davidwhangchoi
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Reminder: everyone play ninja gaiden II
i overspent but it's worth it =)
i overspent but it's worth it =)
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NES/Famicom Appreciation Thread
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davidwhangchoi
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what's up NES club,
played some ninja gaiden II tonight and finally beat Act II boss. it took me about 5 continues bc the snow and wind blowing me everywhere.
when i think of ninjas and wind, i think of revenge of shinobi.
anyways, stage 3-2 has be dying so i took a break. i left my system on pause since it draws so little power and i can't use save states on original hardware.
hopefully i'll get back to it soon.
played some ninja gaiden II tonight and finally beat Act II boss. it took me about 5 continues bc the snow and wind blowing me everywhere.
when i think of ninjas and wind, i think of revenge of shinobi.
anyways, stage 3-2 has be dying so i took a break. i left my system on pause since it draws so little power and i can't use save states on original hardware.
hopefully i'll get back to it soon.
Interesting, never seen this. The text makes it sound like there would be cross-platform compatibility in the games? We barely have that today lol.
This post convinced me to play the game. i love challenging games. I guess I remembered it being easy because it's the easiest of the trilogy. I don't know why I remembered it that way. It's very hard. And great of course. Finished it. The last stage is a massive difficulty jump and it actually continued the BS where you die at the last boss and you go back to the beginning of the stage. I say BS in a good way. It didn't make me mad. It just made me smile and think "Oh, you guys."
It might be beneficial and more fun if you start the game over the beginning when you're first playing it for the day. I made it to Act 4 yesterday and had to use a few continues for Acts 2 and 3. Today they were a breeze. Not because I remembered it because I didn't, it was just because I got better at it and probably because I played less cautious having just done it already. Playing the easy stages first puts you in a groove. So it doesn't just feel like you're running into a brick wall over and over.
It's like how if you start Tetris and put it on the highest speed, you probably won't last long, but you if you start slow and build up, you'll probably do way better at that speed.
Wow, look at that NES art.
davidwhangchoi
Member
^ oh man congrats on beating it Lothar, haha i still have my toploader system on pause and never turned it off from the last time i played. =)
reading this post reminds me to get back on it. i do remember the days of playing long games on one sitting and starting all over bc no passwords.
mega man 1, rygar, golgo 13 (that game was so hard and no passwords) ninja gaiden I (which i have to go back and eventually beat), deadly towers (F that game) i think there was a password but screw that game... and super pitfall.
i'm going to see if i can beat it tonight.
reading this post reminds me to get back on it. i do remember the days of playing long games on one sitting and starting all over bc no passwords.
mega man 1, rygar, golgo 13 (that game was so hard and no passwords) ninja gaiden I (which i have to go back and eventually beat), deadly towers (F that game) i think there was a password but screw that game... and super pitfall.
i'm going to see if i can beat it tonight.
davidwhangchoi
Member
got to Act IV and taking another break lol
Barrel Cannon
Member
NG2 love still going strong I see. Excellent 
What's May's game?
What's May's game?
NG2 love still going strong I see. Excellent
What's May's game?
Not picked. Nearly no nominations. Considering retiring the club, or at least handing it off haha
sixteen-bit
Member
I thought NG2 was extended to May
Until May. And then May starting should have started a new game. I mean we could do 3 months of it if y'all want haha
Oh god...
Barrel Cannon
Member
It seems as if the nes classic came and brought the accessibility of the system to the masses that the interest in owning individual titled has waned a bit haha(at least if we go by this thread).
Slowing it down sounds fine. There afterall only so many titles in the catalogue of the NES that are worth playing at the entry price point. It's a shame so many great games cost so much.
I second the NG3 idea but I'm fairly certain that games costs an arm and a leg the last I checked.
Slowing it down sounds fine. There afterall only so many titles in the catalogue of the NES that are worth playing at the entry price point. It's a shame so many great games cost so much.
I second the NG3 idea but I'm fairly certain that games costs an arm and a leg the last I checked.
It's 60+ bucks on average so yeah.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
NG2 love still going strong I see. Excellent
What's May's game?
How one of the Sunsoft Batman games? Return of the Joker I heard on GAF is good, never played it.
Yeah, I've gotten fairly good with the throwing star, haha. 4-2 has given me by far the most trouble with the game so far. I breezed through 5-1 and 5-2 in comparison. Made it to 6-1.
davidwhangchoi
Member
oh i need to catch up!!!!
got to the boss of act IV but died last night and still have it on pause =P
got to the boss of act IV but died last night and still have it on pause =P
I'm noticing a lot of talk in here about games that are slightly pricey, which honestly is fine since I own most of them haha. Maybe the club needs a slight restructuring or shakeup, and maybe someone here would be into doing that. To be honest I haven't had the time like I used to for running it, so I'd be willing to pass it along to someone if they're interested in carrying it on and making their mark on it.
Mull it over. If anyone is into it, hit me up here or via PM. If not we can talk about changing the game every 3 months or raising the maximum value of a game or something. But we clearly need to change things in some regard haha
Mull it over. If anyone is into it, hit me up here or via PM. If not we can talk about changing the game every 3 months or raising the maximum value of a game or something. But we clearly need to change things in some regard haha
RoryDropkick
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http://www.interq.or.jp/mars/lucky3/_English/subhtm/work/vzr/index.html
Holy cow, I did some digging tonight, and Shouichi Yoshikawa's site <one of the programmers/creators of WURM/Valdozaa> still has the site I had mentioned previously still active! I remember visiting this site in the early 2000s.
http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Interview:Shouichi_Yoshikawa additionally, here's an interview from GDRI with him as well.
Holy cow, I did some digging tonight, and Shouichi Yoshikawa's site <one of the programmers/creators of WURM/Valdozaa> still has the site I had mentioned previously still active! I remember visiting this site in the early 2000s.
http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Interview:Shouichi_Yoshikawa additionally, here's an interview from GDRI with him as well.
davidwhangchoi
Member
made it just now to act V past stage 5-2 and 5-3 boss. but died. have to start back at 5-2.
getting the hang of it.
getting the hang of it.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I think this ad might have been the first time I learned online gaming was possible lol.
I totally forgot this particular modem was coming out for the NES.
I need more coffee before I do some research and find out it was canceled, like many others for the 8-bit and 16-bit systems.
"You can play games with other people... over the telephone line?? No way..."
davidwhangchoi
Member
Hey NES club,
hope this keeps going and doesn't stop.
just picked up ninja gaiden I today, not as nice as the copy of II i go but it was for 39 bucks so not too bad...
hope this keeps going and doesn't stop.
just picked up ninja gaiden I today, not as nice as the copy of II i go but it was for 39 bucks so not too bad...
Congrats, $39 for that is pretty good. I paid about the same years ago for my PAL copy in much worse condition lol.
Nostalgic Nightmare
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Finished NG2 tonight, I really think this is the best of the trilogy as it's less cheap with enemy placement & spam - especially on the last level. In NG1 the road back to the final boss room after every death was agonizing, in NG2 it's totally manageable and there is a 1UP halfway as well as a potion before the final boss room.
Great game.
Great game.
Flizzzipper
Member
I also completed NG2 today. I feel like half my play time was on the last level. Mercifully you don't have to defeat the final bosses in a row.
davidwhangchoi
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thanks Morfeo!
thanks =)
congrats guys! i'm working my way through it starting all over. hope to beat it tonight =)
update: got up to 7-2 last night, pretty fun to run through.
davidwhangchoi
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^ Ooo nice Amy S =)
ok, been trying the last two nights to beat the final stages in ninja gaiden II but failing miserably. any tips to save energy before reaching the last boss?
going to try again, be back in a bit.
ok, been trying the last two nights to beat the final stages in ninja gaiden II but failing miserably. any tips to save energy before reaching the last boss?
going to try again, be back in a bit.
Don't worry about saving energy. Worry about getting there with two Ninja clones and full health. It's really hard to save energy because you need the fire wheel and other weapons to get through the stage. At least I did. I never had more than 20 left by the time I got to the last boss.
The Ninja clones are devastating to all the boss battles of the game.
You can max out energy in the beginning of the stage but that's just enough to get you through it.
davidwhangchoi
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thanks Lothar,
i just made it to the second part of the final boss and died. oh no i have to start again from the beginning of the stage!!!!
i'm taking a break so i don't scream, but i'll get back there easy.
Ha, ha, no, the 1st boss is easy with the wall jump tactic. The 2nd boss requires some skill to attack and dodge what comes from the ceiling, and the 3rd one is all about patience but not that hard.
Flizzzipper
Member
The first two bosses took me forever, clones are definitely the key. The final boss is a lot easier.
davidwhangchoi
Member
hey thanks everyone for the tips! i finally beat ninja gaiden II =)
i used firewheel and saved up as many magic pints (about 80-90) till the end bosses.
i used firewheel and saved up as many magic pints (about 80-90) till the end bosses.
Congrats, now on to the harder Ninja Gaiden games.
They made a big mistake there by bringing Irene back fully recovered. I remember it blowing my mind as a kid that Irene got stabbed and you fight the boss of the prologue half way through the game. (I must have known it had 7 stages from Nintendo Power)
They made a big mistake there by bringing Irene back fully recovered. I remember it blowing my mind as a kid that Irene got stabbed and you fight the boss of the prologue half way through the game. (I must have known it had 7 stages from Nintendo Power)
DracoBlade
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Hey guys, might've seen me bug on the other retro threads as of late but (in prep for a Tokyo trip this coming monday) I plan on buying some games ofc, in particular Fami and maybe FDS. As i'm relatively new to FDS info, can someone walk me through the potential pitfalls, I'm aware the belts fail internally frequently but (given that I trust the shops there) would you guys recommend buying a FDS? Maybe a Sharp Twin if possible? Are the games hyper-expensive/corrupting rapidly? If so might just go the everdrive/emu route ;/
I feel like there could be unspoken time passing between levels from a story perspective, especially since the locations seem to globe hop a bit. Maybe she had time to heal?
sixteen-bit
Member
Nice pick up! Donald Land is a pretty terrible, but funny game. Really hard for a so called 'kids' game with bad checkpointing.
Was Power Blade ever a game of the month club pick? That seems like it'd be a perfect one. It's a fantastic, very underrated game too with nice music.
Was Power Blade ever a game of the month club pick? That seems like it'd be a perfect one. It's a fantastic, very underrated game too with nice music.
davidwhangchoi
Member
thanks! i will try and beat part 1 before 3.
congrats!!! wow everyone is pretty damn good at this game. (or it's just pretty easy and i need to improve)