RFGen 2019 NES Challenge

[Disposed Hero]

Double Dragon II: The Revenge done.



This game doesn't get enough credit for how hard it is. There are a lot of cheap deaths if you don't master the platforming sections, and mastering the knee attack is mandatory for completing the game. I still love it though. Awesome game.

[singlebanana]

I didn't realize Battle of Olympus was going to require grinding for currency so often. I just spent 10 minutes fighting snakes at 78 of the 80 olives needed for a shield, and no olives were dropping. Turns out the game limits how many drops there are in a region. https://forum.speeddemosa.../battle_of_olympus26.html

Man Shane, I have such fond memories of this game as a kid and actually beat it when I was younger. I always find games where you have to grind a little bit relaxing in a strange way. I think a big part of my love for this game was my youthful obsession with the Greek gods. It's funny that you chose this game because the same day you did oh, I was going to claim it but saw you posted minutes earlier. Haha!

[shane]

Beat King's Quest V. It was never a really good King's Quest game to begin with, and this is a bad port of the game. I've never played the Master System version, but if there's more time given to save the rat than this version it's already better.

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[BuriedOnMars]

Bionic Commando is done!  Man, that was a challenge.  I see someone is tackling Mega Man 5 so can do Rad Racer next.

[Fokakis79]

Beat King's Quest V. It was never a really good King's Quest game to begin with, and this is a bad port of the game. I've never played the Master System version, but if there's more time given to save the rat than this version it's already better.

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Yeah, the rat part really sticks out in my mind as well. I remember first playing it and not realizing what I missed.

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[singlebanana]

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[shane]

Beat Battletoads & Double Dragon. A much better game than the first one. I played as a Battletoad. I thought I got a pretty respectable time, but looks like it's about twice as long as the slowest recorded speedrun. A lot of the bosses allow you to get a juggle combo in because they don't fly off of the screen like regular enemies, making a lot of the boss fights much easier than they should be. I was kind of expecting the last Double Dragon boss to be that guy with the machine gun from the first one, but it just ended up being some Mad Max looking character.

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[ApolloBoy]

Got Mega Man 5 out of the way! I was pretty rusty and died a few times during the fortress stages, but I persevered.

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[Normatron]

Just finished Snow Brothers. not as easy as I remember it but still fun.

[shane]

Finished a series of Base Wars. The novelty of a Blades of Steel-like fight when running to base wears off pretty quick when you realize that your health is determined based on how close you are to the next base and the opponent always has full health. Didn't do much in the way of customization, though I imagine that adds a degree of replay value where you can sort of RPG your way through playing with certain enhanced attributes.

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[Crabmaster2000]

Got Mega Man 5 out of the way! I was pretty rusty and died a few times during the fortress stages, but I persevered.

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So awesome to have you participate with us!

Beat King's Quest V. It was never a really good King's Quest game to begin with, and this is a bad port of the game. I've never played the Master System version, but if there's more time given to save the rat than this version it's already better.

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King's Quest V is my favorite King's Quest game. The PC version is definitely superior to the NES port, but it has so much charm I've always loved it. And that wizard battle at the end is just great. The SMS King's Quest is a port of the first game in the series. Really the only King's Quest I don't love it 3.

I played a ton more Bases Loaded 4 and have 9 wins out of my 74 down now. I've watched an entire season of True Detective while playing and only have 9 freakin' wins. This is going way slower than I anticipated. I'm getting far better at the fielding though so I'm hoping I can improve me win rate throughout the week.

EDIT: All claims and completions up to date

[shane]

King's Quest V is my favorite King's Quest game. The PC version is definitely superior to the NES port, but it has so much charm I've always loved it. And that wizard battle at the end is just great. The SMS King's Quest is a port of the first game in the series. Really the only King's Quest I don't love it 3.

I played a ton more Bases Loaded 4 and have 9 wins out of my 74 down now. I've watched an entire season of True Detective while playing and only have 9 freakin' wins. This is going way slower than I anticipated. I'm getting far better at the fielding though so I'm hoping I can improve me win rate throughout the week.

Oh, for some reason I thought it was V that was on the SMS. I've always loved IV and VI, but V just felt like the Link's Awakening item trading as a whole game. I'm also not a huge fan of games where something you do or don't do earlier in the game prevents you from completing it later on. For this game, the first instance was saving the rat. The second was not feeding the leg of lamb to the eagle.

I hear you on the Bases Loaded slog. Same applied to Base Wars. I started that before Battle of Olympus, and took breaks after every game to do other things.

[EZ Racer]

Nintendo World Cup Soccer done. A fun, kind of quirky game that I can see being a blast to play multiplayer. The single player mode is good, but there is a massive difficulty spike near the end that I could see turning some people away.

[Disposed Hero]

I'm going to go ahead and pick Tecmo World Wrestling as my sports claim.

I'm also going to relinquish my claim on Final Fantasy in case anybody else wants to take a stab at it. I'm enjoying the game, but I haven't been playing it enough to warrant holding a claim on it. I might pick it back up in a couple of months if nobody else grabs it.

In its place, I want to claim Desert Commander. I had this game as a kid but was too young to really play it. It looks like a fun strategy game though, so I'd like to give it a proper try.

[ApolloBoy]

I'm going to claim Life Force as my next game.