Retro gaming
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:51 am
I'm talking real retro games, games before the turn of the millenium. Those video games that every now and then, you dust off your old consoles or boot your emulator just to play again. I'm a little curious right now as to what other people still play and if you've been watching me on Steam i've been booting my emulators often. What I've been playing recently:
Battletoads (NES), yes, Battletoads. Inspired by the 4-player race (look it up yourself, I won't post it due to its copious amounts of well-deserved f-bombs), I've been playing and replaying that game often. I still haven't beaten it, but I'm proud of the fact that I got from the start to Clinger Winger (stage 11) in less than 100 deaths (infinite lives are active; the game is near impossible to beat without cheating) without save states, and I beat Rat Race (stage 10) with only 5 deaths prior to the boss. Clinger Winger has got me stuck though, that stage is really damn hard, it makes Super C look like a joke sometimes.
Tetris Attack (and it's variants, Panel de Pon and Pokemon Puzzle League), the best damn puzzle game ever. I've got my SNES emulator save stated up so that I can face Bowser/Cordellia on Very Hard any time I want, and to this day they still put up a hell of a fight. I will admit that a Logitech controller is much harder to play TA with than a SNES controller, but I can live with it. Call me out on this one if you want, but I feel Cordellia is much harder than Bowser in Very Hard. Cordellia doesn't prioritize in chains, and therefore doesn't leave herself without options for clearing garbage. On top of that, since she hardly chains higher than 5, you're left with fewer options for garbage chains (as opposed to Bowser where counter-attacking his garbage blocks with a x10 chain is common practice). Statisitcally speaking, Bowser usually goes down in less than 2 minutes for me, while Cordellia will often slug out a grueling 4 minute duel, with my longest vs match ever again her lasting for 6:35 (in which I lost).
Lemmings (Genesis), if you haven't played this game, I suggest you do so. Classic puzzle action, and it's available on almost every platform with numerous different clones to be found on the internet. It's just so addicting and the Genesis version has the best music.
So, what old games have you been playing recently?
Battletoads (NES), yes, Battletoads. Inspired by the 4-player race (look it up yourself, I won't post it due to its copious amounts of well-deserved f-bombs), I've been playing and replaying that game often. I still haven't beaten it, but I'm proud of the fact that I got from the start to Clinger Winger (stage 11) in less than 100 deaths (infinite lives are active; the game is near impossible to beat without cheating) without save states, and I beat Rat Race (stage 10) with only 5 deaths prior to the boss. Clinger Winger has got me stuck though, that stage is really damn hard, it makes Super C look like a joke sometimes.
Tetris Attack (and it's variants, Panel de Pon and Pokemon Puzzle League), the best damn puzzle game ever. I've got my SNES emulator save stated up so that I can face Bowser/Cordellia on Very Hard any time I want, and to this day they still put up a hell of a fight. I will admit that a Logitech controller is much harder to play TA with than a SNES controller, but I can live with it. Call me out on this one if you want, but I feel Cordellia is much harder than Bowser in Very Hard. Cordellia doesn't prioritize in chains, and therefore doesn't leave herself without options for clearing garbage. On top of that, since she hardly chains higher than 5, you're left with fewer options for garbage chains (as opposed to Bowser where counter-attacking his garbage blocks with a x10 chain is common practice). Statisitcally speaking, Bowser usually goes down in less than 2 minutes for me, while Cordellia will often slug out a grueling 4 minute duel, with my longest vs match ever again her lasting for 6:35 (in which I lost).
Lemmings (Genesis), if you haven't played this game, I suggest you do so. Classic puzzle action, and it's available on almost every platform with numerous different clones to be found on the internet. It's just so addicting and the Genesis version has the best music.
So, what old games have you been playing recently?
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