In light of nothing of particular personal interest releasing for the next couple months, I decided to dig into my NES library, pop on my rose tinted glasses, and finish off a few classic titles that plagued my childhood. I was thinking maybe some of you would wanna join in the fun.
So here's the deal: Pick out three NES games that you have never finished due to challenge, time restrictions, etc. and complete them before the next major release! We can track our progress through here via posts or screenshots, give each other pointers for particular titles and offer encouragement and insight to those who are about to pull their hair out or break their remotes/controllers. For me, I have two months before TLOU drops, so I think that gives me enough time to finally conquer:
Since its release when I was 8 or so, I always found the game forboding, yet eerily atmospheric and wielding a beautiful soundtrack. I remember a bunch of bullshit puzzling moments like summoning the tornado and kneeling on a block for 5 seconds to unlock a new area, but something about it now is extremely attractive to me and I want to finally sink my teeth into it and kick its ass.
Stiff controls, awkward grid jumping mechanics and yo-yos. I loved this game as a kid, regardless of how many times it unjustly kicked my ass. I've heard of some of the later difficulty spikes, especially towards the end, but hopefully I'll be able to manage. I think I only every got up to Chapter 3 or 4.
Some of my first days faking sick as a kid in elementary school were because of this game. Even using the Justin Bailey code, I could never finish it. That all changes now.
So what say you GAF? Any other participants? Lets do this!
So here's the deal: Pick out three NES games that you have never finished due to challenge, time restrictions, etc. and complete them before the next major release! We can track our progress through here via posts or screenshots, give each other pointers for particular titles and offer encouragement and insight to those who are about to pull their hair out or break their remotes/controllers. For me, I have two months before TLOU drops, so I think that gives me enough time to finally conquer:
Since its release when I was 8 or so, I always found the game forboding, yet eerily atmospheric and wielding a beautiful soundtrack. I remember a bunch of bullshit puzzling moments like summoning the tornado and kneeling on a block for 5 seconds to unlock a new area, but something about it now is extremely attractive to me and I want to finally sink my teeth into it and kick its ass.
Stiff controls, awkward grid jumping mechanics and yo-yos. I loved this game as a kid, regardless of how many times it unjustly kicked my ass. I've heard of some of the later difficulty spikes, especially towards the end, but hopefully I'll be able to manage. I think I only every got up to Chapter 3 or 4.
Some of my first days faking sick as a kid in elementary school were because of this game. Even using the Justin Bailey code, I could never finish it. That all changes now.
So what say you GAF? Any other participants? Lets do this!
Nothing quite wracks the nerves like an NES last boss fight.