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That's because it's not a platformer, it's a puzzle game wrapped in the guise of a platformer. Similar in tone and gameplay to Braid. I got it. Finished it in 3 hours. Worth it? Hell yes! I'll be scouring it for the achievements next, but was a complete trip to play through, and nothing too mind-bendingly hard (though you do have to seriously think outside the box at times). Too bad it probably won't be appreciated like it should. Today's hyper realistic graphics and FPS insanity make it so a game like this gets buried. As the aforementioned Mario comment attests to.
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Double Dragon theme composed into guitar solo.
2600Lives replied to Nesbroslash's topic in Classic Console Discussion
You never played Guitar Hero 3, Video? One of their songs was the "boss" song, and still considered the hardest song ever made for a game like that. I dunno, I've never liked them, honestly. Fast doesn't necessarily equal good. Li was taught by Tom Morello, but I just can't get into their music. You wanna hear a cool rendition of the Double Dragon theme, though, check out Vertexguy on youtube. AMAZING guitarist. -
Haunted House Re-Make for Xbox 360 and Wii
2600Lives replied to mckafka99's topic in Modern Gaming Discussion
Wow, now THIS is cool as hell. Truly shows the lasting impact that the 2600 had, and still has on gaming. -
Can't decide whitch to get.
2600Lives replied to PsychoKittyNet's topic in Classic Console Discussion
You're not gonna find any RPGs on the Jag. The TG has some, but they're mostly on the CD system. AvP is good, as is Tempest 2000, but it's just not worth it, I think. Splatterhouse is an awesome (if somewhat altered) version of the arcade game, though. The TG has a hell of a library of games, all the Bonk (and Zonk) games, both Legendary Axe games, the Crush games. All top notch. -
Can't decide whitch to get.
2600Lives replied to PsychoKittyNet's topic in Classic Console Discussion
I'd say the TG is probably your better choice. A GREAT many Jag games totally suck, and I mean SUCK. There are several really good gems, but they're definately of the "in the rough" kind. The Turbo, on the other hand, has tons of quality games, and that TurboBooster add on is kind of hard to come by these days. It also has a bigger library of games, too. Your choice, but my Jag sees very little use, while the Turbo gets a lot of play. -
The Official "Thrift finds" Thread
2600Lives replied to Happy_Dude's topic in Classic Console Discussion
Man, what an AMAZING weekend for me! First off, saw Predators. TOTALLY kick-ass flick, back to formula and it was awesome! Second, this is the list of what I snagged, both at thrift stores and at several local used game places. Mini-Me McFarlane figure, which I needed to go with Dr. Evil. $3 Mattel Aquarius computer, complete in box (which was nasty, so had to go), with mini-expander and 2 joysticks. VERY clean, very nice. $20 Odyssey 2 Voice module. $3 Final Approach and Frankenstein's Monster for the Atari 2600. $3 each. 2 Atari 5200 controllers. FOUR FREAKIN' DOLLARS EACH! One works, the other doesn't, but hey, one works. That's seriously something! King of Fighters 2000/2001 for PS2. $24. Little pricey, but I need it for my SNK collection. Congo Bongo for Atari 5200. $1 And this is the clincher, and I mean it. Twelve Odyssey 2 games. Ufo Freedom Fighters! Football Armored Encounter and Sub Chase with box and manual. One loose cart of this, too. K.C. Munchkin with box and manual. Out of This World and Helicopter Rescue with box and manual. Bowling and Basketball. Speedway, Spin-Out and Crypto-Logic with box and manual. Showdown in 2100 A.D. Attack of the Time Lord with box and manual. Electronic Table Soccer with box and manual. How much for all these O2 games you ask? ONE FUCKIN' DOLLAR! No, I'm not joking, either. It was bagged all together at a thrift store, and the lady only charged me a buck! Woot! So, yeah, what a kick-ass weekend. -
20 bucks for the system, the mini-expander, and 2 control pads. Not bad, really. All in very good shape, works like it just came out of the box. It did actually come in the box (but it was super nasty, so I chucked it). The boxes for 2 of the games were in it, but no games. Oh, well. Add another classic computer to my collection! Also snagged Final Approach and Frankenstein's Monster for the 2600 for 3 bucks each. Again, not bad at all.
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I don't think RC Pro-Am had weapons, did it? It sounds more like a Super Nintendo game, actually.
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Shaq-Fu: unfairly attacked?
2600Lives replied to DickNixonArisen's topic in Classic Console Discussion
Haha, good luck with that one. That is one of the hardest to come by games on the entire system. Personally, I'd rather get an import for the PS2, as from what I've heard, it's a more arcade perfect port. That's a statement that I will agree with, actually, but it's not just AA. I see comments on the SHITTIEST things of all time in support/praising it. Look at almost any video the Angry Video Game Nerd or the Nostalgia Critic puts out and read the comments on it. You'll see. When the Nerd reviews something KNOWN to be horrid, for a number of reasons, like say, Dragon's Lair on the NES, it seems that just to be contrary, there's a contingent that jumps in and tries to defend it. Of course this is the interenet, or "douche central" as I like to call it. This is a place where people comment in support of killing gay people in Africa and post flashing pictures to an epilepsy website. So, yeah. Fuck you, internet! -
Shaq-Fu: unfairly attacked?
2600Lives replied to DickNixonArisen's topic in Classic Console Discussion
Oh god did Fatal Labyrinth give me FITS. I utterly hated the whole "run into an enemy to attack it" thing, like they did with Hydlide. Aaagh! So frustrating to make it up a few levels then die just because you attacked something you had NO idea would be so powerful! Still, one of the VERY few graphical roguelike's for any console, so it does get cool points for that. The original Fatal Fury wasn't all that good, actually. FF2 started it in the right direction, and it ended with what I consider to be one of the best fighters (hell, one of the best games) ever, Garou. The home versions added the ability to play as the "boss" characters, but took away what I found to be the best feature of the arcade, the 2-Player versus the computer mode. Still, I fuckin' LOVE Time Killers. Not only is it rare, it's a really fine port. There's something sort of sublime in ending a round within 2 seconds because someone walked into your decapitation move. -
Shaq-Fu: unfairly attacked?
2600Lives replied to DickNixonArisen's topic in Classic Console Discussion
Clayfighter, especially on the SNES, was awesome. Some of the best graphics and sound for it's time. It's far superior to Suck-Fu, that's for sure. -
Shaq-Fu: unfairly attacked?
2600Lives replied to DickNixonArisen's topic in Classic Console Discussion
No, Pac-Man is a cartridge currently being used to hold up a wobbly table in my kitchen. -
Shaq-Fu: unfairly attacked?
2600Lives replied to DickNixonArisen's topic in Classic Console Discussion
You'd totally dig my Kasumi Ninja headband, then. It's magical, actually. When I put it on, it decreases my gameplaying skills SO much that I can actually manage to do some of the crazy things you need to do to pull off special moves in Kasumi Ninja. You know, I actually found that thing as a sort of bookmark in an old Jag player's guide I picked up years ago. Was just pressed between the pages. Apparently someone didn't know about it's magical properties. And I'm not joking about Shaq's character in Kazaam. Watch the Nostalgia Critic's review of the damn thing sometime. There's like 4 times he brings up the STRANGER DANGER alert... -
Shaq-Fu: unfairly attacked?
2600Lives replied to DickNixonArisen's topic in Classic Console Discussion
Hey, I'll be the first one to tell you that I totally love some shitty things. Hudson Hawk is one of my all time favorite movies, as is Last Action Hero, and I've spent HOURS playing M.U.S.C.L.E., Total Recall and a bunch of other crappy titles. I NEVER listen to a critic until I see for myself. But, my point is, that most things that get the word "shitty" attached to them usually deserve it, period. I would have never once said E.T. sucked if I hadn't experienced it firsthand as a kid, WASTING almost 2 months of diligently cutting lawns one summer so I could buy the fucking thing, then getting so frustrated that I couldn't play it properly that I traded it for a copy of Raiders of the Lost Ark that had no instruction manual. Yeah, that worked out well. Hell, the Game Nerd makes fun of shitty games, but I've disagreed with several of his videos, particularly Metal Gear, Castlevania 2, Roger Rabbit, and his assessment of the Sega CD. Doesn't make me like him any less, though. And you've never seen Shaq's movies? Man, you are missing OUT, dude. In Kazaam, he's a rapping, borderline child molesting genie, and in Steel, he's a stupid-looking doofus wearing a rubber suit that would make even old purple and green Lex Luthor cringe. His music? Does the phrase "Let's green egg and ham it!" make you want to listen to it? No? Good. Seriously, everything this guy's done outside of basketball is a total joke. -
Shaq-Fu: unfairly attacked?
2600Lives replied to DickNixonArisen's topic in Classic Console Discussion
What I don't get is the vast amount of time and effort people will put into defending these shitfest games like S-Fu and try to PROVE to everyone that their opionions are the only ones that matter, popular opinion be damned! Add to that the amount of asshurt they seem to be in whenever someone disagrees with them, and it all just becomes this hugely ridiculous tantrum over the fact that their beloved games get saddled with the "sucks" monicker. I either own or have played most of the "worst" games on the "worst of" lists. E.T., Pac-Man. I FUCKING HATE THOSE TWO GAMES. I own Shaq-Fu. I've played it. Numerous times, in fact, trying to just get the controls down, thinking I might have been doing something wrong. Nope. It's ASS through and through. EGM didn't have a damn thing to do with it's failure. Shaquille O'Neal's license whoring ass and ungodly clunky controls and design have to do with it's failure. It had some of the stupidest characters I've truly ever seen as well. Weaponlord on the Genny is quite inferior to the SNES version, and again, it's extremely complex. You had to get the timing down on the moves, and once you did, you could pull them off at will. It's not a game for the casual fight fan, more for the guys like me who do things like read frame data and other fighting game nerdy things. And honestly, just that stupid ass name, SHAQ-FU, makes me want to avoid it completely. O'Neal is a giant (literally) dumbass to begin with, and just stick Fu at the end of his nickname and call it a game? Sorry. Does not compute. Like his rap and film careers. DOES NOT COMPUTE. I hear he's now trying for an MMA career as well. Great. He can sully yet another great thing with his mere presence. -
Shaq-Fu: unfairly attacked?
2600Lives replied to DickNixonArisen's topic in Classic Console Discussion
Eh, it's all semantics. It's like arguing which breed of dog has stinkier shit. I personally like most of the games you have posted up there. Brutal was pretty fun, actually. World Heroes is a classic, JL Task Force is flawed but playable, Double Dragon, again, flawed but playable, Primal Rage is hella fun, Time Killers was awesomely fun in the arcade, and while it takes a hit on the Genny, it retains the mindless fun of the original. Eternal Champions is a true Genesis classic, and extremely complex and fun to play. The only ones that I would even consider in the same league as Shit-Fu are Ballz and RotR. Pit Fighter doesn't really count, but the Genesis version of that game is GOLD compared to the SNES version. -
Shaq-Fu: unfairly attacked?
2600Lives replied to DickNixonArisen's topic in Classic Console Discussion
RotR sucked ass on every system it was released on. Cyborg Justice on the other hand RULES. It's not lame in the least. You actually rip off opponent's limbs and either use them as weapons or integrate them into your own body. Very innovative. Weaponlord? I liked that game! It was brilliantly complex, and had actual REPLAY value. Man, I still recall trying to remember all the moves each character had. It was just a little ahead of it's time, really. It was also released on the Genny, so it still gets a comparison to Shaq-Fu, and WL takes a giant steamer all over S-Fu in that respect, as it's a FAR superior game. Now, Doomsday Warrior, THERE is a SNES game that sucked. I'd say that it's a dead even tie for which one sucked more here. I'd also say that S-Fu is better than Street Combat (but not the Ranma 1/2 game that it was based on, that one was quite fun). It's a shame they never made a Steel game based of the movie. That would have been the perfect storm of suck. -
Shaq-Fu: unfairly attacked?
2600Lives replied to DickNixonArisen's topic in Classic Console Discussion
I own Shaq-Fu for the Genny. It's utter SHIT. I paid 25 cents for it and I want my money back. Lately it seems that there's this weird movement to like video games that are universally labeled as bad, like E.T. (oh man, you can seriously injure some buttholes around here by badmouthing the allmighty E.T.). The controls for Shaq-Fu SUCK BALLS, and the AI is just so insanely cheap. It may not be the absolute worst game ever made, but seriously, are you going to tell me it's better than TMNT Tournament Fighters, or Samurai Shodown? BTW, Killer Instinct never appeared on any Sega system, it was an SNES exclusive. So, in the end, Shaq-Fu is a steaming pile of Shaq-Poo. -
Yeah, that was me. Was pretty fun, actually. The "Zangief Sez" signs actually WORKED, too. Only one person asked the price on something and I had to tell him it was just and exhibition. This year, though, I'm gonna do things a little different, especially if I team up with Max. I'll just be bringing consoles and televisions and running fighters on them. I'll still do a little table decorating, but it's gonna just be fighters and nothing else this year, no display, no exhibition, none of that.
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I've actually been an exhibitor every year at OVGE. Jesse runs a GREAT show. Last year I did a fighting game retrospective table and ran a SF3 tournament, and this year I'm hoping to team up with Max Newton and do a joint table where he runs his Neo Geo stuff and I do the Capcom side of things. I'd love it if we could just run tournaments all day long.
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Man, I'd LOVE to go to this, but money won't allow it. I'd go if for no other reason than to give Uwe Boll the bird. Oh, and to meet the Game Nerd. Too bad they can't get up to Oklahoma and do one...
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Took the words right out of my mouth, Mord. I'll just quote good ol' Andrew Ryan here. "A man chooses. A slave obeys." I will NOT have some goddamned politician telling me what I can and cannot buy, watch, listen to, enjoy, eat, drink, fuck, or whatever else I feel like. End of discussion. Blagowhateverthefuck should by all rights be in a jail cell right now getting gang raped. I'm personally getting sick of this whole "think of the children" mindset. We're already almost fucking slaves to them anyway. What about the adults? We're the ones that spawn the little monsters, we should get some consideration, too?! Bleh, no sleep and no beer make 2600Lives go crazy...
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THIS is how developers should be doing things, dammit! Take Metroid for example. Wouldn't Prime 3 have been much more awesome if it included, say, the original side-scrolling games from the previous generations on it? Oh, wait. That stuff is available individually on Virtual Console. That's why they don't do stuff like this...
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I have 7 Dreamcast VMUs and 3 Rumble Packs--POLL ADDED!
2600Lives replied to phaxda's topic in Classic Console Discussion
Well, I have 4 standard pads, one of the Madcatz controllers with the rubberized buttons, 4 of the Performance rumble paks, and at last count I had 28 VMUs 5 of the Performance memory cards, and one Performance multi-memory card. I worked at a pawn shop during the DC's heyday, and everytime we had one drop out, I'd snag the VMUs for like 99 cents. I've got a buttload of DC stuff, actually. Mouse, keyboard, 2 light guns, all sorts of crap. But, I love my DC, I'll never part with any of it!