High Score Club Week 4: Megamania!

[High Score Club Week 4: Megamania!]

Hit 47,970 last night.

Not great in comparison to most, but worthy of an Activision patch if this was 20 years ago

[New PSP article]

I think Sony needs to realise that a portable system needs to be simple. Pick up and play is what it is all about with handhelds. You have to able to play this thing in the backseat of a car, in a bus station etc in 5 minute intervals if needed. I can't help but think Sony is envisioning gamers playing a PSP on their couches. Portables need to be quick, easy, small, and durable enough for a seven year old kid to use. The PSP is none of this - memory cards for a portable? Wireless this and that. PS1 esque game depth, why? Complexity on the go will never crack the GBA market and I don't think it will carve out a market of it's own either.

[Addicted to NES Pin Bot]

Is anyone familiar with SNES Super Pinball: Behind the Mask?

 

Very disturbing! Can't say exactly what it is... maybe the graphics, the darkenss, the voice acting.. but something about this game is very wrong. Not wrong like it's flawed (it is that too), but it has a way about it that feels sleazy or innapropriate or something. Makes me feel dirty to play it. Weird..

[Need help with NES wrestling games]

To follow up - I think I grabbed all the NES wrestling titles listed here, just missing King of the Ring still.

 

Anyone have any similar input for SNES?

 

I've already assembled:

WWF Royal Rumble

WWF Super Wrestle Mania

WWF WrestleMania Arcade Game

WCW Superbrawl Wrestling

Saturday Night Slam Masters

 

what am I missing?

[Remember the Days......]

Funny that I was bitching to my little sister about this not too long ago. This is one of my biggest pet peeves ever. I think this is why I always go back to the NES and such

It feels like it takes me longer to boot up Namco Museum on my Cube than it does to play a game of Pac Man.

[Best Wrestling game]

I found WrestleMania: The Arcade Game for SNES today! Only $5 sealed.

Of course I opened it, cause it's all about the gameplay. I think I like it...sort of a cool WWF / Mortal Kombat mix.

[Midway Arcade Treasures 2 game list!]

Are you sure its true about being released for the Game Cube? Everything that's been said the past few months is that they're done with the Game Cube.

 

Nevermind, I see it on IGN  

 

 

Exactly what happened here? I wonder if Midway flip flopped somehow or if IGN made it all up.

[Super Mario All-Stars + World cart trade proposals]

I have 2 of these and am looking to trade this one to add depth to the collection. I propose a fair trade for;

 

Mario All-Stars and Mario World individual carts, Super WrestleMania

 

or

 

Zelda Link to the Past, Super WrestleMania

 

 

Let me know if you are interested

[Clean list of recommended traders !]

Good experiences all around.

 

Atari Pitbull

worldman 2003

RangerG

Mindfield

legeek

Kepone

maximebeauvais

Skatepunk60

liquidcross

keilbaca

shining slade

hex65000

JerseyDevil

benjam138

King Salamon

Coleco Kong

 

plus, extra super-mega props to Stan Jr, whose above and beyond hunting / gathering prowess should be an example to us all

 

Thanks guys

[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]

I am sooo fired up for this game! Donkey Kong for Super GB is one my all time favourites and I've been waiting almost 10 years for a sequel.

It looks to be more of the same perfect blend of platforming and puzzle with a few new twists over DK 94 (wind up Mario toys?)

 

Let the countdown begin!

[My custom SNES cases]

It looks cool enough. Must say I don't fancy the idea of wrecking the original boxes to do it though

[Addicted to NES Pin Bot]

I, too, couldn't get past the fourth table.  It's pretty difficult to light up everything and then hit the ball up the ramp when you have to worry about those missles dropping and killing your flippers...and the wasps outright taking your ball away (I didn't know they were wasps...I hate wasps)!

 

I don't really know if they are wasps, but if you rapidly bump the table they will usually drop the ball

[Cleaning off NES games]

and im looking for ideas that dont use Goo Gone (i know its good stuff), im looking for around the house stuff in general, stuff like that

 

 

Come on man, don't be so cheap. Goo Gone is the best cleaning solution for the job, specially silver "void" labels. Just a couple of drops and with a few wipes the silver goes right off. Besides, the product isn't expensive and one bottle will last you for years.

 

 

Lighter fluid I say! Cheaper and easier to find. It does the same thing for stickers and has other uses.

[new zelda for gba]

The Oracle games are even better than Awakening, with Seasons taking a slight edge over Ages IMHO. They seem to use the same engine as Awakening, but are way deeper and more involved. They actually 'connect' together using a link cable or passwords so that you can transfer items and explore new stuff in either title. The only way to access the real ending is to play them consecutively and link up as appropriate. The colours here are nicer than Awakening (as expected) and there is a shop in each game that is only accessible if you are playing on a GBA as opposed to the GBC.

Totally solid all around. Worth quite a bit more than $14.99 if you ask me. If I didn't own them, I'd be willing to pay full price to get them again

[Castlevania IV is AWESOME!]

What does the trick do though? Is there a specific chest? Jumping 255 times is no problem, I can just turn on the 'auto jump' button and walk away for a bit

[new zelda for gba]

Good plan. The GBC DX version is definitely the way to go. The extra dungeon is cool and the reward item you choose is probably the best in the game

[Cleaning off NES games]

Even easier, just use lighter fluid. Dab a little on the sticker you are trying to remove, let it sit for 5 miutes and voila! no rubbing or elbow grease required most of the time.

[Favorite SNK Character]

I know there are quite a few fans of SNK, so I figured I would ask, out of all SNK games, who is your favorite character?

 

In all of SNK - the brave, brave soldiers of Guerilla War

 

SNK Fighters - probably Earthquake. Not the best to play as, but HUGE and mean looking even in pink

[Castlevania IV is AWESOME!]

 Treasury is the best looking level of all.  The continual ghosts flying around is priceless.

 

There is a trick on this level that I wanted to try the last time I was playing but couldn't remember it. Something about jumping on a treasure chest...

[NES repair help]

Sometimes I find that the pins on the games are on an angle that prevents them from touching the connectors properly. You can put them through a GameGenie to get them to work or shove some folded cardboard into the bottom of the cart and 'bend' the board to change the angle of the pins a bit

[Best Wrestling game]

 So should I get RAW 2?

 

 

Can't say as I don't have a Box. If you have a GCN you can try M.U.S.C.L.E. or the WrestleManias are good for the price

[More GC drama- Factor 5]

But I'm also sick of Nintendo trying to sell me Mario Bros. 1 again for $30.  GEEZ GIVE YOUR OLD GAMES A BREAK!

 

Oh come on! I would think that everyone on Atariage would at least appreciate the nostalgia and collectibility factor.

 

Amen!!!  Finally, someone who has the balls to speak up on a matter that I've felt very strongly about.  They've milked the whole Pokemon phenomenon to death, and now they're whoring out and desecrating their most sacred of franchises!

 

Giving fans what they want is what it's all about. Sure there have been lots of Pokemon games, Metroid games and Zelda games in a reletively short time period, but they are ALL top notch quality gameplay and are well received by players.

 

It doesn't count as milking or whoring until the games start to suck ass. Like Sonic did.

[More GC drama- Factor 5]

But what's not being understood here is the time it takes to develop a game.  There really is no point starting a major project on any of the big three right now, irrelevant of their market standing.  

You simply would not get it finished in the life of the system.

 

Thats not true at all really. Well for sequels at least. Look at splitner cell pandora tommorow. Less than a year of dev time in it and its a best seller. Yes for a completely new title there wouldn't be enough time, but for sequels there is plenty of time to bring more out before the conosle dies. Maybe the GC is going the way of the DODO sooner than we know?

 

True, they could probably get it done if it's a sequel and that's only assuming that it uses the same basic elements or engine. Pandora Tomorrwo is really not far removed from the original at all. In any case if they did happen to get it out before the system died, everyone would be looking forward by that time and no one would care. Just like Perfect Dark

[Addicted to NES Pin Bot]

Can anyone get past PinBot's fourth table? I have never been able to do it! Usually getting past the third with the missile dropping wasps is frustrating enough.

 

This is one of the big reasons I love this game, you can play for a high score, or you can play to progress to further tables.

[Best Wrestling game]

Legends of Wrestling is ass. Don't be lured in by the choice of classic characters. Once you see Ted DiBiase pull off the Rock Bottom, you'll want to puke