How Is Your SNES Gaming Going?

[ExedExes]

Paying to save -- easily the downer of DKC2. Heck, paying to do tons of crap in that game.

So the DKC GBA games save all lives you have? Smart.

That's why I love the GBA Super Mario Advance games, you can have over 99 lives AND have them all saved. I have somewhere around 300 lives on SMA3

[ZeroAX]

Ha, ha, any cheap computer could handle those if that's all she plays :lol

yes but she has a laptop and she wants a big screen so she can read the text (and locate the items ) easier, so I am going to built a very cheap desktop and connect to a 24 inch TV for her

oh yeah....he had a "rap career" too.

Is it me or is there a stereotype about black mothers being very loud?

[MyNameIsVince]

Pulled off a double-loop clear on Hyperzone yesterday.



The game stops giving extra lives after you acquired all the ships. I had 2 left, I may have been able to do a third, but having the best ship means just charge blasts and get nearly every point object on each subsequent loop.

I just got this game yesterday and was actually this close to beating the game. Unfortunately I game over'd on the 2nd boss of the last stage, all because I had no lives left when I started the stage. That was due to the 6th and 7th stages fucking me over with stupid obstacles I didn't react well to. Oops.

Still enjoy it though. I don't care what anyone says, I love the mode 7 used in this game. Also stage 5 is really neat looking.

[Gunstar Green]

As I've said before I'm not a big fan of Mode 7 but I think Hyperzone uses the effect the best out of all the Mode 7-heavy games I've played.

[ExedExes]

As I've said before I'm not a big fan of Mode 7 but I think Hyperzone uses the effect the best out of all the Mode 7-heavy games I've played.

It's a large part of the gameplay. Check out Area 7 with the purple eyeballs that come after you when you shoot them. Tons of scaling going on there.

[MyNameIsVince]

As I've said before I'm not a big fan of Mode 7 but I think Hyperzone uses the effect the best out of all the Mode 7-heavy games I've played.

It's a large part of the gameplay. Check out Area 7 with the purple eyeballs that come after you when you shoot them. Tons of scaling going on there.

Absolutely. It wouldn't be the same if it didn't have the extensive use of Mode 7. Actually that's one of the reasons why I even got the game, because I saw it and thought, "whoa, that looks awesome". Also, to be honest, I like the mode 7 psuedo 3D to be much more pleasing to my eyeballs than the primitive 3D of games like Star Fox, Stunt Race FX, etc. But, that's just me.


Also found out some interesting facts about the game too. For example, there was supposed to have been built in 3D mode included ala Rad Racer but it was never finished (it can be accessed via action replay cheat code I think?). The American version's level 1 and level 3 are switched around from the Japanese version, hence the bosses don't fit the theme of those levels in the American Hyperzone. Lastly, Kirby's Dream Land 3 references Hyperzone at the end of the game. The real final battle takes place in "Hyperzone" where you float around in the air shooting at the bad guys, just like in Hyperzone. Not surprising since both games were done by Hal Laboratory Inc.

[ExedExes]

Also found out some interesting facts about the game too. For example, there was supposed to have been built in 3D mode included ala Rad Racer but it was never finished (it can be accessed via action replay cheat code I think?). The American version's level 1 and level 3 are switched around from the Japanese version, hence the bosses don't fit the theme of those levels in the American Hyperzone. Lastly, Kirby's Dream Land 3 references Hyperzone at the end of the game. The real final battle takes place in "Hyperzone" where you float around in the air shooting at the bad guys, just like in Hyperzone. Not surprising since both games were done by Hal Laboratory Inc.

Yup. Old Capital was supposed to be first, and New Capital (Material Factory) was area 3, so why the heck did the SFC controller boss stay in Old Capital in the US version, right? Also, the title screens for each version were different, and the sound test is only in the US version (L+R & Start on title screen)

[catnip]

Beat DKC this past weekend in about 2 hours - got to about 70% completion. Working on DKC2 now!

[Xeogred]

Been playing Kirby Superstar. Been awhile on this one.

How's Kirby Adventure 3 compare?

To be honest, Superstar is awesome... but the one reason I've always loved Adventure over the others I've seen, is because of how simple and straightforward it is. Superstar has this weird games within games thing going that ends up making it kind of a convoluted experience, the GBA Mirror game is a weird Metroidvania styled one, etc. Are there any other games that are more like Adventure without the weird gimmicks and just have simple overworlds with levels again?

[alienjesus]

Been playing Kirby Superstar. Been awhile on this one.

How's Kirby Adventure 3 compare?

To be honest, Superstar is awesome... but the one reason I've always loved Adventure over the others I've seen, is because of how simple and straightforward it is. Superstar has this weird games within games thing going that ends up making it kind of a convoluted experience, the GBA Mirror game is a weird Metroidvania styled one, etc. Are there any other games that are more like Adventure without the weird gimmicks and just have simple overworlds with levels again?

Kirby's Adventure Wii (Return to Dream Land in the US) and all of the Dream Land games fit in that category. Adventure Wii has the expanded movesets like in Superstar, but the level progression style of Adventure. Dream Land 2 and 3 are linear progression, and play just like adventure, with the addition of ridable animal pals who change your copy abilities a bit.

Mouse Attack/Squeak Squad doesn't have much in the way of gimmickry either, from what I recall it just has a function where you can mix items and powers in kirby's belly on the touch screen to make better items or different powers. It's really quick and non-intrusive, and you can probably ignore it totally if you like.

You'll also like Nightmare in Dreamland on the GBA which is just a remake of Kirby's Adventure (but very pretty!).

Kirby 64 is pretty simple in progression too, just has the double power gimmick to make it stand out. I don't think it's quite as good as the others though.