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[Digital Ghost]

Originally Posted by BentonGrey

Really? It's hard to imagine Tetris being that gripping. What makes it so engaging? The wife and I have been playing Boom Blox quite a bit lately. The Wii is good for games that your wife will actually be willing to play with you.

Like the past two posters, I can't even begin to describe my love of Tetris... it's one of the first games I remember playing in my youth (Tengen Tetris was my favorite growing up) and I've played it all my life.

BUT this Wii edition lacks something you don't see in other Tetris games, the special items! You're probably picturing the two of us playing a regular game of Tetris and seeing who can get a higher score... but no my friends, this isn't the 80's anymore! So anyway, these special blocks will occasionally drop and if you can get a line with it, thereby destroying the block, you'll get a random item that you can use against your opponent to win the game. The items are varied and all have different uses.

For example: One will allow you to increase the speed of your opponents blocks to the max, another will give you the ability to literally control their block and another will cover their side of the screen in snow. There's several other items but these are just a few examples. So while regular Tetris rules still apply, the items add some fun to the battles and you can actually win a game in under five minutes.

Tetris will never get old... and I think what gives it such lasting appeal is that every game you play is so different from the last.

[BentonGrey]

Ha! That actually sounds pretty neat! Thanks for the description, We may have to give that a try.

[愛]

Still working on Red Dead Redemption. Just got into Mexico.

[Loco]

Mexico was fun I just finished it now I'm in Blackwater , I can Kill sum Bison now I just got that "new school" gt Gun, nice one. Red dead's really a great game and I love to get drunk in it it's far better than GTA IV

[Brodie]

Singularity....Spooooky.

Also, this is just another game to add to the list of "Reasons why Russia is a terrible place."

[Brodie]

Got a copy of Singularity while onsale at Kmart, and I'm sending away for the "free" copy of Prototype.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

This makes me wonder just how long my NES has until I can't use it anymore.

Just replace the 72-pin connector, or find somebody who can do it. Do that and it'll outlive you.

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

I had that when I got the NES Action Set back in 1989, but then I gave up my copy once I got Super Mario All-Stars for the SNES. So I've been thinking I ought to own the original 8-bit version again. Sure I could download it from the Virtual Console, but it's just more nostalgic playing it on the system for which it was originally made..

This is exactly why I generally stopped messing with emulation ports. There are exceptions, like Super Mario All-Stars. I actually prefer those versions, but generally I'd rather just play it on the original hardware.

[Turo602]

I just recently got Sonic Advance.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

Just replace the 72-pin connector, or find somebody who can do it. Do that and it'll outlive you.



This is exactly why I generally stopped messing with emulation ports. There are exceptions, like Super Mario All-Stars. I actually prefer those versions, but generally I'd rather just play it on the original hardware.

Great. Someone who understands.

[Fang Wolf]

Age of the Empires

[Storm Wolf]

Originally Posted by Loco

Mexico was fun I just finished it now I'm in Blackwater , I can Kill sum Bison now I just got that "new school" gt Gun, nice one. Red dead's really a great game and I love to get drunk in it it's far better than GTA IV

I love Red Dead. Finished it about a month ago. It just seems unfinished at times with all the weird little glitches. there were times i had PACKS of cougars after me.

Or the time i killed 12 bears in succession in one spot. I knew there were lots of critters in the old west....but holy crap!

Times i killed someone in a duel and they came back to life.

Losing ammo inexplicably.

Floating bags, guns, and barrels.

Anyone else have these problems? I still adore the game....just think it could have stood a little more production time.

[Ninjinister]

The King of Fighters XII (360) - I didn't think I could hate another 360 fighter more than BlazBlue, but yet... here we are

Mortal Kombat Unchained (PSP) - Decent. It's more or less the same thing I've already played on PS2 and Gamecube but portable (and with 4 more characters than the GC version, but they're literally copypasta'd from Deadly Alliance so they're "meh").

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition (360) Pretty fun, great stress relief.

[Loco]

Yeah some things are just wrong in the game , you can't even drift with your horse damn !! that some old far west classic u rockstar dudes ! where is the handbrake ? about the cougars , yeah , very fast .

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by Storm Wolf

Anyone else have these problems? I still adore the game....just think it could have stood a little more production time.

That's open world jank. No matter how long a game is in development, if it's a big open world affair it's gonna be janky in spots.

[Digital Ghost]

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night... quite simply one of the best video games of all time.

[Candy Kappa]

looks like me and a buddy are getting serious on a full out Metal gear weekend, canon games only. taking on the non-canon games would be too much for a weekend

[Brodie]

Played (beat) LIMBO.

And...all I can say is...

Spoiler:

well, any story I make up on my own is better than what it probably really means.

Tags because Cure would bitch.

[Loco]

Also (about red dead redemption ) why John Marston can't swim ? c'mon guys ^^ a cowboy swims like a dog !!

[Storm Eagle]

I got a copy of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.


I already have the game, so basically I tried to get another copy for its box. I might also want to keep the cartridge with it, since my original cartridge somehow got corroded. In fact, this is how it looks now.




I also got this.


From what I understand, that was given out to people who went to see that movie The Wizard from 1989 on opening night. I saw the movie, but I missed my chance to get one of those. So I thought I'd seek it out, and now I've got one. That, as well as all 7 Nintendo Fun Club News issues, all 4 Nintendo Power Advance guides, and every single solitary Nintendo Power issue to date. By the way, this guy has a YouTube video where he goes inside the magazine and goes over what's in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3RaLuv-Dmw
Basically it's something about The Wizard movie, some stuff on Fred Savage, and what seems to be truncated articles of NES games taken from Nintendo Power magazines.

[Ninjinister]

Cleared Streets of Rage 2 with my mum again yesterday.