Old School/Retro Gaming: What are You Playing?

VirtualSmitty · 07-02-2012, 05:00 AM

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I always hated Starfox and Super Star Wars b/c they were too daggum hard, but now they have been a blast and maybe due to my age, a whole lot easier. Who knew?!?

I felt that way about the Castlevania games from the 80s, early 90s. They used to torment me when I was little, brutal difficulty curve. But for whatever reason, one summer two years ago I dusted off the old NES and SNES and tore through ALL of them. Aside from having to check the internet for a little help with Simons Quest (WTF, kneel randomly at a lake for a tornado to come and take you away!?), I crushed all of them. it was incredibly satisfying, like tying up a loose end from my childhood

Jbailey · 07-02-2012, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by VirtualSmitty

Aside from having to check the internet for a little help with Simons Quest (WTF, kneel randomly at a lake for a tornado to come and take you away!?)

I remember having some gaming books and that was in there. By far the most obscure and crazy way to get to any final boss. Since that game was so wide open and no real mention on how to do anything it was F*cking hard!

Starscream · 07-14-2012, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by VirtualSmitty

I felt that way about the Castlevania games from the 80s, early 90s. They used to torment me when I was little, brutal difficulty curve. But for whatever reason, one summer two years ago I dusted off the old NES and SNES and tore through ALL of them. Aside from having to check the internet for a little help with Simons Quest (WTF, kneel randomly at a lake for a tornado to come and take you away!?), I crushed all of them. it was incredibly satisfying, like tying up a loose end from my childhood

Do you remember which ending you got for Simon's Quest? That one had one good ending, and multiple bad endings if I remember correctly.

VirtualSmitty · 07-22-2012, 07:14 AM

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Do you remember which ending you got for Simon's Quest? That one had one good ending, and multiple bad endings if I remember correctly.

I got the died from wounds ending

Starscream · 07-23-2012, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by VirtualSmitty

I got the died from wounds ending

Simon dies in all three endings (I just found out).
Here's a video that shows all three endings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHbGPOdcyuo