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(36 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Rockman No Constancy - I have played that, it's probably the best MegaMan experience on the NES, the way the recreated the first level of MegaMan X is just awesome. Zelda Outlands is another nice romhack, so hard though. I did a few articles about those a while back. There's some killer Sonic hacks too, so professional!

Totally Rad is one I used to own when I was like 12...super good rock tunes on that one, insane bosses. Another weird one I happened on was Low G Man - imagine megaman or metroid, but you can jump about 4 screens high when fully powered up.

Thanks to all for your comments, I'm slowly working through the list. One I stumbled on that was pretty cool was SCAT Cybernetic warrior - kind of like contra/gradius. It has a pretty cool system that allows you to reposition your "options" in real time. Its WAY too hard though, I can't even pass level 1, it's the closest thing to bullet hell i've seen on the NES.

I tried Cocoran, no idea what was going on there!!

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(36 replies, posted in General Discussion)

How did I never play Shatterhand??  Controls are a little sticky, but its good. Also the first boss is totally M. Bison with a gun.

Sad thing is there is no save state working for NES, that limits any real progress to password games (i just don't have the whole day to play NES anymore)

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(18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I started out trying to make this on LSDJ, I am actually still working on it:

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(17 replies, posted in General Discussion)

so so good! some of the most unique scratching/dj'ing ever. so original. i love that film noir vibe...

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(8 replies, posted in Collaborations)

I'm in the USA, does that exclude me? I'd like to participate as a non-chip musician, for a change. I play guitar, bass, and do orchestral composition as well as ambient and jazz.

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(16 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

I really like an old cheap windows program called NoteWorthy Composer because it treats the entire experience like writing a word doc, you can copy and paste notes and move around with the keyboard.

I hate using the mouse for making MIDI which is what most DAWs force you to do; put little squares on lines.

Another really nice tool I use only for composing is iSequence for the iPad. Its a roland-like interface where notes go left to right and you just tap them in place. I think I can compose fastest on iSequence but it's lack of time signatures/tempo changes and dotted notes makes it kind of limiting, but it's fine for making some 4/4 type stuff.

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(36 replies, posted in General Discussion)

PROTODOME wrote:

Metalstorm is an awesome, somewhat obscure, NES game. (With parallax bgs!)

Essentially variations on the gravity switching theme.


yes metal storm!! i remember that one! the most insane boss battle ever!


I will definitely be playing some Metal Warriors for SNES too...with the best 2p vs ever.

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(36 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Brother Android wrote:

Agreed on Monster Party, it's pretty cool. Some others (all NES):


Here's a site that has a review of every (US) NES title, in case there are some you're curious about: http://www.questicle.net/p/list-of-nes-games.html

thanks thats super handy, theres about a billion games i've never heard of on here.

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(36 replies, posted in General Discussion)

arlen wrote:

Ooh I thought of some others on NES.

Mr. Gimmick! (not sure if this will play correctly on ps2. uses a weird soundchip)
Cocoron
Recca '92
Alter Ego (fun homebrew puzzle platformer. probably not in the pack you downloaded. soundtrack by kulor!)

+1 on Shatterhand, too.

I tried Gimmick but for some reason the bass in the DPCM slows to a crawl on the PS2...how a vastly more powerful machine can't handle a few small wave files? Beats me...Probably the emulators fault.

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(36 replies, posted in General Discussion)

chipocrite wrote:

My favorite game of all time is "Nightshade" for NES. It's kind of a platformer, kind of a point-and-click adventure, kind of a fighting game.. Hard to describe, but I've always loved it. Fun and clever puzzles, and a great sense of humor. (If you play it, you might see my avatar pop up..)

Nightshade is amazing. And yep, I noticed the first time you posted here that your icon was from nightshade. I love the opening scenes how he's all dramatic about saving the city and then few hours later...locked up in the basement by the villain. Come on lampshade.

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(36 replies, posted in General Discussion)

JodyBigfoot wrote:

rampart is amazing you played that?


thats one i totally forgot about..i had always seen it but never rented it.

the 2player works perfect too on this thing, i wasn't expecting that...

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(36 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Radlib wrote:

yo:

Ghost Lion
Rockin Kats
Faria
Shatterhand
Monster Party
Rainbow Islands
Roller Games


ill check that out, i remember renting Faria when I was a kid, it was the first RPG i ever tired...

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(36 replies, posted in General Discussion)

JodyBigfoot wrote:

bubble bath babes


lol i was surprised to see that WAS on the dvd.

Vibrato and tremolo (4xy,7xy) and slide notes (1xx, 2xx) go a long way too.

http://famitracker.com/wiki/index.php?title=Effect_list

I also think unexpected changes, odd time signatures can have a very unsettling effect.


<-scariest video game song ever in my opinion, those stereo background notes and the unexpected pauses always made me super nervous.

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(36 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Hi all,
getting in a bad habit of posting off-topic but game-related things. Forgiveness please.

I just loaded up a esr PS2 disc with every SNES and NES rom in existence for winter hibernation. Any underrated, little known games I should try? It seems to have most japanese games too, although I have no idea what they are...

Thanks all this is super helpful!!