5 reviews by z[a]ntetsu..
My Hero

2002-10-04
From: z[a]ntetsu
Comments: Round 107... Rest in peace... The game stops adding after round 99. Not only that, but rounds 100+ (still listed as 99) are ridiculously hard, and my lives steadily poured right down the drain. Replaying the game now feels like the enemies are swimming in treacle. The earlier levels just seem so ridiculously slow to me now. Oh well, sorry to dash all your hopes (and mine)... I guess this game doesn't have an ending after all *breaks down in tears* ...btw, I still can't find the My Hero ROM anywhere... If anyone can please point me in the right direction... I want to screen-capture all the lovely little sprites :P

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Alex Kidd in Miracle World

2002-10-04
From: z[a]ntetsu
Comments: Hehe, I can pretty much perfect the game, though i'm still finding secret areas all the time... For all those who need some help... - To get the crown, simply walk across the pink boxes in this order... SUN - WAVES - MOON - STAR - SUN - MOON - WAVES - FISH - STAR - FISH. (this is the reverse order of the Rosetta Stone) - To buy a "Continue" (400 dollars), hold up and keep tapping button 2 at the "game over" screen. You will enter CONTINUE MODE, and start back at the beginning of the level you died at. - Power bracelets are cheap and easy to find. Use them at the beginning of levels to make things alot easier. Note that you will not be able to hit things that are very close to you...

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Bank Panic

2002-10-04
From: z[a]ntetsu
Comments: Absolutely excellent game. I know someone who bought a master system last week just so they could play this game. If you don't like it, well, bad luck for you...

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My Hero

2002-08-30
From: z[a]ntetsu
Comments: No words can describe how much I hate this game. Out of all the games I have to play, this nasty piece of work is the one I keep choosing. The first time I picked it up, I didn't know what to think. But now that i've been playing it for so long, I just can't put it down.

After spending many weeks training and improving my gaming skill, I have decided to embark on a quest to see if My Hero really has an ending... I upgraded my master system with a cooling system, and connected it to a stable UPS power source. I am determined to keep playing this game without switching it off until I either pass the game, or i'm dead :P. At first I thought, "okey, I can keep this up forever". I was quickly racking up lives, and I was keeping up with the relatively slow pace of the enemies.

Boy was I wrong. The levels kept getting faster, and faster, and faster. The bulldogs move so fast that it's nearly impossible to kill them, I have to hit the first one and jump the others instead.... and even that is near impossible unless perfectly timed. The fires move so fast you can have to time it perfectly or die. I find myself positioning in the corner and constantly kicking falling thugs in order to gain points for more lives... I was eventually accustoming myself to the pace... but then... ROUND 25. The enemies are now suddenly so fast you can jump once and a few guys run underneath you.

I am currently holding out at level 32, with only a few lives left under my belt. The future looks pretty bleak for my fly-kicking buddy and his girlfriend...

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Alex Kidd in Miracle World

2002-08-30
From: z[a]ntetsu
Comments: This was the first console game I ever played... I still remember the fear coursing through my veins as I entered the castle for the first time (oh that creepy music! :P). Also took me a while to understand the Stone [the pattern that tells you how to pass the last part of the game].

Alas, now I find this game ubelievably easy (I guess playing it a few hundred times helped), but I still very much enjoy it. [b]Miracle World is a true classic, one of the best platformers in existance.[/b] I just wish there was a harder version. (or alot more levels) :] The hardest part is negotiating the underwater spikes in the secret castle... The saddest part of this unbelievable game was it having to end.

By the way, to get the crown (after beating Janken, just stand right next to him and keep jump+punching him after he shoots), walk on the boxes in this order...

SUN - WAVES - MOON - STAR - SUN - MOON - WAVES - FISH - STAR - FISH. (this is the reverse order of the Rosetta Stone)

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