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The NES Spring Challenge - 3 games you've never completed
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This is a really, really good idea.
Maybe you should. Join the party!
I'd say the majority of NES Sunsoft games were the bane of my existence when I was a kid aside from Batman. (The soundtrack and presentation really carried that one though)
Fonz72
Member
Yup, I used this bad boy:
I LOVED that guide back in the day! I pretty much read it until it fell apart. Picked one up on Ebay a couple years ago and was crushed it was missing 8-10 pages!
This seems like a pretty good challenge. I was just browsing my NES collection this weekend thinking about hooking the system up. If I end up actually doing it and not procrastinating it away I'll post in here.
Well I finally did it, I beat Castlevania
Congrats! When I first tried this game about 10 years ago Death put a halt to all my progress. The fixed jumping and all those scythes was crazy hard. I tried again a couple years ago and managed to make it past him. Then there's that hallway right before Dracs with (I think) the axe armors and Medusa heads. That took a while to get down as well. Dracula's actually not so bad compared to those two obstacles.
Now how about a victory screen wipe!
Not just as a kid. I picked up Journey to Silius a few years ago... Fuck that game.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
I think I was 8 when I played Blaster Master, that thing took me 6 months to beat. That fucking last boss was the last time I think I've ever been so tense playing a game that I was sweating and could feel my heart pounding in my neck.
Also, what is your new avatar of, dude? Is that a young Robert Englund with a hipster goatee?
lol nope, it's Layne Staley (Alice in Chains/Mad Season).
Man Im actually psyched to go home and play some more CVII.
tav7623
Member
Thanks, prior to this run every time I tried playing this game I would always end up getting stuck at the Frankenstein/Hunchback boss fight. I found out the reason was because I was too focused on killing that d@mn hunchback instead of just ignoring him and focusing on wailing on Frankenstein with the whip & dagger. As for the Death & Dracula boss fights they were also a pain in the butt and ended up hindering my progress for a good two hours before I finally figured out a way to beat them.
Consider it done
Boss Pro Tip: Using Holy Water on Death during the Death boss fight will temporarily freeze him in place. If you have a shot multiplier (like the one found in the upper middle section of stage 14 above the 3rd Axe Knight encounter) along with the Holy Water (like the one found near the start of stage 13) you can easily beat Death.
Well I finally did it, I beat Castlevania
Congrats, I beat that game for the first time several months back. Felt really good considering that I first played it back around the time it came out and it was my favorite series up until the reboot.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Goddamnit, you guys have got me listening to the Blaster Master OST on loop now for the last hour.
tav7623
Member
Just go to town on him and ignore the hunchback since he can be respawned, or if possible try to have the Holy Water with a shot multiplier handy for this fight because the Holy Water freezes him in place just like it does with Death and it makes this fight a whole lot easier.
P.S. I found this video to show just how easy it makes this fight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAZ7Aayi9Z4
Darias
Member
Wow that's so cheap... and I'm totally going to do it.
tav7623
Member
lol, good luck
Oh shit, I DO have the white crystal. Got that, holy water, daggers and the chain whip so far. Thanks dude!
friskykillface
Banned
I would try to complete blaster master but with no save or password system i dont think i can 
hmmmmmmm well i never beat Metroid without a pw so i might go for that.
now to find two other games
hmmmmmmm well i never beat Metroid without a pw so i might go for that.
now to find two other games
Darias
Member
Well, that only took twenty five years...
Maybe Star Voyager (again) next for old time's sake?
http://imgur.com/44wjYfY,155msJF#0
Maybe Star Voyager (again) next for old time's sake?
http://imgur.com/44wjYfY,155msJF#0
UncleSporky
Member
Yeah the plot is pretty weird. Something about how he was a normal kid with a pet frog, and his frog jumped down a hole, and he followed it and discovered a crazy robot vehicle, and the whole goal of the game was to save his pet frog. Or something.
Wish I could take part, but strapping into RC Pro Am will just make me punch a hole in the wall like I did as a youngster. Athena.....I even called a hintline on how to beat the final Boss, was walked through on where to find the hammer to beat the boss and the hammer was not there, so thats out. I cant think of a third game that i couldnt beat.....those are the 2 that haunt me to this day.
Link1110
Member
Played Viper a bit today. Got to the second level. I found out that the soundtrack is by Yoko Shimomura, pretty cool to learn that after all these years. Anyway, the quest to get some pants on will continue tonight most likely.
For my 3rd game I think I'll go with Mario 2. The system screws up the music but its mostly one song and I can provably play a remix of it the whole time
For my 3rd game I think I'll go with Mario 2. The system screws up the music but its mostly one song and I can provably play a remix of it the whole time
tav7623
Member
I got that you're gonna play Viper and Mario 2, but unless I missed something you only listed those 2 games......which has me wondering, what are you gonna choose for your 3rd game?
SkyMasterson
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Link1110
Member
Little Nemo, mentioned it earlier.
Ace Harding
Member
I have way to many games to play, but I might jump on board. If it has to be three, it'd be:
Mega man 2 (I just breezed through 2 bosses in about 15 minutes - maybe this isn't as hard as I remembered?)
The Legend of Zelda. I'll use a guide. I have no excuse for never beating it. I am ashamed.
Castlevania? I never played the first one. Is it actually good? If not Castlevania, then maybe NES Kirby.
Mega man 2 (I just breezed through 2 bosses in about 15 minutes - maybe this isn't as hard as I remembered?)
The Legend of Zelda. I'll use a guide. I have no excuse for never beating it. I am ashamed.
Castlevania? I never played the first one. Is it actually good? If not Castlevania, then maybe NES Kirby.
tav7623
Member
Ok, I thought I had missed something, but thought I'd ask any way.
tav7623
Member
I thought the same thing when I started playing Mega Man 3 then I hit the 4 Doc Robot sections (where you play against 2 Doc Robots with 2 power ups from 2 of the Mega Man 2 bosses in each section)
Castlevania is a pretty good game, but it is challenging as hell especially when you get half way through and get hit by the sudden difficulty bump. Also the last two areas of the game are a bit of a nightmare especially Death's Hallway (the hallway before the Death boss battle).
As for the NES Kirby game, well prior to today I had never played this game (got it for .30 on the Wii U) and despite the confusing (to me at least) controls I find the game to be pretty easy so far.
Anyway I don't think you can go wrong with either of these two games
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
I'd like to actually beat Fester's Quest one day, but that would require finding both a copy and superhuman patience.
Dat music though, man
Dat music though, man
tav7623
Member
Well finding a copy should be pretty easy considering it goes for about $3 (cart only) - $25 (cart, box, and manual) used on ebay, as for the superhuman patience part.........well that might take awhile
Fine Ham Abounds
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Had no idea it was so cheap... But then again, I don't know why I'm surprised it's priced to move.
Tonight's retro vacation:
Hm, the TV came out looking like it's leaning forward in this one. Like some kind of foreboding looming. Seems appropriate given the game.
I'll only get to play for an hour or so so I'll see how far I can get tonight.
EDIT: Only made it to the third level after the branching path before I had to go to sleep. The exploding jelly fish are awful. I went up the bell tower on a lark and fought Grant even though I didn't plan on recruiting him, then forgot the game made you do the whole level in reverse to leave, so that's where most of my time went last night.
Also, the opening dialog is hilarious. Like something a second grader would write.
"During 15th Century Europe, there lived a person named Dracula.
He practiced sorcery in order to create a bad world filled with evil."
lol
Hm, the TV came out looking like it's leaning forward in this one. Like some kind of foreboding looming. Seems appropriate given the game.
I'll only get to play for an hour or so so I'll see how far I can get tonight.
EDIT: Only made it to the third level after the branching path before I had to go to sleep. The exploding jelly fish are awful. I went up the bell tower on a lark and fought Grant even though I didn't plan on recruiting him, then forgot the game made you do the whole level in reverse to leave, so that's where most of my time went last night.
Also, the opening dialog is hilarious. Like something a second grader would write.
"During 15th Century Europe, there lived a person named Dracula.
He practiced sorcery in order to create a bad world filled with evil."
lol
It's one of those games that had thier story changed drastically when localized iirc. I think all the cut scenes were redone for the us version.
I liked the concept behind Viper... it's not every day when you play a game that has you taking down South American drug lords.