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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,865
    NES is the system I have the most fond memories of.  TMNT was indeed among the games I never beat.  Maybe I'll give it a shot someday.  

    The games were brutal though.  Especially compared to now where you can basically save scum and also have unlimited continues for most games. 

    The hardest game I beat was Battletoads I think.  
  • ConorKavanagh
    ConorKavanagh Ireland Posts: 1,148
    I had the NES as a child. I was completely infatuated by The Legend Of Zelda. To me that world seemed infinite. I never was able to complete it by the time I switched over to Sega Mega Drive. However, when emulators became a common enough thing I later went back and finished the whole thing with a walkthrough as a teenager. Sorry for taking the conversation away from Final Fantasy but great memories here.
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,624
    Ghouls n Goblins, Castlevania, Skate or die, Dragon Warrior, loved those games!
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Oh man California Games!  I felt so cool on the halfpipe. 

    I always enjoyed renting really random games like Friday 13th.  

    TMNT is impossible.  Even if i played it 30 years later im not beating that fucking game. 


  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,558
    Jason P said:
    When the first one came out for the NES me and my three best friends rented it for the weekend and played in shifts 24/7 to beat it. 
    "don't do anything important while I'm asleep!"

    also, can you have three best friends?
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • Vitalogensia
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,209
    ConorKavanagh said:
    I had the NES as a child. I was completely infatuated by The Legend Of Zelda. To me that world seemed infinite. I never was able to complete it by the time I switched over to Sega Mega Drive. However, when emulators became a common enough thing I later went back and finished the whole thing with a walkthrough as a teenager. Sorry for taking the conversation away from Final Fantasy but great memories here.
    The Zelda series is probably my favorite series overall, and Link my favorite hero.  Before I went through and played all the Final Fantasies straight through, I did the Zelda series (first time I beat the second game), and the only reason I want a Switch is to play the newest Zelda. 

    The halfpipe in Skate or Die 2 was great too.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Vitalogensia said:
    Some great games listed there, but man were NES games hard as fuck.  Don't even get me started on TMNT.
    That game was great! 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ljZh4DHik

    All the early games were hard, NES or otherwise.  A lot of them were designed to just repeat levels forever!
  • Vitalogensia
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,209
    Rygar said:
    Vitalogensia said:
    Some great games listed there, but man were NES games hard as fuck.  Don't even get me started on TMNT.
    That game was great! 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ljZh4DHik

    All the early games were hard, NES or otherwise.  A lot of them were designed to just repeat levels forever!
    I have no interest in playing TMNT after watching that video.  Also, what a weird assemblage of enemies to fight and board design. 
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,498
    Vitalogensia said:
    ConorKavanagh said:
    I had the NES as a child. I was completely infatuated by The Legend Of Zelda. To me that world seemed infinite. I never was able to complete it by the time I switched over to Sega Mega Drive. However, when emulators became a common enough thing I later went back and finished the whole thing with a walkthrough as a teenager. Sorry for taking the conversation away from Final Fantasy but great memories here.
    The Zelda series is probably my favorite series overall, and Link my favorite hero.  Before I went through and played all the Final Fantasies straight through, I did the Zelda series (first time I beat the second game), and the only reason I want a Switch is to play the newest Zelda. 

    The halfpipe in Skate or Die 2 was great too.
    Do it!! Suffice it to say - and to stay true to the thread - it has probably replaced FF7 as my favorite game of all time.  But whatever you do, be warned it is not the typical Zelda formula of go to this area, find the dungeon, get the dungeon item, beat the dungeon boss, move on to the next area.  A lot of hardcore Zelda fans really have a problem with this. But honestly, other than the absence of traditional Zelda dungeons, it is probably more like the original NES Legend of Zelda than anything else in the entire series.
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Vitalogensia said:
    Rygar said:
    Vitalogensia said:
    Some great games listed there, but man were NES games hard as fuck.  Don't even get me started on TMNT.
    That game was great! 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ljZh4DHik

    All the early games were hard, NES or otherwise.  A lot of them were designed to just repeat levels forever!
    I have no interest in playing TMNT after watching that video.  Also, what a weird assemblage of enemies to fight and board design. 
    It is definitely a lot better as a memory ;)
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    I am cautiously hopeful for the FF7 remake. I hope they do it well (and get it on XB1 sooner rather than later).
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,919
    HesCalledDyer said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Is this the same game lineage that was on the 8 bit nintendo back in the day?
    Yep. 1-3 were on the NES. Or rather 1 was on the NES/Famicom and 2-3 were on the Famicom.  4-6 were on the SNES/Super Famicom. 4 and 6 were released as 2 & 3 in the US on the SNES.  Everything since 7 has been developed for Playstation, many with eventual ports for other systems.
    I only ever played 1, 2 and 3 (US version). Is there a way to play the original 2 and 3 without learning Japanese? Have they ever been released in the US? Famicon is basically the Japanese NES, right?
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,498
    mace1229 said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Is this the same game lineage that was on the 8 bit nintendo back in the day?
    Yep. 1-3 were on the NES. Or rather 1 was on the NES/Famicom and 2-3 were on the Famicom.  4-6 were on the SNES/Super Famicom. 4 and 6 were released as 2 & 3 in the US on the SNES.  Everything since 7 has been developed for Playstation, many with eventual ports for other systems.
    I only ever played 1, 2 and 3 (US version). Is there a way to play the original 2 and 3 without learning Japanese? Have they ever been released in the US? Famicon is basically the Japanese NES, right?
    Yes to everything.
    2 was first released in the US for PS1 as Final Fantasy Origins (it included 1 & 2).  You can also find it for Game Boy Advance, iOS/Android, Wii/Wii U/3DS virtual console, & the Playstation Store.
    3 was first released in the US for Nintendo DS and can also be found on iOS/Android, Wii/Wii U/3DS virtual console, Playstation Store, and Steam.
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,498
    Oh, FF2 is also on the Famicom Classic (JP version of the NES Classic) but that would likely be in Japanese.
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,865
    there are translated ROMs as well
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,919
    Were the original 2 and 3 not as good, or why did they skip over them? I've never played them.
    Which one had the giant chicken you can ride? Was that 2 (US) or 3?
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    TMNT was an ambitious game in level design and character selection but was hampered by the NES not having enough horsepower to run it thus making it very frustrating.  If it didn’t have ninja turtles and pizza it would not be remembered as kindly. 
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    The top down Zelda games are the best. 3D Zelda games have shit controls that everyone gives a pass in reviews.  
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    I haven’t played much of FF after the 7th game.  I kind of tapped out of JRPG games after they had the technical capability of adding voice acting and anime cutscenes.  The bigger the hair got, the more my interest dwindled... still play one every once in a while.  The new Dragon Quest game on PS4 is pretty good and old school. 
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  • Vitalogensia
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,209
    mace1229 said:
    Were the original 2 and 3 not as good, or why did they skip over them? I've never played them.
    Which one had the giant chicken you can ride? Was that 2 (US) or 3?
    Giant chickens?!  Haha - chocobos, I think the second game was the first time they arrived, and they've been around since.  Love chocobos.

    I don't think they skipped over 2 and 3 as much as there was a weird conflict in the numbering of games between the Japanese and American releases.

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