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Favorite mini games?

  • 12-08-2015 9:30am
    #1
    Tchoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭


    So lads, what are your favorite mini games?

    I guess by that I mean mini games other than from party games (Mario Party, Wario Ware, Rabbids, etc.)

    Mine are:

    *Fishing in TLoZ Ocarina of Time (N64)
    *Blitzball in FFX (PS2) - initially, I used to hate this, until I got the hand of it and then loved it!
    *Pokemon Stadium mini games (N64) - can't say my controllers loved those mini games though...
    *Jeff & Barry Racing in Jet Force Gemini (N64) - only for a few laps, there's not much more to it.

    Probably there are plenty more I can't remember at the moment.


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Tchoin wrote: »
    *Fishing in TLoZ Ocarina of Time (N64)


    winner winner chicken dinner


  • #3
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,259 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Feck fishing, forklift racing is where its at :D


  • #4
    CosmicSmash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭CosmicSmash


    Monkey Bowling/Target ftw!


  • #5
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Gwent in The Witcher 3 looks good, havent played it though.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtDy31-h_8


    I like the knife game in Full Throttle
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7n030Hy5WE

    You can also play a similar game in Red Dead Redemption called Five Fingered Fillet
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-bcwr4aiTU


    Or in Catherine, the arcade machine in the pub, Rapunzel :
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLRzLdbnpLU


    Call of Duty: Black Ops - Dead Ops Arcade
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moCQc5gDqCQ


  • #6
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,844 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    The cooking minigame in Suikoden 2 was excellent. Travelling accross the globe, picking up new recipes and taking part in a cooking competition was oddly compelling.
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  • #7
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    For globs sake you guys.

    It's Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved buried inside Project Gotham.
    Pure arcade twin stick bliss!


  • #8
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    For globs sake you guys.

    It's Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved buried inside Project Gotham.
    Pure arcade twin stick bliss!

    I was gonna say that actually....


  • #9
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Feck fishing, forklift racing is where its at :D

    Would you like to try a game of Lucky Hit?


  • #10
    Parawind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,565 ✭✭✭Parawind


    the groutch wrote: »
    Would you like to try a game of Lucky Hit?

    Beat me to it!

    Would have to include Sumo from Fuzion Frenzy!


  • #11
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    the playable maniac mansion inday of the tenticle?


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  • #12
    KeRbDoG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,278 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    Every mini game in 'Lazy Jones' on the C64 :)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsorGbKwNlA


  • #13
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Best mini game of them all!
    skidmarks_cover-small.jpg


  • #14
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Big fan of rapunzel in Catherine. I found it really hard aswell


  • #15
    HelenBaby
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭HelenBaby


    The bonus rounds from Sonic games deserve special mention. Especially those from Sonic 2 (Megadrive) and Sonic 1 (Master System). Dat music doe.


  • #16
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Damn, now I'm thinking of the bonus level music from Sonic 1, it'll be hours before it's gone...


  • #17
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Damn, now I'm thinking of the bonus level music from Sonic 1, it'll be hours before it's gone...

    Wait till Starlight Zone kicks in...


  • #18
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Thanks there, that's now lodged in me noggin


  • #19
    Tchoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭Tchoin


    Just found there are a few mini games inside Goat Simulator lol, on some arcade machines by the coast on a fair.

    You can play snake, a block moving game, and a flappy bird clone lol.


  • #20
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Just when you thought it was safe to make a cup of tea!

    Invade-a-load!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqCR6xnv1kE


  • #21
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    DinoRex wrote: »
    Just when you thought it was safe to make a cup of tea!

    Invade-a-load!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqCR6xnv1kE

    Cool what game is that on?

    The invaders seem to have found extra fire buttons too.


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  • #22
    Tchoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭Tchoin


    I was now remembering the other games on Ocarina of Time, although fishing was by far the best, the archery range, bombchu bowling and treasure room thingy were not that bad either. I remember spending so many rupees at those, lol. What a blast.

    I should get around playing OoT 3DS, as well as Majora's... I'm just waiting to switch to an american New 3DS XL, finding the regular 3DS a bit too small.


  • #23
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    eddhorse wrote: »
    Cool what game is that on?

    The invaders seem to have found extra fire buttons too.

    Oh lots of games had it. Mostly budget ones. Definitely remember it being on a Judge Dredd game.


  • #24
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    It would be ironic if you were loading a port of Space Invaders


  • #25
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,556 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    Wolfenstein 3D in Wolfenstein: The New Blood
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  • #26
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Skerries wrote: »
    Wolfenstein 3D in Wolfenstein: The New Blood

    Just a pity its just fleeting levels though.

    The original Donkey Kong within DK64 was great.
    It was like being forced to drink horse p1ss but finding, for a brief period at least, that some of it tasted like a damn fine Shiraz. What a terrible game DK64 was.


  • #27
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Not a mini game really but more of a hidden game in a game.

    Sharp X68000 has Syvalion hidden in Bubble Bobble or is it Bubble Bobble version of Sybubblun is hidden in Syvalion.
    Conflicting reports, can anyone clarify?
    http://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/2015/09/04/sybubblun-in-mame/

    http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/syvalion/syvalion.htm


  • #28
    murphyebass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,553 ✭✭✭murphyebass


    Not retro but I've enjoyed "squid jump" in splatoon a good bit lately.


  • #29
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    murphyebass wrote: »
    Not retro but I've enjoyed "squid jump" in splatoon a good bit lately.

    I have seen more of that then most, being kicked out of multiplayer matches nearly every damn time!


  • #30
    murphyebass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,553 ✭✭✭murphyebass


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I have seen more of that then most, being kicked out of multiplayer matches nearly every damn time!

    Not ideal. I've been pretty lucky hen by the sounds of it. Rare enough I get kicked.


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  • #31
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I have a rather idiosyncratic broadband system, with links, fibre optics and routers before even reaching the eircom connection.
    That, I fear is the cause of the dreadful connection to my WiiU.
    Might be something that can be fixed, I'll have to work on it.


  • #32
    KeRbDoG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,278 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I have a rather idiosyncratic broadband system, with links, fibre optics and routers before even reaching the eircom connection.
    That, I fear is the cause of the dreadful connection to my WiiU.
    Might be something that can be fixed, I'll have to work on it.

    Some day bring the WiiU up to my house and we can have a look. I think its more down to the random ports it wants to open to the world for itself. No other consoles have issues on the network so its most likely down to the Nintendo and not the awesome free network/internet yea have :D


  • #33
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    KeRbDoG wrote: »
    Some day bring the WiiU up to my house and we can have a look. I think its more down to the random ports it wants to open to the world for itself. No other consoles have issues on the network so its most likely down to the Nintendo and not the awesome free network/internet yea have :D

    Yes, it is awesome, and so forth.
    And lots of people have had issue with the nuts way that it seeks connection to the internet.


  • #34
    corcaigh07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,459 ✭✭✭corcaigh07


    bomb-omb squad in the mini game section of Super Mario 64 DS. Very addictive if you are battling for a top score with someone else.


  • #35
    Yffisch
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭Yffisch


    Do you remember the mini game Rats?! :) That was a very nice game!


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