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Feb 5th, 2007 at 20:35:21 - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GC) |
On release day I went out and hunted down this game and would find myself immersed in game play for a week. That was back in late 2004. Recently I've picked up the game and decided to play through again. So many things have changed since I last played the game (nostalgia-wise). It's as if it's a new experience yet again. Puzzles I could of cruised through back then are challenging again.
Spoilers (for FREE!):
So it being the second of two Prime series games this one takes a turn for the dark. In this game a Galactic Federation patrol ship swoops around the edge of it's territories and comes upon a Space Pirate supply ship. The patrol ship proceeds to engage and damage the Space Pirate ship and follows it on down to a planet called Aether. This planet however is in crisis as a full-blown war is on going. The war is between the natural inhabitants called the Luminoth and the invading horde of creatures called Ing. The Galactic Federation troopers get stranded on the planet due to a freakish atmospheric storm and spread out near their landing site. Little time passes till they encounter and are overrun by the hostile Ing. The Luminoth are near defeat themselves as the Ing encroach further onto their territory. This is where Samus and the game commences.
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Jan 27th, 2007 at 14:40:32 - Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) |
New found things you may now perform without the Master Sword:
1) Remote control - Epona
Simply call over Epona using your Ocarina (it's ok to use it now) and have deku nuts as one of your c-items. Ride for a while and then drop a dekunut (you can't see the c-items but you CAN use them). Link will drop off Epona as she keeps running forth. As Link now moves Epona will perform the same movements. You may chase after her or you may have her chase you. Woo.
2) Hookshot - Gerudo Fortress and Lake Hylia.
a) Gerudo Fortress
Ride Epona up the Gerudo Fortress to the hookshot~able post with the red cloth tied about it's top. Use the c-item that has the hookshot assigned and clutch onto the post. Tap the action button and notice that the hookshot won't release. You may get off Epona and suddenly you'll be thrusted many feet into the air (proportional to how high your hookshot got on the post). Now you can float around! To end the trick simply go back to the hookshot point and the action will complete. Something cool to do is to fly out beyond the Gerudo Fortress boundaries towards the Colossus Temple..:)
b) Lake Hylia
At Lake Hylia bring up Epona to the big tree above the Water Temple. Perform said hookshot trick and yet again you will float around. Special thing to note here is that if an enemy (like a crow) hits you it will register and you drop.
Note: These are the only tricks I know of that can be performed by using that ocarina glitch. Possibly some more YouTube browsing will yield seperate results. Something to note however is that this glitch works as performed only on the non-gold cartridge. For instruction on how to perform it on the gold-cartridge go to YouTube and watch the videos.
This entry has been edited 2 times. It was last edited on Jan 27th, 2007 at 14:44:55.
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Jan 27th, 2007 at 14:39:52 - Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) |
I was bored one evening while looming over what to do with my copy of Twilight Princess when I stumbled onto a certain YouTube video. This video demonstrated a series of glitches possible in Ocarina of Time for the N64. I watched it and was amazed at what I was looking at. There just so happened to be an N64 with Ocarina of Time in the living room and so the glitch-quest began.
The following are required: 1) You need a fish in a bottle (bugs won't work well), 2) Random non-disposable item (bow, big hammer, hookshot) 3) Become an adult (if not already).
Go to an open-space in Hyrule. On your c-stick menu have the fish+bottle on the left and the random item on the right. Now drop the fish and catch it right away (small scene of you catching it plays) then right away hold Z and perform a back flip. In the midst of back flipping hold on on both the fish+bottle AND random item buttons. If performed correctly the game will glitch into making your random item be an ocarina (which is fully-playable).
The use of that glitch on it's own is none, just make sure you can pull it off.
Here's where the fun begins: During the battle with Ganon (after the castle has collapsed) you can perform this trick and play the Sun's Song (> ^ v > ^ v). This will reset the battle but you will notice that you no longer have the Master Sword. Ganon has already knocked it away before! A clear indicator of not having the sword is the display of your sword-icon not having anything.
Okay, perform the glitch again (do not initiate the battle with Ganon again, just stay near Zelda.) and play the Requiem of Light to warp to the Temple of Time. You've no sword, success! Do not equip the BigGoron sword for it will end the series of glitches.
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Jan 16th, 2007 at 17:43:38 - Gradius (NES) |
Today I yet again attempted to overcome the challenges of my 'corrupt' copy of the game. Luckily I managed to overcome the limitations imposed by the physical and kept going. The Gradius series formula of play is amazing. I haven't found other games such as it that I enjoy playing. The controls are simple with a d-pad and A & B buttons. In-game it's a matter of strategy of when to upgrade and what weapon/resource to upgrade. As you arm yourself with heavier weaponry the AI becomes increasingly amassed and more aggressive to destroy the space-fighter you pilot. Once the player gets through the initial level they are greeted with solid levels with a controller-smashing amount of difficulty.
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