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Well, the summer here in the good ol' U.S. is almost at an end. As I type this a cool breeze is drifting in through my dining room window for the first time in months, and while it has not officially ended (per se), summer knows that it's annual time is drawing to a close. While there may be more high temperature days left (at least in Michigan), it is assured that the nights will be cool and crisp.
I've turned 35. I own a house, lease a car, and have a full-time job. I'm married to a beautiful woman and have two smart and adorable children (one who is demanding cheese and "pink" milk at my leg now). I am still a gamer. Those four sentences felt good to write together. I am a gamer. Not was, but am. This morning I fired up, much to my distaste, Total Recall on NES. Fifteen minutes later I rode down a bunch of fools on my warhorse wielding a flanged mace in Mount & Blade on PC. I am a gamer.
Originally I wrote a short article after I finished Ironsword, but neglected to post it. This procrastination bit me in the behind, as I lost the photos when my phone took a crap on me last week. Disappointing yes, but at least I finished it. I will be deleting the original article, but for the record I did enjoy Ironsword, but I ended up missing the Spectrum-colored ( or coloured, if you please) mess with minimalistic backgrounds that was the first game. C'est la vie.
With that I now call a close to my Summer Game Challenge. While it was a failure in the end I feel that I accomplished more in finishing NES games than I have done in years. I plan on finishing Ultimate Stuntman this weekend (I've pre-played this one and am calling it an early finish), but the others I'll call a draw for now. I think next time I'll try for more variety instead of picking just a few games from two different platforms.
On another note, I've almost finished revamping my game room. While it still lacks the aesthetics of many of yours, it does have quite a more functionality than it did previously. I now have a "main" gaming area with a couch (another "Basement Find") and "SD" consoles hooked up to a 40" CRT, and a "gaiden" gaming area for "HD" consoles (Dreamcast, GC, and original Xbox) hooked up to a fairly powerful 22" LCD monitor. I still need to consolidate the wiring into something more reasonable (utilizing my college-trained wiring skillz), but everything is functional.
Adieu, everyone. I plan on putting something together for a very early Halloween, but I won't call it until it happens, I think.
Conquest of the Crystal Palace
Ironsword
Dr. Chaos
Total Recall
Ultimate Stuntman
Tombs and Treasures
Swords and Serpents
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Driver: San Francisco
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Beating 4 cool NES games is a win in my books. And thanks for turning me onto Conquest at the Crystal Palace. Doubt I would have played it as early as I did if it werent for your blog post.
PS - My son is often bugging me for Chocolate Milk as I write, lol.
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As always, thanks for the support, Crab. While I did manage to finish Ultimate Stuntman this weekend, I'm a little bummed I couldn't get to Dr. Chaos. I did, however, give the old college try to Total Recall. I managed to make a couple of levels in before I fizzled. Watching your video I can see where my own mistakes were made. Man, you make that game look too easy.
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@bombatomba: Did you at least get to the X-Ray part on Total Recall? That part was pretty sweet! I had to play through it several times before I was able to beat it, so its not as easy as it might look in the video.
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