I like to finish as many games as possible since i catalog them in a small book so i dont really replay games(almost at 500 finished games). Movies are another story as ive watched star wars and lotr trilogy probably over 30 times each...
I can't count the number of times I saved the Princess in Mario Brothers. Sometimes I warp but mostly I play straight through. My crowning achievement was once I restarted on World 8 by hitting B after I saved the Princess, and saved her again, entire World 8 without loosing a life. Not sure how I pulled it off...
I've completed most of the 3D Marios, but never 100%. Never finished Super Mario 2, 3, or World. Also finished Paper Mario three times, once unlocking all Star Pieces and Badges.
And fun fact, Zelda Link Between Worlds (3DS) was the first Zelda I completed. It won't be the last...
I've played through Mega Man 2 probably 5 times, both difficulties. Also Crisis Force on Famicom I've beaten multiple times, both difficulties. I feel like these are games I can always pick up and play, also they don't require a huge time investment, so that helps. On a side-note, I've beaten many of the Color Dreams games multiple times, they're just fun games to beat when you don't feel like playing for more than an hour.
As far as films, I've seen Planes, Trains, and Automobiles countless times.
I've played through Mega Man 2 probably 5 times, both difficulties. Also Crisis Force on Famicom I've beaten multiple times, both difficulties. I feel like these are games I can always pick up and play, also they don't require a huge time investment, so that helps. On a side-note, I've beaten many of the Color Dreams games multiple times, they're just fun games to beat when you don't feel like playing for more than an hour.
As far as films, I've seen Planes, Trains, and Automobiles countless times.
Unlicensed can be a mixed bag, if often fun and quirky. I "beat" Mermaids of Atlantis (PG version of Bubble Bath Babes). The back story is a really cute parody of the evils of Nintendo licensing. Speaking of Mermaids, I think I may have beaten Little mermaid once but I've slept since then.
I've beaten OOT maybe 5-7 times, always on N64 (hard to remember an exact number since I've started new games many more times). I've never actually beaten Master Quest even though I love the first game. Maybe I should finish that one day.
Movies I usually only watch once, maybe twice. Up is the only real exception which I saw 3 times in theaters.
I "beat" Mermaids of Atlantis (PG version of Bubble Bath Babes). The back story is a really cute parody of the evils of Nintendo licensing.
as a puzzle game is it any good?
It plays like a cross between Tetris, Puzzle Bobble (Bust A Move), and Puyo Puyo (Dr Robonik's Mean Bean Machine / Kirby's Avalanche in the US). You play on a hex grid rather than square, pieces float up instead of down, and you position the bubbles to match groups of four or more same colors. Any "holes" or empty space at the top of the screen will prevent the bubbles from floating to the top. Instead of rotating pieces clockwise or counterclockwise, you flip horizontally and vertically with the A and B buttons. Collecting 5 letters in MAGIC allows you to use a powerup (Down + A, easy to hit by accident) that elimintes empty bubbles and randomizes the color, clearing many bubbles. Like with Tetris, if your pieces fill the entire screen, the game is over.
One popular strategy on the faster levels to buy more time is to swiftly move pieces back and forth left and right, which somehow slows the rate of ascention. Unfortunately if you accidentally tap down while frantically moving right and left on the Dpad and simultaneously attempt to flip the piece, it can waste the valuable MAGIC Bubble powerup item, which can be essential to clearing bubbles in the latter stages if they get too close to the ground.
PG Mermaids of Atlantis is a bit more playable as a game than the infamous softcore porn Bubble Bath Babes. They added a third background tune, removed the infamous 6th level, and allow you to select the starting round. Both versions display a slide show between levels.
Mermaids of Atlantis tells a story about the evil emperor Odinten sealing away the games mermaids love to play and charging money for them, parodying Nintendo's draconian licensing agreements with third parties. Bubble Bath Babes / Soap Panic features strippers in progressive states of undress. Soap Panic uses an alternate Nurse costume for the first stripper in place of the westernized character used in Bubble Bath Babes. IIRC, the other three strippers are the same in both games.
I own original carts of Mermaids of Atlantis and Soap Panic (the Japanese equivalent of Bubble Bath Babes).
I've actually never beaten SMB before as well lol.
For my favorites, OOT would probably be around 4-5 times across all versions (twice on N64, once on 3DS, twice on gamecube). Pokemon Red/Blue maybe 6-8. Dark Forces 2 I played a lot as a kid but with cheats... without cheats I have probably completed it 3 times.
The OT Star Wars are my favorite films but I dont know how many times I've watched them. Maybe a dozen times each?
I've got a small selection of films I really like, mainly the geek classics like Star Wars, Ghostbusters, BTTF etc. which I love to death and rewatch over and over. I guess that's not too unusual.
I remember I had a movie triple pack of VHS tapes when I was younger with Lock Stock, Trainspotting and Snatch. There was a year or two where I would rewatch either Lock Stock or Trainspotting at least once a week, maybe even multiple times a week. I only watched Snatch once, never felt the need to rewatch it... I guess I really just like what I like, lol!
As for games, I mean geez! I have no idea how many times I've beaten Mario 1, 2, 3 and 64. Beaten DKC a lot of times too, as well as Mario Kart 64, Goldeneye, Banjo, Sonic 2, Sonic 3 and Knuckles, Ducktales... Just so many games I'd play over and over as a kid, but then I guess we all did, right? If you've not got many games, you're gonna make use of them!
I've beaten Final Fantasy 1 a great many times. I do so at LEAST once a year, and I almost always have an ongoing playthrough of the game on one machine or another.
I've beaten Suikoden II like 5 times over the years plus once where I acted as a guide while my wife beat it. I've beaten Dragon Warrior probably 20 times or so since I was a kid.
I couldn't even begin to estimate the number of times I've seen Ghostbusters. It's a lot.
Ive done Super Mario World probably around 75-100 times over my life. I used to 96* on each save file and then a friends would come over and we blow through it again. I played less ovwr the hears but ive been doing at least 1 full run evwry year since i was 13.
DKC and DKC2 ive beaten maybe 10-15 times each. I didnt actually start beating these until about 2011 when i started collecting i only owned DKC2 as a kid and a friend had 1 and neither of us were very good at them for some reason.
Majora's Mask ive beaten the least maybe 5 times. But that is more due to its long nature
Contra and Double Dragon 2 are two of my favourites... and when I feel like playing a fun game and smashing it, I play one of those. So, I would say up into the hundreds for both.
Contra, You have to beat about 6-7 times to max it out...? So probably beat it about 20-30 times just practising/doing that. Plus all the other times I've played through it.... So probably one hundred times isn't unreasonable.
Double Dragon 2... A hundred times? Hmmm... maybe 50-100 to be safe. But there's lots of times I just throw it in for some fun. Might do that later today now, haha.
Favourite movie is a little different.
Some I stay away from, others I watch a lot. Some of my favourites it's been a while wince I've seen, though. I used to watch movies like Major League and Gladiator a TON, but it's been a while since I've watched either of them.
"Gladiators, Tommy. They fought with their bare hands."
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I've completed most of the 3D Marios, but never 100%. Never finished Super Mario 2, 3, or World. Also finished Paper Mario three times, once unlocking all Star Pieces and Badges.
And fun fact, Zelda Link Between Worlds (3DS) was the first Zelda I completed. It won't be the last...
Blasphemous, I know.
As far as films, I've seen Planes, Trains, and Automobiles countless times.
My favorite movie is probably Happy Gilmore. Seen it many times.
I've played through Mega Man 2 probably 5 times, both difficulties. Also Crisis Force on Famicom I've beaten multiple times, both difficulties. I feel like these are games I can always pick up and play, also they don't require a huge time investment, so that helps. On a side-note, I've beaten many of the Color Dreams games multiple times, they're just fun games to beat when you don't feel like playing for more than an hour.
As far as films, I've seen Planes, Trains, and Automobiles countless times.
Unlicensed can be a mixed bag, if often fun and quirky. I "beat" Mermaids of Atlantis (PG version of Bubble Bath Babes). The back story is a really cute parody of the evils of Nintendo licensing. Speaking of Mermaids, I think I may have beaten Little mermaid once but I've slept since then.
the original SMB I've beaten at least 50 (probably only twice without warps though)
mega man 2 probably 40-50X
and Mega Man 5 around 30X
Goof troop snes is my 2nd fave. Beat it a few times a year.
I "beat" Mermaids of Atlantis (PG version of Bubble Bath Babes). The back story is a really cute parody of the evils of Nintendo licensing.
as a puzzle game is it any good?
Movies I usually only watch once, maybe twice. Up is the only real exception which I saw 3 times in theaters.
I "beat" Mermaids of Atlantis (PG version of Bubble Bath Babes). The back story is a really cute parody of the evils of Nintendo licensing.
as a puzzle game is it any good?
It plays like a cross between Tetris, Puzzle Bobble (Bust A Move), and Puyo Puyo (Dr Robonik's Mean Bean Machine / Kirby's Avalanche in the US). You play on a hex grid rather than square, pieces float up instead of down, and you position the bubbles to match groups of four or more same colors. Any "holes" or empty space at the top of the screen will prevent the bubbles from floating to the top. Instead of rotating pieces clockwise or counterclockwise, you flip horizontally and vertically with the A and B buttons. Collecting 5 letters in MAGIC allows you to use a powerup (Down + A, easy to hit by accident) that elimintes empty bubbles and randomizes the color, clearing many bubbles. Like with Tetris, if your pieces fill the entire screen, the game is over.
One popular strategy on the faster levels to buy more time is to swiftly move pieces back and forth left and right, which somehow slows the rate of ascention. Unfortunately if you accidentally tap down while frantically moving right and left on the Dpad and simultaneously attempt to flip the piece, it can waste the valuable MAGIC Bubble powerup item, which can be essential to clearing bubbles in the latter stages if they get too close to the ground.
PG Mermaids of Atlantis is a bit more playable as a game than the infamous softcore porn Bubble Bath Babes. They added a third background tune, removed the infamous 6th level, and allow you to select the starting round. Both versions display a slide show between levels.
Mermaids of Atlantis tells a story about the evil emperor Odinten sealing away the games mermaids love to play and charging money for them, parodying Nintendo's draconian licensing agreements with third parties. Bubble Bath Babes / Soap Panic features strippers in progressive states of undress. Soap Panic uses an alternate Nurse costume for the first stripper in place of the westernized character used in Bubble Bath Babes. IIRC, the other three strippers are the same in both games.
I own original carts of Mermaids of Atlantis and Soap Panic (the Japanese equivalent of Bubble Bath Babes).
SMB - 0
1942/43 - 0
Mega Man 2 - 0
Dragon Warrior ~ 5
SMB -0
why?!?!?!?!?!?
For my favorites, OOT would probably be around 4-5 times across all versions (twice on N64, once on 3DS, twice on gamecube). Pokemon Red/Blue maybe 6-8. Dark Forces 2 I played a lot as a kid but with cheats... without cheats I have probably completed it 3 times.
The OT Star Wars are my favorite films but I dont know how many times I've watched them. Maybe a dozen times each?
I remember I had a movie triple pack of VHS tapes when I was younger with Lock Stock, Trainspotting and Snatch. There was a year or two where I would rewatch either Lock Stock or Trainspotting at least once a week, maybe even multiple times a week. I only watched Snatch once, never felt the need to rewatch it... I guess I really just like what I like, lol!
As for games, I mean geez! I have no idea how many times I've beaten Mario 1, 2, 3 and 64. Beaten DKC a lot of times too, as well as Mario Kart 64, Goldeneye, Banjo, Sonic 2, Sonic 3 and Knuckles, Ducktales... Just so many games I'd play over and over as a kid, but then I guess we all did, right? If you've not got many games, you're gonna make use of them!
I couldn't even begin to estimate the number of times I've seen Ghostbusters. It's a lot.
DKC and DKC2 ive beaten maybe 10-15 times each. I didnt actually start beating these until about 2011 when i started collecting i only owned DKC2 as a kid and a friend had 1 and neither of us were very good at them for some reason.
Majora's Mask ive beaten the least maybe 5 times. But that is more due to its long nature
My favorite game however changes often.
Originally posted by: mattbep
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I remember when Matt used to post. That was #1 in my book.
Contra and Double Dragon 2 are two of my favourites... and when I feel like playing a fun game and smashing it, I play one of those. So, I would say up into the hundreds for both.
Contra, You have to beat about 6-7 times to max it out...? So probably beat it about 20-30 times just practising/doing that. Plus all the other times I've played through it.... So probably one hundred times isn't unreasonable.
Double Dragon 2... A hundred times? Hmmm... maybe 50-100 to be safe. But there's lots of times I just throw it in for some fun. Might do that later today now, haha.
Favourite movie is a little different.
Some I stay away from, others I watch a lot. Some of my favourites it's been a while wince I've seen, though. I used to watch movies like Major League and Gladiator a TON, but it's been a while since I've watched either of them.
"Gladiators, Tommy. They fought with their bare hands."