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  1. Posted

    Hey come on guys, you can't dog on Tower of Druaga! That game is a certifiable classic, and the Japanese love it! I mean it has dunegons, a guy with a sword, and ... uh ... some bats and ... really slow gameplay and

     

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    Actually, it kind of sucks. :lol:

    You said it!

    I first heard of it, and some other craptastic Japanese games from the Playstation Namco Museum series. Dragon Buster, Tower Of Druaga, Grobda, etc. They all sucked hard.

     

    And those wacky Japanese also like their porn anime-style Mahjong games.. o__O not to mention tentacle-rape hentai.. (double o__O)

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    Yeah, I never really understood the appeal of the game either. It was too hard and if you didn't get certain items early on you were totally screwed later in the game. And there was no clue within the game on how to make the treasures appear. A mind-numbing 60 levels of this b.s. What a waste of time. Go mow the lawn or something instead.

  5. Posted

    I used to like Make Trax; I bet that would be a cinch to make on Atari 2600.

    I'd like to see Spectar on Atari 2600, and Bagman on the Intellivision.

    I've also dreamed of a sequel to Snafu on the Inty, where you could surround power up icons that would let you speed up, or shoot at other players, etc.

    A graphically superior and more arcade-faithful Tutankamn for the 2600 would be nice.

  7. Posted

    As long as you have a pretty good grasp of what the game looked like on the platform you owned when you played it in the past, and you feel confident your emu replicates it pretty close to perfectly, then I say go for it. I do that with MAME for my rare game vids, and I can remember pretty well if there's any color or sound differences. If there are then I won't make a video of it. Or usually the MAME program will tell you if something isn't replicated properly.

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    I recently bought a Crazy Climber for nothing more than nostalgic reasons, and it is HARD. I forgot how hard it actually was to manipulate the controllers. I own quite a few Coin ops. and this is by far the hardest, it is almost impossible to get very far. I have had it over a week now and still have trouble getting past the second building. For whatever reason I thought I was good at this back in the day, but I suck.

    I never thought Crazy Climber was SUPER hard.. I normally get to the 3rd building. But even veteran CC players hate those stupid girders/dumbbells.

    Once you understand the controller scheme, you can move up the building pretty quickly.

    The dumb bells are are a major reason I can't get past the 2nd building very often. I can blow thru the first building, but I usually lose at least 3 guys on the 2nd. Any tricks on how to defeat the dumb bells? I have searched online and there is nothing of value at all. The tricks they say do not work AT ALL! I want to eventually go for the T.G. record, but I need some help.

    Been a good while since I played.. but all I can say is make sure you have plenty room to move when the dumbbells/girders start falling.. they tend to bounce for some inexplicable reason and move left or right instead of falling straight down. So be prepared to move, or not move! Also, unlike the other dangers, if you fall, when you return they will still come down at you. So you really need to get out of there as fast as you can!

    Other than that, I can't really help you too much.. however, check this website out and shoot the webmaster an e-mail.. he might be able to give you some pointers!

    http://www.basementarcade.com/arcade/climber/climber.html

  12. Posted

    I recently bought a Crazy Climber for nothing more than nostalgic reasons, and it is HARD. I forgot how hard it actually was to manipulate the controllers. I own quite a few Coin ops. and this is by far the hardest, it is almost impossible to get very far. I have had it over a week now and still have trouble getting past the second building. For whatever reason I thought I was good at this back in the day, but I suck.

    I never thought Crazy Climber was SUPER hard.. I normally get to the 3rd building. But even veteran CC players hate those stupid girders/dumbbells.

    Once you understand the controller scheme, you can move up the building pretty quickly.

  14. Posted

    In Plumbers Don't Wear Ties for the 3DO(if that even counts as a game lol)....the choice screen menu has a funny Asian lady voice talking that always makes me crack up. If any indication there was something totally wrong about the '90s decade it must be that game.

    I just looked that game up on Youtube.. wow. Take any of those 900-dial-a-slut type of commercials and multiply the cheese factor by 100 and you have this game. o__O

  16. Posted

    I loved punching Meryl in Metal Gear Solid and running away from her, trying to avoid her wrath.. if she caught you she'd BITCHSLAP you and mutter, "what were you THINKING?"

     

    I also liked punching her in the wolf caves and hiding under a cardboard box. She'd whistle for a wolf to come up and piss on you.

     

    Also fun was shooting her when Sniper Wolf was trying to shoot you. Colonel Campbell would call you and freak out. "Oh no.. Snake's gone insane!" XD

     

    You could also call Mei Ling ad nauseum and she'd make faces at you.

     

    And blowing the ravens to kingdom come with heat-seeking missiles was fun.. it would piss Vulcan Raven off when you faced him later.

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    I always thought it was hilarious when you got your teeth brushed between stages on "Jawbreaker" I mean why didn't pac-man ever get his teeth brushed?? I bet he had great breath!!!

    The only time we ever actually SAW teeth on Pac-Man was the cartoon. So maybe in the video games, he has no teeth. Maybe the dots/power pellets have Listerine in them to give him decent breath..? :P

  20. Posted

    Hmm.. never seen or played Time Limit. I concur on Star Castle and Bagman. I still play Bagman because the general gameplay is fun. But Star Castle I was ALWAYS bad at.

     

    I liked Ladybug and was able to get to probably the 6th or 7th level. I didn't think it was SUPER hard..

     

    The biggest bane to my existence has to be Jail Break, without a doubt. This game makes me want to break it into pieces and stomp them into dust, then relieve myself on the ashes.

  22. Posted

    Toughest Game: Qix

    Yeah, Qix used to "Qick" my ass. I read there's a trick to take out the sparks so you only have to deal with Qix.. you make a small "T" out of buildings, and when the sparks come near pull away from the floor/ceiling and let them wander around on the T while you make a big square/rectangle around it. This will trap them on the T and they can't get out. Been a while since I tried it.

  23. Posted

    Cocktail, the ones that are at table height.. you sit down and the screen is in the middle with the controls at each of the ends.

    Sorry, I was just messin'. :P I know what they are.

     

    No, I'm afraid I haven't tried to build my own.. I think it would be fun but it's not something I have the knowledge to try. Would really like to own a Ms. Pac-Man or a Crazy Climber cocktail, but I have no more space.

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