NTG – Name That Game #3

Day – Saturday 26th, 2006 – No Guesses
[Super Nintendo] : [The Adventures of Dr. Franken] [1994]

While known to most as the evil Frankenstein, to his friends he’s just Franky. Wanting to take his girlfriend, Bitsy, on an adventuresome vacation, Franky books a flight to New York City. Unfortunately, she doesn’t have a passport. Franky uses his brain (however small it may be) and devises a plan where he’ll dismantle Bitsy, ship her to New York, pick her up at the post office, and then reassemble her. The combination of Frankys lack of brain cells and the incompetence of the Transylvanian post office has scattered Bitsy across the globe.

Name	Score (points)
KDogg26 Shaun	10 05

NTG – Name That Game #2

Day – Friday 25th. – Game Guessed
[Super Nintendo] : [The 7th Saga] [1993]

The 7th Saga is a role playing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, known as Elnard in Japan. The player chooses one of seven playable characters, all of whom separately embark on a quest to locate seven magical runes. As the player progresses through the game from one town to the next, they will encounter the other six characters on multiple occasions. The player may partner with one of the other playable characters to fight as a team, and they may also fight against other playable characters for the runes. 7th Saga is a traditional gameplay-based RPG in the vein of the original Dragon Quest games, rather than a story-based RPG such as the Final Fantasy series. The emphasis is on dungeon exploration and combat, rather than story or character development. There are almost no scripted sequences or cutscenes, and most of the story is conveyed through simple “sign post” conversations with townspeople. The American version of the game has been criticized for poor translation, but this does not play a noticeable role on gameplay. Notable unique innovations include the use of a crystal ball “radar” that allows players to see enemies approaching their character in dungeons and in the overworld. This means that combat is not totally random, and gives players some ability to avoid enemies (although enemies move extremely quickly and thus combat can be difficult to avoid). The game also uses Mode 7 graphic effects to create the transition between exploration screen and battle screen. The game is also known for its unforgiving difficulty, considered by many to be one of the most difficult RPGs ever created. ~ The 7th Saga, via Wikipedia

Name	Score (points)
KDogg26 Shaun	10 05

NtG – Name that Game

Ok so I figured, maybe people would be oldschool like me and would like a challenge in video game trivia.

So I’ll do this twice a week, starting today and I will keep a tallie of the scores. What do you win? braggin’ rights.

Let’s see how far this goes and if anyone does it, you have till the end of the Day – Thursday 24.

Today’s Screenshot Game

Super Doki Doki Mario Panic….2?

Did you know that Super Mario 2 was a ripoff of a Japanese game released for Famicom called Doki Doki Panic? The real Super Mario 2 (also on Famicom) was apparently too hard (and it IS a pain in the ass) so Nintendo took Doki Doki Panic, swapped out the obviously middle eastern characters, and replaced them with Mario, Luigi, Toad, and the Princess, then changed like maybe one or two things into something more mushroom-esque. You can play Doki Doki Panic, and the REAL Super Mario 2 on NesterJ if you find the Disksys.rom image for the famicom data, and the .fds files.