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Originally posted by: C3PX
Originally posted by: generalfrevious
The commodore 64? There mysteriously is absolutely no data regarding to C64 games on the internet, or even in videogame books.


There was one cool C64 game called Nightmare Park. It was a mixture of text adventure and action. There is a part where you get chanced by a stampede of rhinos (I think, might have been unicorns though) and all these ? "Y" come pracing down the screen and you have to dodge them.

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YYY Y Y Y Y Y Y
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Good stuff. It is funny to look at the games that use to be the latest and greatest and see how they look by todays standards. I still have a commodore 64 in my garage and it still works, but it doesn't have any thing with it. It is just a keyboard/CPU with a TV jack, pretty useless when you can't load anything on it. I keep it for historical reasons.


The C64 was like top-of-the-line back in the day. I had a Vic20 for many years, and played the text-based RPGs on them. They were so frustrating it's beyond belief, but man they were fun. I got a C64 very late, like 94-95 or so. Wish I'd held onto it, but I think I sold it. My buddy had a c64 for quite a while and that's where I got most of my exposure. Right around 95 I got a Dx2-66mhz pc and then I was into the WinTel world for good.

Some of those older games, graphically primitive yes, but totally addicting.
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Well, I know very little about the C64, and Im sure that there were a lot of good games. But let me ask on another topic: what will be on the VC next monday?
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Originally posted by: generalfrevious
Well, I know very little about the C64, and Im sure that there were a lot of good games. But let me ask on another topic: what will be on the VC next monday?


Well, Starfox 64 got certified last week by the ESRB, so it's a safe bet we'll see that within the next little while.

Am I the only one who hasn't downloaded Sega games because I consider it a sacrilege? Man, if you had of told me 20 years ago I'd see a Sonic game on a Nintendo console...
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Originally posted by: TheCassidy
Originally posted by: generalfrevious
Well, I know very little about the C64, and Im sure that there were a lot of good games. But let me ask on another topic: what will be on the VC next monday?


Well, Starfox 64 got certified last week by the ESRB, so it's a safe bet we'll see that within the next little while.

Am I the only one who hasn't downloaded Sega games because I consider it a sacrilege? Man, if you had of told me 20 years ago I'd see a Sonic game on a Nintendo console...


Well I don't know how you could believe it if sonic didn't exist back then.
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I know. Its kinda weird at the beginning, but many people are making too big a deal about it.
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It's a Sega game on a sevice that lets you download archaic video games. There's nothing weird about it, just awesome.

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Originally posted by: sean wookie
Originally posted by: TheCassidy
Originally posted by: generalfrevious
Well, I know very little about the C64, and Im sure that there were a lot of good games. But let me ask on another topic: what will be on the VC next monday?


Well, Starfox 64 got certified last week by the ESRB, so it's a safe bet we'll see that within the next little while.

Am I the only one who hasn't downloaded Sega games because I consider it a sacrilege? Man, if you had of told me 20 years ago I'd see a Sonic game on a Nintendo console...


Well I don't know how you could believe it if sonic didn't exist back then.


Sorry - 16 years. When you get to be my age, son, you'll learn to round up.

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Wind Waker/RE4 updates

WW: OK, I'll admit, I LOVE this game now. I've done a total 180 on it. The animation is beautifully done, the game play is clever though not overly difficult. I'm currently in the Fire Dungeon on Dragon Roost island. I'm at a part right now where I'm fighting a scorpion like creature in the middle of a lava pit. Had to put it down finally this morning and get ready for work. I can't WAIT to play ALTTP, Ocarina, and Majora's!

RE4: Finally got past the lake creature (thanks to whomever said to try to steer the boat, that did the trick) and I've just defeated a giant and am on my way back to the church. Things are tight though...very little ammo so I'm hoping to get more soon.

All in all I think my gaming life is quite excellent right now. I put SMSS aside but need to get back to it. Of all the games I'm still finding that one the most frustrating, especially the camera (again).
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^ Cool...yeah, Dragon Roost island was sweet, and the Boss Battle at the end is really cool.

I'm still stuck at the part in TP where Link has to escort the wagon with the sick Zora child back to Kakariko Village - I can't seem to multi-task enough to shoot the riders, the bomb-dropping bird things, and put the wagon fire out with the Gale Boomerang. It's really frustrating me, actually. I'm a gamer of moderately above-average skill, and I can't get past this part for the life of me. /rant.

If you're liking WW, Sage, and you don't own a Nintendo DS yet, you might want to get one when Zeldahantom Hourglass ships - it's being previewed right now and most reviews praise it for capturing the look and charm of WW.

If you guys haven't seen the new trailer yet, here it is:

Phantom Hourglass New Trailer @ Kotaku (Half-Way down page...(

And, just for the hell of it, here's one of many new screenshots from the SOON TO BE RELEASED Super Mario Galaxy...

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Originally posted by: TheCassidy
^ Cool...yeah, Dragon Roost island was sweet, and the Boss Battle at the end is really cool.

I'm still stuck at the part in TP where Link has to escort the wagon with the sick Zora child back to Kakariko Village - I can't seem to multi-task enough to shoot the riders, the bomb-dropping bird things, and put the wagon fire out with the Gale Boomerang. It's really frustrating me, actually. I'm a gamer of moderately above-average skill, and I can't get past this part for the life of me. /rant.

If you're liking WW, Sage, and you don't own a Nintendo DS yet, you might want to get one when Zeldahantom Hourglass ships - it's being previewed right now and most reviews praise it for capturing the look and charm of WW.

If you guys haven't seen the new trailer yet, here it is:

Phantom Hourglass New Trailer @ Kotaku (Half-Way down page...(

And, just for the hell of it, here's one of many new screenshots from the SOON TO BE RELEASED Super Mario Galaxy...

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/9581/untitledre8.png


Yes! I saw an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto on AOTS last night and I saw footage of SMG that took my breath away. By far the best graphics I've seen on a console on standard tv, and the game play looks outstanding.

I have been seeing advertisements for Phantom Hourglass, and I will be getting one asap (I have a DS).
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Super Mario Galaxy looks awesome--it's really showing off what the Wii can do when the developers try and pull all its power out. Sure, it will never live up to the power of the PS3 or the 360, but if all games are gonna look as good as Galaxy, I don't think that will be a problem.

Cassidy... are you playing on the Gamecube or the Wii? If you're playing Twilight Princess on the Wii, then try aiming at the birds manually and using Z targeting for the Gale Boomerang.

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Anyways, it lloks like galaga could be coming on the VC this Monday in the US, not that impressive. And Im thinking about getting super paper mario, if it gets good reviews.
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Is Four Swords Adventures worth getting?
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Originally posted by: JediSage
Is Four Swords Adventures worth getting?


Depends - you have 3 other people to play with you?

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Originally posted by: TheCassidy
Originally posted by: JediSage
Is Four Swords Adventures worth getting?


Depends - you have 3 other people to play with you?


My bad...didn't realize this was a collaborative game. Looking at Minish Cap now.
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
TMC's a bit on the easy side, but it's still a great game.


And the one game that aesthetically recalls A Link To The Past more than any Zelda game since them - I still play it on my DS-Lite. It's a great game...if you don't mind Tingle
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Sage, definately check out Minish Cap. Especially if you have finished A Link to the Past. If you haven't then I would suggest playing through ALttP first. Minish Cap not asthetically recalls ALttP, but also themeatically. You can tell they drew a lot of inspiration from the older game when developing MC. Even the comparison between Aganihm (sp? Havent played that game forever) and Vaati are great. Even the storylines are very close. Minish Cap could pass for an extremely abridged and updated ALttP. Don't take that to mean they are THAT close to one another. It is just that there are many aspects of of MC clearly taken from ALttP. Even the scene at the end where Vaati is about to cast the spell on Zelda.

With that said, I only suggest new comers to Zelda playing ALttP first because I remember how very great it was when it first came out and how much I enjoyed playing it and watching the story play out, and I feel it would be ashame to for the comparisons between the two to be made in the reverse. But by all means play both.

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C3PX, I played through ALTTP and Minish Cap within a couple years of each other and I assure you that ALTTP is a far superior game over all. It's not just nostalgia talking.

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One thing I'm finding unbelievably frustrating about Wind Waker is how the game lets you "save", then continually puts you at the beginning of a dungeon after you stop playing for some reason, or get killed. Have to fight the same battles all over again, and solve the same puzzles occasionally.
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Originally posted by: JediSage
One thing I'm finding unbelievably frustrating about Wind Waker is how the game lets you "save", then continually puts you at the beginning of a dungeon after you stop playing for some reason, or get killed. Have to fight the same battles all over again, and solve the same puzzles occasionally.


- You might want to steer clear of Majora's Mask for a while then.
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Originally posted by: TheCassidy
Originally posted by: JediSage
One thing I'm finding unbelievably frustrating about Wind Waker is how the game lets you "save", then continually puts you at the beginning of a dungeon after you stop playing for some reason, or get killed. Have to fight the same battles all over again, and solve the same puzzles occasionally.


- You might want to steer clear of Majora's Mask for a while then.


No kidding! Games like Majora's Mask are definately not designed with people who have only small periods in which they can play video games in mind. You had to leave your Nintendo on all the time to play that one.

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Yeah, Majora's Mask has a bit of a wonky save system--there are two ways to save the game. You have to either play the Song of Time and return to the start of the Three Day cycle, or save at an Owl Statue, which interrupts the game and can only be loaded once. Dungeons are best completed in once sitting if at all possible (that's true of all Zelda games, of course.)

Actually, in Twilight Princess there is a way around this. If you need to save and quit in a dungeon, you can warp out using the Ooccoo and save outside, then return to the very room you left.

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That's why I only beat Majora's Mask once; it is a very hard game because of the save points. But if this comes on the VC it should be a little easier because you can pause the game mid-dungeon instead of playing for over 90 minutes. Otherwise it is a solid game.
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I dunno... I don't think N64 games on the Wii have Save States like the 8 and 16-bit games do.

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