Help Me Recapture The Magic

[FieryReign]

So, everytime I go to fire up the old emus, or look through my 3DS collection, I have no idea what to play. I usually end up picking something I've already played, or something stupid, get sick of it and quit. Figured I'd start another one of those "recommend me something" threads with a twist. The first game I see posted here, I'll play it to the end(if I'm capable) and give a short opinion on it when I'm done. Not that anybody cares what I have to say, just thought it would be fun for me. Posts are becoming a rarity around here nowadays.

Please no rpgs, I have them, they are just too time consuming for me right now. Not interested in terrible games either, I'm not an angry nerd, and trying to regain some passion here. Pretty much anything up to the ps1/n64 era. 3ds/ds as well, I most likely have it. Just one at a time, first recommendation I see, I'll play it.

[Steven]

I don't think one could go far wrong with Demon's Crest on the SNES. Fine title.

[FieryReign]

Demon's Crest it is. I've always wanted to play through that one. Rented it back in the day but didn't get very far, and don't remember much about it. Thanks.

[Emperor Megas]

I've never played Demon's Crest. I always wanted it since I first saw it but I ALWAYS put off purchasing it despite the fact that it was always reasonably priced. I think I'll make myself buy it the next time I come across it, assuming it's still reasonably priced.

[celerystalker]

I finally played through Demon's Crest about 4 years ago, and it was awesome. Very uneven difficulty, but loads of fun, and the real final boss was tough. Took 3 tries to beat that thing. Still, loads of fun, and great graphics. Hope it's fun for you!

[Tanooki]

I got rid of that one last year to get this laptop, try as I may I never did like it much. It just had this odd mix of confusion of where to go once the map pops up and the RPG elements along with the platforming didn't do it for me. The atmosphere of the game though was quite good and you can't fault the controls either.

[FieryReign]

Ok, quick first impressions; The music is incredible, right up there with Super Castlevania 4 and Actraiser, putting that great symphonic SNES sound to good use. The gameplay has it's quirks. No ducking? A destroyable pot right in front of me but I can't destroy it unless I go backwards and find a lower platform to shoot it from. Also, I can only shoot one fireball at a time, until that fireball disappears on-screen.

Pretty cool that it opens up with a boss fight, while you're trying to escape. The hovering mechanic is a necessity and is a nice mechanic lifted from the Gameboy and NES games. I am not digging the headbutting though, seems you have to be pixel perfect in most cases, especially this first minigame! Grrr. I'm going to ignore that since this has rpg elements, hopefully my character will improve this aspect as I go forward.

[Alianger]

Isn't that what the beaten games thread is for? I think you'd get better results by listing some of your favourite games as well.

Anyway, my recommendation is Willow for the arcade. A challenging action platformer with some minor adventure/rpg elements like shops.

[FieryReign]

Isn't that what the beaten games thread is for? I think you'd get better results by listing some of your favourite games as well.

Anyway, my recommendation is Willow for the arcade. A challenging action platformer with some minor adventure/rpg elements like shops.

I don't care, throw it in that thread if you're a mod, this has nothing to do with being "beaten". Not like your going to get any other topics started around here. I got a pretty good result and am working on it. Thanks for the recommendation.

[Alianger]

Well personally I don't mind a one man-impressions/review thread, and no I'm not a mod. :) It wasn't meant to sound like an attack on the thread.
Good luck with the magic hunt.

[Tanooki]

The thread has value easily, but I question if he'll finish Demon's Crest as it's kind of a love it or hate it thing because of the quirks he said coupled with the RPG elements and stiff challenge. It may comment over $100 on the after market, but it's not the best game Capcom has put out by any means either. I'd take the NES/GB Gargoyle's Quest games over them any day.

[celerystalker]

The thread has value easily, but I question if he'll finish Demon's Crest as it's kind of a love it or hate it thing because of the quirks he said coupled with the RPG elements and stiff challenge. It may comment over $100 on the after market, but it's not the best game Capcom has put out by any means either. I'd take the NES/GB Gargoyle's Quest games over them any day.

I agree that the first two are balanced considerably better. I do love the graphics and sound, though, and some of the areas are neat. I've always felt like it was rushed, though, much like the second disc of Xenogears. It's still a great game, but something there just rings incomplete to me, like there was a much larger vision that had to be tapered off to fit a window.

[Tanooki]

It's Capcom, given the year it probably was rushed. They hit this wall where they got scared and buttoned up some and just put out sure fire mascot stuff as we saw with the MMX1-3 and MM7 games and then SF Alpha 2 as they know they would make money on them. A game like Demons Crest was a total gamble considering the GB game did well but the sequel was too late for its own good on the NES and probably didn't make much.

I think where you may think it feels rushed is the poor implementation of the RPG elements. There's the length with no saving which hurts it. The controls like the no ducking is questionably idiotic as the others I am fairly certain did (GB did for sure.) And then there's the overworld map which has no sense of direction in that mode7 eye candy treat so you flap around and find places which could or couldn't almost instantly get you murdered if you weren't up to level for it and death was the only way to know (or cheating with a faq or online guide enough in the future of the late 90s and beyond.)

[celerystalker]

Nah, it wasn't the RPG elements. It was the powers granted from the crests coupled with the alternate paths. It felt like they had grander plans to use those powers for more in-depth exploration, but instead you only use each briefly in moving on to the next. It just seemed like the map was intended to house more areas, the powers were intended to be more integral to the game, and more exploration to occur in the side-scrolling areas. What actually got finished was closer to something like Xardion in scale and length, but it felt like it was meant to be closer to Symphony of the Night, but never got to realize it.

Capcom has always been sketchy about ducking, though. How long did it take Mega Man to get the ability? If only he'd have fought some kind of Crouch Man to steal his power...

[SparTonberry]

If by ducking you mean sliding, Mega Man had that power in MM3.
What's weird is that Charge Man (in MM5) gave him the power to turn the slide into an attack. BUT it was just that one game and for some reason still consumed weapon power. WTF?

[Tanooki]

I can see that as flaws too, annoying really to just set it up that way. The reason I bought up crouching, sure Capcom has been shaky about it being added, but to go from have to then remove is a bit questionable.

[Emperor Megas]

Wait, did someone say this game demands 100 bucks? Shit, I used to pass on it for $20-$30. I guess I shouldn't have! I'm just not about paying that much for games. Well, not unless it's purchased with trade revenue, or something insanely special.

[Tanooki]

Yup, current ebay history going back to February sorted for paid + US only shows a range of $100-130 depending on condition. I know mine is in there somewhere as it was a happy victim to the pinball gods. The price jumped up I think around a year ago or so, then stayed relatively flat within a small range. I remember before hand you could snap them up for $30-40 which is what I got it for if that a few years earlier. It's another victim of the scalper shuffle.

[bb_hood]

Its a fairly rare game and its really good also. Its not expensive because sellers are asking too much.
Its a game many people want.

[FieryReign]

Ok, fuck this game I give up. I managed to find every item except for 1 life capsule, and got to the third(final?) form of the last boss. This has to be the most ridiculously unfair boss battle I've ever played. Luckily, I'm a little doped up on Percs or my controller would be in pieces.

This game's difficulty is so wildly inconsistent it's like it was made by 2 different development teams. Some levels are a breeze once you get more crest powers. Some are straight cheap with respawning ghosts, bats, and other annoying things appearing right on top of you. Don't get me started on those levels where you have to keep torches lit in order to see and keep the bats off your ass...

The same with the boss battles. Some have easily discernible patterns. Most of them attack randomly, take a thousand hits to defeat, and just seem like a game of luck while spamming ginseng potions. It is easy to exploit the monetary system in the game by just returning to the same area over and over and collecting coins. That is poor game design, in my opinion. I was ready to give up on that goddamn eyeball boss. By sheer luck I managed to use a mostly useless scroll(imp) and let him do the dirty work for me.

I didn't have any issues with the mode7 map thing. It's a relatively small overworld that loops around itself. Pressing start brings up a top-down view of the entire map and even shows you which direction you're facing. It kinda points you in which levels you should be doing in order by numbering them, thankfully. There is alot of backtracking to find new areas once you gain more abilities.

So close... At times I was having fun with the game, but mostly I was cursing at it. I don't like it and will never, ever touch it again. Twitch masochists who like their games frustrating and challenging will dig it. The same kind of people who enjoy dying over and over again in Ghouls and Ghosts games. I'm not one of them.

It's a shame. The graphics and spritework are fantastic. The music fits the mood with a nice orchestral score. There are nice gameplay ideas in place. And it is really nifty to play as the anti-hero, something of a rarity back then. But ultimately, it's too goddamn hard for it's own good. Call me a pussy, I can only take so much frustration from a game I should be enjoying. Next....

[Tanooki]

Hehe wasn't going to spoil the difficulty for you had you not looked up a gamefaq. You comments pretty much hit it as a good list of reasons I had no desire to keep it along with other brought up things. The difficulty is for masochists is right, right up there with bullet hell fans with it jacked up to max difficulty going 10sec before being fed another shit sandwich they'll happily eat to go back in an 1000 more times to die moments later yet again with no real to limited gain.

[sfchakan]

Words, words, words -- Steve mentioned Demon's Crest. Fucking great game. I'm both really happy that everyone is giving it it's due finally, but also really sad it's price has skyrocketed before I got another copy.

[celerystalker]

Yeah, the difficulty is all over the place.

If you're taking new suggestions, how about Rygar on NES? It's an old favorite of mine.

[FieryReign]

Rygar is an old favorite of mine as well. Yet I never got a chance to beat that one and had no clue what I was doing. My cousin had this and I remember always getting lost and not knowing where to go. I was too young to grasp rpg elements and exploration in a game. I just wanted to walk right, kill shit, and hope for a giant boss at the end. Such a feeble young mind... I'll give it another shot with an older perspective and bring back some memories in the process. Thanks.

[Tanooki]

If youre into Gameboy Advance or before I could suggest a few interesting things that shouldn't be too time consuming.

[FieryReign]

Consider Rygar conquered. Boy, father time hasn't been kind to this one. So many aspects of the game are confusing. Just looking at the sub-screen I was scratching my head wondering, what the fuck is "Tone"? Potential? Last? I'm assuming it's Engrish for exp, next, and strength? Still not sure. It seemed totally random when I leveled up and gained an extra life bar.

You guys are punishing me with tough games, although this one wasn't too bad. Enemies respawning out of thin air was my major gripe with this game. It fools you into thinking you have only one life, but hitting start at the title screen brings you back to the start of the area you were just in. Most of the bosses were pretty easy as long as you had enough health.

The graphics are serviceable considering when it came out. Some of the enemy designs are hideous though, especially those demonic birds that drop eggs on your dome. The tunes are catchy, sometimes moody, dark, and bassy. Some of it sounds familiar. The controls are super tight. It would've been nice to have diagonal movement in the overhead sections though.

It's not quite as good as I remembered it being. But better than alot of NES games released in 87. A bit crusty and wrinkly. Maybe better left remembered the way it was. The ending is nothing but a picture and a paragraph of more bad English. Disappointing after a pretty tough game. At least I finished it, something of an accomplishment. No walkthroughs. If a game requires one, I'll just quit then and there.


If youre into Gameboy Advance or before I could suggest a few interesting things that shouldn't be too time consuming.

I'm listening...

[celerystalker]

I like Rygar's music a ton. I like the graphics, too, but it does suffer from tons of flicker. I'll always dig it, but I always wished it had a password system.

[Tanooki]

Ok guess you have a GBA or some combination. I'm not going to go into good detail on the why, my suggestion, youtube it or something.

GBA--
Wing Commander Prophecy (full pc conversion, it works)
Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland
River City Ransom EX
Robotech the Macross Saga
V-Rally 3 (3D, Saturn like rally racer)

GBC--
Cannon Fodder
Lemmings & Oh no More Lemmings
Tomb Raider (plays like prince of persia)
Project S-11
Warlocked (warcraft, seriously)

GB--
Balloon Kid
Fortified Zone
Final Fantasy Adventure (Secret of Mana prequel)
Turrican
Donkey Kong


5 each per system, tried to almost entirely stay away from well known mass releases franchise games but I had to toss in just a few.

[FieryReign]

I have very reliable emus, hehe. And pretty much every game you listed. I'm a pirate, people may hate me for it, but oh well. My physical collection consists of 3DS only(about 150 games and 3 systems). I love it and think it's a neat system. And it's relatively cheap to pick games up for.

That's a pretty hefty list there, you have one in particular to start off with? I'm weird and like to tackle one game at a time. I usually like to conquer one before moving on to the next.

[Gameguy]

Go for Bebe's Kids on SNES. It's really not as horrible as most people make it out to be, I made it to the last level the first time I played it. Just read the instructions before playing as the controls aren't that great through trial and error. I just want to find somebody else who'll play this.

[FieryReign]

Go for Bebe's Kids on SNES. It's really not as horrible as most people make it out to be, I made it to the last level the first time I played it. Just read the instructions before playing as the controls aren't that great through trial and error. I just want to find somebody else who'll play this.

I'm willing to give it a try, just hope you're not messing with me.

[Gameguy]

I'm willing to give it a try, just hope you're not messing with me.
I'm really not, I personally like the game. There's punches and kicks in the game, and super punches and super kicks. Regular ones do nothing, the super ones are the only ones I use. It's some weird trigger/button combination but once you know it the game is normal, it's not super hard like most youtube people say it is.

Then there's the haunted house level. Most people seem to give up on it after getting lost, I got through it the first time pretty easily. There's at most 3 doors, one you came from, which leaves two to choose from. There's a gauge on the screen which tells you when you're going the right way, if you're not then go back through the same door you just came from to be on the previous screen, and choose the only door that's left. No idea why most people struggle with this. If you keep going the wrong way past more than one or two screens, it randomly cycles you back to the beginning of the maze to start over. I picked up on this pretty quick but it seems most people who've played this just think the entire route is completely random.

I find this game follows the source material pretty closely and offers variety between levels. It could be better but for a licensed game it's not bad. It's actually better than the movie it's based on.

[Tanooki]

Eh can't hate on you for pirating. I'd dare anyone on this site to admit they don't have one piece of stolen or expired software they still keep around. :) Back in the late 90s around 2000 I burned a NES set to a CD, has every unique US, Japanese and PAL(only) releases out up to that rate, and I still have it. It's how I would load up that powerpak I had. Back then I had the full selection of old GB games too but that's long gone. I only found the NES CD some years ago, thought it was toast too.

[celerystalker]

Eh can't hate on you for pirating. I'd dare anyone on this site to admit they don't have one piece of stolen or expired software they still keep around. :) Back in the late 90s around 2000 I burned a NES set to a CD, has every unique US, Japanese and PAL(only) releases out up to that rate, and I still have it. It's how I would load up that powerpak I had. Back then I had the full selection of old GB games too but that's long gone. I only found the NES CD some years ago, thought it was toast too.

I don't have any stolen or expired software. Anywhere.

No hate, though. We all do this our own way.

[FieryReign]

I'm really not, I personally like the game. There's punches and kicks in the game, and super punches and super kicks. Regular ones do nothing, the super ones are the only ones I use. It's some weird trigger/button combination but once you know it the game is normal, it's not super hard like most youtube people say it is.

Then there's the haunted house level. Most people seem to give up on it after getting lost, I got through it the first time pretty easily. There's at most 3 doors, one you came from, which leaves two to choose from. There's a gauge on the screen which tells you when you're going the right way, if you're not then go back through the same door you just came from to be on the previous screen, and choose the only door that's left. No idea why most people struggle with this. If you keep going the wrong way past more than one or two screens, it randomly cycles you back to the beginning of the maze to start over. I picked up on this pretty quick but it seems most people who've played this just think the entire route is completely random.

I find this game follows the source material pretty closely and offers variety between levels. It could be better but for a licensed game it's not bad. It's actually better than the movie it's based on.

Um.... yeah. I gave it a shot. At first I thought it was going to be a poor man's Simpsons Arcade. Then reality set in. The controls are clunky and it seems like the framerate on the animation is jittery and spazzy. I managed to figure out everything you mentioned. Regular attacks do nothing. I sat there for about 5 minutes punching and kicking the same mouse mascots and ran out of time. The uppercut and spinning jump kicks are the only attacks that do anything, as well as some sort of roll move I pulled off with sheer luck. Didn't take long to figure out how to throw baseballs and basketballs.

Then the bullshit with the baby dropping glass stuff on the floor. So Im supposed to smash it before Robin catches it or they hit the floor? Yup, but the controls and pure randomness of the baby movement just make it a mess. And you have to do it 10 times in a row. I managed to pass this part too. Then the haunted house. That's where I had to draw the line like everyone else. The bats pissed me off the most. It sends you back to the start of the damn brawler section if you fail.

I've never seen the movie, just Robin's stand-up. He would be rolling over in his grave. I like how it says "chillin" when you pause the game. And now I've got that title screen music stuck in my head! They shouldve just focused on making it a pure brawler with combos and set-moves and such.

I just noticed and forgot someone mentioned Willow arcade. I'm going after that one next. Then to one of tanooki's choice picks.

[Tron 2.0]

I like Rygar's music a ton. I like the graphics, too, but it does suffer from tons of flicker. I'll always dig it, but I always wished it had a password system.
Ditto i've all ways enjoyed the nes rygar more then it's arcade counter part.I don't know i was never bother it didn't have a password system,never had a problem finishing the game.

[celerystalker]

Yeah, it's not too tough to finish, but when I was 8, a password would have been awesome, because what I can finish in a little over an hour now took me so many days of trial and error in the late '80s...

[Steven]

Alright if we're suggesting "notoriously crappy" games might I suggest one that often gets unfairly bashed?

Try 3 Ninjas Kick Back on the SNES and let me know what you think. I've read a lot of hate on this game, but I found it to be decent and enjoyable. The game picks up after the first few levels. There is one level that you can beat in like 8 seconds and it's just ridiculous.

But some of the later levels are fun.

Not a good game by any stretch, but IMO a lot more competent than what most credit it for.

[FieryReign]

Willow(arcade) was kind of fun. Sort of like a mix of Ghouls and Ghosts and Magic Sword with two different playable characters and gameplay styles. Willow controls like Arthur with a charge shot, Val Kilmer's more like a less agile Strider Hiryu. Not as hard and unfair as most arcade games but their is still bullshit involved. You only get 2 lives and the time limit is stupid. There are shops where you can buy upgrades and such but only 2 of them are useful, a life meter extension and a power upgrade. At least the game lets you keep what you purchase after dying and even continuing. Most of the enemies stay dead when they're slain and not too much of the respawning nonsense. The final level is one of those labyrinth levels where picking the wrong door sends you back to a previous area.

The graphics are really colorful and vibrant. Some of the bosses are impressive, especially that uglyass 2-headed monster/dragon thing from the movie. The controls are on point aside from having to press up+jump to achieve a high jump. Music and sound get the job done, nothing memorable. It's a shame this didn't get a home console release. I can understand why though. The SNES was 2 years away and a Genesis port would've been impossible due to Nintendo's stranglehold on 3rd party companies. People would've long forgotten the film if Capcom had decided to port it to the SNES.

It's a pretty straightforward and short game. And it's not cheap and artificially difficult, it could probably be one-credited with enough practice and memorization. I haven't seen the movie in years but it seems to follow it pretty closely. There was a few times where I said "ah, I remember that scene". A solid good time for about 45 minutes. Capcom seemed to do no wrong with their arcade games of this era.

3 Ninjas Kick Back, huh? I forgot the game was even a thing and didn't know it had such a bad reputation. I guess I'll keep the licensed movie theme going and fire it up. But it will be the Genesis version, no more Nintendo related games. I don't even want anything semi-related to them on any of my devices. They've all been deleted and forgotten like the shit I took earlier.

[Alianger]

Cool, enjoyed reading your thoughts on Willow. I wasn't expecting it to blow your mind but as a console-like arcade game with very good controls and presentation for the time (1989?) it's a bit of a forgotten gem. I did think keeping the time limit going when in shops was a bad design choice but it serves its purpose otherwise as limiting what you can buy since you can farm for gold here and there.

A couple of questions: Did you find any familiars, and was your route through the maze the same as mine; left, left, upper right? Just want to know if it changes the correct route between playthroughs.

[FieryReign]

Willow didn't exactly blow my mind but it was a fun little romp. Is that what that thing was, a familiar? I managed to find one by killing an enemy somehow, I think. It just appeared and I kept trying to kill it before I realized it was helping me. I can't even remember the correct path through the final maze. I kept looping about a dozen times and managed to find the correct way by luck.

[celerystalker]

If you want to stay off of Nintendo, how about Black Tiger? It's probably my favorite Capcom game. I love the crap out of that one, and got to where I could one-life it.

[Emperor Megas]

If you want to stay off of Nintendo, how about Black Tiger? It's probably my favorite Capcom game. I love the crap out of that one, and got to where I could one-life it.DUUUUDE... *high five* I freaking LOVE Black Tiger! :rocker:

[celerystalker]

Heheh, I'll take that high five. Black Tiger rules! I can't believe it isn't better known after being featured in Ready Player One, included in Capcom Classics 2, and being free on PSN. I would recommend it to anyone who even kind of wanted to like Ghosts 'n Goblins, because it ratchets that style up a ton and has an awesome Conan flavor. Glad to see someone else loves it!

[FieryReign]

No more games. The magic is gone. Turns out I was just forcing myself to like videogames again. It's just nostalgia. I really have no hobbies that interest me anymore, even my second love for kung fu flicks does nothing for me. I just like to drink and get doped up off the opiods the doc prescribes me for pain. If I could I'd be toking up on some good ole mary jane. I'm just a miserable person and don't know how I got this way. Probably the way I came up, combined with the passing of my mother, after not seeing her for years(my own fault). Pretty weird to see a friend and coworker lying in a coffin after committing suicide recently, as well.

Go ahead and delete this thread or close it, whatever. Fuck videogames, I'm done with them. Just a child hood memory. Game Over

[celerystalker]

Sorry things aren't going well. Hope they get better for you, and that something, whatever it is, strikes a nice chord for you and at least gives you a pleasant distraction if nothing else.

[Steven]

Wow, you've been through a lot. I wish you the best and hope you may find whatever it is you need to help you through this difficult time.

[JSoup]

No more games. The magic is gone. Turns out I was just forcing myself to like videogames again. It's just nostalgia. I really have no hobbies that interest me anymore, even my second love for kung fu flicks does nothing for me. I just like to drink and get doped up off the opiods the doc prescribes me for pain. If I could I'd be toking up on some good ole mary jane. I'm just a miserable person and don't know how I got this way. Probably the way I came up, combined with the passing of my mother, after not seeing her for years(my own fault). Pretty weird to see a friend and coworker lying in a coffin after committing suicide recently, as well.

Go ahead and delete this thread or close it, whatever. Fuck videogames, I'm done with them. Just a child hood memory. Game Over

I'd really like to bookend this with "and nothing of value was lost".
BUT....I feel like you might be trying a bit too hard here and expecting too much in return. You can't manufacture magic, it just sort of happens when good things come together in the right way. My advice? Slow down, stop trying to enjoy the games/movies/whathaveyou and just experience it for what it is. Either you'll find that you like it and want more, or move on to something else. Just like anything else, it's a self learning process and it takes time.

[wizardofwor1975]

No more games. The magic is gone. Turns out I was just forcing myself to like videogames again. It's just nostalgia. I really have no hobbies that interest me anymore, even my second love for kung fu flicks does nothing for me. I just like to drink and get doped up off the opiods the doc prescribes me for pain. If I could I'd be toking up on some good ole mary jane. I'm just a miserable person and don't know how I got this way. Probably the way I came up, combined with the passing of my mother, after not seeing her for years(my own fault). Pretty weird to see a friend and coworker lying in a coffin after committing suicide recently, as well.

Go ahead and delete this thread or close it, whatever. Fuck videogames, I'm done with them. Just a child hood memory. Game Over

Don't give up brother. Hang in there. You sound pretty beaten down by life and it sorta sounds like your suffering from some sort of injury or illness. Maybe you can ask your doc to let you go and talk to somebody or a group of folks with similar problems or aliments. It feels good to get this stuff of your chest to people who won't judge you. I know it sounds hokey to some brother but it can help. I wish you the best. Stay strong and if you have a wife and family hang in there for them. :)

PS: Try playing the games with your kids or your nephews/nieces. Damn few things in this world make me happier than playing games with my boy or my girls.

[Steven]

I'd really like to bookend this with "and nothing of value was lost".
BUT....I feel like you might be trying a bit too hard here and expecting too much in return. You can't manufacture magic, it just sort of happens when good things come together in the right way. My advice? Slow down, stop trying to enjoy the games/movies/whathaveyou and just experience it for what it is. Either you'll find that you like it and want more, or move on to something else. Just like anything else, it's a self learning process and it takes time.

Great words of wisdom in there!

I echo those sentiments. Magic is hard to make happen... it just happens on its own.

[PapaStu]

No more games. The magic is gone. Turns out I was just forcing myself to like videogames again. It's just nostalgia. I really have no hobbies that interest me anymore, even my second love for kung fu flicks does nothing for me. I just like to drink and get doped up off the opiods the doc prescribes me for pain. If I could I'd be toking up on some good ole mary jane. I'm just a miserable person and don't know how I got this way. Probably the way I came up, combined with the passing of my mother, after not seeing her for years(my own fault). Pretty weird to see a friend and coworker lying in a coffin after committing suicide recently, as well.

Go ahead and delete this thread or close it, whatever. Fuck videogames, I'm done with them. Just a child hood memory. Game Over



I'll take this moment to chime in and say it may not hurt to reach out to talk to someone via a local counseling service. Many are low-cost or free. Deciding to mix booze and opioids just compounds the negative feelings you're experiencing right now as well.

Per your request...

**lockerooni**