Elysian Shadows

Some of these I have "played" a bit, but I need to beat them... Some day... =/

1) Paper Mario 1000 Year Door
2) Final Fantasy 9
3) Zelda: A Link to the Past
4) Secret of Mana 2
5) Resident Evil 0
6) Uncharted (1-3)
7) Lunar 1-2
8) Sonic Advance 3
9) Pier Solar
10) Super Metroid

I just started playing the original Legend of Zelda, and I have to say: THAT'S THE HARDEST GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED! I think I already played 2 or 3 hours (in small playing intervals over the last week), and wasn't able to get to the end of the first dungeon (which is unprecedent in my history of Zelda games).

That and my eternal Skyrim quest, which will probably soon reach a week in play-time.

You think Zelda 1 was hard? OMG, it's a cakewalk compared to Zelda 2.

I have beaten Zelda 1 several times... I don't think I ever beat the first dungeon of Zelda 2.

Falco Girgis wrote:Some of these I have "played" a bit, but I need to beat them... Some day... =/

4) Secret of Mana 2

I can't believe you have played considering how often you praise the original.

Falco Girgis wrote:9) Pier Solar

Awesome.

Falco Girgis wrote:10) Super Metroid

I haven't play this one much, but from what I have it's a fantastic fucking game.

dandymcgee wrote:

Falco Girgis wrote:Some of these I have "played" a bit, but I need to beat them... Some day... =/

4) Secret of Mana 2

I can't believe you have played considering how often you praise the original.

I actually have played it with Tvspelsfreak many, many years ago... Didn't get too far, though. I keep meaning to buy a hacked/translated reproduction cart for my SNES so I can play it in English and three player with my multitap. That's the only way I'm willing to play. I want the full experience as I had with the original. :D

Falco Girgis wrote:You think Zelda 1 was hard? OMG, it's a cakewalk compared to Zelda 2.

I have beaten Zelda 1 several times... I don't think I ever beat the first dungeon of Zelda 2. :lol:

I took a few months once and focused my efforts and beat Zelda 2. It wasn't bad, but the same amount of time was better spent with Super Mario 64, unfortunately.

MarauderIIC wrote:

Falco Girgis wrote:You think Zelda 1 was hard? OMG, it's a cakewalk compared to Zelda 2.

I have beaten Zelda 1 several times... I don't think I ever beat the first dungeon of Zelda 2.

I took a few months once and focused my efforts and beat Zelda 2. It wasn't bad, but the same amount of time was better spent with Super Mario 64, unfortunately.

You are my goddamn hero.

Is it just me? Or do 16-bit graphics age really well? I just setup my Super Nintendo on my HDTV... and man, it is way more fun to play than on skimpy little 25-inch SDTVs. Super Mario World never looked so good. Just got to 99 lives, and I'm heading out to score 100% on my save file. :]

As for games I've been MEANING to play? Too many. Super Metroid. Morrowind. Probably four Humble Bundles worth of indie games.

TheBuzzSaw wrote:Is it just me? Or do 16-bit graphics age really well? I just setup my Super Nintendo on my HDTV... and man, it is way more fun to play than on skimpy little 25-inch SDTVs. Super Mario World never looked so good. Just got to 99 lives, and I'm heading out to score 100% on my save file. :]

I'm just waiting for some spare time to see that Zelda on a big screen (though I'll need to find out how to resize mednafen's screen). I'm going to get a ruler just to measure the IPP's (inches per pixel).

Haha nice.

On the flip side, early 3D games do not age well. My wife fired up GoldenEye on the N64 and wow... I swear each texture must have been a 16x16 image stretched across the entire landscape. The triangle count was atrocious. I dare say 2D games look better than that.

TheBuzzSaw wrote:Is it just me? Or do 16-bit graphics age really well? I just setup my Super Nintendo on my HDTV... and man, it is way more fun to play than on skimpy little 25-inch SDTVs. Super Mario World never looked so good. Just got to 99 lives, and I'm heading out to score 100% on my save file. :]

As for games I've been MEANING to play? Too many. Super Metroid. Morrowind. Probably four Humble Bundles worth of indie games.

I completely agree. The Super Nintendo and Genesis still look really good. Games like Donkey Kong Country, Mario RPG, Yoshi's Island, and Chrono Trigger still look absolutely amazing, imo.

But yeah, early 3D games aged like shit. Late 2D games aged extremely well.

Just because I think they are quite beautiful.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/58 ... 32851.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/19 ... 41536.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/83 ... 73091.jpg/

Roughly 3cm per pixel, by the way.

LOL! Holy shit! Those're some big-ass pixels!

LoZ: Skyward Sword
Mario Galaxy (1 & 2)
Guild Wars II
Don't Starve
Amnesia

bbguimaraes wrote:Roughly 3cm per pixel, by the way.

3mm, of course. I don't have a 400 inch television.