The Gamer's Quarter

[dessgeega]

it was actually done by a group called rabbit joint, not system of a down.
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[kirkjerk]

[Lockeownzj00]

metallica - strawberry fields forever.mp3

[The Great Unwashed]

My friend once tried to tell me that the title theme - as in the flowing, moving melody that plays softly while the logo fades in - from Ocarina of Time was performed by Nine Inch Nails.

Yes, really.
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[zebadayus]

hm

[Nana Komatsu]

[Harveyjames]

[dessgeega]

i want the dk rap mp3 now, actually.
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[The Great Unwashed]

[dessgeega]

you are a great, unwashed human being.
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[The Great Unwashed]

I do what I can.

(I think I have the soundtrack, or the web location of it, for every Rare N64 game ever produced, plus a few others. 95% of my mp3 collection is game music.)
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[Harveyjames]

Blimey.

[helicopterp]

[TOLLMASTER]

While we're talking about Rare soundtracks: Jet Force Gemini's makes the excuse that the N64 had too little ROM space for a high-quality soundtrack a total lie.

I can still hear Battlecruiser Sekhmet's theme. And Cerulean. And the asteroid base (which is one of the coolest stages ever, really)...now that I think of it, it seems Vela's path had the coolest music, for some reason.

I remember saying at the time that if they had called Jet Force Gemini a Metroid game, then it would have been rated 100% in every game magazine ever. Well, maybe not; the way the camera and controls work take about two hours until they feel natural. And the first stage is pretty atrocius, even as far as Rare levels go. After that, it's ectasy.

The final boss fight in Jet Force Gemini is also horribly intense. Two hours of jumping and swerving my body out of my chair, drenching myself in sweat while shouting YOU FUCKING BASTARD HOW THE FUCKING HELL CAN YOU HAVE A SECOND PART TO YOUR BATTLE AFTER IT TOOK ME 10 TRIES TO BEAT THE FIRST PART.

I also liked finding all the Tribals. I swore I would never do that shit, but it's actually fun. You really get to see the beauty of the way the stages were designed; they're rather linear when you first go through them, but on a replay you see how huge they were. Some levels (such as the asteroid base and the formerly ass first level) turn into wholly different monsters while you're looking for the Tribals. Hell, some planets you don't even visit on the regular playthrough. You really are supposed to get the Tribals; it's not a sidequest in the traditional sense, because a) you need to do it to beat the game, but more importantly b) there's a HUGE amount of extra content to be seen while doing it. The people who never got the Tribals probably only saw half the game.

The game also had a dog with a laser on his back.

[Harveyjames]

The character designs were pretty awful, though. He looks like Marty Feldman with those bug-eyes.

[OtakupunkX]

[Mister Toups]

kill it with fire, etc
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where were you when nana komatsu got a wii?

[player 2]

So I like Super Smash Brothers.
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Wii #: 8749 9109 9732 3653

"It is a peaceful way of understanding life, to play"
_Marcel Duchamp

[dmauro]

I really like Super Smash Bros., and I don't think I'm insulting the game by saying that the best thing about itis when the announcer says "SUPER SMASH BROTHERS, MAYLAAAAAAY" at the title screen. As long as the new game embraces this same sense of ridiculous grandeur, it will be awesome for sure. The new music is little more "life and death" as Isfet put it, but it's still more or less on track I think. I like it.

[Mister Toups]

[Nana Komatsu]

[sawtooth]

[OtakupunkX]

[Karoshi]

[kirkjerk]