What Game(s) Are You Playing? Daily Check (2011)

[Nz17]

There used to be a multi-year "Whatcha playin'?" thread, but after nearly nine years it grew too unwieldy to use. Thus, we will now have a new "now playing" thread each year instead. And to get things started...

My birthday was on October 1st, and I got Tatsunoko vs. Capcom and Super Mario Galaxy as gifts. I've been playing both of these games, and I must say I prefer the action of Tatsunoko versus the lots of text, the occasional needless motion controls, and the tutorials of Mario Galaxy. However I am enjoying both. Then again, Mario Galaxy does make me feel sleepy, so I'm more likely to play Tatsunoko at night and Galaxy during the day.

What games are you playing at the moment?

[substantial_snake]

I am currently waiting for all of my Sega Saturn stuff to come in. :)

Outside of that I have been playing a lot of the better Genesis Sonic Hacks.

-Sonic 2 Heroes
-Sonic3 & Knuckles: The Challenges
-Sonic 2 Retro Remix
-Sonic The Lost Worlds
-The S Factor
-Sonic Megamix

All fun games that I would highly suggest if your a fan of the series.

[Emperor Megas]

Rigth now I'm playing Left 4 Dead 2. I'm trying to complete all campaigns, offline, on Expert.

That's about it at the moment. I started Bioshock (360 version) a few weeks ago, but I didn't really enjoy it. I'll probably get back to it at some point though.

[Robocop2]

I finished up Dead Island over last weekend and really enjoyed it. Now I'm starting up with Shadows of the Damned and its fun so far. I need to get back to a few others I have that are partially finished though before the holidays roll around.

[Deadman]

I just played the final Act of Gears of War 3 about an hour ago. Awesome trilogy - LOVED IT! Then my boys and I played some multiplayer COD: MW2. Here's what else I'm playing:

On my phone - Tetris
PSP - God of War: Ghost of Sparta (almost done)

That's it. Now that I'm done with GOW3, I'm going to jump back into God Of War III which I stopped about 2 months ago and need to finish.

[The 1 2 P]

I have been playing lots of Gears of War 3 multiplayer lately. I also gave the Forza 4 demo a try and played some more Halo Reach. And of course I still check in with the Battlefield 3 beta but I'm slowly losing interest in it, if only because it's on one map with one game type.

[SpaceHarrier]

Super Castlevania IV hasn't loosened its grip on my SNES for the better part of a week. Today I played some Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (PS2) to mix things up.. er, really, it was to listen to the music.

[Emperor Megas]

Super Castlevania IV hasn't loosened its grip on my SNES for the better part of a week. Today I played some Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (PS2) to mix things up.. er, really, it was to listen to the music.That's honestly the best thing about it, IMO. I played it straight through, from start to finish, for the first (and only) time a few months ago, and I honestly see why there's so much 3D Castlevania hate. The wife was there one day when I was playing it -- it was right after I completed it, actually -- and I had started a new game and was just dicking around a bit when she just came out and said; "this game looks...really boring". I tried to defend it for a second, but decided to just concede that it was.

[Ryudo]

Chrono Cross
Solatorobo red the hunter
Gaiares
Ranger X
Illusion of Gia
Wonder Boy in Monster World.


Yes a shit load but I have time

[Aussie2B]

Thanks again for the new topic, Nz17. :) I hope more people will participate now that we have a reliably functioning topic.

Anyway, I beat Croc: Legend of the Gobbos for PlayStation, clearing it 100% even if my save file doesn't say so for some reason. The secret island was pretty lame overall. The stages weren't anything that special, although I should probably be glad that they weren't terribly difficult. It was kind of neat that they were built using concepts from all of the previous stages (each being devoted to the stages of each prior island), but at the same time it was very rehashed. The secret final boss just sucked. Both the boss itself and the ending were better with the normal final boss. I swear, I spent probably at least 30 minutes on one life alone trying to beat the secret boss just because it's impossible to tell if you're doing the right thing or not. I spent all that time going around and around in circles hitting the gongs since he reacted as if he was taking damage, and I noticed that he'd also move higher and higher. The moving platforms that circle him would also slowly change their pattern, so taking all of those signs into consideration, I figured that was progressing the fight. Turns out it was a complete waste of time and what I was pulling off was infinitely more impressive than the actual way to beat him. Turns out you have to hit all four gongs really fast, before he starts shooting again, and that's it. You don't even need to use the floating platforms either because you can just jump the chasm. Of course, I was smart enough to consider that maybe all the gongs needed to ring simultaneously, but they don't really work like that. You hit them and then they just stop. There's no decent indicator, not visually or audibly, to show that you need to hit them within a certain time span. Overall, just really dumb.

[Emperor Megas]

I started Genji: Dawn of the Samurai today, and it's snooze fest so far. It should be awesome since it's basically a combination of two games I really enjoy (Bujingai and Onimusha), but actually it's less than the sum of it's parts.

[JSoup]

I've been picking my way, in my normal quick playing fashion, through Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection and SEGA Genesis & Mega Drive Classics. This is all in between daily bouts with WoW.

Thought about trying to 100% Batman: Arkham Asylum before Arkham City is released, but I don't expect that to go well.

[snksega]

I've been playing some Armored Core For Answer which has been eating up most of my time other then that i've also been playing some Dragon Spirit on the Famicom a pretty good SHMUP to be on the Famicom.

[Sunnyvale]

Been beating my head against the wall in L4D1. Tryin to thump it on expert with no updates. Of course, that happens when I'm bored with Panzer Dragoon Zwei and Space Harrier and (just as of today!) Bonk's Revenge...
Gettin hit for 30 a click by a smoker sucks big time. But I come back for more :-/

[videogameking26]

Duke Nukem Forever (360)
Driver: San Francisco (360)
Burnout: Crash (XBLA)
SoTC/ICO Collection (PS3)
Driver: Renegade (3DS)

[jwmollman]

I was wondering what happened to that big thread.

Right now I'm working on:
- Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES)
- Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (PSone) -- when it gets here in the mail
- Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Tara's Adventure (GBC)

I had Final Fantasy III (SNES) and Parasite Eve (PSone) in that list, but I've put them off so I could concentrate on the new ones. Putting games off in the middle of the story is a bad idea for me. I end up starting a new game because I forget what's going on.

[SuperNewb]

Super Mario World 2!

[Kitsune Sniper]

With my computer acting kinda wonky, I can't really play many 3D intensive games, so I'm going through my Steam backlog.

Right now I'm playing Emerald City Confidential. It's an adventure game set in the Wizard of Oz universe, but with its own take on things. Cowardly Lion is a lawyer who's the head of a criminal organization, for example.

I just started Chapter 2. It's a pretty interesting semi-indie title.

[starsoldier1]

Oddly enough I been playing some Dark Castle for the Genesis after the AVGN reviewed it. I tried to give it a chance in a recent video but those controls are just too annoying to deal with.
http://blip.tv/starsoldier1/dark-castle-review-for-the-sega-genesis-5622321

[Aussie2B]

I finally retired Croc: Legend of the Gobbos for PlayStation to the shelf after completing the bonus areas (I only found 2 or 3 of the 10 on my own). I thought that maybe there was a slim chance that they'd contribute to the percentage, but, nope, it's just glitched or something. The final bonus area sure ticked me off. It's more of a trap than a bonus since the jumps are so tricky. Good thing I had a huge stockpile of lives, and since I'm done with the game, I don't care about blowing through them. Anyway, it's put away now, so I just need to decide what to dig into next. I still don't think I'm quite ready for a text-heavy game so soon, so we'll see.

[intro9]

ICO / Shadow of the Colossus collection.

I missed them both the first time around, and vowed to get back my gamer nerd card by completing these 2 critically acclaimed gems this time around.

Started with Colossus, and I'm genuinely impressed. It's just huge boss battle after huge boss battle, and it's very satisfying! Glad I waited for the HD release honestly, it's a beautiful game.

[AceAerosmith]

Danger Girl for the PS1. In the very first FMV, the chick is nipping out and all the female characters have enormous gravity-defying boobs a la Tomb Raider.
Mafia for the PS2.
NHL 2K10 for PS3- Season 4. Currently 36-4-2.

[Emperor Megas]

Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty I figured I'd go with the PS2 version since the controller is familiar.

[JSoup]

Friend just dropped by and tossed The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection at me, so I might be spending some time with that later. In between more WoW of course.

[Aussie2B]

Jet Force Gemini for Nintendo 64 hates me. :( I was thinking of making that my next game, but now I'm not so sure. I took the time to read through the manual and everything, but upon starting the game, I had it crash two times within about 30 minutes. I just have no idea what's up with it. I bought this game brand new myself many years ago, so it's in perfect shape. My system is clean too, and all my other N64 games play without a hitch. Could I have possibly acquired a defective game? It plays fine until at some random point it makes a terrible scratchy, garbled sound, and then the screen goes black. The second time it happened it wouldn't even respond to the system's reset button. Very weird. I'm looking for answers, but unless I find a solution, it doesn't look like I'll be playing it more.

[starchildskiss78]

Thank goodness for a shorter thread!

I have been playing different games through the week...mostly NES games

Sunday I played Bump N Jump and Adventure Island, using my trusty Game Genie. I have to admit even with the Game Genie those games border on impossible!

Today I concentrated on the Genesis while I waited for the cable guy to fix my cable. (News flash...they DIDN'T!) I played Garfield: Caught In The Act and failed miserably at making it past the first boss. I don't know if it has to do with the modern tv, but some of the screens were overly dark and hard to make out the tiny bats that were attacking me! I quickly switched to Mortal Kombat and kicked butt and took names (but forgot the special moves) with Scorpion. I also played a quick game of NHL '95 for old time sake. (I always play with the Vancouver Canucks and reminisce about old times with my friend Josh.)

[starchildskiss78]

Gah! Double post....

[starchildskiss78]

Holy triple posts, Batman! I didn't realize it posted the first two times (got an error)....sorry for the trouble....

[Ryudo]

The Misadventures of Tron Bonne

[Aussie2B]

Since my plans for Jet Force Gemini didn't work out, I had to pick a different game to play through, and using my list randomizer to inspire me again, I decided to go with Bonk's Adventure for TurboGrafx-16. I've had a PC Engine Duo-RX for several years, but I've only had the US system for about a year. I suppose it's about time I actually do something with it beyond briefly trying stuff out. I've also never played through a Bonk, so I figure that needs rectifying. So far I've played up to stage 5-something, and I believe I used two continues. I know the game has unlimited continues, but I had my fill for that session when I was presented with my third continue. Even though there are only 5 stages, the game feels surprising long since each has so many areas. It's a shame that there are no passwords here. Beyond that, though, I really can't complain. Bonk is no Mario, but it's still definitely a lot of fun.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I bought the Alone in the Dark trilogy at GOG.com today (it was $3 instead of the usual $6!) so I figured I'd try part 1. I beat Alone In The Dark (2008) a year ago and the game claimed to be in canon with the original series, so I've always been curious about them.

And then a zombie kicked my ass.

THIS SHIT IS FUN.

[Aussie2B]

I beat Bonk's Adventure for TurboGrafx-16, and then a little while after the first time, I beat it again just for fun, both times without using any continues (best way to play it anyway, since I always seem to blow through a few on King Drool; tough to hit him without taking damage myself). Since I got through Bonk so fast, I figured I may as well play a bit more to enjoy my TurboGrafx-16 before I shove it back in the closet (only the Duo-RX stays out permanently).

My fiance, his sister, and I were enjoying some NES together, so I also played a tiny bit of Battletoads and Cabal. Once I got the hang of it a little, it seems like I'm still half decent at Cabal. I didn't play long before turning it off, though. I doubt I'm still good enough to beat the game, not without some practice at least.

[The 1 2 P]

Gears of War 3, Halo Reach, COD: Black Ops and Halo 3. Just been in the mood for shooting people lately.

[SonicBoom]

I Started playing Mega Man 2 again recently. It's just a classic game that i love.

[Aussie2B]

I've been screwing around on the Castlevania Dungeon forum lately, and that inspired me to go with a Castlevania game for my next game (one I've yet to play). So I went with Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance via the Castlevania Double Pack on my Game Boy Advance SP. I was basically in the mood for a short, relatively easy game, anyway, before I make my next big gaming commitment. I was expecting a lame game from the get-go because I don't have a favorable outlook on modern Castlevania games, but, man, this game is duller than I expected. The level design SUCKS. Basically nothing but straight corridors with different backgrounds, with a spot to drop down and a spot to jump up, with a vertical corridor once in a blue moon where you zigzag from side to side until you get to the bottom/top. That's 99% of the game. And what's really bugging me is that it makes no attempt to be seamless. Now I know Dracula's castle is supposed to be a crazy place, but most of the other games, including SotN, make some effort at transitions. Here it's like every room will be vastly different and unrelated. It's really jarring. There's one part where you're in a vertical gray, stone tower of some sort. Get to the top, go to the left, you're suddenly in open caverns with lava following. Go right and you're in some cool-feeling, crystalline caverns. What the hell?

And when the level design isn't braindead, it's just blatantly pulling ideas right out of SotN, like with the elevator room, how the witch and siren enemies are in the exact same sort of area, going into the mouth of an animal skull/head to enter a new area, etc. Circle of the Moon, while being based on the SotN design, still at least felt like an original game. When the HoD developers tried to come up with something original, the best they could think of is a room that you decorate with furniture? What is this nonsense?

It's probably not a good sign that much of HoD's system structure reminds me of Lament of Innocence too. Although I have to remind myself that this game came first. Well, anyway, I just got to the warp to the other layer of the castle.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Resident Evil 4HD

and

Batman Arkham City

http://www.batmanbatmanbatman.com/

I was about a chapter or so away from completing RE4 HD when I picked up Batman ... so, I suspect that RE4 may have to wait until I'm done with that.

I also bought Street Fighter Aplha 3 PSOne Classic on the PSN and am planning on getting some matches in with visiting friends over the weekend.

[substantial_snake]

I just picked up the Metal Slug Anthology for PSP and am loving every second of it. :)

[Amon_Re]

This month I've finished Y's Book I & II on the PC Engine and Wanderers Of Y's (Y's III) also on the PC Engine.

Loved Y's 1 & 2, excellent game play and the best sound track I've ever heard in a game! It' might not have the most compelling story or the most advanced game play, but heck, time flew by while playing it.

Y's 3 was a mixed bag though, lousy graphics average sound track and way too easy (except for some of the bosses).

Currently I'm going through Y's IV on the PC Engine, and I'm loving every minute of it, the availability of a translation patch and transcript of all the spoken text help off course :D

[Tron 2.0]

PS3
Dark Souls Prepare to die and the game realy means it :p

Genesis
Castlevania Bloodlines

[aryoshi]

Tales of Phantasia
Command & Conquer
Command & Conquer Renegade
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

[The 1 2 P]

Lots and lots of demos. Demos for Need For Speed: The Run, Sonic Generations, Dance Central 2 and Kinect Sports Season 2. I've also put more time into Gears of Wars 3 and Halo Reach.

[Ryudo]

Xenoblade Chronicles

[SteveSpeeze]

alien crush , wii downloaded... newer version.
bomberman 93, wii downloaded... pcengine version.
3D ultra mini golf 1 and 2.. microsoft xbox downloaded.
KLAX on and for the NES.

[substantial_snake]

Tales of Phantasia
Command & Conquer
Command & Conquer Renegade
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

If you enjoy Renegade and the Command & Conquer series I highly suggest you check out a standalone game created from Renegade called A Path Beyond.

The game plays is basically Red Alert 1 in the Renegade Engine with a ton of improvements. Its really sweet and if your interested at all give it a try.

http://www.bluehellproductions.com/

I also started playing this again and its a blast. :)

[Aussie2B]

I'm still playing Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance via the Castlevania Double Pack on my Game Boy Advance SP. I beat the game, got all of the endings, filled the map in 200%, collected at least one of every single item, completely filled out my Encyclopedia with item drops and all, and beat all difficulties of the Boss Rush Mode with Juste and Simon. All that's left now, besides playing with Maxim which I'm saving for another time, is maxing out my level (technically, there's hard mode and no-magic mode for the main game, but it sounds like those barely change anything, so who cares. I barely touch magic anyway, and I hear hard mode's difficulty feels practically the same.) This has the same idiotic leveling up system as Symphony of the Night, though, so after around 50, every enemy only gives 1 experience point. But with regenerating enemies and the endlessly twirling Energy Circle whip, I don't even have to actively do anything. I just have a rubber band over the button and I'm leaving the game running. It's all pretty pointless in the end, but I'm an OCD completionist like that.

Other than that silliness I have going, I finally tried out my US version of Solatorobo, Red the Hunter, on my DSi XL. I think I actually prefer playing it on my DS Lite, go figure. Anyway, I only played long enough to clear the Hindenburg. The localization seems pretty nice, besides some font weirdness (not a fan of the slanted apostrophes, and the text is kinda big).

[The 1 2 P]

For the first time in a long time I've been playing handheld games. I played The Castlevania Adventure on my GBC(and kept dying at a platform jumping section) and started playing Castlevania: Circle of The Moon on my GBA. Tonight I'm going to play Fruit Ninja on my Kinect.

[Shinobi]

Resident Evil 4 again thanks to the rerelease on XBOX360 Live
and Daytona USA ( XBOX360 )

on 3DS Tetris Axis

[dchristie74]

As a Marine no problem but as preditor or alien it is a quick kill.

[hashiriya1]

Ar Tonelico Qoga, Gran Turismo 5

[treismac]

Kirby's Return to Dream Land for the Wii is fun at the moment. The Ninja Bonus game rocks- really, really rocks.

[treismac]

...3DS Tetris Axis

So, what are your thoughts on the new version of Tetris?

In regards to different slants to Tetris, this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puNU6QPBWgk) appeals to me- perhaps because I will most likely never play it. :(

[AceAerosmith]

Finally knuckling down and going start to finish on Metal Gear Solid for the PS1. Bought it a long time ago, played thru Disc One, then set it aside. This time, I started all over and am now back to just past the start of Disc Two. Still fun.

[RPG_Fanatic]

Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer - 360
Dragon Quest V - DSi XL

[Shinobi]

So, what are your thoughts on the new version of Tetris?

In regards to different slants to Tetris, this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puNU6QPBWgk) appeals to me- perhaps because I will most likely never play it. :(

Tetris Axis doesnt play much different to the Tetris Premium / Deluxe from DS or Nintendo Download. The Music is better, more gamemodes and higher (3DS) resolution ( full screen ) If you have the DS Tetris youre fine, no need for Tetris Axis.

I actually played the Tetris Dekaris ( Dekai Tetris / Huge Tetris ) at the AEON Shoppingmall here in Japan - looks fun with its huge Joysticks, but plays just terrible ( with those huge inaccurate joysticks its almost impossible to place a block correctly) - those 100 Yen for one play are gone 1 minute.

[Aussie2B]

I'm still "playing" Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance via the Castlevania Double Pack on my Game Boy Advance SP, if it even counts. I've had it running for most of the day for the past two days, and I'm only up to level 65, haha. And I started this level grinding nonsense at about level 50. It's kind of a pain because the dropped items never disappear, so periodically I have to clear them out because the game starts to slow down. What also sucks is that it seems like I've used the system so much over the years that my battery capacity has decreased. Wasn't it said that the backlit model should get around 12 hours? I'm probably getting more like 6 now. Oh well, no biggie for the time being.

For some actual active game playing, I tried out my recently acquired Custom Robo V2 for Nintendo 64. I did a few battles, and it's good stuff. Seems like basically more of the same, although it's been awhile since I played through the original. Nice to finally add this one to my N64 import collection.

[Aussie2B]

Grinding, grinding, grinding away in Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance via the Castlevania Double Pack on my Game Boy Advance SP. I think I'm up to level 74. I wonder if I glitched the game or something because it's been going for awhile now with the enemies dropping nothing but hearts and coins (which disappear). There are the same two potions sitting there that have been on screen for quite awhile now. As long as nothing gets messed up, I'm not complaining. I'll leave it alone until I need to charge it or go to bed, whichever comes first.

For actual playing, and this barely counts, I popped Neo Cherry Master into my Neo Geo Pocket Color to give it a brief test. I finally got around to picking up a US cart. I had the US packaging, but my prior cart was Euro. Now I officially have a full US library, but I still need to get around to getting the packaging for Sonic to claim I have a full CIB NGPC collection.

[substantial_snake]

Online:
Battlefield 3- Awesome multiplier, and an alright campaign. CO-OP missions are pretty good.

Offline:
Assault Suit Lenos 2 -Awesome Metal Slug-like Mech 2D run-n-gun.
Asuka 120% Burning Fest Limited -Fun light fighter that is very..salior moon. lol

[videogameking26]

Uncharted 3 (PS3)- Up to Chapter 8
Kung Fu Panda 2 (PS3)- Just completed once, just started a new game to finish up the trophies I have left
Batman: Arkham City (PS3)- Haven't played a ton yet but 10% done with story so far, trying to find Mister Freeze in the Musuem
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (PS3)- Completed once, now going back to finish upgrading weapons and getting 1 millions bolt banked trophies

That is all really and haven't been playing much on 360 except some Burnout: Crash on XBLA, started Cyrsis 2 & NBA Jam but not far into them yet, need to finish up Driver: SF as I'm up to Chapter 6.

Trying to finish this all up because all attention shifts to SuperMario 3D Land for 3DS next week!.

[starchildskiss78]

As a result of my trip to the flea market yesterday:

Donkey Kong (NES)
Yoshi's Cookie (NES)
Sudeki (Xbox)
Burnout 3 (Xbox)
Sneak King (Xbox)

The only game I am disappointed in is Sneak King. I know it's supposed to be a cheap Burger King game with that creepy King and it's not all that deep. I found myself frustrated trying to sneak up on the right people and get a decent score. I ended up giving up long before I accomplished the first mission!

[The 1 2 P]

I've been playing alot of COD: Black Ops lately in preparation for the change over to MW3 on Tuesday. I'm sure there will be tons of people still playing it for the nazi zombie mode over the next few years. I also have been playing Fruit Ninja and boy is that game tiring. You need to take constant breaks, otherwise you feel like your arms are broken.

And finally I checked out the Saints Row: The Third demo, which is just a character creation tool.l I've made two naked women and a buff dude so far. You get to import your characters into the game when it releases but I don't really want to import my women because everyone will be hitting on them and I really don't want to receive any dick pics.

[retro junkie]

Been playing Excite Truck on the Wii, Dragon Quest 4 on the DSi XL, and Bio-Hazard Battle, Fire Shark, & Lightning Force on the Genesis.

[The 1 2 P]

I finally decided to go back to Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic for the Xbox. I've been playing for the last few nights. Since MW3 comes out tomorrow/later today this might be the last night I play it for awhile.

[starchildskiss78]

Yesterday:

Duck Tales (NES)

I finally got a chance to beat game I was exposed to over 20 years ago (from issue #8 of Nintendo Power) and never managed to. I never owned the game, instead opting to rent it from the local video store.

I played it from start to finish this time and marveled at how relatively short the game actually is. I still think it was a good effort from Capcom, with colorful graphics, excellent sound and music, and a storyline that made sense in the context of the source material.

Today:

Castlevania (NES)

Leave it to the Angry Video Game Nerd to get my interest in the other games in the NES series. I used to own Castlevania 2 in cartridge form years ago but got rid of it when I realized I was not good at it and would get frustrated. With the Wii Virtual Console (and free points from Pepsi's Rock Band 2 promotion) I gave it a second chance. (The NES Game Atlas worked wonders in my understanding of parts I was missing). When I bought all three in the series in cartridge form Saturday I finally saw the appeal. Castlevania is not an easy game by any means, and found myself dying quite a few times. I came very close to beating the game, making it to the Grim Reaper. The game froze on me however and I decided that I would try again another day.

[starchildskiss78]

Last Night:

Back to the Future (Wii)

I love this game! I played the first episode when it was a freebie download on Telltale Games' website. I am playing through the first episode now again so I can get through the whole game and remember what went on since it has been a while! The only thing that seems odd is that it feels like it has load times longer than I would expect, but maybe it's just me...

Today:

Midtown Madness 3 (Xbox)

I just got this one in the mail and I hooked up the Xbox (and the component cable) to see how it looks. I thought it was nice from what I have experienced so far. Seems like it has a lot of meat to it.

[Aussie2B]

After several days of having a rubber band wrapped around my Game Boy Advance SP, I finally got to level 99 in Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance. Just took a little bit past maxing out the clock (at 100 hours), haha. I guess it is kind of satisfying to have these crazy stats now, but it's still silly and pointless in the end. :P

For actual playing, I've been enjoying Giana Sisters DS for DS (duh) for the past few days, and I beat it today. I still have a few levels to unlock and a few levels to 100% clear (gotta do one to do the other), but I've mostly been pretty good about collecting all of the red crystals. And I did get the "achievement" for beating the game without ever seeing the Game Over screen. Lives are even less of a concern now that I have access to the 9-2 bonus level. I'm sure I'll need them as I attempt to get all of the red crystals in a few of the map 8 stages.

[Shulamana]

Terranigma.

This is becoming a real chore. I'm about halfway through, and I don't see how this is really a "hidden gem" or even remotely close to Illusion of Gaia in terms of quality (which I re-played for the first time in 10+ years about six months ago).

The boss fights come out of nowhere, seem completely random and are usually more "annoying" than "hard". About halfway through them I'm completely bored and just want it to end, there's no real feeling of victory. The magic system is completely useless, I only used a magic spell once, and I didn't even manage to hit an enemy. You can't even use magic during boss fights so why ever bother, you don't need them. Rather than using the healing magic I just spam the healing items and even a stack of 9 (the most you can have of any one thing) is more than enough to last through pretty much any dungeon/area.

I lost interest in the plot completely after the 2nd hour, and the English translation is one of the worst I've ever seen in a SNES game (it makes Robotrek and Illusion of Gaia look eloquent). I like Quintet's games usually, and I'm generally a very forgiving and optimistic guy when it comes to games and their flaws, but wow, this just feels like a giant turd to me.

I have given myself until next Thursday to finish it, then I'm moving on to the Final Fantasy VI re-translation / bugfix patch. I guess I'll just have to go head down and grind my way through the rest of it.

[Manga4life]

I've been playing Dragon Warrior IV quite a bit lately on my NES inbetween sessions of Lego Batman (Xbox 360) and revisiting MW2 for a 6th run through on my 360 in anticipation of MW3. Dragon Warrior IV is one of those games that I re-visit once every 2 or 3 years and remains (in my opinion) the best RPG on the NES, though part III is up there as well. When I finish DWIV I plan on firing up either some Faxanadu or possibly focusing on some "beat em' up's" like TMNT II or Double Dragon II or something to that effect, should be fun.

[timewarpgamer]

Fire Emblem: Sacred Stone on GBA. Just got owned last night by some crappy mages with Berserk staffs. What could be more frustrating than watching your most powerful characters go nuts and start offing the rest of your team?

I'm also slowly chugging through Dragon Quest VIII, played on a wonderfully backwards compatible original PS3.

[starchildskiss78]

Yesterday:

Ninja Gaiden (NES)

I can't say how many times I have owned this game. I owned it when the NES was still in the stores. I then got it a few years ago when I restarted my collection. I got rid of it but then decided to get it on Virtual Console. I wanted the real deal again. I got it in the post yesterday and played that sucker like there was no tomorrow. The cut scenes are just so epic! :)

[Aussie2B]

I finished off everything in Giana Sisters DS for DS (duh). Good times.

I just started up Otomedius Excellent for Xbox 360 (after digging the system out of my closet). Leave it to diehard bullet hell freaks to make you feel like a complete failure, haha. They claim that the game is easy, but I got my ass handed to me on my first attempt. I hate how this game has all of this pay DLC. I know that's the norm these days, but I mostly play older games and, of the modern games I play, that's not usually a "feature". I want Kokoro Belmont, dangit, but I don't want to pay for her. Same goes for the BGM. I wish all of this content was just unlockable. I especially don't think they deserve extra money when they went so extremely cheap on the manual. It's 4 pages, and it barely explains anything. There's no tutorial in the game either. So I'm left just guessing what some of the icons I'm collecting do. I pity anyone that's never played a Gradius and has no clue what's going on.

[starchildskiss78]

Donkey Kong Classics (NES)
Legend of Zelda (NES)

Thanks to the near impossibility of finding the instruction manual for the original Donkey Kong, I ordered Donkey Kong Classics with the instruction manual. The upside of this is I now have both Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. I had never made it past the second screen of Donkey Kong Jr and marveled at the third screen. This is definitely one of my favorite games now on the NES.

I have never made it very far in Legend of Zelda. I decided I would pull out the NES Game Atlas and see if I could make some progress. I now have two pieces of the Triforce which is no small feat for me because I can never get into the game in the past.

[The 1 2 P]

Being playing alot of Halo: CE Anniversary and MW3 lately.

[jdc]

Playing Hunted The Demons Forge and GT5 on the PS3. Playing Star Ocean First Departure on the PSP. Nothing on the retro systems at the moment, although the Dreamcast is being hooked back up soon.......

[BenG76]

Working on Retro Game Challenge after rebuying the game. I traded it off a while back. Gald to get back to it. I made it to Star Prince last night.

[starchildskiss78]

Last night:

Street Fighter II (SNES)
F-Zero (SNES)

I still marvel at the graphics and playability of these two games to this day. I was having a ball kicking butt with E. Honda. I had to tell my girlfriend about the fact that they released two marginal upgrades for Street Fighter II at and insane price....I remember buying Super Street Fighter II Turbo for $60 brand new when it came out!

F-Zero has some memorable music, and I am glad to have it back in my library. I like the idea of the Virtual Console for obscure games that cost too much to replace, but those are games easy to get in the physical format.