Two Games Beat, Two Games Revived

GAMES FINISHED
I’m happy to report that I’ve added two more games to my finished list for 2010.

Yesterday I beat Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil with all of the Momett Dolls. I only had to go back and get the last star from The Ark Revisited level, which is the most difficult to get in the game by far. It looks easy in this video, but it’s not. In fact, I had Usagi704 do it for me when he was available. At least I got all of the others.

The other game I finished was Final Fight One on GBA earlier today. I mainly played that game to get “Mad Geared” up, if you will, for Final Fight: Double Impact. Check out the sweet press kit that has the soundtrack on cassette!

All eight finished games can be viewed here.

SECRET OF MANA
I hate to keep bring this up, but I do have three additional games that I’m selling.

If you’d like to purchase one or more of the following games from me please PM me with the titles of the ones you’re interested in. At that time I’ll provide you with photos of the product. They’ve all been tested and are in working order. Any major wear and tear on them were from previous owners. All prices include shipping. Payments are to be made through PayPal as a Personal Gift.

Daxter (PSP; disc only; $3)

God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP; complete; $8)

Secret of Mana (SNES; complete; $60)

The rest are listed here.

DOWNLOADED GAMES
Along with Final Fight: Double Impact, I’m also thinking of tripling my beat-’em-up pleasure with Revenge of the Wounded Dragons. If anybody has already played it, please leave your thoughts below.

After not hearing about Rocket Knight for awhile, it finally got a more firm date and new trailer. I’m also happy to see a new attempt at the long forgotten Konami game Rush’n Attack (aka Green Beret) with a trailer for Rush’n Attack: Ex-Patriot.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Now Playing: December ’06

“Now Playing” is back at ya with last month’s carry over of Mortal Kombat II via the SNES and Final Fight One for the GBA.

Games that I’ve finished were: Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, Ridge Racer V, and Astro Boy: Omega Factor.

Astro Boy was a surprisingly simple yet somewhat difficult game that was extremely fun to play. I still like going back to it. The same can be said for Ridge Racer V even though it’s super short. That’s to be expected since the game’s on a CD and not a DVD. CoD’s Big Red One is unlike any of the other games from that series. It’s story sticks with one group of guys instead of shifting off to a different group right before you get to know the characters. It’s also a bonus that a couple of the cast members from the Band of Brothers mini-series did the voice work.

A game that I’m close to finishing is Gears of War. I’m near the end of the train segment with the big baddie that was the first to take out one of the Delta squad members earlier in the game.

Other games that I put my hands on this month were: Half-Life 2, Call of Duty 3 (PS2), Sonic Advance 3, Assault Heroes, Sega Genesis Collection (PS2), Capcom Classics Mini Mix, and Street Fighter II Turbo.

The Sega Genesis Collection had all new games, at least to me. I never had a Genesis during the 16-bit era so whether I knew of the games included or not, I had never played any of them before. I liked the two Sonic the Hedgehog games way more than I thought that I would. What helps with that is that you can save your game anywhere and at anytime. It’s just like “save states” in PC emulation. It’s an awesome feature that I’m super happy that was added thanks to Digital Eclipse! Shinobi III, Comix Zone, and five early Sega arcade games (ie: the original Altered Beast) are there to sweeten the pot. RPG fans will be really pleased that no less than four games from that genre are on this PS2 disc. The lesser known Sword of Vermilion and Phantasy Star II, III, and IV. Other multi-game series’ included in the package are Ecco the Dolphin (3), Golden Axe (3), Shinobi (2), and Vectorman (2).

All in all it was a great month of gaming!

Now Playing: November ’06

18 games across nine platforms make up this month’s “Now Playing.”

The hit games this month were Need For Speed Most Wanted, Guitar Hero II, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, and Mortal Kombat Trilogy. I finished Project: Snowblind, Contra (many times as usual), Final Fight One, the original Mortal Kombat (ARC & SNES), and the aforementioned MKT.

Early in the month I played some of Tetris DS, Capcom Generation 5 (aka Street Fighter Collection 2), Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution, and Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (though very little of that one). More recently I configured Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 on the Super NES to practice some combos and the Brutalities. Yes, it’s that B-R-Utal! :P Other SNES games played were Final Fight and Mortal Kombat II (along with the Arcade version).

The first game I ever played on the Xbox 360 was the free puzzle game Hexic HD. I must say that I really enjoy the game, however I need the symbols turned on because of blue/purple and yellow/green colors that blend together for me.

Oh, and even though I don’t count it in the list because it was a demo, I played some of the new Sonic the Hedgehog game. I didn’t have the problems with the controls that many have pointed out. My biggest problem with the game is that there’s just too many places to fall to your death. Speaking of demos and controls, I also tried the Call of Duty 2 demo. The way the controls are laid out on the 360 pad is wonderful and makes for an easy and fun play experience.

Quick stats:
Platform most played: PlayStation 2 (5 games)
Series most played: Mortal Kombat (7 games)
Genre most played: Fighting (9 games)
Favorite game of the month: Mortal Kombat Trilogy (N64)
Number of games played that I don’t own: 8