What games are you playing this week? 2017-02-27

obsidianspider

Inspired by /r/snes, let's chat about what games we're playing this week.

Please use this thread to discuss whatever games you are currently playing.
Please include comments with the names of the games you are playing.
Tell us some thoughts on the games you are playing.
Writing the names of the games in bold is preferred.
If you happen to have a few memories of playing certain games, then don't hesitate to share those as well.

obsidianspider

I decided to play a game that I remember giving me frisson as a kid during the intro screen, and today it sent the same shiver up my spine as the jet takes off in the opening scene. U.N. Squadron for Super Nintendo is a fun side scrolling shooter and in my opinion, has better music and sound effects than the arcade game it's ported from.

lilbud

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

I decided to restart the game after being away for a while. I really like it, despite it relying on you pick up on little clues on where to go. Like, there are 2 rocks in front of a wall. You should just know to place a bomb in the middle to expose a cave.

And by the end of the week, Breath of the Wild

thommie

Playing at the moment is Zelda A Link to the Past.

Capeman

My wife has been complaining about me constantly dropping combo pills on her side in Dr. Mario... well somebody on RomHacking.net just released an IPS for Dr. Mario called the "no punishment" version a few days ago that removes the combo pill drop. It'll be interesting to see how much better she is with a level playing field. (though, i shouldn't say level since she insists on staying back at level 3 and i play on level 11, but i got my wife to play a video game, so i'll take any victory i can get)

backstander

I actually let someone borrow my RetroPie over the weekend so I didn't play anything on my RPi. So what did I do all weekend? I played the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Open Beta on Uplay. It has gotten mixed reviews but I thought it was fun, especially playing co-op with a friend.

obsidianspider

In the spirit of playing the original game that was later adapted (I played Doki Doki Panic (Famicom Disk System) last week; that game later became Super Mario 2) I decided to check out Wonder Boy (Sega Master System). Holy crap, Adventure Island (NES) is a direct rip-off of this game. How did Sega not sue the pants off of Hudson?!

backstander

When I was a little kid I thought both of those games where made by the same developers. Didn't realize until later that Hudson made one and Sega made the other.
Also I've been wanting to play through Doki Doki Panic (I grew up with Super Mario Bros. 2 as well).

Ponny

Translated version of Ys VI: The Dawn of Ys on Turbographx plus Bomberman '94 and Dr Mario with my wife :-D

Capeman

@Ponny said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-02-27:

...and Dr Mario with my wife :-D

Wives seem to enjoy the puzzle games, haha!

dankcushions

still on final doom! realised i wasn't playing on ultra violence, so restarted. harder now! i'm about half way though the 'master levels'. some nice ones here, but nothing super memorable. i hear the TNT evilution and plutonia chapters are better.

SutterKane

Actual playing "KLAX"....last time played somewhat in the nineties, but still cool.

Just find myself grinning about the sound when a stone is falling down.... sweet memories..

geneworld

We put the baby to sleep and then we've been enjoy playing Kirby's Avalanche and I've been replaying Pokemon Yellow while she sleeps listening to the music. We love replaying all our games from our childhood more than the new games...I've gotten sealed WiiU games we haven't gotten to yet!

obsidianspider

@geneworld I still don't "get" Pokemon. Should I just fire up my old Pokemon Yellow cartridge from when I was a kid? What am I missing? I can't seem to get involved in the game. It just feels super grindy.

geneworld

@obsidianspider Oh it is I grew up playing Pokémon Blue from the day it was released, it is just one of those games where the sounds and graphics brings me back to my childhood. Hell I have it as my phone's ringtone and get compliments all the time. Grindy? Yeah it can be depending how you play, that's how I play so that I can perfect my team and to be able to catch them all! lol Hey if it isn't for you then no worries play what you enjoy. I keep going back to this game over Pokémon Moon that I bought on launch day too haha.

obsidianspider

@geneworld I picked up Yellow when it came out and never really got into it. I'm sure a CIB Yellow is probably worth something, but for now it sits in a box of games ;)

mediamogul

Nintendo's 'Advance Wars' series is going to be an ongoing thing until I beat them all, but I got 'Brutal Doom' up and running this week, which makes for a nice contrast between battles. I still can't believe how absolutely over-the-top gory that game is. Tonight I shot a demon's jaw out the back of his head with the shotgun after making bloody stumps of his legs and he actually dragged his gushing remains across the floor in what looked like an attempt to put it back in his head. It's so graphic, I half way expect Joe Lieberman to come knocking on my door and try to take it away from me.

mattrixk

@Capeman My wife kicks my butt at Tetris. I don't have the attention span to play for long without getting bored, but she just keeps going and going.

rbwilliams07

My wife and I have been playing Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island since last week after finishing Mario Bros 1, 2, 3 and World.

herb_fargus

@mattrixk I'm hoping to incorporate a clone called openblok into ports at some point it's pretty swanky

https://github.com/mmatyas/openblok