Comments on: A Solid “1″ http://www.critical-hits.com/2006/08/11/a-solid-1/ The Journal of Gamer Culture Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:10:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Original Sultan http://www.critical-hits.com/2006/08/11/a-solid-1/comment-page-1/#comment-773 Original Sultan Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:10:35 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/?p=301#comment-773 I don't agree with drscotto's classification of Tecmo Bowl as a solid 1. By today's standards certainly, but compared to the competition in its day it was an awesome game. A better example would be the 3 Stooges Nintendo game. The game had a simple premise: Larry, Moe and Curly must work odd jobs and earn money to help keep an orphanage open. The game consisted of a series of mini-games, usually based off of episodes of the TV show. The game was absolutely hilarious, but also absurdly impossible, because the mini-games were fun but often very difficult. One game involved Curly in a clam eating contest where you had to point and click the clams with the slow moving Nintendo pad. That one was tough. Another game pitted the stooges against some uptight gentlefolk in a pie throwing fight. That one was great really fun. But the best game was the one where the stooges were racing after this doctor down the hall of a hospital, trying to collect the red crosses that the fleeing doctor dropped behind him (don't know where this idea came from). Unfortunately, the game was much more fun if you ignored the object (to catch the red crosses) and instead focused on running into as many hospital patients moving down the hall as possible. People on crutches, in wheelchairs, on stretchers - if you ran into them they all wrecked to the ground in a hilariously animated crash sequence coupled with an appropriate noise! Priceless entertainement for a 10 year old! I don’t agree with drscotto’s classification of Tecmo Bowl as a solid 1. By today’s standards certainly, but compared to the competition in its day it was an awesome game.

A better example would be the 3 Stooges Nintendo game. The game had a simple premise: Larry, Moe and Curly must work odd jobs and earn money to help keep an orphanage open. The game consisted of a series of mini-games, usually based off of episodes of the TV show. The game was absolutely hilarious, but also absurdly impossible, because the mini-games were fun but often very difficult.

One game involved Curly in a clam eating contest where you had to point and click the clams with the slow moving Nintendo pad. That one was tough. Another game pitted the stooges against some uptight gentlefolk in a pie throwing fight. That one was great really fun.

But the best game was the one where the stooges were racing after this doctor down the hall of a hospital, trying to collect the red crosses that the fleeing doctor dropped behind him (don’t know where this idea came from). Unfortunately, the game was much more fun if you ignored the object (to catch the red crosses) and instead focused on running into as many hospital patients moving down the hall as possible. People on crutches, in wheelchairs, on stretchers - if you ran into them they all wrecked to the ground in a hilariously animated crash sequence coupled with an appropriate noise! Priceless entertainement for a 10 year old!

]]> By: The Game http://www.critical-hits.com/2006/08/11/a-solid-1/comment-page-1/#comment-736 The Game Sun, 13 Aug 2006 17:17:24 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/?p=301#comment-736 Gavin sez: I'd give lunch money a 1. though it's a grey line: is it monopoly (and just fun to exicute) or is it just the theme people love? Then again, monopoly has theme in some ways too -- the money collection, and jail. It is a very grey line i think, but for me, if monopoly qualifies, lunch money does too. Gavin sez:
I’d give lunch money a 1. though it’s a grey line: is it monopoly (and just fun to exicute) or is it just the theme people love? Then again, monopoly has theme in some ways too — the money collection, and jail. It is a very grey line i think, but for me, if monopoly qualifies, lunch money does too.

]]> By: The Main Event http://www.critical-hits.com/2006/08/11/a-solid-1/comment-page-1/#comment-734 The Main Event Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:30:16 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/?p=301#comment-734 Also, regarding the Original Ice Hockey... the players bore a striking resemblance to two Italian plumbers of Nintendo fame. Also, regarding the Original Ice Hockey… the players bore a striking resemblance to two Italian plumbers of Nintendo fame.

]]> By: Elena99 http://www.critical-hits.com/2006/08/11/a-solid-1/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Elena99 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:37:58 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/?p=301#comment-733 I really liked the first TMNT game too, but I don't think I could have told you then or now what the plot was, or if there really was one. I really liked the first TMNT game too, but I don’t think I could have told you then or now what the plot was, or if there really was one.

]]> By: drscotto http://www.critical-hits.com/2006/08/11/a-solid-1/comment-page-1/#comment-732 drscotto Sat, 12 Aug 2006 05:00:41 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/?p=301#comment-732 A few sports games (I know, I know, you all hate sports... but too bad) on the Nintendo come to mind. First - Tecmo Bowl. The game was a pretty unsatisfying football game that was extremly fun to play. The reason it was fun was due to the ridiculous 80 yard plays that could happen on a whim. Also... Bo Jackson. In Tecmo Bowl, Bo Jackson was simply unstoppable. He could run through ten tackles straight to the end zone for a touchdown while carrying the eleventh defensive player on his back. Ridiculous? Yes. Great? Yes. A ONE! Also, Ice Hockey for Nintendo. This was probably THE MOST RIDICULOUS concept for a hockey game ever. You choose a country for your team (Olympic style), then choose five players for your team. Your choices of players consist of fat men, average/medium men, and skinny men. Fat men are slow but strong, average men are average/medium at speed and strength, and skinny men are fast but weak. These blobs on your screen are what become of your hockey team (a team that floats around your screen moreso than skates). As if that was not absurd enough, the players of opposing teams would occasionally collide on the screen and initiate a fight. The winner of the fight would NOT have to go the penalty box... only the loser. Hilarious... I love it.. .a one! Oh... and Loopin' Louie definitely get a one from me, which is why I love it so. A few sports games (I know, I know, you all hate sports… but too bad) on the Nintendo come to mind.

First - Tecmo Bowl. The game was a pretty unsatisfying football game that was extremly fun to play. The reason it was fun was due to the ridiculous 80 yard plays that could happen on a whim. Also… Bo Jackson. In Tecmo Bowl, Bo Jackson was simply unstoppable. He could run through ten tackles straight to the end zone for a touchdown while carrying the eleventh defensive player on his back. Ridiculous? Yes. Great? Yes. A ONE!

Also, Ice Hockey for Nintendo. This was probably THE MOST RIDICULOUS concept for a hockey game ever. You choose a country for your team (Olympic style), then choose five players for your team. Your choices of players consist of fat men, average/medium men, and skinny men. Fat men are slow but strong, average men are average/medium at speed and strength, and skinny men are fast but weak. These blobs on your screen are what become of your hockey team (a team that floats around your screen moreso than skates). As if that was not absurd enough, the players of opposing teams would occasionally collide on the screen and initiate a fight. The winner of the fight would NOT have to go the penalty box… only the loser. Hilarious… I love it.. .a one!

Oh… and Loopin’ Louie definitely get a one from me, which is why I love it so.

]]> By: The Game http://www.critical-hits.com/2006/08/11/a-solid-1/comment-page-1/#comment-731 The Game Sat, 12 Aug 2006 04:24:46 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/?p=301#comment-731 I had no patience at all for the first TMNT game. Even when I got past the first level without being killed, I couldn't figure out where to go. Never made it any farther... and I might still own the game! Not a ROM that's going to be making it onto my PDA, I'll tell you that. I had no patience at all for the first TMNT game. Even when I got past the first level without being killed, I couldn’t figure out where to go. Never made it any farther… and I might still own the game!

Not a ROM that’s going to be making it onto my PDA, I’ll tell you that.

]]> By: Bartoneus http://www.critical-hits.com/2006/08/11/a-solid-1/comment-page-1/#comment-730 Bartoneus Sat, 12 Aug 2006 03:58:09 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/?p=301#comment-730 Oh yea, the original TMNT game was totally in this category. It seemed somehow convincing that the game made sense most of the time, but it really...really didn't! Oh yea, the original TMNT game was totally in this category. It seemed somehow convincing that the game made sense most of the time, but it really…really didn’t!

]]> By: The Main Event http://www.critical-hits.com/2006/08/11/a-solid-1/comment-page-1/#comment-729 The Main Event Sat, 12 Aug 2006 03:18:44 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/?p=301#comment-729 Well, in terms of video games I'm going to have to go with Ninja Turtles for Original Nintendo. The play was baffling, the difficulty absurd consdiering the audience, and the characters were barely balanced (you just couldn't lose Donatello or it was game over) but I'll always love the time I spent proverbially beating my head against the wall of that one. Well, in terms of video games I’m going to have to go with Ninja Turtles for Original Nintendo. The play was baffling, the difficulty absurd consdiering the audience, and the characters were barely balanced (you just couldn’t lose Donatello or it was game over) but I’ll always love the time I spent proverbially beating my head against the wall of that one.

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