Board 8 > B8 NSO Crew Plays Every NSO Game - Part 3

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ctesjbuvf posted...

City Connection sucks.

It's true. Kind of funny as a meme game w/the music.

Levels are pretty long for how identical they kinda are.

F-Zero: Maximum Velocity is upon us. Its the last previously announced game of many, so its interesting to speculate what is coming next. GB/GBC feels like a no brainer with a mainline Mario game missing, and Pokemon RBY. On N64, Smash Bros. is a glaring omission and theres a chance of DK64, Banjo-Tooie, maybe even Diddy Kong Racing.

Or we could get a mediocre NES game per quarter

Anyway its Xevious time.

Edit: oh no Im really bad at Xevious

MZero has beaten Metroid

It finally happened, and by god I wish it happened sooner. This game is really great once you get past the early game. Metroidvania is my second favorite genre, and you can feel how this game created the foundation for future titles. I've played Zero Mission before, and usually I'm a remake guy, but this game might just be an exception. What an absolute work of art that is perfect just the way it is. Hard to believe this is an NES game.

I don't want to go into too much detail in case someone who hasn't played through it yet reads this. It's a game you really have to experience first hand to truly appreciate.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f7830f7d.jpg

April Fools

Lmao. Probably could've bought it after the first paragraph.

lmao

I am crossing into the 100 hour mark for Rebirth, having done basically all side content.

City Connection progress isn't only still because of Rebirth, it also is among the worst games so far.

jcgamer107 posted...

Also, a ranking of the games I've played (79/261) since I haven't posted one yet:

I decided to count how many games I've played including before this project, and I got 80

lol pwned jk

I just did the same and got 97.

For the curious list loving person, here are the 97 I'd count as completed/played enough of before and during this project and not necessailry on NSO (that would remove a good chunk). Order is the order they are on Wallz' list. Also doesn't count stuff like Wily Wars because I haven't played that despite having played all the games in there somewhere else.

Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr
Mario Bros
Baseball
Tennis
Pinball
Donkey Kong 3
Devil World
Xevious
Clu Clu Land
Excitebike
Balloon Fight
Ice Climber
Soccer
Wrecking Crew
Mario Bros
Zelda 1
Gradius
Lost Levels
Metroid
Pro Wrestling
Kid Icarus
Zelda II
Ice Hockey
Super Mario Bros 2
Super Mario Bros 3
Golden Axe
Tecmo Bowl
Adventures of Lolo
Tetris
Super Dodge Ball
Zero Wing
River City Ransom
Dr. Mario
Punch Out
F-Zero
Super Mario World
Golden Axe 2
Nes Open
A Link ot the Past
Yoshi
Kirbys Dream Land
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario Land 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Doomsday Wariior
Star Fox
Kirby's Adventure
Breath of Fire
Super Mario All-Stars
Phantasy Star IV
Super Metroid
Earthbound
Super Punch-Put
Kirby's Dream Course
Donkey Kong Country
Ristar
Kirby's Dream Land 2
Prehistorik Man
Yoshi's Island
Mario Picross
Donkey Kong Country 2
Kirby Super Star
Magical Drop II
Super Mario 64
Donkey Kong Country 3
Mario Kart 64
Star Fox 6
GodenEye 007
Kirby's Dream Land 3
Banjo Kazooie
Ocarina of Time
Link's Awakening DX
Mario Party
Pokmeon TCG
Pokemon Stadium
Mario Golf
Mario Party 2
Wario Land 3
Majora's Mask
Mario Tennis
Paper Mario
Pokemon Puzzle League
Sin and Punishment
Mario Party 3
Oracle of Ages
Oracle of Seasons
Kuru Kuru Kururin
Super Mario Advance
Mario Kart GBA
Golden Sun
Super Mario Advance 2
Super Mario Advance 3
Super Mario Advance 4
Superstar Saga
Minish Cap
Star Fox 2

Im unironically about to change my goal here from beat them all to how many can I beat because I guarantee that will lead to me playing and knocking out way more games lol

Just don't think too much about the end I think. I haven't counted my progress carefully for that reason, although it's fine to have it in the opening post. It's easier to think "let's play that Xevious a bit see how that goes" than to think "let's move on with that 300 hour asignment" or whatever.

The other option is lowering goal per game, just drop what you don't like very much. Played a bit of Xevious or whatever, didn't do well and didn't have fun? Rank it based on that, next. Complete the ones that are fun. In particular for high score games, it makes sense to think of it as putting in a quarter or two and see how much fun you had with that.

There's also the enjoyment of discussing things with other people even if it's not too fun, which is why we try to time the bigger or more interesting games. But yeah.

ctesjbuvf posted...

The other option is lowering goal per game, just drop what you don't like very much. Played a bit of Xevious or whatever, didn't do well and didn't have fun? Rank it based on that, next. Complete the ones that are fun.

Have been considering switching my personal goal to this actually

Just do it , you could mark on your lists what you didn't complete if you want in case you change your mind or one of the other two+ says "it gets super good after this point" and you get curious. Or if you finished 240 games and didn't finish 4 and it seems like a nice and doable thing to complete at that point. It's just about keeping the ball rolling really.

Has there ever been a b8 thread for just sharing daily/periodic updates on anything youre playing? Ive veered outside of NSO games for the first time in a long while but dont want to clutter up thread here. Dont think I need my own dedicated thread though lol. I may just stick to posting in the video game challenge thread as I beat games

Good advice ctes, Im not going to shy away from shelving games and playing what I want whenever I please

Some of the games so far I've liked less but still wanted to finish. Ocassionally then I put it on hold and played something else on the service. That works too. There's no reason to let some obscure arcade port or sports game be a wall.

ctesjbuvf posted...

There's no reason to let some obscure arcade port or sports game be a wall.

*wallz

But yeah, some games we played early on like Mario Bros. and Ice Climber weren't the best but I wanted to finish them. Tennis I could have dropped several hours earlier lmao

I unironically like Tennis lol

Oh and maybe don't quit all progress if you have a longer break lol.

Anyway, Ctes have beaten City Connection. It's a bad game tbh. I didn't understand it at first but it still isn't fun. Almost every death feels random. There's little point in moving in from a stage other than avoiding the spikes, it seems to jump randomly around to instead of getting to see everything. High Score? Well, past 999999 it resets so let's throw this one out.

Ctes Game Ranking

Super Mario World
Super Mario Bros. 3
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Mario Bros.
Breath of Fire
Pokemon Trading Card Game
Tetris
The Legend of Zelda
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Adventures of Lolo
Baloon Fight
Metroid
Super Mario Bros. 2
Ristar
Gradius
Sin and Punishment
Kirby's Dream Land
Super Dodge Ball
Dr. Mario
Magical Drop II
Donkey Kong Jr.
Mario Bros
Donkey Kong
Ice Hockey
Ice Climber
Wrecking Crew
Devil World
Xevious
Clu Clu Land
Soccer
Pro Wrestling
Donkey Kong 3
Tennis
Excitebike
Tecmo Bowl
Pinball
City Connection
Baseball
Doomsday Warrior

Oh and do give heads up if you play some of the longer stuff. I wanna do JajaMaru to finish 1985 after that I'm not sure.

Ctes has beaten Ninja JaJaMaru-kun and by extension everything from 1895 and before. This one was super fun, can recommend. Good game, controls fine, fine progression in difficulty, no BS mechanics. Yeah, enjoyable.

I might have to sort some of the tiers in this but I want to put on the game that makes this longer than my phone can show, that's a milestone.

High Score: 279340

Ctes Game Ranking

Super Mario World
Super Mario Bros. 3
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Mario Bros.
Breath of Fire
Pokemon Trading Card Game
Tetris
The Legend of Zelda
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Adventures of Lolo
Baloon Fight
Metroid
Super Mario Bros. 2
Ristar
Gradius
Sin and Punishment
Kirby's Dream Land
Ninja JaJaMaru-kun
Super Dodge Ball
Dr. Mario
Magical Drop II
Donkey Kong Jr.
Mario Bros
Donkey Kong
Ice Hockey
Ice Climber
Wrecking Crew
Devil World
Xevious
Clu Clu Land
Soccer
Pro Wrestling
Donkey Kong 3
Tennis
Excitebike
Tecmo Bowl
Pinball
City Connection
Baseball
Doomsday Warrior

Nice job ctes!!

Thanks! Wasn't home today to play Rebirth which my +100 hours hasn't let me finish yet but it should be done over the weekend I basically have every collectible. Then I don't know how fast I'll do hard mode but yeah.

Not sure what should be next of NSO.

If you guys want to join, I'm thinking StarTropics soon, that should be a bit longer.

Thanks for the heads up ctes. Not sure if Ill join on that because I know you want to do Paper Mario before TTYD hits Switch. Im planning to do that.

wallmasterz posted...

Thanks for the heads up ctes. Not sure if Ill join on that because I know you want to do Paper Mario before TTYD hits Switch. Im planning to do that.

Sure, it should be way shorter than that though. I expect to play Paper Mario late April / early May, I still haven't finished the Super Mario RPG remake and want to do that first.

I just had a dull unimportant meeting so opening post sheet now including Genesis / Mega Drive. Makes it clear how ambutated the selection here is, Wii had a good one.

Solomon's Key is another fun option for next game. Think a puzzle one would be a good change of pace.

I like Solomon's Key a lot and I think it's one of the best early NES games, but it's also one of the hardest NES games to finish due to a combination of being difficult and how if you try to continue past stage 40 you just get sent back to stage 40 so you have to finish the last stretch of the game on one credit (which is actually toned down from the arcade game where you can't continue at all past stage 27 or 28). The sequel, Fire n Ice is one of the best puzzle games on the platform, and a lot easier/more accessible. But it's also a lot later in the system's lifespan (definitely worth playing when you get to it though).

I bounced off of Mighty Bomb Jack at first due to the torture chamber mechanic, but once I found out how to avoid it and how you're supposed to use the powerups I ended up enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would because just jumping around is fun. However, it's the sort of game that has a lot of esoteric nonsense that's basically impossible to figure out without a guide, if you're trying to get the best ending or are playing for score (and a lot of people who try it probably just give up just from running into the torture chamber mechanic for the first time).

Babel/Mystery Tower has some rough spots (getting the actual ending is stupid) but I think it's worth playing overall. Particularly since it's a Namco game that gets buried behind the nth rerelease of Pac Man or Dig Dug and it doesn't get referenced into the ground in their other games like Tower of Druaga. It got a rerelease in a Japanese only PSX collection, and it got a theme in Pac Man 99 but that's about it afaik. It's not even on either of the Namco Museum Archive games that were made specifically to collect Namco's NES games (and they include games that they just published like Mendel's Palace and Dragon Slayer 4/Legacy of a Wizard).

Yeah I think both Solomon and Mystery Tower would be fun shared playthroughs.

jcgamer107 posted...

Tetris - 144029 (Chang)
This is an impressive score - I did attempts for like an hour and couldn't even get half that. Will probably have another crack at it soon

Man, I broke 100k but needed maybe 2 more Tetrises for the record. Saw the rocket take off and everything.

Solomon's Key 2 is one of the best games on NES imo

Probably the best non-Mario

Wanna play the first next week?

Sure, if we're all doing it! I don't like it nearly as much as the sequel though lol

Yeah, I get that, would just rather play them in that order lol.

How about you Wallz? I'll play Solomon's Key in place of StarTropics, which also actually is in line with the chronological order.

It's actually probably the best way to go about this project in periods where you're demotivated. Choose a game and try to play it somewhat simulatanously with your online friends. Breath of Fire worked very well for that, obviously Solomon's Key isn't that long but same principle.

Ill try to play along on Solomons, sure.

Metroid after that, yeah?

Oh yeah, Metroid gauntlet was supposed to be the next shared playthrough because it was fun with Breath of Fire, only MZero had a game before me lmao. But I support it.

Opening post spreadsheet now also includes GB and GBC comparing with only 3DS. It's a very shallow selection in comparison as well with 83 against only 21, they're sleeping on a lot of obvious stuff here. A lot of the one's on 3DS are ports of old arcade games, which early Game Boy saw a lot of releases of, but even removing that there's a lot of room to improve the NSO selection.

Donkey Kong 94
Donkey Kong Land I - III
Wario Land 1-2
SMB Deluxe
Super Mario Land
Pokemon RBY
Pokemon GSC
Game & Watch Gallery 1-2
that Kirby game

Thats 17 no brainer games to add right there

Just to finish the thing, N64 is also on there now, it was obviously a lot shorter. It doesn't have as big a library, but what is there is good. Unlike previous, Switch easily wins here, having not only the larger library but adding some crucial titles likes GoldenEye and Banjo-Kazooie among other greats. Missing a few things, but only Smash truly shines in its absense.

I played the first 15 stages of Solomon's Key. It's decent, not fantastic, but this is definitely a good genre for the time.

https://youtu.be/7pS-G3yVsK4

Three new SNES titles for NA/PAL. Japan gets one new title - Marvelous.

Should play some more Solomon, but I am really stuck at work morning until night basically every day for one and a half week so who knows when.

Not that it matters much since its a high score game but how did/will you personally define beating Tetris?

probably either getting the big rocket in game a (like what, 100000 points), or clearing speed 9 height 5 in game b.

We did Game B, the one were you start with some blocks on the screen and have to clear a certain amount of rows

Ok cool. Thank you both

Dr. Mario? I was looking at the GB games and these were the only non-obvious ones