April 2018 Game of the Month - Earthbound

mediamogul

@lilbud said in April 2018 - Earthbound:

it sure beats staring out the window.

I hear that was gonna be the original tag line before they settled on "This Game Stinks".

lilbud

@mediamogul That would've been a lot better.

cian

Updated to 4.4 last backup was before i started earthbound... lost all my saves very upset, haven't found the will power to start again

lilbud

@cian where were you in the game? I got a few saves if you want one, I can also change the name if you want as well.

cian

@lilbud was in saturn valle (those very odd mouse people) if you have any near there would much appreciate it. not too worried about the name of the save.

lilbud

@cian Here is a site with a bunch of save files, mine is from twoson so it'd still be a bit of work.

https://fantasyanime.com/legacy/earthb_saves.htm

cian

@lilbud thanks might jump back in and embrace the grind, it really is a fantastic game!

lilbud

And here we go again, if anybody got the sword of Kings, speak now or forever hold your peace.

Looking at you @meleu

meleu

@lilbud oops! I was away from here for a while! what did I miss?

suggestions for may? uhmmm... what about the hack "Metroid: Rogue Dawn"?

lilbud

@meleu I was actually thinking of going to the one of the other 16bit consoles. Was thinking either Shinobi 3 or Bonk on PC Engine.

Because to my knowledge, no one completed the challenge for April. (Find the sword of kings in Earthbound.)

meleu

@lilbud Shinobi 3 for MegaDrive? It has my vote.

mediamogul

@lilbud

As long as suggestions are open, I'll add 'RoboCop Versus The Terminator' for the Sega Genesis/Megadrive. The SNES version chose to go with a lighter comic book presentation and the game play was monotonous, but the edgier Genesis/Megadrive version feels like the cinematic crossover that we always hoped for, both visually and in the non-stop action it provides.

lilbud

Okay, I put it between two games. Shinobi III or Quackshot starring Donald Duck

So after using a very scientific method of choosing (flipping a quarter.) The game of the month for May will be Quackshot starring Donald Duck.

I just want to say something about the rules and the game selection. If it is up to me, I will usually choose games that have been sitting on my backlog for a while. Quackshot has been on these since easily December or January. Decided to pick a Sega game for once (THAT. WASN'T. SONIC.)

lilbud

The post for Quackshot will be up sometime this weekend. Just giving an ETA

lilbud

Quackshot post is up: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/17681/may-game-of-the-month-quackshot-starring-donald-duck