Play Want Bin: Snow Edition
Nils Tanner
shining, it's nice and pleasant, not too cold....the best time of the
year to stay inside and play some games!
Play:
Twilight Princess (Wii): In the 6th (?) dungeon now, although I
suspect I nearly finished it yesterday. Unfortunately, I arrived at
the boss door realising that I didn't pick up the boss key yet. I
couldn't be bothered to run trough the whole bloody dungeon yet again
just to search for that bloody key. So I stopped.
Wii Sports: As suspected, we had some friends staying at our place
over the weekend. And once again, Wii Sports turned out to be THE
party game. Expecially bowling :-)
Wii Play: See Wii Sports really, only slightly less. And no Bowling.
Yoshis Island DS: It's fascinating, really. I love the game, but I'm
still getting utterly bored after 20 minutes of playing it. Does that
mean it's not that much of a good game after all?
Want:
A new Wii game. Zelda is lovely, but apart from that there's nothing
which really interests me. Curse of the early adopters, I assume.
A better wireless connection for my Wii. At the moment, it works
whenever it wants to do something. Which apparently most of the time
isn't when I want it to do something. Gah.
Bin:
Snow. On the roads, at least.
The Rev
>
> Play:
Crackdown Demo (360) - Played this a lot more over the weekend. I've put
hours in to it now. I think it may just be the greatest demo I have ever
played. I do love a good sandbox. If they'd given the demo a score and
online leaderboards then it'd be a game in itself.
Hamsterz Life (DS) - The Engrish is highly amusing. But maybe hamsters
really talk like that?
Weird Worlds (PC) - Got the full game in the end. Quick lunchtime space
exploration. Really very nice indeed. Freecell can die now.
Tony Hawk Downhill Jam (DS) - Hmm. Umm. Not quite what I was expecting.
A lot faster than I thought it'd be and I'm not sure about the controls
yet. They're beginning to feel more natural, though, so maybe I just
need to give it time.
Lumines (360) - Downloaded the free new skin and the 100 point VS CPU
pack. Didn't bother with the puzzles. Got to level three of the VS CPU
game and then got horribly stuffed. Ouch. Tried out the new skin. It was
very nice, but instead of just playing through once it looped round
about six times before suddenly stopping for no apparent reason. Odd. So
I went back and played the normal Base mode. Didn't do very well.
Actionloop (DS) - It's the "inspiration" for Zuma with touch screen
controls and ugly presentation. Not very interesting at all, really.
The touch screen works fine, but I don't find using it as much fun as
using the stick in Zuma on the 360.
> Yoshis Island DS: It's fascinating, really. I love the game, but I'm
> still getting utterly bored after 20 minutes of playing it. Does that
> mean it's not that much of a good game after all?
I'm almost the same. I've enjoyed it when I've played it, but I never
even bother to start it up any more.
> Want:
Crackdown (360) - I need this. I need the new islands. I need more than
an hour of play time. I'm even looking forward to building up my stats
more slowly.
> Bin:
Picross (DS) - So close! The first two sets of puzzles are fine, but
then it goes to a 15x15 grid and you don't have all the grid on screen
at once and it's a pain to move around and click on squares and I can't
be bothered with it any more. Bah.
Wii Points (WII) - I nearly broke down and bought Mario Kart 64, despite
the lack of ghost saving (which really bothers me). However, I had 800
points so needed 200 more to buy Mario Kart. As the minimum I could buy
was 1000, I didn't bother. (Also, my credit card was upstairs and
Nintendo hadn't remembered it from last time I'd used it and I couldn't
be bothered to go at get it.)
--
Xbox Live Gamertag: That Rev Chap
http://www.inverty.com
Stewart Smith
> Nils Tanner wrote:
>>
>> Play:
>
Nice to do one of these again.
LoZ: Twilight Princess (Wii): Just before the first real boss having
defeated the arse slapping king of the monkeys. Great game, the
controls have really clicked with me.
Wii Sports: a few rounds of golf with a mate last night after I finally
read the instructions properly to sync an extra wiimote. Probably got
more exercise playing Wii Sports this weekend than I have in the last month.
Wii Play: Nothing terribly interesting there, played through all the
games, doubt I'll go back to it much, cow riding was fun though.
>
>> Want:
>
Raving Rabbids I think, and a classic controller for VC games.
>> Bin:
>
The stiffness in my shoulders from the unaccustomed action.
Stew
deKay
2007 10:28:34 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Nils Tanner <nta...@datacomm.ch>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Hooray, finally some snow outside. Everything is white, the sun is
>shining, it's nice and pleasant, not too cold....the best time of the
>year to stay inside and play some games!
Tch. We had snow last week.
>Play:
Mario Kart 64 (Wii)
IS LOVELY. Graphics are ace, but the levels seem sparse. Plays well though.
Didn't play it through loads though, just a couple of cups.
Tony Hawk's Project 8 (360)
Improved on about 6 goals (Am to Pro), but I'm still on Rank 6. Boo. I did,
however, also find a few gaps and totally PWNED the kiddies on Live. One kept
restarting the "get 5,000,000 points" game every time I started winning. Tch.
Castlevania COTM (GBA)
I'm up to Hugh. Hughray! Camilla was easy (especially once I remembered the
"wait and strike" technique wot beat me Dracula in SCIV), but Hugh isn't.
Well, he isn't too hard (I can get him to his red form every time) but my main
problem with him is that I can't get to him with more than half my energy
intact, as there's a Devil and several Dark Armours on the way, both of which
take HUGH-GE chunks of energy from me. Grr. I'm on Level 40, so perhaps I
should level up a bit more? There's a few reachable-but-unexplored bits of
castle which might have some HP-ups in them too.
Guitar Hero (PS2)
RAWK! Really need GH2 now, I think. I'm getting a little bored with the
tracklist.
>Want:
Tony Hawk 9 (Anything)
Hotel Dusk (DS)
Lots of other DS games.
>Bin:
Idiot cheeeldreen on Live.
deKay
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Trousers
> Hooray, finally some snow outside. Everything is white, the sun is
> shining, it's nice and pleasant, not too cold....the best time of the
> year to stay inside and play some games!
>
> Play:
Heavy Weapon 360 - Them huge bombers with the big nukes are a bit of a
pain. Also did some survival and 3 player survival which was a good
laugh if somewhat chaotic.
Doa4 360 - Two player session against button bashers.
Viva Pinata 360 - Got my Elephanilla Master Romancer award and did some
flutterscotch changing but it is becoming a bit chore-like now.
Fifa '07 360 - Quick game against Sheff United who I steamrollered er
1-0 thanks to a goalkeeping error by Chubs Kenny. The passing still
doesn't seem quite right to me though.
> Want:
To stop wanting new stuff when I have tons of games I need to actually play.
> Bin:
Colds, Chicken Pox, The TV furniture I want costing a small fortune, Tax
bills, Texans going back on sale for about 2 months then vanishing again
leaving me teased and incomplete, Idiots cancelling Firefly, People who
spell ridiculous "Rediculous", Capers, Omega fucking 3, Telecoms
companies who make appointments then don't turn up, MFI and sardines.
--
Trousers
Nils Tanner
<the_rev_y...@hotmail.com> got it all completely wrong and
wrote:
>> Yoshis Island DS: It's fascinating, really. I love the game, but I'm
>> still getting utterly bored after 20 minutes of playing it. Does that
>> mean it's not that much of a good game after all?
>
>I'm almost the same. I've enjoyed it when I've played it, but I never
>even bother to start it up any more.
I am sure that I'll never ever bring myself to properly complete it,
i.e. getting all the flowers, red coins and stuff. At the moment, I
just run through the levels as fast as possible :-/
Nils Tanner
<an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk> got it all completely wrong and wrote:
>>Hooray, finally some snow outside. Everything is white, the sun is
>>shining, it's nice and pleasant, not too cold....the best time of the
>>year to stay inside and play some games!
>
>Tch. We had snow last week.
So did we, on Thursday IIRC. But it can only be really appreciated
during a weekend. So there.
Chris Stevens
news:n6frr2piadrofgjhf...@4ax.com...
> Hooray, finally some snow outside. Everything is white, the sun is
> shining, it's nice and pleasant, not too cold....the best time of the
> year to stay inside and play some games!
>
> Play:
Depressingly little, for one reason or another.
I managed a couple of hours of Dynasty Warriors 5 on Saturday afternoon, but
apart from that I didn't touch anything all weekend. Boo.
I did enjoy watching Dawn of the Dead on C4 last night though, which has
made me decide that I really ought to get Dead Rising at some point.
Also, on the subject of films, I went to see 'Venus' yesterday, and I can't
speak highly enough of it. A really beautiful film, and Peter O'Toole in
fine form. Watch it.
> Want:
NFS: Most Wanted (360)
OK, I don't *really* desperately want it, but I've ordered it from the Play
sale, so I want it to arrive.
> Bin:
>
> Snow. On the roads, at least.
No. We want more of that. Preferably enough to prevent me from getting to
work for a day or two. :)
Chris.
GT: SomethingWitty
Zomoniac
> Play:
Phoenix Wright: Justice For All (DS) - Has made up the bulk of my
weekend playing. Spent about 20 minutes last night going "It's HERE in
the photo", to be told "no it isn't, guilty!" over and over again, and
having just checked a guide, it's WHERE I WAS SAYING DAMNIT.
Uno (XBLA) - Chilled goodness. A great game to flump to.
Need For Speed: Most Wanted (360) - More 7th spot progress was made.
Lumines Live! (XBLA) - I bought this and all the packs for some reason
unbenown to me. Maybe because the packs are temporarily cheap. I am
truly terrible at it.
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (XBLA) - Bought this as well. After buying
Lumines I had 100 points left so I had to order buy 5,000 more off
Marketplace. I am rubbish. I can't do the Endurance stage on easy.
Tony Hawk's Project 8 (360) - Went into Game on Saturday to buy Mary
virtual porn (DOAX2) and couldn't resist, since it was £29.99 and I had
£15 on my reward card. Enjoying it so far, although sometimes after a
message or something the framerate drops to single-figures for a few
seconds, and I'm crap at controlling it and can't manual for more than
15 seconds (in THUG1 I could hold a manual for over two minutes), but
it's way better than THAW and Nail The Trick is aces when you get it
sussed. Rodney Mullen's likeness is just as scary as the demo though.
New-Rally X (XBLA) - Yet another of my "MUST BUY MORE XBLA GAMES"
binge. Again, I'm truly rubbish at it. The enemy cars are *much* faster
than mine and I can't find a way of losing them.
Small Arms (XBLA) - And yet another one. A game I impulse bought and
can't play. And there was a grand total of nobody playing online last
night. Anyone with the Six Degrees achievement up for a game sometime?
Gears Of War (360) - Playing through act 5 on Hardcore, shot the
reavers with the chain guns, got the beserker to run off the train, and
am now at a bit with a million and one exploding wretches in confined
spaces. Hard. However, as the game has progressed it has gotten better
and better. It really is that good. And it's quite pretty, too.
> Want:
Virtua Tennis 3. Been obsessing over it this week for some reason. And
Guitar Hero 2, Worms, and a PS3, even though I really don't want one
and know that I'll never waste my time playing on it as I won't get
achievements :)
> Bin:
My rubbish gaming skills. Phoenix Wright's common sense.
--
Zo
Chris Whitworth
> Hooray, finally some snow outside. Everything is white, the sun is
> shining, it's nice and pleasant, not too cold....the best time of the
> year to stay inside and play some games!
Bastage. Manchest0r is just a bit grey and damp. We had a few flakes last week
but nothing since then. Hate.
> Play:
World of Warcraft (PC) - Went up a level and a half this weekend - I'm about
half an hour of grinding away from level 57 now, so I can almost use all that
shiny new content I paid for in TBC. On the subject of which, I'm not so
convinced I like The Exodar. It's a bit too bright and shiny, it's miles
away from anywhere useful, and I think I just don't like "indoor" cities. I
always felt much more comfortable in Stormwind than Ironforge.
Children of Mana (DS) - Oddly compulsive, given how shallow the gameplay is.
The boss in the ice castle thingy was disappointing, though - run up behind
him, twat him four or five times with a sword and he dies. The last stage of
the dungeon before him was far harder - and far more satisfying once you'd
figured it out. But it's (a) extremely pretty and (b) brainless fun, so it's
well worth the 15quid I paid for it.
Lost Planet (360) - Mission 5 boss FTW. After the annoyingly difficult and
frequently unfair fights of levels 3 and 4, 5 was a refreshing change; a
really well designed and balanced fight.
> Want:
More hours in the day, so I can play Hotel Dusk and Phoenix Wright 2, both
of which having just turned up from VG+.
FF3 and Elite Beat Agents.
> Bin:
The Plaguelands. Don't like them. Also, high-level areas being miles from
bloody anywhere. What's the deal?
Chris
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"Back when I was young, we had to travel back in time to put the tape in so
the game would load before we died."
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Nils Tanner <nta...@datacomm.ch>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>Tch. We had snow last week.
>
>So did we, on Thursday IIRC. But it can only be really appreciated
>during a weekend. So there.
I assure you, snow in the week is better because I can throw snowballs at
irritating teenagers, and if they try to retaliate, DETENTION.
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
deKay <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk> wrote:
>Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 29 Jan
>2007 10:28:34 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
>uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Nils Tanner <nta...@datacomm.ch>
>fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Hooray, finally some snow outside. Everything is white, the sun is
>>shining, it's nice and pleasant, not too cold....the best time of the
>>year to stay inside and play some games!
>
>Tch. We had snow last week.
No snow in Florida. Ever. One pretty boy weatherman in the state predicts
some snowfall every year, and every year he's proven wrong. I'd love to
have that sort of job security. :)
>>Play:
Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land (PS2) - One might be compelled to ask
why this is worth playing, given the primitive graphics and the ludicrous
plot and the bland turn-based combat. Actually, that last bit isn't true
because of the ability to play defensively. It's not really practical to
level up incessantly and bulldoze through monster fights, but it's
incredibly rewarding to change up tactics. This game goes on the 'glad I
played it' shrine along with Grandia II, Morrowind and Ultima V.
Phantasy Star Universe (PS2) - Idiot children who think the game is a
dating service make my skin crawl. Which is why I play solo more often
than not.
Romancing Saga (PS2) - What wonderful music. Albert Odyssey was the last
game with any kind of sountrack that made this kind of impression. If only
I could be bothered to actually play the game now instead of just running
through the FMV over and over. :)
>>Want:
Nintendo DS - I'm so far behind. And yet, there are so few RPG titles for
it that don't involve capturing small animals and making them fight.
Coleco/Playpal 50 - A couple of the Aussies on GamesX want me to pick up
one of these for them, a Sega Master System clone the size of a Gameboy
Micro. Has 50 games built in and rather nice LCD screen, and rumor is that
one can graft onto it a cartridge slot and an SCART port. Of course,
knowing all this makes me want one too. Available only in the States,
AFAIK.
>>Bin:
>
>Idiot cheeeldreen on Live.
See, I don't get on Xbox Live much now because of them. Anything in
particular about them drive you into a murderous rage?
-KKC, impressed by Letters from Iwo Jima but that's a discussion for
another group.
--
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deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Kendrick Kerwin Chua
<kend...@nospam.io> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Coleco/Playpal 50 - A couple of the Aussies on GamesX want me to pick up
>one of these for them, a Sega Master System clone the size of a Gameboy
>Micro. Has 50 games built in and rather nice LCD screen, and rumor is that
>one can graft onto it a cartridge slot and an SCART port. Of course,
>knowing all this makes me want one too. Available only in the States,
>AFAIK.
WANT.
>>Idiot cheeeldreen on Live.
>
>See, I don't get on Xbox Live much now because of them. Anything in
>particular about them drive you into a murderous rage?
See my Play section...
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
Twilight Princess (Wii). Just about 9.5 hours in and I'vejust learned
how to Sumo Wrestle. My brother-in-law's eyes bugged out of his head
when he saw the control scheme. Really is an ace game. S'funny - I was
thinking about it last night- particularly the "criticism" that it
doesn't map motions from the remote to direct sword moves. I'm GLAD it
doesn't - I really don't fancy an accurately simulated fight with
ganondorf because Ireally don't fence well.
Lots of Castlevania on Wii, DS and GBA. I am teh Castlevania mast0r.
Want:
Monkey Ball Wii. I just need an excuse.
Bin:
Nothing really - I am content.
Choobs
--
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http://www.nelefa.org - Game Diary, Fiction, and Ramblings from Asia Pacific
Abu the monkey was never naughty.
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
deKay <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk> wrote:
>Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 29 Jan
>2007 04:52:55 -0600, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
>uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Kendrick Kerwin Chua
><kend...@nospam.io> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Coleco/Playpal 50 - A couple of the Aussies on GamesX want me to pick up
>>one of these for them, a Sega Master System clone the size of a Gameboy
>>Micro. Has 50 games built in and rather nice LCD screen, and rumor is that
Overstated that a bit. It has only 20 games, and the 50 number is the
amount of dollars it costs. Which gives me some pause.
>>one can graft onto it a cartridge slot and an SCART port. Of course,
>>knowing all this makes me want one too. Available only in the States,
>>AFAIK.
Wrong about that part too. Apparently there's an EU version but nobody is
willing to export to Oz, which is why I've been tapped. Here's a link to
the NA site:
http://www.playpalworld.com/portable.html
> WANT
Tell me if you find an EU source, please. Interested to know if there's a
PAL version that would suit my Aussie friends better.
-KKC, drowning in paperwork.
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Zomoniac
<the_pro...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Tony Hawk's Project 8 (360) - Went into Game on Saturday to buy Mary
>virtual porn (DOAX2) and couldn't resist, since it was £29.99 and I had
>£15 on my reward card. Enjoying it so far, although sometimes after a
>message or something the framerate drops to single-figures for a few
>seconds,
Did you download the update for it? This fixed the framerate for me (And
others too, if reports are true).
> and I'm crap at controlling it and can't manual for more than
>15 seconds
Well, you need to get your stats up...
> (in THUG1 I could hold a manual for over two minutes), but
>it's way better than THAW and Nail The Trick is aces when you get it
>sussed. Rodney Mullen's likeness is just as scary as the demo though.
When you've played it a bit more, "hit me up" (as Yanks are known to say) for
some "sweet" multiplayer action. Dude.
>New-Rally X (XBLA) - Yet another of my "MUST BUY MORE XBLA GAMES"
>binge. Again, I'm truly rubbish at it. The enemy cars are *much* faster
>than mine and I can't find a way of losing them.
You press A.
>Gears Of War (360) - Playing through act 5 on Hardcore, shot the
>reavers with the chain guns, got the beserker to run off the train, and
>am now at a bit with a million and one exploding wretches in confined
>spaces. Hard. However, as the game has progressed it has gotten better
>and better. It really is that good. And it's quite pretty, too.
I have enough credit at Play Asia to pick this up for free. So I might.
>Virtua Tennis 3. Been obsessing over it this week for some reason. And
>Guitar Hero 2, Worms, and a PS3, even though I really don't want one
>and know that I'll never waste my time playing on it as I won't get
>achievements :)
No, you'll get "Entitlements" instead.
DBSnappa
> Nils Tanner wrote:
>> Hooray, finally some snow outside. Everything is white, the sun is
>> shining, it's nice and pleasant, not too cold....the best time of the
>> year to stay inside and play some games!
>> Play:
>
> Heavy Weapon 360 - Them huge bombers with the big nukes are a bit of a
> pain. Also did some survival and 3 player survival which was a good
> laugh if somewhat chaotic.
>
They do get easier, but level 12, followed by level 15 are the two
tricky ones to get by - try altering your weapons array.
Anyway... what did I play this weekend?
GOW (360) Still plugging away at this - finished Act 3 on Insane - the
boss was easy, as I expected, and the end of level set-piece taking out
all the Locii on the Refinery was tricky - but then I expected it to be.
Didn't manage to get onto Live with it though. Boo.
Just Cause (360) Seeing as I don't want to buy anything at the moment
and can't really think of anything I want anyway - I decided to start
going through the games I have which I've barely touched - this one
fitted the bill on the weekend - well it fitted the 'it's easy and I
don't need to think' bill. It still looks lovely, and is a pleasant
place to hang out. It still feels unfinished as well - I'm sure if they
pulled their thumbs out they could make a really excellent game with the
engine they have here - generally got the impression that the coders
were better than the games designers here... My problems are as follows
- the island is very beautiful and absolutely massive - but there is
little or no story or incentive to explore and everything is on the map.
It's a lack of structure really - why have the whole bloody island open
from the get go, yet you have to make progress in the game to get the
agency drop gyrocopter which is essential for traversing the 1000sq km
island - also, the side quests are all open and vary enormously in
difficulty and the only thing I can think is that they shouldn't all be
open yet but should be attached to some level and narrative. The
hugeness can be a problem when you're stuck on foot, a mile or so from
water or a road and you have to walk! The grapple hook is very hit and
miss when targeting choppers.
Getting killed by a vehicle you've jumped out of is annoying, but mainly
what's more annoying is the lack of continuation from side quests if you
die. On the main story quests, if you die mid way through, it seems to
automatically checkpoint - so you go back to the part of the quest you
died on - on the side quests (which outnumber the story quest about
10-1), if you die, you get transfered back to a random safe house on
that part of the island, usually miles away and have to start from scratch.
Besides all this, it's starting to click and I've decided that when the
mood takes me I will wander the island at random, doing things like
leaping out of planes at 10000 ft and freefalling to the island - but
when I feel like making progress I will section off parts of the island
and complete the tasks there. I like this game, and can't help feeling
that for want of six months extra development this would have been a AAA
title.
Rummaging through my office, I rediscovered my GP2X lying forlornly on a
shelf and got back into James Pond 3 on a MD emu. It's a bit tough ;-)
A bit of Heavy Weapon - made progress from 12-18 then stopped again.
It's still fun - but I can't help feeling it won't get played much once
I finish the main quest.
Can't think of much else I played over the weekend...
>
>> Want:
>
> To stop wanting new stuff when I have tons of games I need to actually
> play.
I have urges to buy stuff which I'm doing pretty well to avoid and I'm
being quite disciplined with playing the stuff I kinda got distracted
from last year - and I have some humdingers to get through including
Oblivion. I think my main rationale is to play rather than collect. I
was thinking toward the end of last week about a list of games that I
own, that I've promised myself I will play at least enough to know
whether or not I will stand a chance of finishing them. The list is
quite big, as you can imagine but will require some decisiveness - there
are some games I bought out of peer-reviews and know I won't ever play
them because I'm being overly optimistic about me playing a genre I
don't like, whereas there are others I know are good and regret not
giving them the play that they deserved - this is usually because they
were released at busy periods of the year.
>
>> Bin:
>
> Colds, Chicken Pox, The TV furniture I want costing a small fortune, Tax
> bills, Texans going back on sale for about 2 months then vanishing again
> leaving me teased and incomplete, Idiots cancelling Firefly, People who
> spell ridiculous "Rediculous", Capers, Omega fucking 3, Telecoms
> companies who make appointments then don't turn up, MFI and sardines.
>
Now there's a list. Parenthood equals fast track to MOGitis!
DBSnappa
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 29 Jan
> 2007 11:40:02 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Nils Tanner <nta...@datacomm.ch>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> Tch. We had snow last week.
>> So did we, on Thursday IIRC. But it can only be really appreciated
>> during a weekend. So there.
>
> I assure you, snow in the week is better because I can throw snowballs at
> irritating teenagers, and if they try to retaliate, DETENTION.
>
Doesn't that lead to VERY sore arms?
Gary
Play:
Mage Knight on the DS... Slightly dodgy touch screen handling but
engrossing nevertheless.
Snooker on the 360. Too much. Must improve positional play.
Want:
More turn based battle RPGS on the 360. Enchanted Arms was good but need
more.
Wii.
Bin:
All FIFA and PES games. I'm just crap at them.
Shak
> shining, it's nice and pleasant, not too cold....the best time of the
> year to stay inside and play some games!
>
> Play:
>
Ace. If only 'cos I get to play for hours with my dad and sister-in-law. It
really is stunning how it manages that - and purely 'cos of the remote since
the same would never play with me on the GC. Another amzing effect is how,
even though there's only really 10 or so games, they're all very different
due to the context in which you're placed by the forms. Some are very
inventive too - including one where you HAVE to use the strap.
>
> Want:
>
To regain my interest in Zelda:TP. I think I'm still in the Forest Temple
saving monkeys. Not sure why I can't be bothered to play this. Maybe it's
the scope of it all - the time and committment I need in order to make
progress. I'd rather be doing other things tbh, and I am.
>
> Bin:
>
I'd say lack of time, but I'm beginning to realise that I might just not
have to play every epic game ever anyway.
Shak
The Rev
>
> All FIFA and PES games. I'm just crap at them.
Which reminds me, I caught up with a couple of demos this weekend.
PES 6 Demo (360) - Couldn't work out how to defend properly. Had a
couple of shots, but didn't have much possession. Lost 1-0. Deleted demo.
Smackdown Vs Raw 2007 (360) - It's called something like that, anyway.
It seems to consist of loading screens and not a lot else. When I
finally did reach something that seemed to be a game I couldn't seem to
do anything but fall over. Maybe I should have watched the tutorial
videos, eh? Anyway, demo deleted.
jochta
> Trousers wrote:
>
>> Nils Tanner wrote:
>>
>>> Hooray, finally some snow outside. Everything is white, the sun is
>>> shining, it's nice and pleasant, not too cold....the best time of the
>>> year to stay inside and play some games!
>>> Play:
>>
>>
>> Heavy Weapon 360 - Them huge bombers with the big nukes are a bit of a
>> pain. Also did some survival and 3 player survival which was a good
>> laugh if somewhat chaotic.
>>
>
> They do get easier, but level 12, followed by level 15 are the two
> tricky ones to get by - try altering your weapons array.
>
There's one wave later in the game with the bombers which is a pain, get
two on the screen at a time and if you have no nukes your done for.
Levels 12 and 19 I found hardest. Four times I got to the boss in 19 to
die stupidly and each time it took me about 6 attempts to get to it
again. Got him in the end though.
Why couldn't I finish Boss Battle (which is ace BTW), very oddly I died
on the 11th - most of the bosses are piss easy so getting all 19 on one
life should be straightforward, shouldn't it?
Biggest annoyance in the game? The helicopter dropping items at the
beginning of the level in the same order, speed up, power up, and the
other one up. None of which make a huge difference and if you get a hard
wave to start a level what you really need is shields or nukes. It
actually makes the beginning of the levels harder than the end as the
copter drops shields and nukes later. Why bother with the three upgrades
at all and just give them to you as a given?
jochta
> Again, I'm truly rubbish at it. The enemy cars are *much* faster than
> mine and I can't find a way of losing them.
>
Use the radar, press A occasionally.
Who remembers the Vic-20 version, Radar Rat Race? Three blind mice, see
how they run...
Trousers
>>> Bin:
>>
>>
>> Colds, Chicken Pox, The TV furniture I want costing a small fortune,
>> Tax bills, Texans going back on sale for about 2 months then vanishing
>> again leaving me teased and incomplete, Idiots cancelling Firefly,
>> People who spell ridiculous "Rediculous", Capers, Omega fucking 3,
>> Telecoms companies who make appointments then don't turn up, MFI and
>> sardines.
>>
> Now there's a list. Parenthood equals fast track to MOGitis!
Plus we were at a kids party yesterday so have to tell everyone there
that Megan has come out in Chicken Pox today. OOPS.
Still everyone went "oooh" and "aaaah" when we told people she was just
11 months old and walking around with supreme confidence. The rate she's
going I may be able to blag a Wii for her for her 1st Birthday. I think
the wife may suss that one though.
deKay
yawatina tan reek esk DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> fornis do
marikano es bono tan el:
>>>> Tch. We had snow last week.
>>> So did we, on Thursday IIRC. But it can only be really appreciated
>>> during a weekend. So there.
>>
>> I assure you, snow in the week is better because I can throw snowballs at
>> irritating teenagers, and if they try to retaliate, DETENTION.
>>
>
>Doesn't that lead to VERY sore arms?
There were rather a lot of then, yes, but Wii Sports has given me biceps of
steel.
deKay
11:05:31 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Lots of Castlevania on Wii, DS and GBA. I am teh Castlevania mast0r.
Have you completed SCIV yet?
Gunther Gloop
I do. Although that was a 'rip off' of the original arcade Rally-X.
Basically the same thing. I loved them both though. I haven't played New
Rally-X on xbox, but I didn't enjoy that arcade game so much -even though,
again, it was much the same thing.
-Kevin.
--
Email replies to: ne...@SPAMBEGONEkevinforde.com
Gunther Gloop
>>> still getting utterly bored after 20 minutes of playing it. Does
>>> that mean it's not that much of a good game after all?
>>
>> even bother to start it up any more.
>
> I am sure that I'll never ever bring myself to properly complete it,
> i.e. getting all the flowers, red coins and stuff. At the moment, I
> just run through the levels as fast as possible :-/
I glided through the first few worlds. It was quite boring even. Things
picked up and by World 4 I was really enjoying it.
Then Level 5 - 5 happened. To say it's tough is putting it mildly. I must
have lost 30 lives trying to get through. Eventually I did, but Level 5 - 6
is even tougher -and you need to get 4 keys to complete it, so it means a
_thorough_ root through every nook & cranny each time you play.
The game went well-down in my estimation by then.
I don't like too easy and I don't like too tough. Nintendo can get this
right more often than not, but the designers of this game (Artoon?) haven't
quite balanced it correctly.
Basically it's a very good game for a small percentage of its levels.
DBSnappa
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 29 Jan
> 2007 11:14:13 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
> yawatina tan reek esk DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> fornis do
> marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>>>> Tch. We had snow last week.
>>>> So did we, on Thursday IIRC. But it can only be really appreciated
>>>> during a weekend. So there.
>>> I assure you, snow in the week is better because I can throw snowballs at
>>> irritating teenagers, and if they try to retaliate, DETENTION.
>>>
>> Doesn't that lead to VERY sore arms?
>
> There were rather a lot of then, yes, but Wii Sports has given me biceps of
> steel.
>
Handy that, but I suspect triceps, trapezius and deltoids of steel would
be more useful for throwing ;)
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>deKay wrote:
>> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 29 Jan
>> 2007 11:14:13 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
>> yawatina tan reek esk DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> fornis do
>> marikano es bono tan el:
>>
>>>> irritating teenagers, and if they try to retaliate, DETENTION.
>>>>
>>> Doesn't that lead to VERY sore arms?
>>
>> There were rather a lot of then, yes, but Wii Sports has given me biceps of
>> steel.
>
>Handy that, but I suspect triceps, trapezius and deltoids of steel would
>be more useful for throwing ;)
Perhaps said teenagers are located on an elevation, and behind deKay
relative to his position on the X/Y plane. He would therefore make best
use of the biceps by way of an upward arc motion, not unlike a rear-facing
trebuchet.
-KKC, who proposes an elaborate video game based on this model using the
Worms engine. :)
RichGK
On 29 Jan, 10:37, Trousers <get...@bibble.com> wrote:
> Texans going back on sale for about 2 months then vanishing again
> leaving me teased and incomplete,
> --
> Trousers
WTF! When did this happen? Why was I not informed?
DBSnappa
> In article <VTlvh.182756$Kh7.1...@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
> DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> deKay wrote:
>>> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 29 Jan
>>> 2007 11:14:13 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
>>> yawatina tan reek esk DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> fornis do
>>> marikano es bono tan el:
>>>
>>>>> I assure you, snow in the week is better because I can throw snowballs at
>>>>> irritating teenagers, and if they try to retaliate, DETENTION.
>>>>>
>>>> Doesn't that lead to VERY sore arms?
>>> There were rather a lot of then, yes, but Wii Sports has given me biceps of
>>> steel.
>> Handy that, but I suspect triceps, trapezius and deltoids of steel would
>> be more useful for throwing ;)
>
> Perhaps said teenagers are located on an elevation, and behind deKay
> relative to his position on the X/Y plane. He would therefore make best
> use of the biceps by way of an upward arc motion, not unlike a rear-facing
> trebuchet.
>
snowball fight from a lower and inferior position.
deKay
>Possible, true, but only a dufus would take on loads of teenagers in a
>snowball fight from a lower and inferior position.
You're thinking about this far too much.
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>>> Handy that, but I suspect triceps, trapezius and deltoids of steel would
>>> be more useful for throwing ;)
>>
>> Perhaps said teenagers are located on an elevation, and behind deKay
>> relative to his position on the X/Y plane. He would therefore make best
>> use of the biceps by way of an upward arc motion, not unlike a rear-facing
>> trebuchet.
>>
>Possible, true, but only a dufus would take on loads of teenagers in a
>snowball fight from a lower and inferior position.
But with biceps of steel, deKay would have superior artillery distance and
payload volume. And in a lower position, he would be able to calculate
approximate absolute distance rather than relying on parabolic maths.
-KKC, who senses we're about to lose the joke. :)
Chris Whitworth
> In article <VTlvh.182756$Kh7.1...@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
> DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Handy that, but I suspect triceps, trapezius and deltoids of steel would
>>be more useful for throwing ;)
>
> Perhaps said teenagers are located on an elevation, and behind deKay
> relative to his position on the X/Y plane. He would therefore make best
> use of the biceps by way of an upward arc motion, not unlike a rear-facing
> trebuchet.
>
> -KKC, who proposes an elaborate video game based on this model using the
> Worms engine. :)
Or, just the training mission from FFT:A.
[ste parker]
> In article <s3mvh.182764$Kh7....@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
> DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>>>> Handy that, but I suspect triceps, trapezius and deltoids of steel would
>>>> be more useful for throwing ;)
>>> Perhaps said teenagers are located on an elevation, and behind deKay
>>> relative to his position on the X/Y plane. He would therefore make best
>>> use of the biceps by way of an upward arc motion, not unlike a rear-facing
>>> trebuchet.
>>>
>> Possible, true, but only a dufus would take on loads of teenagers in a
>> snowball fight from a lower and inferior position.
>
> But with biceps of steel, deKay would have superior artillery distance and
> payload volume.
With biceps of steel he'd just be stood there unable to flex his arms at
the elbow at all!
--
[ste]
Zomoniac
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 29 Jan
> 2007 10:47:50 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Zomoniac
> <the_pro...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>> Tony Hawk's Project 8 (360) - Went into Game on Saturday to buy Mary
>> virtual porn (DOAX2) and couldn't resist, since it was £29.99 and I had
>> £15 on my reward card. Enjoying it so far, although sometimes after a
>> message or something the framerate drops to single-figures for a few
>> seconds,
>
> Did you download the update for it? This fixed the framerate for me (And
> others too, if reports are true).
Yeah, didn't give me an alternative. Although for some reason after
downloading the update, it failed to reconnect to Live without me
noticing, so my first few achievements are "acquired", very annoying.
>> and I'm crap at controlling it and can't manual for more than 15 seconds
>
> Well, you need to get your stats up...
I know. It's rubbish.
>> (in THUG1 I could hold a manual for over two minutes), but it's way
>> better than THAW and Nail The Trick is aces when you get it sussed.
>> Rodney Mullen's likeness is just as scary as the demo though.
>
> When you've played it a bit more, "hit me up" (as Yanks are known to say) for
> some "sweet" multiplayer action. Dude.
Will do. Once I can hit a sick goal on a Classic mode I'll be up for it.
>> New-Rally X (XBLA) - Yet another of my "MUST BUY MORE XBLA GAMES"
>> binge. Again, I'm truly rubbish at it. The enemy cars are *much* faster
>> than mine and I can't find a way of losing them.
>
> You press A.
Is that a speed boost or something? The things I don't know.
>> Gears Of War (360) - Playing through act 5 on Hardcore, shot the
>> reavers with the chain guns, got the beserker to run off the train, and
>> am now at a bit with a million and one exploding wretches in confined
>> spaces. Hard. However, as the game has progressed it has gotten better
>> and better. It really is that good. And it's quite pretty, too.
>
> I have enough credit at Play Asia to pick this up for free. So I might.
You will really hate it, I can promise you that much.
>> Virtua Tennis 3. Been obsessing over it this week for some reason. And
>> Guitar Hero 2, Worms, and a PS3, even though I really don't want one
>> and know that I'll never waste my time playing on it as I won't get
>> achievements :)
>
> No, you'll get "Entitlements" instead.
Wicked. "Entitlement unlocked!", can't wait.
--
Zo
Zomoniac
<chewbury...@nelefa.org> said:
> Want:
>
> Monkey Ball Wii. I just need an excuse.
The fact that I'll sell you mine for £20 cos it's rubbish and I'm nice?
--
Zo
Toby Newman
> Castlevania COTM (GBA)
> I'm up to Hugh. Hughray! Camilla was easy (especially once I remembered the
> "wait and strike" technique wot beat me Dracula in SCIV), but Hugh isn't.
> Well, he isn't too hard (I can get him to his red form every time) but my main
> problem with him is that I can't get to him with more than half my energy
> intact, as there's a Devil and several Dark Armours on the way, both of which
> take HUGH-GE chunks of energy from me. Grr. I'm on Level 40, so perhaps I
> should level up a bit more? There's a few reachable-but-unexplored bits of
> castle which might have some HP-ups in them too.
I think what I did was take advantage of a card combination which lets
you transfer MP to HP. I transferred until my health was back up to max
and then waited for my MP to restore too. I also put on defensive
robes.
In true Metroidvania style I fought Hugh a few times and thought "Crikey
this is impossible" and then proceeded to beat him outright once it had
clicked.
--
-Toby
500 Nintendo Stars for trade: 2xWii Play
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Add the word afiduluminag to the subject to circumvent my email filters.
Toby Newman
Kirby Canvas Curse (DS)
This is wonderful. I love the pixellation effect when you take damage
and I love the art style overall. It's a very fun and original
platformer. Seems a little short, but I've not finished it yet.
Wii Sports (Wii)
Daily.
Sonic The Hedgehog (Wii, via GC emulation, via Megadrive emulation)
I'm not very good at this. I keep dying at Marble Zone 3.
I could do with some tips here. What's the best strategy?
Should I fly through the levels as quickly as possible, or anally
harvest every single ring, or scour the levels hunting all the 1-UPs, or
mercilessly massacre all the animals?
Wii Baseball (Wii)
This is good for mii-spotting. On my team last night I had most of ugv*;
DBSnappa, Ste, dekay, and even scoopex on the team. Still not managed to
hit one 'out of the park' yet.
> Want:
To hit one 'out of the park'.
> Bin:
The penchant of Sonic The Hedgehog to put lots of ramps and rings in
front of you, as if to say "Look! You can go really fast through this
section!" before then surprising you with a great big spike.
Zomoniac
>> Play:
>
> Kirby Canvas Curse (DS)
> This is wonderful. I love the pixellation effect when you take damage
> and I love the art style overall. It's a very fun and original
> platformer. Seems a little short, but I've not finished it yet.
>
> Wii Sports (Wii)
> Daily.
>
> Sonic The Hedgehog (Wii, via GC emulation, via Megadrive emulation)
> I'm not very good at this. I keep dying at Marble Zone 3.
> I could do with some tips here. What's the best strategy?
> Should I fly through the levels as quickly as possible, or anally
> harvest every single ring, or scour the levels hunting all the 1-UPs, or
> mercilessly massacre all the animals?
Which bit are you stuck on? The only bit I can imagine giving you any
grief is a section with a bunch of drop-down lava chutes, but there's
an invincibility at the bottom left of that room which will allow you
to run straight across. There's no point harvesting really, but pick up
anything you come across, and there's no benefit whatsoever to come
from killing all the animals.
--
Zo
Toby Newman
It's not that I'm stuck, per se. It's just that by the end of Marble
Zone I've lost the 3 lives I get at the start and have not picked up
many more en route. I thought that the best way to get 1-ups would be to
scour all the levels looking for alternative routes but that seems to go
against the gung-ho style of the game.
Zomoniac
Explore the alternative routes of Green Hill Zone Acts 1 & 3, there are
at least 300 rings in each of these stages. For easy lives: on GHZ act
two, at the beginning when you get to the big dip with the swing bridge
on it, drop down and take the path to the left, which will then take
you down a path to the right. Follow this and navigate the platforms
(it can be tricky), and the red spring at the end will land you on top
of that loop where the life is that you've probably been wondering how
to get. On GHZ act three, stick to the bottom path. Eventually you'll
come to a brick wall, but you'll notice the colour is slightly
different. Go back a bit, then run back towards it and press down as
you approach it to roll into a ball and destroy it (may need to be done
twice to get all the way through). Follow this new path to the right,
and when you get to a spring and some spikes and it looks like you can
go no further (level with the start of the spikey log), you can.
Carefully jump over the spring, then jump over the spikes and you'll
drop quite a way, but down here there's a life and 40 rings or so. The
spring at the end of the path will also bypass the spikey log. The
other one I remember off the top of my head is in Marble Zone act 2.
The bit where you're on the block and the lava pushes you up and you
have to jump off at the last one. Don't jump. When the block gets to
the end, you can walk through that wall where there's a life, but on
the run back the lava doesn't fire up, so you have to go back across on
the block and then back again in order to do the jump. Hope this helps!
If not I can make a video of the bits in question with an emulator.
--
Zo
DBSnappa
> Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>> In article <s3mvh.182764$Kh7....@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
>> DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>>>>> Handy that, but I suspect triceps, trapezius and deltoids of steel
>>>>> would be more useful for throwing ;)
>>>> Perhaps said teenagers are located on an elevation, and behind deKay
>>>> relative to his position on the X/Y plane. He would therefore make
>>>> best use of the biceps by way of an upward arc motion, not unlike a
>>>> rear-facing trebuchet.
>>>>
>>> Possible, true, but only a dufus would take on loads of teenagers in
>>> a snowball fight from a lower and inferior position.
>>
>> But with biceps of steel, deKay would have superior artillery distance
>> and payload volume.
>
> With biceps of steel he'd just be stood there unable to flex his arms at
> the elbow at all!
>
his other muscles and how big his steel biceps were?
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> In article <VTlvh.182756$Kh7.1...@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
> DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>deKay wrote:
>>> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 29 Jan
>>> 2007 11:14:13 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
>>> yawatina tan reek esk DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> fornis do
>>> marikano es bono tan el:
>>>
>>>>> I assure you, snow in the week is better because I can throw snowballs at
>>>>> irritating teenagers, and if they try to retaliate, DETENTION.
>>>>>
>>>> Doesn't that lead to VERY sore arms?
>>>
>>> There were rather a lot of then, yes, but Wii Sports has given me biceps of
>>> steel.
>>
>>Handy that, but I suspect triceps, trapezius and deltoids of steel would
>>be more useful for throwing ;)
>
> Perhaps said teenagers are located on an elevation, and behind deKay
> relative to his position on the X/Y plane. He would therefore make best
> use of the biceps by way of an upward arc motion, not unlike a rear-facing
> trebuchet.
You managed to use the word "trebuchet" legitimately on a
non-historical-seige-engines newsgroup. We're not worthy to be in your
presence.
Choobs
--
Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
http://www.nelefa.org - Game Diary, Fiction, and Ramblings from Asia Pacific
Abu the monkey was never naughty.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
Ah, but the teenagers are effectively unarmed.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 29 Jan 2007
> 11:05:31 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
> yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Lots of Castlevania on Wii, DS and GBA. I am teh Castlevania mast0r.
>
> Have you completed SCIV yet?
Yes - last night, bizarrely. Dracula is a bast :-/ Still, it got a lot
easier once I overcame my insane desire to attempt jumping over the
fireballs.
DBSnappa
> In article <s3mvh.182764$Kh7....@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
> DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>>>> Handy that, but I suspect triceps, trapezius and deltoids of steel would
>>>> be more useful for throwing ;)
>>> Perhaps said teenagers are located on an elevation, and behind deKay
>>> relative to his position on the X/Y plane. He would therefore make best
>>> use of the biceps by way of an upward arc motion, not unlike a rear-facing
>>> trebuchet.
>>>
>> Possible, true, but only a dufus would take on loads of teenagers in a
>> snowball fight from a lower and inferior position.
>
> But with biceps of steel, deKay would have superior artillery distance and
> payload volume. And in a lower position, he would be able to calculate
> approximate absolute distance rather than relying on parabolic maths.
>
OK, Koo Koo kaChua, I'll bow to your greater knowledge of math(s). No,
wait! How many teenagers are there?
deKay
2007 14:06:29 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>I think what I did was take advantage of a card combination which lets
>you transfer MP to HP.
I don't have that. I only have 6 cards in total :(
It's a shame, as I have millions of Mind Highs and no potions at all.
>In true Metroidvania style I fought Hugh a few times and thought "Crikey
>this is impossible" and then proceeded to beat him outright once it had
>clicked.
Yeah, most of the other bosses have been like that. I can see Hugh will be
pretty easy to kill, I just need a bit more energy...
deKay
yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> Have you completed SCIV yet?
>
>Yes - last night, bizarrely. Dracula is a bast :-/ Still, it got a lot
>easier once I overcame my insane desire to attempt jumping over the
>fireballs.
Yes indeed. I found the whip-and-hold method works well. He's actually much
easier in his final lightning "form" than the flamey head form too.
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Zomoniac
<the_pro...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> When you've played it a bit more, "hit me up" (as Yanks are known to say) for
>> some "sweet" multiplayer action. Dude.
>
>Will do. Once I can hit a sick goal on a Classic mode I'll be up for it.
I can't do any of them at all. All 10 goals in the same 2 minute run? Not a
chance.
>>> New-Rally X (XBLA) - Yet another of my "MUST BUY MORE XBLA GAMES"
>>> binge. Again, I'm truly rubbish at it. The enemy cars are *much* faster
>>> than mine and I can't find a way of losing them.
>>
>> You press A.
>
>Is that a speed boost or something? The things I don't know.
It drops a cloud of peanut butter that the other cars get stuck in.
>> I have enough credit at Play Asia to pick this up for free. So I might.
>
>You will really hate it, I can promise you that much.
Yes. I expect so.
>> No, you'll get "Entitlements" instead.
>
>Wicked. "Entitlement unlocked!", can't wait.
I'm expecting "Entitlement gained!", so it doesn't seem like MS's system at
all.
DBSnappa
> On 2007-01-29, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Kendrick Kerwin Chua to exclaim:
>> In article <VTlvh.182756$Kh7.1...@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
>> DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> deKay wrote:
>>>> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 29 Jan
>>>> 2007 11:14:13 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
>>>> yawatina tan reek esk DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> fornis do
>>>> marikano es bono tan el:
>>>>
>>>>>> I assure you, snow in the week is better because I can throw snowballs at
>>>>>> irritating teenagers, and if they try to retaliate, DETENTION.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Doesn't that lead to VERY sore arms?
>>>> There were rather a lot of then, yes, but Wii Sports has given me biceps of
>>>> steel.
>>> Handy that, but I suspect triceps, trapezius and deltoids of steel would
>>> be more useful for throwing ;)
>> Perhaps said teenagers are located on an elevation, and behind deKay
>> relative to his position on the X/Y plane. He would therefore make best
>> use of the biceps by way of an upward arc motion, not unlike a rear-facing
>> trebuchet.
>
> You managed to use the word "trebuchet" legitimately on a
> non-historical-seige-engines newsgroup. We're not worthy to be in your
> presence.
>
>
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>>>>
>>> Possible, true, but only a dufus would take on loads of teenagers in a
>>> snowball fight from a lower and inferior position.
>>
>> But with biceps of steel, deKay would have superior artillery distance and
>> payload volume. And in a lower position, he would be able to calculate
>> approximate absolute distance rather than relying on parabolic maths.
>
>OK, Koo Koo kaChua, I'll bow to your greater knowledge of math(s). No,
You get bonus points for invoking the Beatles. :)
>wait! How many teenagers are there?
Ah yes, deKay is limited to only two simultaneous missiles during any
given weapon delivery scenario, barring the addition of bionic limbs or
any ability to lob a snowball off the end of his boot. He is further
hampered by facing away from his target, requiring the use of a reflective
surface or electronic sensory enhancement to calculate properly distance
and trajectory. Given these variables I imagine that deKay would be able
to confront no more than three surly, bellicose teenagers when launching
snowballs with his biceps of steel.
-KKC, who concedes the joke would be much funnier with white lab coats and
a holographic image of deKay with cross-sectional arm inserts...
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>It's not that I'm stuck, per se. It's just that by the end of Marble
>Zone I've lost the 3 lives I get at the start and have not picked up
>many more en route.
But you should have at least 12 lives by the end of Green Hill Zone!
>I thought that the best way to get 1-ups would be to
>scour all the levels looking for alternative routes but that seems to go
>against the gung-ho style of the game.
That's pretty much it, but I finished it with 30+ lives without actively
looking for any lives anywhere.
DBSnappa
> In article <glovh.171195$QY6....@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
> DBSnappa <davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>>>> Possible, true, but only a dufus would take on loads of teenagers in a
>>>> snowball fight from a lower and inferior position.
>>> But with biceps of steel, deKay would have superior artillery distance and
>>> payload volume. And in a lower position, he would be able to calculate
>>> approximate absolute distance rather than relying on parabolic maths.
>> OK, Koo Koo kaChua, I'll bow to your greater knowledge of math(s). No,
>
> You get bonus points for invoking the Beatles. :)
Good oh!
>
>> wait! How many teenagers are there?
>
> Ah yes, deKay is limited to only two simultaneous missiles during any
> given weapon delivery scenario, barring the addition of bionic limbs or
> any ability to lob a snowball off the end of his boot. He is further
> hampered by facing away from his target, requiring the use of a reflective
> surface or electronic sensory enhancement to calculate properly distance
> and trajectory. Given these variables I imagine that deKay would be able
> to confront no more than three surly, bellicose teenagers when launching
> snowballs with his biceps of steel.
Surely it would be more efficient to utilise the power of the principal
of moments and use his hands, ne c'est pas? :p
I see your 3 surly, bellicose teenagers and raise you five uncouth youths.
Mal Franks
nta...@datacomm.ch says...
> Hooray, finally some snow outside. Everything is white, the sun is
> shining, it's nice and pleasant, not too cold....the best time of the
> year to stay inside and play some games!
Yet to see any snow here. Just had hail the previous weekend. However
that's a good thing - i hate the stuff.
> Play:
Dark Age Of Camelot (PC) - as usual
> Want:
Guitar Hero and Worms (360)
> Bin:
PC World - needed a network card for my server, local branch of PCW only
sells wireless network cards, absolutely bloody useless.
--
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DAoC EU: Byronis (Friar) & Byrus (Scout) [Excalibur]
DAoC US: Byronis (Friar) & Byrum (Warden) [Gaheris]
Nils Tanner
<an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk> got it all completely wrong and wrote:
>>>Tch. We had snow last week.
>>
>>So did we, on Thursday IIRC. But it can only be really appreciated
>>during a weekend. So there.
>
>I assure you, snow in the week is better because I can throw snowballs at
>irritating teenagers, and if they try to retaliate, DETENTION.
I have to admit that I didn't consider this point.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> 15:23:25 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
> yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> Have you completed SCIV yet?
>>
>>Yes - last night, bizarrely. Dracula is a bast :-/ Still, it got a lot
>>easier once I overcame my insane desire to attempt jumping over the
>>fireballs.
>
> Yes indeed. I found the whip-and-hold method works well. He's actually much
> easier in his final lightning "form" than the flamey head form too.
*nods* once you see where the lightening hits you, er, just don't go
there :) It's the usual story with Castlevania - if you try and do the
boss quickly, you'll lose. You just have to attack when it's safe to do
so.
I'm currently stuck on the bloody zombie dinosaur boss in DoS - I can
get him down to the bottom, but then run out of potions ;-)
Nils Tanner
got it all completely wrong and wrote:
>To regain my interest in Zelda:TP. I think I'm still in the Forest Temple
>saving monkeys. Not sure why I can't be bothered to play this. Maybe it's
>the scope of it all - the time and committment I need in order to make
>progress. I'd rather be doing other things tbh, and I am.
This is the first time you visit the Forest Temple, IIRC. If so,
persevere! It get's much better later on, especially after the third
dungeon. Bit of a shame really, come to think of it...
Zomoniac
I was insanely bored:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_spb1f0uC38
This has several cock-ups, including running head-first into spikes and
being bounced back up a slide (controlling Sonic using a Mac laptop
keyboard is harder than it looks), and I've not even touched the top
routes, where there are another five or six lives to be had, but this
is just very quickly demonstrating how it's easy to get through Green
Hill Zone in around five minutes and come out with at least 8 lives,
and shows you how to get a couple of the not-so-obvious ones, so
hopefully it'll be of some use to you. And sorry for the YouTube
pixel-o-vision.
--
Zo
cboy77
>
>> Bin:
>
> Picross (DS) - So close! The first two sets of puzzles are fine, but then
> it goes to a 15x15 grid and you don't have all the grid on screen at once
> and it's a pain to move around and click on squares and I can't be
> bothered with it any more. Bah.
This out now! I didn't realise, I am a picross whore, I must buy it.
Is there any language barrier problem?
Deano
"The Rev" <the_rev_y...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:525tjpF...@mid.individual.net...
> Nils Tanner wrote:
> >
> > Play:
>
> Crackdown Demo (360) - Played this a lot more over the weekend. I've put
> hours in to it now. I think it may just be the greatest demo I have ever
> played. I do love a good sandbox. If they'd given the demo a score and
> online leaderboards then it'd be a game in itself.
>
I'm utterly gutted when the demo ends!
deKay
2007 05:10:20 -0600, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Kendrick Kerwin Chua
<kend...@nospam.io> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Wrong about that part too. Apparently there's an EU version but nobody is
>willing to export to Oz, which is why I've been tapped. Here's a link to
>the NA site:
>
>http://www.playpalworld.com/portable.html
Eh? It's LICENSED? Good grief!
>> WANT
>
>Tell me if you find an EU source, please. Interested to know if there's a
>PAL version that would suit my Aussie friends better.
I will. It is my mission to own one of these now. My bank account hates you.
deKay
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My computer runs at 3.5MHz and I'm proud of that
"But he was just a puppet of Dark Evil X from Outer Space"
neil h
> Play:
>
> Twilight Princess (Wii). Just about 9.5 hours in and I'vejust learned
> how to Sumo Wrestle. My brother-in-law's eyes bugged out of his head
> when he saw the control scheme. Really is an ace game. S'funny - I was
> thinking about it last night- particularly the "criticism" that it
> doesn't map motions from the remote to direct sword moves. I'm GLAD it
> doesn't - I really don't fancy an accurately simulated fight with
> ganondorf because Ireally don't fence well.
Have you seen the video on youtube where they set up a robot arm with a
sword to match wiimote movements?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qEotHQgUsg
I wonder how realistic you could make a sword fighting game in practice
without any feedback from blade contact in parries and disengages? You'd
also have to take account of stance and body position for voiding
attacks, and also allow for the use of off hand weapons or bucklers in
defence.
--
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http://www.lost.eu/e31c
Toby Newman
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 29 Jan
> 2007 14:06:29 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>I think what I did was take advantage of a card combination which lets
>>you transfer MP to HP.
>
> I don't have that. I only have 6 cards in total :(
>
> It's a shame, as I have millions of Mind Highs and no potions at all.
>
>>In true Metroidvania style I fought Hugh a few times and thought "Crikey
>>this is impossible" and then proceeded to beat him outright once it had
>>clicked.
>
> Yeah, most of the other bosses have been like that. I can see Hugh will be
> pretty easy to kill, I just need a bit more energy...
If I were you I'd equip any luck items you have (these make cards more
likely to appear) and then go on an audit of your map looking for secret
rooms you haven't found. You'll find secret rooms with HP+ items in them
and, in the meantime, probably hoover up some more DSS cards along the
way.
Andrew Hollingbury
news:n6frr2piadrofgjhf...@4ax.com:
> Play:
Viva Pinata (360) - I hate gardening in real life. So why is this so
much fun? It's a bit frustrating at times as I wish the variety of
Pinatas came a bit faster (I seem to spend most of my time selling off
the annoying flies to get some cash and try and discover why nothing
interesting wants to come into the garden) but it's doing nicely for an
obsessive-compulsive kind of game.
Shadow of the Colossus (PS2) - bought again after trading in my old copy.
The penultimate Colossus is still boring, and it's very easy when you
know how, but it's still an amazing experience (although not quite as
good as ICO).
Rise of Legends (PC) - bah, my PC can barely cope with it (stuttering
sound and jerky graphics ahoy!), but it was cheap and I like fantasy
RTSes.
Ultimate Ghosts 'n' Goblins (PSP) - I can't do Scorch Mountain and I'm on
novice mode. Bugger. This is still a surprisingly accomplished and
addictive platformer, though.
> Want:
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Live Arcade) - this is supposed to be
utterly amazing and I've never played it. But then again I loved the N64
Castlevania so I'll probably hate this when it eventually comes out.
Blue Dragon (360) - I've heard June as a potential release date, but I'll
believe it when it's out there.
God of War 2 (PS2) - shouldn't be long now. As long as it doesn't have
the swirling pillars of red death it should be a vastly superior
experience to the original.
> Bin:
Boring days at work with nothing to do.
Andrew H
James Sutherland
> Play:
World of Warcraft (PC) - There's really very little in the expansion if
you're not level 60, so I've unsubscribed again. Guild Wars does
expansions better.
Yakuza (PS2) - The dialogue is very funny, but I'm unsure if it's
intentionally so. The game's great, though. A bit combat heavy, perhaps,
but I still find myself barging into tough-looking people in the streets
in the hope they'll pick a fight with me. I love the atmosphere of the
game. It has that Shenmue-like realism to it, somehow, though it's far
more seedy and unpleasant than anything in that game.
Lode Runner (DS) - Finished the Lode Runner levels last week. Can't do
level 1 of the Championship stages. It's a real shame there's no online
level sharing stuff in the game, as Hudson are running a design contest
at the moment, and it'd be great to be able to download the winners
(rather than having to manually enter them). Even a Polarium-style code-
based system would be good.
> Want:
Not much, really, other than the new Taito collection. I might get Hotel
Dusk as well, as that seems to be getting good reviews.
> Bin:
Codewarrior. I'm doing DS and Wii stuff at work at the moment, so I'm
having to use this. It certainly makes me appreciate Visual Studio's IDE
a hell of a lot more.
James Sutherland
news:slrnerrk8h.tq...@parm.vs.topper.me.uk:
> On the subject of which, I'm not so
> convinced I like The Exodar. It's a bit too bright and shiny, it's miles
> away from anywhere useful, and I think I just don't like "indoor" cities.
It's nicely compact, though, which can be useful for running between
trainers and the auction house and what-have-you. As my character's a mage,
it doesn't really make much difference to me where it is as I can just
teleport around the world, so I find Exodar quite decent compared to the
more spread-out cities.
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
deKay <an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> wrote:
>Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 29 Jan
>2007 05:10:20 -0600, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
>uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Kendrick Kerwin Chua
><kend...@nospam.io> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Wrong about that part too. Apparently there's an EU version but nobody is
>>willing to export to Oz, which is why I've been tapped. Here's a link to
>>the NA site:
>>
>>http://www.playpalworld.com/portable.html
>
>Eh? It's LICENSED? Good grief!
This is why I remain a Sega fanboy. For all their flaws and faults, no
other game company is so dedicated to serving gamers. Sony wants to
collect license fees, Nintendo wants to define your childhood, Microsoft
wants your demographic data... And Sega wants you to play their games.
Some days it's as if they don't even care that they make money doing it.
>>Tell me if you find an EU source, please. Interested to know if there's a
>>PAL version that would suit my Aussie friends better.
>
>I will. It is my mission to own one of these now. My bank account hates you.
Consider it payback for all the N-gage wantage you foisted on me from
across the pond. :)
-KKC, happily spreading American style consumerism wherever he treads.
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> Yeah, most of the other bosses have been like that. I can see Hugh will be
>> pretty easy to kill, I just need a bit more energy...
>
>If I were you I'd equip any luck items you have (these make cards more
>likely to appear) and then go on an audit of your map looking for secret
>rooms you haven't found. You'll find secret rooms with HP+ items in them
>and, in the meantime, probably hoover up some more DSS cards along the
>way.
Spook! This is *exactly* what I've been doing for the last hour, having
beaten Hugh, and Dracula's first form! Amazing!
I have 10 cards now, but most of the combinations do nothing and I don't have
anything that swaps MP and HP yet :(
Using the crucifix is the way to go with killing Hugh. Don't even aim at him.
Aim away, shoot five of them out and jump over them and him as they come back
at you. They pass through him, causing multiple damages, with a few hits from
my spinning fireballs and a whip-to-the-back for good measure :)
deKay
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My computer runs at 3.5MHz and I'm proud of that
The Rev
The menus are virtually all Japanese, but it autosaves and I've not had
any trouble finding the puzzles. Lots of menu items I don't understand,
though.
The Rev
>
> This out now! I didn't realise, I am a picross whore, I must buy it.
>
> Is there any language barrier problem?
Right. I've done a bit more investigation. Many, many unintelligble
menus, many of which have something to do with Wi-fi and DS to DS
communication. No idea what that's about.
I found the Options menu, but I've no idea what any of the options
actually are.
However, I've also found two new cool things.
Firstly, there seems to be a Daily Picross section, which gave me a
series of 7x7 puzzles, a time and a dot on a graph. In the menu for this
section were unselectable "???" items, which I assume unlock once I've
done enough easy Picross. (You can play the Daily Picross more than once
and it overwrites your earlier score, by the way.) This section alone
rescues the game from the bin for now.
The other cool thing I found were a set of fifteen or so new 10x10
puzzles I'd overlooked. They're in "Free Picross" mode. In this mode you
don't get told if you're going right or wrong until you've completed the
picture. In the other modes if you try to fill in an empty space it
tells you immediately and gives you a time penalty. The idea being to
complete it in a short enough time to get the final picture you create
coloured in and animated.
This would be bloody ace in English and with more 10x10 puzzles and no
15x15 puzzles. (Might be worth mentioning that though my wife finds the
15x15 puzzles awkward they're not gaming-killing for her in the same way
they are for me.)
Rach
> Hooray, finally some snow outside. Everything is white, the sun is
> shining, it's nice and pleasant, not too cold....the best time of the
> year to stay inside and play some games!
>
Cooking Mama (DS) - I bought this ages ago and never really played it
much. Now I'm getting into it and loving it! Can't wait to see it come
out on the Wii
Pro Evo 6 (360) - Doing much better on regular level now and I'm
enjoying it again. I love the fact that the achievements on 360 keep you
playing the cups rather than what I'd do usually and not really bother.
Viva Pinata - I still don't feel like I love this as much as I should,
but I'm not getting as far as fast as I'd like. Just added a pond to my
garden and started breeding fudgehogs, but I have to many pinatas in my
garden that I don't plan on breeding yet and it's getting on my nerves.
Super Mario Bros (Wii) - Finally bought some Wii points and got this.
Its 20 years old and I still love it. It lacks the save & continue I got
used to on the GBA though. I've not put enough effort in so far as I
keep dying around level 3.
Donkey Kong Country (Wii) - I loved this game on the SNES and GBA, so I
plumped for it again on the Wii about a month ago. However using the GC
controller was just terrible so I never got into it. Last week I finally
bought the classic controller and was suprised to find it's wireless
(well plugs into the wii mote) and am pleasantly surprised with it. Now
I have this I'm loving Donkey Kong all over again.
Mario Kart 64 (Wii) - I've been waiting for this for a bit and was glad
to see it released. It looks great considering its 9/10 years old and
I'm enjoying the couple of cups I've played. The lack of ghost data
doesn't bother me because I never used it anyway.
Yoshi's Island DS - I can't get into this game at all. It seems boring,
and theres too much stuff to try and collect in one level, at the moment
I'm just trying to get through each one as quickly as possible but not
even enjoying it. I defiantly think I'll be selling this one.
> Want:
More wii games, and the more I see games available in America, the more
annoyed I get.
Elite Beat Agents (DS), Contact (DS), Saints Row (360), Tennis Masters
(DS + Wii), Hotel Dusk, Mario Hoops (DS), Worms (360)
>
> Bin:
Colds, Yoshi's Island, the amount of games I want when I don't even have
the time to complete the ones I have!!!
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Rach
> Gary wrote:
>>
>> All FIFA and PES games. I'm just crap at them.
>
> Which reminds me, I caught up with a couple of demos this weekend.
>
> PES 6 Demo (360) - Couldn't work out how to defend properly. Had a
> couple of shots, but didn't have much possession. Lost 1-0. Deleted demo.
Defending takes some getting used to, but its a good game
deKay
yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>I'm currently stuck on the bloody zombie dinosaur boss in DoS - I can
>get him down to the bottom, but then run out of potions ;-)
The one in the big tower? He's easy if you can get enough hits in during the
fall and his dazed state at the bottom. I found axeing him when he "wakes up"
the best way of getting rid of the last of his energy.
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk deKay
<an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono
tan el:
>Spook! This is *exactly* what I've been doing for the last hour, having
>beaten Hugh, and Dracula's first form! Amazing!
>
>I have 10 cards now, but most of the combinations do nothing and I don't have
>anything that swaps MP and HP yet :(
IN. FACT. YOU. LIAR!
There is *no* combination that does that! You lying lying liar!
The closest is something that regenerates HP is you stand still, but I need a
Unicorn card for that, and that involves doing the Battle Arena, and it's
recommended you don't do that until you've completed the game and reached
level 50+. I'm on 45 and on the last boss.
deKay
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deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk The Rev
<the_rev_y...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Right. I've done a bit more investigation.
The Rev's Pegleg Investigation Agency?
deKay
2007 06:49:55 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Rach <ra...@thisisntmyaddress.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Super Mario Bros (Wii) - Finally bought some Wii points and got this.
>Its 20 years old and I still love it. It lacks the save & continue I got
>used to on the GBA though. I've not put enough effort in so far as I
>keep dying around level 3.
You know you can continue by pressing A+Start on the title screen, yes?
Nils Tanner
<ra...@thisisntmyaddress.com> got it all completely wrong and wrote:
>Yoshi's Island DS - I can't get into this game at all. It seems boring,
>and theres too much stuff to try and collect in one level, at the moment
>I'm just trying to get through each one as quickly as possible but not
>even enjoying it. I defiantly think I'll be selling this one.
Welcome to my world!
Toby Newman
> On 2007-01-29 14:25:40 +0000, Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com> said:
>
>> On 2007-01-29, Zomoniac <the_pro...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 2007-01-29 14:17:31 +0000, Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com> said:
>>>
>>>>> Play:
>>>> I'm not very good at this. I keep dying at Marble Zone 3.
>>>> I could do with some tips here. What's the best strategy?
>>>> Should I fly through the levels as quickly as possible, or anally
>>>> harvest every single ring, or scour the levels hunting all the 1-UPs, or
>>>> mercilessly massacre all the animals?
>>>
>>> Which bit are you stuck on? The only bit I can imagine giving you any
>>> grief is a section with a bunch of drop-down lava chutes, but there's
>>> an invincibility at the bottom left of that room which will allow you
>>> to run straight across. There's no point harvesting really, but pick up
>>> anything you come across, and there's no benefit whatsoever to come
>>> from killing all the animals.
>>
>> It's not that I'm stuck, per se. It's just that by the end of Marble
>> Zone I've lost the 3 lives I get at the start and have not picked up
>> many more en route. I thought that the best way to get 1-ups would be to
>> scour all the levels looking for alternative routes but that seems to go
>> against the gung-ho style of the game.
>
> at least 300 rings in each of these stages.
What's the benefit of collecting lots of rings? Do you get a 1-UP if you
collect a certain number of them?
Toby Newman
> On 2007-01-29 14:25:40 +0000, Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com> said:
>
>> On 2007-01-29, Zomoniac <the_pro...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 2007-01-29 14:17:31 +0000, Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com> said:
>>>
>>>>> Play:
>>>>
>>> grief is a section with a bunch of drop-down lava chutes, but there's
>>> an invincibility at the bottom left of that room which will allow you
>>> to run straight across. There's no point harvesting really, but pick up
>>> anything you come across, and there's no benefit whatsoever to come
>>> from killing all the animals.
>>
>> It's not that I'm stuck, per se. It's just that by the end of Marble
>> Zone I've lost the 3 lives I get at the start and have not picked up
>> many more en route. I thought that the best way to get 1-ups would be to
>> scour all the levels looking for alternative routes but that seems to go
>> against the gung-ho style of the game.
>
> I was insanely bored:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_spb1f0uC38
>
> This has several cock-ups, including running head-first into spikes and
> being bounced back up a slide (controlling Sonic using a Mac laptop
> keyboard is harder than it looks), and I've not even touched the top
> routes, where there are another five or six lives to be had, but this
> is just very quickly demonstrating how it's easy to get through Green
> Hill Zone in around five minutes and come out with at least 8 lives,
> and shows you how to get a couple of the not-so-obvious ones, so
> hopefully it'll be of some use to you. And sorry for the YouTube
> pixel-o-vision.
Thanks for doing this. It will be useful. So my current strategy:
Hoover as many 1UPs as possible in Green Hill Zone where it is easy and,
when on the later levels, try to get from A to B as quickly and safely
as possible because hunting 1-UPs will only cost lives.
Toby Newman
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 29 Jan
> 2007 19:11:32 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> Yeah, most of the other bosses have been like that. I can see Hugh will be
>>> pretty easy to kill, I just need a bit more energy...
>>
>>If I were you I'd equip any luck items you have (these make cards more
>>likely to appear) and then go on an audit of your map looking for secret
>>rooms you haven't found. You'll find secret rooms with HP+ items in them
>>and, in the meantime, probably hoover up some more DSS cards along the
>>way.
>
> Spook! This is *exactly* what I've been doing for the last hour, having
> beaten Hugh, and Dracula's first form! Amazing!
>
> I have 10 cards now, but most of the combinations do nothing and I don't have
> anything that swaps MP and HP yet :(
My copy was 2nd-hand and didn't come with a manual so I didn't think that
many of my combinations did anything until I read on the internet about
'summons'. There are also some combos which protect you against cartain
types of damage but I've never used those effectively.
Toby Newman
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 29 Jan
> 2007 21:22:10 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk deKay
><an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono
> tan el:
>
>>Spook! This is *exactly* what I've been doing for the last hour, having
>>beaten Hugh, and Dracula's first form! Amazing!
>>
>>I have 10 cards now, but most of the combinations do nothing and I don't have
>>anything that swaps MP and HP yet :(
>
> IN. FACT. YOU. LIAR!
>
> There is *no* combination that does that! You lying lying liar!
>
> The closest is something that regenerates HP is you stand still
...whilst using MP? Thus swapping MP for HP? These days you are the king
of wrong: we are witnessing the undoing of a human mind!
> but I need a
> Unicorn card for that, and that involves doing the Battle Arena, and it's
> recommended you don't do that until you've completed the game and reached
> level 50+. I'm on 45 and on the last boss.
I don't remember doing any 'battle arena'.
Shak
news:slrnerucs0...@ID-171443.user.uni-berlin.de...
>
> What's the benefit of collecting lots of rings? Do you get a 1-UP if you
> collect a certain number of them?
Yes, 100.
Shak
deKay
2007 12:11:38 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> The closest is something that regenerates HP is you stand still
>
>...whilst using MP? Thus swapping MP for HP? These days you are the king
>of wrong: we are witnessing the undoing of a human mind!
YES! BUT! You have to stand still for AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGES as it only gives
you 1% back a second! It's not swapping, it's *very slowly converting*.
>> but I need a
>> Unicorn card for that, and that involves doing the Battle Arena, and it's
>> recommended you don't do that until you've completed the game and reached
>> level 50+. I'm on 45 and on the last boss.
>
>I don't remember doing any 'battle arena'.
Lots of fights one after another with no use of cards allowed? But you can
only get a Unicorn card from a White Armour, and they're only in the Arena.
Either you, Sir, or the Internet is a LIAR.
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> I have 10 cards now, but most of the combinations do nothing and I don't have
>> anything that swaps MP and HP yet :(
>
>My copy was 2nd-hand and didn't come with a manual so I didn't think that
>many of my combinations did anything until I read on the internet about
>'summons'. There are also some combos which protect you against cartain
>types of damage but I've never used those effectively.
Yep. It seems that EVERY combo does something, it's just that sometimes it
needs to be "triggered". e.g., the half-damage one - you activate it, but it
doesn't register that it does anything until you get hit by something.
deKay
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deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>What's the benefit of collecting lots of rings? Do you get a 1-UP if you
>collect a certain number of them?
<lost for words>
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Thanks for doing this. It will be useful. So my current strategy:
>Hoover as many 1UPs as possible in Green Hill Zone where it is easy and,
>when on the later levels, try to get from A to B as quickly and safely
>as possible because hunting 1-UPs will only cost lives.
IIRC, you can easily pick up 6 lives, maybe more, on GHZ3. Collect them, and
kill yourself. Then collect them all again. And again.
Toby Newman
> 2007 12:01:04 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>What's the benefit of collecting lots of rings? Do you get a 1-UP if you
>>collect a certain number of them?
>
><lost for words>
I never had Sonic 1 when I was little and only this month decided I was
well overdue to give it a proper bash.
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>>What's the benefit of collecting lots of rings? Do you get a 1-UP if you
>>>collect a certain number of them?
>>
>><lost for words>
>
>I never had Sonic 1 when I was little and only this month decided I was
>well overdue to give it a proper bash.
So you've never played any Sonic game ever, ever? Even my mum knows you need
100 rings to get a life, and when she played it she tried to use the d-pad as
a rotary controller...
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> On 2007-01-30, deKay <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk> wrote:
>> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 29 Jan
>> 2007 21:22:10 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
>> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk deKay
>><an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono
>> tan el:
>>
>>>Spook! This is *exactly* what I've been doing for the last hour, having
>>>beaten Hugh, and Dracula's first form! Amazing!
>>>
>>>I have 10 cards now, but most of the combinations do nothing and I don't have
>>>anything that swaps MP and HP yet :(
>>
>> IN. FACT. YOU. LIAR!
>>
>> There is *no* combination that does that! You lying lying liar!
>>
>> The closest is something that regenerates HP is you stand still
>
> ...whilst using MP? Thus swapping MP for HP? These days you are the king
> of wrong: we are witnessing the undoing of a human mind!
No, we're witnessing the undoing of deKay's mind. No human ever had a
mangstache like his.
Choobs
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Toby Newman
> 2007 12:11:38 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> The closest is something that regenerates HP is you stand still
>>
>>...whilst using MP? Thus swapping MP for HP? These days you are the king
>>of wrong: we are witnessing the undoing of a human mind!
>
> YES! BUT! You have to stand still for AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGES as it only gives
> you 1% back a second! It's not swapping, it's *very slowly converting*.
>
>>> but I need a
>>> Unicorn card for that, and that involves doing the Battle Arena, and it's
>>> recommended you don't do that until you've completed the game and reached
>>> level 50+. I'm on 45 and on the last boss.
>>
>>I don't remember doing any 'battle arena'.
>
> Lots of fights one after another with no use of cards allowed? But you can
> only get a Unicorn card from a White Armour, and they're only in the Arena.
>
> Either you, Sir, or the Internet is a LIAR.
Try equipping Jupiter and Mandragora, then come back and let us know
your findings; you wrong person you. :)
Toby Newman
> 2007 12:56:43 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>>>What's the benefit of collecting lots of rings? Do you get a 1-UP if you
>>>>collect a certain number of them?
>>>
>>><lost for words>
>>
>>I never had Sonic 1 when I was little and only this month decided I was
>>well overdue to give it a proper bash.
>
> So you've never played any Sonic game ever, ever? Even my mum knows you need
> 100 rings to get a life, and when she played it she tried to use the d-pad as
> a rotary controller...
I've finished SA1 and SA2. Those were 3D and had batgirls and cats in
them so I didn't know how much could be assumed to translate from one to
the other.
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>>I don't remember doing any 'battle arena'.
>>
>> Lots of fights one after another with no use of cards allowed? But you can
>> only get a Unicorn card from a White Armour, and they're only in the Arena.
>>
>> Either you, Sir, or the Internet is a LIAR.
>
>Try equipping Jupiter and Mandragora, then come back and let us know
>your findings; you wrong person you. :)
Oh. Yes.
BUT!
Toby Newman
> 2007 13:11:02 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>>>I don't remember doing any 'battle arena'.
>>>
>>> Lots of fights one after another with no use of cards allowed? But you can
>>> only get a Unicorn card from a White Armour, and they're only in the Arena.
>>>
>>> Either you, Sir, or the Internet is a LIAR.
>>
>>Try equipping Jupiter and Mandragora, then come back and let us know
>>your findings; you wrong person you. :)
>
> Oh. Yes.
>
> BUT!
You are so wrong I hereby dub you "Dakey the Worng"!
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>I've finished SA1 and SA2. Those were 3D and had batgirls and cats in
>them so I didn't know how much could be assumed to translate from one to
>the other.
Get 100 Rings To Get A Life is the whole *point* of Sonic games! In fact,
replace "Rings" with "Shiny Object X" and you get the point of almost every
platformer ever made ever!
Gunther Gloop
>> Want:
>
> More wii games, and the more I see games available in America, the
> more annoyed I get.
> Elite Beat Agents (DS), Contact (DS), Saints Row (360), Tennis Masters
> (DS + Wii), Hotel Dusk, Mario Hoops (DS), Worms (360)
>
I don't see mention of Tennis Masters on DS anywhere, but it's being
released on the Wii in Europe in March... with no US release scheduled!
(Grr!).
In fact, barring Excite Trucks, I can't think of anything available for US
Wiis that could be missed by EU Wii owners -so far.
-Kevin.
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Sir Chewbury Gubbins
>> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Tue, 30 Jan
>> 2007 13:11:02 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
>> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
>> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>
>>>>>I don't remember doing any 'battle arena'.
>>>>
>>>> Lots of fights one after another with no use of cards allowed? But you can
>>>> only get a Unicorn card from a White Armour, and they're only in the Arena.
>>>>
>>>> Either you, Sir, or the Internet is a LIAR.
>>>
>>>Try equipping Jupiter and Mandragora, then come back and let us know
>>>your findings; you wrong person you. :)
>>
>> Oh. Yes.
>>
>> BUT!
>
> You are so wrong I hereby dub you "Dakey the Worng"!
It's remarkable - never before has someone been simultaneously WRONG and wrong
on this newsgroup (except Lister, naturally).
deKay
16:31:56 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> You are so wrong I hereby dub you "Dakey the Worng"!
>
>It's remarkable - never before has someone been simultaneously WRONG and wrong
>on this newsgroup (except Lister, naturally).
I'm not wrong. I'm "differently correct".
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
deKay <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk> wrote:
>Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 30 Jan 2007
>16:31:56 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
>yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
>fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> You are so wrong I hereby dub you "Dakey the Worng"!
>>
>>It's remarkable - never before has someone been simultaneously WRONG and wrong
>>on this newsgroup (except Lister, naturally).
>
>I'm not wrong. I'm "differently correct".
You guys keep twisting truth and perception together like this, we'll be
able to hook an axle to Nietzsche's coffin and generate electricity from
all the rotation. :)
-KKC, who is always on the hunt for alternative energy sources.
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