DOS XMas Skyroads

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Well, the fans demanded it, this video has commentary attached to it. It's not a particularly interesting commentary, but hopefully this should stop some of the requests.

Anyway, Skyroads was an early 3D game, predating the N64 by two whole years. The gameplay is very simple, you just have to make it to the end of the stages without falling off, blowing up, or running out of fuel, but it is extremely difficult. Even clearing the first 10 stages as in the video here is no walk in the park.

SNES Pocky and Rocky

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Continuing my foray into shmups, here's Pocky and Rocky. This is a game that's frequently called a "cute-em-up" for its visuals, but it's quite difficult just the same. I was originally going to do this playthrough on hard, but the cutscenes were driving me nuts so I eventually went back to normal and got this great run.

NES SCAT

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We now return to more NES videos, but at least it's in a genre I don't record often. SCAT is a really technically impressive NES shmup, it looks great, has a ton of stuff on the screen, and virtually never has slowdown or flicker (in one player mode, at least).

It's not an especially hard game, but I definitely think it's underappreciated, so I wanted to do a video of it to let people see what kind of action the NES was really capable of.

GEN Puggsy

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I thought you would probably be getting tired of all the NES videos by now, so here's a break for some Genesis. Puggsy is an innovative puzzle/platformer with a neat physics engine and some clever level design. Unlike most puzzle/platformers, many of the levels have multiple solutions, too, which should make this a bit more interesting to watch then some of them might be.

This is a pretty long game, so I do everything I can to keep deaths to a minimum.

SNES Ganbare Goemon 2

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I thought you could use a break from all the NES games, so here's a SNES game instead. It's no secret that I'm a big fan of the Goemon series, and I recently picked up a lot of the Japanese titles. A lot of the stuff from Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon has its roots here, so it's been pretty interesting to play through them.

Playthrough is now complete.

Photo thread update

I've been inventorying my games lately, so I finally got around to taking some pictures of my handheld collections. You can find them here

NES Galaxy 5000

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It's another game you've probably never heard of! Galaxy 5000 is basically a spiritual predecessor to Rock n' Roll Racing and Biker Mice from Mars. That means you can expect a lot of vehicular carnage and unsafe driving. All the things I like in a racing game!

GB Trip World

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Here's something totally unexpected, how many of you have even heard of this game? Trip World is a mostly forgotten platformer from Sunsoft that had a number of interesting ideas. Most of the game's enemies are indifferent towards the main character unless he attacks them, and you can also transform into a lot of different forms. Unfortunately, the game is pretty short, so many of these concepts aren't used heavily, but it's an interesting diversion while it lasts.

The Great Migration

Not long after completing the migration of my movies on Veoh to Youtube, I receive an email that Google Video is planning to stop hosting the videos on their site, so it seems I'm going to have to move all of them as well.

Since I have so many videos hosted there, I'm not going to move them all at once, they'll be gradually moved as I continue to post new content. I may also re-record some of them, for various reasons.


Videos moved so far:

Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers (New)
Super Robin Hood
Darkwing Duck
Stunt Kids
Snake Rattle 'n Roll
DuckTales
Super Mario Bros
Paperboy
Jackal
MC Kids
Contra
Super C
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Bonkers
The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper
The Little Mermaid
Bishi Bashi Special 2 (New)
Cool Spot
Battle Dodgeball
Penny Racers (New)
Bubsy (Fixed)
Battletoads and Double Dragon
TailSpin
Mega Man 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (New)
Super James Pond
Adventure Island 3
Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off-Road
Metal Storm
Mega Man X (New)


And with that, the migration is finally done.

NES Felix the Cat

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Here's a video which was an (unusually) long time coming - Felix the Cat. This was one of the first videos I intended to do way back when I started this site, but for some reason I never got around to it. It's another licensed platformer, from back in the days when they were good.

N64 Pokemon Puzzle League

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We now return to Tero's Puzzle Gaming. Since Puzzle games seem to be my most popular videos, and Pokemon Puzzle League is probably my best puzzle game, this seemed like a logical choice. However, it took a lot more work than I expected to get this no continue run. The fact that you have to win 16 games in a row and you can lose a game in the span of 2 seconds probably has something to do with that.

NES KickMaster

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Today's game is KickMaster, a little-known gem from Taito. This game has a lot of depth to it, with a pretty cool levelling system and great hit detection. Definitely recommended to all platformer fans. There's lots of room for showing off, too, so this one should be fun to watch.

NES Eliminator Boat Duel

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And we're finally on to new stuff! Eliminator Boat Duel isn't a super popular game, but I think the gameplay is still fairly exciting and I've always had a soft spot for vehicular carnage. It's also got some of the NES's wackiest dialogue.

Although this is played on "easy", the difficulty selection only determines how far into the game you start (easy starts you at the very beginning, and is the only way to play the full game). The racers themselves are always the same strength.

Classic Tero's Classic Gaming

Veoh continues to turn more and more into a porn site with every passing day, and apparently some people can't even see the videos there, so starting this week I'm going to be moving the videos I have on Veoh over to youtube. This post will continue to be updated with links to the transferred videos as I do it. Or you can just check my youtube channel, which is here.

Videos moved so far:

Pocket Fighter (New Content)
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Jazz Jackrabbit (New Content)
Mario Kart 64
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse
Choro Q2
Yoshi's Cookie
Snowboard Kids
Megaman Zero

This will also give me a bit of a break from updating to practice up at some new games, though I might add some new content to some of my older videos.

Every game has now been moved, so there will be a new run up next week.