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Astro City is where it's at.

Lunar wrote:

I'm bummed I didn't get the matching controller, but not enough to pay the inflated prices now.

Random Final Fantasy VI goody: I have this posted next to my name card at work.

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Yea I wish I did too. But a M30 works better anyways.

Renaissance2K wrote:

My Mayflash joystick works quite well on it

Pandora's Tower - 4
Red Earth - 4
Stormlord - 5
Golden Sun - 3
Shadow Hearts - 3
Dragonball - 1

Last day to vote for the April Game of the Month, or to beat Virtua Fighter while all the cool kids are doing it.

Virtua Fighter has run out of credits and is running home to steal quarters from its mom's purse. Here are all the badges we earned this month:

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A thousand thanks and a million high-fives to everyone who played Virtua Fighter this month, as well as everyone who caught up on past Games of the Month or dug into the backlog.

Hope y'all aren't sick of JRPGs because here's the tally for April's Game of the Month:

1. Golden Sun - 21 points
2. Shadow Hearts - 15 points
3. Red Earth - 14 points
4. Pandora's Tower - 12 points
5. Stormlord - 9 points
6. Dragonball Advance Adventure - 5 points

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Golden Sun was published by Nintendo in 2001, shortly after the launch of the Game Boy Advance. Calling back to the best RPGs of the 16-bit era, it was at the time one of the largest RPGs to ever launch for a handheld. The game is remembered years later for its unique magic system which uses spells not just for battle but for navigating the world and solving puzzles.

Play it on
Game Boy Advance
Wii U (Virtual Console)

Beat Golden Sun to earn a badge: I actually don't know anything about Golden Sun yet, so I'll create a badge when I learn a bit more about how the game works.

When you're done shuffling Djinns, feel free to post a #BeatIt screenshot to celebrate your victory.

April Fools! What butt-hole nominated another JRPG? They should be forced to beat it.

It's also on the Switch GBA thing, I think?

Kommie wrote:

They announced it but it's not on the service yet. All of those Golden Sun games were pretty great. I won't be playing it, so I'll be looking to get a past game's badge again.

I think I have a copy of Golden Sun “maybe”.
I just have to find it and one of my gbas AND a Gba adapter.
I didn’t find my copy of Virtua Fighter until the 29th and had no idea where the
Stupid little cable I ordered for the 32x years ago was.
I don’t even remember what it
looks like.

Ooo I was actually just testing Golden Sun last night.

BleedingViolet wrote:
It looks like the a short Genesis 2 video cable with the same connector on both ends.

Wow. I played Golden Sun so long ago. Must have been around 2006 I think. Had a great time playing that and The Lost Age. Those creepy dragon siblings were something else. Very powerful. And the games had cool cutscenes for the special weapons. There was this sword called Megido that would summon a meteor.

I'm gonna start this once I beat RE4

In celebration of the GotM, I have a pretty nice CIB of Golden Sun for $100 shipped if anyone is interested.

Lunar wrote:

What pre oder items are included?

Kommie wrote:
There were pre orders for the original Golden Sun?

Started playing, kinda forgot about characters defending if you had them attack and the creature is already dead. This is sort of off set by the fact that before a battle starts, but not after a battle, your PP restores slightly.

I bought Golden Sun when it came out but the story didn't really engage me.. or maybe it was just circumstances at the time in life. Do people purport that it's generally an upper echelon RPG or does it get over-hyped because it was on GBA and got a lot of hype when it came out?

You know how Dracula is... He always comes back.

I started Circle of the Moon last October as part of our Castlevania month, but the credits didn't roll until tonight. I got somewhat cocky approaching the final boss after my character - bloated from all the EXP gained during item farming - strolled through the second half of the game and breezed through the Battle Arena. Dracula himself, however, actually took a few tries. Just a few, though...

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We didn't have a Circle of the Moon badge last October, so I dusted off the template and made a new one.

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I haven't made much progress in Golden Sun so far, but I just want to say that character sprites squirm too much. It's unsettling.

I've been wanting to replay the GBA/DS Castlevania games for a while now. I played through all of them around 2008-2009 and really enjoyed them, although I was pretty burnt out by the end. I'd like to play them again and space them out better this time. Everyone always seems to love Aria of Sorrow the most, but I remember enjoying Circle of the Moon most. Could be because it was the first one I played though.

I loved Circle of the Moon, pretty much everything about it except the card juggling. It must have been mind-blowing as a GBA launch title.

I beat CotM in '21 I think after owning it for a long time. The music was one of my favorite aspects.

I'm switching topics a lot, but oh well.

I'm finally on the last level of Doom 64. Emphasis on finally. The number of times I've died suddenly and horribly at the very end of these levels - like, when the "Exit" sign is visible - is seriously inexcusable. Since I was struggling with the regular levels, I didn't bother with the secret levels. It didn't sound like there was anything wacky like the Club Doom or Wolfenstein levels, so I didn't bother to seek them out, save for the last one when I started to get some semblance of a groove with the game.

Turns out that those secret levels are how you upgrade the Unmaker and - here's the kicker - they keep you from getting wrecked by a demon Black Friday doorbuster rush before the final boss can even spawn.

Oh boy. And I thought I was so close...

Edit:

Oh my God, it's over. It's over!

That’s awesome man I just wish I hadn’t read some of that before I realized “spoiler alerts”.
I guess I’m not looking forward to any of that harder stuff now. I haven’t played it in awhile since
I’ve had other stuff going on and this is one of those games I really wanna “be there” for.

It’s a pain for sure but other than douchey developers using unfair game tactics, the game
itself is kinda beautiful for a Doom game. And at times you really do get to feel invincible
which of course is part of the fun of the original Doom. I hope to jump back in on this game
Within the next month or so but I will also be playing lots of Shining Force soon too 😃

Anyways congratulations on finishing the game, but I gotta ask, did ya have fun?

Am I the only one playing Golden Sun right now?

I'll be joining you Kommie at some point. Am finally in the process of switching from a 11+ year old PC to a more recent one and that includes moving my emulation setup. I did own Golden Sun back in the day and recall playing it and liking it, but it was in college and I had more pressing gaming and overall things to do. I traded my cart way back in 2011 for RE5 on the and I've yet to even play that game, but that was clearly not the best trade by today's values.

I'm playing a better RPG that's REALLY expensive now.

Man, enemies are really stingy with coins if you're trying to stay up to date with a new town's equipment.

Not playing Golden Sun, but anyone who is can look forward to the Tolbi-bound Ship. That section and Tolbi afterward are the game's highlight. The tree section is also pretty memorable.

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Wow, that was unexpected. Congrats, @Kommie.

so, after replaying this, Final Fantasy 6, and Shadow Hearts last year, I think I'm done replaying JRPGs. Even though it's been a long time since I played GS (and the others), it felt like I remember most of the story beats. However, I don't think I ever played The Lost Age. maybe I should just take a break from JRPGs for a bit.

Pulseman got a Switch release!

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On Nintendo Switch Online, or some other collection?

Lunar wrote:

That’s awesome! Pulseman is one of the best 16 bit games ever!
I wouldn’t have even played it if weren’t for this group. 😃

Renaissance2K wrote:

The former. It was added to the Genesis app along with Flicky, Kid Chameleon and Street Fighter.

I could have sworn Pulseman was a GOTM at one point, but I don't see it in the list.

It was before we got all official with badges and stuff

We're running out of April, so let's look at the monthly leaderboard:

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Keep saving the world with Isaac, and maybe we'll see some more of his badges through this month and the next. I'm very slooooooowly working my way through the game, but I've enjoyed what I've played so far.

Let's start taking nominations for the May Game of the Month. What retro classic should we add to our lineup?

We'll start voting on April 26 and call the winner on May 1.

Let's hear some nominees!