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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
