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The Fundamentals of Gaming
IGN has two great features up this week, looking back at two amazing gaming franchises. Their piece on the evolution of Final Fantasy takes in the changes and twists the iconic JRPG series has had over the years, while Castlevania: The Retrospective looks back on the last 20 years of vampire-hunting goodness. From the Castlevania piece: "Though Castlevania wasn't one of the original 18 launch titles for the NES, it was part of the unofficial second wave of games, and an integral part of the Nintendo Entertainment System's premiere years. From that point on, each Castlevania title (though still primarily a stand-alone adventure) was subsequently added into the overarching timeline, and while not every piece of the puzzle clicks from game to game, it remains to be one of the most prominent classic franchises still recognized today for its outstanding gameplay.
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My replay (You need Mame/windows/Rom, so basically its unwatchable for most people) I was able to take down the Count without dying, but his second form got me. I haven't got back to play after some nice Slashdotter told me to use holy water on the second form. I give Castlevania 1 some serious props for quality gaming. The funny thing is, as hard as it is to beat the game on one life, there's a second stage after you beat the first game where things get harder. I haven't beat the game on one life yet, but its on my lame slacking to do list.
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I first played Final Fantasy when it was up to version 7. Then it was a great game - although they'd already had 6 attempts at it. ;) I'm sure the later incarnations were even more polished. It was good in that it was a non-linear game (although some of the puzzles were so obscure you needed to read the walkthrough).
As to Castlevania, I never had a NES so didn't get to play it - I hear it was a classic though.
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Like the parent I've got to agree with this. This isn't the 80s any more, video games just doesn't sound right. COmputer games sounds better and less "lol I can play space invades with my VCR!!"
I like muppets.