What games are you playing this week? 2017-05-08

obsidianspider

@meleu I think so. Neat idea.

meleu

@obsidianspider Why not try? Create an account an then configure it in your RetroPie: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroAchievements/

meleu

@obsidianspider There are some funny achievements too. Like in Contra (NES):

Hydrophobia: don't touch the water on stage 1.
Don't press left in the stage 1.

In Super Mario Land (Gameboy):

Coin Allergy: reach world 2-1 without collecting a coin.

As you see, it's just a funny way to revisit those games in a way you would never play if there were no achievements... :-)

mediamogul

@meleu

Those are the ones I prefer most. It's a bit like 'NES Remix'. I wish every game had more of them.

backstander

@meleu
Yeah, I also prefer the funny ones. These remind me of the "Little Rocket Man" trophy/achievement for Half-Life 2. There's a garden gnome near the beginning of the game that you have to carry with you through most of the game and put it in a rocket just before you blast it off into space lol. I accomplished this on my 2nd play-through. I remember taking screenshots of the gnome along the way!

lilbud

@meleu said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-05-08:

Hydrophobia: don't touch the water on stage 1.
Don't press left in stage 1.

I actually got both of those on my first run, unknowingly.

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meleu

@lilbud you didn't press left "accidentally" or did you think "I'll go all over this stage without touching left on the d-pad"?

I think the part where one may have a strong desire to press left is while positioning to shoot the boss.

lilbud

@meleu I just didn't press left at all, never thought about it.

meleu

I think I'm done with gorillas for this week...

I don't have enough patience to try to complete the game without losing a life. So I think I can survive without that badge. :-)

Now I'm going to try to focus on eliminating an old item I have on my "things to do before die" list since I was 12 years old: finish Little Nemo - The Dream Master (NES).

backstander

@meleu

Now I'm going to try to focus on eliminating an old item I have on my "things to do before die" list since I was 12 years old: finish Little Nemo - The Dream Master (NES).

Howitzer99

@meleu I must live in a cave, this is the first I've heard of retroarchievements.org. There goes the rest of my day. ;)

meleu

@meleu said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-05-08:

Now I'm going to try to focus on eliminating an old item I have on my "things to do before die" list since I was 12 years old: finish Little Nemo - The Dream Master (NES).

One less item on my list! Woohoo!!!

OK. I miraculously found a little free time this week and played video games desperately. Finished Donkey Kong (Gameboy), Toki (NES) and Little Nemo (NES). Now I will try to play with python and try to implement what I commented in this topic.

mediamogul

@meleu

You're on quite a role. If I happen to read about you solving chess this week I won't be surprised.

meleu

@mediamogul I'm afraid my english skills put me on one of those situations pointed out by @backstander in another topic. Then I'm gonna follow his advice:

smile_and_nod

mediamogul

@meleu

Sorry, it was a math joke (if you really stretch the definition of "joke"). Don't worry, the only other one I know is that 3 out of 2 people have trouble with fractions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solving_chess

backstander

mediamogul

@backstander

That's a good one! It's also great to see a pi joke that's not a food pun.

backstander

BTW...the game Eador: Genesis is free today on GoG.com! This is in celebration of Gremlins, Inc. being added for purchase through GoG!

Also Dungeon 2 is free on HumbleBundle.com as well! This games is kind of like Dungeon Keeper (one of my favorites from back in the day).

And...you can get Party Hard 2 Alpha for free at this link (HumbleBundle.com)! Just scroll over halfway down the page and enter your email address.

CodeDrawer

F zero!!!! <3

obsidianspider

Pac-Mania is kicking my butt for this week's MAME ROW. Mother is fantastic and I'm going to be continuing it.

Does anyone have a "New" 3DS XL? I have been thinking about picking one up as I see you can get them on eBay for around $100. It'd mainly be for platformers and RPGs. I also see that there's a pretty active homebrew/emulation scene for them, but in looking at the installation process it seems like homebrew is pretty easy, but custom firmware is pretty involved. I really wouldn't want to brick the thing just to play some backups or old SNES games.