Metroid II is my all-time favorite game in the series. It introduces her ship, introduces her iconic look, and is the last game in the series to not include the “break this with this item” blocks. I just love everything about that game.
Metroid II is my all-time favorite game in the series. It introduces her ship, introduces her iconic look, and is the last game in the series to not include the “break this with this item” blocks. I just love everything about that game.
Justin Bailey Samus >>> Zero Suit Samus 👀
Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu
FYI we got this game when we we got our Switch and it sat, untouched, for YEARS, until I finally picked it up a few months ago. Honestly, I REALLY enjoyed it! BUT… the first 30 minutes to an hour are very poorly done, and are soooo boring. After that it hooked me.
As someone who’s favorite game in the series is the original Pokémon Red, I think this remake was quite well done. It looks great (much better than Sword / Shield in my opinion), and really trims out a lot of the fluff and grind of the classic games.
Also if he’s playing, you can use the second controller to join him and casually help him catch and battle Pokémon. It’s cute. :)
Let me know if you want any more in depth review or info.
Pokemon Blue
FYI the internal cartridge battery that’s used to save your game is probably either dead or nearly dead!
A multimeter should show the battery at 3.25v. Anything less and it could die any day. Changing the battery isn’t too difficult, but it requires soldering.
This is my favorite tool set used to take the one screw out to open the cartridge, to check the battery.
https://www.retromodding.com/collections/tools/products/repair-tools-set
What games do you want to play?
I recently discovered IsabelleChiming and I am in love. They do remakes of classic gaming soundtracks.
https://isabellechiming.bandcamp.com/album/the-legend-of-zelda-remade
https://isabellechiming.bandcamp.com/album/zelda-ii-the-adventure-of-link-remade
…and I wrote the soundtrack to the recent Game Boy Color homebrew game, Dangan GB2, if you’re interested… 👀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjBm44oWwsk
I can’t see the name Apogee without hearing the fanfare.
I miss Wacky Wheels.
Holy cow you put a TON of effort into this! I actually JUST finished playing through DKC3 for the first time. It’s amazing how many non-fun stages there are right at the end.
The stage that I have the least fond memories of was climbing up a cliff side waterfall by jumping on top of floating barrels? Ugh, it took me FOREVER. XD
Does RSC have end to end encryption? Is it on by default?
Ohhhhh the creator of TempleOS? I thought you were referring to someone who died recently. 😅
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_A._Davis
I used to love reading about his technical work, especially on osnews.com.
I’m glad you’re enjoying it! 🙂 I was a play tester and I got my butt kicked a lot in the beginning too. It should be challenging, but very fair.
No problem, I actually have a copy of Zoop for the original Game Boy! 😄
Also pretty much the highest valued Game Boy Advance game at this time! 🤯
I got this game recently and could not put it down! I ended up accidentally beating it. 😆
And that soundtrack… 😩
That was actually one of the first games I ever got! I've been meaning to try it again as an adult. It's so hard, but the music and graphics are outstanding.
I am interested in Rolan's Curse 1 and 2. It's too bad they're so expensive!
It's so strange… I've heard that Japan culture in general likes games of random chance (like gashapon vending machines…) but this just seems cruel. 😅
At least I can finally stop stressing about the timing of my button presses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6rFyPKXGaw
Moomin's Tale is beautiful.
Radar Mission is the only US game I have a boxed copy of, it's one of my favorite pieces in my collection. ❤️
And yes, the music gets stuck in my head every time I play it!
It looks great! 🙂
OMG I just came home with a Sanyo DS13320 from the side of the road and I am ECSTATIC!!! It couldn’t be more perfect for an NES, and it looks in great condition externally.
I haven’t plugged it in yet. It doesn’t appear to be wet anywhere outside or inside, so hopefully it was put outside after it rained this morning.
Should I do or check anything before plugging it in and trying to power it on?