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Arqueologia_Digital
10-02-2005, 11:21 PM
I donīt know if this topics also exists, but i never saw a conversation or a discussion about the time monsters, those little bastards that always disturb us when we are playing. I think there isnīt no gamer that hadnīt suffered with this creatures. And now, a top ten of this little fucking monsters...
Number 10 Sue - Pac Land
http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/3180/jt107np.jpg
Not the best, but itīs very difficult to reach...
Number 9 Little Red Demon - Tumble Pop
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/2957/jt98mt.jpg
This bastard follows you across the level unless you kill all the enemies
Number 8 Eagle - Sunsetraiders
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/2943/jt81vm.jpg
Not sure if itīs an eagle, but this bird follows you in all levels when you donīt move, also with the bosses!!!
Number 7 The hand - The Simpsons
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/7576/jt76rt.jpg
Very funny. With the slogan: "Hurry up", this hand pushes you to walk...
Number 6 Pumpkin - Snow Bros.
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/4798/jt67fx.jpg
Appears very fast IMO. Very creepy. He spits ghosts to follow you and kill. Is impossible to destroy unless you kill all the stage enemies.
Number 5 Black skulls - Golden Axe
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4396/jt56ay.jpg
This dark skulls are very strong and fast. They also appears in level 4 and not from the earth like the white ones.
Number 4 Rotten egg - Wonder Boy
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7034/jt41ig.jpg
Not exactly a time monster, but this little reaper broke my balls...literally...
Number 3 Evil Otto - Berzerk
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2593/jt35fq.jpg
I hate this fucking little happy face (please Joe donīt hate me) that follows you fastly.
Number 2 Giant face - Rygar
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/7876/jt16rr.jpg
Not very difficult to reach, but horrible...
NUMBER 1 Baron Von Blubba - Bubble Bobble
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/7675/jt27la.jpg
Like a beluga, but more powerful. White, creepy, with red eyes, this enemy is my favorite...no doubt. But also i hate when he kills me very fast...
Well...i hope you like and enjoy this topic and add more of this "time monsters" to create a good list or just to remember this special characters of a typical arcade game.
Cheers,
Matías
Dr. Morbis
10-03-2005, 01:05 AM
As soon as I saw your title I was thinking Baron Von Blubba should be #1. Cool topic, but I can't think of any you haven't already mentioned. Baby Mario crying in Yoshi's Island was as annoying as hell during his countdown, but I don't know if you would count that for this topic.
Lemmy Kilmister
10-03-2005, 02:01 AM
Thought up a few more:
Kickle Cubicle for NES - That hugh star that nabs your ass if you run out of time.
Wolverine: Adamantane Rage for Genesis and SNES - A little doll appears out of nowhere and kills you if you take to long trying to beat the level you're in.
swlovinist
10-03-2005, 02:12 AM
I beat Magician Lord for my birthday April 2005. We played it to the end, which means we died A LOT. Upon one of our deaths, we were suprised that if you do not do anything for a while, a time monster comes from the top of the screen and latches ahold of you unitil you die. It really sucks. My vote for one of the worst.
Now, what they SHOULD have is something along these lines that appears and does the same thing to people who "camp" in multiplayer FPS games. That would be great to see some alien-like thing attach itself to a camper's head and suck the HP out of him. LOL
Mianrtcv
10-03-2005, 07:52 AM
Great list. Bubble bobble is what I thought immediately, along with evil otto.
fpstream
10-03-2005, 08:05 PM
Now, what they SHOULD have is something along these lines that appears and does the same thing to people who "camp" in multiplayer FPS games. That would be great to see some alien-like thing attach itself to a camper's head and suck the HP out of him. LOL
That'd be beautiful, how bout just attaching to the head so they can't see. It'd make for a more sarcastic punishment. Like when I jumped ONCE in a firefight in Call of Duty and they made me prone the rest of the game. Stupid grounding...
hydr0x
10-03-2005, 10:23 PM
and my vote for the best topic of the month goes to this one :)
thanks, i really enjoyed reading this :-P
evildead2099
10-03-2005, 10:30 PM
Number 4 Rotten egg - Wonder Boy
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7034/jt41ig.jpg
Not exactly a time monster, but this little reaper broke my balls...literally...
In Adventure Island (NES), a sinister eggplant chases you rather than a reaper.
... No, I'm not talking about the Eggplant Wizard ala Kid Icarus.
All time pain in the ass: the pterodactyl in Joust. Bastard is fast and hard to hit. And why a pterodactyl? Was the hand in the lava pit and the ostrich riding just not weird enough?
Just about everything in Mario Bros. Playing that game can make you afraid of the color blue.
scooterb23
10-03-2005, 11:38 PM
I concur with Calcium Boy up there. The pterodactyl in Joust is the one that gave me the biggest issue.
GetImOliver
10-03-2005, 11:55 PM
Great idea for a topic. Baron Von Blubba wins by a landslide, though. I hate that freakly little thing...
Arqueologia_Digital
10-04-2005, 12:29 AM
The bright stars in Balloon Fight maybe enters in this topic too...
and my vote for the best topic of the month goes to this one
thanks, i really enjoyed reading this
Thanks man!!!
Matías
Jorpho
10-04-2005, 12:35 AM
A fine topic, truly. Those fireballs in the various incarnations of Mario Bros (not to mention Wrecking Crew) are a real pain indeed.
The only other one that comes to mind right now is Smash TV, but that was nothing special.
Oh, there was also that PC (and presumably Amiga) game known as Elf, where you would leave a tombstone behind in a level if you died, and if you hung around the tombstone too long your ghost would appear and start attacking you. A rather cool-sounding concept, that.
Arqueologia_Digital
10-04-2005, 10:50 PM
A fine topic, truly. Those fireballs in the various incarnations of Mario Bros (not to mention Wrecking Crew) are a real pain indeed.
The only other one that comes to mind right now is Smash TV, but that was nothing special.
Oh, there was also that PC (and presumably Amiga) game known as Elf, where you would leave a tombstone behind in a level if you died, and if you hung around the tombstone too long your ghost would appear and start attacking you. A rather cool-sounding concept, that.
Good ones!, i didnīt remember those. As the game Elf, count too...
Iron Draggon
10-04-2005, 11:31 PM
I vote for the Pterodactyl in Joust too. That bitch is nearly impossible to keep your lance lined up with him just right so you can kill him. Every time I did it, I couldn't believe it.
And who doesn't always cringe when it comes time for one of the dreaded Pterry waves? They're a guaranteed death, unless you're a Joust expert. I'd rather fight the Lava Troll.
Jorpho
10-04-2005, 11:52 PM
Oh, and there's Venture, too, of course. Rather clever that the creatures from the corridors actually follow you into the room if you take too long. Did the 2600 version implement this as well?
Oh, and the Yeti from Ski Free! (Not really a "time monster", technically.)
Was there a time monster in any of the various incarnations of Pang / Buster Bros ?
I beat Magician Lord for my birthday April 2005. We played it to the end, which means we died A LOT. Upon one of our deaths, we were suprised that if you do not do anything for a while, a time monster comes from the top of the screen and latches ahold of you unitil you die. It really sucks. My vote for one of the worst.
Agreed, plus those flying monsters that appear if your not going full speed ahead. Ugh hate those.
diskoboy
10-05-2005, 10:42 PM
Oh my god, why has nobody mentioned Defender/Stargate????
Those god damn Baiters should be at the top of this list.
Damaramu
10-05-2005, 10:45 PM
How about that little "death ghost" that attacks you in Cadash. I hate that guy! :angry:
Arqueologia_Digital
10-07-2005, 12:57 AM
How about that little "death ghost" that attacks you in Cadash. I hate that guy! :angry:
Oooops...i forgot that!!!, well, really i donīt know this death ghost you mention...:S maybe some pic...
Haoie
10-07-2005, 07:19 PM
I actually thought this topic was about time travelling monsters, in which case Lavos goes in there, for sure.
Jorpho
07-30-2012, 11:54 PM
I was reading recently (http://hg101.kontek.net/quartet/quartet.htm) about how a Grim Reaper shows up in Sega's Quartet if you don't keep moving, and thought of this thread.
Oddly, there's no TV Tropes page yet.
M.Buster2184
07-31-2012, 01:43 AM
Great topic. I remember my friend and I sitting down and playing through Pac-Land on the Turbo-Grafx. Not sure why we did it in hindsight. Gluttons for punishment I suppose.
Dire 51
07-31-2012, 04:08 PM
There's two in the arcade Splatterhouse, although few people even realize that one of them is there.
The first one is the "electrical purple mist" that slowly fills up the stages from the left side of the screen. Just stay still in nearly any stage for a minute or two, and out it comes. The second is this blue orb: http://splatterhouse.kontek.net/mysteriousblueorbzb1.gif The orb seems to be a bit of a mystery, as it's rarely seen. It was mysterious enough that I devoted an entire page (http://splatterhouse.kontek.net/shacbonus.html) on West Mansion to it. Neither of these appear in the PCE/TG16 port, though.
Here's a pic of both the mist and a boatload of orbs attacking all at once:
http://splatterhouse.kontek.net/splatorb.gif
Emperor Megas
07-31-2012, 04:41 PM
Does Sinistar count?
I was reading recently (http://hg101.kontek.net/quartet/quartet.htm) about how a Grim Reaper shows up in Sega's Quartet if you don't keep moving, and thought of this thread.I was just about the post that. It's pretty easy to avoid, IIRC, because it's slow and makes only one pass, but it's pretty cool the way that it swings its scythe around and then flies off.