the graphics and gameplay are completely identical.)
Ice climber on Famicom. Reached mountain 15 with a score of 398140.
Akumajou Densetsu. Just picked up Alucard and left the great Grant behind (I love his weapon on this version! Free throwing knife!)
Just finished Wai Wai World 2 - SOS!! Paseri Jou for the first time! Loved the little homages to Road Fighter and Frogger!
Just played through Hello Kitty World... seriously just a much better Balloon Kid, really enjoyed it.
Just beat Makaimura, both loops. I beat Ghosts n Goblins as a child, however, it's crazy how much harder the JP version is - particularly stage 6 of the second loop. Proud moment.
(http://i.gyazo.com/fdd149ec98668cab7dee59e302b2146c.png)
(http://i.gyazo.com/9ef2cea8f714a7ec26831aee84f10233.png)
Wow! Nicely done! What makes the JP version so much more difficult?
It caught me by surprise, big time! I think there were a few differences throughout the game, but the really bad one wasn't noticeable until stage 6 of loop 2: The Arremers are triggered a lot easier in the second loop of this version. This means that pretty much all the stage 6 strats for the U.S. version (including recovering your armor, which you absolutely need) are null and void. Getting perfect luck with the Arremer patterns was my only hope, and in the end I did it. But yeah, a brutal challenge fit only for a mad man. Loop 1 seemed pretty much the same as the U.S. version though.
You are the actiongame king Nightstar!
You forgot one other thing: Japanese version doesn't have continues (just like the arcade version)! How are you practising later stages if you have to restart all the time? I have started playing the USA version (thanks to my Everdrive) just so I can get unlimited continues.
I would also like to know your strategy against the Arremers. Their pattern is too random to get past accurately and if you don't have unlimited continues, the chances to get perfect luck with their patterns through the whole game is very small. I've looked at speedruns of the game and they seem to have trouble too. I always get stuck at the big stairs right before the dragon on the third stage.
Ah, but the Japanese version *does* have unlimited continues, you just have to use a very simple continue code to use them, similar to the first Adventure Island. I do, however, plan to 1CC the first loop, not even going to attempt 1CC'ing the second loop because just surviving stage 6 of loop 2 requires perfect luck 6 or 7 times in a row - if even just one of those random elements turns against you, (and the odds are DEFINITELY not in your favor) you're automatically dead. So yeah, 1CC of Japanese loop 2 is just impractical and I'm not even going to attempt it, but I think it could very much be done for the first loop.
I actually just got done playing loop 1 again, I used a few continues but it only took me like 30 minutes this time, as opposed to like an hour yesterday. So I'm getting there.
I hear you on the stairs climb of stage 3, that place is pure evil. I do not have a consistent Arremer strategy, I try my best to manipulate their movement and get in hits (usually while jumping backwards) when I can, but sometimes they just don't cooperate.
I see, that's what I do too. I often kill them an inch from Arthur's face. I saw on a youtube video where they walked up until the demon was visible but not more, then threw a knife at it (I heard the weapons all do the same damage so knives are best since they are fastest) and quickly ran away for a bit. Sometimes this despawned them but usually not. Maybe it was mostly to get to a better fighting ground.
Oh so there IS a continue code in the game, didn't know that!
Mighty Final Fight.
I rented this game for NES when I was a kid and enjoyed it, always wanted to go back and play it again - then I learned that it's now elevated to - for me - grail-tier prices. So out of curiosity, I checked FC prices, and oh, look! 20 bucks! GRABBED.
Considering that the NES generally can't display more than two enemies at the same time in beat-em-ups, it's a great game. I'm glad Capcom went with such a creative redesign rather than a straight port.
Not to mention it ends up being not only the best of the Final Fight series, but the best 8-bit beat 'em up as well. Ridiculously good game, and a very fun one to no-death run with Haggar thanks to his infinite combo.
Just got a 1LC in Power Blade, Expert difficulty. It's still kinda easy, but so good regardless. And it has some great music.
Nice! That is a fun run to complete even though the Expert setting really doesn't seem to change much...
in fact, it's kinda inconsistent: It seems like on Expert you get knocked back sometimes after taking damage, and sometimes you don't. Do you know if anything in particular triggers it?
Can't say I do, I didn't pay terribly much attention to it. I didn't get hit that many times, either.
Just got done no-death running Dynamite Batman for the first time in a while. I forgot how much I loved this game, despite some of the features being... not particularly well executed.
Got back into Final Fantasy. Just beat Kraken, only one more crystal to go.
Miracle Ropit: Adventure in the 21st Century
Kiiiiinda wish I had the instruction manual for this because I don't know what the heck I'm doing.
Started Power Blazer after a long while.
I would love to see the minutes of the meeting where it was decided that for the localization they'd keep from the original the music and some of the graphics, and pretty much re-do everything else. From physics to stage design to mechanics, everything's a notch or three better in Power Blade.
Final Fantasy, the last chaos Tiamat bites the dust. All crystals are shining again and it's time for the final showdown.
I didn't care about taking all treasure chest in this last dungeon since they just contain a bunch of stuff I can't carry or use with my party (knight, ninja, master and white wizard). And I don't need money anymore either this late in the game. I only took the useful stuff like Sasuke's katana for my ninja and the adamantite.
Quote from: Ghegs on August 24, 2015, 11:05:39 pm
Started Power Blazer after a long while.
I would love to see the minutes of the meeting where it was decided that for the localization they'd keep from the original the music and some of the graphics, and pretty much re-do everything else. From physics to stage design to mechanics, everything's a notch or three better in Power Blade.
I can tell you a grand total of
one, count it, one thing that is overwhelmingly superior in Power Blazer - the ending. In case you haven't seen it yet, I won't spoil it for you, but it's adorable.
Terra Cresta and Image Fight.
Frustrating to start, but really addictive.
Nazo no Kabe: Block Kuzushi
Wouldn't be a Konami game without Moai heads in it somewhere.
(http://i.imgur.com/2lDZqNwl.jpg)
Contra Force
Same as UglyJoe, I just played Crackout on FDS.
such a addicted game and challenging
Hao-Kun no Fushigi na Tabi on FDS.
Finally beat it today - it took 17 lives, and the final 2 castles are in the NES downgraded version (Mystery Quest - which I've played a ton of it in the past - even maxed out the score!), so they were easier than the first 4!
At least you only need to beat the game once unlike the NES one where you have to beat it 4 times in a row to see the true one screen ending!
The other night I played through Bomberman. I've been a fan of the series since Dynablaster on the Amiga, didn't realise the first game was quite so primitive - it got pretty repetitive over the 50 levels, but it was alright for one play through.
Quote from: hippy dave on September 09, 2015, 07:57:35 am
The other night I played through Bomberman. I've been a fan of the series since Dynablaster on the Amiga, didn't realise the first game was quite so primitive - it got pretty repetitive over the 50 levels, but it was alright for one play through.
I played through this game about a year ago and had the same feeling. I enjoyed it for one session but I'm not sure if I'll ever go through the whole thing again. It would be kinda neat to try to get some of the special bonus items but some of them have crazy requirements.
Oh I don't know about those, will have to look them up :)
Devil World, seems kinda batshit, and good fun!
Pandamar.. well it's Pandamar. Just a pity the music sucks so much.
And one I've forgotten the name of, which is a hack of Binary Land. I like the game, but will switch to the original Binary Land for the cute penguins when my other multicart arrives.
MARIO 8!
Playing Dirty Pair: Project Eden on the FDS. Trying to get Twitch working, if anyone is interested: http://www.twitch.tv/uglyjoe_fw/ (http://www.twitch.tv/uglyjoe_fw/)
edit: Twitch test over for now. Here's the short version: http://www.twitch.tv/uglyjoe_fw/v/17861006 (http://www.twitch.tv/uglyjoe_fw/v/17861006)
Played through Castlevania earlier last night when the internet was down, then played through Castlevania III this morning when I woke up early and couldn't fall back to sleep. Great games, though I like part III better.
Does anyone else (besides me) find the Japanese version of part III so much easier than the NES version? Everything from weapon / item placement to the enemy damage system makes the Japanese version of the game easier, not that the game is much of a challenge for me anymore either way.
Quote from: fcgamer on September 29, 2015, 03:50:41 pm
Played through Castlevania earlier last night when the internet was down, then played through Castlevania III this morning when I woke up early and couldn't fall back to sleep. Great games, though I like part III better.
Does anyone else (besides me) find the Japanese version of part III so much easier than the NES version? Everything from weapon / item placement to the enemy damage system makes the Japanese version of the game easier, not that the game is much of a challenge for me anymore either way.
It definitely is easier than NES version.
On later stages you don't lose like 4 bars of health after you got hit from every enemy. It depends of what enemy you touched, and you lose far less health.
And some bosses in general feel easier, like Dracula 2nd and 3rd forms (you can simply stay in ducking position when it drops a blood or something at you, and you don't get hit unlike in NES version). Not to mention that you started near him once you die, and not get thrown back to the beginning of the level before Dracula.
Not to mention that due to VRC6 chip, you get far better music. :)
But, in my opinion, the difficulty just feels more balanced here, than in NES version.
I played Akumajou Dracula last night with a view to complete it without losing a life (and thus get to Drac with powered up Level 3 Holy Water).
~~ Sadly I got cocky in the first form and got hit a couple of times when he reappeared...
Beat it on my 2nd life though first time after, so I'm chalking that up as a successful 1CC now. 8)
Still not quite sure how to get through the last stage without being hit at least once by those damn fleamen AND keeping the level 3 Holy Water...
Did you watch the run of it I posted a short while back? I believe I demonstrated the proper strat vs. the stage 6 flea-men, requiring just one usage of Stop-Watch per room.
I didn't watch that - I've done the stop watch before, but managed to get through that whole section somehow with only getting caught on the second stairs.
So I got to Drac with half health and then got hit twice and died :(
I just want to fight Drac with Level 3 water :D
With Drac though, it really makes no difference if you fight with level one or level three water. You can do either, without taking damage.
Post Merge: October 01, 2015, 12:01:21 pm
Last game I played was Solbrain. I've been in a gaming mood lately...actually since my workload has increased drastically over the past couple of months (due to some side ventures I am involved in), I've been seriously thinking about making it a goal to play games much more often, as a way to destress in the evenings. I would love to have the goal of an hour a night, but I think the goal of one or two game nights per week would be more realistic. :)
With that said, I played Solbrain last night, cleared all of the zones but one of them, and I think I could have cleared it too (I made it to the boss) if I would have just given it a few more tries. But it just got so late, so I then decided to go to bed...oops, and guess what? I overslept today (I swear I didn't hear the alarm go off!) and was late to work by half an hour, so no games for me tonight.
But Dave I want to completely overpower him and also beat the game on one life all the way through with Holy Water :D
I've also been doing the same as I've gotten busier and using the Fami to destress when I get in the door.
I played and beat Spartan X2, played some VS Castlevania, then a bit of TMNT, some Max Warrior and lastly some Dr. Mario with the wife. Happy times.
Quote from: L___E___T on October 01, 2015, 03:47:03 pm
But Dave I want to completely overpower him and also beat the game on one life all the way through with Holy Water :D
I've also been doing the same as I've gotten busier and using the Fami to destress when I get in the door.
I played and beat Spartan X2, played some VS Castlevania, then a bit of TMNT, some Max Warrior and lastly some Dr. Mario with the wife. Happy times.
VS Castlevania? That's a thing?
Yup! :) The Nintendo VS System arcade version. Here is a patch (http://nes.goondocks.se/patches2.php) so you can play it on a normal Famicom or NES if you have a flashcart.
reprod SECRET TIES on famicom cart and play last 2 days :D
Got up to the Electric boss in Gremlins 2 but was underpowered and on one life - didn't go so well after that :)
Akumajou Densetsu
Uninvited (Uncensored Edition)
Just completed Tiny Toons 2 on famicom. really enjoyed it...some of it was kinda difficult.
The maze at the end took me a while, also, the stage on the roller coaster....
I did enjoy it though. Nice little completion screen too....:-)
It's a hack or translation of the Famicom version isn't it?
Last I played was a SMB hack that let's you choose any power on any world on the stage map. Playing 1-1 with Hammer Suit and Star power? Sure!
Yes it's a translation of the Famicom version and it is superior especially for me as I am a huge fan of Uninvited. It's actually my favorite videogame.
I had no idea you were a fan of Uninvited :D
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on October 14, 2015, 10:31:58 am
Yes it's a translation of the Famicom version and it is superior especially for me as I am a huge fan of Uninvited. It's actually my favorite videogame.
Could you kindly direct me to that .ips file or even that OTHER kind of file that must not be named..? I too am a fan of Uninvited, all of the ICOM Simulation family games. I grew up with Shadowgate.
I am even humming the gremlin song in my head right now!
I have the three NES games (and on Famicom) as well as Deja Vu II for GBC, and Shadowgate 64.
I played some Rockman 2 and 3.
Still think 3 is a good rounded game, while 2 is a masterpiece.
Had a 6 Hour famicom session with my little brother, well played stuff like donkey kong jnr, Mario bros, kung fu, and we had an amazing session on Konamic sports, (I love that game, had on NES Back when I was a teenager. aka Track and field 2. Also had a small run through Mario Open Golf.
The Famicom does ring true in my heart. Can't wait to get a Disk system back to it :-)
Started playing dragon quest last week. Lvl 20 now (: I'll try to max it to 30.
Playing SMB2 (Jpn FDS) On a 1 credit run...I do continue once or twice to get a feel for what is ahead, but then I start from world 1.
Furthest I've been so far is 5-4....
Had a few sessions with this since I started it on Sunday and its been great.
I'm a hardcore original SMB fan, but credit especially to the Bowser stages, top drawer :)
Spartan X, trying to get some practice in. Turns out I'm going to need a lot more, I suck :D
Latest game I've played is Mortal Kombat 3 Special and Street Fighter Zero '97
GREAT UNLICENSED GAMES!
Little Red Hood, remind me to never play that again. :fire: Thankfully the cart I have it on also has Super Pang, I really want to figure out how to get good at that one cause I'm rubbish at it. :-[
Street Fighter 2010
I always get stuck on the vertical stage with the waterfalls and the plant boss.
A couple of Spartan X sessions and Mostly SMB 2-J again today.
I think rather than aim for a 1 credit completion, I'm going to just to and complete it to begin with (its been a while)
and get a star on the home page as I fully intend to complete it 8 times to access worlds A-D
(wasn't sure if that needed spoiler tags or not..)
I think a one credit clear is getting closer tho..I'm good until around 6-4...
A one man clearance will be the ultimate, I'm a long way off that though.
Really really enjoying SMB2-j :)
Post Merge: October 28, 2015, 07:08:04 pm
Another 3-4 hour session on SMB2-j
In Theory I have worlds 1-6 down...but, 5-3..i kinda fear it :-[
Played to world 7 tonight, well 7-2...
I do find this game rather difficult...but, I'm really enjoying it....
:mario:
I've been waiting awhile to post this. Last night I finally beat Eggerland: Meikkyu no Fukkatsu. I've been playing it for the past 4 months off and on. Despite some really tedious parts of the game I enjoyed it a lot!
For my next game I'm gonna take on either Holy Diver or Getsu Fuuma Den.
Today started with SMB2-j. I then had a few goes at Goonies. Tonight I have been playing Donkey Kong Jnr.
A bit later...i'll have another go at SMB2-j as I'm still yet to complete it since starting it Sunday....
:)
I've spent the weekend playing the carts I picked up on Halloween. Wai Wai World, Ninja Ryukenden 2, Super Contra, and Crisis Force.
A few thoughts on them.
Wai Wai World, as everybody knows, has your character so close to the right side of the screen that the game becomes (to me) almost unplayable. You have just keep mashing the hell out of the attack button or else you'll get whacked by nearly every enemy. A great idea in theory, but with some fun-obliterating flaws. Much like Konami's first Ninja Turtles game, come to think.
Ninja Ryukenden 2 is just as much fun as I remember it being when I was a kid. Similar level of challenge as the first, but without quite so much frustration (at least in the early levels). I was hoping to snag part 3 this weekend to finish off the set, but no such luck.
Just a few minutes with Super Contra made me want to kick myself for putting it off for so long. It's MORE Contra. I haven't played this since I was in elementary school, and I don't know why.
Crisis Force was at the VERY top of my to-get list. I love FC/SFC shooters and this one is considered one of the best. It's also hard to find at a price where I'd be alright with it as an impulse buy. I don't have much of a problem paying market value for FC games. But I like to plan for it. "Alright. Instead of hunting for carts this week, I'm just going to order a single rare-ish game". This copy was 1,200 yen, so it just went right into the shopping basket.
Utterly fantastic game. It looks more like an early Mega Drive game than a Famicom title. The controls are smooth, the morphing ship provides for a lot of variations, and it's just a joy to play, overall.
Yeah I was extremely disappointed with Wai Wai World 1, those flaws are crippling. Love the second game, however.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on November 01, 2015, 08:01:56 pm
Yeah I was extremely disappointed with Wai Wai World 1, those flaws are crippling. Love the second game, however.
I'll have to give the sequel a try. It's really a shame about the first one. It's inexplicably bad. I mean, seriously. That game wouldn't even exist if not for the near-unbroken string of quality games Konami previously put out. Talk about fumbling the ball at the one yard line.
I didn't plan it this way, but my Halloween "haul" consisted almost entirely of Konami games. Akumajou Dracula and Contra Spirits for Super Famicom, Super Contra, Wai Wai World, and Crisis Force for the Famicom. Their consistent output of amazing titles makes the current state of the company even sadder. I can't walk past a Konami Sports Club without cursing under my breath.
Ice Climber this evening :)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/11/06/DSC04278e986c.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/11/06/DSC042790c254.jpg)
Post Merge: November 06, 2015, 03:40:40 pm
EDIT - For the 1st time in a long time, I'm not going CRT Technology, I'm actually trying to win/purchase a sony Bravia 15"....(4:3 LCD)
Post Merge: November 07, 2015, 02:16:17 pm
Ice Climber again, getting the feel for it a bit...Swapped Mario bros for this (as a kid) had a few weeks...never got good at it.
I played a lot of balloon fight more back then....I'm actually getting into this a bit now :-)
Post Merge: November 08, 2015, 04:32:51 pm
Played some Spartan X Today and a session on SMB2-J (just can't get world 7 down!)...soon :)
Adventure Island this evening :)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/11/11/DSC043191f474.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/11/11/DSC043201f26d.jpg)
give or take, 1st 3 worlds down....
I actually have super wonder boy in the post, sega mark iii too :)
Dragon Ninja :)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/11/15/DSC043313e506.jpg)
(http://s8.postimg.org/k5wgg9pl1/DSC04417.jpg) (http://postimage.org/)
upload pic (http://postimage.org/)
Ninja Turtles!
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/11/28/DSC0444666681.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/11/28/DSC04447a1534.jpg)
Post Merge: November 28, 2015, 09:57:29 am
Bit of Double Dragon :)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/11/28/DSC04458de813.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/11/28/DSC0445905c53.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/11/28/DSC04460dbf2e.jpg)
I just got done with a 1CC run of Salamander, I died once, at the escape sequence at the end... sometimes I'm able to get by that sequence unscathed, haven't really mastered the timing on it yet.
My New Sony Bravia 15" 4:3
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/04/DSC0450386dcd.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/04/DSC04504198e8.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/04/DSC04505425c2.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/04/DSC045068c6e4.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/04/DSC04507d9b1a.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/04/DSC04508f39fc.jpg)
Post Merge: December 04, 2015, 03:06:33 pm
Can not beat and I love it!
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/04/DSC045096726d.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/04/DSC0451010ff5.jpg)
Two of my favorites in a row, brilliant! I've learned to run Gradius II lately... I looped it 5 times the other day, and I swear it did not change much at all between loops.
Mario 16 (joe & mac hack)
Megaman 2. Got to Wily Stage 4 and then just gave up on the boss because I couldn't be arsed to farm for powerups to beat it in two goes :\
Spiderman 2 (ninja ryukenden 3 hack)
(http://mlb-s2-p.mlstatic.com/17094-MLB20131694164_072014-F.jpg)
(http://mlb-s2-p.mlstatic.com/17036-MLB20131693426_072014-F.jpg)
Double Dragon again earlier....I can't beat mission 4 yet....
Then some Kirby :)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/07/DSC0452491cf0.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/07/DSC045258c416.jpg)
Do the stone pillars do you in?
Yes...I've tried many different techniques to get past them....one I thought worked was...1st wall, stay close by and walk as the top pillar comes and 2nd wall, as far out as possible...but...I've been caught many times..i have progressed further in stage 4 to where you have to get on a lift, and every time I jump kick on to it...I miss it! I'm reluctant to watch a video (I kind of think that's cheating!) but...man! I can't finish it...
Up to stage 8 now on Kid Niki on one credit....stage 8....finding that hard too!
As someone who's no-death ran Double Dragon quite a few times... unfortunately, my friend, there is no guaranteed pattern you can use. The pillar patterns are 100% random, The only advice I can give is, if you get knocked down, wake up with a jump forward so *MAYBE* you can get away quickly, but this only works with certain patterns. Also, I tend to have better luck if I walk closer to the edge of the platform.
Oh, another little bit of advice I can give is to wait for the first pillar to come out high so you can safely walk under it... of course, there's always a chance of landing and getting immediately clocked by the next one, but at least that's one guaranteed out of the way.
I'm telling you, the pillars in stage 4 of Famicom Double Dragon are horrendous - right up there with the Cube Rush in arcade Gradius III in terms of its random bullshit factor, but the Cube Rush is even worse since it A) lasts longer, so there's way more randomness to survive, B) kills you in one hit guaranteed, and C) takes way longer to get to, as opposed to the 10-ish minutes it takes to get to stage 4 of Double Dragon.
Speaking of Gradius, I did two no-death loops of Gradius on Famicom this morning... then no-deathed SD Hero Soukessen. Fun times.
I just lost all 3 lives on the pillars! frustrating...i'll try again tomorrow :)
Nice one on your completions.....I havent completed any games from Sunday to Sunday...
Rotated a few games....I will beat double dragon soon (I actually have 1-3 in my collection) but...would like to beat the original 1st!
Just beat Street Fighter 2010 (through heavy savestate use over the course of a week's worth of subway rides on my phone).
Despite it's heavy difficulty level, the game would be completely playable if only your weapon didn't also become weaker every time you took a hit.
Graphics are gorgeous though. Background and alien designs are all great. Would highly suggest a playthrough for anyone even moderately capable of playing difficult action platformers.
One of my absolute favorites... although, I'm in agreement that your weapon downgrading from simply taking a hit is excessively cruel, especially considering the game's high randomness factors, and how wide the gap is from default weapon to fully powered up.
Then again, I'd probably consider it the 3rd hardest Famicom game after Holy Diver and Makaimura... only managed to no-death it once, when I got perfect luck on all the crucial parts.
Really? I beat it before. I played a lot more Solomon no Kagi without beating it... I think. I can't beat Makaimura or Holy Diver.
Take your pick ;)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/12/DSC045522b040.jpg)
Post Merge: December 12, 2015, 10:54:15 am
(My brother was round, so we took the fami downstairs not to disturb my mum)
My camera couldn't take a nice picture, sorry...it looked absolutely beautiful, I love my famicom!
We had a great night, short bursts on games..then a few longer sessions......
Was a lovely Friday Night :-)
Aladdin, the Hummer Team pirate
About ten failed attempts on Double Dragon since Sunday!
Mostly getting to the pillars, and on about 6 occasions...gunman!
I'm sticking close (like the arcade technique) but, trying with jump kicks, as that so far has got me the furthest into killing him..but..in the end..he is killing me with bullets..
I'll work it out, please no spoilers! I tried the elbow as I know that's powerful, but he seems to wander about too much..
Basically...I haven't got it down yet!
:)
I can't remember if this is accurate or not, but I believe the last Famicom game I played was All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros...?
(also, I may be cheating slightly... I can only play these on my homebrew-ready Wii until I eventually get a replacement Famicom... curiosity killed the console)
Mario 7
(http://s19.postimg.org/xqs5dkhxf/IMAGE00010.jpg)
(http://s19.postimg.org/7l0wb11hf/IMAGE00008.jpg)
and i beat it 18.12.15
F1 Race
Did you know that Circuit #5 loops indefinitely? You just keep going and going until you screw up and run out of time.
Quote from: UglyJoe on December 17, 2015, 07:37:26 pm
F1 Race
Did you know that Circuit #5 loops indefinitely? You just keep going and going until you screw up and run out of time.
Yeah, that happens on all 3 difficulties ;)
Chose Kirby as my Festive game this year. I reset all Data earlier and started again..just done the 1st couple of worlds.
Such an impressive game! Merry Christmas Wishes Xx
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/22/DSC046346a572.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/22/DSC04635d3994.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/22/DSC046360cc0a.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/22/DSC04637d9110.jpg)
Post Merge: December 21, 2015, 10:54:16 pm
2 More Worlds on Kirby....a quick blast on DK and a round of golf :)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/22/DSC046418cb53.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/22/DSC0464231f56.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/22/DSC0464013f73.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/22/DSC0463836e61.jpg)
(http://www.picoolio.net/images/2015/12/22/DSC0463908978.jpg)
I had my first tastes of several games today: Pyramid II, Just Breed, Taito Chase HQ, and Titan.
Did you get a new Pyramid II? Or did you manage to get that faulty cart I sent to work?
I never got that cart to work as-is. So I sent it my friend MaarioS and he replaced the ROM chips on it. So now I guess I have a hybrid cart that blurs the line between original and reproduction. But it's a pretty enjoyable game. I fired it up to test it this morning, and I think I played it for at least 90 minutes straight.
3 Games so close to completion!!!
Double Dragon, Still! Yet to beat Gunman!
Kage Shadow of the Ninja - Last Boss (not got him down yet)
SMB2 (NTSC-J/Lost levels) World 8 on one credit!
I must complete a famicom game soon!!!
:)
With the winter holiday, I've been working through my backlog.
Finished Zyuranger. Not on the level of Jetman, but still a lot of fun. Wish I'd have been able to play it back in 1993. It'd have been one of my all-time favorites by now.
Played a ton of Gradius, Gradius 2, and Parodius. Tons of fun, but, as much as I love shooters, I freaking SUCK at shooters like this. I can play Star Force, Hector, and Terra Cresta for days, but these kick my ass after a stage or two.
Ninja Crusaders. How is it that I never even HEARD of this game before I bought it? Tons of fun.
I've been playing the double dragon trilogy/bayou billy :bomb:
dem nasssty crocs!
Quote from: Shumi Nagaremono on January 03, 2016, 05:16:20 am
Played a ton of Gradius, Gradius 2, and Parodius. Tons of fun, but, as much as I love shooters, I freaking SUCK at shooters like this.
I got Gradius in the mail the other day. I've played it before emulated, but I didn't get very far. Now that I've started playing it "officially", I'm enjoying it even more. :star:
My goal is to beat it by the end of the month. (I don't know how realistic that goal is for me... this game's pretty hard!).
I've been playing the mostly unknown puzzler Shi Kin Jou on and off for a long while, but now, at level 77, I'm calling it quits. I love a good block-pushing puzzle game a la Sokoban, and this one was great at start, but it introduced new mechanics that pretty much ruin it for me.
One of the things I enjoy about Sokoban is that you can look at the game board and plan your moves in advance, so if you can read far enough ahead you can solve a previously unseen level on the first try. Everything's out there in plain sight. In Shi Kin Jou that's true for early levels, but then they introduce invisible pitfalls. There's nothing there to indicate it's a trap square, but once you step on it, you have to start the level from the start. The only way to find these is to step on them. And then shortly after, the game introduces stacked tiles. Again, nothing to indicate anything out of the ordinary, but make certain tiles disappear and suddenly there's another tile in your way in the same location. It just feels like bad "ha ha, gotcha!" type of design to me.
The difficulty curve is also completely out of whack. The first level is challenging but then it's a lot easy levels until a difficult one comes your way again. No rhyme or reason to it. Many levels I solved by what felt like completely by accident, making them seem sloppily designed. Props to the game for a fun main mechanic, having three unique audiovisual styles to choose from and an import-friendly password system, but it would've been so much better had those additional ideas just been thrown out completely.
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/Oldschoolage/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpssrcb20i8.jpeg)
Rockman 5: Killer to Hell or something like that. I love Rockman hacks!
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/Oldschoolage/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpscui4hww1.jpeg)
Ninja Gaiden III, the super hard American version via FC Everdrive N8, the score actually resets when you max it out.
(https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/581938_10207913497137329_8215153754016628035_n.jpg?oh=f614c6c82bb0b8ff22f0f40df8082163&oe=573223ED)
I actually played Rockman 5 a little bit recently. I really need to practice on the castle stages as the bosses in those are a lot harder than the robot masters themselves. :octorok:
Been playing Kid Dracula. Love the cutesy art direction in the game.
Quote from: Paaman on February 15, 2016, 03:25:16 am
Been playing Kid Dracula. Love the cutesy art direction in the game.
Great game.
I've been playing the original Pinball. It's such a simple and fun game, perfect for a 10-15 minute game session.
Other games I've played recently have been Warpman, Goonies, Tower of Druaga, and Puyo Puyo.
All Night Nippon Super Mario and Super Mario 2 (japan)
probably gonna do japanese Contra again before I pack everything up to change apartments
I finally got my FDS to read a disk for the first time. :)
I played a little bit of Eggerland.
The last game I played through was Kyatto Ninden Teyandee. I felt it was quite short, but will probably replay it soon just to listen to Stage 9's music. :bub:
Hey everyone! Just played some Rockman 2.
Post Merge: March 16, 2016, 12:58:51 am
Punch-Out!
I just spent an hour playing Wai Wai World 2 to show off to a friend of mine. He's a huge fan of both Goemon 64 and the Castlevania series so a game with both of them peaked his interest. I might have a co-op friend to play with now!
8-Bit Music Power
Cross Fire
Pretty good game actually... I wish I'd bought it back when I had the chance to
Contra. Finally beat it last night without the Konami Code (I did lose some continues in Stage 7, but the final stage was very easy with the Spread Gun)!
Played some Ninja Ryukenden III yesterday until I got a game over. I'm about to go play Rockman 3. :mario:
Quote from: BaconBitsKing on April 07, 2016, 12:28:47 pm
Played some Ninja Ryukenden III yesterday until I got a game over. I'm about to go play Rockman 3. :mario:
Famicom is the way to go with Ninja Ryukenden III. The NES version puts a limit on continues and pretty much breaks the difficulty level.
I just recently got a Hudson JoyCard and used it to finally complete Gradius. It's been a long time coming - now I have some other shooters that I can play without causing massive pain in my hand muscles :)
Rockman 1 2 and 3, cleared each. 4 today. (5 tomorrow, 6 on Sunday.. etc)
ikki :redcart:
I just no-deathed Rockman 3. It's my first time no-deathing a Mega Man game.
Good job! I don't think I've ever done that (I've no-continued it though). I've no-deathed Rockman 1.
I recently purchased Robocop 2 :redcart: Love that game but stuck where I have to beat up Cain.
I'm home sick today and I'm trying to beat Gradius. It's hard to decide between resetting and trying to recover your options after using up your Konami codes. I can't get past L3 for the life of me.
rockman
Quote from: BaconBitsKing on April 11, 2016, 10:20:37 am
I'm home sick today and I'm trying to beat Gradius. It's hard to decide between resetting and trying to recover your options after using up your Konami codes. I can't get past L3 for the life of me.
Are you getting to the "boss" (the enemy rush), or is it just the Moai heads doing you in?
Ninja Kun Majou No Bouken
Quote
Are you getting to the "boss" (the enemy rush), or is it just the Moai heads doing you in?
Moai heads. They're extremely annoying. >:(
Quote from: BaconBitsKing on April 12, 2016, 01:04:14 pm
Quote
Are you getting to the "boss" (the enemy rush), or is it just the Moai heads doing you in?
Moai heads. They're extremely annoying. >:(
I recently beat Gradius on Fami for the first time. My general approach to the Moai was to 1. take the high road; 2. kill them with missiles when possible; and 3. when you have to go out into the middle of the screen, wait for most of the heads to scroll into view, then rush forward. The heads don't start firing until you actually pass over them. But yeah, when I do get killed in Gradius, stage 3 is usually where it happens.
Also, use a controller with autofire.
I've been playing a few different games that I recently acquired. Namco Star Wars, mostly. Also Bomber King, Super Chinese, and Balloon Fight.
I'll try that next time I play Gradius. I did eventually get to L4, but didn't beat the game. Luckily, I've been playing it on the Turbo Twin FC.
Section Z and Getsu Fuuma Den. Two very underrated games.
I just played Cocoron, and I was wondering if anybody could gimme a hand.
I'm fairly certain I played all five stages, because I rescued another fairy, except I had no idea where to go or what to do after that. Has anybody else played and/or beaten Cocoron and knows what you're supposed to do?
Yeah, after you've beaten all the initial stages you have to go back to the house that you started from, it'll lead you to a new set of stages.
I played Jungle king tar-chan quite a bit, and got to what I think was the final boss (the game used 決戦 so I think so) and got him down to ONE heart left out of 10, and then the time ran out. Epic fail.
Quote from: Nightstar699 on May 04, 2016, 12:58:43 amYeah, after you've beaten all the initial stages you have to go back to the house that you started from, it'll lead you to a new set of stages.
Are there ten stages total or even more than that? :o
I think there are only like 4 or so "final stages", a bit shorter than your standard Wily Castle in a MM game. Mind you it's been a while since I played Cocoron... too long, in fact.
Man, been playing a pretty fair bit of 8 bit lately. Adventure Island 4 was the last thing I fired up.
Just before that it was Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Joy Mech Fight before that. Good times.
I bought a new tape recorder that actually works, so I made some Wrecking Crew levels and saved them.
I've also been playing MOTHER and Spelunker.
Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom :-[
:) Family BASIC version 1
I haven't had a ton of time to play games lately, but I've been playing Dragon Quest whenever I can. Great game!
:redcart: Pulse Gomoku Narabe Renju. I was trying hard to win a game, but with no success.
Kage
I love this game.
Played Ninja Gaiden quickly after breakfast and got up to stage 5. Noticed it started getting difficult so left it at the continue screen.
Didn't seem overly hard up to then, but I noticed the cheap setups are increasing now. Bosses are way too easy though up to Stage 5.
Day before that, I chucked Balloon Fight in and got to Rank 1 quite easily and even a new high score of 042580. Gonna beat that one soon...
Yeah stage 5 is when it's starting to get hard. And yet it's nothing compared to stage 6.
Ah but I have your playthrough to help me with that endeavour ;)
The only thing that annoys me about this game is that the breakables / power ups system is so varied, it's way too hard to remember what they all do and the pace is too fast to decide what to keep as you go.
So that I would change I think, and I much prefer the climbing system in NG3 as well to be honest. And make the power ups the same - why am I killing dragonflies for ninpo? :P
Played some DDR clone system. The timing seemed off, but maybe my feet aren't as coordinated as I thought :-[
Two of the songs were called "Game" and "Game 2". Choosing either one dumps you into Nintendo's Pinball!
I bounced between a couple dozen FC games today, as I'm finally getting around to testing a large order I made from senseiman over six months ago. Of note, I did manage to play Hello Kitty World and Lupin Sansei longer and further than I ever had before. HKW actually gets fairly challenging, after the first couple of stages which are basically pushovers.
I played Chip n Dale 3 (a hack of Heavy Barrel) which seems to be kind of broken because when you run out of lives you get infinite health :star:
I finally had my first taste of Tashiro Masashi no Princess ga Ippai last night, after watching for a copy for a couple of years. I must admit I was disappointed with the game's physics, which remind me a bit too much of Kid Kool.
Played DK Jr. to record this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cmXpm8bJdA&feature=youtu.be
Accidentally "found" this bug a while back, no mention of it on the net.
Seikima II / Seikimatsu
Certainly a basic game with repetetive music, but it's got a certain charm and is playable.
I have a small library of games but I just played Super Mario Bros.
And I just ordered Rockman 4 ;D
53 Stations Of The Tōkaidō (東海道五十三次)
This game is really interesting because you start off as a fireworks-maker named Kantaro who apparently has come into some trouble. You utilize fireworks that look like bombs essentially to defeat enemies. A few of them can have a firework thrown directly at them to cause damage. Other enemies require you to place the firework on the ground and time things just right for the enemy to encounter the explosion.
I also played Wrecking Crew today. A favorite.
Played Kid Icarus (NES version) again after the longest time (I couldn't find my passwords, so I started over).
Made it to the final stage with 5 bars of health, 3 arrows of strength, barely any hearts, and all 3 enchanted weapons. Which ending will I get? :bub:
Sweet Home :blinky:
Joy Mech Fight. That was a sweet and awesome little game :)
Star Wars. Trying to decide wether or not to sell it, decided to keep it in the end but it was close. If only it had infinite continues...
I have Star Wars inserted into it right now. The spaceship sessions feel so cool! And I use the music when starting Star Wars role-playing nights. Always makes its effect :-)
ָAnd Rockman 6 of course.
Been playing Super Mario 3Mix - it's so damn good!! heck of an endgame in here as well...
Zanac - Side B and Pro Wrestling Side A. Pro Wrestling is not that great and Zanac is decent but I get boed of both real fast. I got a new AV Famicom and there will be videos soon.
What! Pro Wrestling not that great? ???
Hey y'all,
I'm still alive and gaming, for the old timers that might remember me. I'm working entirely too much and don't really have the time I used to have for this forum.
I commemorated the 35th Anniversary of the Famicom, and most of my gaming time in the last two weeks more broadly, by playing through the original Fire Emblem for the first time. It's kicking my ass, but I'm enjoying it.
Getsu Fuuma Den
The hit detection in this game is bit strange and I think overall the game is not on the same level with Castlevania in terms of level design etc. Also because I can't understand japanese those tips which are given during the gameplay are not that helpful. I played only briefly, through couple levels and took a screenshot of the password, haven't continued after that. Getsu Fuuma Den seemed like interesting Famicom exclusive game but do indeed think that atleast so far it is inferior to classic Castlevania series, not just because I can't understand those tips but the gameplay.
I played (very quickly) a new hack of Gekikame Ninja Den, all improved to remove the annoying bits, and each turtle now has unique attack, defence, speed and jump height abilities. It's actually a lot more fun this way, check it out. Just don't lose any turtles!
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3486/
Oh that's interesting. Gotta check it out!
I still haven't beat this annoying game despite having it as a kid.
Spelunker 2 and Adventure Island IV
Spelunker 2 is interesting, the biggest flaw being that you die if you fall in a pit, which stings because you fall in them because of knock-back like in Castlevania, which is among the most frustrating things ever.
(https://i.imgur.com/41KRj82.jpg)
Oeka Kids: Anpanman to Oekaki Shiyou!!
My daughter calls this the "puppy" game, since Anpanman's dog is on the cover. We still play in "co-op" mode, but she's starting to get the hang of it ;D
Playing Ninja Ryukenden right now :)
Quote from: UglyJoe on August 26, 2018, 08:06:24 am
(https://i.imgur.com/41KRj82.jpg)
Oeka Kids: Anpanman to Oekaki Shiyou!!
My daughter calls this the "puppy" game, since Anpa.man's dog is on the cover. We still play in "co-op" mode, but she's starting to get the hang of it ;D
Were you playing on the tablet? I have the tablet, but have never played this game!
Quote from: L___E___T on September 08, 2018, 02:38:06 pm
[Were you playing on the tablet? I have the tablet, but have never played this game!
Tablet. I wasn't aware you could play it without it.
Quote from: UglyJoe on September 08, 2018, 07:34:49 pm
Quote from: L___E___T on September 08, 2018, 02:38:06 pm
[Were you playing on the tablet? I have the tablet, but have never played this game!
Tablet. I wasn't aware you could play it without it.
Is not possible. Need the tablet. Ahaha, you are lucky you are not living in Japan as a small child parent ;) First kid our house literally became almost "Anpanman museum" due to all the goods of Anpanman. For young children in Japan he is like something like Mickey Mouse or equivalent in the U.S for children of like 0-5 years old :-[
On my everdrive I was playing Kirby, I don't have a ton of actual carts or disks so probably Castlevania FDS as far as physical copies go.
VS Excitebike (FDS) ;D
The Strider prototype that was featured on the site here a few years ago.
...in cart form. :)
My friend who originally had it and dumped it gave it to me, so it's now in my safe hands!
I played through and beat Doki Doki Yuuenchi (in a Famicom bootleg called Disneyland Adventures). That last DKC-esque Roller Coaster took a long time to get through!
Akumajo Densetsu (Castlevania III)
This evening i played "F-1 Race" ;D
and i succeeded to make the car super fast
by using the high speed trick :pow:
(https://i.ibb.co/L0f2pWv/9122018171832.jpg)
Oooh. How do you do that? I saw a similar screenshot in a magazine but they didn't explain how to do it (or...it was in Japanese and I couldn't figure it out :-[).
Quote from: Rick on September 19, 2018, 04:53:03 pm
The Strider prototype that was featured on the site here a few years ago.
...in cart form. :)
My friend who originally had it and dumped it gave it to me, so it's now in my safe hands!
Wow!!! Congrats :)
Well if your safe hands ever begin to feel unsafe, this guy would gladly take over the watch, for proper monies of course.
Quote from: UglyJoe on October 13, 2018, 12:41:10 pm
Oooh. How do you do that? I saw a similar screenshot in a magazine but they didn't explain how to do it (or...it was in Japanese and I couldn't figure it out :-[).
In the stright way, try to reach 415 km/h, once you do this, the car
becomes very fast.
This is difficult, i tried many many many times :-[
Nazo No Murasame Jou FDS conversion cartridge.
Unfortunately not support save, and basically require very high level skill (higher than mine), so I suppose I stick to FDS version in future :D
Went back to Sweet Home to see what happens if you try to destroy the memorial. You can't break it. :(
Quote from: fcgamer on October 14, 2018, 02:33:39 am
Quote from: Rick on September 19, 2018, 04:53:03 pm
The Strider prototype that was featured on the site here a few years ago.
...in cart form. :)
My friend who originally had it and dumped it gave it to me, so it's now in my safe hands!
Wow!!! Congrats :)
Well if your safe hands ever begin to feel unsafe, this guy would gladly take over the watch, for proper monies of course.
Ha ha, I see what you did there!
I think it's going to be locked in here for a while, as a nice showable centerpiece to my collection, but we'll see! :P
Played a little Takashi Meijin no Bugutte Honey to try to get it a bit better. Nearly beat the first level!
Based on the context of this thread, it would be:
Akumajo Dracula (FDS)
(Also, the website that Doc linked to in the first post is down. :( )
Just was playing Rockman 3 yesterday, great game :)
Kid Niki Radical Ninja. :)
The last Famicom game i played was mother. OMG it was so good. Recommend it 10/10. Ps: It also has one of the prettiest carts ever in the Famicom library.
It's a masterpiece. :) The Mother series is what I like to call "art games", much like the Metal Gear series among others.
I just recently went back and put some time into Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, I'm stuck at Bald Bull #2. Gotta get his timing down.
He's tough and fast, but he also gives some opportunities for getting stars. He is unique in that he can't be knocked down by depleting his stamina with normal punches. The most important thing to master is his bull charge which means life or death.
I only find it tough when Bald Bull charges from a longer distance.
Super Mario Bros. Nothing to write home about.
Hello Kitty no Hanabatake for the famicom, a great little possibly forgotten platform game, give it a try it's really fun :)
I was mucking about looking through some of the older games on my Everdrive and there are a fair few hacks and unreleased games on there.
I checked out Time Diver EON Man and realised I hadn't played it before. It looked nice, sounded nice, and after a few minutes of 'testing' I realised it also played quite nicely. Before I knew it I was really enjoying this game.
Don't get me wrong, it's not a perfect game or on the level of something like Gun Dec / Vice: Project Doom, but the flaws I think it does have, actually have a lot of charm once familiarised.
For a Famicom game, difficulty is player-friendly, and surprisingly not 'NES hard' as I expected. It has a really smooth difficulty curve to boot.
I suppose it's on par with something like Spartan X2 in terms of difficulty, but it doesn't get quite as demanding.
I ended up completing it after about 45 minutes or so, I only mean to play it for 5 mins!
Looks fun! I wrote it down on my list of games to play.
From what I remember of Spartan X2 is that it was relatively very easy compared to most other games on the system.
Home Run Nighter '90: The Pennant League!!
Super Mario USA
Rockman VI
Gotta Love Rockman 6! One of my favs :)
Rolling Thunder.
https://postimg.cc/gallery/2ytjdocd6/
Great game! I've gotten to the final boss a few times but I've yet to beat him.
I Haven't beaten it yet either.
Getting closer though :)
https://postimg.cc/gallery/pfbbj21s/
Kaiketsu Yanchamaru
On stage 8 now...
Finished the 2nd game a while back..
Played Mighty Final Fight tonight.
I ignored that game so long because I thought it was a cheap cash in after the success of the Super Famicom game. But it really is it's own thing and super fun.
Don Doko Don 2.
Quote from: Omarinco on January 09, 2020, 07:34:37 amDon Doko Don 2.
That's a great one, absolutely love the soundtrack :)
Ide Yousuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong
It sounds like the same sound engine used in Strider:
https://youtu.be/bgqftGZJHGU?t=904
Tell me that song doesn't sound like something from Strider ;D
The last game I played was my copy of All Night Nippon.
I got Tecmo Super Bowl in the mail. Got a box of "junk" coming in a few days. Will see if I can get those working.
I've been playing Magic Jewelry, it's one of my favorite games.
The FDS version of The Money Game. :D
Bananan no Ouji Daibouken (Banana Prince). The ending said something about collecting all the green peppers ("pi-man" in japanese) and then just said to be continued. The youtube let's play shows credits so I guess I did something wrong? Well I don't care, I beat the game in any case
Super Mario Bros.
My daughter (4yo) saw the artwork on the cart and wanted me to play it. She does this fairly often and gets bored of watching me play after a minute or two. She never picked SMB1 before and wow she was into it. She got a real kick out of the way Goombas get squished and how Mario gets bigger when he gets a mushroom (she would always tell me to find a mushroom whenever I was small Mario). And for some reason it was okay for me to kill the Bloopers but not the Cheep Cheeps.
I told her that Toad in 1-4 says that the princess is in another castle. When I finished 2-4 and there was also no princess, she was pretty surprised. She is convinced there must be a really, really big castle at the end of the game and that is where the princess is.
I might need to practice up on world 7 and 8 just so I can show her the ending ;D
Anyone has beaten this level from "Circus Charlie" ?
it's really hard.
(https://i.ibb.co/3WDJLN2/20201211-154655.jpg)
Yes but only in the arcade version. But yes it's very hard as it's the final level. You really need to master the jumping physics. Besides the trapeze can be quite slow (in the arcade version anyway) as it takes time to build up the swing and get the right timing to jump, and that can be annoying.
Quote from: P on December 11, 2020, 01:03:01 pmYes but only in the arcade version. But yes it's very hard as it's the final level. You really need to master the jumping physics. Besides the trapeze can be quite slow (in the arcade version anyway) as it takes time to build up the swing and get the right timing to jump, and that can be annoying.
Finally i didt, thanks
i trained all the day to do it
(https://i.ibb.co/gtrdXDN/20201212-161509.jpg) (https://i.ibb.co/jHN7gBk/20201212-161705.jpg)
Super Mario Bros
The last Famicom games I played were the Micronics games that didn't make it to the US. Aside from Son Son, it was a miserable experience of varying degrees. I think Miracle Ropit is the worst.
Gradius II, even though I've beaten this game four times, each time with different weapon array, I still return to it from time to time.
Quote from: portnoyd on December 19, 2020, 02:07:31 pmI think Miracle Ropit is the worst.
:'(
I thought Miracle Ropit was alright once you get a handle on the wonky controls.
Getsu Fuma Den, one of my personal favorites.
Quote from: ID415 on March 28, 2021, 03:16:02 amGetsu Fuma Den, one of my personal favorites.
this game has amazing overworld theme :fire:
Quote from: Tetouani85 on March 31, 2021, 06:20:58 amQuote from: ID415 on March 28, 2021, 03:16:02 amGetsu Fuma Den, one of my personal favorites.
this game has amazing overworld theme :fire:
Yeah, also a great soundtrack.
It was Super Mario Bros and i beat it but now I'm trying to beat Kero Kero Keroppi Daibouken 2, wish me luck :)
Mighty Final Fight
Graphics are great but the game isn't especially fun :-[
Got to level 5 and didn't bother continuing since it was just frustrating.
Super Mario Bros 3
Hudson's Nuts & Milk. Not the hottest one on the system but historically significant as the first third-party game on the Famicom. And personally too, this is probably the very first game I played from a multicart on a clone console back when I was a little brat, fiddling with the editor more than with the game proper. The reason why I played it after all these long years? Trying to beat buddy's high-score in it :D
That's a pretty good game. It's easily on par with first-party Nintendo games from that era, and it's sad people don't talk about it more often. That name though, I guess they thought naming the characters Nuts and Milk was just a cute and Innocent food reference ::)
Bird Fighter - I really love that game.
The last one was the Contra. It's a great game. Also, it is available on Android.
Just beat Star Wars (Lucasfilm Games version) for the first time, though I did use some continues, all in the penultimate segment where you need to destroy a million TIE Fighters before the trench run.
I really like the physics in the platforming stages, and the game is impressively open for a licensed NES game. You can do Tatooine in any order you like, though there are benefits to doing certain parts before others. And if you want to skip Han Solo and just hijack the Millennium Falcon, that's totally an option, as is ignoring rescuing Leia.
The final shmup stage is acceptable, but the two stages before that bring the whole game down a notch or three. Still a fun game overall.
Last game i played was a "pulse-line" copy of Mario Bros. Arcade
Out of the seven FC games that I currently own, I've been playing Elevator Action quite a lot and after getting the hang of the game mechanics its been great fun and it's a pretty decent conversion of the arcade machine.
I have to admit that I hadn't heard of it till a recent browse through YouTube for FC recommendations but I can see how its premise has influenced countless platforming and action games on scores of machines over the decades. I just wish that I could figure out how to react against the enemies when they crouch and fire. Better practice with the jumping I suppose.
The original arcade version is one of my all time favorite games, and one that I come back to again and again. Elevator Action Returns is also a great fun '90s arcade game.
The Famicom version plays a bit too different from the arcade version for my liking though, so I have hardly played this version.
In the original game, crouching enemy agents are dangerous and prone enemy agents are even more dangerous, and both requires good timing in jumps. An enemy in prone position can only be shot by using an elevator to adjust your height with as far as I know.
Terra Cresta - it's a fun little arcade port, and belive or not, the American NES version is slightly better in terms of music. Agan, I've taken up this game because a pal of mine set the high score, so I gotta beat him :P
Quote from: P on February 02, 2022, 02:07:43 pmThe original arcade version is one of my all time favorite games, and one that I come back to again and again. Elevator Action Returns is also a great fun '90s arcade game.
The Famicom version plays a bit too different from the arcade version for my liking though, so I have hardly played this version.
In the original game, crouching enemy agents are dangerous and prone enemy agents are even more dangerous, and both requires good timing in jumps. An enemy in prone position can only be shot by using an elevator to adjust your height with as far as I know.
I'll try both under MAME. :)
On the Famicom front, I've been enjoying New Ghostbusters II. I sought it out after watching a YouTube review and I'm very much glad that I did so. It's really enjoyable - the programmers really paid attention to the subject material and did it justice (unlike many film licences) and I've taken a particular liking to the music.
Ai Senshi Nicole. Never hear of this one, but it was neat.
Since I'm working on a hack (just a re-skin), I'm mostly playing Yoshi No Tamago 1-2 hours a day
The only game I have sofar is Mike Tyson's Punch-Out (just got my first Famicom 2 days ago). I couldn't get past Soda Popinski on the Nintendo Online version. Got all the way to Super Macho Man on the first try on the Famicom. Attempted Tyson once but my Timing wasn't there after a couple decades of not playing it on a CRT with original hardware.
F1 Race :octorok: :octorok:
Probably inspired by the recently fansubbed GCCX episode where Arino plays Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Famicom (actually TMNT II since the numbering went wonky in Japan) I went and played my copy of the game, which I had picked up largely for nostalgia's sake since I had the game back in the 80's. 1CCed the game right away, I'm not sure if I ever did that when I was a kid. But it is a very easy game, most regular enemies are killed with one hit from the A+B combo, and the majority of bosses fall to the same pattern of repeated jumpkicks.
Still pretty fun, tho.
Is the Famicom version different gameplay-wise from the NES? The North American release has a stupid bug/feature where foot soldiers temporarily become invincible after the first hit (there's one kind of weaponed foot soldier who doesn't have this, but I forgot which one it was).
Edit: Okay, this answers my first question: https://tcrf.net/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_II:_The_Arcade_Game#Regional_Differences
Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on October 10, 2022, 12:30:26 pmIs the Famicom version different gameplay-wise from the NES? The North American release has a stupid bug/feature where foot soldiers temporarily become invincible after the first hit (there's one kind of weaponed foot soldier who doesn't have this, but I forgot which one it was).
Edit: Okay, this answers my first question: https://tcrf.net/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_II:_The_Arcade_Game#Regional_Differences
Yeah, the temporary invincibility is still there, hence why using the A+B attack almost exclusively is a good thing. But that (and jump kick killing foot soldiers in one hit in the FC version) kind of works for me, as one of my biggest annoyances in beat 'em ups is how sometimes even the smallest enemies can take a ton of punishment. When your badass ninja warrior or 'roided up bodybuilder needs to do a three-hit combo, a roundhouse kick, a spinning lariat, and two izuna drops just to dispatch the most basic of enemies...it really kills the flow for me. So games like this, its sequel, Spartan X, etc. are more to my liking.
Been playing through Double Dragon II on Fami. Trying to get good at it again. Controls aged poorly. :-[
The last FC game I played was Rockman 2.
it is still a awesome game. :)
Super mario bros Lost levels.
Really awesome game 8)
So I tried getting into
Higemaru Makaijima after seeing gameplay of arcade game
Pirate Ship Higemaru and thought this game would be straightforward. :) Nope. :(
It starts out in open sea, all the doors to get to land are locked, there are some ships I can board, but alas! I can't understand what the guy tells me. And if I defeat some pirates, I get a CUCK KEY. So I try out this CUCK KEY but I can't find the CUCK door. I get the same text on every entrance I try.
WHERE'S THE CUCK ISLAND?! :gamer:
Edit: Made it to Cuck Island. The ethnic insensitivity is on fire here! :fire: :o
Also, I just realized I'm going to need to translate all the text. :blinky: Help is appreciated. :help:
Edit: Here's my butchered transcriptions (the 8-bit hiragana is kind of hard to read sometimes!)
Quoteびあどのたかうほしければ 3枚の石板集めるこだ
If you want to increase the height of the beer, collect 3 stone tablets? ???
Quoteどくろのしまにふるいほんあるいしい
There is a book on Skull Island
The first one seems to be missing too many characters to make sense:
"If you want biado no takau (?) you need to collect 3 stone tablets."
As for the second one, I guess "いしい" should be "らしい" ("it seems"). That would give:
"It seems there is an old book on skull island."
Thanks.
By the way, what does this say?
You cannot see attachments on this board.
Not a clue. Looks like made-up characters, is it part of some sort of puzzle?
Nah, probably just some glitched graphics. I think my cartridge was dirty. I'll be sure to blow really hard into it next time. :octorok: :redcart:
Edit: Finally made it to Mermaid Island! ;D But there is a lack of mermaids. :(
Anyway, these were the messages:
Quoteみずつみにおちないようにきをつけな
Be careful not to fall into the water
Quoteきゃぶてんびあどの はかをざがせ。
Look out for Captain Beardo.
If I may be picky, the first one should probably say みずうみ (lake) so it becomes "be careful not to fall into the lake".
The second one should of course be きゃぷてん ("pu" not "bu"). Haka means grave, を is the direct-object particle (meaning the direct target of the verb in the clause) and the verb sagase is imperative form (normally very rude) of sagasu meaning to search. The meaning is therefore:
"Search for Captain Beardo's grave."
Aha so now when we know that びあど is a name (Beardo or something) of an old now dead captain, I suppose the nonsense word "takau" from the last post should probably have been "takara" (treasure). ら and う looks kinda similar.
I suppose the full sentence looks like this:
"びあどのたからほしければ 3枚の石板集めることだ。"
Which means:
"If you want Beardo's treasure, collect 3 stone tablets."
Ah I see, thanks. :-[ So no beer? :(
Anyway, completed Hebi Island (not sure what 'Hebi' means? ??? ) and the Ghosts 'n Goblins references are everywhere! Also, what a mouthful to translate!
Quoteここには
まかいむらのたたかいで
にげだしたまものを,ふういんしてある
ちかつかぬほうがよい。
Here, in the battle of Makaimura, the lost gifts are buried (or blown away? :-\ ). It's better to stay away.
Quoteどくろのしまはしにんのしまじゃいきてかんれんぞ
You can't survive on the Skull and Crossbones Island
Quote from: Cyclops, after getting his arse handedこぞつ、あんしんするのはまだはやいぞ
おまえのじごくは、これからじまるのだ
われらのぼすがおまえをまっている。
It's still too early to feel safe. Your work begins now. Our boss is waiting for you.
"Hebi" means "snake".
"Makai" means "demon-world" and "mura" is village so it's something like the demon-world-village, which is also the meaning of Ghost 'n Goblins' Japanese title.
"Makaijima: Nanatsu no Shima Daibouken" means "Demon-world-island: The Great Adventure of the 7 Islands". "Shima" (island) typically becomes "-jima" when it is a suffix.
Red Arremer is on the front cover so I suppose this game is kinda a spinoff of the Makaimura series, or at least they threw in a cameo.
I guess "ちかつかぬ" is supposed to be "ちかづかぬ" (not get close). The suffix -nu is an older form of -nai, which is the usual modern negation-suffix.
ここには
まかいむらのたたかいで
にげだしたまものを、ふういんしてある
ちかづかぬほうがよい。
The demons that fled the battle of the demon-world-village are sealed here.
Better not go near it.
Google translate doesn't understand the context (or common sense) and is guessing very wildly here. "Lost gifts are buried" (instead of "fled demons are sealed") feels like a very farfetched guess. "Mamono" is "demon" or "monster" and "fuuin" is "seal", both are very common terms in fiction.
In this case it is better to remove the newline between the second and third lines to help google translate understand that these are part of the same sentence. It might also help to add the missing "。" (maru) character on the third line to end the sentence and hopefully get a better result.
どくろのしまはしにんのしまじゃ。いきてかんれんぞ
Skull island is the island of the dead. ?? ?? ??
"Dokuro" is indeed "skull", but "shi'nin" should be "corpse" not "crossbones".
I'm not sure if this sentence is missing something. I added a maru after the "ja" to make the first part make sense but I don't understand the second part.
The "ja" is an alternate way to say "da"/"dearu"/"desu"/"dearimasu" (the copular verb "is"/"are"/"am" in English) used in some dialects. Though in fiction it is almost exclusively used by old people, so I'm guessing an old person said this sentence.
I guess こぞつ should be こぞう which means something like kid or brat (literally "small monk").
The じまる is probably missing a は ("hajimaru" means "to begin"). Google translate seems to understand it anyway.
こぞう、あんしんするのはまだはやいぞ
おまえのじごくは、これからはじまるのだ
われらのぼすがおまえをまっている。
Kid, it's too early to relax.
Your hell begins from here.
Our boss is waiting for you.
Not sure why Google translate thinks "jigoku" (which literally means "hell") would mean "work", it does not. If the context was about work I guess it could be translated to "hell-like work" or something like that.
Quote"Hebi" means "snake".
Strange, I don't remember seeing any snakes on HEBI ISLAND, but on DOKURO ISLAND (which I just finished) I killed a bunch by rolling skulls on them. ???
QuoteRed Arremer is on the front cover so I suppose this game is kinda a spinoff of the Makaimura series, or at least they threw in a cameo.
I didn't know Red Arremer was on the cover. At least he's not visible on the cartridge. Seeing as there's also zombies and the cyclops, I think this is a crossover.
QuoteThe "ja" is an alternate way to say "da"/"dearu"/"desu"/"dearimasu" (the copular verb "is"/"are"/"am" in English) used in some dialects. Though in fiction it is almost exclusively used by old people, so I'm guessing an old person said this sentence.
I think it was. I forget. I'll try to write down the character who said the quote from now on. :-[
QuoteNot sure why Google translate thinks "jigoku" (which literally means "hell") would mean "work"
Some people would consider 'work' and 'hell' synonyms. :P
Well anyway, there's not much to bring to the table this time. Only one quote:
Quote from: Old Manどくろのしまへ わたるがよい
Cross to Skull Island? :-\ This was when I returned to the old guy on CUCK ISLAND who I believe said this earlier:
Quote from: Old Dude???どくろのしまにふるいほんあるいしい
'It seems there is an old book on SKULL ISLAND.' Speaking of which, he must mean this chart I just picked up:
Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on October 09, 2023, 12:15:06 amQuote"Hebi" means "snake".
Strange, I don't remember seeing any snakes on HEBI ISLAND, but on DOKURO ISLAND (which I just finished) I killed a bunch by rolling skulls on them. ???
Hebi can only mean snake AFAIK. Of course snakes are related to dragons and some demons may be draconic or serpentine. No I don't know that's kinda farfetched. :-[
Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on October 09, 2023, 12:15:06 amQuoteRed Arremer is on the front cover so I suppose this game is kinda a spinoff of the Makaimura series, or at least they threw in a cameo.
I didn't know Red Arremer was on the cover. At least he's not visible on the cartridge. Seeing as there's also zombies and the cyclops, I think this is a crossover.
The cover image seems to be cropped on the cartridge label of the Famicom version. The box has the full picture though. A red demon is flying in the top-right corner above the ship.
Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on October 09, 2023, 12:15:06 amQuoteNot sure why Google translate thinks "jigoku" (which literally means "hell") would mean "work"
Some people would consider 'work' and 'hell' synonyms. :P
;D
Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on October 09, 2023, 12:15:06 amWell anyway, there's not much to bring to the table this time. Only one quote:
Quote from: Old Manどくろのしまへ わたるがよい
Cross to Skull Island? :-\
"Wataru" indeed means "cross over" like when crossing a road, railroad, a bridge, wading a river etc. I guess in this case it is cross the sea.
The last word "yoi" is an alternate form of "ii" which means "good". By saying "X ga yoi" he is saying that it will do you good if you do X, without trying to be pushy. In Japanese it is usually considered very rude to use imperatives even to friends, so you typically say "if you do this and that and it will be fine" instead of directly saying "do this and that".
The previous "X hou ga yoi" is similar and means "it is better (for your sake) if you do X".
Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on October 09, 2023, 12:15:06 amThis was when I returned to the old guy on CUCK ISLAND who I believe said this earlier:
Quote from: Old Dude???どくろのしまにふるいほんあるいしい
'It seems there is an old book on SKULL ISLAND.' Speaking of which, he must mean this chart I just picked up:
らしい, but yeah that might be the book. It seems to decipher the strange writings you found earlier.
Okay, just completed Ookami Island. This place was populated by pirates who now have arms and thus can throw barrels back at me. :( (I guess I should've seen this on the game's label artwork.) Also scorpions. :blinky: These quotes were all by old men. I'm not even going to attempt to translate them, and I feel like whatever Google Translate gave me is wrong:
Quote from: Old Guyぼうすは、びあどのなみだを もっている
Quote from: Old Fartないふのしまで、びあどのはかについて てがかりがつかめるだろう
Quote from: Geezerわかものよ、よくきくがよい
だいちがゆれるとき、ちずをみるのじゃ。
Apparently I have a map now (don't know how long I've had this, but it'd be much more useful if the islands were labeled. :upsetroll: ).
BTW "ookami" means wolf so I suppose you also met a lot of wolf enemies on that island of course. :)
"ぼうすは、びあどのなみだを もっている"
"Bousu has Beardo's tear."
I don't know if "Bousu" is a name or what. Or did you mean "bouzu"? That means (buddhist) monk, and there is also a sea monster called umibouzu (lit. "sea-monk") which has a bald head like a monk's tonsure.
I suppose Beardo's tear is some sort of jewel? I can imagine Google translate choking on that one.
"ないふのしまで、びあどのはかについて てがかりがつかめるだろう"
"You should be able to get hold of a clue regarding Beardo's grave on Knife Island."
"わかものよ、よくきくがよい
だいちがゆれるとき、ちずをみるのじゃ。"
"Young one, listen carefully, when the earth is trembling, look at the map."
These last two lines are crystal clear. Not sure what problems Google translate had.
Games like this are really filled with wise/crazy old men/geezers giving cryptic advice.
Quote from: P on October 15, 2023, 08:21:42 amBTW "ookami" means wolf so I suppose you also met a lot of wolf enemies on that island of course. :)
Nope. But there was a bear that shot fire. :fire:
Anyway, onto J.KNIFE ISLAND (now that I think about it, most of these islands [except MERMAID and DOKURO] don't feature their names: There were no cucks on CUCK ISLAND. Who knows? Maybe I'll see some semis jack-knifing on J.KNIFE ISLAND.)
Here are quotes:
Quote from: El Viejoまる とはふねのことじゃよ、
おわかいの、おまえさんはあくまとたたかうまかおそろしいことじゃ
Something about being good or bad at fighting Akumas? ???
Quote from: Illuminati Gateゆうきあるわかものよ、よくここまでたどりついたしかし、まだとびらかれぬ。
とびらをひらくには、わたしのなみだがひつようだ。
Not sure what's going on here, but I fear Capcom's pulling off a Prin Prick. Y'know, the ol' illusion room? Devisered by Satan? Gotta go back to the first island dauntlessly? Find some bracelet? Make rapid progress?
Quote from: 老人はかのことがしりたいのか
そんなことは、ものりすにでもきいてみな
I found this dude by complete accident trying to get off the island! Anyway, I don't know what he's trying to say. :-\
Yeah the names seems more arbitrary, trying to fit a pirate theme rather than simply naming the islands after their features in the game. Or they just thought "Fire-shooting Bear Island" was too long.
I guess Cuck Island might be a misspelling of Cook Island or something.
まる とはふねのことじゃよ、
おわかいの、おまえさんはあくまとたたかうまかおそろしいことじゃ
The "まか" here is out of place, I guess it said something else? I tried it in google translate and it seems to think it is supposed to be "まいか" (whether or not) which I guess is why it gets the "either good or bad" thing, but it doesn't really make sense.
It could be something like this:
"Maru is a ship you see,
"young one, so you will fight with the demons, that's horrible."
Or perhaps the reverse of it ("mai" is also an old negation).
I suppose "Maru" (which means circle/round) refers to the titular pirate ship Higemaru from the arcade predecessor.
"Hige" means "beard".
BTW I looked up Beardo's name and the official romanization seems to be "Captain Beard". I guess he was the original captain of Higemaru.
ゆうきあるわかものよ、よくここまでたどりついたしかし、まだとびらかれぬ。
とびらをひらくには、わたしのなみだがひつようだ。
I guess "かれぬ" should be something else, probably "あけぬ" (can't open) or something similar.
Anyway:
"Oh brave young one, you finally came this far, but you still can not open the gate.
To open the gate, my tear is needed."
Supposing the gate is talking about Beard's tear, the gate has Beard's eye on it?
はかのことがしりたいのか
そんなことは、ものりすにでもきいてみな
This one's easy:
"So you want to know about the tomb?
Try asking the monolith about that or something."
Quote from: P on October 23, 2023, 08:48:15 amYeah the names seems more arbitrary, trying to fit a pirate theme rather than simply naming the islands after their features in the game.
I never really thought of it that way. But then where does Ookami fit? You don't see many wolves in the ocean. ???
Quote from: P on October 23, 2023, 08:48:15 amOr they just thought "Fire-shooting Bear Island" was too long.
I made a mistake. It's a gorilla. It's FIRE KONG. :fire:
Quote from: P on October 23, 2023, 08:48:15 amI guess Cuck Island might be a misspelling of Cook Island or something.
All this time I thought it had something to do with chickens.
Anyway, I went back to CUCK ISLAND and decided to explore the areas I hadn't been to only to find another wall with strange writing and another old man:
Quote from: Another Old Guyびあどのたからをとるにはひとみをあけることだ
To receive Beardo's gift, you must open your eyes?
I Googled to see if any maps were available and found a guide on strategywiki (https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Higemaru_Makaijima/Table_of_Contents) which had maps (and explains the encrypted text! :o), and it seems I've already been everywhere I needed to be (thank God I don't have to do every island over again!! :'( ), except, of course, the rest of OOKAMI ISLAND, but I already knew that one. Did I forget to tell you I saw another boss there I couldn't fight yet? :-[ He looked like a pirate captain who shot a hook. Captain Hook? ??? Anyway, I killed him and received a tear.
Also, when I was on that island earlier, I found a monument that I threw barrels into and the world shook, and that's when I apparently opened a portal to hell or something? I'm mentioning this because I just realized that was apparently Beardo's tomb. :diskkun: It's all coming together now. ;D
Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on October 31, 2023, 10:53:02 pmQuote from: P on October 23, 2023, 08:48:15 amBut then where does Ookami fit? You don't see many wolves in the ocean. ???
I guess that's the problem, the wolves must have all drowned!
Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on October 31, 2023, 10:53:02 pmI made a mistake. It's a gorilla. It's FIRE KONG. :fire:
Aha that makes sense.
Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on October 31, 2023, 10:53:02 pmAnyway, I went back to CUCK ISLAND and decided to explore the areas I hadn't been to only to find another wall with strange writing and another old man:
Quote from: Another Old Guyびあどのたからをとるにはひとみをあけることだ
To receive Beardo's gift, you must open your eyes?
The sentence is basically correct but Google translate is once again misunderstanding due to lack of context. The text doesn't explicitly says whose eyes its talking about (Japanese can leave these things out if it's obvious by context) and Google just assume it is the listener's, but I suppose it is that gate with an eye on it's cryptically referring to.
"To get Beard's treasure, open the eye."
Okay, finished the game. The last part was underwhelming. :upsetroll:
So when I got to the part where the door should've been, I instead was in a room with a statue (of Red Arremer? ??? ) and it was just a cutscene of Momotaru using the sword to destroy it. That's it! No final boss! This is Konami levels of disappointing. Is this because I had all the items or something? :-\ I think I need to find passwords where I'm missing things so I can see the different endings. :-\
Anyway, after that I see the door again, and whattamouthful!
Quote from: Door Doorゆうきあるわかものよ、よく、くりすたるをてにいれた。
このくりすたるは、ぼうすがもっていたはずかなしいおとこよ、ぼうすわがしそんでありながら、
あくじにみをほろぼすとはちあ、なかにはいるがよい、たからはおまえのものだ
Well done, brave young man, you have obtained the crystal.
This crystal is a strange man that Bousu had, and even though Bousu was dying,
If you destroy the abyss, go inside, the treasure is yours.
Originally, I put this :-[ :
Quote from: undefinedゆうきあるわかものよ、よく、くすたるをてにいれた。
Well done, brave young man, you took advantage of the crap.
When I got the treasure:
Quote from: undefinedゆうきあるわかものよ、おめでとうあなたのてにいれた、たからで
しまのひとびとは、ふたたびへいわにくらせるだろう
またひとう、うみのでんせつがうまれたのだ
Happy little thing, congratulations, my treasure is here for you.
The people of the island will be forced to live in rocky waters once again.
Once again, Umino Densetsu was born.
Another thing to note, on the ending credits, a giant heart (like a beating heart :( ) was shown on Dokuro Island. Am I supposed to do something with this?
Edit: Apparently getting the sword avoids this boss fight entirely. :upsetroll: Luckily GameFAQs has passwords for all the endings (Courtesy of ReyVGM [Seriously! What HASN'T this guy played?!].), and the endings are determined by the crystals you collect.
Edit Edit: The passwords for all the endings are for the MSX version. :( The only other password that doesn't have the sword still has all the crystals. I tried it and beat Red Arremer, but he doesn't say anything. So nothing more to translate.
Haha kusutaru. :)
Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 04, 2023, 11:45:56 pmQuote from: Door Doorゆうきあるわかものよ、よく、くりすたるをてにいれた。
このくりすたるは、ぼうすがもっていたはずかなしいおとこよ、ぼうすわがしそんでありながら、
あくじにみをほろぼすとはちあ、なかにはいるがよい、たからはおまえのものだ
I feel something is missing between ぼうすがもっていたはず and かなしいおとこよ.
The end of the following clause is also strange: あくじにみをほろぼすとはちあ "to hachia?", "toha chia"? Neither makes any sense, I think it must said something else. The あくじにみ is also weird, should it be あくじのみ or something?
Here is my best attempt:
"Oh brave young one, well done claiming the crystal.
Bousu was supposed to have had this crystal he was a sad man. Though Bousu is my descendant, the evil was destroyed tohachia (?). You may enter, the treasure is yours to claim."
Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 04, 2023, 11:45:56 pmWhen I got the treasure:
Quote from: undefinedゆうきあるわかものよ、おめでとうあなたのてにいれた、たからで
しまのひとびとは、ふたたびへいわにくらせるだろう
またひとう、うみのでんせつがうまれたのだ
I guess ひとう should be ひとつ. Google translate is out on a bicycle ride again:
"Oh brave young one, congratulations on claiming the treasure. With the treasure
the people of the island will be able to live in peace once again I suppose.
Once again a legend of the sea has been born."
Regarding the endings, have you tested the MSX passwords so you know that they don't work on the Famicom version?
I haven't played the game myself and don't really know more than you.
I've tried an MSX code. It didn't work. :(
TCRF (https://tcrf.net/Proto:Higemaru_Makaijima:_Nanatsu_no_Shima_Daibouken_(NES)) has an entry for this game's NES prototype, comparing it to the FC version. Unfortunately, the JP text isn't there. (https://tcrf.net/Proto:Higemaru_Makaijima:_Nanatsu_no_Shima_Daibouken_(NES)#Dialogue) :(
They seem very close to my translations. They are a bit simplified to save ROM space I guess.
i just played this super mario bros hack, it's "super dr. mario bros".
anyone has played it before ?
if yes, is there any warp zones ?
the only one i found is in 1-2.
(https://i.ibb.co/sWwvWBk/20231111-165932-1.jpg)
QuoteCOMPOSER NESDRAUG
Does this mean there's original music? I'll have to check this out. Looks weird but interesting.
I just played a little Hello Kitty World. ;D Love the Dr. Mario drums. :D Also glad I got the right game. I saw pictures of other Hello Kitty games and could imagine being shipped the wrong one. :redcart:
My new acquisition - Salamander. I think I'm starting to show my age, I can't beat the first stage without losing a life like an idiot, or maybe there are some differences between this and Life Force other than maximum option count, dunno.
Quote from: Jedi Master Baiter on November 23, 2023, 10:31:43 pmI just played a little Hello Kitty World. (https://www.famicomworld.com/forum/Smileys/diskkun/grin.gif)
Quite an unassuming game it is. When you hear the title you might think it's just a super-easy, casual kiddie game. Once you boot it, press Start a few times and you're greeted with familiar gameplay and even more familiar music! It's a port of Balloon Kid, a fully-fledged sequel to Balloon Fight, just packed with Hello Kitty characters for whatever reason.