The Slump and Gradius Ponderings
The biggest problem with my hobby is that, every once in a while, I kinda fall out of it for a bit. It sorta goes with any of my hobbies; the advantage is that, because of this nature, they end up cycling, and I always have something fresh to entertain me.
A recent trip revealed to me that I have to return my Messiah wireless NES controller due to a small defect. Once I get the repaired/replaced model, I'll get to work on a review. I schweah.
Today I was takng a shower and thinking about games that had one sequel in Japan and a different one in the States. Secret of Mana came to mind... we got Secret of Evermore and they got something else. Naturally, Super Mario Bros. is on the list, since we got Mario 2 and they got... um... Mario 2. Then I thought of Gradius, and how we got Life Force instead of a proper sequel (not that there was anything wrong with Life Force, and it's not like it wasn't a Gradius game... you're just in a giant snake the whole time). Then I got to thinking, "Wait, do I even own a copy of Gradius?" I wondered this for about a half-hour, then, after a quick search of my NES library, discovered that I do, indeed, own a copy of Gradius.
This led to the further question of, "When the heck did I buy this?"
The advantage of this hobby is that sometimes games are so cheap, they're forgettable. Now that's a nice surprise.
A recent trip revealed to me that I have to return my Messiah wireless NES controller due to a small defect. Once I get the repaired/replaced model, I'll get to work on a review. I schweah.
Today I was takng a shower and thinking about games that had one sequel in Japan and a different one in the States. Secret of Mana came to mind... we got Secret of Evermore and they got something else. Naturally, Super Mario Bros. is on the list, since we got Mario 2 and they got... um... Mario 2. Then I thought of Gradius, and how we got Life Force instead of a proper sequel (not that there was anything wrong with Life Force, and it's not like it wasn't a Gradius game... you're just in a giant snake the whole time). Then I got to thinking, "Wait, do I even own a copy of Gradius?" I wondered this for about a half-hour, then, after a quick search of my NES library, discovered that I do, indeed, own a copy of Gradius.
This led to the further question of, "When the heck did I buy this?"
The advantage of this hobby is that sometimes games are so cheap, they're forgettable. Now that's a nice surprise.
posted by Jack Of Clubs at 12:40 AM
1 Comments:
Sure, you may "fall out of" your hobby, but dammit, you can talk about retro 8-bit games anytime. You just need a routine of posting. Set some time aside and do a post. Once a day/week/month, doesn't matter, it'll stack up. It also helps if you weblog something as you think about it, as rough-cut as it may be. You can always return to a topic and expand on it further.
I don't know much about different sequels between countries but you failed to mention the most well known, Final Fantasy. Man, the US FFs numbers are so goofy. No others spring into mind.
You have Gradius? Have you been holding out on me man?
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