New Poll

I've put up a new poll, this one concerns runs of series games like Mario, Megaman, Sonic, etc.

There should be a new run up this weekend or the next.

SNES Super James Pond

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Bonus Christmas Update!

Did the name of this video fool you into thinking it was James Bond? I know it fooled me all those years ago. When I first got this game, I thought it was based on the cartoon "James Bond Jr" and I naturally assumed it would be bad. Thankfully for me, it turned out to be the sequel to an obscure game from the Amiga and it's actually pretty decent.

This is a Christmas-themed game, so this was the natural time for me to do a run of it. As you would expect, it's very colourful and has a lot of diverse locales. It's also crammed full of more secrets than any other game I can think of (eat your heart out Castlevania).

Anyway, this is my Christmas gift to all of you. If you don't like it, remember, it's the thought that counts (or you can watch my Sonic 2 run instead). Merry Christmas internet land.

GEN Sonic the Hedgehog 2

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It's finally my 25th video! Sorry to keep you waiting so long.

I re-recorded this because the original video featured a pretty lame battle against the final boss. It's much more polished now, which is fitting for my favourite Genesis game.

So Close

Well, I almost had my next run tonight, but I blew it on the final boss. How aggrivating.

Also, I have a headache and both my arms are tired (it's quite an intense game), so I think it's time for a break. I work hard for your entertainment.

Of course, by break, I mean I'll probably play an RPG or something light. I never really stop gaming.

How I Record My Videos

I've had a couple of questions about this, so I thought I'd share how I record my videos.

Edit:

I have a capture card now, so I use that to record most of my videos now. Emulators do still have a couple advantages, for example it's easier to blank your save data in some cases, but for the most part the card is always better. I'll leave up the emulator information for the curious, though.


NES:

I use VirtuaNES for NES videos. VirtuaNES is a dream to work with, its video recording is extremely stable and it doesn't have many game-related issues. The only problem is that some NES games have minor display issues, and while you can correct these through the emulator options, these settings are not preserved when it creates the video.


SNES:

I use ZSNES and SNES9x. ZSNES has to be at least version 1.5 to record videos. ZSNES works pretty well for games that it will run, but unfortunately version 1.5 has tons of compatibility issues that aren't present in older versions. If a game won't run on ZSNES, I use SNES9x. SNES9x's video recording is extremely unreliable (I've tried numerous versions and they all have desync issues, either in video or audio), so when using SNES9x I record my videos using direct screen capture (see below).


Genesis:

I use a modified version of Gens called Gens Video. Although it renders videos a bit slow, so far I haven't had any trouble with it.


N64:

I use Project64 for N64 videos. Though there seem to be some video recording options in some of the plugins, I just use screen capture for these.


PSX:

I use ePSXe for PSX videos. A couple plugins allow you to create videos, but I haven't gotten good results out of them, so I just use screen capture for these.


Screen Capture:

The screen capture program I use is called "CamStudio", it's a freeware program that captures part of the screen and any audio output. It produces a very good quality video, though it has some minor audio desync problems (it tends to get about a second off per hour). I haven't actually tried any other screen capture programs yet, maybe I should give them a try at some point.


Codec:

All of my videos are encoded using XVid. XVid provides good compression while still maintaining video quality, and it works well with Google Video. I encode audio using Lame MP3.


I'll add more to this post if I start recording videos for a new system.

Nothing new this week

Between being sick and having a ton of people over, there wasn't a ton of time for (console) gaming this week. I did put in a solid amount of hours with my PSP (I think I recharged it every day), but I only had a little time to practice for my next run (which is something difficult, it's going to take a little while).

I did get a fair bit of cleaning done, I'm proud to say I now have very few games left sitting on the floor. I've uploaded a handful of new pictures to that post about my gaming collection, which you can visit by clicking here or locating it using the knob on the right. In case you haven't noticed, Channel 4 is now active, it contains a listing of non-game run posts that I've made, except for pointless little filler posts like this one.

This leaves only Channel 7 unused at this point, I'm not sure what I plan to do with that one.

NES Megaman 2

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Okay, I originally had no intention of doing a Megaman 2 run, because everyone and their mother has already done one, but my Laptop died this week, leaving me with no way to record anything other than NES videos. As such, I needed something I could do in a hurry, and as per that article I wrote a couple weeks back about cleaning NES games, I had played MM2 recently and it was fresh in my mind.

This is a pretty good run. It's not perfect or anything, because I didn't take too many attempts here, but hopefully it should keep you entertained until I can find another way to record stuff.

NES TailSpin

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TaleSpin is yet another Capcom Disney game. Unlike most of the others, it's not a platformer, it's a horizontally scrolling shooter. It's a bit different from most shooters, though, for one thing you can turn around and take more than one hit.

I'll admit that I was wrong about this game. When I first played it, I called it "the worst of the Capcom Disney games". That was unfair, which I realize after playing it some more. That title should definitely go to "Mickey Mousecapades". TaleSpin is actually pretty fun after you learn how to play it.

How To Clean Your NES Games

Well, I got some new games yesterday, and this is a question that comes up fairly often, so I thought I'd show you how to clean your NES games. This also gives me an excuse to link my own site more often.

What you will need

You'll need the following:
-A game to clean (I'm using perennial favourite Megaman 2)
-Rubbing Alcohol
-Q-Tips
-Contact cleaner (not strictly necessary, but helpful. Mine came from the NES Repair Shop)
-NES Game Bit (Also got this from the NES Repair Shop)
-A clean working area (not pictured here)

The first thing to do is open up the cart

You use the Game Bit for this. Sometimes those screws can be in there pretty good, so you might want to use a socket wrench or a screwdriver handle for this.

Certain games use different types of screws, particularly very old games and unlicensed titles. You'll usually just need a small flathead screwdriver for those.

Next, remove the circuit board

Obviously, hold it by the edges. Note which way the microchips were facing when you take it out, they usually face the front, but some carts may go the other way. This one has some dirt on it, you can see discoloured areas on the connector pins. There's work to be done here.

Put some cleaner on a paper towel

If you hold the bottle and the paper towel like this, you just need to give it a little shake to get enough on the paper towel. Then, gently rub the connector pins with the cleaner until most of it ends up on the paper towel (the paper towel will turn grey or black if dirt is coming off). If it takes a ton off, you probably have to repeat it, but don't scrub too hard or you can actually take the gold-plating off the pins.

Dip a Q-Tip in the Alcohol

You can see parts of the paper towel are grey here. Anyway, dip the Q-Tip in the alcohol, and rub it over the connectors. This will remove any extra cleaner and it also helps to clean the pins. Afterwards, use the other end of the Q-Tip to dry it. If the Q-Tip turns grey or black, it's probably not clean enough, and you may need to Q-Tip it again or use more cleaner. After you are satisfied with one side, you have to do the other side.

Put the board back in and close the cart

After you have polished both sides to your satisfaction, you're done! Now you just have to put the cart back together (remember, the microchips face the front of the cart on most games! Some carts let you put the board in the wrong way!). Use the game bit to close the cart. Don't overtighten: If the edge of the cart is bending inwards, you've tightened too much.

Try it out!

If it didn't work, then it's probably not clean enough, unless all your games don't work, in which case you probably have a bad connector on your system. You'll need to repair or replace it, which is another guide.

For most games, this process takes 5 to 15 minutes. Now, you just have to repeat this for every game that you own, and you'll have a perfectly working NES library (isn't retro gaming fun?) You should definitely invest in dust jackets, they're cheap and they keep your games clean. Otherwise you'll be cleaning them every couple years.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to teach a certain Doctor a lesson.

SNES Battletoads and Double Dragon

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Hooray! It's my first single credit run on a game with "Battletoads" in the title! I feel good about myself, despite the fact that this is the easiest one.

This one was also an adventure to record. No, wait, "adventure" implies it was fun - I think I'm looking for "ordeal". The first time I recorded this, it desynced, which was extremely frustrating (the first run was a bit more consistent than this and about 15 seconds faster overall, but I had 1 less life at the end). I was going to give up and do something else, but in the end I decided to record this one in real time and avoid the "playback" part entirely.

This worked great, except that I had to play the game in a tiny window at best the size of a cell phone screen and at times I could barely see what I was doing.

Next time I'm going to do an NES game. Those are so much easier to record and convert.

Community Access (Polling) Channel

I've added a new channel to the site, where you can vote among a small list of choices for which game you'd like to see done. It's set to channel 6.

I'll take this under consideration when doing new runs, but I can't guarantee the results will directly affect the order in which runs get put up.

SNES Bubsy

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Bubsy is a fairly standard (if a bit difficult) SNES platformer. There's also a fairly vocal segment of the SNES community that really hates this game, for a reason I don't quite understand. Apparently it had something to do with pre-release hype, but I bought this game used from a rental store a couple years after it came out so that never affected me. I've always kind of liked it.

At any rate, this video was a nightmare to record. It all started because the emulator I usually use doesn't run this game, so I had to use a new one. The first two times I attempted the record a video, the video itself desynced, and then even after I got one that worked, the sound didn't sync properly. Upon re-uploading this to youtube, I've fixed the sound sync, so it finally sounds as it ought to.

In spite of my frustration of having to re-record my video so many times, the run is greatly improved by it. The first time I just barely squeaked by, but with all this extra practice the run you see here totally dominates the game. There's a lot more polish here than on most of my videos - this is me at my best.

Besides, I worked really hard to get this one to work.

Almost there

Well, I did have a new video (which I spent most of the night recording), but I found that during the playback the movie becomes desynchronized and thus all of my work is probably for nothing.

It's not terribly surprising, I had to use a different emulator because the emulator I usually use doesn't support this game, and it looks like this emulator's movie recording is simply buggy.

I'll try the convert one more time in case it was a freak accident, but I suspect this is going to mean no update for at least another week (and this particular game may not be uploaded at all, unless the other emulator decides to support it).


Update:

After re-recording the video 2 more times (my run has substantially improved in the progress), I have managed to record a run that doesn't desync. Unfortunately, my efforts to encode it have so far resulted in severe audio desync. I'm trying a different method now, hopefully it will yield slightly better results.


Yet another update:

Okay, I captured the video using a straight screen capture. This provides much better results, the audio still gets a little slow near the end but it's not by that much and it's probably the best it's going to get.

The problem? Google video is down right now. I'll upload the video when I can.


Final update:

It's finally back. Video is now uploaded.

SNES Battle Dodgeball

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Continuing my quest to bring you a wide variety of games, here's Battle Dodgeball.

Battle Dodgeball is basically the same as the game "Super Dodgeball", except with Gundams instead of Kunio and friends.

This is a pretty short video because I figured it would get repetative to watch after a while.

Oh, it just occurs to me that this is my 20th video. Maybe I should have done something a little more notable. Oh well, maybe for 25. Or maybe I'll forget again.

N64 Penny Racers

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Here's a video of one of my old favourites, Penny Racers. It's part of the Choro Q series, though this game is a bit of an oddball in the franchise in that it plays a lot like Mario Kart.

I re-recorded this video for youtube because I had originally recorded it using an emulator, and this game doesn't exactly play easily using digital controls. This is authentic gameplay now, and the sound stays synced, too.

It was pretty hard to re-record, though, I failed this run like 10 times before I finally got this.

SNES Cool Spot

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Cool Spot is another food-related platformer from Virgin Games. It's probably remembered best for the awesome song that plays during the bonus levels.

Anyway, this run gets the best ending possible - that requires you to beat the game on hard with no continue and beat all the bonus levels, a significantly more difficult task than beating it on normal.

This is a pretty good game, but man is it ever long. This is a pretty good run, and I don't waste any time, but it still takes close to 2 hours to beat the game.

PSX Bishi Bashi Special 2

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Bishi Bashi Special 2 is a minigame collection. A crazy, heavily Japanese minigame collection. This run has been updated and now shows both modes.

Okay, so this is a strange pick, but I wanted something to test my method of recording PSX games. There's another game there I've been working on, but it's hard, and I wouldn't want to go to all that work to beat the game and then find out that it produced a bad video.

NES The Little Mermaid

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Okay, I hadn't been having great luck with my game runs lately, so I went to something I knew I could do in a few hours to placate my audience while I work on the other ones.

This is another one of the Capcom Disney games, but it's actually even easier than Rescue Rangers. It's still not bad for more advanced gamers, though, because there's a lot of secrets hidden in the levels.

The Battle for Battle City

Well, I spent all night tonight putting the finishing touches on my secret project.

As you may or may not be aware, NES games and Famicom games are extremely similar in nature but they have a different number of connector pins, and thus some kind of adaptor is needed to play one type of game on the other hardware.

There are also certain NES games that are basically just a converter with a Famicom game inside. This was apparently done due to a shortage on NES boards for some holiday season. As such, if you got a hold of one of those, you could switch the enclosed Famicom game and you'd have a method of playing Famicom games on an NES.

It sounds easy in theory, at any rate. The game I wanted to convert is Battle City, a classic arcade game that has never been available in America in any form despite being totally in English.

The first challenge was to get the games apart. NES games are easy since they have screws, but Famicom games are designed with all sorts of tabs that fit into each other, clearly never meant to be opened. I had to use a lot of prying and sawing to get Battle City Open.

Here are the two carts side by side. I already removed the original famicom game.

Now I just had to put them together. This requires a lot more force than you might think.

Here is the assembled unit.

So we're done now, right? Wrong. First of all, the case wouldn't shut - you can see a little plastic piece that goes through the middle of the famicom cart on the grey NES case in the first shot. This doesn't go in the right place for Battle City, so I had to snip it off.

After closing the case, I tried out the game, and it gave me the purple screen of death. I took it back apart, cleaned both the NES and the Famicom games until the pins sparkled, and still nothing.

The problem is actually that the Famicom cart was UPSIDE-DOWN. Yes, it looks normal in the second picture, the chips face the front of the cart like every other NES game and like the Famicom game that was originally in there, but it's wrong. Namco manufactures their chips facing the other way, I assume only to confuse you. You clearly weren't meant to get the game open.

This is the way it needed to go.

This worked first try (of course).

So in the end, I got my NES cart that plays Battle City, but man, it was a lot of work. And expensive. I don't really want to say how much this project cost in total, but suffice it to say it probably would have been substantially easier and cheaper just to get one of those "1000 in 1" pirate carts that always contain this game.

Oh well, Classic Gaming is always a labour of love. And intense frustration.

(I apologize for the poor picture quality. Gaming is where my skill lies, not photography.)

NES Jetsons Cogswell's Caper

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(Warning: This game makes frequent use of a strobe-like effect and those who are photosensitive probably shouldn't watch it).

This run was a LONG time in coming. Seriously, I've been working on this one for about 4 months and I've probably attempted it at least 150 times in that period. This game is really, really hard.

This still isn't the world's best run, but I'll take it. Two levels are less than great, but I don't think I die anywhere on the other nine.

Wow, it feels so strange to have this run finished. I feel like I still need to work on this game.

SNES Bonkers

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I bet you thought this site was only going to contain NES videos, right? Well, I have the technology to record SNES games now.

Bonkers is another Capcom Disney game. It stars a hyperactive bobcat who throws bombs everywhere. That should really be all you need to know.

I chose this game largely because it is very easy and I was testing out the SNES recording process.

More importantly, with the posting of this video, my blog is now totally caught up on the runs I have already posted to Google Video!

*fanfare plays*

There will now be posts about the games I'm attempting from time to time, though generally runs will tend to come slower than 2 per week.

NES Little Nemo the Dream Master

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This game is based on a comic strip from 1905 that most people have probably never heard of. It was remade as an anime movie around when this game came out.

It's a pretty interesting game, actually, the gimmick to this game is that you can feed candy to various animals in order to change into them. This, coupled with the detailed graphics featured in the game made Little Nemo fairly impressive in 1989.

This is also one of the first platformers to put heavy emphasis on exploration. Little Nemo really was a trend-setter.

Photos of my gaming collection

I took some pictures of my games and setup for a forum I go to. I thought I might as well share it here. I'll link to these because they're big pictures.

Last updated on October 17 2011.


Entertainment Center Mark III (new)
Entertainment Center Mark II
Entertainment Center Mark I

It's made out of an old paper filing system that was heavily modified to fit my various systems. It now holds 9 systems, which is definitely maximum capacity.


SNES Shelf (new)
N64 Shelf (new)
NES Shelf (new)
Shelves 4 (new)
Shelves 3
Shelves 2
Shelves 1

This holds my NES, SNES, N64, and PS1 collections (my PS1 collection is extremely small). For the first time, I've uploaded high-rez pictures of the individual shelves in case you want to strain your eyes and try to make out the games.


DS Stacks 2 (new)
DS Stacks
PSP Stacks 2 (new)
PSP Stacks

I now store my DS, 3DS and PSP games on top of the shelves. I hope that board is sturdy enough to support all of my DS games...

Modern Games Left Side (new)
Modern Games Right Side (new)
Wii Games
GC Games
Bookshelf 3
Bookshelf 2
Bookshelf 1
Under Bookshelf 2
Under Bookshelf 1

This bookshelf has its contents shuffled around all the time, it currently contains my GC, Wii, and PS2 collections. And they no longer totally fit.


GBA collection
GB/GBC collections

Many people requested to see my Game Boy and Game Boy Advance collections (they're usually stored in boxes), so here they are.

Genesis games 2 (new)
Genesis games

My Genesis collection is a little bigger now, but I still have no place for them.


Old DS Box 2
Old DS Box
Old N64 Box

I used to store a lot of this stuff in crates and such before I got these shelves.


The Most Expensive Game I Own

Took this out to prove to some guy that I had actually heard of this game, but since I guess it's a centerpiece of sorts I'll put the picture here too.

NES Super C

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After Contra, this seems like the logical choice.

Much like Contra, if you get the right weapon, this game isn't very hard. I actually come pretty close to beating this game on one life, but I get caught without my weapon on the last level and you get to see just how naked I am without it. Sheesh.

NES Contra

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When people think of hard NES games, this is probably one of the first names to come to mind. But this game actually isn't as hard as it seems. The first couple of times I tried to beat it, I did abysmally, but within a few days I was able to do this run of the game.

So for anyone who wants to beat Contra, try it with the Konami code the first couple times. You'd be amazed how much easier it gets with a bit of practice!

Links and RSS section

I've added another section to the blog. It contains a couple links, a link banner, and some RSS options. RSS will allow you to be notified when this page updates.

You can get to it by turning the TV off (use the other knob).

NES MC Kids

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MC Kids is, as the name suggests, a game based on McDonald's. This alone makes it awesome. It also happens to be a very good Super Mario Bros 3-esque platformer.

This is an interesting run, because I make it through about 70% of the game playing casually and taking a lot of risks. At that point, I realize I haven't lost a life yet and decide to turn this into an attempt at a no-death run (something I've never even come close to before).

This run could also help you out if you've played the game but can't find all the cards, because I get every last one in this run.

NES Jackal

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Jackal is a great arcade game. Unlike many arcade games, where you can abuse certain tricks to raise your score without limit, in this game your score actually means something. There's the perfect element of risk versus reward - taking risks gets you more points, but if you die, you lose your POWs, cosing you an extreme amount of points.

This is one of my most professional-ish videos, because this one was for a tournament (the goal was to get the highest score). In the end, I came second - I posted this video too early and someone else adapted some of my strategies. Oh well, it still makes for a good watch.

NES Paperboy

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Ahh, Paperboy. The most wantonly destructive game for the NES. Who doesn't love this game?

My objective here was to try and get the largest number of subscribers, and to that end, causing mayhem isn't actually productive. However, I just can't stop myself - My fingers move on their own when I see a post or tombstone in need of defacing.

I think this is one of my most entertaining runs to watch. I really cut loose on some of those houses.

NES Super Mario Bros

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I'm sure everyone knows this game, after all, there's over 40 million copies of it.

This video is the product of an NES challenge where the goal was to beat Super Mario Bros without dying or using warps. While the game itself isn't that hard, beating it without losing a single life is.

At any rate, I can't quite pull it off, though I came pretty close. Well, I only worked on this for about a week, if I spent a little longer maybe I could have done it.

New Page Elements

Minor update, but I've activated two more of the channels. Channel 5 gives you a quick list of all the videos I've posted, and channel 8 is the Blogger "About Me" page.

It'll probably be a while before the rest of the knob settings do much of anything.

NES DuckTales

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This game is as classic as they come. I'm sure everyone who owned an NES knew DuckTales. Capcom really did a lot of good things when they worked with Disney.

I think this is a pretty good run. I do die a couple times, but I'm pretty sure I get almost all of the secrets in this game. Hopefully this video should be informative.

NES Snake Rattle n' Roll

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Snake Rattle n' Roll is my second-favourite NES game, and it's also basically the game that got me back into trying to beat classic games.

I've owned this game for a long time, but I could never beat it (it's very difficult). Somewhat recently, I restored my NES, and I took another shot at this game. After some work, I finally passed the thing.

Of course, it took me a while before I could duplicate the feat (I detest the final boss in this game, he ruins so many good runs). Even this run isn't that spectacular, but it's good enough. Maybe I'll play through it again sometime with a second player.

Oh, and I don't use a turbo controller for this game. This is all natural button ramming.

NES Stunt Kids

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Stunt Kids is a neat little Excitebike-esque game, though in my opinion it improves on Excitebike in basically every way.

For those who don't know this game, I'm the kid on the top. The one on the bottom is just a demo.

This run took a lot more tries than you'd think, because I was trying not to die. You can see it's close in a lot of cases.

At any rate, this game is best experienced by actually playing it. You should give it a try if you've never played it before.

Site design finally done

I've finally got my site working properly across browsers and resolutions.

The channel knob to the right is now active, but the only thing you can do with it right now is see the archives. More stuff will be forthcoming.

Man, this took a lot of work. Browser Compatibility with CSS is a real pain.

NES Darkwing Duck

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Suck gas, evildoers! Darkwing Duck is basically a Megaman clone, though I suppose Capcom is entitled to rip of their own game. This is also one of my best runs. And now that it's on Youtube, the quality looks a lot better, too. There's never been a better time to get dangerous!

NES Super Robin Hood

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This is a run of Super Robin Hood, which is one of the games in Quattro Adventure.

This was the game that inspired me to start recording runs like this, after I noticed that some people had put partial runs up of this game but they couldn't beat it.

This is a pretty cool game, easily the best one in Quattro Adventure. This one could probably stand on its own. I don't know if I'll ever attempt any of the other games in Quattro Adventure, really only Linus Spacehead has the potential to be interesting and it's brutally hard.

NES Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers

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This was the first one of these videos I did, basically as a test of Google Video.

I have played Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers a preposterous amount of times, so it wasn't particularly hard for me to beat it without dying. Of course, the last level is the hardest one, so I had to restart this a couple times.

The first time I did this, I accidentally recorded it using a PAL version of the game, so the music played a bit too fast. I have since re-recorded it using my capture card, so the music is correct. I've gotten a little better at the game, too.

Welcome to Tero's Classic Gaming!

Welcome retro gaming fans and bored blog surfers!

This board is basically a place for me to place all of my classic gaming runs, since Google Video doesn't really give you any kind of page that you can link to for your videos. This will also allow people to comment without having an account (since Google Video doesn't let you) and I'll probably also post things about my progress on new or old games from time to time.

On that note, on to the first video!

Blog hopefully running

Okay, after hours and hours of fighting the html on this site, I think I've finally got the blog in a vaguely displayable format. It won't scale to your browser resolution like how I had hoped, but hopefully it still looks presentable even on big resolutions. I'm still going to end up fiddling with this a bit more later, I'm sure.

After much more tweaking, I've gotten the layout working across all browsers and resolutions - the secret was scaling back the design. CSS is just not consistent enough across browsers for something like what I was originally attempting to be possible, but this comes pretty close.