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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Jeff Buckley was better tbh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Tim, his father also made great music. For example https://www.allmusic.com/album/tim-buckley-mw0000611479

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

In one shitty 3D platformer game I just fell through the ground, lol.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Donkey Kong on gba

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Sonic 1 for Master System...Bridge Zone, act 3...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

...i've always considered that a game gear title first, even though both formats were released nearly simultaneously...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was going to tell you were wrong but decided to make sure before making a fool of myself. It was the right call, eheh.

The game was developed specifically for the Game Gear and that was the first version to be developed though the Master System version was the first to be released.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

...i'm pretty sure the only difference between versions is the physical cartridge format; the software is identical and there are adaptors available for both platforms...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The games are mostly similar but there are a few differences.

The Game Gear has a lower resolution so most games had to have slight changes to account for it. There was a MS adapter for the Game Gear but games would look too small since they weren't made for a tiny screen. The other way around was not possible without altering the games themselves because the GG had a different color palette with more colors.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago

It's not just one game.

I still do this, and it regularly reaps benefits.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In Serious Sam there was a secret you could only reach by starting running backwards while the level was still loading. The hint was that you heard a "door closing" sound from behind.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's also the one in the very first map, where you have to run for several minutes out into the desert behind you. You find a rocket launcher and a health powerup... which immediately spawns a whole bunch of monsters

Fun times!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Serious Sam mentioned!!!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bum Tickley is still going after all this time?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

not one game at all, it's pretty much tradition.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's what's bugging me about Ready Player One the most. You can't tell me it took YEARS for gamers to figure out the secret about the racing track.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The secret that took years to solve was more obscure than just a special jump in a race in the book.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

Yeah the movie really didn't do the book much justice. The message was the same, but the movie completely undermined itself. Saying 'Real life is more important than the digital world because it's where real connections and food is.' doesn't hit as hard when it's the very fact that it was Wade's obsession with the digital world and having encyclopedic knowledge of Halliday that allowed him to win. The book is still clunky but it's Wade's actions in the real world that really set's him apart from the sixers and gunters.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

is this loss?

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