tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15351542924159513372024-02-28T02:21:15.213-08:002011: The Year of Retro Gaming ProjectIrvynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811498390796391369noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535154292415951337.post-51387199000156245852021-01-16T05:58:00.002-08:002021-01-16T05:58:29.608-08:00HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY, YEAR OF RETRO GAMING!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4ya64Ch_RDo" width="485" youtube-src-id="4ya64Ch_RDo"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>Irvynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811498390796391369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535154292415951337.post-62371754444097874062020-04-16T06:15:00.002-07:002020-04-16T06:15:21.722-07:00BRAND NEW SERIES: IRVYNE'S GAME ROOM<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello everybody in blog-land. Are you still there...?</div>
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(Echo, echo, echo, echo...)</div>
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So 9 years after I first started this blog, I've returned with the first video of a new series. I hope you enjoy it. I'll be honest, I've had the idea of this series in my mind for a number of years now. I moved into a new house 2 years ago and set up a dedicated games room, which is still a work-in-progress.</div>
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I thought I would like to share some of the things I've collected over the years with all of you out there in internet-land, and here we are!</div>
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Have you got any interesting "Legend of Zelda" stuff to share?</div>
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I make no promises on timelines for this series. One memory that came flooding back to me in the creation of this video is how much TIME it takes to produce them. (It doesn't help that I'm a perfectionist - check the backgrounds and music clips throughout - each one has been selected meticulously) It might be weeks before Episode 2, it might be months. We'll see how I go. But I can tell you that the next cabinet includes Metroid, Mega Man and Final Fantasy games and tidbits. Three more of my faves! :-D</div>
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Hope you're all doing okay during this difficult time. Catch ya on the flip-side!</div>
Irvynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811498390796391369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535154292415951337.post-90148354681259192062019-06-12T02:14:00.001-07:002019-06-12T02:15:21.510-07:00IT'S HAPPENED. IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENED.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Although there have been a number of cool reveals at E3 so far this year, this - in my opinion - dwarfs everything else by far.<br />
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Square-Enix, thank you. Thank you. THANK YOU.</div>
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Since poring over magazine articles and screenshots throughout 1994 and 1995 - about 25 YEARS AGO! - I have longed for the day that I would be able to play an official, translated copy of Seiken Densetsu 3. I'd pretty much resigned myself to thinking this day would never come. I've played through Neil Corlett's excellent translation a number of times and I even got a reproduction Super N.E.S. cartridge.<br />
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But now it's real. Square-Enix announced it this morning. And I've got it on my Switch now. It's enough to bring a tear to the eye.<br />
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"Trials Of Mana." Interesting that this is the title they decided to give it. Back in the day, it was rumoured to be called "Power of Mana," or "Secret of Mana 2," although I never liked that title, since it was technically the third game in the series.</div>
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There's also a fully 3D remake coming out next year. Not sure how I feel about that. I didn't even download the remakes of the first two games, since I heard they weren't particularly good. I also hate the way the voice-actors say "manna" instead of "mana." But we'll see how it turns out. I might be willing to get it to see the story playing out in 3D.</div>
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I can't tell you how happy this makes me. The only other E3 news that comes close is that there's an actual sequel to Breath of the Wild in development. Oooooooh baby!!</div>
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Now if you'll excuse me... I have to see if I can get Hawkeye to the city of Wendel. ^_^</div>
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It's crazy when you see a speed-run like this, you begin to realise... Games like Castlevania really aren't very long at all! That's why the developers needed to make their games so darn difficult!</div>
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Okay, here's 20 more boxes to finish the collection. If you've got any others that you'd like me to whip up, do let me know. I've had a bit of fun doing this, I won't lie.</div>
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(Poor Bubsy really hasn't aged well. The graphics are still pretty nice, and the tunes are great, but the gameplay is just so weird and imprecise. Play at thy own risk...)</div>
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(Meanwhile, this cute little platformer is great! And I can verify that a translated-patched ROM works perfectly on the Super N.E.S. Mini! Huzzah!)</div>
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(A good port, but outside of the arcade, the game isn't really that great to begin with. Also missing two-player, but might still be worth having in your collection...)</div>
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(This game goes from good fun to borderline-unplayable, but it's almost worth having just for the excellent graphics.)</div>
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(I put the second game in earlier, so might as well include the others, in case anyone wants them. The first game was revolutionary for its time, but it's really not a very good game.)</div>
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(The third game is much better, but I still don't think it has a fraction of Street Fighter's playability.)</div>
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<b>8. Plok</b></div>
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(This game starts as a fantastic fun platformer, and then suddenly becomes a dull collect-a-thon half way through. I never did complete it...)</div>
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(I'm including this here because it's a great puzzle game, but as of now, I can't seem to get it to work on the Super N.E.S. Mini... It just goes to a black screen and then comes up with a C7 error. Shame. But if it ever does work, here's the box-art for you!)</div>
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(One of the Super N.E.S.'s launch games, and probably my favourite version of this game. Something about that calm, soothing music...)</div>
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(This great tennis game was for Japan and PAL regions only, which made putting it on the Mini tricky. I ended up patching my PAL cart to play as NTSC, and it mostly works. There are some hi-res menus that stretch out, but it's easy to figure your way around it. Also the game seems strangely fast - probably just because I'm so used to playing it in 50Hz!)</div>
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<b>12. Sparkster</b></div>
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(This almost-forgotten Konami platformer is pretty darn difficult, but still good fun.)</div>
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<b>13. Starfox</b></div>
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(Okay, I said I couldn't make it work, but my O.C.D. side gave in, and I made it work. I couldn't handle having "Starwing" next to "Starfox 2." Hahaha!)</div>
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<b>14. Super Adventure Island</b></div>
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(There's not really a whole lot to this game, but it's still good fun.)</div>
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<b>15. Super Adventure Island II</b></div>
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(The sequel is a much bigger, much more substantial game, with a few R.P.G. elements thrown in for good measure!)</div>
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<b>16. Super Bomberman</b></div>
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(A classic. Too bad you can't have more than two players. But oh well, better than nothing.)</div>
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<b>17. Tetris & Dr. Mario</b></div>
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(These are great ports of these puzzle classics. I find that I've been spoiled by modern Tetris however, and I really miss the inventory slot!)</div>
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(You know I hadn't even played this until very recently? It's barely Tetris at all - really a completely different game - but it's really addictive! Definitely worth putting on the system!)</div>
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<b>19. TMNT Tournament Fighters</b></div>
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(It's not Street Fighter. But it's about as close as anybody got in the 16-bit era.)</div>
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(For a game about crazily shooting everything in sight, this game is surprisingly tactical!)</div>
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So there you have it. Pretty sure I've made boxes for all of the main classics. (I've definitely filled up my little system anyway!) Let me know if you want me to make up something I've missed.</div>
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Til then, stay cool and enjoy your little mini-Super Nintendos! ^_^</div>
Irvynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811498390796391369noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535154292415951337.post-20702278547943187252017-10-02T05:11:00.001-07:002017-10-02T05:11:12.208-07:00EEEEEVEN MORE AMAZING SUPER NES BOX ART!<div style="text-align: center;">
What's that? You'd like 15 MORE boxes for your Super Nintendo Classic upgrade? Well, I'd be happy to oblige! </div>
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Let's see, this time we will start with...</div>
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<b>1. Axelay</b></div>
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(The Super N.E.S. Mini doesn't have any Shmup representation, so this would fit the bill nicely)</div>
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<b>2. Demon's Crest</b></div>
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(A relatively unknown Capcom game that's actually pretty good!)</div>
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<b>3. Earthworm Jim</b></div>
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(A lot of people have super-fond memories of this. Since the first FF game we ever saw in Australia was FF7, I only played through this game well-and-truly after the fact, and while it's definitely a great R.P.G., it's nowhere near as good as the ones that came after it. Speaking of...)</div>
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<b>5. Final Fantasy V</b></div>
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(The story is dumb - FF4 has a better story - but the job-based gameplay is absolutely fantastic! The Super Famicom version never came to the west, so you might have to find a fan-translation...)</div>
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<b>6. Jurassic Park</b></div>
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(The indoor first-person levels barely even run, but this game still manages to be pretty good. Its biggest problem - no save system - would be remedied with the Super N.E.S. Mini.)</div>
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<b>8. The Magical Quest</b></div>
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(Now we get to a trilogy of games the whole family can enjoy... because they're so easy. Good fun though!)</div>
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<b>9. The Magical Quest 2</b></div>
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(The second game was very much more-of-the-same, but it added a 2-player option which is great for playing with the kiddies!)</div>
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<b>10. The Magical Quest 3</b></div>
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(I must apologise for this box art - it's awful - but that was seriously the best I could do. The game never got released outside Japan, and there is barely any artwork for it at all online. I took this from the Japanese box, but of course, Japanese Super Famicom boxes were portrait layout. Anyway, this was about as good as I could get it.)</div>
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<b>11. Mortal Kombat II</b></div>
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(There'd probably be some debate about which MK game(s) should be on the system. From memory, I actually felt like the 3rd game was the best one, but MKII is definitely the most popular.)</div>
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<b>12. Prince of Persia</b></div>
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(Out of the thousands of different versions of this game, I think this was probably my favourite. Konami took Jordan Mechner's game and made it their own.)</div>
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<b>13. Tales of Phantasia</b></div>
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<b>15. Unirally / Uniracers</b></div>
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(Did you know that Pixar sued the creators of this game, for allegedly stealing their I.P? And all copies of the game were pulled from shelves, making it quite the rarity?)</div>
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I'm on a roll! Here's ten more games I hope to add to my Super N.E.S. Mini when I get the chance!</div>
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<b>1. ActRaiser</b></div>
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(Such a weird, great game! Though it'll probably remain forgotten to the sands of time...)</div>
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<b>2. Aladdin</b></div>
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(Definitely one of the best movie tie-in games ever!)</div>
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<b>3. Illusion of Gaia / Illusion of Time</b></div>
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(The middle part of the Quintet trilogy... I still have nightmares about the little pig roasting itself...)</div>
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<b>4. Mega Man & Bass</b></div>
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(It's stupidly difficult and not as refined as other games in the series, but it's still an important part of Mega Man's history, and the ability to use save-states might actually make the game achievable!)</div>
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<b>5. Legend of the Mystical Ninja</b></div>
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(Wacky Japanese weirdness was probably too weird for the original release - it was included in the Japanese version though!)</div>
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<b>6. Parodius</b></div>
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(Speaking of Japanese weirdness... This game is bonkers! But that's what makes it awesome! It's also really fun.)</div>
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<b>7. Pilotwings</b></div>
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(I'm not the hugest fan of this game, but it's an important part of Nintendo's history)</div>
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<b>8. Soul Blazer</b></div>
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(The first part of Quintet's trilogy! It's not as good as its younger brothers, but it can still be quite engaging.)</div>
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<b>9. Stunt Race FX</b></div>
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(Hey, if the Starfox games can run on the Super N.E.S. Mini, why not Stunt Race? I really wish Nintendo had somehow managed to bring these FX-chip games up to 30 frames-per-second. It would make them 500% more enjoyable.)</div>
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<b>10. Turtles In Time</b></div>
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(An awesome arcade game got an awesome 16-bit port! The only downside is Konami's boring insistence that all of their games should have a dull grey box...)</div>
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Following on from my previous post, here are 10 games that I hope to add to my Super N.E.S. Mini as soon as I'm able. And here is the box art I'll be able to add them with!</div>
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<b>1. Chrono Trigger</b></div>
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(Probably the #1 most requested title to be on the system. While I don't think it's quite as good as FF6, it's definitely one of the greatest 16-bit games ever made, and really should be part of the collection)</div>
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<b>2. Donkey Kong Country 2</b></div>
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(Great game, but for me, the weakest part of the trilogy)</div>
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<b>3. Donkey Kong Country 3</b></div>
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(... Followed by - in my opinion - a much better game!)</div>
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<b>4. Killer Instinct</b></div>
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(Look, the Super N.E.S. port isn't the greatest, but it's still a fun fighting game)</div>
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<b>5. Mega Man 7</b></div>
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(Possibly the most divisive Mega Man game! I personally think it's great, but I also agree that the blue bomber lost something on his transition to 16-bit)</div>
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<b>6. Mega Man X 2</b></div>
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(Speaking of Mega Man... I like this game ALMOST as much as the original...)</div>
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<b>7. Mega Man X 3</b></div>
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(... and this one is nowhere near as good as the other two. It's fine though... and you couldn't very well have the first two X games on the system and ignore the third...)</div>
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<b>8. Seiken Densetsu 3</b></div>
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(The fact that one of the Super Famicom's all-time greatest games has STILL never been officially translated is such a tragedy!... There is that fan translation though...)</div>
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<b>9. Super Mario All-Stars</b></div>
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(Side note, this is far-and-away the cover I am most proud of, because I had to create the yellow star pattern from scratch in Photoshop, since there simply weren't any good-enough pictures online to do it justice. Took a long time, but it looks just like the real box!) ^_^</div>
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<b>10. Terranigma</b></div>
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(Pretty sure this amazing R.P.G. has never had a re-release. It's about time, don't you think?)</div>
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So there's 10. I'll add more later.</div>
Irvynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811498390796391369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535154292415951337.post-22523746712327360842017-10-02T01:13:00.000-07:002017-10-02T01:13:24.866-07:00A NEW "RETRO GAMING" PROJECT!<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello again!</div>
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So the Super N.E.S. Mini is out, and it's pretty rad! I, along with many others, are eagerly awaiting the new release of Hakchi, which should apparently be ready in about a week, so that we can add to the collection of games. I mean, I'll be honest. The 21 included games are mostly fantastic, but there are some major omissions, and some really odd choices. ("Super Ghouls & Ghosts?" Really??)</div>
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I think what it comes down to, is that there are just too many amazing games in the Super N.E.S. library, and a collection of 21 is not nearly enough. I have no idea how many games will fit on the machine (I got close to 80 on my N.E.S. Mini, but of course those games are much smaller in size...) but I've already begun preparing. ^_^</div>
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One thing that annoyed me quite a bit was that there was no localisation for the PAL regions, in that the box art is all made up of the boring black-box U.S. versions.</div>
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When I "upgrade" my system, I want it to feature the more excellent coloured-box versions we got in the PAL regions. So I've been working hard in the Photoshops, sometimes a little too meticulously, creating new covers. Note that none of these are "originals," they are Photoshop recreations that I've made myself, but I've tried as hard as possible to stick to the original designs. Occasionally I have needed to use a little bit of license to fill in some gaps, as it were, and later on in the Super N.E.S.'s life the box design changed, which was annoying, so I've redesigned those boxes to be consistent with the original design. If anyone wishes to use these to make their Mini Super N.E.S. a bit more colourful, feel free! ^_^</div>
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Let's begin with the 21 included games, shall we?</div>
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1. Super Mario World</div>
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2. F-Zero</div>
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3. Super Castlevania IV</div>
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4. Super Ghouls & Ghosts</div>
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5. Contra III</div>
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6. The Legend of Zelda - A Link To The Past</div>
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7. Super Mario Kart</div>
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8. Starwing / Starfox</div>
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9. Street Fighter II Turbo</div>
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10. Secret of Mana</div>
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11. Mega Man X</div>
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12. Super Metroid</div>
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13. Super Punch-Out!!</div>
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14. Final Fantasy VI</div>
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15. Donkey Kong Country</div>
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16. Kirby's Dream Course</div>
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17. Earthbound</div>
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20. Kirby Super Star</div>
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21. Starfox 2</div>
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What do you think of my handiwork? I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. These pictures are actually half the size of my original versions, but even now they're probably twice as big as the size that's needed for the Super N.E.S. Mini. At any rate, feel free to use them! I'll add covers for extra games in the future, and if you have any requests, let me know. I'll see if I can make them up!</div>
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Stay cool. Stay retro. :-)</div>
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If you have, and if you're a retro game lover like me, you've no doubt bought <b>Blaster Master Zero</b>, the remake of the original N.E.S. game that I played way back when...</div>
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I just finished it today (it took a while, since it was directly competing with Zelda in the early days...) and I can say that this is a great example of how to do a retro remake. It certainly FEELS like the old game, but if you look at the two side-by-side, you can see how much of a facelift it actually had.</div>
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But Blaster Master Zero is fully, legitimately a replacement for the original game. I know it might sound sacrilegious, but there's really no point in going back to play the N.E.S. version anymore, except for nostalgia's sake. I kinda wish companies would do more remakes like this. I'm still waiting on that Duck Tales 2 remaster, WayForward!</div>
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But I was thrilled to discover that that stupid crab boss that caused me so much pain and grief on my first run through the game was an absolute cakewalk in the remake. As long as you have good enough weapons and bombs, most of the bosses are a bit of a doddle.</div>
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In other news, Nintendo has apparently stopped manufacturing the N.E.S. Mini, even though it never actually caught up with demand. Meaning that the machine was theoretically never on actual store shelves. So strange. I just don't get it. But at least I've got mine. So all is well. ^_^</div>
Irvynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811498390796391369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535154292415951337.post-37097846543360631632017-03-21T03:06:00.000-07:002017-03-21T03:06:44.879-07:00OH MY HEART...<div style="text-align: center;">
This... is just the greatest thing ever.</div>
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There is a Seiken Densetsu Collection (being the first 3 games in the series) coming to Switch in June. Will Seiken 3 FINALLY be translated into English?? Even if it isn't, the Switch is a region-free device, and this cartridge WILL BE MINE!</div>
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Irvynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811498390796391369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535154292415951337.post-13647583122452556682017-03-18T05:29:00.002-07:002017-03-18T05:29:36.723-07:00THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY...<div style="text-align: center;">
In the past couple of months we have seen new installments in two of my all-time favourite series. Two games that took their traditions in wildly new directions and opened up into big wide explorable worlds. Two games that took years and years to create. Two games with lots and lots of cooking.</div>
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One of them was enormously successful...</div>
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I am talking, of course, about <b>The Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild</b> and <b>Final Fantasy XV</b>.</div>
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Let's start with Final Fantasy. And don't get me wrong, this is not the worst game ever made. I made it the whole way through the game, and for a lot of the time, I'd say I was enjoying myself. As a stand-alone game, it's fine. As a numbered part of the Final Fantasy legacy, I'd say it's about the weakest link in the whole series, certainly up there (down there?) with the FFXIII debacle.</div>
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The graphics are undoubtedly stunning, and the game has a very detailed sense of art direction. But I feel like it's a bit TOO realistic. I know that the project was conceived as "a fantasy based in reality," but I hope this doesn't become an ongoing trend in the series. There are certainly no shortage of games trying to look like real life these days. I want fantasy, dammit!</div>
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But the storytelling! The plot! The characters! It's just an enormous messy pile of gunk! I barely even know where to start. The story is SO badly told, even though I feel like there is a cool tale buried in there somewhere. It has no idea what kind of story it even wants to tell. Is it a story about the bonds of fraternal friendship? Is it a love story? Is it a story of war and conquest? Is it a story about a boy's fractured relationship with his father? It tries to be all of these things, and in doing so, turns out to be none of them.<br />
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I was really hoping that we'd see some real moments of bonding with our four main guys. I was hoping that we'd see specific demonstrations of how much they rely on each other. Real bromance stuff. There was a moment where it looked like it MIGHT have some substance (the scene where Noct and Prompto share a moment sitting out the front of the hotel) but it never really develops from there.<br />
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In fact, it feels like the game is determined to hold BACK any kind of emotion between the four heroes.<span style="color: red;"><b> (Mild spoilers ahead)</b></span> In the scene where Noct learns that his father has been killed and his city overtaken by the enemy (which all happens off-camera, unless you were "lucky" enough to watch the 2-hour cutscene known as "Kingsglaive") he is understandably distraught. His entire world has just come crumbling down. Are his supposed "best friends" there for him? Do they comfort him? Hug him? Cry with him? No. They stand on the other side of the room and basically tell him to suck it up and stop being a baby.<br />
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The real killer for me though, is the epilogue. Those of you who have finished the game will know the scene I'm talking about. "This is it," I said. "The walls of masculinity will be broken down and they'll finally tell each other how they feel." But no. They cry, but do it silently, in secret. It feels like this scene is just begging for Noctis to say, "I love you guys. You mean the world to me. Thank you for everything you've done." But he doesn't even seem capable of doing that. Eurgh. So no. I didn't take anything away from this story about the bonds of friendship.<br />
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The story also seemed to harp on and on about this supposed love story between Noct and Luna, but as anyone who has played the game knows, it's a complete non-event. Why is Luna even IN this story, apart from offering a female lead character? That's about all I can say about that.<br />
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So it's just all over the place. Which pretty much sums up the game. It doesn't know what it wants to be. I don't know if I've ever played a game this unfocused before. Is it an open-world game? Sort-of. Sometimes. Can you fast-travel? Yeah, but only if you're in the car. It feels like the game's many systems are all working against each other, and are stopping the game from feeling like a cohesive whole... a stark contrast from the next game I'll be talking about.<br />
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But first let me talk about the combat. Ohhhhh, the combat.<br />
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It is a MESS. A big, fat mess. I don't think there was a single moment in this game where I enjoyed fighting enemies. Now, I'm 100% for Final Fantasy returning to its turn-based / time-based roots. I think that's what made the series great, and I believe Square-Enix have strayed WAY too far away from it. BUT. I also understand that real-time battle systems can work in Final Fantasy games as well. FFXI, FFXII and FFXIV all have fantastic, strategic and thoughtful real-time styles. And even though pretty much everybody agrees that FFXIII was terribly flawed, its battle system was actually pretty cool. Fairly hands-off - it was mainly about picking the right job for the right moment in the battle - but especially later on in the game when staggering the monster became important, the battles became exciting and strategic.<br />
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FFXV's combat is none of this. You run to an enemy (maybe warp to it - an ability that holds no real purpose in the plot or gameplay) and hold the button to auto-attack. Maybe switch to a weapon this monster's weak against. You're supposed to be able to react to things as they happen, but the screen is just a mess of movement, and no one in their right mind would be able to tell what's going on in the fights. Especially when foliage gets in the way of the camera. Sometimes quicktime prompts pop up. "Press Square to parry!" I swear, these only worked for me like 10% of the time. I'd press the button and it'd be too late and I'd get hit.<br />
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But that's okay, because if your HP drops to 0, just pop a potion. You're okay. Don't even get me started on how pointless a magic system is where YOU DAMAGE YOUR OWN PARTY MEMBERS WITH YOUR SPELLS.<br />
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It's bad, bad, bad. And since its release I've been baffled to hear some people say how much they enjoy it. If there's something I'm somehow failing to see, I went the whole way through the game without seeing it, so there's a problem.<br />
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Ahhhh... Just breathe in that fresh air. Mmmmm.<br />
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I'm sure by now you've all heard the gaming press lose its collecting minds over how fantastic Breath of the Wild is. This is what happens when you shake up a formula to a beloved series, but have a cohesive vision and the undeniable skills of Nintendo.<br />
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Yes, Breath of the Wild is an absolute must-play. If you haven't got a WiiU or Switch, just go and find one. It is sublime. I finished it today. Here's me preparing to head into Hyrule Castle for the last time.<br />
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A lot of people are discussing how Breath of the Wild fares in the Zelda canon. Is it the best one ever? Is it better than Ocarina? To be honest, I find that a hard question to answer. Because, for much of the game, this barely feels like a Zelda game at all. It's certainly got the D.N.A. there. But the overwhelming focus here is on exploration of the big wild world. ("But hasn't that been what Zelda has always been about?" I hear you ask.) Well, yes. But Nintendo really tossed out SO many traditions. And don't get me wrong, that's not a bad thing. But Breath of the Wild feels so far removed from the other Zeldas, I have to wonder, where the heck does the series go from here...?<br />
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But - where FFXV fails - Zelda excels in the combat. At first glance it seems pretty rudimentary. Press the Y button to stab something. And the fantastic thing about that is, it makes the game ACCESSIBLE. My kid nieces and nephews are ADORING this game. They're almost as obsessed as I am! And they don't get all the combat nuances. But they can pick up a controller and succeed at beating up some baddies without too much trouble.<br />
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As it turns out, the combat is incredibly detailed. But you discover this as you go. You pick up techniques. Learn skills. By the end, you should be a battle pro.<br />
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Its graphics are clearly not as technical as those in FFXV, but I much prefer Zelda's style. The only thing that irks me a bit is how low-contrast the whole game is. A lot of grey, not much black. I know it was a conscious choice, and it definitely gives the game a specific look, but it still bugs me a bit.<br />
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Breath of the Wild is the kind of game that just OWNS you. Whenever I wasn't playing it, I was thinking about it. Imagining all the things I could try when I played it again. And it's such a water-cooler game. Because it is so open-ended, everybody will have their own individual adventures, and it's so great to share stories. And yes, the speed-runners are out in force. I just watched a 51 minute run on the game. Crazy. And so, so cool that Nintendo allowed that to happen. (My final play time was over 75 hours... I'm not quite a speed-runner...)<br />
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So. Two series that I have loved for decades. Two series where I will buy the latest game, whether it's good or not, just do keep my collection complete. (I'm looking at you, Tri-Force Heroes...)<br />
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I have to admit, one of them, with all of the best intentions, dropped the ball and seemed to betray what the series was all about. The other took its series back to its roots and created something entirely new and entirely wonderful.<br />
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Irvynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811498390796391369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535154292415951337.post-34518337454782289612017-02-23T04:04:00.003-08:002017-02-23T04:04:56.822-08:00ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST...<div style="text-align: center;">
Some of you might remember waaaaay back FIVE YEARS AGO...</div>
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... I played Phantasy Star IV for the Year of Retro Gaming. And I liked it. A lot. It was probably my most pleasant surprise in the entire Mega Drive library. I had no idea Sega's machine had a genuinely great R.P.G... I got about half-way through the game and then shelved it so that I could move on to the next week's games. (Playing R.P.G.s takes a lot of time, y'know...)</div>
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Well, it's taken a long time, but I finished it yesterday! (Woohoo!) I started the game from scratch. Look, as R.P.G.s go, it's not a super-long game. I've seen it estimated at 25-30 hours. But it's a good length.</div>
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I love the manga-inspired cutscenes. I don't think there was anything else like that in other 16-bit R.P.G.s, and it really makes the game stand out. The story is good, although it does change its direction a bit. The opening hours of the game felt really quite refreshing to me, taking the characters into situations I'd rarely seen. But by the end it does move more into the "destroy the ultimate darkness" cliches, and I must admit my interest in the plot waned towards the end.</div>
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The battle system is perfectly fine, but for 95% of the game, I found spamming the "Everybody Attack" macro worked fine, with very little reason to experiment with all of the different skills and techniques.</div>
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As I said in the video, the naming of all of these skills is ridiculous. I would hope if this ever got a remake they would give them proper names. Every spell and ability in the game looks like it's being presented in a foreign language, and you're supposed to memorise them all. Did my head in!</div>
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But all up, it's a really good 16-bit game. Recommended! :)</div>
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Irvynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811498390796391369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535154292415951337.post-57412564896905183782017-02-20T23:22:00.000-08:002017-02-20T23:22:07.792-08:00THE ARTISTRY OF ZELDA<div style="text-align: center;">
I am loving the pants off Mark Brown's Zelda videos on YouTube. If you want a THOROUGH investigation on how Nintendo builds the dungeons in Zelda games, watch his "Boss Keys" vids. They are brilliant. This is his latest investigation, looking at what makes the very original Legend of Zelda great.</div>
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So I'm sure many of you have heard that recently, some clever cookies figured out how to hack the OS in the N.E.S. Mini so that it can hold more than 30 games. I can happily tell you that yes, it works. :-)</div>
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As awesome as the N.E.S. Mini is, I had two complaints: the stupidly short controller cords and the fact that it only came with 30 games, and according to Nintendo that's all it was ever going to have. Well, sucks to be them!</div>
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What do you think of the upcoming Switch console? I've got one pre-ordered, but it's really only for Zelda. I can definitely see why it was moved over to be a Switch game; without it, the launch lineup would be the worst in gaming history! I was actually shocked and really disappointed at the lack of games revealed in the recent presentation. Nintendo has so many teams previously working on 3DS and WiiU games... and heaven knows, there's barely been any of THEM in the past year! So where are the games?? I was hoping for a schedule with a major release every month of the year from March onwards, but at the moment I'm looking like getting Zelda, the Mario Kart update (if that even counts) and Mario Odyssey... but that's not even out until Christmas! I'm crossing everything there's a bunch of aces hidden away that are going to be revealed any day now... I pre-ordered the Neon colour scheme... Still not sure what I think about it... I mean, it's good to have the left and right Joycons easily recognisable by colour... but I don't know how I'm going to cope with the asymmetrical look...</div>
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I'm currently in the middle of Chapter 3, and I'm finding it so, so charming and well-written. And while there are some very cute nods to the old games, the creators haven't been afraid to make this its own thing. Graham is a lot more clutzy than he ever used to be... he's quite a bit more Roger Wilco-ish now. But that's fine with me, I always loved Space Quest! Awwwwwww, imagine if Sierra let The Odd Gentlemen have Space Quest! That would be so brilliant! Anyway, I HIGHLY recommend this series if you enjoy a fun fairy-tale adventure game with great storytelling.</div>
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The other day I finished The Last Guardian. It's such a bizarre game to look back on. The controls are sloppy. The camera system is TERRIBLE. The puzzles are constantly rudimentary. (Flick a switch, open the gate, flick another switch, open another gate...) The frame-rate sometimes grinds to a halt. BUT! There's Trico.</div>
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Oh, I love him. Look at his face! He's so beautiful! I want a real one, and I will cuddle it and climb all over it all day! I was mesmerised by this creature throughout the entire game, and I never for a second doubted that he was a living, breathing animal with feelings. The fact that this digital creature achieves a connection with the player that I don't think has ever been so strong in a video game before, makes all of the game's other shortcomings a lot less important. It is far from a perfect game, but I would recommend that EVERYBODY play it if you have the opportunity!</div>
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A couple of days ago I played an entire game in a day! The brand new Shantae game, Half-Genie Hero. It's the fourth in the series, and it's another triumph for WayForward, who are one of my favourite current developers.</div>
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It's a lot more straightforward than the fantastic "Pirate's Curse" game that was released a couple of years back. The levels are very linear, although there is a fair amount of back-tracking required once you gain new abilities. I didn't really find any of Half-Genie Hero very challenging, but I didn't mind. The game is so enjoyable, it's fun just playing the levels. And the new hand-drawn graphics are so pretty. I was expecting to pine for long-lost pixel-art, but I didn't at all. It's a beautiful game. Great sense of humour too! When deciding which machine to buy it on, I discovered that it was $7 cheaper on WiiU than the PS4. Which was fine, because I feel like Shantae is more at home on a Nintendo console anyway.</div>
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Summer holidays are almost over. :( I'll be heading back to work soon.</div>
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I do actually have a few videos planned for later in the year, but they won't happen until I have my new house, and that could be as late as December, so we'll wait and see. Stay cool! :-)</div>
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I have to admit, I was keen to try out WayForward's remake of "A Boy And His Blob" back when it was released for the Wii in 2009. But for whatever reason(s) - I think I was usually playing too many other games - I never ended up buying it.</div>
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Now, in December 2016, as I gaze over the (admittedly pretty awesome) sales in the PSN, I see the game has been released for PS4, and it's on special! So I buy it.</div>
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And oh wow, this game is adorable!! Not only are the hand-drawn graphics absolutely beautiful (even though they are a bit low-res... you can tell this is a Wii game, and it hasn't really been upscaled for HD) but I'm really digging the way they've adapted the gameplay of the original into something new but also familiar. I've just finished the first world (4 worlds in total, 10 levels in each) and I am hooked!</div>
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Irvynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811498390796391369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535154292415951337.post-45309584857833075042016-12-28T07:50:00.002-08:002016-12-28T07:50:50.761-08:00EPISODE 3 REBORN!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Here's the re-imagining of Episode 3, which highlights Tennis, Pinball, Kid Icarus and Super Mario Bros.</div>
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Even though I've remade these videos from scratch, I've made sure that I stick to my original notions back in early 2011. After playing (*cough cheating cough*) my way through all of Kid Icarus this year, I was almost tempted to say that it sits. But then I remember that if I was playing it the normal way, I'd probably still be stuck on the second or third level. So tough luck Kid Icarus, you FALL!</div>
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I am <i>this</i> close to finishing Dragon Quest VI on the DS. The game is fine. Mechanically it's as good as Dragon Quest games always are. But the story is just so, so BLAH.</div>
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D.Q.4 had that really clever concept of splitting the game up into (seemingly) unrelated "chapters" with different characters. It was novel, and I dug it. Then D.Q.5 went the opposite route and had you follow the main character throughout his entire life, from childhood all the way through to old age. Again, really original idea and well-implemented.</div>
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D.Q.6 has you travelling between a "real" world and a "dream" world. Only problem is, 90% of these worlds are the same! They have the same town names and everything! I would have thought that the dream world would at least LOOK thematically different, but no. They pretty much look exactly the same. Which makes the game very confusing.</div>
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Once D.Q.6 is done-and-dusted, I will have completed D.Q.4, 5, 6, 8 and 9. And guess what just got a 3DS release recently? That's right, D.Q.7, notoriously the longest game in the entire series... Forgive me for not leaping for joy... Bad back, you know.</div>
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In all honesty, I'm going to leave it a while before jumping into that game. I'm a bit Dragon Quested out right now.</div>
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I had held off on buying the new Shantae game (1/2 Genie Hero) until the physical copy came out. Then I found out today that the physical version is for the U.S. only. Boooooo!</div>
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It's almost the end of 2016. What a year. Following on from today's horrible news that Carrie Fisher had passed away, it's ridiculous how many celebrities have bitten the dust this year!</div>
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I listened to a guy on IGN's "Game Scoop" podcast saying that he thought 2016 was the best year for gaming in over a decade, and I almost spit my coffee out. I feel like 2016 has been a horribly disappointing year for gaming. At least for the games I play. Let's see...</div>
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<b>Star Fox:</b> A disappointment. The story was a complete retread (for the third time!) and the gameplay was borderline broken.</div>
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<b>Disney Infinity:</b> Ooooh, this one hurt. I feel like there are still SO many figurines that should be added to this amazing collection. I can't believe they pulled the plug just when it was finding its feet!</div>
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<b>Street Fighter:</b> Capcom lost me pretty much as soon as it launched. I haven't even bothered getting any of the D.L.C. characters yet. I'll wait until there's some big sale on or something. I sure as heck can't buy them with my game playing points, since you need to be a PSN member to play. Also, the game is STILL lacking an Arcade mode... Y'know, the MAIN GAME?</div>
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<b>Final Fantasy:</b> People are constantly saying it's a miracle that a decent game ended up releasing this year after a decade in development. Well, yeah. The game is decent. But is it a good Final Fantasy game? No. It constantly feels like the important parts of the story are happening elsewhere, and the combat is just awful. It pains me to see the FF7 remake going with such a similar-looking battle system. Add a couple of little tweaks to the old ATB system and you have a winner. FF15's combat is sloppy, messy and confusing.</div>
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<b>Mario & Luigi:</b> Admittedly, I feel like "Paper Jam" has the most refined and enjoyable combat system of the entire series. Too bad the story is dull, derivative and just pointless. Where's the creativity this series was known for?</div>
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<b>Paper Mario</b>: A renowned disappointment, though not unplayable. Just forgettable. Considering what classics the first two games were, I can't help but shake my head in disbelief at where they've taken this series.</div>
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<b>I Am Setsuna: </b>Was designed to be a follow-up to Chrono Trigger. It's just blah. Nice piano music though.</div>
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<b>Ratchet & Clank:</b> Beautiful graphics and perfectly "fine" gameplay. But it just felt like a paint-by-numbers remake. Nothing "wow" worthy or exciting, except perhaps the final boss.</div>
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<b>Mighty No.9: </b>Where do I even begin?? I am a MASSIVE Mega Man fan, which makes this game an even more MASSIVE let-down. Kinda breaks my heart...</div>
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<b>Pokemon Go:</b> The game that made the entire world go (temporarily) crazy, turns out to be actually pretty crap. I played it for a day or two and then realised that it's not a good game, and stopped. Looks like it took most people a bit more time to realise this, but it's happening...</div>
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<b>Metroid Prime Federation Force:</b> For the love of all that is good... This is Nintendo SPITTING into the eye of its most passionate fans. Insulting. (At least one fan managed to create a fantastic game in the Metroid 2 "AM2R" Remake - better than anything entire teams at Nintendo are doing...)</div>
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So what do all of the above games have in common? They were all 2016 disappointments. Here's hoping for a much more exciting 2017. Hopefully the Switch will add a new spark into the industry.<br />
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<b>Twilight Princess HD:</b> One of my favourite Zelda games got an absolutely beautiful makeover. Right here in Melbourne too! Love this game to pieces! I just completed the Wolf Link Shadow Dungeon with 19.5 hearts so that my Amiibo will be ready-to-roll when Breath of the Wild launches next year!</div>
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<b>Uncharted 4:</b> The gunplay is still blah, but the story, the acting, the stunningly beautiful environments... Exploring the world of Uncharted is just a joy.</div>
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<b>Inside: </b>Beautiful. And messed up. To say more would be spoilers. Highly recommended. And - hooray! - a game that I can finish in just a few hours! I LOVE those games!!</div>
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Have a happy new year, everybody! Fingers crossed for a really awesome 2017!</div>
Irvynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811498390796391369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535154292415951337.post-36134274509818442002016-12-20T04:28:00.001-08:002016-12-20T04:28:53.301-08:00A NEW EPISODE 2!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Ah, I don't care. I've just done something I've been wanting to do for a looooong time.</div>
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I've gone all George Lucas on The Year of Retro Gaming Episode 2 and redone it!</div>
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I can sympathise with Mr. Lucas, I really can. I know some people didn't like the changes he made to the Special Editions, but I would cringe and wince every time I looked at the early episodes of my video blog. They were ameteurish and embarrassing.</div>
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So here... for your viewing pleasure, is the nice new and shiny Episode 2!</div>
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In the coming week(s) I will be giving Episode 3 the same treatment, so if you want to see it in all its horrible original glory, check it out soon before it's gone forever!</div>
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That's all I'm going to remake. Episode 4 was the Zelda episode, and while it's still pretty basic, I'm quite content with it. It's really only Episode 2 and 3 that have had be twitching with embarrassment.</div>
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In other news, I (somehow) managed to snag myself an N.E.S. Mini without pre-ordering! Which is crazy! I know that they're practically impossible to find all over the world. It's a super-cool little item, but (apart from the well-documented cord length, which is absolutely ridiculous) my only gripe is that there's no expansion port. How hard would it have been for Nintendo to release a little game card thing next year, that could be plugged into the N.E.S. Mini to unlock 30 other games? What a missed opportunity. (sigh)</div>
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Most of the games are good, but some of them seem like such wasted real estate. I could definitely do without Tecmo Bowl or Ghosts & Goblins. And why bother taking up a slot with Mario Bros. when you can play it WITHIN Super Mario 3?</div>
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People are already discussing a Super N.E.S. Mini which would be AWESOME, but 30 games would not be enough. I would find it hard to break the Super N.E.S. down to the 30 best games. We'll have to wait and see, I suppose.</div>
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Happy gaming, everyone! I doubt it will be long before I'll be back here with the remake of Episode 3! :-)</div>
Irvynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811498390796391369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535154292415951337.post-59211708308308344272016-12-05T04:41:00.004-08:002016-12-05T04:41:52.907-08:00WATCH THIS SPACE...<div style="text-align: center;">
I've started working on something...</div>
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Info to come in the next few weeks.</div>
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For now... this is the only hint I'll give you... ;-)</div>
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Okay, first of all, I don't like the term "Metroidvania," simply because the style is directly from Metroid. Castlevania copied it. Blatantly. With no shame. So I don't think it should get to be half of the genre's name. But anyway...</div>
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I've just in the last week completed two of the most renowned titles in this genre over the past year: Ori & The Blind Forest and Axiom Verge. (It was probably dumb to play them at the same time; I did have a few moments of confusion from time to time, before realising I was thinking about the other game)</div>
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Both games have received glowing reviews, and I wholeheartedly agree that they have great merits. But I don't believe either of them are anywhere near the best in the genre. I'm going to try and figure out why.</div>
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First of all, it has to be said, Ori is a STUNNING looking game. Apart from the fact that most of the characters are titchy-tiny (especially Ori himself) the art direction is some of the most beautiful ever seen in a video game.</div>
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Axiom Verge on the other hand... Well, there's no getting around it. I find this game particularly ugly. I think that's kind of its appeal. It's blatantly trying to emote the feeling of the original Metroid game, and while I loves me a good retro throwback, I really don't think the style does this game any favours.</div>
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It compensates for this by allowing you to plant save points wherever you want (thank goodness!) but it feels like a game that WANTS to punish you. It WANTS to you fail. Over and over again.</div>
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Axiom Verge is actually similar, although its save system works a bit differently. The only punishment you get from dying is being sent back to the last save point, but your progress remains intact. That's nice, at least. But man, this game is brutal. I was only playing on "Normal" difficulty and I died many times on the way to the ending. (37, according to the game's final tally...)</div>
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I understand that the concept of "Old-School" is often that back-in-the-day, every game was crushingly difficult, but that wasn't the case at all. Certainly, there were the Contras and Castlevanias that would make the pope swear with their difficulty, but I certainly never felt that from a Metroid game. I think I died once in my first playthrough of Super Metroid. (I can remember thinking how cool the death animation looked, and kinda wishing I'd died more...) Did the fact that I wasn't failing all the time diminish my enjoyment of the game? No way! In fact, it was the opposite. I'm the kind of person who gets frustrated really easily when games tell me that I'm failing over and over again. So I'm not sure why the creators of Ori and Axiom Verge felt the need to make their games so hard.</div>
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You know what else was amazing about Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission? Their simplicity. Samus received upgrades to her suit, but it was always accessible. I feel like both Ori and Axiom Verge try too hard to complicate the type of game that is better when it's simple. Ori introduces experience points, turning the game into a quasi-R.P.G. where you can unlock abilities based on how many enemies you've defeated and orbs you've collected.</div>
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Both games have stories that feel far too in-depth for games of this type, especially Axiom Verge. Characters would be yapping away about something or other, and I honestly had no idea what they were talking about, nor did I care. Remember when Super Metroid told its story without a single word of dialogue after the intro...?</div>
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I feel a bit bad, because I've done nothing but complain about these games, and that's not really fair. They are good games, and I am so pleased that people are still making 2D games in this style! But I just feel that in trying to replicate the feeling of a Metroid game, they've somehow missed something that made those games as awesome as they were. There are two games that I played LAST year, that I'm going to point out now. I actually think these games are much more enjoyable and manage to capture that "Metroid-ish" feeling a lot better. The first is Guacamelee...</div>
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It has been in development for YEARS (in fact, I mentioned it <a href="http://retro2011.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/week-fourteen.html" target="_blank">back on the page for Episode 15</a>) and I was so excited this morning to download it and give it a play.</div>
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If Nintendo was clever, they'd contact the genius who made this game and immediately get him to remove it before bringing him straight to Nintendo headquarters to work on porting the game to 3DS or NX officially. It really is as good as anything Nintendo itself could have made, and boy, is that saying something!</div>
Irvynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811498390796391369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535154292415951337.post-44150404960102936222016-04-15T03:35:00.001-07:002016-04-15T03:35:36.324-07:00IRVY'S PACKING UP...<p style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So I've decided to move houses, and this time I'm going to build! You can bet your butt I'm gonna make sure the new house has a sweet gaming den! In the meantime, I was a bit sad to pack my retro games up tonight so thought it was worth a blog post. I've got strangers coming to walk around my house tomorrow and I don't want them touching my games!! (Especially children...)</span></p><p style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So into the big box they go.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">How's everyone's gaming going? I blasted through Twilight Princess HD. Even though I'd finished it twice before, I just couldn't put it down. I love it so much; my favourite of the 3D Zeldas.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I finally finished Mega Man Legends a month back. After abandoning the game years ago when I simply could not beat the last boss, I thought it was time to conquer this unfinished game. And I did! (Though that last boss is still a nightmare)</span></p><p style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Now I'm on to Legends 2. I think I'm about half way through it. I find myself torn with the Legends games. I quite enjoy playing them, but they really have not aged well, and mechanically they were clunky and outdated when they were first released. They're fun, but not classics. I don't get why people were so destroyed when Legends 3 got cancelled.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anyway, I'll keep on packing. Stay cool people.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ETvzDg49Q8A7XG_V4kICnVh6mQ2_uRqgM9Dq2Qz05_pcoY5p057KFVM0OfH4m5gwAApqowGSJB7UQ1pGrfWfbT7viU2gQnqWw74VApWkGo2GXG0khgG7T19VN8NgPu1dheIUdxT3s_I/s640/blogger-image--1913153401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ETvzDg49Q8A7XG_V4kICnVh6mQ2_uRqgM9Dq2Qz05_pcoY5p057KFVM0OfH4m5gwAApqowGSJB7UQ1pGrfWfbT7viU2gQnqWw74VApWkGo2GXG0khgG7T19VN8NgPu1dheIUdxT3s_I/s640/blogger-image--1913153401.jpg"></a></div><p></p>Irvynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811498390796391369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535154292415951337.post-15712456079174464352015-08-03T19:30:00.001-07:002015-08-03T19:34:22.124-07:00AN EXCITING DAY!<div style="text-align: center;">
My retro-loving friends, I am a very happy man today. FINALLY, my collection of Super Play magazines is complete!</div>
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Super Play was - and is - the greatest 16-bit magazine ever created. But during the actual era, I only ever managed to collect 20 out of the 47 issues.<br />
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Over the last 5 or 6 years I have been keeping an ever-watchful eye on eBay, occasionally snapping up one of the issues I didn't own (and paying top-dollar for some of them...)<br />
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Now I have the complete set. So happy. So proud. If you'd like a reminder on how awesome this magazine was, click to the right to find some of the "Super Play Corner" posts I did on this blog.<br />
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In other news, I actually bought myself a Mega Drive! :-o<br />
I've been creating a sweet retro setup which I hope to show sometime in the near future, but I fear that my current house isn't big enough for it! >_< (Time to find a new house!)<br />
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Stay cool, people. :-)</div>
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