(Retro) What have you been playing this week?

[nakamura]

2001.

[Kit]

Was Vamp a tranny?

I always thought he looked like a bit of a flasher in that giant french coat.

That reminds me, wasn't there a cut-scene where the president 'cups' Raiden?

[Kit]

Completed Metroid Fusion!

Found the final bosses ( Samus X and the two monsters) pretty tricky as I tried to kill them with the freeze rockets first and they do absolutely sod all damage. Reverted back to the charged laser and pretty much breezed through the final 3 bosses - actually found the dragon you fight a little earlier more of a tricky foe to take down.

Overall, very enjoyable game with just the right amount of challenge for me. Think my completion time was somewhere in the region of 3:40 which does seem a bit on the short side - is Zero shorter than Fusion? Would have happily continued playing for longer as I felt I'd finally mastered the controls in that last battle.

Metal Slug Advance progress has grinded to a halt. Up to level 3 and it's just throwing too many enemies at me. Can't take them all out without taking damage.

[noobish hat]

All the 2D Metroid's are about that length, depending on how good you are. If you're a beginner though, and you beat Fusion as quickly as that, I would imagine Zero Mission (and certainly Super Metroid) would take you longer because they don't hold your hand all the way through and tell you exactly where to go.

[Kit]

I'll keep my eye out for a cheap copy of Zero and have a crack at Super next - that's if I can get through Metal Slug!

Nice avatar btw, noobish. Made me smile. xD

[mainvein]

been playing rez with the trance vibrator - all makes for an odd experience (esp when drinking rum :-))

[nakamura]

Good luck finding a cheap copy of Zero Mission!

[Kit]

I know.

Cheapest I've ever seen it go for is ?35.

On the plus side though, I beat the third level of Metal Slug Advance!





Took a few attempts as the third mission boss was tricky - lots of jumping required to shoot down as the main gun is on a train track - but I'm enjoying it all the same. Main negative I can see with the game is it's incredibly short. Only five levels. How many were there in contra? 10?

[nakamura]

The Tim pump never gets old.

Playing Donkey Kong Country 2 at the moment. Reached world 3 and it is pretty decent so far. I much prefer the first game overall though.

[gIzzE]

Just got a Jap copy of Castle Of Illusion (Mega drive) and my 4 year old is into Mickey Mouse Clubhouse so going to try and get him into playing that. Love the way the game reminds me of when I was a teenager playing for the first time.

[dvdx2]

Just got a Jap copy of Castle Of Illusion (Mega drive) and my 4 year old is into Mickey Mouse Clubhouse so going to try and get him into playing that. Love the way the game reminds me of when I was a teenager playing for the first time.

that sounds like it will be a nice nostalgic moment - love those!

[Kit]

Made it to the final boss in Metal Slug Advance.

Man alive, how do you beat it!? the best I've managed to do so far is to get to what I think is the half way stage where bits of the things armour start to drop off. After that, the robot starts to showers the screen with laser beams and these two sentries drop out which are tricky to kill.

[gIzzE]

that sounds like it will be a nice nostalgic moment - love those!

Broke my RGB cable!!

Only turned the game on, had a quick play and then dropped the console when taking it into the front room and tried to catch it via the scart cable, pulled a few wires off the 8 pin din end and when soldering it back together again the plastic snapped so one of the pins is hanging off.

Probably just going to hard wire it on tomorrow.

[JazzFunk]

Know it's not really retro but been playing a lot of Metal Slug 7 on DS during my night shift. Ace game, just keep getting stuck on that 'Indiana Jones' bit with the orange ball...

[tokyochojin]

Been playing some Capcom Vs SNK pro a bit this week, love the more focused feel of the first game but ultimately, the sequel is the superior game.