It seems I was closer to the end then I thought. I beat Silent Bomber. I'm not sure why I had so much trouble with the final boss last time I played. I easily beat him on my second try this time.
It seems I was closer to the end then I thought. I beat Silent Bomber. I'm not sure why I had so much trouble with the final boss last time I played. I easily beat him on my second try this time.
Not sure if it counts for anything since I started it weeks ago, but I *completed* it just now. And it could go in the movie inspired category...
I played with some mods installed, most notably the Brotherhood of Shadow: Solomon's Revenge mod. I thought it was pretty amazing for a fan mod, though certainly not without its flaws. I'd say it is worth playing, but a lot of it is told through playable flashbacks, which I was pretty dang sick of by the end. Overall the addon was longer than it needed to be, but still, props to the creators. I'd also forgotten how much stuff you can miss in this game if you aren't careful; sidequests, dialogue with companions, etc. I played a female, with the Romance Bastilla mod, but failed to get the kiss scene. Darn. Ah, the things that titillated me in my youth!
Last edited by Cornelius; 04-09-2017 at 12:16 AM.
For the player's choice, I played through the first Densetsu no Starfy game on GBA (not to be confused with The Legendary Starfy on DS, which is actually the fifth Starfy game). I'm probably stretching the rules in more ways than one here, considering it's not the word "star" (or "stars") by itself, and the hero's name is even romanized as "Stafy" at the start of the credits roll, as seen here. But when the series was finally brought to the West, Nintendo decided that his name would officially be spelled as "Starfy". Anyway, if it doesn't count, no biggie. It was fun to finally sink some time into this game.
Sorry it's been a couple of weeks, but here's your current scoreboard as of today:
RP2A03-25
Snow Bros
Bucky O'Hare
Guerrilla War
Magic Sword
Tiny Toon Adventures
Mega Man X
Illusion of Gaia (RPG)
Wheel of Fortune starring Vanna White
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Crystal's Pony Tail
Bats & Terry
Vice: Project Doom
Double Dare
Chiki Chiki Boys
Psycho Dream
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Comic Sakka Series Touma Senki 2
Eggerland
Star Trek Generations
jperryss-19
Breakthru
Grind Stormer
Duck Tales 2
Guerrilla War
Mega Man X
Lords of Thunder
Soul Blazer (RPG)
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Metroid
Monster Party
Vice: Project Doom
Final Fight
Chiki Chiki Boys
Dragon Warrior 2
Super The Empire Strikes Back
Cornelius-12
Space Invaders Extreme
Duck Tales
D
Illusion of Gaia (RPG)
Lords of Thunder
Golden Axe Warrior
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Scissors-25
Super Smash Bros for Wii U
Road Runner
Trap Gunner
Strider
Bucky O'Hare
Metal Storm
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Red Alarm
RayStorm
Valis
Burning Force
Monster Party
Vice: Project Doom
Aztec Adventure
Chiki Chiki Boys
Vanark
Super Mario Land
Sonic Spinball
Super Spike V'ball
Silent Bomber
Tom & Jerry: The Movie
Emperor Megas-19
Pocket Fighter
Puyo Pop Fever
Aladdin
Insector X
Target Earth
Thunder Force II
Black Tiger
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Syd of Valis
Monster Party
Muramasa
Samurai Shodown
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Alex Kidd and the Lost Stars
Astal
Az-8
Street Fighter II
Pit Fighter
TMNT Tournament Fighters
Magic Sword
Guerrilla War
Psychic Force
Alien Storm
Super Final Fight Gold
biofall-13
Hotline Miami 2
Vice: Project Doom
Power Stone 2
Pocky & Rocky 2
Fatal Frame 2
Crash Warped
Parappa the Rapper
Adventures of Lolo
Hebereke's Popoitto
Cyberbots
Shrek Super Slam
Niku sama-1
Rad Racer
Aussie2B-2
Thomas Was Alone
Densetsu no Starfy
brandon913-2
Adventures of Lolo
Battleship
FieryReign-21
Super Fantasy Zone
Street Fighter II
Strider
Pit Fighter
Quackshot
Rastan
Alex Rider: Stormbreaker
Snow White
Illusion of Gaia (RPG)
Galactic Attack
That's so Raven 2
Ranger X
Bare Knuckle 3
Burning Force
Vice: Project Doom
Lots of big wins lately. Emperor Megas was the only one to finish the March RPG, biofall, brandon913, Aussie2B, and Niku-sama all made the scoreboard for the first time, with biofall racking up a ton of points in a hurry! The first imports were taken down, and Scissors, jperryss, and RP2A03 continue to steadily jam out wins.
As always, let me know if I missed any of your victories so you get your points!
Last edited by celerystalker; 04-10-2017 at 11:25 PM.
A few interesting statistics, assuming I counted correctly:
All of you players have combined to complete 117 games so far!
While RP2A03 and Scissors are currently tied with 25 points each, Scissors has completed the most individual games at 21. Not bad for less than four months, guys!
11 different players have made the scoreboard so far.
Thanks everyone for playing along and sharing your thoughts on the games! It's a lot of fun for me to get to recommend games I enjoy, hear your thoughts, and get to see what you pick for player's choice games. I enjoy reading all of your thoughts every day!
Thanks, and good luck this week!
Last edited by celerystalker; 04-10-2017 at 11:49 PM.
I couldn't help but notice that the scoreboard is getting rather unwieldy, so I took the liberty of placing it in a table.
USERSCORE GAMESRP2A03 25Snow Bros
Bucky O'Hare
Guerrilla War
Magic Sword
Tiny Toon Adventures
Mega Man X
Illusion of Gaia (RPG)
Wheel of Fortune starring Vanna White
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Crystal's Pony Tail
Bats & Terry
Vice: Project Doom
Double Dare
Chiki Chiki Boys
Psycho Dream
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Comic Sakka Series Touma Senki 2
Eggerland
Star Trek GenerationsScissors 25Super Smash Bros for Wii U
Road Runner
Trap Gunner
Strider
Bucky O'Hare
Metal Storm
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Red Alarm
RayStorm
Valis
Burning Force
Monster Party
Vice: Project Doom
Aztec Adventure
Chiki Chiki Boys
Vanark
Super Mario Land
Sonic Spinball
Super Spike V'ball
Silent Bomber
Tom & Jerry: The MovieFieryReign 21Super Fantasy Zone
Street Fighter II
Strider
Pit Fighter
Quackshot
Rastan
Alex Rider: Stormbreaker
Snow White
Illusion of Gaia (RPG)
Galactic Attack
That's so Raven 2
Ranger X
Bare Knuckle 3
Burning Force
Vice: Project DoomEmperor Megas 19Pocket Fighter
Puyo Pop Fever
Aladdin
Insector X
Target Earth
Thunder Force II
Black Tiger
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Syd of Valis
Monster Party
Muramasa
Samurai Shodown
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Alex Kidd and the Lost Stars
Astaljperryss 19Breakthru
Grind Stormer
Duck Tales 2
Guerrilla War
Mega Man X
Lords of Thunder
Soul Blazer (RPG)
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Metroid
Monster Party
Vice: Project Doom
Final Fight
Chiki Chiki Boys
Dragon Warrior 2
Super The Empire Strikes Backbiofall 13Hotline Miami 2
Vice: Project Doom
Power Stone 2
Pocky & Rocky 2
Fatal Frame 2
Crash Warped
Parappa the Rapper
Adventures of Lolo
Hebereke's Popoitto
Cyberbots
Shrek Super SlamCornelius 12Space Invaders Extreme
Duck Tales
D
Illusion of Gaia (RPG)
Lords of Thunder
Golden Axe Warrior
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Star Wars: Knights of the Old RepublicAz 8Street Fighter II
Pit Fighter
TMNT Tournament Fighters
Magic Sword
Guerrilla War
Psychic Force
Alien Storm
Super Final Fight GoldAussie2B 2Thomas Was Alone
Densetsu no Starfybrandon913 2Adventures of Lolo
BattleshipNiku sama 1Rad Racer
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⃟Mario says "... if you do drugs, you go to hell before you die."
Thanks, that's a much cleaner presentation, and I'm not the savviest with code (i.e. not at all familiar).
Well, I guess I'd go with week 14 on the off chance I play through another Star game. On that note, Luna just barely made it onto the ship. It was pretty intense, and I thought she'd wind up in the drink, but phew, she made it after all. Now the adventure can really begin... again... for the third time, I think.
Nobody playing SCAT yet? It's the shit.
Actually, it's kinda like Forgotten Worlds meets Contra. One of the more underrated NES shooters, though it finally started getting pricey thanks to the word "Natsume" on its cover.
Last edited by celerystalker; 04-13-2017 at 09:44 AM.
I plan on playing SCAT. I've played it before and thought it was a pretty good game.
I tried playing Bonk's Adventure on Game Boy this week, but the game froze on me twice (the first time towards the end of stage 3 and the second time when I was at the final boss). I may not bother trying again.
I'll probably give Star Soldier (PS2) a go for player's choice, but If I can't get into it, I'll give Densetsu No Starfy a try.
For the Bonk challenge I completed Super Genjin 2 (aka Super Bonk 2) for the Super Famicom. This one was partially translated.
I've played through the three TG16 Bonk games countless times (especially the first two) and was eager to try this one out.
Liked:
-New power ups. The original games basically had Angry Bonk, Angrier Bonk, and tiny/large Bonk in the third game. In this game you can fly, double-jump, and use a long tongue to climb or grab items behind walls. And each power up has a bonus level designed for it.
-The music is a lot of fun.
-Password system: The TG16 games didn't really need this, and with only 6 stages this one doesn't seem like it should either, but the levels are pretty long and it was a welcome feature.
-Farting Monkey.
Disliked:
-Even for a Bonk game, the controls feel a bit sluggish.
-The continue-where-you-die system of the previous games has been replaced with a checkpoint system which doesn't feel right for this game.
-Some of the power up sprites are kind of hideous, especially the tank one.
-The game doesn't present much of a challenge until the last two stages. The stage 5 boss is annoying and has an instant-kill move which you don't see much in this series. The last level is really long and includes the usual boss rush, but with tedious levels in between. Starting over at the beginning got pretty frustrating by the third attempt.
I wasn't a fan of FW but am going to try this one out tonight.
Last edited by jperryss; 04-13-2017 at 05:20 PM.
Looks like lots of late scoring this week. Good to see a few Bonk clears. They're pretty simple, fun little romps. Still hoping to hear some thoughts on SCAT. It's another pretty short, easy one, though it's fairly uncommon for an actual cart.
I just pulled out SCAT and had a go for about an hour. Only made it to the second boss :/ I'm just not very good at this type of game anymore, though I was never a wiz or anything. It is really good, though. I would have totally played the crap out of this game as a kid. I'll try to spend some more time with it, but completion seems unlikely.