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
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, 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
EVERYTHING IS PIXELATED: The top 127 games from the third generation of home video game consoles (Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, Atari 7800)
― nerd shit (Will M.), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 15:18 (eight years ago) link