What video game are you currently playing?

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:20 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:I am considering giving up on games for a while. Too expensive. Except for the ones I already have. Especially Tetris & the Final Fantasy series.
You can always download a few Wii virtual console games. They usually run about 5 to 10 bucks (Wii points). You might want to check 'em out and see if there is anything that interests you.

Here's a list of the virtual console games currently available.

I'd need to own a Wii, first. I have access to a Wii, but it isn't my own. It just has goten prohibitively expensive for me to continue with games for now. And thus a "fun" chapter is put on hold. Retrogaming only for the foreseeable future.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:11 pm

retro gaming is still cool mario cart 64

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:19 pm

superman-prime wrote:retro gaming is still cool mario cart 64

They have a lot great titles for download.

Doorman · Post by **Doorman** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:03 pm

Mario Kart 64 was incredible!

Fond memories of jumping off rainbow road hundreds of times hoping to catch that shortcut.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:56 am

Doorman wrote:Mario Kart 64 was incredible!

Fond memories of jumping off rainbow road hundreds of times hoping to catch that shortcut.

My brothers were crazy about that game. They would get together two or three times a week and play against each other for hours on end.

Doorman · Post by **Doorman** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:12 am

Same here. Every Friday my friends would come over and we'd play this and Goldeneye from 10-4am!

With breaks for Magic the Gathering ... ahhh gotta love those geeky days!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:32 pm

Doorman wrote:Same here. Every Friday my friends would come over and we'd play this and Goldeneye from 10-4am!

With breaks for Magic the Gathering ... ahhh gotta love those geeky days!

Goldeneye was another excellent game. After I beat the game on the normal setting I went back and played it on the 007 setting...man was that a difficult task.

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:58 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
Doorman wrote:Mario Kart 64 was incredible!

Fond memories of jumping off rainbow road hundreds of times hoping to catch that shortcut.
My brothers were crazy about that game. They would get together two or three times a week and play against each other for hours on end.

That was my dorm room beer drinking game back in college. We would play until the wee hours of the morning.

After that came Halo LAN parties on Friday and the bar's on Saturday for about two years straight. There was a lot of beer drinking and trash talking from room to room, I think my roommates were *SQUEE* that I would pack up my big TV and my Xbox every Friday night and cart it over there but it got them out of the house on Friday nights. I don't know how I carried that huge TV back into my house on Friday nights and managed to hook up the cables half drunk but I never failed to get it done.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:57 pm

TKWill wrote: I don't know how I carried that huge TV back into my house on Friday nights and managed to hook up the cables half drunk but I never failed to get it done.

Hahahaha

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:57 pm

Rocket Jockey! It's an old game, kind of obscure, with crappy graphics, but it's so fun! It's a 1930's alternate universe type of look and design. You're an aviator, but instead of flying a plane, you fly a rocket. You straddle a real rocket and use grappling hooks to steer. There are 3 game modes - Rocket Ball which is kind of like soccer. You are in an arena and use your grappling hooks to grab balls and throw them into a net. Rocket War where you try to yank the other rider off his rocket and pull his rocket apart with your grappling hooks. And Rocket Race, which I don't care for. It's just a race through an obstacle course.

Here's a screenshot of Rocket Ball:

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:51 pm

or hittling the island shortcut

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:16 pm

Just started playing Red Steel. Basically just a shoot'em up game with some swordplay mixed in. Couldn't pass it up for 10 bucks.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:16 pm

The great thing about a recession everythings cheep for those that have some cash, you can get a 32 inch flat panel tv for under 400 for the first time this year

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:18 pm

superman-prime wrote:The great thing about a recession everythings cheep for those that have some cash, you can get a 32 inch flat panel tv for under 400 for the first time this year

Wow, that is a good price. I just bought my daughter a 22 inch flat panel for Christmas and it was over $300.

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:04 am

I beat Conan tonight on Medium difficulty. The fight with Graven really had me annoyed at the repetition. But, overall I really enjoyed the game. I'm going to give it a break for a while and play something else, but I'm sure I'll go back to it eventually to beat it on Hard and get some of the Achievements I missed the first time around.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:12 pm

Heath wrote:I beat Conan tonight on Medium difficulty. The fight with Graven really had me annoyed at the repetition. But, overall I really enjoyed the game. I'm going to give it a break for a while and play something else, but I'm sure I'll go back to it eventually to beat it on Hard and get some of the Achievements I missed the first time around.

I think that I am just about finished with it, not sure... but man, some of those achievements are just plain silly. Simply performing certain moves 50 to 100 times.

I DO love playing a CONAN game though... and finding the nekkid maidens on each level (sometimes there were 2-3) was always a nice reward... "(gasp) OH !! What happened to my clothes ? (giggle)" Getcha hot everytime fellas.

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:30 pm

Knightt wrote:
Heath wrote:I beat Conan tonight on Medium difficulty. The fight with Graven really had me annoyed at the repetition. But, overall I really enjoyed the game. I'm going to give it a break for a while and play something else, but I'm sure I'll go back to it eventually to beat it on Hard and get some of the Achievements I missed the first time around.
I think that I am just about finished with it, not sure... but man, some of those achievements are just plain silly. Simply performing certain moves 50 to 100 times.

I DO love playing a CONAN game though... and finding the nekkid maidens on each level (sometimes there were 2-3) was always a nice reward... "(gasp) OH !! What happened to my clothes ? (giggle)" Getcha hot everytime fellas.

The nekkid chicks are pretty funny. I chuckled every time I rescued one.

nekkid maiden wrote:"I never knew my savior would be so... handsome."

nekkid maiden wrote:"Crush me with your love!"

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:38 pm

just started playing warhammer dark crusade - bit old - great game though

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:40 pm

robb77 wrote:just started playing warhammer dark crusade - bit old - great game though

Dude, I played that... it is a GREAT game. I never knew about the Warhammer story so it really intrigued me whilst playing it. I remember one battle where it got B-U-SY !!

h-comics · Post by **h-comics** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:56 pm

Mario RPG on VC.Aww still a great game till this day

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Jesse

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:12 am

got C&C 3 for my puter time to kill some nod B@@@ERDS

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:40 pm

superman-prime wrote:got C&C 3 for my puter time to kill some nod B@@@ERDS

How is it ?

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:56 am

Knightt wrote:
Heath wrote:I beat Conan tonight on Medium difficulty. The fight with Graven really had me annoyed at the repetition. But, overall I really enjoyed the game. I'm going to give it a break for a while and play something else, but I'm sure I'll go back to it eventually to beat it on Hard and get some of the Achievements I missed the first time around.
I think that I am just about finished with it, not sure... but man, some of those achievements are just plain silly. Simply performing certain moves 50 to 100 times.

I DO love playing a CONAN game though... and finding the nekkid maidens on each level (sometimes there were 2-3) was always a nice reward... "(gasp) OH !! What happened to my clothes ? (giggle)" Getcha hot everytime fellas.

I've got the Conan game for the PS3 and I love it. It's got great cutscenes, and a fun story.

My gripes though are:
A) the game goes from manageable or easy to exponentially impossible with that last "tar" boss demon guy with the tentacles at the end.
B) the in-game acheivements will probably never be trophy patched to the PS Network and that sucks.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:41 pm

Yeah that tropy thing just does not compare to the Achievements with the X-Box 360 (IMO). Still is nice to hear them when they pop up. I just got one last night with Resistance 2 (Up close and personal).

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:35 pm

Starcraft 2 is coming up looks impressive

ad HALO WARS