*cake* R2K's Birthday Extravaganza - Games, Glory, & Prizes *cake*
21-Sep-23 12:25am
#1 Renaissance2K
Hi, GameTZers.
Next month, I turn 40. I've been a GameTZ for 15 of those years and a gamer for about 35, kicking off when I received a Nintendo Action Set for my fifth birthday.
As my mid-life crisis, in lieu of buying a Ferrari or leaving my wife for a Laker girl, I've decided to spend it by... uh... unexpectedly expanding everyone's backlog. My initial plan was to just loop this into the Retro Talkshop Thread's October Game of the Month, but since transitioning into an old fart only happens once in a lifetime, I decided to open the festivities up to the rest of the site.
Please join me in celebrating my birthday by replaying a few of the games that defined my history as a gamer for fun, for glory, and yes, even for some prizes.
What are the standings?
How do I play?
The Birthday Extravaganza is comprised of six different game series of one or more titles. The games span a variety of eras, platforms, and console generations, though the various franchises skew towards "retro." Because I'm old.
The goal is to complete a game in as many series as possible. The first time you finish a game and check off a series, you earn your R2Kake Badge, which will initially be decorated with the series that you just completed. Continue to finish more series, and your cake will be increasingly blinged out. Completing series also makes you eligible for other prizes and raffles, which we'll talk about later.
Each game series also has an additional objective to "gild" each series' badge and give it a gold border. In some cases, it's completing a specific in-game objective. In others, it's completing a specific game in the series. In all cases, these bonus achievements highlight a certain aspect of each sprawling game series that carries special weight or unlocks a special memory for me. There's a slight raffle bonus for completing them, but don't go to pieces if you feel like a few of them are out of your reach.
Bedazzled badges will be featured here and in the Retro Talkshop Thread.
The game starts on October 1 and ends on October 31. Feel free to use the lead time to acquire games, research strategies, or make ageist jokes at me.
Why are we playing these games?
All the games series featured in the Birthday Extravaganza are important to me and the 35 or so years I've been a gamer. I go into more detail about this in the posts that follow, but needless to say, beyond just pure hours played, each of the games in our scope have been an important part of my gaming identity in some way.
This final list is actually quite a bit different than the one with which I started, which included Bionic Commando, Burgertime, and Crazy Taxi; all of which hold sentimental significance. Since the Retro Talkshop Thread featured each of these games this year, I wanted to keep the lot fresh rather than exhaust an option we recently visited.
Of the series that are left
- They all originate from eras that we universally consider "retro".
- Almost all of them are still accessible in some modern fashion without raiding thrift stores and eBay.
- Almost all of them have modern, semi-modern, or remastered entries that appeal to modern platforms.
- The genres vary: one racing game, one flying game, and a variety of different action titles.
- Most of the games in these series are fairly short. Many entries can be completed in an hour or less, and most of the remaining ones are just a few hours. No hundred-hour epics here.
- Acknowledging this is subjective, the games don't suck. Yes, I did spend an unfortunate amount of time in my youth playing Where's Waldo? for the NES. No, I'm not going to make y'all do it.
That excludes a lot of my favorite franchises. Tekken has been my favorite fighter since 1995, but we already have a "must include" fighter in the list. Final Fantasy is a borderline obsession, but all the games take 30+ hours to complete, so it's out. I worship the original Unreal titles, but Epic yanked them from all the digital marketplaces earlier this year for no obvious reason. There are similar excuses for Diablo, Burnout, WipEout, SoulCalibur, and a number of other great franchises, but I guess we'll just to have to save them for the 50th Birthday Extravaganza. Ha.
So, what exactly are we playing?
https://youtu.be/gyo...
In the posts that follow, I've tried to include the cheapest and/or easiest way to legally get a hold of a game in each series. If you know of a better option, please share, and I'll update these posts.
#1 Renaissance2K
Hi, GameTZers.
Next month, I turn 40. I've been a GameTZ for 15 of those years and a gamer for about 35, kicking off when I received a Nintendo Action Set for my fifth birthday.
As my mid-life crisis, in lieu of buying a Ferrari or leaving my wife for a Laker girl, I've decided to spend it by... uh... unexpectedly expanding everyone's backlog. My initial plan was to just loop this into the Retro Talkshop Thread's October Game of the Month, but since transitioning into an old fart only happens once in a lifetime, I decided to open the festivities up to the rest of the site.
Please join me in celebrating my birthday by replaying a few of the games that defined my history as a gamer for fun, for glory, and yes, even for some prizes.
What are the standings?
 BleedingViolet  image Renaissance2K image sailorneorune  image Slickriven image SwiftJAB  image SupremeSarna  image WithinTemptation  image |
How do I play?
The Birthday Extravaganza is comprised of six different game series of one or more titles. The games span a variety of eras, platforms, and console generations, though the various franchises skew towards "retro." Because I'm old.
The goal is to complete a game in as many series as possible. The first time you finish a game and check off a series, you earn your R2Kake Badge, which will initially be decorated with the series that you just completed. Continue to finish more series, and your cake will be increasingly blinged out. Completing series also makes you eligible for other prizes and raffles, which we'll talk about later.
Each game series also has an additional objective to "gild" each series' badge and give it a gold border. In some cases, it's completing a specific in-game objective. In others, it's completing a specific game in the series. In all cases, these bonus achievements highlight a certain aspect of each sprawling game series that carries special weight or unlocks a special memory for me. There's a slight raffle bonus for completing them, but don't go to pieces if you feel like a few of them are out of your reach.
Bedazzled badges will be featured here and in the Retro Talkshop Thread.
The game starts on October 1 and ends on October 31. Feel free to use the lead time to acquire games, research strategies, or make ageist jokes at me.
Why are we playing these games?
All the games series featured in the Birthday Extravaganza are important to me and the 35 or so years I've been a gamer. I go into more detail about this in the posts that follow, but needless to say, beyond just pure hours played, each of the games in our scope have been an important part of my gaming identity in some way.
This final list is actually quite a bit different than the one with which I started, which included Bionic Commando, Burgertime, and Crazy Taxi; all of which hold sentimental significance. Since the Retro Talkshop Thread featured each of these games this year, I wanted to keep the lot fresh rather than exhaust an option we recently visited.
Of the series that are left
- They all originate from eras that we universally consider "retro".
- Almost all of them are still accessible in some modern fashion without raiding thrift stores and eBay.
- Almost all of them have modern, semi-modern, or remastered entries that appeal to modern platforms.
- The genres vary: one racing game, one flying game, and a variety of different action titles.
- Most of the games in these series are fairly short. Many entries can be completed in an hour or less, and most of the remaining ones are just a few hours. No hundred-hour epics here.
- Acknowledging this is subjective, the games don't suck. Yes, I did spend an unfortunate amount of time in my youth playing Where's Waldo? for the NES. No, I'm not going to make y'all do it.
That excludes a lot of my favorite franchises. Tekken has been my favorite fighter since 1995, but we already have a "must include" fighter in the list. Final Fantasy is a borderline obsession, but all the games take 30+ hours to complete, so it's out. I worship the original Unreal titles, but Epic yanked them from all the digital marketplaces earlier this year for no obvious reason. There are similar excuses for Diablo, Burnout, WipEout, SoulCalibur, and a number of other great franchises, but I guess we'll just to have to save them for the 50th Birthday Extravaganza. Ha.
So, what exactly are we playing?
https://youtu.be/gyo...
In the posts that follow, I've tried to include the cheapest and/or easiest way to legally get a hold of a game in each series. If you know of a better option, please share, and I'll update these posts.
28-Sep-23 12:35pm
#41 SupremeSarna
benstylus wrote:
SupremeSarna wrote:> Renaissance2K wrote: |>> - Mega Man 8 (never played it, except to make the teaser in the OP)> "My name is Duo. I was born with the sole purpose to eliminate the evil energy> from this universe."> > I'm a bigger-than-average MM8 fan, since it was the only MM game I owned for several> years. But I also love to mock the voice acting and sound design.
The voice acting is the best thing about the game.
The Flash Bomb was pretty good as weapons go, and they made a swimming stage that was pretty fun. I can commend them for that. Plus, who doesn't love snowboarding?
#41 SupremeSarna
benstylus wrote:
SupremeSarna wrote:> Renaissance2K wrote: |>> - Mega Man 8 (never played it, except to make the teaser in the OP)> "My name is Duo. I was born with the sole purpose to eliminate the evil energy> from this universe."> > I'm a bigger-than-average MM8 fan, since it was the only MM game I owned for several> years. But I also love to mock the voice acting and sound design.
The voice acting is the best thing about the game. The Flash Bomb was pretty good as weapons go, and they made a swimming stage that was pretty fun. I can commend them for that. Plus, who doesn't love snowboarding?
30-Sep-23 12:14pm
#42 Renaissance2K
The birthday fun begins tomorrow. Do you think you'll join in? If so, what game are you going to play first?
I was just going to go in order of the original post, but I'm itching to play some Twisted Metal, so that may be my first game out of the gate.
#42 Renaissance2K
The birthday fun begins tomorrow. Do you think you'll join in? If so, what game are you going to play first?
I was just going to go in order of the original post, but I'm itching to play some Twisted Metal, so that may be my first game out of the gate.
30-Sep-23 9:24pm
#43 SupremeSarna
I got DMK2 in the mail today, so I may as well start there. I haven't looked at video footage of the game, so I'm going in completely blind!
#43 SupremeSarna
I got DMK2 in the mail today, so I may as well start there. I haven't looked at video footage of the game, so I'm going in completely blind!
1-Oct-23 2:06am
#44 SwiftJAB
I think Megaman 2 will be the first game I'll play. Got the legacy collection on the Switch not too long ago and this is a great reason to jump in. It's also short enough that I shouldn't have any problem finishing it.
#44 SwiftJAB
I think Megaman 2 will be the first game I'll play. Got the legacy collection on the Switch not too long ago and this is a great reason to jump in. It's also short enough that I shouldn't have any problem finishing it.
1-Oct-23 2:30am
#45 WithinTemptation
Looks like fun. I have twisted metal and the MM collection I can play. I just completed Grip as it was free on PS+, but got removed (which is why I finally played it before it got pulled). Not really in a position to be buying games, so it will just be those two for me unless the others are on PS+/gamepass.
#45 WithinTemptation
Looks like fun. I have twisted metal and the MM collection I can play. I just completed Grip as it was free on PS+, but got removed (which is why I finally played it before it got pulled). Not really in a position to be buying games, so it will just be those two for me unless the others are on PS+/gamepass.
1-Oct-23 11:17am
#46 Renaissance2K
It's October 1. Game on, everyone!
Remember the basics:
1. Follow the Frank School of Playthrough Verification and post a photo of a "spoiler" (ending, credits, etc.) while holding up a piece of paper with your handle and the date on it. For the few games that support it, feel free to link to your achievement on the official Xbox/PlayStation site.
2. You do not need a second playthrough, if you complete the gilding objective during your first. Gilding a badge earns you an extra "ticket" in the game completion raffles.
3. All prizes will be sent out in early November and are cumulative, unless stated otherwise. No reason for this, other than it being less work to send out one three-month subscription instead of three one-month subscriptions.
Have fun!
I booted up Twisted Metal: Small Brawl last night and made it to Level 5 with Shadow. I don't remember where the bosses pop up in this game, but hoping to finish this one off soon, if I don't reach Dark Tooth levels of frustration.
#46 Renaissance2K
It's October 1. Game on, everyone!
Remember the basics:
1. Follow the Frank School of Playthrough Verification and post a photo of a "spoiler" (ending, credits, etc.) while holding up a piece of paper with your handle and the date on it. For the few games that support it, feel free to link to your achievement on the official Xbox/PlayStation site.
2. You do not need a second playthrough, if you complete the gilding objective during your first. Gilding a badge earns you an extra "ticket" in the game completion raffles.
3. All prizes will be sent out in early November and are cumulative, unless stated otherwise. No reason for this, other than it being less work to send out one three-month subscription instead of three one-month subscriptions.
Have fun!
I booted up Twisted Metal: Small Brawl last night and made it to Level 5 with Shadow. I don't remember where the bosses pop up in this game, but hoping to finish this one off soon, if I don't reach Dark Tooth levels of frustration.
1-Oct-23 3:48pm
#47 SupremeSarna
How exactly is Max's jetpack supposed to work? I don't have enough to fuel to ascend the whole corridor, and now that I'm trying again, I can barely make it 1/4 of the way through. Am I doing something wrong?
#47 SupremeSarna
How exactly is Max's jetpack supposed to work? I don't have enough to fuel to ascend the whole corridor, and now that I'm trying again, I can barely make it 1/4 of the way through. Am I doing something wrong?
1-Oct-23 5:28pm
#48 Renaissance2K
I haven't played MDK2 in a while, but it sounds like there are two possibilities:
- The jetpack is supposed to be used sparingly as a booster between long jumps.
- There are fuel pickups somewhere.
Maybe I'll take a MDK2 detour tonight and see if I can figure it out. I don't remember having trouble with the game back in the day until the Dr. Fluke puzzle levels.
#48 Renaissance2K
I haven't played MDK2 in a while, but it sounds like there are two possibilities:
- The jetpack is supposed to be used sparingly as a booster between long jumps.
- There are fuel pickups somewhere.
Maybe I'll take a MDK2 detour tonight and see if I can figure it out. I don't remember having trouble with the game back in the day until the Dr. Fluke puzzle levels.
1-Oct-23 8:09pm
#49 SupremeSarna
While I wait to progress in MDK2, I blew off some steam by beating Mega Man 2 on Difficult mode.
[imgt w=2048 h=1536]https://pbs.twimg.co...[/imgt]
Game's pretty great! There are some annoying bosses (cough cough Crash Bomb walls), but it definitely stands as one of the good Mega Mans. Gild me and toss 1 month of subtime on my pile!
#49 SupremeSarna
While I wait to progress in MDK2, I blew off some steam by beating Mega Man 2 on Difficult mode.
[imgt w=2048 h=1536]https://pbs.twimg.co...[/imgt]
Game's pretty great! There are some annoying bosses (cough cough Crash Bomb walls), but it definitely stands as one of the good Mega Mans. Gild me and toss 1 month of subtime on my pile!
2-Oct-23 12:00am
#50 Renaissance2K
SupremeSarna wrote:
While I wait to progress in MDK2, I blew off some steam by beating Mega Man 2 on Difficult mode. [imgt w=2048 h=1536]https://pbs.twimg.co...[/imgt] Game's pretty great! There are some annoying bosses (cough cough Crash Bomb walls), but it definitely stands as one of the good Mega Mans. Gild me and toss 1 month of subtime on my pile!
Mega Man 2 is like frolicking through a rolling green field, and that Crash Bomb boss is like landing in a big steaming cowpie after a particularly majestic leap.
#50 Renaissance2K
SupremeSarna wrote:
While I wait to progress in MDK2, I blew off some steam by beating Mega Man 2 on Difficult mode. [imgt w=2048 h=1536]https://pbs.twimg.co...[/imgt] Game's pretty great! There are some annoying bosses (cough cough Crash Bomb walls), but it definitely stands as one of the good Mega Mans. Gild me and toss 1 month of subtime on my pile!
Mega Man 2 is like frolicking through a rolling green field, and that Crash Bomb boss is like landing in a big steaming cowpie after a particularly majestic leap.
2-Oct-23 3:21am
#51 SupremeSarna
Renaissance2K wrote:
I haven't played MDK2 in a while, but it sounds like there are two possibilities: - The jetpack is supposed to be used sparingly as a booster between long jumps. - There are fuel pickups somewhere. Maybe I'll take a MDK2 detour tonight and see if I can figure it out. I don't remember having trouble with the game back in the day until the Dr. Fluke puzzle levels.
I'm up to level 4. PLEASE tell me the jetpack is used infrequently. The issue seems to be the speed at which the PS2 runs the game--sometimes it runs quickly and increases my acceleration, sometimes it moves at average speed, but othertimes it runs slowly and kills my ascension. It's a serious difference: I reached the first platform with 80 fuel on fast, 65 on average, and 40 on slow. The only way to reach the top of that segment of the shaft (there's even more afterward) is to fly to each level with fast processing, then use the last drops of fuel to land on the one outcropping that has a fuel refill. There are three outcroppings and they all look identical from underneath. So I hope you picked right, or you must descend and try again!
Then you get to do the exact same thing again. I really hope Max's levels improve, cuz I'm thoroughly over this one.
#51 SupremeSarna
Renaissance2K wrote:
I haven't played MDK2 in a while, but it sounds like there are two possibilities: - The jetpack is supposed to be used sparingly as a booster between long jumps. - There are fuel pickups somewhere. Maybe I'll take a MDK2 detour tonight and see if I can figure it out. I don't remember having trouble with the game back in the day until the Dr. Fluke puzzle levels.
I'm up to level 4. PLEASE tell me the jetpack is used infrequently. The issue seems to be the speed at which the PS2 runs the game--sometimes it runs quickly and increases my acceleration, sometimes it moves at average speed, but othertimes it runs slowly and kills my ascension. It's a serious difference: I reached the first platform with 80 fuel on fast, 65 on average, and 40 on slow. The only way to reach the top of that segment of the shaft (there's even more afterward) is to fly to each level with fast processing, then use the last drops of fuel to land on the one outcropping that has a fuel refill. There are three outcroppings and they all look identical from underneath. So I hope you picked right, or you must descend and try again!
Then you get to do the exact same thing again. I really hope Max's levels improve, cuz I'm thoroughly over this one.
3-Oct-23 2:22am
#52 Renaissance2K
The first slices of cake are handed out. SupremeSarna gets a gold Mega Man badge for finishing Mega Man 2 and is on the way to adding a MDK one as well, if he doesn't send Max to that puppy retirement farm up north first.
As for me, I finished Twisted Metal: Small Brawl with Shadow, earned a black Twisted Metal badge, and took a game off my backlog that's been there since grad school. I'm not really sure why I didn't finish the game back then. The final fight wasn't all that tough.
https://twitter.com/...
I've started Mega Man 8, and whooooooooooooooo booooooooy, you folks weren't kidding about that voice acting. Wow.
#52 Renaissance2K
The first slices of cake are handed out. SupremeSarna gets a gold Mega Man badge for finishing Mega Man 2 and is on the way to adding a MDK one as well, if he doesn't send Max to that puppy retirement farm up north first.
As for me, I finished Twisted Metal: Small Brawl with Shadow, earned a black Twisted Metal badge, and took a game off my backlog that's been there since grad school. I'm not really sure why I didn't finish the game back then. The final fight wasn't all that tough.
https://twitter.com/...
I've started Mega Man 8, and whooooooooooooooo booooooooy, you folks weren't kidding about that voice acting. Wow.
3-Oct-23 2:33am
#53 SupremeSarna
Renaissance2K wrote:
The first slices of cake are handed out.Not fond of strawberry icing, but I'll manage.
SupremeSarna gets a gold Mega Man badge for finishing Mega Man 2 and is on the way to adding a MDK one as well, if he doesn't send Max to that puppy retirement farm up north first.Better, the scrapyard. Darn mutt runs on a car battery.
As for me, I finished Twisted Metal: Small Brawl with Shadow, earned a black Twisted Metal badge, and took a game off my backlog that's been there since grad school. I'm not really sure why I didn't finish the game back then. The final fight wasn't all that tough.Reminds me of the time in high school when I gave up on Wario Land 3 at the final boss, then beat it for BaG 2021. It only takes a few tries, but I was so burnt put on it back then.
I've started Mega Man 8, and whooooooooooooooo booooooooy, you folks weren't kidding about that voice acting. Wow."Hey, bass, why must I fight you? We are not enemies!"
Have you reached the infamous "Docta Wahwee" cutscene yet? It's brilliant.
#53 SupremeSarna
Renaissance2K wrote:
The first slices of cake are handed out.Not fond of strawberry icing, but I'll manage.
SupremeSarna gets a gold Mega Man badge for finishing Mega Man 2 and is on the way to adding a MDK one as well, if he doesn't send Max to that puppy retirement farm up north first.Better, the scrapyard. Darn mutt runs on a car battery.
As for me, I finished Twisted Metal: Small Brawl with Shadow, earned a black Twisted Metal badge, and took a game off my backlog that's been there since grad school. I'm not really sure why I didn't finish the game back then. The final fight wasn't all that tough.Reminds me of the time in high school when I gave up on Wario Land 3 at the final boss, then beat it for BaG 2021. It only takes a few tries, but I was so burnt put on it back then.
I've started Mega Man 8, and whooooooooooooooo booooooooy, you folks weren't kidding about that voice acting. Wow."Hey, bass, why must I fight you? We are not enemies!"
Have you reached the infamous "Docta Wahwee" cutscene yet? It's brilliant.
3-Oct-23 12:18pm
#54 Renaissance2K
SupremeSarna wrote:
Have you reached the infamous "Docta Wahwee" cutscene yet? It's brilliant.
Not yet. I do think it's really cool that they got Barbara Walters to do the voice of Dr. Light, though.
#54 Renaissance2K
SupremeSarna wrote:
Have you reached the infamous "Docta Wahwee" cutscene yet? It's brilliant.
Not yet. I do think it's really cool that they got Barbara Walters to do the voice of Dr. Light, though.
3-Oct-23 1:40pm
#55 SupremeSarna
Renaissance2K wrote:
SupremeSarna wrote:> Have you reached the infamous "Docta Wahwee" cutscene yet? It's brilliant. Not yet. I do think it's really cool that they got Barbara Walters to do the voice of Dr. Light, though.
The scream scene is underrated, IMO. Mega Man could be renamed "Lung Man" and the name would fit.
#55 SupremeSarna
Renaissance2K wrote:
SupremeSarna wrote:> Have you reached the infamous "Docta Wahwee" cutscene yet? It's brilliant. Not yet. I do think it's really cool that they got Barbara Walters to do the voice of Dr. Light, though.
The scream scene is underrated, IMO. Mega Man could be renamed "Lung Man" and the name would fit.
3-Oct-23 7:43pm
#56 sailorneorune
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Mega Man 2 via Capcom Collection on Evercade EXP
Good game, but playing through Mega Man X first back in the day probably hurt more than it helped.
#56 sailorneorune
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Mega Man 2 via Capcom Collection on Evercade EXP
Good game, but playing through Mega Man X first back in the day probably hurt more than it helped.
4-Oct-23 1:53am
#57 SupremeSarna
Whoever designed MDK2 did not know how to make fun jetpack gameplay. Who on the team thought, "Oh boy! A jetpack! I wanna use it to slowly follow a fuel canister as it winds around a giant room with a deadly floor!" ? Seems like the extent of their imagination was just having you fly straight upward through tall shafts most of the time.
And sure enough, this particular area ends with a do-or-die ascension segment that might be impossible on my copy for previously discussed reasons. Boo.
What is your stance on the use of cheat codes? I don't think there are any that would me get past this game-breaking bug--the best I could find was invincibility, which would only help me survive upon my inevitable crash landing into toxic waste. But are cheats allowed in cases where the game itself is messed up?
#57 SupremeSarna
Whoever designed MDK2 did not know how to make fun jetpack gameplay. Who on the team thought, "Oh boy! A jetpack! I wanna use it to slowly follow a fuel canister as it winds around a giant room with a deadly floor!" ? Seems like the extent of their imagination was just having you fly straight upward through tall shafts most of the time.
And sure enough, this particular area ends with a do-or-die ascension segment that might be impossible on my copy for previously discussed reasons. Boo.
What is your stance on the use of cheat codes? I don't think there are any that would me get past this game-breaking bug--the best I could find was invincibility, which would only help me survive upon my inevitable crash landing into toxic waste. But are cheats allowed in cases where the game itself is messed up?
4-Oct-23 5:57am
#58 benstylus
Are you sure its a bug? A quick Google search for MDK2 jetpack bug isn't finding anything... which version are you playing?
Maybe look at a walk through video... it's possible there is a secret fuel refill or upgrade or something.
#58 benstylus
Are you sure its a bug? A quick Google search for MDK2 jetpack bug isn't finding anything... which version are you playing?
Maybe look at a walk through video... it's possible there is a secret fuel refill or upgrade or something.
4-Oct-23 9:16am
#59 Renaissance2K
benstylus wrote:
Maybe look at a walk through video... it's possible there is a secret fuel refill or upgrade or something.This is what I was going to suggest. Check out a longplay video just to make sure you're not missing anything.
#59 Renaissance2K
benstylus wrote:
Maybe look at a walk through video... it's possible there is a secret fuel refill or upgrade or something.This is what I was going to suggest. Check out a longplay video just to make sure you're not missing anything.
4-Oct-23 11:52am
#60 SupremeSarna
I’ve been using longplay videos. They always show the player rocketing at incredible speed, making it look like a breeze. My PS2 version rarely reaches that speed. I’ve asked about it (no replies yet), read pdfs of the manual, looked at the in-game controls, but nothing is helping. Maybe I can influence the game to run faster by rapidly moving side to side before starting the flight portion, but I doubt that would affect such a long jetpacking section such as this.
There’s little I can do but pray that the game will work—that’s how I beat level 2 after several hours of attempts. Perhaps the disc needs cleaning? But it looks clean enough to me already.
#60 SupremeSarna
I’ve been using longplay videos. They always show the player rocketing at incredible speed, making it look like a breeze. My PS2 version rarely reaches that speed. I’ve asked about it (no replies yet), read pdfs of the manual, looked at the in-game controls, but nothing is helping. Maybe I can influence the game to run faster by rapidly moving side to side before starting the flight portion, but I doubt that would affect such a long jetpacking section such as this.
There’s little I can do but pray that the game will work—that’s how I beat level 2 after several hours of attempts. Perhaps the disc needs cleaning? But it looks clean enough to me already.
4-Oct-23 12:10pm
#61 Renaissance2K
That's pretty crazy that a dirty disc can affect the in-game physics. I'm super curious now.
#61 Renaissance2K
That's pretty crazy that a dirty disc can affect the in-game physics. I'm super curious now.
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