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So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition
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Playing Ducktales on the NES. As someone that didn't grow up with this game it's kicking my ass.
Also playing Turtles on the the NES..... I thought this game had infinite continues.... you have 2
2!!!!
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I tried playing the 360 version but went back to Saturn. The issue I have with the 360 version is that instead of getting an extra credit for each hour you get an extra life..... I'll never one cc the game and one life extra isn't going to get me to the end in one lifetime. Otherwise it's a fantastic conversion.
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Fresh from the crypt, it's a nice condition teenage mutant Ninja turtles pcb from Konami. It has the two player ROMs and a solid beat em up all round. Spam the jump+hit button to take out enemies in one shot. I believe the cartoon was actually made in Dublin of all places?
I was reminded of it because I got a bunch of original arcade artwork (to be delivered) and one of the few games mentioned was the turtles. Very curious to see what else turns up in the mystery box
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I believe the cartoon was actually made in Dublin of all places?
Yep animated here. Lots of animation talent in Dublin due to Don Bluth's presence and still has quite a few active courses.
I used to do security in the digital hub and one of the places I had to check at night was the animation studio that animated the turtles. They had animation cels on the walls.
I know they did an episode in Dublin as well. Not very realistic though as it had the turtle van driving down the quays past the halfpenny bridge and not getting stuck in traffic.
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Retr0gamer wrote: »Yep animated here. Lots of animation talent in Dublin due to Don Bluth's presence and still has quite a few active courses.
I used to do security in the digital hub and one of the places I had to check at night was the animation studio that animated the turtles. They had animation cels on the walls.
I know they did an episode in Dublin as well. Not very realistic though as it had the turtle van driving down the quays past the halfpenny bridge and not getting stuck in traffic.
That's really cool! I don't even know where I picked up that rumour but it's a fact now.
"Teenage Mutant Dublin Turtles"
It's one of the last 2 cabinets I want to get, the "UK version" cabinet, not the American one with the longer control panel. It's goofier looking but that's the one me and friends used to play all the time. The Dublin link makes it 1% cooler too. Okay, 3%.0 -
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That's really cool! I don't even know where I picked up that rumour but it's a fact now.
"Teenage Mutant Dublin Turtles"
It's one of the last 2 cabinets I want to get, the "UK version" cabinet, not the American one with the longer control panel. It's goofier looking but that's the one me and friends used to play all the time. The Dublin link makes it 1% cooler too. Okay, 3%.
They had cels for a lot of other shows you would think were animated outside Ireland.
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That's really cool! I don't even know where I picked up that rumour but it's a fact now.
"Teenage Mutant Dublin Turtles"
It's one of the last 2 cabinets I want to get, the "UK version" cabinet, not the American one with the longer control panel. It's goofier looking but that's the one me and friends used to play all the time. The Dublin link makes it 1% cooler too. Okay, 3%.
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Played and finished FF Adventure/Mystic Quest at the weekend. Great little handheld Zelda type game with some JRPG trappings.
I had an 'Ah ha! That's the game!' moment.
For some reason on of the gamesmaster tricks and tips sections stands out in my mind. A kid was asking the games master for help with a top down zelda type game on the gameboy. The tip was to do a figure of 8 around two palm trees in the desert area. Sure enough this stupidly obtuse puzzle was from this game!
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Jack burton wrote: »Is the other one Killer Instinct
Yep, turtles and killer instinct. Top of the list.
They could be mine, but they're way out of line (with my front door)
I'll get them eventually!
About capacitors falling off, worth fixing.
About turtles in time, yep it's certainly worth fixing up too, good game.
Never played any of the final fantasy games, but mentioning Zelda I found out there's a golden Axe rpg that's basically Zelda, supposed to be quite decent too.0 -
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I'm about a quarter of the way into The Last of Us 2. No complaints with it so far, the narrative is what I half expected it to be, the voice acting superb, world building is superb, graphics are a nice jump up from the remaster of part 1 (though I do miss those frames in 60Hz), there's a few map parts now that 'mimic' an open world feeling (though I can live without 99% of open world games really), and the game feels like it gives you a purpose in what you're doing. Maybe that changes later on? Or maybe I just like the game? Anyhoo....
Starts ok. Then doesn't go anywhere. And the characters are morons. And then never ends....
It's not bad. Just massively disappointing. I actaully really enjoyed the gameplay. It was everything else...Retr0, have you ever played/beaten Super Mario Bros 2 - the original Jap FDS version? How does it compare to the Lost Levels version? I'm half tempted to try it at some stage, and while the Lost Levels version looks tough.....it doesn't look like it makes you want to jump off a cliff in the way the FDS version does? Has the Lost Levels version been toned down a bit in terms of difficulty?
I only beat Super Mario Bros recently. That was such a slog that I decided not to try the FDS version of 2 just yet. And also I think I'll be trying Lost Levels instead.
Lost levels is pretty much the same game, no changes and still as cruel just the physics are a little off. The main thing with Lost Levels is the save feature and also accessing the bonus worlds at the end is so much easier. Pretty sure you have to beat all 8 stages warpless with no continues to unlock the first bonus world and then do the same again with the unlock the subsequent ones but have the added objective of the new bonus world. 5 Loops! Lost Levels just lets you do all worlds in one go.
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Yeah it was a warpless run. I'm quite proud of myself for doing it. It was quite a challenge that I know how tough Super Mario '**** you' edition will be a nightmare. The whole five loops thing really puts me off. I think I might have to appreciate it from afar with the AGDQ speed runs.
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I actually read up on it and it's worse.
Apparently you need to beat the game 8 consecutive times then hold start and press A on the title screen to access world A. You play the game then up to world 9 and once you finish that you will move on to world A. That's 8 consecutive times beating world 9 which is only accessible when you don't use warps and don't die.
At the end of World A you can get to a warp zone to unlock world B and then World C and World D follow.
Each world has 4 levels as usual.
Honestly, **** that.
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No Man's Sky has me totally hooked at the moment.
I remember thinking it looked intriguing but then it came out and everyone was giving out about how bad it was, so I never gave it a go.
I am guessing some modern patches must have been released since then as it's bloody brilliant. Quite unusual for me to be so engrossed in a modern game.
It was a joke at launch. Fly to a world, grind materials, fly to next world. The updates gave you stuff to do in each world and made it a whole lot more interesting. It's a totally different game now.
Also on release I had a brand new PC with a 1070 that was top of the range by a few days at the time and it ran in single digit framerates.
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