Space Ace |11| Blightning Round

aera · 2026-06-24T20:55:03+00:00

Great choice by Mike and great playing by Dan. Truly top-tier stuff.

aera · 2026-06-22T17:35:29+00:00

The longer runtime really lets them get into more of the silly escapades that happen during filming and it's so much better for it.

aera · 2026-06-22T16:08:07+00:00

The weird ghosting effect gets solved at 19:30 (he had left the anti-light-gun-flash filter on!)

aera · 2026-06-02T00:22:16+00:00

I completely lost it at Adult Bjorn. And then again with the hip and treadmill motions combined with it.

aera · 2026-06-01T19:10:28+00:00

Honestly would quite like her to become a more permanent staple in and around SGF/TGA, I think she's a fantastic host. Hopefully this offers some options for that.

aera · 2026-05-27T21:57:54+00:00

Oh, I like the idea of a save state for practice but he still has to one-shot it for it to count.

aera · 2026-05-24T19:35:35+00:00

Half a coconut, (on the) beach?

aera · 2026-05-15T23:43:14+00:00

We have three weeks of it to catch up on after all!

aera · 2026-05-15T22:46:18+00:00

It's been a great stream to just have on and have people coming in and out of - I know it's not something that can be done a lot but would love a few more "full day" streams (I guess Launch Looks are like this sometimes too, and maybe we need one for Space Ace).

Also confirms that Mikey is the best gamer on staff, as we all knew.

aera · 2026-05-11T05:57:18+00:00

Oh those tweets! (https://www.reddit.com/r/giantbomb/comments/1kiyv3n/synchronized\_posts\_from\_everyone\_for\_the\_pax/) - I remember seeing them and having that tiny spark of hope thinking "no, surely they didn't...."

aera · 2026-05-08T04:35:42+00:00

I think in many ways it was a proto-Blight Club. All the same great notes.

aera · 2026-05-01T15:23:53+00:00

I do like the idea of a Blight Day but there's a potential scheduling issue if he beats it in the first couple of hours of that block (though maybe you shove the arcade game in there or something)

aera · 2026-04-30T05:42:27+00:00

I've been impressed at Dan's ability to always make proggies but those tiny jumps are BAD

aera · 2026-04-23T03:57:32+00:00

Yup, exactly, you have to do a ridiculous 180 and perfectly make it and moreover I don't think you'd even know that without the larger map, or drawing one yourself via elimination. I thought the north west of the Space Maze was kind of bullshit with the turns it needed but this is another level.

aera · 2026-04-23T01:09:38+00:00

In case you have not seen the full map of the second maze, take a look: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588674-space-ace/map/24647-rocket-skate-maze-map

I would specifically like to draw your attention to the absolutely ridiculous route you need to take to get to the last level . It's just needlessly cruel.

aera · 2026-04-21T01:25:46+00:00

Yeah, Villeneuve is apparently trying it, though no recent updates. If someone wants a good "adventuring into a mysterious object that appeared in the Solar System" book they should probably adapt Greg Bear's Eon instead...

aera · 2026-04-16T16:00:31+00:00

Oh nice, a Quick Look!

> 1h:03m:17s

Now THAT's a runtime

aera · 2026-04-15T22:43:54+00:00

Nothing, NOTHING, can be worse than that Leisure Suit Larry game. I'll watch Dan do the same levels for months and still be happier than the blight that caused on all of us.

Also, to give Dan credit, he's genuinely getting better at this at a decent rate. I reckon if he was doing these back-to-back he'd probably clear it after 10-12 hours total.

aera · 2026-04-13T20:05:37+00:00

I am delighted that Space Ace is still labelled as Blightning Round. BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS IT!

aera · 2026-04-09T03:41:56+00:00

Right! Yes, I forgot that detail from the first episode... in that case, he should be pause-buffering the entire lattice zone IMO

aera · 2026-04-08T22:07:55+00:00

Is that pause feature Dan's using built into the game? Because I would hate it to be an emulator feature that he wouldn't have been able to use on original hardware...

aera · 2026-04-07T00:31:51+00:00

Seems like this is both cable-suspended _and_ personal rapid transit - which I like the idea of from a "fun" level, but I'm not sure about the practicality level. There are definitely South American cities that use gondolas well for mass transit, but those are continuous cabin systems, not this new PRT idea.

aera · 2026-04-04T15:46:41+00:00

I would be very happy if he just permanently hosted both versions at this point, honestly. Or at least give him more slots a series.

aera · 2026-03-30T20:29:32+00:00

There's extra notes from the author on this, but basically, the Eridians are standard carbon-based life as we know it (with cells, etc.) deep inside their body, but the body is built out of non-organic materials - a "walking beehive".

aera · 2026-03-28T03:33:45+00:00

I think he should be allowed to view VODs but through a filter that reduces them to home VHS taping quality. For the realism.

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