November 2017 Game of the Month: Kid Dracula

[lilbud]

@meleu Yeah, kinda abused savestates in my run. But I did beat the game with no help (cheats, hacks, etc.)

[cyperghost]

@lilbud
But it was the toughness (or even spirit) of the games in those days.
Like a memory puzzle to remeber the levels one by one....

So a typcial jump'n'run in these days gots not a straight level toughness development.

Think about a game with 5 levels....
So level 1 was very easy to master to make the game just enjoyable.
Level 2 was a bit more difficult to master and level 3 was really really tough.
After you mastered level 3 level 4 and 5 were not soooo difficult. It was harder to just overcome level 3 with all lives and continous ....

You can give Probotector/Contra on the GameBoy system a test or "Super Mario Land" ond the same system. Kirby's Dreamland is also a good example for this ;)

To be short: Using emu-savestates is a way of "cheating" and this is punished by a disabled hardcore mode in RA-system :)

I also use emu-savestates not because I'm bungling ... it's just a matter of investment-time.

[lilbud]

@cyperghost said in November Game of the Month: Kid Dracula:

You can give Probotector/Contra on the GameBoy system a test or "Super Mario Land" ond the same system. Kirby's Dreamland is also a good example for this ;)

I found Contra somewhat easy and enjoyable. As well as Kirby's Dreamland. They we're both pretty easy.

To be short: Using emu-savestates is a way of "cheating" and this is punished by a disabled hardcore mode in RA-system :)

Well then call me a cheater, I've used savestates on almost every game I have played, mainly just to get through the game without having a controller in my wall.

Only ever beat one game with no savestates for the most part, Aladdin (SNES)

[cyperghost]

@lilbud Yes Contra and Kirby is enjoyable (and easy) but the middle game levels are the hardest imho. Well if you want to use emu-savestates then use them. I think without this I never mastered Sonic 1 - that's a damn hard game.

Btw:

The guy activated extra menues and just cutted the settings part out. So sound and video aren't syncron ;)

[meleu]

@lilbud said in November Game of the Month: Kid Dracula:

The challenge this month will be Frozen Half's Challenge You have to beat the game without using passwords or continues.

Challenge done!! 😎

[Ryan_Stevens]

I also didn't hear about Kid Dracula?

[meleu]

@ryan_stevens better late than never. Play it!!!

[lilbud]

Not sure if anyone is a vinylophile like I am, but here is something.

The whole Famicom Kid Dracula soundtrack is being released on vinyl.

[PokeEngineer]

@lilbud said in November Game of the Month: Kid Dracula:

The whole Famicom Kid Dracula soundtrack is being released on vinyl.

Well that is very coincidental.

[meleu]

can we start collecting suggestions for December?

I thought that it would be cool to have a game with a Xmas ambience. Like these ones:

• Daze Before Christmas (MegaDrive)
• Daze Before Christmas (SNES)
• Home Alone 2 (NES)
• Home Alone 2 (SNES)
• Batman Returns (NES)
• Batman Returns (SNES)
• Batman Returns (MegaDrive)

Any other suggestions?

[lilbud]

@meleu said in November Game of the Month: Kid Dracula:

Daze Before Christmas (MegaDrive)
Daze Before Christmas (SNES)
Home Alone 2 (NES)
Home Alone 2 (SNES)

I get how these tie into christmas, but how does Batman Returns tie in?

Also, doing a quick search pretty much shows that most, if not all xmas games were just the worst. So maybe let not make xmas a requirement?

[meleu]

@lilbud said in November Game of the Month: Kid Dracula:

I get how these tie into christmas, but how does Batman Returns tie in?

Have you watched the movie? It has a Christmas ambiance, and so are the games.

[lilbud]

@meleu The only Batman movies I watched were the Dark Knight movies and Lego Batman

[hooperre]

Finished it today! Everyone is Kid Dracula's friend now! Thanks for the recommendation!

[meleu]

@hooperre said in November Game of the Month: Kid Dracula:

Finished it today!

Picture or it didn't happen.

[hooperre]

@meleu said in November Game of the Month: Kid Dracula:

@hooperre said in November Game of the Month: Kid Dracula:

Finished it today!

Picture or it didn't happen.

I haven't had my Cheevos working lately bc I forgot my dingus password, but luckily I screenshot every ending on the Pi. I definitely used save states though.

[meleu]

@hooperre Well done!!

[hooperre]

@meleu said in November Game of the Month: Kid Dracula:

@hooperre Well done!!

Thanks! Never did finish Mario 64 yet. Haha. It's longer than I remember.

[A Former User]

Had to step away from attempting most of the month. Taking one last stab today at this.

Any ideas for next month?

[A Former User]

I beat Kid Dracula with an hour and a half left in the month! WHEW!

Edit: My achievement shows 12-1 but it’s 10:40 PM EST on 11/30. DONT TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME RETROACHIEVEMENTS. 😡