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Some of you may have been under the assumption that since last we spoke was just over 2 weeks ago, that I've been ignoring my duties in regard to the timeless craft of NES playing. Or maybe even thought I had finally ventured into the realm of the modern.
Fear not, for I have simply embarked on my quest to overcome some of the most epic and time consuming titles!
The Ultima series has been on my mind for far to long now so I felt it was time to envelop myself into the vast and phantasmal lands of Britannia. My first task was to ensure the evil serpent Exodus was never allowed to see the moon of Trammel. This long and confusing journey left me very disoriented and even had me resort to visiting ye ole gamefaqs for some expert advice for my quest. After much pain and head scratching I was finally able to prevent the rise of Exodus and cleanse the land of his impending plague.
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But the joy of the people only lasted so long before their hearts started to turn darkness and despair. The wise old liege King British enlisted my help in order to bring the Avatar back to Britannia and prove to the masses that hope still flourished throughout the lands. Thus began my Quest of the Avatar! From my previous journey to thwart the Serpent I had learned a valuable lesson before proceeding on future such quests. The Golden Rule of Ultima you might say. And it was this: "It is vitally important to read all lore that doth came packaged originally at retail".
With this in mind I was able to craft my character, learn the meaning of many useful magic spells, create a team of warriors worthy of accompanying the Avatar, learn to navigate ye cursed Moongates, and know general directions to move me onward to complete thy quest.
Although the moons of Trammel and Felucca ran many cycles I was able to master each of the 8 virtues and obtain the Codex hidden from all in the depths of the Abyss, and thus obtain true Avatarhood and bring happiness back to the land of Britannia and joy into the eyes of the old king!
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Not to be outdone, a small family in a neighboring land also underwent a perilous journey of their own. Once a powerful wizard was able to subdue a most ferocious dragon into the seemingly placid confines of a beautiful piece of art. But as time passed the dragon's power began to return and threaten to destroy those who had imprisoned him. Now old and frail the wizard enlisted the help of his vernal family. They embarked in a quest that will hence for be known as the Legacy of the Wizard.
In this perilous and confounding quest each member of the family was able to apply their formidable skills to finding each of the 4 crowns, concluding in the mighty Dragon Slayer Sword. With this sword the bravest of knights known as Raos was able to stay the relentless onslaught of the beast and overcome the murderous, ravenous monster.
It is also worth noting that this journey of integrity wasn't taken alone. No, not by any means. I was accompanied by the veracious champion and heroic paladin known only as Sir Duke.Togo! The mighty warrior of legend! And although the might of his once powerful blade is now weighed upon by the experience of many battles and a taxing life spanning many eons he was an invaluable asset to the cause. Please, before the sun sets on his life of achievement do him the honor of commiserating via comment left in this very scroll or in the greatly acclaimed youtube channel video which shall hence forth be linked to at the bottom of this find parchment.
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As if these 3 tales of bravery and valor weren't enough, a rapacious-minded youth saw fit to address me in the comforts of mine own youtube channel. He sought to blaspheme my deeds stating that Air Fortress should not be considered complete without achieving success in the dreadful second quest. Verily, the arrogance and gall of such a proclamation mustn't go unmet! Thus he had me don my cosmic armor and my celestial steed once again in order to defend the Farmel quadrant as I did in the days of old.
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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
Thoughts of the Future - These tales of triumph will soon pale in comparison when I am able to regale you with the tales of the Warrior of Destiny!
Over the last few years nintendoage has had a community challenge where they see if its possible to have members of their forum beat each and every NES title in the span of one year. They have never been able to acheive this yet. This year they changed it up a bit and just went with licensed titles to see if that would help a bit. I've been contributing what I can withing my challenge, but I'm finding several overlapping titles that others have finished before I get to them.
Because of that I've decided to change it up and see if I cant help them achieve the goal of a community completion on licensed games over a years time. Not many people seem to have interest in the RPGs on the system so thats going to be my first focus.
Before I dive into the Ultima series I decided to play 1 game that I've been looking forward to for a long time and another thats given me trouble in the past.
The one I've been looking forward to is The Krion Conquest. I'm a big fan of Mega Man (who isnt?) and when I found out how Mega Man-esque the gameplay is I knew I needed to try it out. It finally arrived in the mail when I got back from my trip to Florida and I've been dying to try it out. I couldn't wait any longer and started playing a couple days ago. It was just what I expected and didnt disappoint in the slightest. I was looking for a less polished version of Mega Man and it delivered just that. My 2 complaints would be that it was too short and there was a gameplay glitch where you cant jump immediately after shooting a bullet. Otherwise it was very solid. And the music in Round 4 was AMAZING! Very cool and definitely one of my favorite NES tunes now.
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A couple years ago I tried my darndest to get Adventures of Dino Riki to loop, but the last couple levels proved to be too much at the time. With my NES skills sharper than ever I decided it was time to give it another go around. I practiced up the jumping mechanic which is the part of the game that gives me the most trouble by far. I noticed that the game was significantly easier if I skipped over ALL the speed upgrades. By running around at the slowest speed the game became much more managable. The last level is still pretty intense, but otherwise the game was a lot easier to navigate.
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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
Future Plans - I'm going to be hitting the Ultima series hard over the next couple weeks. Starting with Exodus and moving onto Avatar and Warriors in that order. Wish me luck as I've had zero experience with the Ultima games up to this point.
PS - Here is a link to the nintendoage thread I was referencing. Please contribute if you can. We are already over halfway, but its going to be way slower getting the second half of the list widdled down.
http://www.nintendoage.co...threadid=61651&StartRow=1
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