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    • meleuM
      meleu @Dochartaigh
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      @Dochartaigh said in Finishing my first game on retropie:

      Was playing Ninja Gaiden for NES for hours and hours as well

      I finished Ninja Gaiden (NES) a few months ago with an abusive and unrestricted use of save states. I just can't believe somebody finished this game in the good old times when there was no save state...

      Same thing with Battletoads (NES). With no savestates I can only reach the level 10...

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        Dochartaigh @meleu
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        @meleu said in Finishing my first game on retropie:

        I finished Ninja Gaiden (NES) a few months ago with an abusive and unrestricted use of save states. I just can't believe somebody finished this game in the good old times when there was no save state...

        Like saving/restoring every 5-10 seconds! Not even kidding. SO hard (or I just suck ;)

        I should have really gotten the fast forward/rewind thing working on RetroPie (haven't delved into how to use that as it slows down some games I've read).

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        • flopF
          flop
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          ha!, I got a Ultra-Ninja Gaiden friend freak that pass the level 1-2-3 in less than two minuts, he saids that wanna make a "run" video of the entire game.

          Edit: 'He pass me this video'-->

          Sorry to deviate from the topic :p.

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          • obsidianspiderO
            obsidianspider
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            I stopped fiddling with settings and such on my Super Famicom Pi this weekend and decided to actually play it. I managed to complete Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero, and it was a lot of fun.

            Then I rewired a NES-004 controller to use a Super Nintendo wire so I could play Castlevania with a real Nintendo controller. ;)

            📷 @obsidianspider

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            • dankcushionsD
              dankcushions Global Moderator
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              zelda 1 (NES)
              kings' field III (psx)
              streets of rage 2 (megadrive)

              i think that might be it! i mostly play multiplayer/arcade stuff. need to start something else!

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                backstander @lostless
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                @lostless
                Several months ago I decided to play through Final Fight on lr-fbalpha (it was before lr-fbalpha2012 came out) and I used plenty of virtual quarters! That was one of my top 5 favorite Arcade games! Then on the SNES, I decided to tackle Final Fight 1, Final Fight 2, Final Fight 3 and then Final Fight Guy (which is just like Final Fight 1 but has Guy instead of Cody, the Arcade version had both). Then I played through Final Fight CD on the Sega CD. Then I went for Final Fight One for the GBA. Last I played Mighty Final Fight for the original NES.

                There's some interesting information on it's Wikipedia page about the different ports:
                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fight_(video_game)

                Next I beat Streets of Rage 1, 2 and 3 on the Genesis. I also loaded up both TMNT Arcade games!

                I also had a friend come over once a week and we would play some random Arcade Beat 'em ups! I think we've played just about every beat 'em up I could find! Some good and some not so good but we had fun either way.

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                • hooperreH
                  hooperre
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                  Just finished Quackshot for the Genesis. Grew up loving that game, but was never able to beat it in a single sitting. Satisfying.

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                    drake999
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                    I'm on kind of a Sega CD trip lately. Some really good hidden and overlooked gems on that system. I beat Snatcher, Sonic CD (the good ending with all time stones), and Road Avenger.

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                      backstander @drake999
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                      @drake999
                      One of my friends had a Sega CD and he had several cool games for it but I remember this one called "Mansion of Hidden Souls" that was actually pretty good but I never heard of it before or heard of it since. He also had the infamous Night Trap before they pulled it and edited it to re-release it in 1994.
                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Trap

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                        drake999 @backstander
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                        @backstander Yeah I owned a Sega Genesis CDX growing up and still have most of my games. I've never tried Night Trap but I'm well aware that there were a lot of government officials that had a conniption fit over it. The funny thing is the game is quite tame, even by the standards of the time. I own Double Switch, which is a spiritual sequel of sorts and that's the one I played until I beat. I've heard of Mansion of Hidden Souls but never actually played, not even sure what it's about, but if it's good I might have to check it out.

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                          drake999 @backstander
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                          @backstander I should say I've never played Night Trap for more than 5 minutes, lol. It's like one of those hilariously bad horror movies so I do want to see more of the game one day. I've seen plenty of Youtube videos on it though.

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                            Arcuza
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                            Ah, I forgot The 7th Guest on ScummVM... Awesome game.

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                              backstander @drake999
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                              @drake999

                              I've never tried Night Trap but I'm well aware that there were a lot of government officials that had a conniption fit over it. The funny thing is the game is quite tame, even by the standards of the time.

                              Yeah, Night Trap was quite tame and I think the people trying to ban it had never actually played it. I never played Double Switch but maybe I'll give it a try now.

                              Mansion of Hidden Souls is a point-n-click adventure puzzle games similar to Myst, Uninvited and D.

                              I just remember another good game my friend had, "Dracula Unleashed" which was kind of like a Sherlock Holmes game but you are after a vampire. I tried it on RetroPie but it had some weird sounds issues (or I have a bad rip).

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                                mediamogul Global Moderator @backstander
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                                @backstander

                                It's like one of those hilariously bad horror movies so I do want to see more of the game one day.

                                I love hilariously bad horror movies and I agree that 'Night Trap' is right there with them. I've gotten pretty close to beating it in the past, but it's tough. The main flaw is that it expects you to be killing augers left, right and center at the same time valuable information is being discussed in other rooms that is needed to keep the game going.

                                I have the director's cut that I run through DOSBox and it comes with a short documentary about the senate hearings where 'Mortal Kombat', 'Carmageddon' and 'Night Trap' are raked across the coals in service of instituting the video game rating system that we now know. Listening to them describe the events of the game, you can tell they never played it. They state several times that it's the job of the player to stalk and murder the girls in the game, rather than protect them from the augers using the traps.

                                Edit: Here's the documentary for anyone interested.

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                                  strife23
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                                  So far I've beaten

                                  Castlevania
                                  Contra
                                  Super Mario World
                                  Altered Beast
                                  Illusion of Gaia

                                  Now just starting Chrono Trigger...I love my retropie system.

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                                    PetroRie
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                                    My list:

                                    Army Men Air Attack (PSX)
                                    Metal Gear Solid (PSX)
                                    Donkey Kong Country 1 (SNES)
                                    Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES)
                                    Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES)
                                    Super Chase HQ (SNES)
                                    Super Mario All-Stars (I finished Super Mario The lost Levels and Bros. 1) (SNES)
                                    Super Mario Kart (SNES)
                                    Super Mario World (SNES)
                                    Super Punch Out (SNES)
                                    Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega Megadrive/Genesis)

                                    I have beaten a couple MAME/NEOGEO games but I didn't include them here since you always have unlimited quarters aka unlimited lives so they're very easy to beat.

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                                    • CapemanC
                                      Capeman
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                                      I've completed Castlevania 4 and Super Ghouls'n Ghosts for SNES, as well as a bunch of various NES games on the pi so far, i only used save states to come back later... though it was tempting in SGNG, that game is hard as hell.

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                                      • hooperreH
                                        hooperre @Capeman
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                                        @Capeman Man I wish I had the mental fortitude to not use save states instead of allowing myself to lose lives. I want to beat a myriad of things on here and instead of taking my time, I'm kind of rushing through them just to do it. Mega Man 1 for example and Yellow Devil, I died so many times I just used save states for unlimited lives essentially. I finally got his pattern down, but I would have hated to go through the level to face him enough times to figure out how to defeat him.

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