ILX Plays: Mike Tyson's Punchout for the NES

yeah, I remember that it does feel more wide open at popinski.

he is just too fast for me at the moment. his tell before he attacks is like half that of the earlier fighters.

yeah, you are in for some fun rematches after you beat him, though. and then the last 3 each feel like a popinski level jump imo. very tough for me.

anyone beat this thing?

i got to popinski

popinski. still can't get a single shot in.

i got bored playing glass joe and sat this round out. i think i got to super macho man once up on a time or maybe just saw someone get to him

gotta love the absurd size of some of these opponents

alright let's get it on: ILX Plays: The Legend of Zelda for NES

I agree with AB. This is nearly a perfect NES game, there's something so satisfying about it and it manages to be super addictive despite its difficulty. I say 'almost' because Tyson was just way way too hard. I remember being so thrilled being able to finally beat Great Tiger and Bald Bull and then get absolutely destroyed by Iron Mike. I never got close to beating him.

it is so much work just to get there. how can you ever figure it out?

this may be the game/thread that convinces me to get a better usb controller

also I think Von Kaiser's head bobbing around as he descends the ring is probably the funniest thing in any NES game

i got to the Great Tiger on my first quarter. I think I lost because I couldn't remember how to use the stars? How do you use them again?

start button i think? very non-intuitive since it so quickly became strictly the pause or inventory screen button in like 95% of games. not that the two middle buttons would have ever really have been much use in non-secondary roles - too hard to move your thumbs over there - but it's interesting to think that if they'd just laid out the controller hardware differently this could have been a real four-button system. wonder what that would have done for game design.

not that having six 'active' buttons turns every super NES game into a rich, complex super-game, but it does open up some possibilities. definitely would have freed you up from soooooooo many now-forgotten titles with frankly bizarre button combinations to accomplish basic things (down + B to climb ladders or whatever).