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| 05:55am 15/05/2008 |
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First up on the list of NES Games is 10 Yard Fight, a "Football" game. Now, I'm not super-familiar with football, but I know that it's a pretty fast paced game, and also that there's a lot of complicated strategy involving plays, team formations, passing, different playing positions, and so on. I remember this from not only watching the odd football game, but from playing an acient football simulator on my father's macintosh when I was, what, 7?
Now, technically, that means that the NFL football game I was playing on dad's Mac could have been a couple years younger than 10 Yard Fight, and I suppose it's never fair to compare a PC game to a console game from the same era, in terms of complexity, but this game is utterly abysmal. Besides being uglier than a 26th street tranny, and sounding like it belonged on a 2600, 10 Yard Fight utterly fails to capture anything about football. You don't get to choose your plays, or instruct your teams, really in any way other than "Hey! Jerkily run the ball towards the goal, you bastards!" and "Toss the ball to that one guy," when on offence, and "Quick! Dive on the fucker," when on defence.
All in all, it was enjoyable enough to play a single game, which mercifully didn't actually last an entire hour. If It had been a physical cartridge, I would have then wished I owned a rifle, so I could re-enact the skeet shooting portion of Duck Hunt with it.
Incidentally, I'm working from the list found on Wikipedia, which can be found if you click on this link I have thoughtfully provided for you.
The rules I have given myself for this project are as follows:
For games I have never played:
1. I will play each previously unplayed game for no less than 1 hour, no matter how soul-searingly awful the experience is.
2. I will play each previously unplayed game for no more than 2 hours, no matter how mind-bendingly cool it is.
3. I will keep in mind that these games are for an 8-bit platform, being played in a world of machines with processors run on the souls of dead orphans, then I will rate them however I feel about them regardless of this fact.
For games I have played:
1. I will play them for no more or less than half an hour, to refresh myself on why they're so good/bad.
2. There really isn't another rule for these.
For "Color a Dinosaur":
1. I won't play it.
2. I'll deliver a rant the likes of which the world has never seen.
So, them's the rules. Enjoy the project! |
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| YAGP |
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| 05:13am 15/05/2008 |
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OK, so the zombie game is sort of on hold while I figure out a couple of things (Like how to get enough gumpion to write up thousands of room descriptions, for one, and how to code the badge display system, for another.), and I've got a job now (I drive masseuses around), so it's time for Yet Another Grand Project.
This one, which I undoubtedly won't finish, is to breathe some life into an old project, namely, ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) irongamersguild. See, earlier this evening, I was moving files around, when I was reminded that we have this odd little film called River City Rumble. It's sort of a parody, and sort of an homage, to River City Ransom, which was this NES game that enjoyed a pretty big following. I never actually played it, but about thirty seconds of Google, followed by about two hours of playing it, fixed that right up. It reminded me that not only were there a lot of good games for these old systems, but a heck of a lot of them were utterly missed by the gaming world at large.
Thanks to emulation, and the wonderous power of my very good friend the internet, This need no longer be the case. But how would you know which games were worth playing, and which were great big steaming piles of electronic excrement? And why would you want to sift through the crap to find the gems? I mean, the crap games are CRAP. And while you can sometimes tell a game will be worthless from the title (say, for instance, Where's Waldo), often times, it's not so simple. Princess Tomato in The Salad Kingdom, for instance, is a agame well worth playing for those fans of Uninvited, De Ja Vu, and Shadowgate, but you'd never guess that from the title or cover art.
So I've decided to start with the NES, and play and review EVERY GAME that was released in America for it, in alphabetical order. I fully expect to be bored beyond belief during some parts of this process, but I feel the end result will be an entertaining read for all, whether you like video games or not.
So, uh, here we go! |
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| 01:30pm 14/05/2008 |
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Monday I woke up in Minneapolis, Tuesday I woke up in Orem and today I woke up in Minneapolis. That sort of travel leaves me feeling somewhat confused. Fortunately all the flights were on time with no significant problems. Unfortunately my trip meant I missed ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) briangee and watterflower dropping by to pick up boxes and get the house tour. |
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| Forever ago |
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| 11:55am 14/05/2008 |
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mood:  nerdy music: leech axss- haxzalot
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I never update because I'm usually on Facebook... but I do lurk and read people's journals.
Finished most of my BSW and doing my work placement at Mental Health outpatients... it's pretty exciting as I'm working in a number of different areas.
Kirk graduates next month.
Back to Freddy for me in Sept but only for 3 months then I'm finished!
That's about all I guess
-Heather |
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| So I haven't been here in how many years?? |
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| 09:48pm 11/05/2008 |
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mood:  amused
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My gosh. What's changed and where the hell do I begin?? I can't even remember where I left off.
Let's seeee - for starters, Michael & I got married last April 28th ('07)...and please don't ask me "How's married life?" because frankly, I'm sick and tired of that question. The answer is: It's fine. We dated for five years previously, so it's the same it was back then. The only difference is now we have bills and grown-up responsibilities. Well, one of us does. *rolls eyes*. He's still into the BMX thing and I'm still into the lazy thing. ;]
Umm...what else? Oh! We bought a house last year..technically in Winston Salem...geographically, in Kernersville.
We're literally on the line - it's nuts. But we love it here, and we love our neighbors...and yes, we have neighborhood gossip. Would I move anywhere that didn't?
Marilyn, Audrey, Simon, the turtles, and the fish #2 - Rudy ( RIP frank) are doing great! Although lately, Mare Mare has been my little special needs lady. Still going back and forth to the vet with her UTI's. As you know, if you know me well enough, this has become a chronic problem for her. Poor baby. Simon is still a wild child..but we invested in a shock collar which works wonders. :] I don't care if you think it's humane or not.
I officially gave up hair professionally, but not as a hobby. I still cut the hubby's hair..and used to cut my dad's hair until he got tired of waiting on me to get some spare time to do it. I wonder where my impatience comes from? Hmmm. ;] So anyway - now I'm an employee of a consulting firm called Right Management in High Point. I'm an "office administrator" but my real job title is "resume formatter"...but we won't talk about that - or how many of them I format a day. Ugh. By the way, I'm on the lookout for a new job, so if anyone out there, and I mean anyone, knows of a decent place hiring with better than decent pay, holler. Preciate ya.
As for Michael, he's working for the News & Record, which is Greensboro's local newspaper. He's loving it there, especially since he just found out this weekend that his past place of employment has filed for bankruptcy. *whew* Can't tell ya how many arguments that would have caused had he still been working there.
I'm trying to think of what else is "new" but my brain is going a million miles an hour and I can't type that fast.
Still an Office fan.
and a King fan.
Read the last Harry Potter and was disappointed. damnit, J.K.
don't knit so much anymore.
don't do much of anything anymore, other than work and pay bills.
Is this what the rest of my life is going to be? *sigh*
OH! I got a new car. It's a 2007 Kia Sorenta and I love it :] However, it's black, and since it's pollen season, wow.
That's just all I'm going to say....wow.
Well, it's 10:00 and I've gotta be up bright and early for this little thing called WORK. bah!
I'll try my best to update this thing for often. I hate it when I lose track...
But you know what? LJ is just like an old friend - you can always pick up right where you left off.
nighty night. |
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| 10:07am 07/05/2008 |
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Happy Birthday, Reid! |
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| Gobble Gobble |
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| 12:07am 07/05/2008 |
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Finally got the GTA IV achievement I really wanted.
Waited up for a while playing GTA and watching the returns. Good news in NC, not too bad news in Indiana (although I'd have liked a slightly better outcome, I'll take what I can get). |
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| Not always the future |
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| 05:44pm 06/05/2008 |
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You would think that a company interested in customers might consider getting a website sometime before 2008.
You would not always be correct. |
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| 09:29am 06/05/2008 |
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Happy Birthday, Chad! |
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| Bowling, etc. |
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| 10:47pm 04/05/2008 |
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Went out and saw the Coulton concert on Thursday. Quite fun. monstersocks was busy moving stuff around in her mother's space at the antique store.
Saw Iron Man this weekend with monstersocks. Very good. Looks like it's a summer of comic movies from the previews.
GTAIV is ridiculously big. In some ways I miss the old GTA3 days because it was easier to get to know the city then. Now it's so big that it's hard to really get an understanding of it. On the plus side, now there's bowling! |
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| 09:53pm 04/05/2008 |
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mood:  horrified
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I forgot to post this when I got home.
I worked today. I take my breaks in the storage room, which doubles as the environmental services supervisor's office. Environmental services supervisor, by the way, means "head janitorial/maintenance person." My supervisor has a desk in there, and on her desk is a radio clock.
I sat down on my break and decided it was too quiet. So I turned the radio on.
*click on* "--r gonna give you up--" *click off*
There was a pause. I stared disbelievingly at the radio.
"... Did I just get Rick Rolled by the radio?" |
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| Iron Man |
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| 10:27pm 02/05/2008 |
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mood:  bouncy
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To all my past, present, and future loves (of the Super variety),
I am so sorry but I am leaving you.
and before you ask...Yes, there is someone else...
All pale in comparison to the awesomeness of Tony Stark aka Iron Man.
All the affection I can muster,
Devin |
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