May has been a slow month for my poor NES. Damn these distracting submission contests!! Now that its nearly behind me I can focus on playing more games again.
After having some fun with Stadium Events not to long ago I decided to keep my power pad out and practice my dancing with Dance Aerobics. It was long, but thankfully fairly easy. An hour staright on the power pad had me work up quite a sweat though.
Next up I had to see what Redd has been talking about and popped in some Bayou Billy. Mode A of course, so that I could use the zapper on the shooting stages. Thankfully the most challenging levels were early on with my least favorite being Stage 4. Stage 4 is the first of 2 driving stages and it is particularily annoying because you have to dodge some rocks on the dirt road which are incredibly challenging to avoid. A few days of practice and I was able to finish it up with no continues though. Probably not a game I'll revisit any time soon.
Looking for something more relaxing after Bayou Billy I went for some good ol' Pipe Dream. In most NES games that have preset highscores it often doesnt take much to best them. Pipe Dreams had some pretty hefty scores to overcome though and 3 different modes to do it in. Mode A was the regular game were you play through stages 1-1 through 1-4, then onto 2-1 through 2-4 and onwards. You are treated to a bonus stage every 4th level. Mode B had you play one stage at level 1 and then directly on to level 2 and so forth. These were both fairly long, but after figuring out how to score some decent points they were so bad. Mode C though was a pain. 50,000 on one stage is brutal!
Not feeling to relaxed from Pipe Dream I put in Ski or Die and that was what I needed. Short and easy. There isnt any ending or preset highscores so I just had to play through each event.
