Games Beaten : 2011

[final fight cd]

castle of illusion - sega
disney's aladdin - sega
the lion king - sega
mickey mania: the timeless adventure of mickey mouse - sega
mickey mania: the timeless adventure of mickey mouse - sega cd
disney's the jungle book - sega
dungeon explorer - sega cd
phelios - sega
doom - 32x
kolibri - 32x
mega turrican - sega
bc racers - sega cd
bloodlines x2 - sega
3 ninjas - sega cd
die hard arcade - saturn
final fight cd - sega cd
quackshot - sega
hyperstone heist - sega
streets of rage 2 - sega
twin gadgets x2- sega
gex - saturn
mario 3 - snes via mario all stars
mario - snes via mario all stars

is it mario 3? super mario 3? mario bros 3? i have no idea the correct title of these two games. i know i could easily look them up online but fuck it. i'm sticking with what i have. i originally hooked up the snes to play r-type III, but i totally suck at shmups and could only get to the 3rd or 4th level.

i beat mario 3 from beginning to end, every level, and without the whistles. too bad mario 3 is easy as shit which doesn't make this much of an accomplishment. i think i ended up beating the game with 80+ lives. many of the levels are VERY short, which is something i don't think i ever noticed.

the original mario is great. the all stars version actually plays slightly different than the nes version.

[emwearz]

is it mario 3? super mario 3? mario bros 3?

Super Mario Bros. 3 (The 3 games on the NES are the Super Mario Bros. games, there is also Mario Bros. (The arcade game, which has a NES version).

[Stark]

1/15 Dynamite Cop (DC)
2/4 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (PS3)
5/19 Portal 2 - Single Player (PS3)
5/22 Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (PSP)
6/5 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Reverie (PS3)

For fans of the game the new DLC is a must. Clocks in at around 1-2 hours of additional gameplay and the addtions to the story are sweet indeed. Loved it and I will be buying the next DLC when it comes out!

[emwearz]

Plants Vs Zombies - PC
Halo 3: ODST - 360
Enslaved: Odyssey To The West - 360
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - NDS
Unreal Tournament 3 - 360
Dead Space - 360
Harms Way - XBLA
Starfox Assault - GC
Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift - IOS
The House of the Dead: Overkill - Wii
Fallout 3 - 360
Peggle Extreme - PC
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast - PC
Marvel Vs Capcom 3 - 360
Portal - PC
The Great Gatsby - Browser
Kirby Super Star Ultra - NDS
Bulletstorm - PC
Half Life: Source - PC
Probotector - NES
Fable III - 360
Perfect Dark - N64
Crysis 2 - 360
Final Fantasy XIII - 360
Portal 2 - 360
Half Life 2 - 360
Machinarium - PC
King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown (AGDInteractive Remake) - PC
Half Life 2: Episode 1 - 360
Tony Hawk's Project 8 - 360
King's Quest II: Romancing The Stones (AGDInteractive Remake) - PC
Singularity - PC
Samorost - Browser
Samorost 2 - PC
Mortal Kombat (9) - 360
Gemini Rue - PC

Total Games for 2011: 36

Thoughts on the Game(s)

This was such an amazing game, cyberpunk and adventuring at its best. If this was released during the 90's this game would have been completely and utterly massive. Everyone owes it to themselves to try this out, its get elements from all the best pieces of cyberpunk all strung together with an interesting and fairly deep story. The voice acting, the music, the graphical styling, I can honestly not find a fault in this little gem. It is on par with the likes of Monkey Island, Broken Sword and Beneath a Steel Sky.



HIGHLY SUGGESTED GAME.

[geozeldadude]

* wario land 3 (GBC) (1/16/11) -- thumbs up
- metroid: other M (wii) (1/27/11) -- thumbs down
+ kirby: canvas curse (DS) (2/4/11) -- one thumb up
+ pac-attack (GBA) (2/7/11) -- one thumb up
+ excitebike (NES) (2/18/11) -- one thumb up
+ the legend of zelda: phantom hourglass (DS) (2/24/11) -- one thumb up
* super mario bros. 3 (NES) (3/5/11) -- thumbs up
+ soul calibur (DC) (3/19/11) -- one thumb up
- cranium kabookii (wii) (3/24/11) -- thumbs down
+ mario and luigi: superstar saga (GBA) (3/30/11) -- one thumb up
- donkey kong jungle beat (GCN) (4/7/11) -- thumbs down
* contra (NES) (4/14/11) -- thumbs up
+ f-zero (SNES) (4/22/11) -- one thumb up
* the legend of zelda (NES) (5/1/11) -- thumbs up
+ pokemon puzzle league (N64) (5/4/11) -- one thumb up
+ revenge of the 'gator (GB) (5/7/11) -- one thumb up
+ wario land 4 (GBA) (5/13/11) -- one thumb up
+ NEW animal crossing: city folk (wii) -- one thumb up
+ NEW etrian odyssey (DS) -- one thumb up
+ NEW mario kart: super circuit (GBA) -- one thumb up

well, my latest is another batch of good but not great games. AC:CF is fun, and as a fan of the series it had just enough new features to keep me playing, although if you've played the other two to death you can probably skip this one. the wi-fi voice chat was prob. my favorite addition.

i played etrian odyssey obsessively for the first few floors, but after the "difficulty" evened out i got really bored with the battle mechanics which is just the same turn-based RPG fodder we've already seen for decades now. the mapping gimmick is fun for a while but not enough to compensate, and the lack of characters or story meant i didn't have any other reasons to continue. one of the few games i couldn't bring myself to finish.

mario kart: super circuit is a perfectly respectable entry in the series, albeit limited by the GBA hardware. if you're a fan of the SNES-style gameplay you'll like it, and the inclusion of all the SNES tracks is a great bonus.

as usual, more extensive reviews can be found on my blog.

[YoshiEgg25]

1/1: Octodad PC
1/1: Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter (Co-op) PC
1/6: Something Amiss PC
1/6: Sam & Max 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die! PC
1/8: Donkey Kong Jr. Arcade
1/8: Frogger Arcade
1/8: Pac-Man Arcade
1/8: Smash TV (Co-op) Arcade
1/12: Achievement Unlocked PC
1/13: Achievement Unlocked 2 PC
1/15: K.O.L.M. PC
1/26: Don't Look Back PC
1/28: Flick Kick Rugby iPod Touch
2/9: Hot Throttle PC
2/10: Pokemon Puzzle Challenge Game Boy Color
2/17: The Great Gatsby NES
2/18: Tiki Totems iPod Touch
2/18: Tiki Totems 2: Valentine iPod Touch
3/10: Elephant Quest PC
4/1: Pokémon White Version Nintendo DS
4/7: Elite Beat Agents Nintendo DS
6/8: The Curse of Monkey Island PC NEW

Total: 22

Has it really been this long since I completed a game? I guess so. In any case, I'm able to cross off one of my summer challenge games off my list. I really liked this game, and hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on the first two Monkey Island games soon.

[emwearz]

I love Curse, though the first two are by far better games. If not having voice is a problem there are even HD Remakes, both of which are pretty decent.

[alienjesus]

Donkey Kong Jr. e-Reader
Riviera: The Promised Land GBA
Super Mario Bros. 2 Wii
King of Fighters R2 NGPC
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn DS
Metal Slug 2nd Mission NGPC
Pocket Tennis Colour NGPC
Metroid GC
Super Mario Bros. 3 Wii
Probotector 2 Game Boy
A Boy and his Blob Wii
Pokemon White DS
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa VC
Kirby's Dream Land 3 VC
Bomberman '93 VC
Super Probotector: Alien Rebels VC
Wonder Boy in Monster Land VC
Pilotwings Resort 3DS
Deja Vu Casebook 1: A Nightmare Comes True GBC
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg GC
Starfox Command DS
Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Skies Wii
Deja Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas GBC
Virtual On Cyber Troopers Saturn
Virtua Fighter Saturn
Athlete Kings Saturn
Guardian Heroes Saturn
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters Game Boy
StreetPass Quest 3DS
Face Raiders 3DS
Dead or Alive: Dimensions 3DS
Wonder Boy in Monster World VC *NEW*
Final Fantasy III DS *NEW*
Total: 33

Just 2 new entries since last time.

Wonder Boy in Monster World was a pretty fun game, it played very well, and the design of the dungeons was pretty fun. It was a bit more linear than Wonder Boy III though, there was less need to go back to places with new abilities than before.

It had loads of little tributes to the earlier games in the series that I enjoyed too. There was a boss based on Monster Lair, a transform room straight out of Dragon's Trap, the infamous blocks that move when you jump off of them from Wonder Boy II, and even a boss who lost his heads over time, straight out of the original Wonder Boy/Adventure Island. As a bit of a fan of the series, I enjoyed all these little throwbacks. This was probably my 2nd favourite of the 4 I've played (Dragon's Trap > Monster World > Wonder Boy > Monster Land) although I have really enjoyed all 4. Just need to play Monster Lair (which is apparently awful) and Monster World IV (which is apparently awesome, and which I can;t wait to be released on VC) to finish the series now. I'm kinda sad that there'll be no new Wonder Boy games for me to play after that.

Final Fantasy III I really enjoyed, which surprised me, because I've tried playing through it a couple of other times and got bored quickly. This time though I found the pace brisk enough to keep me interested, the job system allowing me to change how I played when I got bored. Not being able to save in dungeons was annoying, there was one dungeon in particular I had to trek through 4 times because I kept dying on the boss. Luckily, I didn't die once in the final dungeon, because there were no save points there for a good 2 or 3 hours. Overall, I enjoyed this one, and it's now officially the first numbered Final Fantasy game that I've ever finished.

Next Up: Lots of stuff I want to play. Banjo Kazooie, Ghost Trick, Final Fantasy IX and Blazing Lasers are all on the list. So are gradius and parodius, but i cant see me beating them anytime soon

[Ack]

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter (PC)(FPS)
X-Men: Mutant Academy (PS1)(Fighting)
Street Fighter Alpha (PS2)(Fighting)
Extermination (PS2)(Survival Horror)
Spyro the Dragon (PS1)(Platformer)
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (PS1)(Platformer)
Myst III: Exile (PC)(Graphic Adventure)
Shaq Fu (GEN)(Fighting)
Spyro: Year of the Dragon (PS1)(Platformer)
God of War (PS2)(Action Adventure)
The Simpsons Game (PS2)(Platformer)
The King of Fighters '99 (PS1)(Fighting)
EOE: Eve of Extinction (PS2)(Beat 'Em Up)
Final Fight (Arcade)(Beat 'Em Up)
Gundam Battle Assault (PS1)(Fighting)
Dark Rift (N64)(Fighting)
Deadly Arts (N64)(Fighting)
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (PS2)(TPS)
Vampire Hunter (SAT)(Fighting)
Super Scribblenauts (NDS)(Puzzle)
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (PS2)(Action Adventure)
Jet Force Gemini (N64)(TPS)
Super R-Type (SNES)(Shmup)

TOTAL: 23

I like shmups, but I'm terrible at them. Despite owning quite a few for the SNES, I've never actually managed to get through any of them. Sure, I get pretty far in UN Squadron and didn't do too terribly at Super Earth Defense Force, but I could just never make it to the end. So I'm happy to say that I finally made it all the way through Super R-Type...on Novice. Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm just glad I made it at all. I'll be trying again on the higher difficulties later.

Admittedly the slowdown helped. Super R-Type suffers from quite a bit of it at times. It also took me a while to realize just how useful the bits were. I didn't know that they served as shields until the final level, where they saved my butt innumerable times. The Spread Lasers were my favorite weapon of choice, though on certain levels I happily opted for the shotgun bomb. Is there a better choice that I should check out?

[Gamerforlife]

Congrats, I was never able to conquer that game. Someday...

Hey, thanks. Truthfully I started this game about two months ago and didn't really care for it, and then after messing around with Castlevania 64 a bit, I decided I'd go back to it last week. I'm really glad I took the time to beat it, but it was a whole lot longer than I expected, which I suppose I should consider a bonus.

Didn't Mega Man X7 require you to find robots that gave you all of your upgrades, but said robots could be killed, making it impossible for you to get them? I seem to remember that...I've played a few levels of MMX7, but I've never really been big on the X series in general.

They kind of did this in both Mega Man X 6 and Mega Man X 7, but it was much, much more annoying in Mega Man X 6. Yet another reason why I liked MMX7 a bit more than its predecessor. MMX8 schools the both of them though

So could you ever get an upgrade that was lost if the robot was killed then?

You could in MM X 6, I'm not sure about MM X 7. Hard to remember. It's was a LOT harder to save those robots in MM X 6 though