- Originally didn’t want to play this because I heard so many bad things about NES ports of PC/etc games. None of my fears were founded, this game plays awesome.
- Reviewers also all say the controls are wonky, but I didn’t think they were that bad.
- Sorta another ‘must-use-a-walkthrough’ game in that you can really mess up if you don’t buy the right amount of keys for the right area.
- Next-to-last boss (purple dragon thing flying around) was MUCH HARDER than the real final boss.
- System of buying new armor & spells is actually really rewarding.
- Feels Bloodborne-ish in that you have 2 bars to manage (health & magic), a limited amount of healing with each run you do, and possible areas to farm if you get in a jam.
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Faxanadu
(Completed on 23 Dec 2020)
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Dragon Warrior III
(Completed on 21 Dec 2020)
- The only way to play these games is to follow a walkthrough exactly; clearly you were meant to buy a strategy guide with this
- Because of the class system, there actually seems to be some replay value here. Original had a battery save system so you could continue your game if you shut off your console. Don’t know what happens when you reload that file after beating the game.
- Beat final boss with the default party, everyone around lv 43-44. All walkthroughs make this sound harder than it is but if you get the Stone of Light so that Zoma is cut from 2000 to 1000HP, it’s not bad.
- Actually a prequel to all other Dragon Warrior games, but they did that 2nd gen Pokemon thing where after you ‘beat’ the first world, you’re sent to the world from the earlier game, which in this game exists before any of the events of DW1. Having both of these worlds on one cart makes the game feel HUGE.
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Kirby's Adventure
(Completed on 4 Dec 2020)
- Everybody says Kirby games are meant to be easy, seems pretty true from how this one went.
- Despite this, the final boss (after Dedede) still took me a bunch of tries. There’s no difficulty ramp at all, it’s a difficulty mountain
- The way one of the final bosses is a shoot-em-up with a time limit is really cool, adds to the challenge.
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Rad Racer
(Completed on 2 Dec 2020)
- Really only did this because it reminded me of SNES Top Gear, a childhood classic. Easy to see how this game is the father of those, but this is MUCH harder.
- Originally did a run where I’d play a stage, drop it for a few days, then use the stage select tool to pick up where I left off. Doing it this way does not show the ending screen, so I had to start the whole run over and do it without starting in the middle.
- Used the trick where you can hold A and START at the Game Over screen to continue where I left off; this must be at least somewhat legitimate since clearing the game this way still displays the ending.
