Throwback Thursday (3/22/2012)

Spring is upon us, and because of that I haven’t been playing to many video games this spring break.  I have been outside enjoying the unusually warm weather.  The warm clear days gave me a great idea for this weeks Throwback Thursday,

Boktai

The sun is in your hands 

 This game is very interesting, and unique.  It was the first of its kind because of the technology inside the cartridge.  This game used a solar sensor to power your characters main weapon, the Gun Del Sol (solar gun).  Now this game didn’t just encourage you to go out side and play it, it was required at times.  You would use the power of the sun to recharge your gun to fight.  If by chance you ran out of sun you were SOL.  Now don;t worry this game is playable at night time.  When playing the game there was a bar on the bottom of your screen indicating the amount of sun the cartridge was picking up.  This acted like a battery storing sunlight to be used later in case it got shady or you wanted to play before bed or something.  Another cool feature of the game is the fact that is had an internal clock that would effect game play.  If you were playing at night different enemies would become active than if you played in the daytime.  This game is also make by Konami, the makers of metal gear, so there is also a stealth aspect if you want to conserve your sun powers.

This silly cartoon shows hot the game works and the cool small details are in the game.  Even thought this game is cool and original you can still find copies of the game at gamestops or other used game stores.  I’m sure you can find an emulator for it but it loses a lot of the fun when you cant actually charge the game up in the sun. Regardless give this game a try if you can get your hands on it.  Enjoy

Throwback Thursday (3/1/2012)

Unfortunately this Throwback Thursday is going to be a bit short, I am busy with school work, working on fixing my resume, and writing cover letters.  But who cares what I’m working on lets get started.  This week we are going back to an old favorite.  If you owned a SNES, chances were you owned this game.

Super Mario World

Come on,  look at that cover.  If this game doesn’t portray the awesomeness of this game I don’t know what does.  Okay so the cover is lame but trust me this game is awesome.  This game is your classic Mario game but updated.  This game took everything amazing about Mario 3 and made it better.  This game gave up new power-ups.  Not only that, but it gave the player a way to store power-ups in case you get hit.  This game was long too.  It has so many secret levels you will be playing this title for hours.

Trust me this game is fun and probably my favorite Mario game.  And because I like you guys I’ll give you a link to where you can play it.  Don’t day I never did anything for you.

 

P.S. There are mods out for this game where people create their own challenge levels.  they are excruciating, just take a look.

 

Throwback Thursday (2/16/2012)

It’s Thursday, so lets jump into our second Throwback Thursday.  Now, for me the is going to be a long weekend because of presidents day.  With that, I have picked a good game for you and your friends to get together and waste the day…

MARIO PARTY

By now if you have never played a Mario Party or don’t know what it is, I’m sorry, but where have you been for the past fourteen years.  Mario Party, on paper, must have sounded like a bad idea at first.  With all of the great adventure games, RPGs, and puzzle games Mario has been in, who would think to put him in a digital board game.  We all can be thankful that this series was created.  Mario Party is a simple concept, you and three other friends get together and try to make your way around the game board buying stars.  The person with the most stars after a predetermined amount of turns is the winner.  Of course Nintendo wouldn’t be able to squeeze eight games out of just that (Okay well maybe they could).  After every player has moved, they all engage in a mini game.  These mini games are varying between 4v4, 2v2, and 3v1 (the teams are determined on what color space they land on).

That video is a trailer for the ninth installment of the game on the Wii, and give you an idea what the game is about.  Over all, just go out and play this game.  It shouldn’t be to hard to find seeing as you can get it an any Nintendo system since N64.  You and your friends will have a good time…if they are still your friends after (No one likes getting their stars stolen).