tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post825785924459182404..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Video game weekendagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-48571821190924232432009-07-29T22:44:32.027-04:002009-07-29T22:44:32.027-04:00Save states are for wimps. Unless you're using...Save states are for wimps. Unless you're using it as a replacement for letting the game run with the TV off and coming back to it later.<br /><br />Now that I've bought the actual consoles and played cartridges on them again, ROMs don't feel the same. The graphics are pretty close, but the play control, while good, feels off.<br /><br />The only good use for ROMs is to try out games that you're unsure about buying, or for super-rare / prohibitively expensive games like Terranigma or arcade games.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-17415533088468379512009-07-29T11:20:11.813-04:002009-07-29T11:20:11.813-04:00Don't forget the existence of great (and free)...Don't forget the existence of great (and free) <a href="http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/snes/" rel="nofollow">emulators</a>. ZSNES has most the SNES library available, with a very convenient feature allowing you to save at any point. For rpgers, it doesn't get any better. For other gamers, you'll have to invest in a generic computer controller of some sort--qwerty keyboards obviously don't allow for a responsive, full range of motion.Audacious Epigonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07495507254628580077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-45077478832443899122009-07-26T01:21:46.124-04:002009-07-26T01:21:46.124-04:00Quoth agnostic, who ought to look into enabling th...Quoth agnostic, who ought to look into enabling the blockquote element for comments:<br /><br />"You're cherry-picking examples of hard games. What you need to do is look at the average game."<br /><br />That's likely because back during the NES/SMS/Genesis days, most games were modeled on--or outright ports of--arcade games that were designed to eat your quarters, and some of the things let you have only three continues as if you couldn't spend more than $.75 in one sitting.<br /><br />From what I can tell (as someone who never bothered with a console newer than the SNES), newer games changed the difficulty by allowing more frequent saving and giving more opportunities to farm for useful items. Compare Mega Man 3 to X: compared to the former, X had lifebar upgrades and useful equipment pieces that could be hunted down and even backfarmed for. 3 just had the odd energy tank lying around.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382175759425439195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-83152665005648966092009-07-25T23:22:05.196-04:002009-07-25T23:22:05.196-04:00As I said before, the most demanding games in term...<i>As I said before, the most demanding games in terms of skill came after the 3d revolution.</i><br /><br />Nah, I already proved that wrong. You're cherry-picking examples of hard games. What you need to do is look at the average game.<br /><br />Now it is common to describe games by their run time -- e.g., 20 hours, 50 hours, etc. No one would've said that about Zelda II because only 1 in 100,000 were going to beat it at all. Same for just about any of the older games.<br /><br />And recall that games are more movie than game now (by design) -- movies being passive and requiring no skill to complete viewing.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-60113546180371050562009-07-25T21:44:23.683-04:002009-07-25T21:44:23.683-04:00thanks for the tip about the GC Gameboy player. I...thanks for the tip about the GC Gameboy player. I've yet to buy one of the next generation systems and probably won't (maybe the Wii) so I end up playing NES, SNES, etc when people come over. There's really nothing like Mario Kart or Party or Tennis with a group of people. Everybody enjoys the old stuff. Another favorite is Dr. Mario on NES vs. another person. It can get pretty intense; it's so simple and classic and unfettered by movie intros, and the like. <br /><br />One thing retro gaming will do for you is get you listening to the old video game music and humming the tunes all the time. You should check out some of the covers and remixes done on Youtube and particularly on a site called <a href="http://www.ocremix.org/" rel="nofollow">Overclocked Remix</a>.TheNakedArabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894319062233529563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-72725511243159612002009-07-25T20:47:07.987-04:002009-07-25T20:47:07.987-04:00Bullshit.
As I said before, the most demanding ga...Bullshit.<br /><br />As I said before, the most demanding games in terms of skill came after the 3d revolution. Quake, Counterstrike, Starcraft, etc.RasmusFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09663381827006163200noreply@blogger.com