Comments on: Finally, Sweet Success

By: Taryn East

Taryn East — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:02:15 +0000

I still drag out and dust off my version of Xcom Enemy of the Deep.There are so many hours of gameplay I usually run out of spare time or start completely forgetting which of my aquanauts can do what… and have to start again from scratch..
Someday I’ll finish it!

By: Kevinski

Kevinski — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:33:54 +0000

I really hated those baddies with the shields that you could only kill from the side or the back, what were they called? Two or three weren’t so bad, but I remember one dungeon room had like 20!!!

By: NES

NES — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:20:13 +0000

> Sadly, though, the ending totally wasn’t worth it.

What? The LoZ ending was that you could play the entire game again, with a map that was initially very similar to the first one, but that quickly got a lot harder. Totally worth it.

By: Davey

Davey — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:18:56 +0000

Congrats! Beating an older game nowadays is far more of a significant achievement, I find, than any newer games.

It took me seven years to complete the original Legend of Zelda game on the NES when I was a kid because I couldn’t figure out which stone to push in the secret room in dungeon 7. Returning a few years later and I solved it within about 5 minutes.

Fortunately that game was one of the first/only games to have a save system in the cartridge, so I just carried on where I left off. It was a gold cartridge. Anyone remember?

Sadly, though, the ending totally wasn’t worth it.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:55:24 +0000

I’ve found myself returning to Sonic 2 from my Genesis (thank you Virtual Console) and finding it much easier than I did as a child, but no less fun.

Super Mario Bros., on the other hand, has not gotten easier as I have aged. Curse you, World 3.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:22:15 +0000

My brother and I just played a round of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck: World of Illusion for Genesis last night actually. It was rather disappointing to beat it on the first try after so many failures when we were much younger.

By: Jared

Jared — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:32:50 +0000

I need to get an NES so I can beat my only NES game: Bucky O’Hare.

But congrats!