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MrDeePay wrote:Just because something is "tame by NES standards" doesn't make it any less crap.

I agree with SAJewers that some refinement was needed for the level, but Foodland was a far cry from crap.

Oh, Foodland was fine. Sure, it was cheap and it required some memorization, but it was pretty tame by NES standards. I had a lot fun with it.

I think it's because stupid internet restrictions with Canada ISPs Just going to point out not all Canadian provinces have internet restrictions It has nothing to do with provincial regulations. The problem is that the big ISPs basically run unchecked and impose harsh restrictions on us (such bandw...

Yeah, that's my guess.

If you're the only one to accomplish it, after all those people playtested it, and raocow tried for 20+ minutes... it's too hard. And how is "specific" play not "perfect" play? It looks like if you deviate at all from the "speicifc" path, making the slightest mistake, ...

One thing about the way to start flying is it is mostly momentum based. All you need is to run at max speed in one direction for a few blocks. Because of Iris/Luigi's slow acceleration, she/he needs more space. I'm glad raocow switched to Demo for the winning run. Iris does not have the running spa...

Neat little game. Reminded me quite a bit of Smart Ball for the SNES.

Haha, I just came here to recommend that. Super Mario XP isn't exactly great, but it's a decent little game that's not too long.

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Random humour is funny, but it's very difficult to pull it off well. You can't go just "Woah, look at me! I'm so WACKY!!!!! Hyuk!" and expect to make the next Airplane. Whoever made these games really didn't get that.

Ugh, raocow. This slowdown isn't too bad right now, but it's going to be brutal if you play a more intense hack later. You might want to go back to ZSNES which is much less resource intensive.

SAJewers wrote:Question to anyone who has finished the game: How much is there left in the game?

Was I right in my assumption that there is no "end" so to speak? Just that castle collection thing and the derpy scene with Bowser? Nothing that triggers credits, right? Yeah, that's the end. There is a secret world after Bowser, but no more story and no end credits. Just a whole lot of G...

Well, I just finished the game a few minutes ago. It actually gets kinda good in the late game. It by no means becomes the next Second Reality Project, but the level design and creativity gets way better. For most of the game I was just forcing myself through it to finish the thing off, but near the...

the best raocow level is completely key carrying with multiple phantos of multiple sizes with autoscroll and green springing things with random wind going and a rug/tarp maze. You have no idea how much a level like this made me cringe in horror. i forgot all about the bullet generator A homing bull...

So it looks like that the last level didn't get the fancy new midpoint.

I don't think this game has much going for it from what I played of it. Horikawa Otane must either have a weird idea of what a good hack is, or there really aren't any good Japanese hacks left. The game itself is decent, but that might be the worst thing you could ever say about a game. It's not a ...

What's wrong with ZSNES? I started my playthrough on ZNSES and I'm in world 2 right now. Should I switch to BSNES before something horrible happens?

I'll throw in a vote for New Super "Mario" World 2. Excellent game.

I'd like to know how many GMCs are left too. The first GMC was okay as a short break from a main project, but I'm not very interested in these newgrounds-style games. It's very impressive that they were made in three days, but that doesn't make them good. As for Copy Kitty, there's just too much cha...

I personally prefer when he plays hard games because otherwise he tends to be all like "uh uh uh yeah so uhm stuff unrelated to what is going on monkeycheese blah blah and WHOOPS that level happened" I mean I don't mind that sort of commentary from time to time in a game but when it is li...

raocow, that moon wasn't a trap. There's no note block on the left side of the message box, so you can just jump out.

You weren't here earlier. We already had loads of confusion over definitions of nonlinearity. I'm working off the literal definition of "The level is not a straight line". Oh, well, if that's the definition we're using, than I agree. The openness added to the level. A straight line is a g...

Also, I said I'd bring back up the discussion of linearity when I had this example. (Please, keep this an intelligent debate on game design and not an argument.) If you had flattened out Skyward Sanctuary into a straight line, would it still be as great of a level? Skyward Sanctuary was not non-lin...

Yeah, I think we can all agree with that. Forcing the player to take a short detour to hit a switch that removes a wall of out of place blocks along the main path is just terrible level design. Especially so when it's done 4 times a level.

Ignoritus wrote:Notice a theme here though. All of the levels higher up are getting easier.

Yeah, long and challenging is being replaced by long and boring. Huge improvement.