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    GBA SP+?

    in General Gaming Discussion

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    Another option if it helps: If you have a Gamecube, you could look to buying a Gameboy player. That way you can play Gameboy games on your TV in all their pixellated glory! I think these will be pretty hard to find mind.

    Name That Game

    in General Gaming Discussion

    Posted

    I think you forgot my 1 point:laughing:

     

    D'oh, sorry. We've barely started and already I've screwed up. :hmm:

     

    Scores

    Epic fail: 3

    Coolness Bears: 1

    Fused King: 1

    Happenstance: 1

    Shino: 1

    darksnowman: 1

     

    mcj, you deserve to be top of the list really, considering your answers from a few days ago. Mentally add 4 to your score if you feel like it!

    Name That Game

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    All correct!

     

    Scores

    Epic fail: 3

    Coolness Bears: 1

    Happenstance: 1

    Shino: 1

    darksnowman: 1

     

    I see what you're saying darkle; resetting the scores after the thread's been dead for a while perhaps should warrant a new thread. I honestly don't mind if we start a new thread or not, as long as there isn't a technical issue? What do you think?

    Dragon Quest VIII - Why is it So Good?

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    They're good monsters for getting you this far, but I'd say the cyclops certainly isn't good enough for S-Rank. Are you having trouble finding Metabble? He's great for defence. Also, Octurion is a really good fighter/healer (which I think is necessary for this).

     

    The prize for winning S-Rank will help you with the bosses.

     

    I found Metabble, but I'm thinking of using the 'My Three Golems' team which I read in a GameFAQs FAQ. What team did you have?

     

    Just to clarify, are you still in the Black Citadel? If so, keep your nerve, because that boss isn't one of the more difficult ones.

     

    Yes, I'm at the end of the Black Citadel. I think I was unlucky, but I've also been overlooking the Sage's Stone which can be used to heal everyone. Do you know if any items break if you use them too many times?

     

    If you are further than that, yes, I would use GameFAQs, although a good stategy is always to have Jessica Insulate (or Magic Barrier or Accelerate), Angelo Heal (or Kabuff) and the other two use their spears and axes for critical hit move (it's very risky using Tension, as the boss can diffuse it so easily).

     

    Thanks. Concentrating more on defence is something I should be doing in general really.

     

    I always forget to switch from the boomerang to a spear/sword before a boss fight. That would help too. ;-)

     

    If you've got the Timbrel of Tension, it's very helpful to have Jessica use that, and this will boost not only everyone's attacks, but also everyone's Kabuff and Accelerate.

     

    Yes, I think I've got that (never used it). I didn't know it helped buffs as well as physical and magic attacks. Thanks.

     

    Dragon Quest VIII - Why is it So Good?

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    More progress:

     

    I tried to complete the S-rank in the Monster Arena and the best I could do was kill off the Liquid Metal Slime in the final round. So close! I have Talos, Skeledoid and the blue cyclops dude I've forgotten the name of.

     

    I killed Leopold and sure enough, someone else nabbed the sceptre before we could get it. It's not funny now. That someone else was Marcello of course. He of the shifty eyes. I 'killed' him and Leopold with considerable ease and now there's a big island floating in the sky. Marcello didn't seem very grateful to Angelo for saving his life at the end there. 'You'll regret the day you saved my life'. Don't mention it buddy!

     

    So I've gone on to the Black Citadel, which has a brilliant final area, walking round in circles, seeing the statues of yourself with a missing head, then all of them with missing heads, then all of them with just feet. It was all very foreboding.

     

    Then on to Rhapthorne. Who wiped the floor with me in under five minutes. It didn't help that he put Angelo (and only Angelo) to sleep twice in succession and therefore wasn't able to heal everyone quick enough.

     

    After that crushing defeat (my first defeat!), I licked my wounds and gathered some more gold for some better equipment. About the only recipe that I could find that seemed decent (and more importantly had a good chance of identifying the ingredients) was the 'ultimate shield' aka the Metal King Shield. So I did that one.

     

    Although I'm not sure good equipment is going to help that much. So I'm a bit torn between having a few more goes at Rhapthorne as I am, getting all the best equipment first or y'know, reading GameFAQ-type pages. So close to the end!

     

    Name That Game

    in General Gaming Discussion

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    Shall we see what Patch says before we crack into a 2010 edition? Name That Game has been his baby so it seems only right.

     

    Thanks darkle. I don't mind keeping the scores, as long as you all have patience with me - keeping track of things can be a bit chaotic sometimes.

     

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    Landstalker - 16th Anniversary Playthrough

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    Are you playing with the analogue stick Grazza? I tried that for a short while and found it too hard. So I went back to the slightly less hard control method (D-pad).

     

    Maybe the analogue control is superior if you take the time to get used to it. For a first timer, using the D-pad is the thing most likely to put you off playing it IMO. Even when I got to the end of the game, I found myself occasionally aiming to walk in one direction whilst actually moving in another. The game is an action puzzler with an overworld, villages and dungeons in the spirit of Zelda. It starts off quite slowly, with the feeling that you'll be killing those damn bubble enemies forever, but quickly gathers speed after the first couple of hours.

     

    There are some fiendish puzzles and head-scratching moments and I'm with Grazza about the visual style and music. They're definitely two of the game's strong points - it still looks and sounds good by today's standards.

     

    It's one of my favourite Megadrive games and probably in my top five of that era. I reccommend it to anyone who enjoys Zelda dungeons.

    Name That Game

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    Posted

    atari was before my time. But luckily I have 2 older brothers and we had an atari 2600 and a commodore 64. Loved the atari though

     

    pitfall, pressure cooker frostbite classics stuff :)

     

    Cool. I played Pacman and Space Invaders until my hands were sore. Those joysticks sure were durable though.

     

    I think a clue is needed for Fused King's conundrum. Or some more quotes from the same game perhaps?

     

    And I'm still interested to know where Goafer's quote #2 comes from. 'OK Mr. Hotshot games player, now what?'

    Landstalker - 16th Anniversary Playthrough

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    Haha! Reading back, I think most of that thread was me and dsm talking about streets of rage, so maybe this should be the exclusive Landstalker thread from now on.

     

    I honestly have no idea about Madame Yard's Ballet School now. One thing is certain - it's rooted as one of my funniest gaming memories.

     

    The dungeons are something special aren't they? There's nothing there that hasn't been done before, but it's done so vibrantly and with such a clever mix of puzzles and action that they're instantly enjoyable from start to finish. I was always sorry when it was over.

     

    Mercator is a good milestone to get to. You'll be finished in no time. Unlike me and DQ8...

    Landstalker - 16th Anniversary Playthrough

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    Yes! Go for it!

     

    I think I'm the only one on these boards to finish it on the VC - and post about it - and I enjoyed every minute of it. The 'difficult' isometric viewpoint is not any more difficult than it was when it was first released. And there are very few places where it's not obvious where the platforms are. I can only think of one place where repeated trial-and-error jumps were necessary.

     

    I'd love to hear of your progress. Here is the thread I used from ages ago (I'm the thread hijacking master):

     

    Olde Landstalker thread

    Name That Game

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    OK, How about these ones (Hat Edition). Game series or character's name will do.

     

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    And also this, left from the last round:

     

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