Can NA Beat Every NES Game in a Year?

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  • Bea, you're a fucking BEAST! I don't think I've ever made it that far at all, especially not solo. Then again, playing multiplayer you pretty much have to go with the Elf or you never get to collect any keys, potions, health, or anything else because friends tend to get greedy image
  • And I have never made it that far playing multiplayer. image

    There's not enough food and items for both players. image
  • Holy shit, Bea! You basically own this competition. You are knocking off games left and right. I still want to make my Pirates! contribution but I keep getting distracted.
  • Question on Basewars... how the heck do you finally finish off freaking pennant mode? I've put in over 50 games, ten against each opponent, and still nothing. If you set the number of games to 10, does that mean every team have to play every other team ten times? I don't get it...



    Unfortunately, I don't think I can count myself on this one anyway, since some of those 50 games were played during 2009... but it'd be good to know for whoever decides to tackle it. And for me, so I can check it off my personal list...
  • Originally posted by: Elkovsky

    Question on Basewars... how the heck do you finally finish off freaking pennant mode? I've put in over 50 games, ten against each opponent, and still nothing. If you set the number of games to 10, does that mean every team have to play every other team ten times? I don't get it...



    Unfortunately, I don't think I can count myself on this one anyway, since some of those 50 games were played during 2009... but it'd be good to know for whoever decides to tackle it. And for me, so I can check it off my personal list...
    ACTION SO H0T, YOU'LL GET PENNANT FEVER BLISTERS.
    In this mode you can set up a Cyber League pennant race of up
    to 10 games with up to six of the 12 established ball clubs.
    To begin the pennant race, press the Control Pad Right to choose
    START in the PENNANT Mode box, then press the A Button. You can continue
    an existing pennant race by choosing CONTINUE with the Control Pad,
    then pressing the A Button.
    Now you must decide whether or not you want to keep the existing
    pennant race data. Base Wars has a special feature that actually lets
    you save pennant races and their data for future play. You'll be able
    to save such key stats as league ranking, home run ranking, ERA's and
    battle stats. (At least you won't have to worry about the robots going
    on strike and putting the kibosh on an exciting pennant drive.) Use the
    Control Pad to select YES or NO, then press the A Button and you're
    ready to begin.
    Press the Control Pad to select the teams for the race, pressing
    the A Button to lock each one in, the B Button to cancel. When you've
    finished picking the teams, press the A Button. The arrow cursor will
    point to CYBER LEAGUE. This is your opportunity to change the name of the
    league. Press the Control Pad Left or Right to select any letter, then Up
    or Down until the desired letter appears. Press the A Button to select the
    number of games to be played. Press the Control Pad Up or Down to change
    the number (maximum of 10). Press the A Button again to see the Team 1
    roster. Now you can change the team name, owner's name, playing mode, type
    of robot, robot's name, field position and batting side (see EDIT TEAMS,
    page 8). Press the Start Button to go to Team 2 roster. Repeat this process
    until all of your pennant race teams are completed.
    Press the Start Button one more time to confirm the teams you've
    chosen. If you want to make some more changes, use the Control Pad to
    select NO, then press the A Button to return to the Team Select screen.
    If you're satisfied, press the A Button to go to the Options screen. Here
    you can PLAY BALL, go to the PARTS SHOP check the teams' RANKING, or
    CHANGE the teams for the pennant race. Use the Control Pad to pick the
    option you want, then press the A Button.

    It actually kind of amused me that I found all of this in the instruction manual for the game...
  • Master chu and the drunkard hu

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    done.

    edito completeo: Does the bad ending in mighty bomb jack count? It had better because ugh.

  • YEAH! Shingen the ruler = beaten! april, 1561 (40 yrs old)
  • OSG, since I counted the bad ending of Bart vs the World, it would be bad form to not count the bad ending to Mighty Bomb Jack. So, if you beat it I'll edit it in, but I left it blank cuz you didn't say you beat it or not.
  • I didn't beat it, no. I halfassedly tried because I've done it in the past but I need more practice!
  • That's cool, I'll just wait until you do it then image
  • conflict beaten!



    "the battle is over, but the war has just begun." really? cause i just beat 16 battles, and it seems like the war is over. congratulation!!!
  • Gauntlet is royally kicking my fit butt now that my password takes me to stage 79. image

    This one will surely take a bit to beat.
  • Yeah, one of my buddies beat it back in the day, but it's balls hard. Gotta go through the last 20 levels without dying.
  • Originally posted by: the_wizard_666

    That's cool, I'll just wait until you do it then image



    Don't hold your breath.

    On that note. Ultima: Quest of the Avatar

    image

    Grinded through. So much grinding.

  • Most RPGs of that era were huge grindfests. Hell, Wizardry 2 should've taken me a hell of a lot longer than it did, except I've long since learned the easy ways to level image
  • space shuttle project beaten!

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  • Originally posted by: the_wizard_666

    Originally posted by: Elkovsky

    Question on Basewars... how the heck do you finally finish off freaking pennant mode? I've put in over 50 games, ten against each opponent, and still nothing. If you set the number of games to 10, does that mean every team have to play every other team ten times? I don't get it...

    Unfortunately, I don't think I can count myself on this one anyway, since some of those 50 games were played during 2009... but it'd be good to know for whoever decides to tackle it. And for me, so I can check it off my personal list...
    ACTION SO H0T, YOU'LL GET PENNANT FEVER BLISTERS.
    In this mode you can set up a Cyber League pennant race of up
    to 10 games with up to six of the 12 established ball clubs.
    To begin the pennant race, press the Control Pad Right to choose
    START in the PENNANT Mode box, then press the A Button. You can continue
    an existing pennant race by choosing CONTINUE with the Control Pad,
    then pressing the A Button.
    Now you must decide whether or not you want to keep the existing
    pennant race data. Base Wars has a special feature that actually lets
    you save pennant races and their data for future play. You'll be able
    to save such key stats as league ranking, home run ranking, ERA's and
    battle stats. (At least you won't have to worry about the robots going
    on strike and putting the kibosh on an exciting pennant drive.) Use the
    Control Pad to select YES or NO, then press the A Button and you're
    ready to begin.
    Press the Control Pad to select the teams for the race, pressing
    the A Button to lock each one in, the B Button to cancel. When you've
    finished picking the teams, press the A Button. The arrow cursor will
    point to CYBER LEAGUE. This is your opportunity to change the name of the
    league. Press the Control Pad Left or Right to select any letter, then Up
    or Down until the desired letter appears. Press the A Button to select the
    number of games to be played. Press the Control Pad Up or Down to change
    the number (maximum of 10). Press the A Button again to see the Team 1
    roster. Now you can change the team name, owner's name, playing mode, type
    of robot, robot's name, field position and batting side (see EDIT TEAMS,
    page 8). Press the Start Button to go to Team 2 roster. Repeat this process
    until all of your pennant race teams are completed.
    Press the Start Button one more time to confirm the teams you've
    chosen. If you want to make some more changes, use the Control Pad to
    select NO, then press the A Button to return to the Team Select screen.
    If you're satisfied, press the A Button to go to the Options screen. Here
    you can PLAY BALL, go to the PARTS SHOP check the teams' RANKING, or
    CHANGE the teams for the pennant race. Use the Control Pad to pick the
    option you want, then press the A Button.

    It actually kind of amused me that I found all of this in the instruction manual for the game...



    Right... but my question's not about selecting the number of teams. When I started playing this for my own completion, I assumed that, by selecting "10" as the number of games I only had to play ten games... but the pennant race didn't end at that point.

    I then assumed that I had to play *each* team ten times... forty games later, the mode still hadn't ended.

    At this point, I'm assuming that every team has to play every other team ten times... which means, with fifteen possible pairs of teams, that the total number of games is 150, and that, if you're playing alone and have everyone else set to CPU, the other 100 games have to be played out by the CPU. Which sounds absolutely riveting (not).

    All this to say, what should the acceptable completion requirements be? Finishing a single game? Finishing a pennant mode, regardless of number of games? Or should the requirement be to finish a "ten-game" pennant mode, including all the games that a CPU would (presumably) have to play out?

    I haven't found a definitive answer yet... weirdly enough, the first search result for "basewars ending" on Google is one of my own reviews. Hmm.

  • Originally posted by: OSG

    Originally posted by: the_wizard_666

    That's cool, I'll just wait until you do it then image



    Don't hold your breath.

    On that note. Ultima: Quest of the Avatar

    image

    Grinded through. So much grinding.



    Sounds exciting. Ultima: Exodus was atrocious enough. Hopefully this won't be as bad... the PC version was pretty fun, but I'm sure it plays a lot differently.
  • Originally posted by: Elkovsky

    Originally posted by: the_wizard_666

    Originally posted by: Elkovsky

    Question on Basewars... how the heck do you finally finish off freaking pennant mode? I've put in over 50 games, ten against each opponent, and still nothing. If you set the number of games to 10, does that mean every team have to play every other team ten times? I don't get it...

    Unfortunately, I don't think I can count myself on this one anyway, since some of those 50 games were played during 2009... but it'd be good to know for whoever decides to tackle it. And for me, so I can check it off my personal list...
    ACTION SO H0T, YOU'LL GET PENNANT FEVER BLISTERS.
    In this mode you can set up a Cyber League pennant race of up
    to 10 games with up to six of the 12 established ball clubs.
    To begin the pennant race, press the Control Pad Right to choose
    START in the PENNANT Mode box, then press the A Button. You can continue
    an existing pennant race by choosing CONTINUE with the Control Pad,
    then pressing the A Button.
    Now you must decide whether or not you want to keep the existing
    pennant race data. Base Wars has a special feature that actually lets
    you save pennant races and their data for future play. You'll be able
    to save such key stats as league ranking, home run ranking, ERA's and
    battle stats. (At least you won't have to worry about the robots going
    on strike and putting the kibosh on an exciting pennant drive.) Use the
    Control Pad to select YES or NO, then press the A Button and you're
    ready to begin.
    Press the Control Pad to select the teams for the race, pressing
    the A Button to lock each one in, the B Button to cancel. When you've
    finished picking the teams, press the A Button. The arrow cursor will
    point to CYBER LEAGUE. This is your opportunity to change the name of the
    league. Press the Control Pad Left or Right to select any letter, then Up
    or Down until the desired letter appears. Press the A Button to select the
    number of games to be played. Press the Control Pad Up or Down to change
    the number (maximum of 10). Press the A Button again to see the Team 1
    roster. Now you can change the team name, owner's name, playing mode, type
    of robot, robot's name, field position and batting side (see EDIT TEAMS,
    page 8). Press the Start Button to go to Team 2 roster. Repeat this process
    until all of your pennant race teams are completed.
    Press the Start Button one more time to confirm the teams you've
    chosen. If you want to make some more changes, use the Control Pad to
    select NO, then press the A Button to return to the Team Select screen.
    If you're satisfied, press the A Button to go to the Options screen. Here
    you can PLAY BALL, go to the PARTS SHOP check the teams' RANKING, or
    CHANGE the teams for the pennant race. Use the Control Pad to pick the
    option you want, then press the A Button.

    It actually kind of amused me that I found all of this in the instruction manual for the game...



    Right... but my question's not about selecting the number of teams. When I started playing this for my own completion, I assumed that, by selecting "10" as the number of games I only had to play ten games... but the pennant race didn't end at that point.

    I then assumed that I had to play *each* team ten times... forty games later, the mode still hadn't ended.

    At this point, I'm assuming that every team has to play every other team ten times... which means, with fifteen possible pairs of teams, that the total number of games is 150, and that, if you're playing alone and have everyone else set to CPU, the other 100 games have to be played out by the CPU. Which sounds absolutely riveting (not).

    All this to say, what should the acceptable completion requirements be? Finishing a single game? Finishing a pennant mode, regardless of number of games? Or should the requirement be to finish a "ten-game" pennant mode, including all the games that a CPU would (presumably) have to play out?

    I haven't found a definitive answer yet... weirdly enough, the first search result for "basewars ending" on Google is one of my own reviews. Hmm.


    I underlined the wrong line.  It's the line before that matters image  "Press the A Button to select the number of games to be played." image

  • Mark Alien 3 down for me.

    Gauntlet is still kicking my fit butt badly. It will take more time to put it on it's place. image
  • Go Bea, you can do it!



    Unfortunately, every NES game I own has already been crossed off the list. From here on out I'll have to use emulators, which is okay, but just no where near as fun image. I'd also like to say somewhat prematurely that this is loads of fun. I'd love to do it again next year. Or maybe on other consoles.
  • I'm thinking of doing it again next year actually. I'm totally not gonna do other consoles myself, but feel free to start threads next year using the same model to keep track of any system you want to image
  • If this is going to be done again next year, you can mark Punch Out! down for me by default. image

    I beat it nearly every day, and I will certainly have it beaten minutes within the new year. XD
  • LOL! I'll try and remember, but you may have to post it anyway just to keep it fair image
  • The best thing about this thread is that it gives me a reason to break out some old titles that I haven't played in awhile, or even try out some games I never played before image
  • That was pretty much the point of it. It's like incentive to try something new image
  • Well, since nobody responded to my question about Hillsfar, I decided that the scenarios are short enough that I'd knock off another. So now I've seen half of what the game has to offer. Invested 2.5 hours into the Fighter scenario, most of which was the annoying arena battles. Overall, it was far easier than the Cleric scenario, but the arena made it far less enjoyable. Guess I'll wait until I knock off the Mage and Thief now.
  • I knocked off Mission: Impossible after days of screwing up on really, really lame things causing me to have little-to-no energy towards the end : P



    http://robertlbryant.com/images/conq_mission_impossible.jpg



    Fun game, long levels.
  • Holy crap Roth, how is this only your second entry? I'm stunned!
  • haha Well, I noticed that I hadn't conquered and taken a pic of any new games this year. I figure that's because Liam is new to the household and all that stuff. Now that I have more time to play, all of the games on the list I've knocked off were already beaten by someone : P I'm working slowly on Tecmo NBA though.
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