I think I would miss the timer in Prince of Persia, since there are numerous levels that you're basically expected to complete at an all-out sprint.
I should mention that the only version of PoP I've completed is the SNES game (though I beat the sequel on Macintosh), so I'm used to its longer-form structure. I've never bothered completing the other versions since they all seemed like a comparative step down, with fewer levels and less appealing presentation.
It's been awhile since I've played the SNES version, but I get the sense that the NES version is one of the "truer" implementations of the original game concept. (and 14 levels inside an hour is plenty )
I certainly can't speak for everyone, but for me, the primary reason I play video games is to relieve stress and timing mechanics in games often cause me stress. That doesn't mean I refuse to play them, but I find that I enjoy them a lot less.
This, exactly. I have enough deadlines in my life, so I want to play games at my own pace. I have the same exact feeling with escort missions, I just can't enjoy them...
I didn't have a NP sub until SNES, and I received the first issue for free (can't remember why).
Yes, the first issue has the SMB2 characters doing T&F.
Also has the map for Metroid, which is responsible for my ability to beat the game back in the day.
If your NP sub started in the SNES days, that would probably have been Nintendo cleaning out old stock via the "Super Power Club".
That method was responsible for how the flushed out a lot old stock of players guides (NES game atlas, for instance), as well as the re-issues of games like Metroid (yellow label), after a lot of those earlier NES games had been pulled from shelves. (it was definitely how I bought Metroid and Final Fantasy)
So sure, once Super Power Club rolled around, i received a promo copy of the Game Atlas (which certainly had the "how to" on everything about Mario 2) -- this just came a few years too late for my earlier gameplay sessions..
Remembering back, my NP sub started before SNES...
Perhaps around 1989 or 90? I participated in the Dragon Warrior give away for sure (still have it). Maybe I received issue 1 as a bonus? Although I think I may have received it even before my sub. Sadly, I seem to have lost that copy of issue 1.
I'm certain I had that issue 1 around the same time SMB2 first came out, I didn't own the game, but my friend did, as well as Metroid, with the included map giving us the ability to beat it.
Remembering back, my NP sub started before SNES...
Perhaps around 1989 or 90? I participated in the Dragon Warrior give away for sure (still have it). Maybe I received issue 1 as a bonus? Although I think I may have received it even before my sub. Sadly, I seem to have lost that copy of issue 1.
89/90, I'd be willing to be that issue was available on store shelves.
Probably would have sought it out, if I'd had Metroid that early on.
Remembering back, my NP sub started before SNES...
Perhaps around 1989 or 90? I participated in the Dragon Warrior give away for sure (still have it). Maybe I received issue 1 as a bonus? Although I think I may have received it even before my sub. Sadly, I seem to have lost that copy of issue 1.
89/90, I'd be willing to be that issue was available on store shelves.
Probably would have sought it out, if I'd had Metroid that early on.
It definitely came in the mail, it had the mailing lable attached to the front cover.
Remembering back, my NP sub started before SNES...
Perhaps around 1989 or 90? I participated in the Dragon Warrior give away for sure (still have it). Maybe I received issue 1 as a bonus? Although I think I may have received it even before my sub. Sadly, I seem to have lost that copy of issue 1.
89/90, I'd be willing to be that issue was available on store shelves.
Probably would have sought it out, if I'd had Metroid that early on.
It definitely came in the mail, it had the mailing lable attached to the front cover.
Could you have ordered a back-issue for some reason?
Remembering back, my NP sub started before SNES...
Perhaps around 1989 or 90? I participated in the Dragon Warrior give away for sure (still have it). Maybe I received issue 1 as a bonus? Although I think I may have received it even before my sub. Sadly, I seem to have lost that copy of issue 1.
89/90, I'd be willing to be that issue was available on store shelves.
Probably would have sought it out, if I'd had Metroid that early on.
It definitely came in the mail, it had the mailing lable attached to the front cover.
Could you have ordered a back-issue for some reason?
I feel like I received it as a promo item somehow.
Could you have ordered a back-issue for some reason?
I feel like I received it as a promo item somehow.
Could have been, but I feel like every promo I ever received from NP was bagged with the labeling on the bag itself rather than whatever magazine was inside. (though that was mostly players guides and bundled catalogs)
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I think I would miss the timer in Prince of Persia, since there are numerous levels that you're basically expected to complete at an all-out sprint.
I should mention that the only version of PoP I've completed is the SNES game (though I beat the sequel on Macintosh), so I'm used to its longer-form structure. I've never bothered completing the other versions since they all seemed like a comparative step down, with fewer levels and less appealing presentation.
It's been awhile since I've played the SNES version, but I get the sense that the NES version is one of the "truer" implementations of the original game concept. (and 14 levels inside an hour is plenty )
I certainly can't speak for everyone, but for me, the primary reason I play video games is to relieve stress and timing mechanics in games often cause me stress. That doesn't mean I refuse to play them, but I find that I enjoy them a lot less.
This, exactly. I have enough deadlines in my life, so I want to play games at my own pace. I have the same exact feeling with escort missions, I just can't enjoy them...
I didn't have a NP sub until SNES, and I received the first issue for free (can't remember why).
Yes, the first issue has the SMB2 characters doing T&F.
Also has the map for Metroid, which is responsible for my ability to beat the game back in the day.
If your NP sub started in the SNES days, that would probably have been Nintendo cleaning out old stock via the "Super Power Club".
That method was responsible for how the flushed out a lot old stock of players guides (NES game atlas, for instance), as well as the re-issues of games like Metroid (yellow label), after a lot of those earlier NES games had been pulled from shelves. (it was definitely how I bought Metroid and Final Fantasy)
So sure, once Super Power Club rolled around, i received a promo copy of the Game Atlas (which certainly had the "how to" on everything about Mario 2) -- this just came a few years too late for my earlier gameplay sessions..
Remembering back, my NP sub started before SNES...
Perhaps around 1989 or 90? I participated in the Dragon Warrior give away for sure (still have it). Maybe I received issue 1 as a bonus? Although I think I may have received it even before my sub. Sadly, I seem to have lost that copy of issue 1.
I'm certain I had that issue 1 around the same time SMB2 first came out, I didn't own the game, but my friend did, as well as Metroid, with the included map giving us the ability to beat it.
Remembering back, my NP sub started before SNES...
Perhaps around 1989 or 90? I participated in the Dragon Warrior give away for sure (still have it). Maybe I received issue 1 as a bonus? Although I think I may have received it even before my sub. Sadly, I seem to have lost that copy of issue 1.
89/90, I'd be willing to be that issue was available on store shelves.
Probably would have sought it out, if I'd had Metroid that early on.
Remembering back, my NP sub started before SNES...
Perhaps around 1989 or 90? I participated in the Dragon Warrior give away for sure (still have it). Maybe I received issue 1 as a bonus? Although I think I may have received it even before my sub. Sadly, I seem to have lost that copy of issue 1.
89/90, I'd be willing to be that issue was available on store shelves.
Probably would have sought it out, if I'd had Metroid that early on.
It definitely came in the mail, it had the mailing lable attached to the front cover.
Remembering back, my NP sub started before SNES...
Perhaps around 1989 or 90? I participated in the Dragon Warrior give away for sure (still have it). Maybe I received issue 1 as a bonus? Although I think I may have received it even before my sub. Sadly, I seem to have lost that copy of issue 1.
89/90, I'd be willing to be that issue was available on store shelves.
Probably would have sought it out, if I'd had Metroid that early on.
It definitely came in the mail, it had the mailing lable attached to the front cover.
Could you have ordered a back-issue for some reason?
Remembering back, my NP sub started before SNES...
Perhaps around 1989 or 90? I participated in the Dragon Warrior give away for sure (still have it). Maybe I received issue 1 as a bonus? Although I think I may have received it even before my sub. Sadly, I seem to have lost that copy of issue 1.
89/90, I'd be willing to be that issue was available on store shelves.
Probably would have sought it out, if I'd had Metroid that early on.
It definitely came in the mail, it had the mailing lable attached to the front cover.
Could you have ordered a back-issue for some reason?
I feel like I received it as a promo item somehow.
Could you have ordered a back-issue for some reason?
I feel like I received it as a promo item somehow.
Could have been, but I feel like every promo I ever received from NP was bagged with the labeling on the bag itself rather than whatever magazine was inside. (though that was mostly players guides and bundled catalogs)