Super Mario Land 2 – Memory Exploration
Super Mario Land 2 – Memory Exploration
Retro Game Mechanics Explained is an educational video series from Super Mario World speedrunner Dotsarecool. In Super Mario Land 2, it’s possible to glitch yourself right out of the map and into other regions of the Game Boy’s address space. Wandering around those garbage tiles and randomly flipping bits will usually crash the game, but it’s possible to trigger the ending credits from there. This reminds me of the game-breaking screen warp glitch I played around with in The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening v1.0.
Source: Retro Game Mechanics Explained via YouTube recommendation
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Retromania!!
Two weeks ago, Columbus Retro League put on an excellent pro wrestling-themed event. More than just a tournament, this show had all the promos, interviews, and hype you’d expect from a Pay Per View. About two hours in, I defended my CRL Season 2 #1 ranking in Fire Pro Wrestling D and WWF Royal Rumble, both on Dreamcast. Check it out while you’re binge-watching speedruns from Summer Games Done Quick.
Source: YouTube via Chris Bidwell
sh/f Super Fireball Battle
Now that I’ve got all my WordPress posts on Tumblr, what should I do with it? How about I introduce a tool-assisted video Sonic Hurricane debuted at Evo2k10? Evenly matched projectiles and beams clash like it’s Dragon Ball Z. This video got me into Shinichi Osawa’s album The One and the soundtrack to DoDonPachi Resurrection Black Label.
Source: Sonic Hurricane via RSS feed nearly eight years ago
Wataru Ishibashi – The Merciless Savior
30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 29: Final boss music From The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (PSP, 2007)
This was my plan all along! Today, you all become Falcom fans! Behold the climax of Dragon Slayer VI: The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky – Second Chapter Steam Version Evolution Voices Mod.
Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun
Marty Friedman and AKB48 – Death Panda Death
Japan will make anything cute. To make metal cute, ex-Megadeth lead guitarist Marty Friedman brought in pop idol group AKB48 to create Death Panda. Friedman loves J-pop’s complicated song structures and how bands like Babymetal apply them to metal.
Source: YouTube via the Lost Gamers Japanese metal panel at Matsuricon
Gashi Gashi – E-can
The animations on pixiv are just a series of PNGs animated in HTML5. Luckily, Gashi Gashi also posted a GIF of this on Tumblr, so I'd added that here. When Mega Man charges up a shot, he starts flashing, but everything else that's the same color as Mega Man flashes too.
UPDATE: Gashi Gashi posted this animation as a GIF on Tumblr, so it’s here now.
Source: 「Ｅ缶」/「ガしガし」のイラスト [pixiv] via pixiv每周排行 – 前50
Yasuhisa Watanabe – Girl of Power
30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 8: Music from a shooter (first or third person) From Border Down (Dreamcast, 2003)
I’m glad lots of people chose shmups for this prompt. There’s so many good soundtracks to choose from, and I’ve got more coming.
Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun
Maldita Castilla
Locomalito makes hard traditional 2D games that can be beaten in one sitting, and he releases them for free out of his love of arcade culture. Check out Maldita Castilla, his love letter to dark Nintendo Hard platform games like Ghosts ‘n Goblins and Castlevania. Most of the monsters come from Spanish myths we don’t normally see in video games. Find the hidden Moura’s Tear item in each stage and try not to lose your soul. The developer also made Hydorah, a brutally difficult horizontal scrolling shooter with powerups.
For God and Castile!
Source: Maldita Castilla – Locomalito and YouTube
Anamanaguchi – Another Winter
30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 24: Music you constantly have stuck in your head From Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game (PS3, August 10, 2010)
Happy 10th anniversary! We want to buy this precious little beat-’em-up, but it’s been delisted since 2014. This Anamanaguchi soundtrack is all we have left of it.
Update: Scott Pilgrim collected a 1up and is getting another digital release in 2020. I hope we get a physical release too. I don't want to lose this again.
Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun
Frog Fractions
Frog Fractions is an epic journey masquerading as an edutainment game. I played this blind on my stream for eleven fifths of an hour, and it was a trip. Sure enough, by the time I was done, I had gotten better at investing money based on how flammable my warehouse is. The only proper way to play this game is with at little prior knowledge as possible, so just play it now and look stuff up later.
What are you doing reading this old post? Go play Frog Fractions already.
Source: Frog Fractions | Twinbeard Studios
