So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

I haven't played Lemmings in an eternity. Had it on the Megadrive when I was a kid and fairly sure I finished it - I see there are 180 levels so fairly impressed with my kid self if that's the case :pac:

Playing a lot of NES games at the moment, always end up going back to Megaman 2. It really is absolutely perfect. One of those games I always end up humming the songs to.

Bought an 8bitdo receiver for my NES 30 Pad. I've been using a Famicom for years with one of those Hudson pads that goes into the extension port on the front, so haven't been able to sort out a wireless solution as of yet. Luckily the top loader has the same controller ports as the US NES so the 8bitdo receiver should work.

Finally got to play Pepsi Man after years of wanting only to discover it's kinda shite?

You waited a quarter of a century to play (arguably) the greatest 2d platforming game ever made? for shame! :pac:

Yeah it's some game isn't it? The first time I played it through I didn't know about the inverted castle at all. Played through it again about 5-6 years ago and finished it properly.

Edit - I just realised the gravity of what I said, 1997 is 25 years ago! so many amazing games that came out that year and now 25 years old, mental.

Had actually gave it a try before but PS1 Classics version on the PS3 (**** PAL version and all) does the game no justice at all. Not exaggerating when I say it felt like running though molasses. Took me an embarrassing amount of time to twig they were selling literally the worst way of playing the game for reasons only known to them and their god.

Well there's a recommendation if ever I heard one! didn't realise it was meant to be that good - Not a George RR Martin fan so wasn't on the hype train in that regard at all.

Are you playing with keyboard and mouse or a controller actually? I've played through all the Souls games with a controller so would be nearly tempted to go that way with this too.

GRRM's input was always going to be limited on a product that actually got finished.

Finished it there this morning. Was alright enough, even pretty good fun at various stretches. I think I benefited from going in with low expectations and kind of expecting it to be another Gen 5 era, early console 3D nostalgia-trap and it did, for the most part, clear that pretty low bar.

Going to dust off Klonoa Dream Champ Tournament having put it off for a couple of days. The puzzles toward the end of the game swing wildly back-and-forth between genius and just obnoxious, so we'll see how it goes. Might give Crash 2 a crack after that, if it's supposed to be that marked an improvement over the first.

Having a good chunk of my games on shelves in the sitting room is turning out to be absolutely amazing.

I sat down yesterday for a bit of gaming time and had more fun with my Megadrive than I've had in a long time - no Everdrive in sight, just pulling original boxed Megadrive games from the shelves and sticking them into the console.

You really do spend so much more time on each game that way. No more hopping between random roms and not settling on anything.

I ended up playing through my original copy of Alisa Dragoon, 30 years old and still going strong!

Yeah it was always a 10-15 quid game, nothing spectacular. The Japanese version was a little harder to find but sat around 30-40 for years.

I see the Jap release is now hitting in and around 250!

I wonder did it feature in a youtube video as a hidden gem?