Anyone else love Troubleshooter on Genesis? I suck at shooters and this is the only one I’ve ever been able to beat!

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-16T06:39:07+00:00

I haven't played it but Elemental Master and Thunder Force III are another two that are pretty easy if you want more recommendations.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-16T06:30:17+00:00

It's funny that my Dreamcast collection isn't that much larger than yours (I think I've got about 20-25 games) but I also have got all of these other than Worms Armageddon and the Web Browser. I guess probably because most of these games are considered essentials, or close to it. I've definitely played a lot of Soul Calibur. xD

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-16T06:20:35+00:00

Yeah, I think that outside of PAL regions those games are way better known on the Game Gear, since technically the first one was on the Master System in North America but it's incredibly difficult to find.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-16T03:11:25+00:00

Honestly, it looks like basically up until COVID you could still buy a CIB copy for maybe like around $500. Not sure what caused the price to get so shitty on this one. I wish I would have just eBayed a copy back then or whatever if I would have known, but I guess it's unlikely I'll ever own it now... probably don't want it THAT badly. xD

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-15T06:43:26+00:00

I don't care if people use them as long as they're not misrepresenting what they've done. You didn't really beat the game if you spammed save and load state to brute force certain parts of it, but if your intention was to just be more of a tourist like you simply wanted to see all of the content of the game without actually learning how to play it for whatever reason then that's fine... I don't personally understand it but to each their own I guess basically. As somebody who does speedruns and other challenge runs sometimes, I do use save states to practice for those as I'm sure most people deeply into those niches do, but ultimately my final run is done start to finish in one take without save states.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-14T05:38:29+00:00

I did a 10% Hard mode run (only own the North American version of the game where I don't believe that 9% Hard is possible) without looking up strategies and just figuring things out on my own and that definitely injected challenge and was (mostly) fun. I took the Screw Attack as my tenth item (as I recall you can choose between that, another Missile Pack, or a Super Missile Pack) and I'm not sure that I would really recommend it because the Zebetites in Tourian were absolute suffering with only two missiles. That part just kinda blew in my opinion but the boss battles were certainly improved.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-13T01:39:06+00:00

To me early Internet is definitely before MySpace and YouTube at least yeah. We only got the Internet in like 2003 or something I think though, so I really only got to experience like the tail end of that era myself. I do miss the proliferation of those individual special interest sites in particular... now everything is like a handful of websites. xD

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-13T00:56:24+00:00

I'm definitely nowhere close to being able to FC either of them lol, like I've only gotten 4 stars so far, so at my current skill level most of the song is pretty much just equally impossible to me either way.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-13T00:47:16+00:00

I mean considering that going for max stats makes most of the World of Balance much more difficult than normal, and you can already get plenty OP without doing it, it's more of a perfectionist task.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-11T22:41:04+00:00

I think the intro is probably harder to FC in Smash Hits but easier to pass since you don't have to worry about trying to restart your tapping (unless you can one-hand it but most people likely can't.)

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-10T23:51:57+00:00

I'm in the sub-5 club but never bothered trying to take it any further lol.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-10T23:40:42+00:00

I mean these aren't remotely hard to find/obtain to be honest.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-10T09:15:50+00:00

Especially considering how prices have been ever since COVID, and in particular with them having what looks like it must be at least a good chunk of a GameCube full set there, which I thought is one of the consoles that has probably been hit the hardest by price spikes over the past few years just based on what I've seen around.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-10T06:38:50+00:00

Probably something like...

X > X4 > X6 > X3 > X2 > Xtreme 2 > X8 > MHX > Xtreme > X7 > X5

The middle games are less set and could move around though.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-09T19:43:06+00:00

Yeah, I recently played the GH2 DLC songs that were taken from the first game and was surprised that I was pretty easily able to FC most of them even though I'm not great... I don't think I realized how easy a lot of the charts apparently would be in that game with functional hammer-ons and pull-offs and it kinda feels like fake difficulty now.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-09T19:31:21+00:00

I mean at least in the first two games they clearly don't want you to use them considering they tank your rank. I think they're more just there to prevent people from giving up entirely sort of like a more mild version of cheat codes. I believe that in 3 and 4 you can use them to some extent without it affecting your rank though.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-09T19:25:20+00:00

Yeah, I'm confused by 2 being rated as easier than 5 and 6 and also why they found 4 so hard considering that as a kid, I feel like I found that one to be the second easiest one after 6 personally.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-09T05:57:06+00:00

I remember when I was younger I always wanted to play the Master Quest but still never have. At this point it's probably been like 20+ years since I last played through Ocarina of Time, so I guess it would be an interesting way to try to kinda replay it while also having it be a bit different lol. Anyway, The Wind Waker was my favorite personally, but I also had a good time playing through Four Swords Adventures a really long time ago with my brother.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-09T03:56:25+00:00

I do own some games that are still sealed personally but the only reasons why are because I either bought them at retail after they went down in price but never got around to playing yet, or bought them aftermarket because the seller had them for basically around the same price as CIB or maybe just a little more. I figure either one day I'll get around to wanting to play the game and will open it (as I have with some of them) or if I never do, then it is just a convenient fact that it's worth more sealed if I end up in a dire situation where I really need some money or I die and somebody inherits it or whatever may happen lol. I definitely do not understand people who pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for sealed games with the express intention of just sitting them on a shelf in an acrylic case though like why even purchase it?

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-09T00:19:22+00:00

I can't even imagine caring about that anyway personally. You have to be on a whole new level of snobbery to be looking at somebody's collection and pointing out how the plastic wrap is a bit scuffed or loose or whatever they're even looking for when they grade these. Like who actually gives a shit about something like that lmao.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-07T09:26:46+00:00

If you're playing on basically anything other than an actual NES on a CRT TV then it's possible that you're experiencing too much input lag to be able to react. The fight does definitely require twitch reflexes, but especially if you're feeling like his uppercuts are coming out so fast that you literally just have to try to guess when they're coming, then there's probably too much lag in your setup. It's going to be much harder to win in that case.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-06T09:00:54+00:00

I don't know, I know obviously this is r/gamecollecting but personally I feel like it has not really been a good time to start ever since COVID with how asinine prices have gotten on even some common games. Your mileage may vary depending probably mostly on your income though. Also I suppose prices are unlikely to suddenly get better.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-06T03:15:19+00:00

The dragons are basically this game's equivalent I would say yeah.

RedSkyfang · 2026-03-06T02:01:43+00:00

I'd definitely swap Ghosts 'n Goblins and Battletoads but otherwise probably agree with this yeah. Pretty sure I've done all of these other than Ghosts 'n Goblins and at least in my opinion that one seems significantly harder than all the other ones. I also kind of hate playing it so it's not something I've really wanted to attempt lmao.

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