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RKA always looked interesting. I'm in.
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| # ? Oct 23, 2012 02:00 |
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 Bah. Don't know if it was the final boss but got to Stage 6 on the first try. Really enjoyed the Gradius references.
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| # ? Oct 23, 2012 02:43 |
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cronox2 posted:
Whenever you think you beat the final boss, you get the next one.
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| # ? Oct 23, 2012 06:43 |
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cronox2 posted:
There are seven stages. Keep on trucking!
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| # ? Oct 23, 2012 06:50 |
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Shlapintogan posted:
Gimmick has a lot of charm and I really like the idea of the star mechanic. However, I feel the execution of the star mechanic could have been better. It's really hard to aim or ride the star and once you throw it you can't make more until the other one is gone. The game seemed a bit too unforgiving in terms of checkpoints, health pickups and the like. Normally I wouldn't find but between the hard to control weapon and the main character's inertia issues it just made the game feel like a chore. If there were a revenge attempt I would probably at least try.
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| # ? Oct 23, 2012 07:33 |
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After about six attempts at beating RKA I finally got to level seven's second boss... with half a heart and zero continues. Maybe tomorrow. 
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| # ? Oct 23, 2012 08:32 |
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Speaking of Gimmick, there's a music select option if you hold Select and press Start on the title screen. Apparently there's an unused song, Strange Memories of Death! It's really good, and I very much liked the rest of the music in the game. I wonder if they didn't use it either because it doesn't fit, or perhaps it was going to be a "Game Over" screen? Also, beat USA Easy (aka Hard  ) in Rocket Knight Adventures! Boy, those last two stages just... kept... going! Took me 4(?) tries with one aborted (died a few times to the lava boss and the crystal cave part). Thankfully I only had to do Stage 7 once. Did it during a thunderstorm, which was extra scary because the power's gone out a few times already.     Spoilers to read only if you're fully done with the game: Apparently in Crazy Hard/USA Hard mode you have 0 lives and one hit kills you. Also, the ending for it is  . Link.
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| # ? Oct 23, 2012 09:13 |
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Updated the OP with banners for each challenge. I figured it'd look a little nicer and be easier to find than plain old links. I'm particularly proud of the one for RKA, since I had to do the Genesis striping from scratch.
Shlapintogan fucked around with this message at Oct 23, 2012 around 10:25 |
| # ? Oct 23, 2012 10:22 |
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I'm down for some RKA action. I'm playing the US version and was gonna try completing on the hardest mode straight from the get go, but that promptly changed after I made it half way through the first level and found out it was one touch death, so I shall be attempting it on normal for now. e: Also now that we're done with Gimmick! I have a question, for the secret on stage 3 or 4, the one with the boss that looks like the kiwi from NewZealand Story (the secret item that's a samurai sword), if you mess the first star jump up and fall down the hole I take it you're forced to reset since if you kill yourself after that point it respawns you where you fell down to, and you can't use a continue since that erases the secrets you found on previous stages? If so, that's just plain nasty (and it's what I did a few times  )
jpg fucked around with this message at Oct 23, 2012 around 11:25 |
| # ? Oct 23, 2012 11:17 |
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Just when you think you know a game inside out. Apparently in Gimmick in World 2 if you are fast enough you can "skip" the boss: link. I did it, but messed up the star hit at the edge. Also, I wish I could've done this for the second treasure, I hated that one: link.jpg posted:...if you mess the first star jump up and fall down the hole I take it you're forced to reset since if you kill yourself after that point it respawns you where you fell down to, and you can't use a continue since that erases the secrets you found on previous stages? If so, that's just plain nasty (and it's what I did a few times Edit: v I know, but what if there's a redemption later on? Or somebody's too late but is playing anyway? Doom Goon fucked around with this message at Oct 23, 2012 around 14:22 |
| # ? Oct 23, 2012 13:51 |
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Doom Goon posted:Just when you think you know a game inside out. Apparently in Gimmick in World 2 if you are fast enough you can "skip" the boss: link. I did it, but messed up the star hit at the edge. Also, I wish I could've done this for the second treasure, I hated that one: link. Don't think you need to spoiler that, the challenge is over by now anyway. That actually happened to me, the boss jumped after me and promptly fell down the edge. Unfortunately I was already dead at the time.  Anyway, being ill gave me enough free time to beat that terribly evil final boss rush on Normal:  A really close call, on my last life. The fact that most checkpoints in the game were really close to the 1UPs really helped because everything from the space shooter forward is just plain mean (robot duel  ). Still, it's a lot like Demon's/Dark Souls in that it's tough but (mostly) fair. Also the first Sega Genesis game I've ever played.  I was thinking that maybe the lightning rounds should last for two days so that more people get the chance to notice them in time to actually have a shot at beating them. I know the KotR one started at midnight in my timezone which is a bit difficult.
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| # ? Oct 23, 2012 14:20 |
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Playing the Rocket Knight Adventures challenge now. After a half-hour slog, several retries, and two bosses, I am greeted with the message: "STAGE 2". Wait that was just one stage  I was sure it was at least two.Now I'm going to unpause and keep playing, wish me luck! edit: welp, there goes my first continue, at train boss. Of course, that's mainly caused by losing most of my lives in the previous section (precision platforming ).
Mikl fucked around with this message at Oct 23, 2012 around 20:53 |
| # ? Oct 23, 2012 20:40 |
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Made my first attempt at RKA. I really love old games like this so I'm kind of surprised that I've never attempted to play this before. It's fun! It's hard but I really like the mechanics of this game. It's also pretty nice that the game has some no-pressure walls early in the first level to force you to figure out the controls. I died at what I presume is the boss of stage 3. All of my other continues were used up due to incompetence in stage 2 so I think my next attempt is bound to go better now that I know what I'm doing there. edit: 2nd attempt I made it to the stage 3 boss without dying and won after a few tries, but then burned all my continues on the stage 4 boss and did not make it through stage 5. This game seems to be easier once you know what's coming so I think I can make it farther next time. 13/f/cali fucked around with this message at Oct 23, 2012 around 22:04 |
| # ? Oct 23, 2012 21:04 |
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Oops. Turns out I've made a grave mistake and was playing the PAL version, on Easy mode, so this is a disallowed run. Here's what the end screen looks like on that version: 
cronox2 fucked around with this message at Oct 24, 2012 around 01:17 |
| # ? Oct 24, 2012 00:19 |
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-ignore this post.
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| # ? Oct 24, 2012 01:17 |
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RKA was a great choice for this thread. The game is punishingly difficult but at the same time it's fun and has a lot of charm. It feels kind of like a genuine "GCCX style" experience. Going to make my third attempt soon. I hope to at least make it to the boss of stage 5.
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| # ? Oct 24, 2012 01:37 |
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It's time for another episode of Color Printer Is Really Terrible At Video Games, Holy poo poo. Tonight I struggle with Rocket Knight Adventures. http://twitch.tv/color_printer EDIT: Or maybe my internet will be terrible!  Might resume if I can get it to stop making GBS threads itself.
Color Printer fucked around with this message at Oct 24, 2012 around 02:31 |
| # ? Oct 24, 2012 02:07 |
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Yeah, I saw that while checking some other things (background noise). The video was playing at like double speed and the sound was corrupted or something. Hope you figure it out...
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| # ? Oct 24, 2012 03:02 |
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Rocket Knight easy completion GET
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| # ? Oct 24, 2012 05:59 |
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I'll be streaming Rocket Knight starting now. Let's see if I can do it. http://www.twitch.tv/spacepopelive
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| # ? Oct 24, 2012 07:00 |
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I beat easy mode.    The last sequence was kinda anticlimactic. I thought Also, I like how the game manual has a lot of inane backstory that is never hinted at in the actual game. For example, did you know Sparkster was a war orphan adopted by the legendary rocket knight Mifune Sanjulo? Or that he is "easily pleased by praise or flattery"? Such is the rich and textured lore of Rocket Knight Adventures.
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| # ? Oct 24, 2012 07:28 |
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I finally beat stage 5. Its boss can go die in a fire. What a terrible difficult thing. Drained almost all those lives I'd saved up. Ah well, I can use what I have to learn Stage 6. Maybe 7. EDIT:  American Easy Mode Cleared! This game was something. Later parts angered me, but this game rarely devolves into "cheap" territory. Just lots and lots of pattern recognition. The final boss chasing me into the atmosphere as I escaped the Piggy Death Star caught me off guard though. Now I know how Arino feels. FreezingInferno fucked around with this message at Oct 24, 2012 around 21:48 |
| # ? Oct 24, 2012 15:38 |
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Two more days of RKA before the next full challenge, but for those of you who have completed RKA or those of you who want a little something on the side, it's time for a  LIGHTNING ROUND!What happens when you try and make a roguelike on the Genesis? You get Sega's Fatal Labyrinth, that's what!  Fatal Labyrinth tasks the player with finding Your goal: Reach the ending! This challenge will expire on Friday, October 26th at 6:00 PM EDT, right alongside Rocket Knight Adventures. This game is available on Steam! [Resources] Instruction Manual
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| # ? Oct 24, 2012 22:22 |
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I only really have tomorrow and Friday to work on it, but I'm in for RKA. Fatal Labyrinth, on the other hand... Why do you make the lightning rounds much harder games than the main ones Shlapintogan?
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| # ? Oct 24, 2012 22:33 |
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Holy poo poo, I actually own the cart to this one. Guess I need to drag out my Genesis and do some streaming!
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| # ? Oct 24, 2012 22:39 |
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Ahahaha wow. I've played Fatal Labyrinth on Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection. I don't think I'll be reaching the end of that one any time soon.
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| # ? Oct 24, 2012 22:41 |
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 Managed to beat Rocket Knight Adventures on US Normal, then did as Konami told me and tried Hard. Made it to the section before the Stage 3 boss before getting a game over, after I accidentally shot myself into the lava instead of doing a neutral rocket blast. Now I don't know what to do, should I carry on trying to complete RKA on Hard or do I attempt Fatal Labyrinth, hmmmmm, decisions decisions. (Although, in all honesty I doubt I'll be able to make it past Stage 6 on RKA Hard, I'm just rear end at shmups.)
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| # ? Oct 24, 2012 23:11 |
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Fatal Labyrinth challenge GO! http://www.twitch.tv/iastsa
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| # ? Oct 25, 2012 00:02 |
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Holy crap, I just tried out Fatal Labyrinth and got very very far. I think. How many floors of the green floors with lots of enemies are there?
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| # ? Oct 25, 2012 00:25 |
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Got to a 4th floor in Labyrinth that had no way of progressing forward. Yep I'm gonna abstain from this one.
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| # ? Oct 25, 2012 00:49 |
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cronox2 posted:Got to a 4th floor in Labyrinth that had no way of progressing forward. Yep I'm gonna abstain from this one. I remember when this happened to me the first time I played. Greatly upset me. The solution is to hit A against every wall until you find a secret passage. I can't believe I'm actually kind of having fun with this game. I wish your accuracy was a little better; you whiff way too many drat hits in this game and fighting anything strong is a crapshoot.
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| # ? Oct 25, 2012 00:56 |
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My third attempt was ended by the boss of stage 6. I keep losing health in stupid ways. Gonna take a crack at the lightning round challenge as a palette cleanser and then get back at it.
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| # ? Oct 25, 2012 01:18 |
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 Might try a run at the normal difficulty. I actually got caught off guard because the space capsule battle at the very end wasn't in the PAL version.
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| # ? Oct 25, 2012 03:02 |
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FreezingInferno posted:I remember when this happened to me the first time I played. Greatly upset me. What weapon were you using? During my stream I was lucky to stumble onto a battle axe in floor 1 which one-shot anything for the first couple floors, but has lower accuracy than most weapons. Swords have better accuracy and spears I believe have the most. I lost track of what floor I got to, I think it was 12 or 13 before I got pinned in and chewed to death.
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| # ? Oct 25, 2012 04:14 |
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cronox2 posted:Might try a run at the normal difficulty. I actually got caught off guard because the space capsule battle at the very end wasn't in the PAL version. Difficulty names vary wildly depending on version. Regardless of version, the lowest difficulty setting is disallowed. I believe this is because that "Normal" mode lacks the true ending, like all good Konami games. The difficulties are as follows: pre:J: Normal = PAL: Easy = NA: Children (disallowed for challenge) J: Hard = PAL: Hard = NA: Easy J: Very Hard = PAL: Very Hard = NA: Normal J: Crazy Hard = PAL: Crazy Hard = NA: Hard Goggle Fox fucked around with this message at Oct 25, 2012 around 04:27 |
| # ? Oct 25, 2012 04:23 |
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Dragonatrix posted:I only really have tomorrow and Friday to work on it, but I'm in for RKA. Maybe I'm just a bit deadened to difficulty. I'll make later lightning rounds easier. I'll update the spreadsheet with everyone's RKA victories.
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| # ? Oct 25, 2012 05:27 |
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Starting up Fatal Labyrinth right now, here's hoping I can finish it tonight. Edit: No idea what floor I'm on but the color just changed a second time and my 24 point heavy axe is still tearing through everything, have only died once so far. Myriad fucked around with this message at Oct 25, 2012 around 11:40 |
| # ? Oct 25, 2012 06:54 |
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iastudent posted:What weapon were you using? During my stream I was lucky to stumble onto a battle axe in floor 1 which one-shot anything for the first couple floors, but has lower accuracy than most weapons. Swords have better accuracy and spears I believe have the most. This would explain it; I stuck with hand axes and battle axes. Okay, I'll stick with a sword or something on my next run. My record's about floor 18, and that's just straight running for the stairs near the end because the enemies get ludicrous.
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| # ? Oct 25, 2012 12:33 |
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The amount you miss even with a sword is loving stupid for how many hits it takes to kill later enemies, and with the animation slowing everything down further I'm getting pretty sick of this game. Holding a single direction down for 1-2 minutes per enemy is getting really old.
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| # ? Oct 25, 2012 13:13 |
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| # ? May 22, 2013 22:12 |
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This might be a dumb question to ask, but did you try throwing equipment you aren't using at the enemies? If you find a confusion ring or something similarly nasty, you can throw it at an enemy and have it run around and kill other enemies nearby.
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