but....tethering.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:20 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/K2gAYxC.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/fMbKQds.jpg11 - Super Bomberman - 209 points / 9 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:21 (seven years ago) link
xpost i get why it's there, and it's part of why people love the game (you can be bad and still have a chance to win) but i wish they would have included an option to turn it off
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:22 (seven years ago) link
wtf is tethering?
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:24 (seven years ago) link
slowing down the winners and speeding up the losers to keep the race close. "rubber band" effect.
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:26 (seven years ago) link
whoever is ahead gets punished by being artificially slowed down and giving everyone who's behind better items so they can catch up.same thing happens in nba jam and other games
like i said i get why it's there and it definitely makes it a much better party game. no one wants to sit around playing with the mario kart expert who crushes everyone every single time
i just wish there was an option to turn it off
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:27 (seven years ago) link
Super Bomberman caught my eye when Next Generation magazine named Super Bomberman 2 the third-greatest game of all time purely on the basis of the multiplayer game. I bought it and liked it, but I could only play two player. I didn't have enough friends.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
smk's powerup ration scheme provides an interesting incentive to not always be at the head of the pack (maybe duck back a minute or so and see if you get a triple-redshell instead of another banana, then pull forward)
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:29 (seven years ago) link
named Super Bomberman 2 the third-greatest game of all time purely on the basis of the multiplayer game
too low
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
these last few games look like something i would have chosen, with bomberman, yes, a little higher
it was an awesome party game
i never played or got into the zelda games for the gameboy though
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
So many times I would immediately accidentally get caught and blow myself up, and then you just have to sit there and wait for the other players to finish the game. After a while I was like fuck this!
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:32 (seven years ago) link
also i played donkey kong country so much...that probably would be in my top 10
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:33 (seven years ago) link
bomberman is one giant cross-generational votesplit: i've never played super bomberman 2 and i don't even know which bomberman on which system i should actually be championing. (on the NES poll i put a bomberman at #1 on principle that turned out to have no multiplayer or something.) but bomberman-the-concept is so so so good, absolutely one of the very small handful of best multiplayer games.
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:34 (seven years ago) link
http://imgur.com/a/8X4B6
amazing list, changed my life, got me into so much good shit
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
snes super bomberman 2 rules them all dude
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/SxCohZm.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/A0LABYZ.jpg10 - StarFox - 218 points / 9 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
xp to mr snrub that lsit has nhl powerplay at #40, what the
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
lots of fun things on that list. i had to smile and agree with marble madness at #15, although i'm sure no one else would agree today!
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:46 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/aoh2uQM.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/MgeID21.jpg9 - Secret of Mana - 222 points / 11 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
that action button secret of evermore review was heavily critical of secret of mana, but secret of mana rules. i haven't played evermore, so perhaps it's even better, but that still wouldn't diminish the greatness of mana.
one key, though, is that i played through it with my sister. the multiplayer aspect of it was key.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:51 (seven years ago) link
this thread has convinced me I need an SNES emulator right now. Only ever had Genesis from this generation :(
― Dominique, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link
ps I assume everyone is listening to this reading the rollout? https://nmesh.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-warp-zone-4-hour-vgm-mix
― Dominique, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:53 (seven years ago) link
i bought an snes controller with a usb adapter and it works amazingly well
xp
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:54 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/9ffzNJU.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/ah7BE2Z.jpg8 - Super Metroid - 288 points / 11 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Note the point jump, getting into rarified air now
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/QVU8wJd.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/mdG4E3O.jpg7 - Street Fighter II & SFII' Turbo - 292 points / 11 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/tjKsdvi.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/6sDnjhK.jpg6 - Earthbound - 304 points / 3 First-place votes / 11 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:37 (seven years ago) link
OHHH NOOOO
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/mother/src/covers/eb.png
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
MALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE
sorry everyone.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:39 (seven years ago) link
Man, that Edge article has me salivating about the next generation, and it hadn't even got to the good stuff yet.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:40 (seven years ago) link
turns out that the thing i do on ilx where entire words and even parts of phrases go mysteriously missing in the middle of sentences, also happens when i fill in a spreadsheet. i tried to be careful.
*ducks*
on the plus side i think i'm going to give emulated link's awakening a try today. never owned the original gameboy, so i'm looking forward to it! also the super mario lands
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:41 (seven years ago) link
play mario lands w sound on! hopefully emulator doesnt sound bad!
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link
have tried and failed to love Super Metroid and Earthbound. i get why people like the latter and maybe i just need to get further in but it just drags for me
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
super metroid took me a while too but i did eventually get it
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
here we go... top 5 incoming!
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/yRLoL06.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/iKLBa3U.jpg5 - Tetris - 313 points / 1 First-place vote / 13 Votes
i loved super metroid because of the mood it created
i used to play at night in the dark and loved the music
at the time, the worlds seemed so big and crazy, and the 'puzzles' were enough to keep me engaged
but i had already been a massive fan since the first nes game
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ixBS1tV.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/ToInrAT.jpg4 - Final Fantasy VI (III) - 371 points / 2 First-place votes / 12 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 19:05 (seven years ago) link
I get it with FF3 but I don't GET IT get it. There are just a lot of other jRPGs I love a lot more on the SNES. then again that's a lot of nostalgia and maybe not necessarily taste? like i have a uge soft spot for illusion of gaia. is it a bad game? i can't remember!
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 19:12 (seven years ago) link
also where did everyone go it's the final 3 soon!
still hungover :/ i feel much the same as you about the whole FF series
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 October 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
pretty sure i know what the top 2 are, just not the order
actually i can guess the order
This was the one with the 'opera scene'? I heard about that in hushed tones.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 6 October 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link
It is indeed. Opera scene is in a nutshell my problem with FF3; it seems like it's overreaching a bit and doesn't hit as hard for me as it seems to for everyone else.
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 19:18 (seven years ago) link
Anyway... *DEEP BREATH BEFORE POSTING #3*
http://i.imgur.com/V4uCzDI.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/qX2XWaO.jpg3 - Chrono Trigger - 433 points / 3 First-place votes / 14 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 19:19 (seven years ago) link
ah i didn't realise that there were still 3 to go - thought this might be number 1. i didn't rate it that highly cos it's not my fave but i have to admire its ambition and world-building
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 October 2016 19:21 (seven years ago) link
Sometimes I feel kinda dumb because I have Tetris on my Vita like the last 20 years haven't elapsed but...c'mon, man, it's Tetris.
(Also have Chrono Trigger and FF Origins on my Vita. Taking full advantage of those graphics, dontchaknow.)
― The Butthole, The Whole Butthole, and Nothing But The Butthole (Old Lunch), Thursday, 6 October 2016 19:22 (seven years ago) link