I'd like to nominate Air Fortress.
Double Dragon has such an amazing soundtrack
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Previous months:
- January 2017 - Battletoads (I'll make a post for this at some point haha)
- December 2016 - Crystalis
- November 2016 - Bionic Commando
- October 2016 - Castlevania
- September 2016 - Blaster Master
- August 2016 - Adventure Island
- July 2016 - Zanac
- June 2016 - Conquest of the Crystal Palace
- May 2016 - Wrecking Crew
- April 2016 - Street Fighter 2010
- March 2016 -The Guardian Legend
- February 2016 - Shatterhand
- January 2016 - Rygar
- December 2015 - Super Mario 3
- November 2015 - Faxanadu
- October 2015 - Monster Party
That's what I'm trying to figure out, The order seems random each time and I can't discern a pattern.It's always just pure luck if I can get past those blocks on Stage 4. Is anyone able to do that easily?
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Awards for Best Games
Date: 18 Oct 1990
Well, since EGM recently printed their favorite games of 1990, or
Winter 1990 anyway, I thought it might be interesting to list the
picks of Famicom Tsushin, my favorite game magazine, for best games
made from 1983-1989.
This is from Famicom Tsushin's 1989 "All Soft Catalog", a remarkable
reference book which lists (almost) all games ever made for the
Famicom, Gameboy, PC Engine and Megadrive up to July 1989
CATEGORY AWARDS
BEST SCENARIO: Final Fantasy II (Square)
Having played Square's Final Fantasy Legend (for Gameboy) I don't
doubt this. Recent strong contenders would be MOTHER and of course
Final Fantasy III (the prolog alone is great!).
BEST GRAPHICS: Gradius II (Konami)
My award would go to MOTHER, but for this kind of graphics Gradius
II is pretty amazing. Apparently Konami was using a special chip
for this game, and with Nintendo of America's recent decision to
let companies make their own cartridges maybe this game will finally
come out in the US.
MOST TALK: DragonQuest IV (Enix)
Endless articles about this one before and after it came out.
BEST DIRECTION: Ninja Ryuukenden [Ninja Gaiden] (Tecmo)
No doubt for those great cinematic interludes.
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN: DragonQuest (Enix)
I'd probably pick SMB3 here.
BEST BGM [BACKGROUND MUSIC]: Legend of Zelda (Nintendo)
I love Zelda but can't remember what the music was right now.
MOTHER would definitely get my vote for this category.
BEST TRANSLATION: Wizardry (ASCII)
No comment here; I haven't played either the computer or Famicom version.
BEST CM [COMMERCIAL]: Famicom Wars (Nintendo)
I've seen only a shot from this commercial and it doesn't look like
one I would like. On the other hand Nintendo's recent commercial
for Doctor Mario is excellent; SMB3 was pretty good also.
LONGSELLER AWARD: Super Mario Brothers (Nintendo)
Without a doubt.
There were also four special awards; the only game available in the US
which won one was "Metroid" (Nintendo) for "a perfect match between
graphics and BGM."
It's always just pure luck if I can get past those blocks on Stage 4. Is anyone able to do that easily?
Seems like I'm always fated to never get past Mission 3. I've owned Double Dragon since I was a kid and never made it past the forest without some sort of cheat to get through. I feel like that's the level where the game starts to get real, as it were. I'm going to set beating Mission 3 with no cheats as a soft goal this month.
Double Dragon's still one of those games that really had a profound impact on me as a gamer growing up, I'll never forget the first time I played the console port, sure it wasn't the arcade, but it seemed close enough to me. IMO, DD2 outshines it on the NES, but the original game still has a lot of charm to it despite no co-op mode.
My brother in law left his stuff in my house some years ago, including a NES with some games. So recently I put it to work. All his games but one works, but it take a while because there is a special position for them to work.
The thing is: my friend borrowed me about 25 games, and none of them works, including the same games that works previously (like SMB3). I googled it and found a "purple screen of death", which match almost my experience (system works, but only some games, no blinking light).
I opened my NES, checked the 72 pin adaptor for bend pins and dirt, but it didn't work. Any other suggestions?
Did you actually try cleaning the connector or just check to see if it looked dirty?
I cleaned the connector (both ends) and the motherboard connector with an eraser and steel wool (didn't have isopropylic AC at the time). Also I fixed one bent pin.
Yeah, I saw a video of a guy doing it. I didn't want to do it since it seems too extreme and the NES isn't mine.
I actually didn't mind Neon, found it fine.How are double Dragon 4 and Double Dragon Neo?
My brother in law left his stuff in my house some years ago, including a NES with some games. So recently I put it to work. All his games but one works, but it take a while because there is a special position for them to work.
The thing is: my friend borrowed me about 25 games, and none of them works, including the same games that works previously (like SMB3). I googled it and found a "purple screen of death", which match almost my experience (system works, but only some games, no blinking light).
I opened my NES, checked the 72 pin adaptor for bend pins and dirt, but it didn't work. Any other suggestions?
I actually didn't mind Neon, found it fine.
How are double Dragon 4 and Double Dragon Neo?
dd4 is not that great....
How are double Dragon 4 and Double Dragon Neo?
Yep, best part about the game.soundtrack is gdlk
Wow, what happened?=Odd4 is not that great....
I own it on NES, but the first time I owned a game called Double Dragon was the Tiger Handheld, which I adored.
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Well I beat Double Dragon on day 1 of the month, and haven't done much interesting NES/Fami wise for a few weeks. I'm sure others have a similar story. Just how threads go really.Is this thread dead now? Never seen it so inactive. Everyone on to the NES Classic thread instead?
Spam dat elbow dude!!!I still can't beat Double Dragon. It expects perfection. The Machine Guy always ends me because I'm drained from fighting everyone else. The two Abobos at the end take most of my health. You can't take your time, you have to rush it because there's a time limit.
I'm finding it to be 1000000x harder than Battletoads.
I only beat it with save states, but could do it back in the day. Cheesing 'rising' jump kicks is my main trick.
Spam dat elbow dude!!!
Huh? You can only beat the game by cheesing cheap moves. There's no elegant way to beat Double Dragon. And yes it's fun to beat a bitch of a game by the rules it sets out.But.. why? Is that fun to you?
No wonder they crossed over.I'm finding [Double Dragon] to be 1000000x harder than Battletoads.
Is this thread dead now? Never seen it so inactive. Everyone on to the NES Classic thread instead?
I don't know why my brain works this way, but it does. Eventually I'll be back in a kick where I'm obsessing over retro again.