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Happy New Year and welcome to the Imp Zone Game Club 2018 Thread! This is a thread to play and talk about a bunch of different games this year. We're going to have a new game every 2 weeks. I'm picking the first game, but after this one we'll play games chosen by other Imps. The console will be set each time but the games are up to you! If you beat a game, you get a badge. For games that have an obvious challenge, you can get a different badge for doing that. If you can think of a challenge when you're suggesting a game, please do. About a week into each game I'll start up a poll containing the suggestions for the next game, and whichever game is winning at the end of that week will be what we play next. Game 1 (January 1 - January 14): The Legend of Zelda (NES)  The Legend of Zelda is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo and designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. Set in the fantasy land of Hyrule, the plot centers on a boy named Link, the playable protagonist, who aims to collect the eight fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom in order to rescue Princess Zelda from the antagonist, Ganon. During the course of the game, the player sees Link from a top-down perspective and must navigate him through the overworld and several dungeons, defeating enemies and finding secrets along the way. This is the golden cartridge that got me started gaming, so I thought that it would be a good choice to start this thread off. If you've never played it before, this handout came with the game and should contain everything you need to complete it. The first quest, at least...   Badges  Gamer: Beat the First Quest Imp: Beat the Second QuestBonus content: Zelda 1 Randomizer: This program randomizes many different elements of the Zelda 1 overworld and dungeons. It's a great way to get more out of Zelda 1 if you've played it to death. I recommend Chaos mode. ZHelper: This is an automap program that's intended to be used with Zelda 1 Randomizer, but you can use it with the regular game as well. Game 2 (January 15 - January 28): Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PlayStation One)   Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a platform-adventure action role-playing game developed and published by Konami in 1997 for the PlayStation. It was directed and produced by Toru Hagihara, with Koji Igarashi acting as assistant director. It is the direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood taking place four years later. It features Dracula's dhampir son Alucard as the protagonist rising from his slumber to explore the Dracula's castle which has re-appeared after Richter Belmont has vanished. It marks a break from previous games in the series, introducing exploration, non-linear level design and role-playing elements. Initially, the game was unsuccessful – particularly in the United States where it was meagerly publicized – but thanks to praise by critics, it gained sales through word-of-mouth and became a hit. It has been re-released on several consoles and is considered a sleeper hit, a cult classic, and one of the best video games ever made. Badges  Gamer: Beat the game as Alucard Imp: Beat all bosses as RichterBonus Content: Secret codes: There are 3 different secret codes you can enter once you've beat the game in the original PSX version of Symphony of the Night. These are input on the name entry screen. RICHTER - Play as Richter Belmont AXEARMOR - Play as Axe Lord Armor X-X!V''Q - Begin the game as Alucard with 99 luck Game 3 (January 29 - February 11): Super Hang-On (Sega Genesis)   Super Hang-On (スーパーハングオン) is a motorcycle racing arcade game released by Sega, and the sequel to the acclaimed Hang-On. A version of this game, in the full simulated-motorcycle cabinet used by the original Hang-On, was released in 1991 as Limited Edition Hang-On. The arcade mode in Super Hang-On is similar to the original Hang-On. However, there is a choice of four tracks to race on which are based on continents, each containing a different amount of stages. Also, should the player reach the normal maximum speed of 280 km/h, a turbo button is enabled. Using this button allows the player to reach an even higher top speed of 324 km/h. Each stage is roughly half the length of a stage in the original Hang-On. Africa is the easiest and shortest out of the four courses (six stages). Asia is the second easiest and is similar in length to the course from the original Hang-On at ten stages long. The Americas is the second to toughest course, containing 14 stages and Europe is the hardest course, being 18 stages long. When the player starts a race, they have their choice of four songs that will play during the race, a feature borrowed from Out Run. I've always thought of Super Hang-On as the ultimate game of threading a needle. That might sound weird but I think it's an extremely intense game that I've never been able to beat the third course in. Good Luck Imps! We're going with Arcade mode for this, but feel free to try out Original mode if you want. Badges  Gamer: Complete the Africa, Asia and Americas Courses Imp: Complete the Europe CourseGame 4 (February 12 - February 25): Gargoyle's Quest (Game Boy)  Gargoyle's Quest: Ghosts 'n Goblins is an action-adventure game for the original Game Boy. Developed by Capcom, it was released on May 2, 1990, in Japan, then North America in July, and lastly Europe in 1991. The playable character Red Arremer (Firebrand in the U.S.) made his debut in the video game series Ghosts 'n Goblins as an antagonist character. Gargoyle's Quest was followed by the NES prequel Gargoyle's Quest II in 1992 which also received an enhanced version on the Game Boy, and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System sequel Demon's Crest in 1994. This game took out 14 games in a row to take the top spot, and I can see why. Just look at that cover! I've been interested in playing Demon's Crest for some time now so I'm excited for this one. Badges  Gamer: Complete Gargoyle's Quest Imp: Complete Gargoyle's Quest II: The Demon's DarknessI really liked this idea so I went with it. GQII's Game Boy version wasn't released in English, but it is an upgraded version with a few bonus levels. I'll provide a link to a translation of it in the bonus content. Bonus Content: Gargoyle's Quest II Translation Patch Gargoyle's Quest Instruction Manual Game 5 (February 26 - March 11): Goemon's Great Adventure and Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon   Goemon's Great Adventure (がんばれゴエモン～でろでろ道中 オバケてんこ盛り～ Ganbare Goemon Derodero Dōchū Obake Tenko Mori, "), known as Mystical Ninja 2 Starring Goemon in Europe, is a video game developed and released by Konami for the Nintendo 64 on December 23, 1998. It is the third game in the Ganbare Goemon series released in North America and Europe, following Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, released two years earlier. Featuring platform gameplay in 2.5D, it marked the return of the series to a side-scrolling format. The quirky story highlights Goemon's quest to stop the evil Bismaru, who has stolen Wise Man's resurrection machine. Goemon and his friends must journey through five worlds to battle the revived Dochuki, prince of the underworld, and destroy the captured device. Each world is designed with Japanese styles and themes, and Goemon's Great Adventure continues the series' tradition of offbeat, surreal humor. The game was received well, selling over 160,000 copies worldwide. Reminiscent of older, 16-bit games, the side-scrolling system was lauded by reviewers, who also praised the two-player cooperative mode. The game's vibrant graphics and musical score earned high marks as well. Reviewers have considered it the best side-scroller for the Nintendo 64. Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, known as Ganbare Goemon: Neo Momoyama Bakufu no Odori (がんばれゴエモン~ネオ桃山幕府のおどり~, "Go for it, Goemon: Dance of the Neo Peach Mountain Shogunate") in Japan, is a platform action-adventure video game released by Konami for the Nintendo 64 on August 7, 1997 in Japan and April 16, 1998 in North America as the fifth entry in the Ganbare Goemon series. The second Goemon game released in North America, it follows The Legend of the Mystical Ninja and features hybrid elements of platform games and action-adventure games. The story follows Goemon's struggles to prevent the Peach Mountain Shoguns gang from turning Japan into a Westernized fine arts theater. The plot calls for three cinematic musical features and battles between giant robots; like other Ganbare Goemon games, it is peppered with surrealist humor and anachronisms. I've only played Goemon's Great Adventure, so I'm excited to give Mystical Ninja a try. GGA is one of my favorite co-op games and it definitely has my favorite soundtrack on the N64. Badges  Gamer: Beat Either Goemon's Great Adventure or Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon Imp: Beat Both GamesGame 6 (March 12 - March 25): Castlevania: Rondo of Blood  Castlevania: Rondo of Blood is a platform-adventure video game developed by Konami for the PC Engine's Super CD-ROM System directed by Toru Hagihara. It is set in the fictional universe of the Castlevania series, where the protagonist Richter Belmont goes to save his lover Annette, who was abducted by Dracula. It was released in Japan on October 29, 1993. A direct sequel to it, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, was released in 1997. The game was remade for the Super Nintendo as Castlevania: Dracula X, and the PlayStation Portable as Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles. In 2008, the original game was released for the Wii's Virtual Console service in Japan and for the North American and PAL regions in 2010. Badges  Gamer: Beat the Game as Richter Imp: Beat the Game as Maria TG-16 Badge: Beat any of the other suggestionsFuture systems to be decided. I promise to keep this thread going if people are in for trying this again. Evil Eagle fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Mar 13, 2018 |
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bump_fn posted:are emulators ok i wasnt able to get a nes classic Of course, in fact game recommendations should be easy to emulate. Forgot to mention that in the OP.
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elf help book posted:play the real game fceux is what I use.
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Going to stream the first quest right now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8x2_SfO-e4
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 First quest down. My bomb-able wall sense is still on point.
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I didn't get the magic key in my run and ended with 0 keys exactly. Almost had to go buy one lol.
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Sudden Javelin posted:New game club...have my struggles on the two games in the last thread been in vain??? I feel your pain, I struggled to beat SPO in time but I think it was worth it anyway. You got to play 2 awesome games.
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3 dungeons into the 2nd quest and I thought I'd post the items I've found in each dungeon to help out any imps that need it. Edit: Just going to edit this post as I make progress Level 1: Wooden Boomerang Level 2: Magic Whistle Level 3: Magical Boomerang Level 4: Raft, Book, Bomb Upgrade Level 5: Bow, not sure if there's anything else Level 6: Ladder Level 7: Red Candle Level 8: Magic Key, Rod, Bomb Upgrade Evil Eagle fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Jan 5, 2018 |
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Just finished up getting the Triforce of Wisdom in the second quest and I'm missing 2 hearts and never found the letter to the old woman. Level 9 is going to be fun...at least I know where it is though.
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elf help book posted:OP have you played the BS Zelda third and fourth quests? A long time ago yes
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Can't wait to see bob tackle level 2
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https://clips.twitch.tv/StrongInterestingSashimiTBCheesePull
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One week left for Zelda 1, everyone. I'll put up a poll for the PS1 game some time later today.
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Second Quest Complete! I never found the letter to the old woman, luckily level 9's enemy layout wasn't as brutal as I was expecting.  Really enjoyed revisiting the second quest, it's making me want to jump back into the randomizer and play more fanmade 2d Zeldas. So I'm going to go do that.
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Jan 8, 2018 11:03
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 Game 2 Poll is up!http://www.strawpoll.me/14791528 Game 2 (PlayStation 1) -Symphony of the Night -Metal Gear Solid -Crash Bandicoot -Intelligent Qube -Jumping Flash -Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 If I missed a suggestion or if anyone didn't get theirs in let me know and I'll reset the poll. Whichever game is winning at midnight on January 15th will be Game 2.
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The Orville posted:Since castlevania is going to win it seems, make the regular badge 200% and imp badge richter clear That was the plan already. Though playing on luck mode could be cool too
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extremebuff posted:i reached grumble grumble in 7 and somehow made the link in my brain that i need to leave and buy the meat for him and made this face Lol why'd you stop streaming it
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Did you ever find the secret there
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Gave the randomizer a playthrough just now, it's still just plain fun finding all the dungeon locations and exploring the randomized dungeons. Dungeon 9 was kind of huge this time around. I'll probably stream a run later today if my internet cooperates. Also quick update on the poll for the next game: Symphony of the Night - 14 Metal Gear Solid - 8 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 - 6 Looking like SotN is going to be the one.
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Zelda 1 100% Race about to start up on AGDQ, should be good.
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Cobalt Viper posted:Nice. How'd it go? First place finished in like 36 minutes. I want to learn some of the tricks they use, especially the one that lets you clip through blocks to skip darknut rooms
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Cobalt Viper posted:I'll have to catch the VOD of it. It would be extra interesting to watch having just played through it myself a few days ago. Here's the VOD https://www.twitch.tv/videos/217614881?t=40h29m59s
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You don't need the magic key. Hell I didn't get it either on my 1st quest run.
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elf help book posted:
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 Are there really 40 imps? Anyway Symphony of the Night post incoming
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Game 2 (January 15 - January 28): Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PlayStation One) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a platform-adventure action role-playing game developed and published by Konami in 1997 for the PlayStation. It was directed and produced by Toru Hagihara, with Koji Igarashi acting as assistant director. It is the direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood taking place four years later. It features Dracula's dhampir son Alucard as the protagonist rising from his slumber to explore the Dracula's castle which has re-appeared after Richter Belmont has vanished. It marks a break from previous games in the series, introducing exploration, non-linear level design and role-playing elements. Initially, the game was unsuccessful – particularly in the United States where it was meagerly publicized – but thanks to praise by critics, it gained sales through word-of-mouth and became a hit. It has been re-released on several consoles and is considered a sleeper hit, a cult classic, and one of the best video games ever made. Badges Gamer: Beat the game as Alucard Imp: Beat all bosses as RichterBonus Content: Secret codes: There are 3 different secret codes you can enter once you've beat the game in the original PSX version of Symphony of the Night. These are input on the name entry screen. RICHTER - Play as Richter Belmont AXEARMOR - Play as Axe Lord Armor X-X!V''Q - Begin the game as Alucard with 99 luck Have fun everyone! And start suggesting Sega Genesis games now
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elf help book posted:i just looked at the manual to check how i would need to map this on vita if it used R2 or L2 and saw Lol. Speaking of control mapping I think I'm going to try doing my play-through with an arcade stick.
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Ludwig van Halen posted:The gamer badge includes inverted castle right? And same for Richter? Of course. I'm also going for best ending but you don't have to.
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Luck mode is actually pretty tough at the start of the game. Having a blast already
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Oh man, actually beating Super Hang On....
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In Training posted:I forget which of the portable ones it is but they filled the castle with furniture collectibles and you get your own room that you can fill with crap and just sit in for no reason. It's wonderful Harmony of Dissonance
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I was going to put in Contra Hard Corps and Castlevania Bloodlines because they're 2 games I've never beaten before but want to. Getting a ton of Genesis suggestions, we might need to think of a way to condense these so there's not a 30 option poll
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Brainstorming future consoles right now. Thinking about game 6 being Sega CD and game 7 as Super NES. How does everyone feel about PC freeware/abandonware and arcade for future games?
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I don't want anyone to play the Sega CD version of Sonic CD lol
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Luck Mode done, best ending. Final stats.  Alucard sums up my thoughts on the Crissaegrim. I love I am the wind
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In Training posted:Richter mode is really easy, especially all bosses because you get so powerful with each boss kill Stared Richter just now and I don't think this is true. Doing consistent damage to enemies after a few bosses.
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Richter mode all bosses complete!   Final map. Good luck with Galamoth all
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Putting the Sega Genesis poll up early because I'll be traveling all weekend. I put all of the suggestions in a list and pulled 10 random numbers since there were so many of them. http://www.strawpoll.me/14883120 -Super Hang On -Rocket Knight Adventures -Kid Chameleon -Shadowrun -Streets of Rage 3 -Contra Hard Corps -Dynamite Headdy -Monster World IV -Shining in the Darkness -Shinobi 3 And here's an album with a screenshot from each game https://imgur.com/a/59iWp
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