Darien Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 So, booted up California Games on SainT's SD card and went straight to surfing, the game I was consistently best at. I forget my scores from back in the day (hey, it was the 90's) but do recall after a build up of speed it was just treble 360's all the way till time ran out. [side note: is a survivable unreal possible?]. I did think that my 'mad skillz' from then would come flooding back. Because, seriously I loved the game from the week it was released in the UK and played it for many years after.I scored 10..But I think I kept going the wrong direction..My question is, have you booted a game you were immensely good at, but then just crashed and failed with?I am now rocking in a corner trying to console myself recalling the ending screens of Roadblasters, Stun Runner and Toki I managed to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 My question is, have you booted a game you were immensely good at, but then just crashed and failed with? Oh, most definitely. Not Lynx related though. I used to be insanely good at 5200 Qix. I used to play it with default controllers on expert difficulty and score in the 500K range on an average day. I tried it on default difficulty for the 5200 HSC a few days ago, and the experience was humbling. All my skill at the game is just gone. I struggled to even complete the first level. I wasn't spectacular at 2600 Yar's Revenge, but I could reliably get to the third/grey enemy shields. Now, as soon as the shield turns purple, I'm dead. I'm pretty sure BITD I could get a score of a few hundred thousand. Now I'm lucky if I can even break 100K. Any time I pick up 5200 Defender after a long absence, I have a few games where I suck and can't even score 50K. Then I get back into the groove and can play forever. I used to be marginal at arcade Galaga, easily scoring over 100K each game. Now it's a major event if I can get to the second extra man at 70K. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darien Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Sorry for starting such a sad thread. Reflexes, hand eye co-ordination - they seem to wind down with years. Unless of course you are Todd Rogers! Oh yeah. Sorry. He's turned out to be a complete charlatan. You never rolled round the score meter on Yars? I really need to try that one again. Probably will score a 10 like surfing.. I will also probably tank on Megamania which was the only game I received a patch for with a blurry polaroid of 999,999. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadPricey Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 With Cali games surfing you can do quad 360's after the third or fourth treble. Just takes practice. It's surprising how unforgiving retro games are sometimes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Sure. I could complete Shamus two times over and finish Spelunker (on the 800) and now struggle to reach the third level/stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabba Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Used to finish Shadow of the Beast on a daily base within a few hours whenever I came back from school. Last time I tried it (maybe a year ago) I couldn't even reach the 2nd boss after trying several times; the young me is really dissapointed in the old me as it stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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