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NES-FEST 2012 - Peter Pan And The Conquest for the National Rainbow Bases
Posted on Aug 1st 2012 at 01:55:48 AM by (Crabmaster2000)
Posted under NES Challenge, Peter Pan And The Pirates, Break Time The National Pool Tour, Bases Loaded II The Second Season, Rainbow Islands The Sto

5 more games to slate your NES thirst this time around, and they are a little all over the place again.

My friend lent me several seasons of the fantastic TV show The Wire recently. So I thought I might as well play something mindless and time consuming while watching. Enter Bases Loaded II. 75 games need to be won in your season to enter the World Series and then a best of 7 game series must be won to beat the game. Needless to say I finished 4 out of 5 seasons of The Wire while playing this game. They fixed a few glitches from the first game and made the game much faster paced, but at its core its nearly identical as its predecessor.

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After that I decided it was time to explore the world of 8-bit pool for the first time in my life and booted up my copy of Break Time: The National Pool Tour. The tournament mode consists of playing a best of 3 match of 9-ball against 5 different computer opponents. The AI is savage right off the bat. You cant afford to make mistakes against even the first couple challengers. Luckily your given a password save after beating each opponent. Due to the level of difficulty, if you watch my video (when I get around to editing the pieces together and uploading it) you'll find that many of my victories are rather flukey. I take what I can get though. I did find a few of the computer players to have very amusing pornstar-esque names. Gems like Betty Bank Shot or Hot Shot Harry.

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Next up I revisited a game that kicked my ass a few years back, Rainbow Islands. This time I had more drive and determination and am arguably at the peak of my NES skill so I made sure nothing was going to stop me this time around. Even as early as level 3 this game starts getting pretty tough. Level 4, 6 and 8 in particular though are pretty brutal. Good thing they load you up with unlimited continues!

After finishing off the last boss you get to choose 1 of 3 options and are rewarded with an ending. Friendship is the "true" ending as with any of the Bubble Bobble games, but I decided to use my wish to force a celebrity to marry me instead. Who can resist the allure of Cutey Cutey?

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On Bomba's recommendation I tried out Conquest of the Crystal Palace. After getting used to the massive kickback that your prone to when getting hit by an enemy I was on my way. Very cool game with a few pretty unique aspects to it. I think Bomba did a pretty good job of describing it so check it out here if you havnt already.

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And finally I played a game that is the epitome of vanilla, Peter Pan And The Pirates. Its so bland in nearly every way. At least it was short though. Check out level 2 for instance where EVERYTHING is green. Blah.

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NES Games Finished In 2012

(click on a title to view the video)

Silver Surfer
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
Ghosts n Goblins
Tetris
Pro Wrestling
Gradius
Zanac
Adventure Island
Karnov
Trojan
Excitebike
Baseball
Spy Hunter
Adventure Island II
Tennis
Battletoads
Shadowgate
Battletoads/Double Dragon
Pinball Quest
Section Z
Godzilla
Hydlide
Marble Madness
Back to the Future
Darkman
Terminator 2
Robocop
Total Recall
Predator
Robocop 2
Robocop 3
Hudson Hawk
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
Batman Returns
Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters
Die Hard
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Krion Conquest
Adventures of Dino Riki
Ultima: Exodus
Legacy of the Wizard
Air Fortress
Ultima: Quest of the Avatar
Darkwing Duck
Ultima: Warriors of Destiny
Legends of the Diamond
Pro Sports Hockey
Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball
Yoshi's Cookie
Kick Master
Zombie Nation
Stadium Events
Super Jeopardy!
Joust
Yoshi
Dance Aerobics
Adventures of Bayou Billy
Pipe Dreams
Ski or Die
Werewolf: The Last Warrior
Simpsons: Bart vs The Space Mutants
City Connection
American Gladiators
Roundball 2-on-2 Challenge
720
Athletic World
Super Team Games
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Gumshoe
Bases Loaded
The Addams Family Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt
Kings of the Beach
The Blues Brothers
Volley Ball
Lode Runner
3D World Runner
Twin Eagle
Dragon's Lair
The Adventures of Rad Gravity
Break Time: The National Pool Tour
Bases Loaded II
Rainbow Islands
Conquest of the Crystal Palace
Peter Pan And The Pirates

BONUS GAME -

Assimilate

Future Plans - Nothing in particular in mind at the moment. I'll probably try and knock off another 1 or 2 shorter titles before I leave town on Thursday and then when I return home early next week I can dig into something more time consuming.


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Comments
 
Peter Pan is a humble guy, eh? You have way too much patience to play all that Baseball. BL3 is next, then?
 
Peter Pan And The Conquest for the National Rainbow Bases

That was the theme of last year's gay pride parade up in 'Frisco!

Um, so I was told, anyway...
 
@Duke.Togo:I gave it a quick try, but they completely reversed the fielding so I'm going to take a baseball hiatus so that when I come back to it it'll seem fresh again.

@Zagnorch:I'm all for equal rights!!
 
Peter Pan and the Pirates is so vanilla that I nearly fell asleep just looking at the name of the game.  It's not bad, per se, just boring.  Crap, I'm falling asleep just thinking about it.
 
It's so much fun being Peter Pan, and not having any pupils!

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