If you want forgiveness go to a priest!

Did you play the e-reader levels? They’re the real gem of this version of the game.

#justbeatit The Hyperstone Heist. I rank this at the bottom of 8/16-bit TMNT beat ‘em ups. It’s the least polished and has somewhat of a thrown-together feel—like it was cobbled together on break using leftover assets. But even the worst TMNT Brawler is pretty decent. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

He is the best. If you make very few mistakes he can tear through the game faster than anyone. I haven't gotten my skill level to that point yet so I found using the less potent but more forgiving options (literally any of the other three) got me through the harder levels.

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

It took all of @cartridgeclub.bsky.social SNES March Madness but I #justbeatit, TMNT IV: Turtles in Time. @captainalgebra.bsky.social suggested switching to Leo. I did and made it to Super Shredder before using a continue. Then I beat him deathless with Raph. Cowabunga! @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

Every single person I’ve checked with about this recommends a different turtle. I guess that’s balance.

I played it for the alpha challenge a couple years ago. Agreed, it’s a banger.

It’s late in the month but in honour of @cartridgeclub.bsky.social March Madness I just finished a playthrough of Killer Instinct. This blew me away when it appeared in arcades in the ‘90s, and the SNES port is, you know, not as good, but it’s how I learned the combo system with a million quarters.

I rented this, probably more than once, and surprisingly managed to get the win back in the day. Great fun, weird that it didn’t have a two-player option, but I still remember passing a controller back and forth with a friend and enjoying it well enough.

A group of us tried to beat The Avengers during a school trip to the roller rink when I was in the fifth grade, but we ran out of quarters before we could see it through.

#justbeatit Horizon: Forbidden West. I enjoyed the first game so much I was inclined to just leave it there and enjoy it for the complete experience that it was. But I didn’t regret finally checking out this next chapter. I hope they stick the landing with part three. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

No, I had no idea. That would be a great game to stream, though.

I’m enjoying these posts. I recently picked up #1: The Cave of Time and have been going through it with my ten-year-old. I’ve been waiting to get some of the endings I remember getting myself as a kid but they are there. I’m guessing I had actually read #50: Return to the Cave of Time.

Besides you and @blinkoom.bsky.social I also just heard someone talking about this game on a podcast, and they also did the mobile port. I don’t know when I would do it but I kind of want to play the game myself now. I’m still an adventure game novice but I’ve been exploring the genre bit by bit.

I do remember seeing this, once, at a friend’s house, I’m not positive but I think I got a chance with the controller for a few minutes. Help me figure out if this is a false memory: Did they straight up port the movement mechanics from Super Mario World, even though there is no actual platforming?

I love my NES but sometimes I feel ripped off with all the titles that were Famicom only. I would love a Famicom Mini designed for Western audiences that emphasized weirdness over bestsellers.

I’ll check out Joy Mech Fight (i.e., watch a video). I’ll be interested to find out if it’s like Tournament Fighters, a post-Street Fighter fighter made as a previous-gen release late in the systems life, or a true homegrown eight-bit precursor to the genre.

I rented the SNES version at the time. I remember it being okay, not fantastic. Replaying it recently on the Cowabunga Collection I found it worse than I remembered. I ended up enjoying this NES playthrough more. I tried the Genesis version too but switched to NES as I was having a hard time.

First question: why even make an NES TMNT: Tournament Fighters alongside the two 16-bit versions as late as 1993? Second, is this the only one-on-one fighting game on NES (Urban Champion doesn’t quite count)? Third, is it somehow the best version of the game? @polykillpodcast.bsky.social #justbeatit

#justbeatit Castlevania Legends, a 1998 release for Game Boy (GBC launched later that year). It came out after SotN and was so disliked by Koji Igarashi he made it non-canon. It‘s lacklustre in the context of when it came out; it would have been fine as a 1990 title. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

The save file claims 20 hours but it must be double that with reloaded saves. I kind of regret picking Tactician mode while simultaneously challenging myself to avoid broken job combinations. Tactician is meant for broken job combinations.

#justbeatit FFT: The Ivalice Chronicles has much to recommend it. QoL options eliminate the 1998 game’s awful softlocks and it’s worth experiencing a third translation and voice performance of the masterful story. I wish more character builds were viable…still, solid A. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

It’s so weird that they bothered with an NES version. I didn’t even know about it until I saw it on the Cowabunga Collection, and you’re right, it’s not good. But I didn’t think of eight-bit consoles as even having fighting games, I thought of that genre as starting with Street Fighter 2.

#justbeatit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournamen Fighters (SNES version). This was a weekend rental back in the day. It’s not a great fighter and the story is barely there. I’ll try the Genesis version and will report back if Sega won that battle in the console war. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

I had Shadowgate on NES as a kid and it was way too hard for me. Decades later I decided it was high time I pick it up and finish the job and it’s even harder than I remember. I looked so much up I can hardly be said to have #justbeatit. Sometimes you run out of steam. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

#justbeatit TMNT 2: The Arcade Game (NES). While the lesser-known TMNT 3 holds its place as my favourite classic Turtles game, TMNT 2 is solid, I even prefer it to the more powerful arcade original, as it’s balanced for home play, not quarter munching. Tough but fair. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

@blinkoom.bsky.social make sure you don’t miss this one, he jist beat it.

We get it from all sides when it comes to anti-consumer behaviour. You’re right, it’s not just one company and it doesn’t matter who‘s the worst offender. I do want to call out BS when I see it and vote with my wallet if I can. No free passes even when my inner fanboy wants to let them off the hook.

There are a number of other things Nintendo does that also feel like price-gouging. All the classic 3rd-5th Gen stuff you used to be able to get on their eShop cheap ($3-5 for first-party SNES, GBA, etc), now you get temp access to a fraction via subscription or a full-price remake (Mario vs DK).