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Looks like the missile gets faster when your fuel gauge runs out. So if you can't clear the stage in time, maybe clear the outermost paths first?
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FredMSloniker posted:Looks like the missile gets faster when your fuel gauge runs out. So if you can't clear the stage in time, maybe clear the outermost paths first? Without too much spoilers, but Keith has a technique that seems to work alright.
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Now the thrilling conclusion: judge by the comparative runtimes who does better! Saves you the effort of actually watching the whole thing! (Still click the ads tho.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIc6O3GSAMQ
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...and today, we get to another long-sought after request with LUCKY AND WILD. It's pretty wacky, and fits snugly into the ever worsening continuity of our head canon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWFsGdrp5fk This (as you might be able to tell) is our first attempt at doing a collaborative long-distance recording, which is why Keith in particular sounds odd. (Kyle has all the good mics and audio engineering know-how but he lives a thousand miles away from everyone because he is a reclusive misanthrope.) We'll try to iron out the bugs in this system so we can update more frequently (and beyond the point our current stockpile of videos is exhausted, mid-January or so at the current rate.) Technology as a way to command real life to gently caress itself. Human history in a nutshell.
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Thanks for playing it, guys. I'm pretty sure the characters are based on Tango and Cash, the Stallone/Russell movie, considering that one of them looks like a businessman and the other looks like a layabout. It was a fun game though. Also, there didn't seem to be too many issues with the sound or anything for me.
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Alright, it's Monday and it's time for a new game. Why not a Data East game? I think someone even mentioned this one when we put up Edward Randy, but here is "Sly Spy." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxEvnPPi8uI
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For the record, 'Chelnov' is another Data East game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr6C5vX5YxM
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FredMSloniker posted:For the record, 'Chelnov' is another Data East game: I think at this point, it's safe to say that Data East has got to be my favorite Arcade game company. They don't seem to have a centralized theme, there games range from simple (Burger time) to bat-poo poo crazy (The CliffHanger: Edward Randy). With the exception of Sly Spy and our Ed Randy, none of the games seem to even have similar gameplay at all. We have at least two more Data East games currently recorded, and I'm sure we're going to be playing more in the future. The funny thing is, we're not specifically looking out for Data East games, we're just looking at preview videos of games and picking what looks fun or weird as poo poo, and we discover as we're playing that they're Data East titles.
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Speaking of Data East, it's time for another Data East game! Looks like we'll be burning through their entire gameography (I'm as surprised as you are that that is a word) in due time! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoQHm-jDqI8 Wizard Fire is actually kind of an oddball in light of the other DE games we've seen; most of those seem to be 2d action games, where this one is a top-down dungeon crawler with big-rear end bosses. I do kind of wonder what kept DE out of the console and PC market, since they seemed to have a certain versatility about them.
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And time for me once again to offer a few comments! Gaiapolis (one of the games on my list) is the game that has a password system. When you get around to it, you might try just gaming over on the first dollar, making a note of the password, and (should you choose to put a second dollar in) using the password and seeing how it works. Also! The reason Phantasy Star Online has sci-fi elements is that the series has always had sci-fi elements. It's more or less obvious in different games, but the various worlds are actually generation colony ships, something you discover at one point or another. It's a bit like the early Might & Magic games in that way.
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FredMSloniker posted:And time for me once again to offer a few comments! Cool! We'll make a note of the password thing. Hopefully we can keep recording requests in the near future, but I sincerely think I need to get a better mic. And re: Phantasy Star: Oh wow that's kind of cool. I never knew much about Phantasy Star since I literally only ever knew one guy who had PS IV, and we never got very far in it. (The early PS games were on Master System, right? I only knew one other guy who had one of those, and he mostly used it to absorb tobacco smell. ) But PSO was more or less my first proper exposure to the series.
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Gimbal lock posted:That swordsman's walk cycle, wow. I didn't notice the small stuff because I was trying to keep up with turning into things and surviving dungeon traps all the time. (Same excuse I made at my court martial.) Anyway, here's part 2 of Sly Spy! And wow. 20K views on the thread. That's kinda cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuJj_hy2mco Obviously boss fights weren't front and center on the list of priorities for this game, but the scuba diving bits are a lot of fun. Especially when yo get the gold gun and proceed to eradicate the world's carcharadon population with magic missiles, like Dick Masterson always wanted.
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Sly Spy just seems to be them taking memorable parts of a lot of James Bond movies. You have Jaws, Oddjob, the Golden Gun, and the theme from The Spy Who Loved Me among others, but it doesn't seem like that terrible a game. There is a similar game not made by Data East but it is very weird. It's called Thunder Jaws. The final boss is rather... different. As for Data East, I can't remember if I said this already, but my friend and I have a special place in our hearts for them. There are a few games that they made which you would be amused by: Mutant Fighter: A co-op vs brawler where you play a bunch of different monsters and mythical beings. You want to see a werewolf fight the hydra? You can here. Hercules vs a dragon? It's in here too. A golem vs the minotaur? Also possible. If you do play it though, either have turbo functions on your controllers or you might break them from the mashing (and possibly lose in the process). Also, all the characters are worth playing just for the things they say when they do their super throws. Street Hoop: A 3 on 3 basketball game which is really fun and easy to play. Also features a super shot feature (although why you'd use the dunk and not the three pointer, I don't know). Has a sequel called Dunk Dream 95/Hoops 96 which has a few new features and four player (I think). Side Pocket: A pool game with some rather bizarre ball physics. Especially when the "Data East Super" rebound comes into play and will confuse the hell out of you. Windjammers: You should know this one though. It's such a silly game, but it's so much fun. I'm surprised that no-one has tried to make a modern day version of it. I may have to go to Kickstarter with it. Random Castlevania comment: Symphony of the Night did come out on the Saturn, but it was only available in Japan under the name Dracula X (not to be confused with the SNES game of the same name). Phantasy Star talk: The original was on the Master System, while II, III and IV were on the Mega Drive/Genesis. The third game was kinda separate from the others due to a different development team, but had some neat ideas. The first, second, and fourth game however all were based in the Algol star system, which was comprised of three planets, each with a different culture (Parma which is the elite planet where everything is technologically advanced, Motavia which is the more normal planet and most similar to Earth , and Dezolis which is the planet of ice and snow where the alien humanoid Dezolians live). I never played the first one, but I played the second and fourth, and they're both really good RPGs. The fourth one especially because it closes that part of the series off nicely. Also, I only played the demo of PSU. It was fun though and I did grind through a few characters. The only thing was that you had to stay the hell away from server 1, because it was full of people trying to sell nude pics for money and other weirdness. I got put in there by random once, and was chased around the lobby by some guy just spamming a speech bubble saying "DEMO NOOB!" over and over again. Some people are weird.
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Hoss Corncave posted:Sly Spy just seems to be them taking memorable parts of a lot of James Bond movies. You have Jaws, Oddjob, the Golden Gun, and the theme from The Spy Who Loved Me among others, but it doesn't seem like that terrible a game. There is a similar game not made by Data East but it is very weird. It's called Thunder Jaws. The final boss is rather... different. I had no idea that windjammers was a Data East game. Might have to play that on the show. I've also seen Mutant Fighter as well, but I'm wondering if we should make an attempt to check these out.
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Hoss Corncave posted:Also, I only played the demo of PSU. It was fun though and I did grind through a few characters. The only thing was that you had to stay the hell away from server 1, because it was full of people trying to sell nude pics for money and other weirdness. I got put in there by random once, and was chased around the lobby by some guy just spamming a speech bubble saying "DEMO NOOB!" over and over again. Whaaaat really? Maybe that was the Xbox servers? I recall the PS2 experience being very orderly. Everyone acted like it was .hack in real life or something. There were even people who would charge gold to escort you through a tough dungeon and let your grind kind of quickly. The main issue I had with PSU was that there were, what, three dungeons in the whole world? And you just ran them again and again and again. That was understandable on the Dreamcast, but jeez. Granted, it was pretty fun up until you cleared the dungeon all the way through... I remember being particularly fond of a water-themed level that turns into a Japanese castle at one point. I really like the idea of an MMORPG that uses action-oriented fighting, rathe than the point-and-click style of e.g. WoW. I'm not sure anyone has managed to truly elevate the concept to something I'd like, but it seems like tech must be getting close to the point of it being feasible? I tried out Final Fantasy XI for a spell but it made my dick fall off. You can LEVEL DOWN IF YOU DIE.
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New day everyone! Neeeeeeew!! Daaaaaaaaaay!! Hope everyone's finals are going well. And if yo aren't in school, gently caress off! Go enjoy having a career or something, rear end in a top hat. Anyway, speaking of Finality, this week we delve into the stygian un-game of Hard Head 2! Boy oh boy did you ever not know how much you needed to know about something until you knew you needed to know about the illustrious Hard Head series. I honestly hope our LP contributes to Hard Head 3 making a miraculous return on kickstarter. I would consider my purpose in living completed. Behold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l909NM6AMgE
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Lemma posted:New day everyone! Neeeeeeew!! Daaaaaaaaaay!! I still can't believe that this game really exists. We joke about it near the beginning saying that this is in "hell" but after looking into this game, we discovered that it actually does take place in hell. That's some sort of brilliant meta marketing strategy. I will say, of all the games we play, you may want to wait until you're not at work or something when you want to watch it.
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That is so loving terrible and ugly that it's actually endearing in a weird sort of way. I remember that chimp game, it was pretty good (and had nice graphics for the time, p sure it was a neo geo game) but also bullshit hard. I'm annoyed that I can't remember what it was called!
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Toki. Spitting chimp game was called Toki. Don't ask me why I can remember some BS quarter muncher I played on the boardwalk back in the day, but not my SSN.
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I remember Toki now! It was fun, but yeah, a quarter muncher. Also, in the Lemma and Friends are Bad at Games Department: your weapons were getting more POWerful for some reason. You were also collecting floating things that said POW. Gee, maybe... a connection...? 
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Yeah, "Toki Goes Ape Spit" is the dumb rear end name of the monkey game.
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FredMSloniker posted:I remember Toki now! It was fun, but yeah, a quarter muncher. It's funny that you point this out, because when I used to watch Game Grumps, I'd get mad at how lovely they were at the games and think, "Jesus, why do they suck so much?" Now after doing a Let's Play series of our own, I realize you have either interesting/entertaining commentary or good gameplay, but rarely both. I think in this case, we were so taken-a-back by the insanity that we failed to notice anything like that. Also, I'd be willing to bet that the Korean developers just threw in POW blocks not knowing what they meant at all, because of Mario.
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A special guest appears in what I believe to be another FredMSloniker request, Zero Wing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LovKb60mTTA There's no all your base! Was that only from the console version or what? To think it's all come full circle; that particular meme originated from the Something Awful forums did it not?
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Lemma posted:A special guest appears in what I believe to be another FredMSloniker request, Zero Wing! Yeah, the poorly translated cutscenes were only in the genesis port.
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Part 2 and the thrilling conclusion of Hard Head 2. The title really says it all. Time to rethink your priorities in life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3IXEnrnnLM
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Something I just noticed: the cavemen don't have socks when they're fully clothed. Clearly they're not actually socks, but the frayed remnants of their shattered clothing.
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Having looked up Toki, the spitting monkey game, I would like to add it as a request. You play as a spitting monkey, what's not to love.
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Hey all, looks like Lemma is being lovely at his only damned job, so here's the episode for today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksTC2NLBEfM Game is called Biomechanical Toy, and I guess it's gonna be our "Christmas Special" similar to how we did Thanksgiving, with riding the whole week out with the game. It's pretty bizarre, so I'm hoping you guys enjoy it.
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eXistenZ was a regular theatrical movie, not a syfy original. It's a cool movie but super weird. And it had the unfortunate timing of being a movie about virtual reality and video games messing with what's real for you that came out in 1999 so nobody actually sat and watched it in the theater. It took years for people to take Cronenberg seriously again.
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I'm pretty sure the early mac game you were thinking of was Power Pete. It's also a game were the main character is a toy fighting/rescuing other toys.
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Choco1980 posted:eXistenZ was a regular theatrical movie, not a syfy original. It's a cool movie but super weird. And it had the unfortunate timing of being a movie about virtual reality and video games messing with what's real for you that came out in 1999 so nobody actually sat and watched it in the theater. It took years for people to take Cronenberg seriously again. I remember that film because of a small article on it in Sega Saturn Magazine. I saw a small bit of it a year later and I distinctly remember the gun made from bones because there was a bit where he got it through a metal detector before shooting a bunch of people. Also, the "Watch Hard Head 2". No, I'd rather not.
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The crazy train keeps a'rolling in more ways than one with the continuation of Biomechanical Toy, wherein we ride an actual train to hell and Nick regales us of the terror he inflicted on the hapless nation of New Zealand when he was there. Quite thematically appropriate, honestly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yo1ZJeRtIk
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It only gets stranger as Kyle reveals his own transgressions abroad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CZA-yXK21s Last part tomorrow. It ended up not really being as Christmas themed as one might expect. (Which was not much at all in fairness. But I mean it had 'toy' in the title and all...)
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Can't wait for the next tale of you guys accidentally committing property damage in foreign countries!
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RabidWeasel posted:Can't wait for the next tale of you guys accidentally committing property damage in foreign countries! I feel like Keith left us all hanging, as I'm certain he's hosed up some sort of building in his travels. Here's part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F50QraEyVEo Hope you guys enjoy!
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I have to assume that Lemma is dead, because he's really dropping the ball here, but here's this weeks newest episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjhKVLYGaDM It's Alien vs. Predator. This game was one of the ones I remember seeing in several different arcades, and played pretty frequently, but do not remember ever getting very far. Needless to say, it was pretty badass.
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aw man, AvP is the friggin ironman of old school beat em ups. Seriously, this game is so hard, just because it goes on for like 873 levels, and half of them make you feel like you're up against the last boss. Incidentally, the Jaguar game mentioned at the beginning was a completely different Alien Versus Predator. It was pretty crazy because it was like, the first fps to have versus mode, and they got really clever in that each of the three types plays totally different. But you're right that it's like, the ONLY good game on that system.
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