☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆～Special update cz3f, 01-06-24～☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
I’ve realized how cool it would be to have an A/V capture box. I don’t have a CRT anymore, but with a capture box, I’d be able to really go ham! But for now, I’ll slowly add pictures for the titles appearing in this list, taken with my camera! ^^
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Welcome to another installment of Blessed are the Footsteps to Enlightenment!
Note: Upon multiple thorough five-minute skims of the Internet, it appears it’s up to me to get the screenshots I want for these 100-out-of-100 games. Expect massive delays in the follow-through of this article, because there are various celestial bodies required to be in alignment for any progress, in this regard, to be made. Apologies in advance!
Is This Thing Turned On, part 0003: Am I Being Diluded, or Am I a Gamer?
01. Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (1997); played on: N64 | My infallible score: 100/100
02. Perfect Dark (2000); played on: N64 | My infallible score: 100/100
03. Liero (1999); played on: PC | My infallible score: 100/100
04. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002); played on: Xbox | My infallible score: 100/100
05. Borderlands (2009); played on: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, & PC | My infallible score: 100/100
06. XIII (2003); played on: PC & Xbox | My infallible score: 100/100
07. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011); played on: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, & PC | My infallible score: 100/100
08. Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash (2017); played on: PC | My infallible score: 100/100
Honestly, I’d considered putting a few other games in this list; however, doing so would be insincere. For example, IPs like Total Annihilation, Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes, Earthworm Jim, Sonic, Clayfighter, Virtua Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Silent Hill, Fallout, & maybe a few others, while being very meaningful to me, don’t quite satisfy the 100-out-of-100 brand. This is for various reasons such as the following: The release wasn’t played very much, nostalgia is a powerful motivator, after weighing pros against cons, its addition feels illegitimate, and ability fell short to ‘really’ enjoy.. Additionally, there are a couple entries from the Call of Duty franchise that could be mentioned: World at War, 4, & Black Ops. Though I certainly reaped much fun from these ones, how does one gauge the quality when fun is reliant on latency?
Now, instead of name-dropping these IPs and forgetting about them, let me tell you about my favourite things from the releases I’d played!
Is This Thing Turned On, part 0003.5: Where Do I Find the Time?
Sonic the Hedgehog 2:
• Emerald Hill & Chemical Plant zone themes
Total Annihilation:
• Title menu drone
• Core Shadow bomber
• Coast to Coast or Over Crude Water
Sonic 3D Blast:
• Spring Stadium zone
Earthworm Jim:
• THIS GAME ROCKS!
Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes 2:
• You’re literally a toy soldier! It’s fucking awesome!
Clayfighter 63⅓:
• Taffy: ‘Gumball!’
Virtua Fighter:
• Check out the scan of Akira there! It is devastatingly impressive! (You don’t have to make a Tumblr account! Become a Patron of The Video Game Archive TODAY!)
Silent Hill 2:
• Literally the scariest game ever! So, it’s my favourite of being too afraid to play, I guess!
Mortal Kombat 3:
• Smoke, obviously! (Wish I had MKII, too!)
Fallout 3:
• Sniping w/ Ol’ Painless w/ 10 luck and missing every time
• Stashing all the weapons in the women’s in Megaton
• Save scumming for speech checks
• Worshiping the lead pipe
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