What are you playing?

[prfsnl_gmr]

Oh, and I hope to roll through Final Fantasy III on the DS before the year is out.

Don't believe the haters. FFIII on the Nintendo DS is awesome. The job system is a little different than FFV - i.e., it is all about the stat boosts - but it is very well implemented. It is also "8-bit Final Fantasy" hard; so, be prepared for a challenge. (The final dungeon and boss rush is just insane.)

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On topic, I am trying to "complete" Rayman Legends by finding all of the teensies in the new levels. (I may or may not play back through all of the Origins levels.) While I am doing that, I have decided to see if I can get through a few arcade games. Gorf is up first. The arcade version of that game knocks off Space Invaders and Galaxian pretty hard, and I see why there was a never an "arcade perfect" release. It is fun though, and with a little practice, I expect to destroy the "flag ship" sometime this evening.

[Ack]

Oh, and I hope to roll through Final Fantasy III on the DS before the year is out.

Don't believe the haters. FFIII on the Nintendo DS is awesome. The job system is a little different than FFV - i.e., it is all about the stat boosts - but it is very well implemented. It is also "8-bit Final Fantasy" hard; so, be prepared for a challenge. (The final dungeon and boss rush is just insane.)

The giant rat in the mini dungeon is one of the greatest filter bosses I can think of in video games. It filters out the chaff, and only the strong will pass!

I really need to go back and beat that game someday.

[prfsnl_gmr]

I really need to go back and beat that game someday.

It's a tough one. I would love to read your thoughts on it.

[BoneSnapDeez]

CV port is probably the best. 2600 port is terrible.

I find that when games are available on the "second gen trio" it generally goes like this...

Graphics:
ColecoVision > Intellivision > Atari 2600

Controls:
Atari 2600 > ColecoVision > Intellivision

Hence the reason I generally play multiple ports.

Don't believe the haters.

I never do.

[ExedExes]

I find that when games are available on the "second gen trio" it generally goes like this...

Graphics:
ColecoVision > Intellivision > Atari 2600

Controls:
Atari 2600 > ColecoVision > Intellivision

Hence the reason I generally play multiple ports.

That's pretty accurate. You can't beat the joystick simplicity of the 2600, but if you want a better arcade accurate experience (most of the time), you gotta get in with a disc controller & multiple buttons.

You also have to consider that Atari, Coleco, and Mattel developed ports for each other's consoles in the 2nd gen. Venture was a Coleco game on the 2600 and it stinks. But not all of Coleco's 2600 games were bad, and M-Network made good stuff on the 2600.

[BoneSnapDeez]

I actually don't mind Venture on Atari 2600! At least not so far...

After some consideration I decided to abandon my "Year Challenge" - or at least put it on indefinite hiatus. I looked at the "rough draft" I had created some time ago and realized that I would eventually be forced to play modern games. Yuck. I'm finding out that I suck at playing games on a "schedule" anyway, I shouldn't even attempt to do so.

R.I.P. Year Challenge
1976-1985

[marurun]

I really need to go back and beat that game someday.

It's a tough one. I would love to read your thoughts on it.

Were you planning on evolving into a mind flayer? Cause that could be problematic.

[prfsnl_gmr]

I really need to go back and beat that game someday.

It's a tough one. I would love to read your thoughts on it.

Were you planning on evolving into a mind flayer? Cause that could be problematic.

What do you mean evolving? I am already a mind flayer, but I simply can't read his thoughts on FFIII until he plays the game (and lowers his mental defenses to an appropriate level).

[marurun]

It's a tough one. I would love to read your thoughts on it.

Were you planning on evolving into a mind flayer? Cause that could be problematic.

What do you mean evolving? I am already a mind flayer, but I simply can't read his thoughts on FFIII until he plays the game (and lowers his mental defenses to an appropriate level).

Ack! Make your save! Roll a 20!

[Ack]

Haha, ah, you guys. Sorry to rain on your parade, but I'm actually already an unintelligent undead. Surprised you hadn't realized that.