Bando
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Post by Bando on Feb 23, 2007 13:17:23 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2007 13:30:48 GMT -5
That... is... awesome.
The only thing missing is an "all your base are belong to us" shout-out. Truly a game for the ages. I like the names of the opponents, especially "Scotter McJockitch."
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Bando
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Post by Bando on Feb 23, 2007 15:47:30 GMT -5
Have you gotten further in the game? You get to fight Apollo and Rocky. And then you get Apollo as a character to do it over again.
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Feb 23, 2007 16:15:59 GMT -5
Dude, I can't wait to get home and play this. I never thought I'd say this, bando: I'm glad you spend as much time online as you do.
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Bando
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Post by Bando on Feb 23, 2007 16:39:58 GMT -5
I don't spend a lot, I just know where to look.
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Bando
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Post by Bando on Feb 23, 2007 17:08:32 GMT -5
Ok, so beating the game each time unlocks the following characters:
After beating with Drago, you get Apollo, who has better special moves. After beating with Apollo, you get the dinosaur, who kills most enemies with one hit. After beating with the dinosaur, you get wheelchair-bound Rocky. The Rocky level is just a manic killing spree in his rocket power wheelchair.
I love how they use the exact same cinema scenes with each character (except for the Drago in the White House), they just change the dialogue to somewhat explain it. For those who haven't seen, that means:
Gorbachev: Why are you in my Soviet embassy? Apollo: Eye of the Tiger, baby!
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Post by vcjack on Feb 23, 2007 18:07:38 GMT -5
Apollo is a beast, and you have to fight him after those damn dinasours
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Post by hifigator on Feb 23, 2007 23:28:07 GMT -5
OK, I can't sit back idly anymore. I am not much of a "gamer," at least in the current world. I fully admit to wasting more than my share of "two bit" coins growing up.
At the risk of showing my age, I was rather the local master at Mattel Intellivision football growing up. Man, I wish I could find a working game and system of that without spending more than it really should cost.
Seriously though, I did enjoy "Punch Out" with the likes of "Glass Joe," "Piston Hurricane," "Bald Bull" and the a few guys whose names escape me ... one was named "something Quick" and the other was some Italian boxer that only had one move, but if you missed it, you were going down and very unlikely to beat him ... and finally "Sandman" who was a bigger and faster version of "Bald Bull." Man, I wasted a lot of time and money in front of that game ... but it was fun and I guess, looking back, I could have done worse things.
But I digress ...
I presume this Drago game is available for PS2. We have yet to make the jump to PS3, Wie or XBox 360.
From what I hear from you guys, it is worth every penny.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2007 23:48:42 GMT -5
OK, I can't sit back idly anymore. I am not much of a "gamer," at least in the current world. I fully admit to wasting more than my share of "two bit" coins growing up. At the risk of showing my age, I was rather the local master at Mattel Intellivision football growing up. Man, I wish I could find a working game and system of that without spending more than it really should cost. Seriously though, I did enjoy "Punch Out" with the likes of "Glass Joe," "Piston Hurricane," "Bald Bull" and the a few guys whose names escape me ... one was named "something Quick" and the other was some Italian boxer that only had one move, but if you missed it, you were going down and very unlikely to beat him ... and finally "Sandman" who was a bigger and faster version of "Bald Bull." Man, I wasted a lot of time and money in front of that game ... but it was fun and I guess, looking back, I could have done worse things. But I digress ... I presume this Drago game is available for PS2. We have yet to make the jump to PS3, Wie or XBox 360. From what I hear from you guys, it is worth every penny. Please... don't degrade the third greatest game in NES history. Piston Hurricane became Piston Honda for NES, the Italian pugalist was Pizza Pasta (unless you're thinking Don Flamenco from the NES version), and Kid Quick was the other fighter's name name. As for this game - did you even bother to click on the link?
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Post by hifigator on Feb 24, 2007 12:16:18 GMT -5
I didn't catch that as a link. I will look at it when I get home. This ancient PC on dial-up is not capable of much beyond simple text. Maybe that's why I like your board so much. If you notice on ours, almost everyone has some fancy avatar and even more detailed graphic signature which makes it painstakingly slow for my outdated computer.
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Post by hifigator on Feb 24, 2007 12:17:18 GMT -5
Incidentally, when you responded, "that is awesome ..." I thought you were familiar with the game already. Now it makes sense that you clicked on the link.
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Post by hifigator on Feb 24, 2007 21:03:26 GMT -5
ok, I just viewed the game. I am not really sure what all the fuss is about.
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Post by hoyatables on Feb 24, 2007 21:24:41 GMT -5
silly capitalist . . .
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Feb 24, 2007 21:30:51 GMT -5
that game is so much fun. i played it for two hours last night.
drumsgobang is a justice enforcer. and jessie sapp is a rebounding MACHINE.
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Post by hifigator on Feb 27, 2007 12:57:45 GMT -5
If you all are so enamored with this game, I would suggest you try a killer new game I saw the other day called Donkey Kong.
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Post by VictorSkyPage on Feb 27, 2007 15:19:21 GMT -5
this is great.. what a find
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Post by DrumsGoBang on Mar 2, 2007 16:03:28 GMT -5
Yeah. I'v beat the game. The dino is fun. *roar*
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Post by hoyainspirit on Mar 3, 2007 9:05:44 GMT -5
Video games have come such a long, long way. Back in the '70's, I took a class where Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari(anybody remember that gaming platform?), spoke about starting this industry. He said that Intel's invention of the 8080 microprocessor was the key to making the industry commercially viable. I never dreamed back then that video games would evolve to this current state. Silly me!
I bought my 15 year old son his first Playstation when he was about 6. He loved it, his favorite game being Monday Night Football. At first, I had to let him score. Within a few weeks, he was regularly putting up 60 points on me. I actually had to practice just to give him a good game. And he was six! Today, it's Halo, and I never even come close to winning. I am just terrible at first person shooter games.
As a youngster, I always loved board games like Monopoly, Stratego, and Risk. Risk was particularly great. In fact, we played a game we called Riskopoly, simultaneous Risk and Monopoly games where you could take your winnings from Monopoly to finance your armies in Risk. But I'm dating myself...
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Post by hifigator on Mar 3, 2007 23:12:28 GMT -5
hoyainspirit, I you brought back memories. Risk was one of our favorites for a while. We would play marathon games and at least at that point in our youthful lives, we took it very seriously.
I still remember that we all learned the lesson of the importance of security by only having one border to defend. Kamchatka was a battleground then. Ironically, I am not so sure that such attention to that particular detail might not also prove to be equally important in today's real world.
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Post by hifigator on Mar 3, 2007 23:28:57 GMT -5
I forgot to mention this. It is funny that the "complexity" of the current/newest games always comes up in these types of discussions.
To say that the graphics and almost virtual reality aspect of the newest games dwarf earlier versions on an exponential scale. That being said, most "gamers" also interpret that to indicate an escalation in the skill of the player as well.
I have not found this to be true.
What happens is that new games are generally designed from a foundation based on either the earlier generation of the same game, or a similar product (game) from a competitor.
These steps are, or at least appear, gradual to anyone relatively "current" with regards to gaming. But if you somehow skip a generation, then you are out of the loop so to speak.
My point is that if the question was simply a matter of dexterity or coordination/motor skills, then the newer generation player would be able to adapt rather quickly to the simpler/less advanced and complex games.
I admit that regardless of expertise in earlier generations, a gamer new to the current models will have a serious learning curve to battle. But the opposite is equally true. In other words, most, if not all of the current Madden '07 protege's will have similar difficulty trying to compete with little old me at Mattel Intellivision Football or even Activision.
P.S. I am still trying to figure out what you guys all see in that Ivan Drago game.
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