Summer Game Challenge 2013 - Begin when ready!

[BoneSnapDeez]

I think I spoke too soon - this really isn't too pricey, not even on American Amazon... Maybe I'll snag it eventually.

[Violent By Design]

http://www.rfgeneration.com/blogs/noise ... n-2542.php

Congrats man, if you beat FF1 you should be able to beat the others (good luck with 2 though...personally that'd be the only FF i'd skip). I share similar mindset with you when it comes to games. In fact, I think I've only started to beat games recently because of peer pressure on the internet. Most of my life, I never really thought you had to beat a game to "experience" it, and most RPGs I've played I've never even came that close to beating them.


And you not spending money makes a lot more sense for Chaos. He's pretty hard, but I remember you said you were spending like 11 hours to grind for him .

Anyway, your review has me thinking, maybe I should play FF1 myself? I've never beaten it myself though I've watched my friends. I've always thought it was cool when I was a kid but I'd always get lost. Since I'm playing Dragon Warrior 1, it might be cool to do a comparison.

Only difference is I'm kinda jelly of the FF1 remake you're playing, the updated graphics look cool. If I can get my iPhone working maybe I will play it on there, I'm pretty sure they have an enhanced port of the game on there as well.

[mjmjr25]

I put a ton of time into Sorcer Striker - never did make it past stage 4 on 1 credit. Made it to stage 6 on my 3rd credit, and needed another 3 credits to beat the stage 6 boss rush...which is by FAR the hardest level of any shmup i've ever played. I've poured hours into this game and I don't know that I can ever do less than 6 credits - this game is absolutely brutal. I see the world record scores are in the 2mil range, but i'm very happy with my 354K and 6 credit clear.

This game is so innovative not only with boss design, but boss bullet-pattern (as well as boss charging patterns, etc). So many amazing and fun enemies in this game. Unreal.

1. EspGaluda - PCB
2. Ganryu - MVS
3. Magical Drop 2 - MVS
4. Sutte Hakkun - SFC
5. Wild Guns - SNES
6. Sorcer Striker - PCB
7. Rush n' Attack - NES
8. Power Stone - PSP
9. Umihara Kawase - SFC
10. Pro Gear - PCB

[Violent By Design]

hmm I read the FF1 remake is a much different experience from the original. I might just bootleg the NES version.

[Ack]

1. Donkey Kong Country
2. Pilotwings
3. StarFox
4. John Madden Football
5. Super Mario Bros 3 (Super Mario All-Stars)
6. NBA Jam
7. Prince of Persia
8. Sunset Riders
9. Yoshi's Island
10. Chrono Trigger

Guess who just squashed a bug!

So, Chrono Trigger is down. I have unlocked the New Game + option. Final status: Chrono, level 54, with the best equipment he can get in the game, all techs, Strength, Speed, and Magic Resistance all **. He's close to maxing out his HP and MP, and soon his Stamina will reach ** too. I don't think I'll be able to solo Lavos immediately, though maybe after a second run through I'll stick a boot up that fat space parasite's ass.

Moving on: time to go for Prince of Persia and StarFox.

[Michi]

Bah. Ducktales is ticking me off.

It's not that it's hard, it's just that I suck This is why I don't beat platformers and have always viewed them as something to 'pick up and play' as opposed as something to beat.

I'll keep at it, but I think I'll pick something else to play while Scrooge and I solder on. Maybe I'll join noise in Killer7 and Doom. Getting squashed by that statue so many times has given me the urge to shoot something.

[Ack]

1. Donkey Kong Country
2. Pilotwings
3. StarFox
4. John Madden Football
5. Super Mario Bros 3 (Super Mario All-Stars)
6. NBA Jam
7. Prince of Persia *NOW PLAYING*
8. Sunset Riders
9. Yoshi's Island
10. Chrono Trigger

Well, I just made it through the training mode for Prince of Persia. This is going to be a slog, as this guy controls about as well as a barge, if that barge were in a video game designed by Pen and Teller and had to travel at 45 mph in a desert from Tucson, Arizona, to Las Vegas, Nevada, while veering slightly to the right. Oh wait, that game actually exists, and I think it controls better than Prince of Persia...

[DocHauser]

I put a ton of time into Sorcer Striker - never did make it past stage 4 on 1 credit. Made it to stage 6 on my 3rd credit, and needed another 3 credits to beat the stage 6 boss rush...which is by FAR the hardest level of any shmup i've ever played. I've poured hours into this game and I don't know that I can ever do less than 6 credits - this game is absolutely brutal. I see the world record scores are in the 2mil range, but i'm very happy with my 354K and 6 credit clear.

Hmm...I've always thought of Sorcer Striker as one of the easier arcade 1CCs out there. I've cleared it with Bornnam and a score of 1.76 million (Stage 2-2 in the loop). Stage 6 is tough, but there are a lot of bombs in the game. You can have something like 8 or 9 spare bombs by the end of Stage 2, I seem to remember.

The big kick in the teeth comes after you beat Gigaface...first time I did that, I sat back to let the credits roll when Bashinet jumped out again and killed me before I had enough time to react. Doh! It took me ages to get back to that part again. I reckon it took me about 6-8 hours to reach the final boss in one credit, and about 18 hours to actually get the 1CC...

[mjmjr25]

Yeah, I saw yr score over on shmups - it's a pretty select few who've got recorded clears over there. This game just doesn't resonate with me - in regard to improvement anyways. My first runs I was getting to 3rd stage...12 hours later i'd occasionally make 4th stage. Maybe if I credited through a few more times and saw the 4th/5th and all the 6th stage bosses they'd become more manageable, but in the couple times I did see them - brutal, just the sheer time it took to beat them and the different ways they come at you. I think stage 5 boss it is? The one who has the spike-boulder arms that swing at you...and he charges you...FAST, the dude soaked me for 3 lives until I just spam bombed him.

[Violent By Design]

1. Donkey Kong Country
2. Pilotwings
3. StarFox
4. John Madden Football
5. Super Mario Bros 3 (Super Mario All-Stars)
6. NBA Jam
7. Prince of Persia *NOW PLAYING*
8. Sunset Riders
9. Yoshi's Island
10. Chrono Trigger

Well, I just made it through the training mode for Prince of Persia. This is going to be a slog, as this guy controls about as well as a barge, if that barge were in a video game designed by Pen and Teller and had to travel at 45 mph in a desert from Tucson, Arizona, to Las Vegas, Nevada, while veering slightly to the right. Oh wait, that game actually exists, and I think it controls better than Prince of Persia...

Which Prince of Persia is this?