Random Gaming Thoughts

[prfsnl_gmr]

Gotta get in on this. Heh.

MM2 = MM9 > MM5 = MM3 > MM6 > MM4 > MM8 > MM10 > MM&Bass > MM1 > MM7

Maybe? Seems legit.

I am surprised to see you rank Mega Man 5 so highly, and I am surprised to see Mega Man 7 so low.

Also, I must note, that from a boss/level design perspective, I think Mega Man 10 is just OK. The game is just chock full of features, however, and it is infinitely replayable, especially if you pick up the DLC. (It has three difficulty levels! It has challenges! You can play as Bass! You can play as Proto Man! It has a time attack! It has an endless endurance mode! It has three bonus levels with the the Mega Man Killers from the Gameboy games!) All of those extra features really elevate it, IMO. (Also, the Weapons Archive in the first stage of Wily's castle is a rad boss.)

The only mainline Mega Man I have not beaten is Mega Man 7.

MM7 is pretty good. Most of the game is not that hard, but the difficulty spikes dramatically at the very end of the game. (I would link to a video of people fighting the Dr. Wily at the end of the game...but all of the ones online show people who are pretty terrible at dodging his attacks and can only beat him by exploiting save states... )

[Sarge]

The beauty of Quick Man's stage is that it can be more forgiving, if you have the Flash Stopper, or you can go off of pure muscle memory. I don't even remember the last time I failed that segment.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Wizardry I-II-III. JP only, English text available on the cartridge.

This was actually released as a cartridge???

[ElkinFencer10]

Wizardry I-II-III. JP only, English text available on the cartridge.

This was actually released as a cartridge???

I've only heard of the first three being released as a collection on one of the early Apple computers and Commodore 64. Admittedly, however, I don't know that much about the Wizardry series, so I could easily be wrong.

[Snatch1414]

Never beaten a Mega Man. They seem tough but beatable though.

Soon as I find a controller with a decent D-pad for the 360 I'll tackle the old Anniversary Collection for Xbox. I had an SFIV wired pad which I loved for old school games and lost the damn thing.

[Ack]

Wizardry I-II-III. JP only, English text available on the cartridge.

This was actually released as a cartridge???

Yes, for Super Famicom in 1999, apparently by a company called Gung-Ho!

[ElkinFencer10]

Huh. You learn something new every day.

Never beaten a Mega Man. They seem tough but beatable though.

Soon as I find a controller with a decent D-pad for the 360 I'll tackle the old Anniversary Collection for Xbox. I had an SFIV wired pad which I loved for old school games and lost the damn thing.

God, the 360's D-pad really is garbage. If I were you, I'd just wait for Mega Man Legacy Collection and get it on 3DS, Playstation 4, or Xbox One (which actually has a good D-pad IMO).

[Exhuminator]

You can play Wizardry I-VI on Super Famicom.

That's pretty rad man.

[BoneSnapDeez]

I don't think Wizardry I-II-III has a traditional Super Fami cart. GameFAQs shows no artwork, which indicates it was a Satellaview game or something similar.

This is what I can find on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WIZARDRY-1-2-3- ... Swq7JT5Ja5

If there is a "regular" cart I'd like to find it.

And I hate to be "that guy" Xumy but Wizardry IV isn't on Super Fami. That's Gaiden IV, one of the spin-offs.

[Exhuminator]

And I hate to be "that guy" Xumy but Wizardry IV isn't on Super Fami. That's Gaiden IV, one of the spin-offs.

No problem, I like "that guy", he keeps my shit straight. So yeah, it seems that the original Wizardry IV "The Return of Werdna" is definitely not the same thing as the SFC Wizardry IV "Throb of the Demon's Heart". The more you know!