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― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 13:47 (eight years ago) link
i don't mind more ballots coming in today if you didn't get it done! i won't start posting results until next week anyway.
― nerd shit (Will M.), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 14:32 (eight years ago) link
there are a couple of ppl i emailed back to get their ilx username--one of them i assume is doctor casino, not 100% sure who the other is? check your email and let me know, two people!
― nerd shit (Will M.), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 14:42 (eight years ago) link
Looking forward to talking about the winners!
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link
ballot sent
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
Thinking again about my ballot, feeling good about it. Felt like I really cut past a lot of the inherited wisdom I've built up in my mind, where Game X is groundbreaking and a classic and so on, but, come down to it, did I actually enjoy it in 1990? Or just grind headachingly against it because it's what I had to play? I think my twenty now look like a pretty good desert island collection and long story short, I am regretting selling off my NES a couple years ago when I was moving to NYC and figured that any and all downsizing was inherently justified.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
I've never played any sms/famicom/atari 7800 games, and also haven't played any NES games since the heyday of emulation, so my recollection of all of this was pretty fuzzy.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 14 October 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
xp emulation is your friend bro
― a literal scarecrow on a quaint porch (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 18:36 (eight years ago) link
yeah i know but just ain't the same. i wanna sit on the floor six feet from the TV with an awkward plastic rectangle in my hands and nowhere to be.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 18:48 (eight years ago) link
i'd just settle for having nowhere to go and nothing to dofuck we are old now
― a literal scarecrow on a quaint porch (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 19:07 (eight years ago) link
Really wish I had played Ninja Golf as a kid.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 22:13 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYEcJt9Auc8
No way I couldn't vote for the psychedelic Desert Falcon.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 22:14 (eight years ago) link
Hi all, I was planning on starting this today but due to insane workload it'll probably be later in the week. Don't worry, it'll still be this week :) I've got 5 days planned, I'm thinking it'll be wed-thu-fri, mon-tues or something.
― nerd shit (Will M.), Monday, 19 October 2015 17:39 (eight years ago) link
Is it too late to vote?
― Mordy, Monday, 19 October 2015 17:41 (eight years ago) link
If you can put in a ballot, like, today, I can count it. I'm going to start the images tonight, though, so it'll have to be soon.
― nerd shit (Will M.), Monday, 19 October 2015 17:46 (eight years ago) link
sent
― Mordy, Monday, 19 October 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link
looking forward to this, will, and i think we all understand about workloads and stuff!
i say this in every poll (and may have already posted about it in one of these threads) but i always prefer a really slow rollout (like 1-2 entries a day) anyway. gives a chance to have a conversation about the games, less sense that you "missed" the whole conversation about something because you were at work. there may be some dud days where no one has much to say about a canonical game but ymmv.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
We have well over 100 entries in this poll, so 1-2 a day would take months (and I am probably doing C&P 2015, so I'd prefer not to cross over)
Was reckoning 20-25 a day, but I could down that? Is your opinion popular or does everyone else prefer the faster speed?
― nerd shit (Will M.), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:01 (eight years ago) link
i'm gonna have to dust off the ol' emulator for this rollout
can't wait!
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:01 (eight years ago) link
i'd prefer slower as well (maybe on the order of 5 or 10/day) but you should do whatever's easiest for you. you're the pollmaster!
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
yeah i would always always defer to the pollmaster's wishes - it shouldn't become work or a burden (as we were just discussing on 'order and timing.') didn't realize it was going to be a 100-item countdown! must have been a good spread of votes, that's exciting. THAT SAID, i would always go for fewer per day. five i can manage. if i 'miss' a day, going back to join the conversation about 25 things is pretty hopeless, so i'll at best toss in selected ~hot takes~ on ones that jump out to me as important. but again, it's up to you and i may be in a severe minority anyway!
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:07 (eight years ago) link
For selfish reasons, I'm fine with a quick rollout (always eager for the distraction of a hectic ILX thread while at work).
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:07 (eight years ago) link
moreso than with almost anything else, my sense of accuracy and righteousness as regards my ironclad assessment of the truly great iconic NES games is unshakeable and likely different than yours.basically if you are not down with kid icarus, shadowgate and adventures of lolo, gtfo
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link
I watched a YouTube video last night on hidden NES gems. Have you actually played any of these? I'm 0 for 10.
Cowboy Kid Kickle CubicleRescue: The Embassy Mission The Legend of Ghost Lion Princess Tomato in the Salad KingdomMonster PartyNightshadeNorth and SouthWurm: Journey to the Center of the EarthThe Krion Conquest
― polyphonic, Monday, 19 October 2015 18:22 (eight years ago) link
i played kickle cubicle, princess tomato, monster party and wurm
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link
I played Rescue a little bit, but it was the Atari ST version which was called Hostage. It came in a four-pack of Infogrames games that my dad got when I was a kid. When my parents saw the content of the game (iirc there was sniping involved) they took it away and I didn't get to play it anymore. I was ok with this though because I thought it was scary & I still had Test Drive, Bubble Ghost and Operation Neptune.
― nerd shit (Will M.), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:37 (eight years ago) link
Actually, Bubble Ghost gave me the creeps too. And Space Ace. Computer games scared me, apparently.
― nerd shit (Will M.), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:38 (eight years ago) link
Test Drive didn't come in that four-pack... now I need to know what that fourth game was.
― nerd shit (Will M.), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:40 (eight years ago) link
it was a remake of asteroids, and once i remembered, i typed the four games into google to see if there were any hits, and there was one: me introducing myself to ILG in a 2008 forks thread for ILG to introduce themselves to each other. weird.
― nerd shit (Will M.), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
Krion Conquest appears to be a clone of Mega Man, except Mega Man is a witch?
― polyphonic, Monday, 19 October 2015 19:08 (eight years ago) link
North and South is a pretty fun two player game. It's a quick strategy/action mashup.
Nightshade was quite strange but good looking when I watched a friend play it. It's a point and click game with some fighting elements (remember fighting in Indiana Jones And The Fate of Atlantis?). I like how NES games often combined genres. Usually it turned out for the best. I think the fighting was wonky in Nightshade though.
I read about Princess Tomato when I posted the edited Percy tomato picture upthread. It seems like this game might be a bit like Deja Vu which I finished playing a few days ago. (Good game, not top 20 for me though).
Other games I tested out on our nomination list included Strange Home which seems to be quite awesome. It plays like a top-down adventure/rpg in the style of resident evil. I remember watching a video review for that game and having your whole crew survive might be a bit random (unfortunately). Having just played Clock Tower for the SNES a few months ago, I understand what it's like to play through a game and discovering that I could have saved people if I had done one thing slightly different. Either way, I had save states and it wasn't much of a hassle to get alternate endings. Less-than-perfect endings were still enjoyable but I can't help feeling a bit defeated when I don't get a 100% ending.
― The Once-ler, Monday, 19 October 2015 19:48 (eight years ago) link
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, October 19, 2015 2:02 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this sounds good to me.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 19 October 2015 20:50 (eight years ago) link
Monster Party is pretty cool, not a ballot-maker but a cool overlooked platformer, kinda like Little Nemo or Astyanax in that sense. Higher production value, more concepts than your average title. Also basically all the dialogue rules:
http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/103583-monster-party-nes-screenshot-oooookay.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Monster_Party_3.png
http://bogleech.com/monsterparty/mpbig-alreadydead.gif
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 19 October 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
Shadowgate IMO is kinda cool but basically irritating, far more irrational "puzzles" than the worst of Sierra.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 19 October 2015 20:59 (eight years ago) link
for a kid with no PC until 2001, they were revelatory
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 October 2015 21:58 (eight years ago) link
oh man, thanks to archive.org my crappy seanbaby knockoff nintendo review page from 2000 is still viewable online, complete with images.
https://web.archive.org/web/20080905143743/http://www.ummagurau.com/writing/video/nesdisc/sg-mirror1.gifhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080905143743/http://www.ummagurau.com/writing/video/nesdisc/sg-mirror2.gifhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080905143743/http://www.ummagurau.com/writing/video/nesdisc/sg-mirror3.gif
^^^ pretty awesome i admit. this is what happens if you look at a well:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080905143743/http://www.ummagurau.com/writing/video/nesdisc/sg-well.gif
and what the hell, these are great/disturbing too:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080905143743/http://www.ummagurau.com/writing/video/nesdisc/sg-bluedragon.gif
https://web.archive.org/web/20080905143743/http://www.ummagurau.com/writing/video/nesdisc/sg-fountain.gif
https://web.archive.org/web/20080905143743/http://www.ummagurau.com/writing/video/nesdisc/sg-murder.gif
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 19 October 2015 23:09 (eight years ago) link
Here's a screen grab I just made from from Deja Vu.
This is what happens if you click -hit- on the unconscious woman you find in the trunk:
http://s11.postimg.org/40n7iyxwj/Deja_Vu2.png
― The Once-ler, Monday, 19 October 2015 23:28 (eight years ago) link
ugggggggggggggggggh
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 19 October 2015 23:48 (eight years ago) link
let alone a larynx!
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 01:05 (eight years ago) link
oi
so yeah i would have a preference for 5-10 a day not 20 a day but that's just me
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 01:27 (eight years ago) link
I would rather quicker - the ability of dudes of a certain age (IE me) to wax nostalgic about video games of their youth is not really the guttering flame of free speech on the Internet.
NB I will totally regret this point of view when we get to the PS2.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 05:55 (eight years ago) link
Alright. I think my plan now is about 15 a day, which isn't slow or really fast either. Starting tomorrow, ending the end of next week (weekend off). Only exceptions will be last day (top 10) and first day (everything below 100). should be something like
We: 1??-101Th: 100-86Fr: 85-71Mo: 70-56Tu: 55-41We: 40-26Th: 25-11Fr: 10-1
Numbers aren't precise due to some awkwardly placed ties here and there but that's basically my rollout plan, which i am writing down so i have to commit to it.
― nerd shit (Will M.), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
also i have no idea why i am committed to the BIG SECRET of how many games are in the first day. meh whatever
What are you hiding
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/zelda/images/9/99/Secret_Moblin.png/revision/latest?cb=20090930144719
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 17:57 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgjAt1VZBVo
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link
i'm not generally one for speedruns, but watching the way that person takes the piranha plants like it's nothing... my ten-year-old self would have passed out, and here in the present day my mouth is hanging open.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 19:58 (eight years ago) link
he also does some weird stutter step backward jumping that looks borderline glitchy
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 20:29 (eight years ago) link
he does a few glitch exploits. kotaku did a short thing on it yesterday, i think (i'd link but it's banned at work), and their article contained a link to the superior twitch.tv version of the video which features his crazy concentration-face as well as a real-time heartrate monitor
― 1999 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 20:33 (eight years ago) link
lol at the insane heartrate spike in the waterworld and his micdrop at the end
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link