Morning Discussion

by Xav de Matos, Jan 25, 2011 5:00am PST

Vacation's over. I really enjoyed my time away from work, exploring some of the great spots buried within Chicago. It was a hectic time in the city due to the face-off between the Bears and the Pack. It didn't turn out well for Bears fans.

What did turn out well was Never Not Funny, live at the Congress Theater. The show was hilarious as usual, Daver sang the theme and the crew sang along at the end. As an added bonus, I had the pleasure of meeting the crew. What a classy group of gentlemen.

Well, it's back to work for me. Next time I'll be sure to remember to take more than two days off. Maybe.

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What are some side-scroller games with amazing environments?

Games like Flashback and Blackthorne come to mind for me.

Jan 25, 2011 5:49am PST

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  Trine : dael
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    Trine was really awesome, I loved the atmosphere and feel of the game, very rich eye candy and audio. : uebersoldat
    - one of my favorite games in a long time. : RogerDandy
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      I was amazed by the art style. The background environments were just stunning. : dael
      
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      Not to mention the storytelling! The voice acting was really good. Too bad the game was so short :( En : uebersoldat
      
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      Check it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kglmMrDHwI8 : Dschinghis Khan
      
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      <3 <3 <3 Thanks! : uebersoldat
      
      When i first got the soundtrack i honestly listened to it for two weeks straight. : Dschinghis Khan
  - Also, Trine 2 has coop and NO MORE BATS! http://frozenbyte.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2401&sid=fc4... : uebersoldat
- castle crashers : purekillforce
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  Out of This World. : awaypaster
  - Agreed. : Nitrium
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    dang. forgot about this one. great game. : ass-street
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      It really is, and it was made by one dude : awaypaster
      
      wow. i did not know that. : ass-street
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      I wouldn't call it a very good game, but it was a really interesting game world/minimalist story. Really ... : roushimsx
      
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      i remember renting it a long time ago and getting kind of far but i also remember it being frustrating as... : ass-street
      
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      wish i could find a site that had all the art for me to check out. : ass-street
      
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      http://www.anotherworld.fr/anotherworld_uk/another_world.htm ? : Vimn
      
      awesome! : ass-street
      
      It's a shame the sequel was such shit :( Theres a neat hg101 article on the series, too : roushimsx
      
      the gameplay isn't even that bad. i just hate that it sends you through those wicked hard caves so early ... : dirge23
      
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      I always liked Flashback more. Similar feel but actually fun to play. : Begawkiness
      
      Out of this World introduced me to the awesome that is 2d side scrollers. Flashback just blew me the fuck... : BackSinner
  - aka Another World : awaypaster
- Super Metroid : Rehevkor
- Limbo / Braid : TrulyVexed
- Shadow Complex. : Nerdsbeware
- Aquaria Metal Slug series Gunforce 2 Canabalt : roushimsx
- LIMBO : Masem
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  Duke Nukem Manhatten Project was pretty damned decent? For oldschool action - hit up Wonder Boy 3. As ... : seven
  - Forgot: Final Fight, and Cadillacs & Dinosaurs. : seven
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    I still need to play that and part 4 so bad :( : roushimsx
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      1 was an arcade classic but generally sucked. 2 was a pretty damned solid little platform RPG. 3 Was even... : seven
      
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      I didn't care for the early ones (or the Adventure Island series either, really), but I've always wanted ... : roushimsx
      
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      3 had the benefit of being a console title rather than an arcade title. The focus moved from gameplay ... : seven
      
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      Konami beat em ups were almost always weak as fuck, but they improved the gameplay in the NES port to be ... : roushimsx
      
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      Oh! But Sunset Riders is really well balanced and fun as a 4p game. : roushimsx
      
      omg - I wanted to include that in my initial list but couldn't recall the name. Sunset Riders was fuc... : seven
      
      i logged so many hours in Sunset Riders for SNES back in the day. That game ruled. : ass-street
      
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      No fucking waaaay. Mortal Kombat actually had the AI read your input? The arcade version? : seven
      
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      How do you think they made the Goro/Montaro/Kintaro battles so hard? :( : roushimsx
      
      I assumed - by writing clever AI. Not by fucking straight up cheating. : seven
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    i just got manhattan project in my WE i've never played it. will it work on a semi-modern machine? : kbnerd
    - Yep. : Dschinghis Khan
- I will also say Limbo and Trine : Hemtroll
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  Trine : Dschinghis Khan
  - My thought exactly. : dumb.
- Contra 3/Contra 4 : Omaha
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  Jetpack: Christmas Edition : MagicWishMonkey
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    I used to love Jetpack, especially the level editor. : Omaha
    - Jetpack is pretty much the reason I didn't learn how to program until my second year of college. I pl... : MagicWishMonkey
  - yes! he's working on a sequel by the way: http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/ : deathofrats
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  Earthworm Jim : Full.Bleed
  - Saaaaaaalt!!!! : HL3dsx
- Yoshi's island : pillzer
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  Trine, Limbo, Shadow Complex : Eric2025
  - Oooh Shadow Complex, good call. : dumb.
- Rayman : gmd
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  Crustar mentioned it in another thread and I thought it deserved a mention here: Faxanadu
  
  Jan 25, 2011 7:07am PST
  
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  Crustar mentioned it in another thread and I thought it deserved a mention here: Faxanadu : Dravenport
  - Faxandude rocked!! : CrustaR
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    The only thing I didn't like about that game was the password font. Font + crappy rf connection = the rea... : roushimsx
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      the password thing in general was a PITA, we have it so good right now : Dravenport
      
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      I remember the password thing was common back then, didn't Rygar use them? : uebersoldat
      
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      lots of games did until the next generation game out with the ability to save to cartridge : Dravenport
      
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      Sadly, the password-based ones are the only ones still playable without modding carts and putting in new ... : roushimsx
      
      o rly? i didn't know that : Dravenport
      
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      Don't they just use 2032s? : Ebu
      
      Nope, you can mod them to I think : roushimsx
- A Boy And His Blob? I've not even played it, but it looks really nice : nodebug
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  Sopwith. : kramweil
  - I love bombing that cow at the end of the runway. : guido anchovy
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  Xenophobe - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9G9wTZZkjE : malevolence
  - I love Xenophobe! : Piett23
- castlevania sotn : shakybonez31
- limbo for sure, and if it counts, i love the c64 feel of vvvvvvv angry birds? : edward
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  Shadow of the Beast on the Amiga. Wouldn't hold up now obviously, but it was amazing 20 years ago. : Dynotaku
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    That game was creepy as hell in its own way.. But it had personnality. : pillzer
    - And awesome music : roushimsx
- Odin Sphere, Muramasa : DHAvatar
- Another World !!! : hanged_man
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  Within A Deep Forest, Knytt : MercFox1
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    Knytt Stories was awesome, never played Within a Deep Forest though. : uebersoldat
    - Great game, the puzzles are more in-depth than Knytt. : MercFox1
  - I fucking love WaDF. : JozhGoober
- METROID! : kallanta
- Rocket Knight Adventures : DewFuel
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  You Have To Burn The Rope : SolveChrist
  - I never could figure out how to beat the final boss :( : roushimsx
- Donkey Kong Country Returns man. : Snipergen
- Knytt Stories has great atmosphere and music if that counts as 'environment' : deathofrats
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  Oddly, neither of those games had scrolling. : roggor
  - true but you know what i mean. : ass-street
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  Impossible Mission : jvox
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    Stay a while. : seven
    - Stay...Forever! : watcherxp
  - "aaaaAAAAHHHHH" I loved that game. : SolveChrist
- Shadow of the Beast : watcherxp

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