Zelda Saga Concluded on NES!!

The Legend of Zelda saga is over on the NES. I managed to beat both Zelda games and I'm ready to jump over to the SNES to take on the challenge of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The final Zelda game on NES, Zelda 2, was quite a great run. It was kind of a pain in the ass to level up to make Link strong enough to face the palace bosses and the other enemies that were much more stronger every time you advanced through the game. As I stated before, I had to go through 2 game carts to finally put the nail in the coffin on Zelda 2. When I first bought Zelda 2 I had no idea the cart was defective. The only time I knew it was when I finally played it and the damn game happen to go screwy on me right when I was far in the game. Aghhh! That's when I had to go back to eBay and purchase another Zelda 2. But anyways, Zelda 2 is done and gone. Out of the 2 Zelda games on NES I rank Zelda 2 on top of the first Zelda. Every one states Zelda 2 was no way the same as the original but I think it was way better than the original. The sprites of the characters in this game were much more detailed and bigger than they were on the first Zelda game.

As for the bosses, some of them were quite difficult to defeat but after a while they have their weaknesses. In the final boss in this game was.........Shadow Link!? What!? No Gannon!? Wow! So the boss in this game was almost a Star Wars type of ordeal where Link had to fight his inner evil. Wicked!

Now on to;
LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK TO THE PAST!!!

"Yo Joe!" Part III

Yeah I know, there isn't anymore G.I. Joe games to write about but to conclude this so called "G.I. Joe saga" I just want to state I had the chance to see the G.I. Joe movie last Saturday. Overall, not a bad movie. It has it's flaws and cons but it did meet my expectations though. My only complaints about this movie is why the hell would you have a story where Duke, Baroness and Cobra Commander all know each other? Why have Cobra Commander named Doctor? Like I said, these are just minor complaints. I can't wait to get this movie on Blu-ray when it's released.

As for the new G.I. Joe game on PS3, well, it looks nice but the reviews this game is getting are very poor. I'm a huge G.I. Joe fan but I might consider getting this game but only if it drops to $20.

"Yo Joe!" Part II

I am now done with the whole G.I. Joe NES game series. G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor is the 2nd game and the sequel to G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. The only difference here is the game was made by Capcom, who
are gods in making games for the NES, while the 1st G.I. Joe game was made by some other company. The game begins off telling how the Joes defeated Cobra Commander and his forces but somehow Cobra has found some power of the island of Atlantis to be brought back to life and has powered his troops once again with more powerful villains and weapons. The G.I. Joe squad now consists of General Hawk, Snake Eyes, Duke, Road Block, Storm Shadow, and Wet Suit. Other characters make an appearance but are not playable. As for Corba, they have villains of Cobra Commander, Destro, Firefly, Cesspool, Overkill, and Major Bludd. Firefly?
Cesspool? Overkill? Once again these are names I've never heard from the actual series.

This game is much more superior than the previous one. It has more weapons to choose from and they all have the ability to become stronger by upgrading by maxing them out to LV.4. Your weapons are your fists and kicks, a rifle, a laser rifle, a wave blaster, and a rocket launcher. The laser rifle is much more effective compared to the other weapons. Speaking of Corba, Capcom finally got the characters for Destro and Cobra Commander right this time. Comparing these characters from the 1st G.I. Joe game is a no contest. The game can be annoying at times when you get killed. When getting killed in battle, your "WOUNDED!" and all your powering up your life bar and your weapons get downgraded. All that hard work just to piss you off.

It's too bad Capcom couldn't make another G.I. Joe game cause this one is one of my favs. I recall renting this game when I was a kid and playing the hell out of it. Only problem was I never really made it past the 1st stage. It was great finding this game at a flea market for $4.50. If you manage to find a copy on eBay the game runs you at around $11-$16. Overall, this game is a classic and is a must get if you haven't tried it out yet. Also, if your a G.I. Joe fan, like me, there's no way you could pass this up. I'm willing to bet both these NES G.I. Joe games are going to bet better than the upcoming G.I. Joe games based off the movie coming in this week.

"And now I know!"

"And knowing is half the battle!"

"Yo JOE!"

"Yo Joe!" - Part I

Yo Joe! I decided to begin my weekend in dipping into the only two G.I. Joe
NES games. On the next two weeks I will begin to play the G.I. Joe games which
will lead up to the movie coming out this August. Oh by the way, I purchased G.I.
Joe Season 1.1 on DVD so this is really a G.I. Joe month for me. :P So let me
begin explaining the 1st G.I. Joe game I conquered entitled G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. I remember when I first saw this game when I was a kid I
thought it was a freakin' awesome game. The ability to pick 3 Joes and used them
on the same screen by switching them out by pressing select, wicked. The game
only have a handful of Joes to pick from; Duke, Snake Eyes, Captain Grid Iron,
Rock Roll, Blizzard & General Hawk (useable only on Stage 6-1-2). Now I know who
Duke, Snake Eyes and General Hawk is but who the fuck is Blizzard, Captain Grid Iron and Rock & Roll? I don't recall these guys on the G.I. Joe series. Where is
Roadblock, Shipwreck and hell where is Scarlet? Odd choice of Joes for this game. The game contains six stage with 2-3 levels each stage. Each Joe has a different type of weapon in which you must upgrade during the game. The gun each Joe has starts off at Level 1-A and grows every time you collect a GUN icon to make the weapon stronger to defeat your enemies and bosses. The Weapons all max out past Level 3-D and can downgrade back to Level 1-A when you get a Game Over screen. All the Joes use guns except for Snake Eyes. Snake Eyes uses jitsu or KI blasts to blast his enemies out of the way.

As for the villains of the game, well, of course you have the evil terrorists group known as Cobra led by Cobra Commander. He's the last guy you'll meet in the game. The bosses are as follows; Raptor, Range Viper, Metal Head, Overlord, Road Pig, Voltar, Golubulus, and Destro. Once again I'm going to say this, who the hell is Raptor, Range Viper, Metal Head, Overlord, Road Pig and Voltar? Never mind. I still can't believe they placed Golubulus as a villian before meeting up to the likes of Destro and Cobra Commander. Golubulus is pretty much high and supreme compared to Cobra Commander and Destro but instead the game places him as just another stooge boss to take down. He should've been the main boss right after you defeat Cobra Commander. Aghhh! If you've seen G.I. Joe: The Movie then you know what I'm bitching about here. As for Cobra Commander and Destro being in the game, they don't look like their cartoon counterparts at all. Destro looks like Cobra Commader and Cobra Commander looks like a cyborg or a Cobra Viper trooper or something. Where's Destro's silver, metal face? And why does he have a sword to fight you with? When in the series did we ever see Destro with a sword or a freakin' cape? As for Cobra Commander, when you meet him in the final boss battle, he's a small snake just waiting for you in his room and a beam transforms him into a cyborg / human. WTF? So you mean to tell me Cobra Commander in this game was a small, helpless pet snake barking out orders to the organization of Cobra to take down the Joes? I think that's what the company, Taxan, made us believe. I mean, did they even watch the show to know who Cobra Commander was? The game was made in 1990! The series began in 1984. NO EXCUSE!!!!

"I am great! I have amazing Wisdom and Power!"

The Legend of Zelda is finally put to rest. Both quests are all done and conquered by me. It wasn't easy. The 2nd quest was really tough. The 2nd quest almost made every enemy twice as strong than the 1st quest. What's interesting about this 2nd quest is the dungeons themselves. Not only they're differently mapped from the 1st time you saw them but they managed to insert almost 2-3 bosses in each dungeon. Of course this task of taking on the 2nd quest isn't easy if I didn't have a map to go along. I don't see how anyone can play this game without a map. It's freakin' impossible! So now that it's over, where's my Zelda II game? Well, still not here. Aghh!! I guess I'll just have to wait this week for it's arrival.

Zelda II & Zelda's 2nd Quest

Aghhh! Zelda II - The Adventure of Link is a great game but it isn't
so great when the blasted cartridge starts going nuts and freezes when your playing. I was so far into the game with about 4/6 crystals already and the damn game began to act up on me. It's real frustrating when you save the game 30 minutes ago then 30 minutes later the game locks up and makes you push the damn reset button making you lose all the progress you have gained during that time. So here I am thinking maybe the game needed some cleaning which would explain why the game must of been acting up so I clean the cartridge and I get nothing but a solid silver screen on my television set. The game still dirty? Or, maybe it could be the NES' pins. Well to make sure if that was the case I put in Legend of Zelda and the game worked just fine. I also manage to put in Contra, Super Mario Bros. 3 and they all work fine. So maybe it isn't the NES' pins then. Anyways, I put back in Zelda II and what do I get........the damn blasted silver screen again!!! WTF!? Could the cartridge be dead? After a couple of minutes later, I manage to get the game back up and running but with my saved file erased!! DAMN YOU ZEDLA II!!! All that work I put in to this game lost forever cause of the damn cartridge. My guess it's probably the damn save battery in the cart has gone bad. Just my luck.


So what's next!? Well, unfortunately I had to go back to eBay and find me another Zelda II game. *sigh* Now I'm going to have two Zelda II games in my stock. This one better work too! While Zelda II is on it's way I decided to go ahead and take the challenge on the 1st Legend of Zelda game and play the 2nd Quest. The 2nd Quest should keep me busy until the other Zelda game arrives in the mail.

Metroid - DEFEATED!!!!

Last night I finally put away an old, classic NES game in Metroid. I began playing this game last weekend and really had no love for this game but I stuck through it and saw what makes this game so great. Of course without a map this game can get a little hard trying to remember where your going. Yes, I had a magazine that helped me get through this game but I did manage to find some of the items with out the map when I began playing. There really isn't much to this game. There's only 3 bosses and that's it. The whole point of this game is to explore the planet and find the upgrades and weapons you'll need to continue your mission, and try to not get lost and backtrack to where you need to go to continue the game.

Now, I beat this game and got the so called "Not so good ending." When I defeated the Mother Brain I got nothing but a couple of text and Samus just standing there and giving me a hands up for victory then the end credits started rolling. Typical Nintendo game ending but later I found out there are more endings to this game based on how long it takes you to beat it. Seems like I got the 5-10 HR and got this ending. Only difference in the endings is if I could've beaten this game within 2 HRS then I could have gotten the best ending with Samus revealing herself to be a female while she takes off her armor. That's it!? Bah! Who cares about the ending? I beat the game.....THE END!!!

So I defeated Metroid, now I must go after and buy the sequel on the GameBoy, Metroid 2: The Return of Samus. Once I beat the next Metroid game I'll finally get my hands on the so called "Greatest SNES Game" Super Metroid.

One More Added.....

Conquest of the Crystal Palace or a.k.a Matendo Douji. Uhh....right? Anyways, I just finally bought this game and got it today. It's another one of those Japanese Famicom games in which they have anime-ish art style to make the game look even better. It's also another one of those in where it comes from Japan, arrives in the USA and they change the box art, the name of the game and who knows what else they did with it. All I know is I bought it cause I love how some games like this and Clash at Demon Head...........ughhhhh.......a.k.a Dengeki Big Bang!, use anime art. I mean I love anime and I love how the Japanese handle their games back in the days. It's too bad the USA couldn't get more of these kinds of games from Japan. Or, maybe there is and their hiding under different names. Hmmmm............? It's funny how odd games like these are corporated by strange American game companies we have never heard of before.

Happy New Year!!!!

2008 is now over and gone. 2009 has arrived and I'm still continuing my NES collection. Last month I bought the so called cheap "Ninja Turtles" knockoff of Battletoads of of eBay for $9.50. Also last month I managed to buy another NES
accessory; the NES 15 Game Case. Yes I need a case since my NES collection is now reaching almost 80 games now. I never thought I would go this far with it.

On my Christmas trip I headed down south to Brownsville, TX and I ran into a Flea Market and decided to check it out to see if they had any NES games to buy. Unfortunately I came empty handed since there was really nothing to buy. Their were some games but they were all in bad shape. Yes, I'm really picky about condition of my games. : ) Oh, and finally in the last month of December I finally bought myself a GameBoy. The original black / white, dot matrix GameBoy system. I decided to begin my collection of best GameBoy games for the system. There really isn't much but hey, it's a start. So that's it for now. 2009 is here and we'll see what I'll be aiming for this year. Who knows if I ever will complete the NES collection first since I keep finding more good games for it. As long as the price is good and not expensive as hell then I'll continue.

It's Been a While......

Yeah, so I'm too lazy in updating this blog but hey I was busy doing other things like work, buying more PS3 games, (Bio Shock, Far Cry 2, Resistance 2, Fall Out 3, and Mega Man 9). Over the whole time spawn I've managed to get some more NES titles and a NES game box based off Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt. Oh, and let's not forget......I've also managed to buy even the NES model #2 - Top Loader and a Super Mario plush doll from the gothic store - Hot Topic. Creepy freaks work there. So here's a list of stuff I've gained over the whole summer of 2008:

• P.O.W.
• Life Force
• Gyruss
• Crystalis
• To the Earth
• NES System: Top Loader
• NEW! Super Mario Bros. - Mario (Plush Doll!)
• Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt (Box)
• NES Game Atlas
• The Official Nintendo Players Guide

Thanks go out to Uncle Tusk over at Nintendo Age for the SMB / Duck Hunt box.

Thanks go out to Dutch Boy over at Nintendo Age for Gyruss, Life Force, To the Earth and the NES Top Loader.

Thanks go out to Jim Poleshuk over at Nintendo Age for P.O.W. & Crystalis.

It Just Keeps on Coming...............

It's been a while but I have yet another batch of NES titles that have arrived today:

• The Guardian Legend
• Metal Storm
• Shatter Hand
• Heavy Barrel

Thanks go out to Joe West over at Nintendo Age for these games.

Also, I have began on my next console system to collect: SEGA Genesis. Visit my Genesis collection site:

http://e-man-genesis-collection.blogspot.com/

Walking as an NES Cartridge!?

This shirt looks bad ass. What a way to represent the classic old NES system with one of the games that launched with the unit. Although Super Mario Bros. was never my favorite of the series, I prefered Super Mario Bros. 3, it does bring back memories of the game which came along with my first NES system in the late 80's early 90's. I just had to buy this shirt. I love the way how the this shirt represents the front look of the old NES cartridge.

The shirt costs me $20 at Hot Topic at the mall. Aghhhh, Hot Topic. One of the stores I hate to go in. It's too bad they have cool stuff like this in a damn gothic store with strange creeps at the register. :P

More Games Added and Another Arrives!

It's been a while since I once again re-entered the scene on my NES collection. I was too busy buying other things, (MLB 08 The Show and Grand Theft Auto IV on PS3, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart Wii). But I managed to sneak in some games little by little to continue my progress. This past Monday I logged on to eBay and decided to grab Bucky O' Hare & Journey to Silius. Bucky O' Hare? Yes. I said Bucky O' Hare. A cartoon series in which I recall when I was a kid. Can't remember it now since it was probably 15 years ago but I still remember the green, strange looking rabbit from space. Oh, and yes I had once own he action figure too. Damn! I wish I never sold it in a garage sell. It would've been a rare item today. :( Come to think of it, I never knew the series made a game on
the NES. I just knew about this years ago.

Anyways, two days later I get Bucky O' Hare in my mail box. Wow! That's fast shipping! I'm still awaitng for Journey to Silius though. I have a feeling it's not too far behind.

I have updated my list of new finds:

• Gun Nac
• Metal Storm
• Shatter Hand
• P.O.W.
• The Guardian Legend
• Life Force
• Gradius
• S.C.A.T.
• Gyruss
• Isolated Warrior
• Heavy Barrel

Finally! The Long Awaited Titles Have Arrived!!

Today I just got Ninja Gaiden 3. The best thing about this news
is it only costs me $8.98. And, this time, the cart came in great shape. Last week I also got my hands on G.I. Joe too. These were the last two games to finish off my collection but, I managed to eye more good NES titles so the NES collection campaign continues! The new NES titles am looking for now are:

• Journey to Silius
• Metal Storm
• Bucky O Hare
• Shatter Hand
• P.O.W.

Oh, forgot to mention that my sis found me a loose copy of Roller Games in good shape at a Pawn Shop in Austin, Texas.

Thanks sis.

Mail Call & Other Random Notes

Yesterday I got another package which contained:

• Excitebike
• Rad Racer
• Clash at Demonhead

WTF!? Where's my Kirby's Adventure!? Oh great, the shit head forgot to
package it. Just today I got a message from the seller stating he couldn't
find Kirby's Adventure. Moron! He tends to refund me for he game. He better!

In other news, my sis managed to walk into a Pawn Shop in Austin,Texas and
snagged a loose copy of Roller Games for $5. I originally had Roller Games
bought from eBay but the fuckin' thing came in bad shape. You suck Discount
Games!

Speaking of eBay, I also managed to but two NES game shelfs for holding my
NES games.

Lots of Good Shit in the Mail Today!!!

It's been a while since I haven't updated my blog page. So let me begin to catch up to date here. Today I got two packages filled with good shit. Let's see what I got:

• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Contra
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: The Manhattan Project
• Mega Man
• Mega Man 5
• Yoshi's Cookie

Thanks go out to TheFrisbee over at Nintendo Age for providing me the game listed above.

Oh but wait, it doesn't end there. I'm just getting started. I also got some really neat, and rare old school NES accessories too.

• NES Advantage (CIB)
• NES Satellite (CIB)
• NES Max (CIB)

Thanks go out to michiganfan2 over at Nintendo Age for providing me these rare gems.

Yesterday I also got Roller Games from eBay in the mail but guess what!? The fuckin' cart is cracked from the top label from left to right. Damn you Discount Games. First it takes him 2 1/2 weeks to get my shit and it arrives damaged after he stated on the auction the condition was fine. Whatever!

2 days agao I got Mega Man 6 from eBay too. TheFrisbee thought he had Mega Man 6 in that old 6 game deal from weeks ago but he didn't. So I had to go to eBay and bid on a copy of Mega Man 6.

Last Week & Today in the Mail!!!

Last week I forgot to post about what I had got in the mail. I got:

• Vice: Project Doom

Now as for today! I got a big package of goodies so here's the list:

• Tale Spin
• Batman: The Return of the Joker
• Mechanized Attack
• Shadow of the Ninja
• Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout

And, as for a bonus, the same dude also sent me two free NES games for good measure:

• NES Play Action Football
• Skate or Die

Thanks go out to Waterclock over at Nintendo Age for providing me the games listed above.

Not bad. Now, I also got another game from the good friends over at eBay:

• Burai Fighter

With that said, that only leaves a couple of NES titles left to finally complete my collection!

Today in the Mail!!!

Hey, there's more games coming my way and here's today's arrivals:

• Final Fantasy
• Double Dragon III

Today in the Mail!!

Yup! Yet again more NES goodness arrives in the mail today:

• Blaster Master
• Tiny Toon Adventures

Today in the Mail!!

More good stuff for my NES today:

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game
• Double Dragon II: The Revenge

Ah yes, TMNT 2. Brings back memories of early Christmas 1990 or was it 1991? Which ever! One of my old titles I had back then.

Thanks go out to Jim Poleshuk over at Nintendo Age for providing me these two games.