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[Dai101]

no it's the JP PC version of arkham knight

I... i don't know what that means.

 

[TUSR]

Could i get an invite please? my twitch user name is Kobra_Zero.

done.

 

[Bane]

Man pacifist world 5 of NG3 was insane.

 

[Randam]

looks so easy. he is just running/jumping through the levels.
not hitting anything. taking damage all over the place.

 

[Brinbe]

this part is simply bullshit

 

[Ryan7556]

So from this stream I learned that the Japanese version of NG3 has you take less damage, gives you unlimited continues, and has more checkpoints. Sounds like Japan got the super easy version.

 

[Shuggananas]

This game was probably pretty back then but those backgrounds are so loaded with stuff it hurts my eyes

 

[Sir Ilpalazzo]

So from this stream I learned that the Japanese version of NG3 has you take less damage, gives you unlimited continues, and has more checkpoints. Sounds like Japan got the super easy version.

Yeah. Japanese Ninja Gaiden 3 is by far the easiest of the NES trilogy and US NG3 is the toughest.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

So from this stream I learned that the Japanese version of NG3 has you take less damage, gives you unlimited continues, and has more checkpoints. Sounds like Japan got the super easy version.

Japanese version also has passwords.
IMO the US version should have had two difficulties like Alien Soldier. Super easy (JPN) and Super hard (USA). Removing the unlimited continues was a dick move.

 

[nbraun80]

So from this stream I learned that the Japanese version of NG3 has you take less damage, gives you unlimited continues, and has more checkpoints. Sounds like Japan got the super easy version.

yeah kinda crazy beings they liked to ease up the games for the US audience back in those times.

 

[Servbot #42]

done.

Thank you

 

[Bane]

This game was probably pretty back then but those backgrounds are so loaded with stuff it hurts my eyes

Even back then I didn't like the look of 3 much. I prefer the more natural environments and ancient temples of the first two instead of the weird organic and technological aesthetic 3 received.

 

[Shuggananas]

the chairs they have for runners look awfully uncomfortable what the hell

 

[Dai101]

Batman: The Video Game, is the SunSoft game, right? Just to be clear.

Because i loved thzat game but since here we only knew of it from bootleg cartridges never knew until very recently of it publisher/developer.

 

[Bane]

Batman: The Video Game, is the SunSoft game, right? Just to be clear.

Because i loved thzat game but since here we only knew of it from bootleg cartridges never knew until very recently of it publisher/developer.

Correct, the NES version. This should be a spectacular race.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

yeah kinda crazy beings they liked to ease up the games for the US audience back in those times.

Eh. I remember it being mostly the opposite.
Ninja Gaiden 3
Contra: Hard Corps' removal of the health meter.
A lot of games where Japan's "normal" difficulty setting became the USA's "easy".
Dynamite Headdy's significant difficulty bump.

A lot of this was done to counter the rental market aka "beat the game in a weekend".

This also extended to a few arcade games.
Konami USA had a nasty habit of removing health-restoring items and changing mechanics around to make their beatemups eat more quarters (The Simpsons, X-Men, etc)

 

[lucebuce12]

I don't know who this interviewer is but he is HILARIOUS.

 

[Spirited]

This interview lol

 

[Sir Griffith]

I don't know who this interviewer is but he is HILARIOUS.

That is Blechy, and hes a great interviewer / runner / commentater

 

[Diablohead]

These guys are cool and NES batman is awesome but us Arkham speedrunners feel left in the dirt right now

 

[Arkos]

Batman race am hype

Chat invite?ArkosLaww

 

[ubercheez]

So this GAF chat is different from the SonyGAF chat we've used in the past, looks like?

In that case, please invite!

ubercheez

 

[zhixson]

I don't know who this interviewer is but he is HILARIOUS.

Blechy. He's awesome.

 

[Death Metalist]

Blechy is always fantastic.

 

[Dai101]

Ok, i'll bite, sign me up for ze chat, at least for Batman and late Combative Amphibians.

 

[Diablohead]

Sleepy TMR

 

[nbraun80]

Eh. I remember it being mostly the opposite.
Ninja Gaiden 3
Contra: Hard Corps' removal of the health meter.
A lot of games where Japan's "normal" difficulty setting became the USA's "easy".
Dynamite Headdy's significant difficulty bump.

A lot of this was done to counter the rental market aka "beat the game in a weekend".

This also extended to a few arcade games.
Konami USA had a nasty habit of removing health-restoring items and changing mechanics around to make their beatemups eat more quarters (The Simpsons, X-Men, etc)

suppose it's just the games you played, the real super mario bros. 2 wasn't released in US because they thought it would be too hard, and there was an easier mode added in Mega Man 2 where the japanese just had the harder one.

 

[dmr87]

Sinister on the mic boooois

 

[kAmui-]

This game is so good! The music is awesome too.

 

[Deleted member 57681]

Best looking & sounding NES game imo.

 

[pirateluigi]

Best looking & sounding NES game imo.

The backgrounds really are a work of art.

 

[G-Fex]

Calling it now , Riche is taking it

 

[Dai101]

Calling it now , Riche is taking it

Unless he fucks up, yeah.

EDIT: Shit!! that was close.

 

[Deleted member 57681]

Calling it now , Riche is taking it

ooooooooooooh

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

close shave

 

[Creamium]

Well that was a great race

 

[Diablohead]

If dxtr had a better cube boss he would have taken that, great race!

 

[G-Fex]

Dxtr and Riche were so close

Hurry up and get a MM1 world record Dxtr

 

[Kadin]

OMG. Blaster Master. A game I never was able to finish when I was younger. This should be fun to watch.

 

[Arkos]

If dxtr had a better cube boss he would have taken that, great race!

Yeah he fucked that up. Great race, very fun. I missed the guys "Diggler strat" but I wonder what that is lol

 

[SJRB]

Man this entire segment has been ACES. So many awesome runs, definately the highlight of the week so far.


Blaster Master coming up.. GO FEASEL, DO IT FOR GARBAGIO

 

[Death Metalist]

Fucking fantastic.

 

[jett]

What an awesome race. So close at the end.

 

[Diablohead]

Blechy on couch? looks like it!

OMG. Blaster Master. A game I never was able to finish when I was younger. This should be fun to watch.

get ready for everyone to use scrolling glitches for major skips.

 

[KevinCow]

What the hell does this game have to do with Batman? Like... okay, you play as Batman. And the final boss is the Joker. But literally nothing else in the game bears any resemblance to anything in Batman '89, or really anything else Batman related. And why can the Joker summon lightning? This definitely looks like a game that was developed as something else and had Batman slapped on late in development.

 

[Steejee]

What the hell does this game have to do with Batman? Like... okay, you play as Batman. And the final boss is the Joker. But literally nothing else in the game bears any resemblance to anything in Batman '89, or really anything else Batman related. And why can the Joker summon lightning? This definitely looks like a game that was developed as something else and had Batman slapped on late in development.

Welcome to NES games in general, where nothing makes sense!

 

[ShockingAlberto]

What the hell does this game have to do with Batman? Like... okay, you play as Batman. And the final boss is the Joker. But literally nothing else in the game bears any resemblance to anything in Batman '89, or really anything else Batman related. And why can the Joker summon lightning? This definitely looks like a game that was developed as something else and had Batman slapped on late in development.

Are you new to licensed NES games

 

[Kadin]

get ready for everyone to use scrolling glitches for major skips.

This reminds me of how you could glitch up and down through the doors in the original Metroid. Was that ever useful in any way for speed runs in that game?

Not sure what these scrolling glitches are that you mention btw, just made me think of the above when I read it.

 

[G-Fex]

What the hell does this game have to do with Batman? Like... okay, you play as Batman. And the final boss is the Joker. But literally nothing else in the game bears any resemblance to anything in Batman '89, or really anything else Batman related. And why can the Joker summon lightning? This definitely looks like a game that was developed as something else and had Batman slapped on late in development.

go home kevin

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

A Blaster Master race! This is going to be nuts.