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Any one else ever see those third party consoles that can play old NES games? There is also one that can play both NES and SNES games on the same console. I wonder how well those work.
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Originally posted by: C3PX
Okay, that is good the controller ports are the same, it wouldn't make much sense for them to be different. Not sure why I dreamed that up. Excite Bike was one of the best games, I loved being able to make my own courses. That was way before level editors were common. I hated how when you raced with computer players you would constantly find guys in front of you, even though you were in first place, but on the other hand it was fun having guys around to knock over.
Any one else ever see those third party consoles that can play old NES games? There is also one that can play both NES and SNES games on the same console. I wonder how well those work.
Okay, that is good the controller ports are the same, it wouldn't make much sense for them to be different. Not sure why I dreamed that up. Excite Bike was one of the best games, I loved being able to make my own courses. That was way before level editors were common. I hated how when you raced with computer players you would constantly find guys in front of you, even though you were in first place, but on the other hand it was fun having guys around to knock over.
Any one else ever see those third party consoles that can play old NES games? There is also one that can play both NES and SNES games on the same console. I wonder how well those work.
Never seen one on the internet but there was one of those emulated NES games on an N64 controller that claims to have like 1000 games but only has like 20 at my local flea market.
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Smash Brothers Brawl has a level-builder program now. You can build your own stages and send and submit them online.
I think SSBB just became the greatest game ever.
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
So...
Smash Brothers Brawl has a level-builder program now. You can build your own stages and send and submit them online.
I think SSBB just became the greatest game ever.
So...
Smash Brothers Brawl has a level-builder program now. You can build your own stages and send and submit them online.
I think SSBB just became the greatest game ever.
I agree it will kick ass.
Also I'm thinking of buying this.
Along with this.
Why the fuck do I spend my money on toys?
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Great game, or greatest game?
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Originally posted by: Nanner Split
Guitar Hero 3
Great game, or greatest game?
Guitar Hero 3
Great game, or greatest game?
Guitar Hero 3
Stupid Frat Boy game or Stupidest Frat Boy game?
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
Guitar Hero 3
Stupid Frat Boy game or Stupidest Frat Boy game?
Originally posted by: Nanner Split
Guitar Hero 3
Great game, or greatest game?
Guitar Hero 3
Great game, or greatest game?
Guitar Hero 3
Stupid Frat Boy game or Stupidest Frat Boy game?
It caters to several audiences. They've got shitty songs by The Killers, Disturbed, and Slipknot for the frat boys, and The Rolling Stones, Blue Oyster Cult and The Who for us music fans.
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Originally posted by: Nanner Split
Blue Oyster Cult and The Who for us music fans.
Blue Oyster Cult and The Who for us music fans.
In addition to the fake guitar controller, they ought to have a cow bell controller, then you could really get in the mood when playing Blue Oyster Cult.
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Originally posted by: C3PX
In addition to the fake guitar controller, they ought to have a cow bell controller, then you could really get in the mood when playing Blue Oyster Cult.
In addition to the fake guitar controller, they ought to have a cow bell controller, then you could really get in the mood when playing Blue Oyster Cult.
That was a great post, C3PX, but it needs more cowbell.
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Originally posted by: Tiptup
That was a great post, C3PX, but it needs more cowbell.
That was a great post, C3PX, but it needs more cowbell.
Yeah, I know what you mean, I've got a fever and the only perscription is more cowbell.
As far as guitar hero goes, I have never played it, but I use to always see people demoing it at Wal-Mart, strumming on the fake guitar acting like it was a real one and looking like idiots. I am sure it is a great game, but I just don't see it being that much fun.
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No kidding, I played my way thought the game from start till Mother Brain and loved every second of it as much as the first time. I don't think any modern game could hook me as much as that.
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Originally posted by: C3PX
Metroid for the NES
Great game, or greatest game?
No kidding, I played my way thought the game from start till Mother Brain and loved every second of it as much as the first time. I don't think any modern game could hook me as much as that.
Metroid for the NES
Great game, or greatest game?
No kidding, I played my way thought the game from start till Mother Brain and loved every second of it as much as the first time. I don't think any modern game could hook me as much as that.
I like Super better. But all Metroid games are great. I love 2.
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It definitely began a phenomenal series, though. Metroid Fusion is possible the best-designed game I've ever played.
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Anyway, I just got Guitar Hero III for Wii last week and I couldn't be more happy with it. I've only played GH a handful of times prior to this so I'm not really the best at it. I beat it on medium though with 5 stars on almost every song. I've tried it on hard, but.... it's hard!
Great game though.
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I... didn't like the original Metroid. The basics are great, but there is no map and you 'save' with Passwords even though it came out after Zelda invented the save battery.
It definitely began a phenomenal series, though. Metroid Fusion is possible the best-designed game I've ever played.
Yeah, the password system is kind of a pain. I guess the map thing doesn't get to me because I remember it so well, but I do remember that Nintendo Power map being a must at one point. Now a days there are a number simple easy to use maps availible online. And I guess the password system is kind of annoying, but it really never bothered me, the Mega Man games were the same way. The two Zelda games with the ability to save were not the norm back then. In fact, I am having a hard time remembering too many other NES games that had the ability to save. My only real complaint about the original Metroid is the fact that you can't duck and shoot, those guys that are just under your line of fire get really annoying. Other than that to me it is nearly a perfect game. It is kind a hard at the very start when you have only 30% energy, but if you just take some time to focus on getting it up to 100%, which only takes a minute or so, it really isn't too bad. Then once you get a second Energy pack with an extra 100% energy it really take a lot to kill you, and it only gets easier from there as you gain more and more energy packs. I haven't played that game for a while, and on Saturday I made it all the way to Mother Brain without dying once, then it took me a few trys to beat her. I was surprised at how easy Kraid and Ridley were, I remembered them being a lot harder. Next Saturday I think I'll crack out The Legend of Zelda and give it a couple of hours of my time.
Anyone else ever use SNES Station for their PS2? I love it! I sold my SNES long ago and regreted it ever since, but I still have a number of my old games for it. The PS2 controller is so similar to the SNES controller, and SNES station does such a great job emulating them, it almost feels just like playing them on a real SNES. A few of the games that pushed the SNES hardware to the limits like Star Fox and Super Mario RPG don't run worth anything on it, but things like Chrono Trigger, A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, and Super Mario World as well as the vast majority of other games play pretty much flawlessly on it.
Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
It definitely began a phenomenal series, though. Metroid Fusion is possible the best-designed game I've ever played.
I... didn't like the original Metroid. The basics are great, but there is no map and you 'save' with Passwords even though it came out after Zelda invented the save battery.
It definitely began a phenomenal series, though. Metroid Fusion is possible the best-designed game I've ever played.
Yeah, the password system is kind of a pain. I guess the map thing doesn't get to me because I remember it so well, but I do remember that Nintendo Power map being a must at one point. Now a days there are a number simple easy to use maps availible online. And I guess the password system is kind of annoying, but it really never bothered me, the Mega Man games were the same way. The two Zelda games with the ability to save were not the norm back then. In fact, I am having a hard time remembering too many other NES games that had the ability to save. My only real complaint about the original Metroid is the fact that you can't duck and shoot, those guys that are just under your line of fire get really annoying. Other than that to me it is nearly a perfect game. It is kind a hard at the very start when you have only 30% energy, but if you just take some time to focus on getting it up to 100%, which only takes a minute or so, it really isn't too bad. Then once you get a second Energy pack with an extra 100% energy it really take a lot to kill you, and it only gets easier from there as you gain more and more energy packs. I haven't played that game for a while, and on Saturday I made it all the way to Mother Brain without dying once, then it took me a few trys to beat her. I was surprised at how easy Kraid and Ridley were, I remembered them being a lot harder. Next Saturday I think I'll crack out The Legend of Zelda and give it a couple of hours of my time.
Anyone else ever use SNES Station for their PS2? I love it! I sold my SNES long ago and regreted it ever since, but I still have a number of my old games for it. The PS2 controller is so similar to the SNES controller, and SNES station does such a great job emulating them, it almost feels just like playing them on a real SNES. A few of the games that pushed the SNES hardware to the limits like Star Fox and Super Mario RPG don't run worth anything on it, but things like Chrono Trigger, A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, and Super Mario World as well as the vast majority of other games play pretty much flawlessly on it.
Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
It definitely began a phenomenal series, though. Metroid Fusion is possible the best-designed game I've ever played.
Hmm, I got the chance to play Metroid Fusion for a bit, and while I liked the overall feel of how the game played, I didn't like all the text boxes poping up all the time. I am used to Metroid being a fast paced action game with the only narrative being confined to the instruction manual, or as with Super Metroid only at the beginning and end of the game. It feels kind of annoying playing that kind of game and having to stop and read all the time. Samus' sprite didn't quite look right either, usually she is very tall and slinder, in fusion she seemed kind of hunched over and boxy. More brute like.
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Originally posted by: C3PX
I do remember that Nintendo Power map being a must at one point. Now a days there are a number simple easy to use maps availible online. And I guess the password system is kind of annoying, but it really never bothered me, the Mega Man games were the same way. The two Zelda games with the ability to save were not the norm back then. In fact, I am having a hard time remembering too many other NES games that had the ability to save. My only real complaint about the original Metroid is the fact that you can't duck and shoot, those guys that are just under your line of fire get really annoying.
Yeah, the lack of crouch'n'shoot is one of the things I forgot to mention. Seems odd that it wasn't there when games of the same era like Contra had it. As for the maps, I know I could probably find one online, but I prefer to use as little outside help as possible. It's hard to feel like you've beaten a game when others do most of the work for you.
Hmm, I got the chance to play Metroid Fusion for a bit, and while I liked the overall feel of how the game played, I didn't like all the text boxes poping up all the time. I am used to Metroid being a fast paced action game with the only narrative being confined to the instruction manual, or as with Super Metroid only at the beginning and end of the game. It feels kind of annoying playing that kind of game and having to stop and read all the time. Samus' sprite didn't quite look right either, usually she is very tall and slinder, in fusion she seemed kind of hunched over and boxy. More brute like.
I do remember that Nintendo Power map being a must at one point. Now a days there are a number simple easy to use maps availible online. And I guess the password system is kind of annoying, but it really never bothered me, the Mega Man games were the same way. The two Zelda games with the ability to save were not the norm back then. In fact, I am having a hard time remembering too many other NES games that had the ability to save. My only real complaint about the original Metroid is the fact that you can't duck and shoot, those guys that are just under your line of fire get really annoying.
Yeah, the lack of crouch'n'shoot is one of the things I forgot to mention. Seems odd that it wasn't there when games of the same era like Contra had it. As for the maps, I know I could probably find one online, but I prefer to use as little outside help as possible. It's hard to feel like you've beaten a game when others do most of the work for you.
Hmm, I got the chance to play Metroid Fusion for a bit, and while I liked the overall feel of how the game played, I didn't like all the text boxes poping up all the time. I am used to Metroid being a fast paced action game with the only narrative being confined to the instruction manual, or as with Super Metroid only at the beginning and end of the game. It feels kind of annoying playing that kind of game and having to stop and read all the time. Samus' sprite didn't quite look right either, usually she is very tall and slinder, in fusion she seemed kind of hunched over and boxy. More brute like.
Metroid Fusion was my first Metroid game, so all the talking didn't really bother me like it might someone who started with the older games.
You really need to play towards the end, because the game REALLY opens up after you finish the scripted missions (and those aren't nearly as straight forward as the first appear) The scenes where Samus has an internal monologue also manage to reveal a lot more about her character than all the other games of the series put together. And there's nothing quite as awesome as the segments where you have to avoid the SA-X. And I won't spoil the plot, but there's a couple great twists towards the end. (Well, great for a handheld game anyway.)
As for the hunched-overness, I thought about that was a bit odd myself, but I don't think she's actually hunched over, it's just an illusion due to all the pieces that have been carved off her typical armor suit. She doesn't look hunched over in the 3D version of the Fusion Suit seen in Metroid Prime.
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Kind of stupid Metroid, Contra, Metal Gear, Jackal and the later Mega Man games had passwords, while sports games got to have battery saves. But I guess password saves wouldn't really work too well with sports games. The Japanese Famicom version of Metroid had save states though.
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Originally posted by: C3PX
Kind of stupid Metroid, Contra, Metal Gear, Jackal and the later Mega Man games had passwords, while sports games got to have battery saves. But I guess password saves wouldn't really work too well with sports games. The Japanese Famicom version of Metroid had save states though.
Kind of stupid Metroid, Contra, Metal Gear, Jackal and the later Mega Man games had passwords, while sports games got to have battery saves. But I guess password saves wouldn't really work too well with sports games. The Japanese Famicom version of Metroid had save states though.
But that was the FDS version that did.
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Originally posted by: Zion
When does it come out?
When does it come out?
Tuesday the 13th in the States.