Last Thursday I finally sat down to learn the speed run route for Castlevania II Simon’s Quest. After rage quitting an hour in, I decided to pop in some Super Mario Bros. Now get this: I hadn’t actually ever beat the original Super Mario Bros. Ever. Dirty Casul Alright, hold up, I’m not some casual … Read more Learning the Super Mario Bros. Speed Run
I was able to successfully modify my top loading NES-101 to be able to output in full composite video thanks to the fine folks at retrofixes. I’m not sure any of you have an idea of exactly how excited I am about this. How excited? Real F’ing Excited There are a few top loading NES … Read more Successful Composite Mod on my NES-101 Top Loader!
It’s finally over, the Best of NES Big 20 #6 has completed and I was able to finish the entire thing! I ended up pushing the vast majority of my responsibilities to the sidelines to put in more hours of practice and my body has been punishing me for it. But we’ll talk about that … Read more Post BestofNES Big 20 #6 Wrap-up!
Sorry for the lack of updates the past week, I’ll try to get back on track. I’ve been really busy practicing for the Big 20. But I’ve got a lot more going on too: What’s the Status? This past week I’ve been diving heavily into fiction writing for kindle direct publishing. I’ve published before so … Read more Been a Bit Busy!
The more I play this game for the best of NES big 20 the more I absolutely despise Garfield: A Week of Garfield. What is it? Garfield: A Week of Garfield is an action platformer released only in Japan for the Famicom. Apparently there were issues with licensing of the character in North America and … Read more Garfield: A Week of Garfield is an Absolute Nightmare
What? The Big 20 is a speed running competition where players race twenty NES titles back to back. The 6th race will be live on March 4th, 2017 with players from around the world competing. Anyone can participate, including maybe me! The list of games is only revealed a month in advance, which can make … Read more Big 20 #6 Speedrun Game List Announced
Awwwwwwwwww yess, finally got the NES cooperating with the Dazzle capture card and my usb mixer. I’m really excited to start streaming a lot more retro titles. I really can’t recommend the Dazzle enough after going through with all of this. I’ve also ordered a PowerPak, so I’ll be playing a lot more NES games on the original … Read more Capture Card and CRT Ready to Roll!