Games Beaten 2016

Post by **MrPopo** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 2:28 pm

He told us a story about how one time a pizza guy comes to his house when he wasn't expecting one. He starts to say "I never asked... you know what, it's fine".

Post by **Sarge** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 12:34 am

Woo, legit run through ActRaiser 2 is done. That's some serious business!

Post by **BoneSnapDeez** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 2:57 pm

First 50:

51. Akumajō Dracula (Famicom Disk System)
52. Castlevania (NES)
53. Classic NES Series: Castlevania (Game Boy Advance)
54. Guardian Heroes (Xbox Live Arcade)
55. Metal Slug (Neo Geo MVS)
56. Metal Slug 2 (Neo Geo MVS)
57. Metal Slug 3 (Neo Geo MVS)
58. Soul of Darkness (DSiWare)
59. Code of Princess (3DS)
60. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
61. Super Mario Land (Game Boy)
62. The Legend of Zelda 2: Link no Bōken (Famicom Disk System)
63. Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst (PC)
64. Shan Gui (Steam)
65. Space Fury (ColecoVision)
66. Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle (ColecoVision)
67. Gateway to Apshai (ColecoVision)
68. MURI (Steam)
69. Pink Hour (Steam)
70. Pink Heaven (Steam)
71. Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet (Steam)
72. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt (Steam)
73. Haunted House (Atari 2600)
74. Gremlins (Atari 2600)
75. Alien (Atari 2600)
76. Xenophobe (Xbox - Midway Arcade Treasures 2)
77. Frankenstein's Monster (Atari 2600)
78. Ghost Manor / Spike's Peak (Atari 2600)
79. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi (Steam)
80. Dracula II: Noroi no Fūin (Famicom Disk System)
81. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)
82. Beneath the Cherry Trees (Steam)
83. Voices from the Sea (Steam)
84. Mushihimesama (Steam)
85. Sonic CD (Steam)
86. Shovel Knight (Wii U)
87. Super Mario World (SNES)
88. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Game Boy)
89. Operation C (Game Boy)
90. Metroid (Famicom Disk System)
91. Metroid (NES)

Nice to finally have this one under my belt. Sure, I did finish the GBA port a couple years ago but I still felt like I had unfinished business with my childhood NES copy. And now that I have a Twin Fami I gave the floppy a spin too.

Surely it goes without saying that this is a great game. The foreboding alien atmosphere is unmatched. And the soundtrack is severely underrated - that title screen theme may be the best track to ever appear in an NES game. I managed to finish the game in under three hours and found out that Samus is a girl!!!

Time to reacquire Metroid II, as I lost my copy some 20 years ago.

Post by **Exhuminator** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 10:26 pm

Did you notice any differences between the FDS and NES version besides audio?

HLTB · Post by **Xeogred** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 10:36 pm

1. Sly 2 Band of Thieves HD (PS3)
2. Black (Xbox)
3. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox)
4. Super Mario Bros Advance 4: SMB3 E-Reader Levels (WiiUVC)
5. Galerians (PSX)
6. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (WiiU)
7. TRAG / Hard Edge: Mission of Mercy (PSX)
8. Soul Blade (PSX)
9. Castlevania Circle of the Moon* (WiiUVC)
10. The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess* HD (WiiU)
11. Mega Man 9* (PSN)
12. Mega Man 10* (PSN)
13. Dark Souls 3 (NG++) [PLATINUM] (PS4)
14. Mega Man 1* (PS4, MMLC)
15. Mega Man 2* (PS4, MMLC)
16. Mega Man 3* (PS4, MMLC)
17. Mega Man 4* (PS4, MMLC)
18. Mega Man 5* (PS4, MMLC)
19. Mega Man 6* (PS4, MMLC)
20. Doom [PLATINUM] (PS4)
21. Quake (PC)
22. Quake 2* (PC)
23. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (PS3)
24. Quake Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon (PC)
25. Quake 2 Mission Pack 1: The Reckoning (PC)
26. Quake Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity (PC)
27. Quake 2 Mission Pack 2: Ground Zero (PC)
28. Quake: Dimensions of the Past (PC)
29. Bayonetta 2 (WiiU)
30. Wolfenstein The Old Blood (PC)
31. Dishonored DLC The Knife of Dunwall (PC)
32. Dishonored DLC The Brigmore Witches (PC)
33. Metro Last Light Redux (PC)
34. Doom 3 BFG Edition* (PC)
35. Metro 2033 Redux (PC)
36. Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil* BFG (PC)
37. Doom 3 The Lost Mission* BFG (PC)
38. Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor's Edge (PS3)
39. Ultimate Doom* (PC)
40. Devil's Third (WiiU)
41. SOMA (PC)
42. Doom 2* (PC)
43. Gone Home (PC)
44. Metroid Other M (Wii)
45. Deus Ex Human Revolution Director's Cut* (PC)
46. AM2R: Return of Samus (PC)
47. Call of Duty: Ghosts (PS4)
48. Metroid Zero Mission* (WiiUVC)
49. Alan Wake's American Nightmare (PC)
50. Odallus: The Dark Call (PC)
51. Deus Ex Mankind Divided (PC)
52. Resident Evil HD* [Chris & Jill] (PS3)
53. Resident Evil Revelations 2 (PS4)
54. Resident Evil Code Veronica X* HD (PS3)
55. Resident Evil 5* [PLATINUM] (PS4)
56. Resident Evil Zero* HD (PS4)
57. Resident Evil 4 HD* (PS4)
58. Titanfall 2 (PS4)

Just going to copy/paste what I wrote in the FPS thread:

I just beat Shogo 2.

Here's what you do, take all the CoD's, take all their greatest campaign strengths and moments, COMBINE them... and what you get is still not even half the awesomeness of Titanfall's 2 campaign.

I just wrapped that up today, and CoD eat your heart out. It reminded me more of Doom (4) and Halo in the greatest ways, or like Killzone except without the quirks and vastly better. Valve like moments with crazy cool puzzles and gimmick abilities for some levels and a fantastic character that is a damn robot. The game is just oozing with simple fun and charm. Both the campaign and multiplayer are an absolute home run. Get it.

Get it.

Post by **Sarge** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 11:13 pm

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144) Castlevania (NES)
145) Chip 'N' Dale's Rescue Rangers 2 (NES)
146) Chip 'N' Dale's Rescue Rangers (NES)
147) Gain Ground (GEN)

Always have had a fascination with this game. The idea of building up your army throughout the action stages just seemed cool. And for the most part, it is! Some of your troops are far and away better than others. The guy that looks like the dwarf in Golden Axe is particularly effective.

Anyway, it's really a stage-based Gauntlet. Without the enemy spawn points, of course. In fact, you've even got an enemy counter to let you know how many are left. You can save troops by walking over their icon and leading them successfully to the exit. Don't kill all the enemies before doing so, though! You won't get them otherwise.

I vaguely remembered that this was ported from the arcade version. Might have to give that version a go sometime. According to HG101, the Genesis port shrinks the maps quite a bit because of the lack of play area compared to the vertically-oriented playfield of the arcade version.

Pretty fun overall. It can get a bit frustrating sometimes, though.

Post by **BoneSnapDeez** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 11:16 pm

Exhuminator wrote:Did you notice any differences between the FDS and NES version besides audio?

Glad you asked because I love going into detail about crap like this.

Some changes are super-minor. Like differences in the font and title screen (メトロイド vs. Metroid). As far as sound goes, I notice the difference in the sound effects greater than in the music. For instance, once Mother Brain is defeated the "alarm" is super shrill and annoying in the FDS game.

The huge change made to the NES game is the fact that the save feature is scrapped in favor of a password system. The FDS original has three save slots like Zelda (this is also seen in the first two Castlevania games on FDS as well as Kid Icarus). To delete a save file you select KILL MODE. Damn, that's hardcore.

There's a New Game+ mode on NES that doesn't exist on the FDS. Instead you get simply get a "moneybag" icon next to your save file each time you clear the game. I've read that the requirements for the best ending (or any ending) on FDS are slightly different.

Enemy behavior is slightly different between the two games. I also found that enemies respawned much more quickly on the NES.

Being a disk the FDS game has the requisite load times and disk-flipping. The disk-flips are kept to a minimum, thankfully. Only when you save, load, and beat the game. Load times aren't bad. The game loads when a file is saved and, uh, loaded and each time Samus ascends or descends an elevator. The elevator load times kinda suck. The screen turns black and it feels like the game is gonna shit the bed.

Control felt smoother on NES, though this is likely due to the difference in controller rather than programming.

I think I hit everything I noticed.

Post by **Exhuminator** » Sun Nov 13, 2016 12:10 am

I find it most interesting that the enemy behavior patterns were altered. Thanks for the detailed breakdown Bone, that was a lot of fun to read.

Post by **BoneSnapDeez** » Sun Nov 13, 2016 10:23 am

The Cutting Room Floor always has the best details about this stuff.
https://tcrf.net/Metroid

What I noticed most was the enemy respawn rates. For example, in Brinstar there's an energy tank that can be reached only after Samus hops on a frozen enemy. This is tricky and takes a few tries to get the positioning correct (and if you mess up the enemy will unfreeze and move out of position for good). In the FDS it was extremely frustrating because I'd have to putz around a minute or two to get the enemies to respawn, while in the NES I had to just barely walk off the screen and then come back.

Post by **MrPopo** » Sun Nov 13, 2016 12:01 pm

Are the physics the same? Can you still unmorph and jump while in midair?

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