The Gamer's Quarter

I ended up starting

Oddly enough I ended up there as well just recently (as secret-arts), and I'll be joining in the Pirate Kart V festivities, or at least I plan on it.

Ah well, Gamer's Quar ...

Where is everyone?

Since the last time I came around here I grew up and became a programmer, but now Gamersquarter is overcome by spammers and bots!

Wha happa?

As far as the fighting games go, you should put emphasis on picking up SamSho 2. It's unbelievably innovative and interesting for a fighting game on such a relatively limited handheld platform. Especi ...

I got Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 tonight and thus far I am highly disappointed.

Has anyone else noticed the sheer amount of advertising that's been leveled upon us for this game? Six consecutive sites I vis ...

I think it's a bit silly to condemn one game for not retaining the focus of another, even if it's in the same series.

The truth is, I've felt all along here like I was defending JSRF at the expense ...

On a related note, has anyone actually played Ollie King? I've lamented elsewhere that it will likely never be ported to any home systems because 1) it was released to arcades so long ago and 2) it ha ...

Edit: also, Harveyjams, you should try out Mark Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure if you haven't and are looking for a graff minigame more deep than just holding the R-Trigger as you gring pa ...

The only thing I liked about JSRF was bumbling about exploring Shibuya, which became an empty and aimless experience when I realised the cops weren't going to turn up. The cops are half of what made s ...

]ALSO, aesthetically it's pretty top-loaded in that almost all the environments after the first two are ass-ugly.

Well... unless you're talking about the Japanese version, the last few levels of J ...

But I can redirect this to another thread if there is one.

You should. I'd love to discuss it more, but threads that I start are 100% guaranteed to die after two or three posts, so I'll defer to yo ...

Tons of railing against JSRF.

Uh... yeah. I was just talking about imagining JSR/JSRF grinding in real life, I wasn't trying to debate its shortcomings. Start another thread if that's what you're a ...

When I was playing Jet Set Radio (and later JSRF) all the time I would drive around and find myself daydreaming about grinding on all the electric and telephone wires and railings.

Thanks for the nudge in that other direction. It was exactly what I was looking for.

Keep in mind that my search of existing threads was pretty half-assed, but I didn't see a good discussion of the Super Robot Wars series anywhere on TGQ.

So, tell me, those who know what you're tal ...

I'm betting it was All-Pro Football 2K8.

(I worked on that game.)

I think it was, actually. Sorry, no offense, but I just don't 'get' football!

I feel like I need to bring up another side of things: there are a bunch of games that I would probably never have bothered with (or maybe even heard about) if not for being pointed toward them by peo ...

Hey what's the name of that Japanese sort-of-roguelike with the rather cute graphics that got put on PSP recently?

if you're talking about the game with the little pixel monsters and warriors, it's ...

I live in southeast Portland, OR. Before that, it was Washington, DC, and before that (for many many years) it was Baltimore, MD-- specifically Towson, MD, for those Maryland enthusiasts out there.
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Hey does someone want to remind me of what this one is named? If I had to guess it was something 2. I specifically remember it being the second ...

I downloaded the demo of Omega 5 last night, fired it up this morning for all of five minutes, and was so taken by it that I bought the full game. Boy, they've really done the whole 'Forgotten Worlds' ...

My 360 gamertag is robotchris.

Okay.

1. Kangaeru Exit
2. Mario Galaxy
3. Beautiful Katamari
4. Every Extend Extra Extreme (I'm pretty sure the XBLA version was from 2007)

Arkanoid DS, Goku Makaimura Kai, and Disgaea PSP ju ...

black paddles have sold out at the import stores i patronize, so i bought a pink one to plug into my black ds.

(three out of seven paddles rescued, by the way.)

Dess, you'll be really happy with ...

Phalanx is not bad. It got a re-release on the GBA a few years back.

Shaper, there was another earlier sequel to Sengoku Ace that was a horizontal scrolling shooter. I can't recall the name, but I ...

You should check out Progear no Arashi!

Oh yes? I hadn't seen, but then again I wasn't paying attention I guess.

Has anyone played or otherwise heard about Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida for the PSP? It's sort of like Dig Dug X Deception X Tower of Druaga X Lemmings, a game where you play as the villain who sets mo ...

Wow, I didn't know such a thing

Wow, Jumping Flash!

They hedge regarding whether or not a PS3 is required, or if you can download it directly to a PSP, oh well, time to do some more reading.

Yeah, the bosses are definitely not where it's at, despite being kindof pretty. I guess, though, that looking back all the way to SMB1, this is nothing really new, although I guess bosses aren't even ...

I'd like to, despite how many other things I'm already working on. I've actually never played Hard Corps...

(waits for the hushed gasps to subside)

...even though I've always meant to, but the c ...

the strongest parts of super mario sunshine are probably the parts where the player is asked to jump between unexplained platforms in space, and much of super mario galaxy is unexplained platforms in ...

I just set my Wii back up for the first time since I moved about 4 months ago (wow, tons of new Mii's!), just in time to start playing Super Mario Galaxy.

Saying it makes me feel like the king of a ...

I had to come back to visit TGQ to see what you thought about it Shaper.
You shouldn't just visit! You should stay.

Okay.

So then, what am I playing? Disgaea PSP, Zelda Phantom Hourglass, Arcan ...

Castlevania: Dracula X Collection

I had to come back to visit TGQ to see what you thought about it Shaper. All great points, I need to think on it. It's a very, very good game to begin with, and ...

Definitely hang in there, ApM. Silent Hill 2 gets a lot better if you sort of forgive it some of the stupid stuff like blocking off all the exits and sending you into disgusting public bathrooms.

T ...

So I picked up the other games in the series, like Makaimura Gaiden for the Wonderswan and the different ports for other systems, like the Game Boy Color and the Master System. The soundtrack, for exa ...

I got Wario Master of Disguise for the DS last weekend and I've been playing it pretty regularly.

I've enjoyed it, but only because I decided early on that it's not a platform game with puzzle elem ...

As if I haven't already been playing enough stuff right now, SSX Blur for the Wii arrived yesterday and my wife has been edging toward throwing the wiimote through the wall since then (due to frustrat ...

I've finally gotten Rondo of Blood working in emulation, so I've been playing a bit here and there. Oh, and I got Lunar Knights and played it for about ten hours straight on Friday. It's good, but not ...

MSX and Neo Geo?

Damn it, why does Japan always get the best stuff?

I'll submit to this thread that you're going to want to have a ninja at some point. Throwing your old, deprecated weapons at boss monsters, I found, was key.

Oh yeah, ninja is one of my favorite cl ...

So Chris Harback contributed artwork for the Strider article but his name isn't listed under the contributors?

"!!!"

I think this is getting put in there right now, and the moderator totally bl ...

Thanks everyone, for the input. I see the point about leveling, and I think I'll probably pick a few jobs and stick with them. It's still fairly early, so I don't think I've done any real damage to my ...

I should clarify that I don't really ever play RPGs, so that might be why my approach is a little different. One of the reasons I've spread out my AP across jobs is that I have enjoyed playing as most ...

Okay so I finally started the thread that I threatened to about Final Fantasy V Advance. I say Advance-specific because that the version I'm playing, not the SFC or PS1 versions, and I understand ther ...

I'll second that. I've been thinking of grabbing LK because I like the character designs. Although I need another game to play right now like I need a hole in the head.

I've been rediscovering the joys for pre-FFVII Final Fantasy. To wit: Final Fantasy V Advance.

After an abortive attempt at playing FFIII on the DS, I decided to give V a shot, since a major gimmic ...

Not significantly, no.

Eh, but you also get the remake, SoTN, etc. with the PSP version.

Now you see, I'm just making excuses for not geting a PCE Duo. There you go.

It's nice to see it final ...

Sigh, sigh. I was hoping to never again buy anything for the PSP. I guess I'll have to give in, since I'm not willing to drop the cash on the original. I'm pretty sure PSP+Dracula X will be significan ...

Did you add me Dess? Cause you're still greyed out in my address book.

Anyway, I've added everyone who's posted their code since I checked last.