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    What games are you playing this week? 2017-02-20

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    • G
      gorgar
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      On C64:

      Tales of the Arabian Nights hidden gem of a platform game with great music.
      Aztec Challenge, or the don't blink game how my reflexes have deteriorated.
      Black Hawk,river raid type shooter.

      NES

      Megaman 2

      Genesis

      Columns 3 - nightly battle with the wife.

      SNES

      Tetris Attack - again battling the wife

      T. G.
      Devil's Crush - great sound track
      Splatterhouse

      Arcade.
      Xybots - college memories it was my machine!

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      • jhndeere86J
        jhndeere86
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        NES:
        DuckTales
        Chip & Dale

        Snes:
        Super Mario World
        NHL 94'

        Neo-Geo:
        Metal Slug X

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        • space cadetS
          space cadet
          last edited by

          Nes Solomons key

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            backstander @space cadet
            last edited by

            @space-cadet
            I've never heard of Solomon's Key but I just watched a YouTube video of it and it looks fun. I'll have to give it a go sometime.

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            • hooperreH
              hooperre
              last edited by hooperre

              Bros and bodettes. I finally beat Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. I played it so much as a kid and could never beat that f****ing chicken. Today... I did it.

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              AND THEN THE DAMN GAME TROLLED ME. Didn't even know hard mode existed.

              ETA: I also beat the Yellow Man in Mega Man 1 today.

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              • RumblinBuffaloR
                RumblinBuffalo
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                NES - Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!

                One of my all time favs. It's been a few years since I defeated "Kid Dynamite." I'm getting routinely deep into the second round now. I'll get him. I'm probably 0-75 by now on my Pi, but that should turn around real soon.

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                • mediamogulM
                  mediamogul Global Moderator @RumblinBuffalo
                  last edited by mediamogul

                  @RumblinBuffalo

                  Beating Mike Tyson is a holy grail event for emulation due to the various causes for input lag. When you finally beat him, please come back to share it. It's an achievement that not too many can claim.

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                  • cellyC
                    celly
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                    On RetroPie, Demon Front on FBA. Its a gem I found that plays a lot like Metal Slug, and I'm a big fan of the Metal Slug games.

                    Outside of RetroPie, i've been trying to make a few new songs in LSDJ. When I have time. I collect and mod gameboys. It is an addiction...

                    Currently Playing: Tetris (Gameboy)

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                    • pjftP
                      pjft
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                      I've been mostly tinkering these past few days, with slight overclocking and potentially installing a fan. My oldest son (3) regularly asks me to play "scary ghosts" (Pacman), "taxi" (crazy taxi) and "ball jumping on squares with snake" (Qbert) still those have been the main games I've been playing. Had never played Crazy Taxi and I'm kind of surprised that it is such a fun game. Mindless, inconsequential, short lived arcade fun.

                      It's that one that's taking me through the GPU overclocking and fan for the Dreamcast emulator, though.

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                      • obsidianspiderO
                        obsidianspider
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                        I managed to complete Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Gameboy) though I will admit I needed some online help to find all of the hidden exits.
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                        Now on to Super Mario Land (Gameboy)

                        📷 @obsidianspider

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                          willieaames
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                          I wish Doki Doki Panic weren't a Famicom disk system game so I could play it on my Retron 5.

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                          • CapemanC
                            Capeman
                            last edited by

                            I got my wife off Tetris and onto Dr. Mario, now she's obsessed with it! Im slowly getting her used to more complicated puzzle games, next might be Tetris 2 or Puzzle Bobble... i don't think she's ready for Puzzle Fighter 2 yet.

                            Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                            • hooperreH
                              hooperre
                              last edited by hooperre

                              Yo how are y'all getting your wife to play video games and not call you stupid for playing them yourself? Haha.

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                              • obsidianspiderO
                                obsidianspider
                                last edited by

                                Since I have a cold and I don't think soldering will go well I decided to spend the day actually playing some games instead of working on a Pi project. Doki Doki Panic is so weird because I grew up with Super Mario 2, so the slightly different sound effects and characters are like living in an alternate universe.

                                📷 @obsidianspider

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                                • Danorak1981D
                                  Danorak1981
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                                  Super Mario World on the SNES: I think it's such a brilliant game, and has still had me swearing a few times too. Loved it from the day of it's release and can't see me ever getting fed up of it...

                                  Bart vs the Space Mutants on the NES (my first ever console game when I was about 8, and still devilishly unforgiving at times!)

                                  Aside from a few casual Friendlies on Sensible World of Soccer on the Amiga, thats the lot. I want to enjoy each game one game at a time. I want to get stuck into The Legend of Zelda on the SNES as I never completed it when I was younger, but my original memory card corrupted about 3 months ago and I lost a huge amount of progress, so although I will start it again at some point, Super Metroid will be next (always wanted it but never had it so looking forward to that)...

                                  Restored SNES UK Boxart
                                  RPi Modified Case to fit PowerBlock

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                                  • mediamogulM
                                    mediamogul Global Moderator @Danorak1981
                                    last edited by

                                    @Danorak1981

                                    Bart vs the Space Mutants on the NES

                                    The first level of that game has some amazingly good and highly unique ideas. Unfortunately every other level, as well as the game's two sequels devolve into a pretty mediocre item collecting platformer experience with a frustratingly awkward jump mechanic. That being said, I drag each of them out to play fairly regularly, so I guess I must enjoy them all to some end.

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                                    • RumblinBuffaloR
                                      RumblinBuffalo @mediamogul
                                      last edited by

                                      @mediamogul said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-02-20:

                                      @RumblinBuffalo

                                      Beating Mike Tyson is a holy grail event for emulation due to the various causes for input lag. When you finally beat him, please come back to share it. It's an achievement that not too many can claim.

                                      After probably a couple hundred tries I finally defeated Mike Tyson tonight. Second round TKO. It took some patience and frustration but I got him! It's amazing how fast I can key in the passcode though!

                                      Then to celebrate I played a round of Donkey Kong (MAME), Metal Slug (Neo Geo), and Space Taxi (C64).

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                                      • mediamogulM
                                        mediamogul Global Moderator @RumblinBuffalo
                                        last edited by

                                        @RumblinBuffalo

                                        Revel in it my friend. Like I said, there's quite a few people out there who will argue it's impossible under emulation. While I haven't done it myself, I've always thought it could happen with an adjustment of timing and quite a bit of practice. Nice work!

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                                        • RumblinBuffaloR
                                          RumblinBuffalo @mediamogul
                                          last edited by RumblinBuffalo

                                          @mediamogul Thanks! I was starting to think it might be impossible. I know that lag exists but generally speaking the game feels pretty good. I really didn't think that was the only reason for how tough it was. I thought maybe a combination of the lag, controller (iBuffalo slightly clicky - not quite as tight/precise as the NES original), and my reflexes/nerves. But I was never able to make it clean through round 1 (which I know I had done at least once or twice on the actual NES), so I would think with the game being so hugely demanding on the reflexes, those extra milliseconds might've been a factor.

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                                          • mediamogulM
                                            mediamogul Global Moderator @RumblinBuffalo
                                            last edited by mediamogul

                                            @RumblinBuffalo said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-02-20:

                                            I was starting to think it might be impossible.

                                            There are a lot of videos with people who have beaten it on actual hardware that give up after only a few tries and label it impossible, but to me it always seems more like they're just embarrassed to be seen on camera losing more than a few times. I might have to give it a go myself sometime soon. I bet I could get a trophy from Nintendo if I managed to beat it with a Power Glove.

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