What games are you playing this week? 2017-08-28

hooperre

@obsidianspider It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.

obsidianspider

@hooperre hardcore people have managed to "beat" the game without a sword. Since you can't beat Ganon without a sword, getting to Gabon swordless is considered beating the game in that case.

meleu

I've been playing The Lost Vikings (SNES) and got stuck at the first Egypt-like level...

I'm planning to go through a Mega Man (NES) marathon, I already finished 1 and 2 a few months ago, then I'll start with the 3 now. And, obviously, get some cheevos. :-)

SleepyOwl

I am knee deep in Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance. For the third time!

meleu

@sleepyowl said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-08-28:

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

Looks like a great game, similar to Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA).

Does "Harmony of Dissonance" have the same character as "Aria of Sorrow"? I think he is named Soma Cruz.

cyperghost

Still on Terranigma (SNES)

with my new build (Rpi0) I play the classic GB I owned as kid

Darkwing Duck
Tiny Toons
MegaMan

and the "classics" of the Genesis/Megadrive (even if I never owned that console)

Tale Spin
NBA JAM (lots of fun in 2 player mode)
Revenge of Shinobi

Korbru

Tony hawk pro skater 2, future cop LAPD, and if I can figure out a fix - final fantasy 8! It freezes the screen upon battle entry but the music plays fine. #sadface

jonnykesh

Just discovered "Popful Mail" on the SegaCD (MegaCD). I think I'll be playing that for a while. Great platformer with RPG elements, decent music, good voice acting and actually very funny. Highly recommended.

jonnykesh

@cyperghost The Revenge of Shinobi is great. Nice choice. Don't forget about Shinobi III: Return of The Ninja Master also on MD / Genesis or Shadow Dancer on MAME, a personal favourite of mine. I'm a Shinobi fan...

meleu

@jonnykesh said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-08-28:

Shadow Dancer on MAME

Shadow Dancer is my favorite Mega Drive game! I was trying to beat it in level 3 but those ninjas at Statue of Liberty elevator are f$#@%ing hard! Maybe I'll give another try in level 2 soon...

jonnykesh

@meleu The MD version is totally different from the arcade version. You still have a dog and wear white. It's still a Shinobi game, just not a port of the arcade. I still enjoy both but prefer the arcade version.

lilbud

@jonnykesh said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-08-28:

You still have a dog

The only difference that matters

meleu

Yeah!! Finally managed to pass through the Snake Man stage with no damage!!

lilbud

I'm spending this week finishing a few games on my backlog before school starts next week. Played through the original Super Mario Bros. (NES), I beat the SNES version but never beat the original, despite owning it. Am currently playing through StarTropics (NES)

obsidianspider

I think this video sums up why retro games will always be more fun in my eye

TMNTturtlguy

@meleu battletoads is my favorite game on mega drive! ;)

wstanek

Playing M.U.L.E. (Atari 800). The Pirates keep coming and there was a fire in the store. High score is around 33,000 with a Leggite.

Was going to try to finish Koronis Rift, but keep getting sidetracked by the Oculus Rift.

Keeping a good thought for Texas.

SleepyOwl

@meleu No, It's actualy a Belmont in this one, Richter Belmont to be exact. It's not the best game in the series but it is a good one. It's tries to emulate many elements from "Symphony" on the PS1, which is not a bad thing!

meleu

@sleepyowl said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-08-28:

It's tries to emulate many elements from "Symphony" on the PS1

Yeah. The Aria of Sorrow has this style too (which is commonly known as "Metroidvania"). If you didn't play Aria of Sorrow yet, you must to! :-)

Brigane

Tonight I'm going to continue my journey in BioShock 2 on my PS3. I always enjoy exploring the underwater city of rapture while killing big daddy's, rescuing little sisters and shooting down scumbags and thieves.