robhulson.com » videogames http://robhulson.com pursuing well-formed opinions Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:43:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Top Gun’s refueling and landing wins http://robhulson.com/2010/01/top-guns-refueling-and-landing-wins/ http://robhulson.com/2010/01/top-guns-refueling-and-landing-wins/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:39:30 +0000 Rob Hulson http://robhulson.com/?p=408 So a couple of Facebook friends wanted proof that it was actually possible to refuel and land on Top Gun without dying.

I provide that proof.

Refueling:

YouTube – Top Gun Refueling Win.

And landing (no sound):

]]> http://robhulson.com/2010/01/top-guns-refueling-and-landing-wins/feed/ 0 Top Gun (NES) is hard even with an emulator http://robhulson.com/2010/01/top-gun-nes-is-hard-even-with-an-emulator/ http://robhulson.com/2010/01/top-gun-nes-is-hard-even-with-an-emulator/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:13:31 +0000 Rob Hulson http://robhulson.com/?p=385 Continue reading →]]> The advantage of using emulators to play through old NES and SNES games is that you can freeze your progress and revert right back to it.

For example, if you wanted to do something as pointless as make this jump in Super Mario Bros’ level 8-1 without getting the coins (who comes up with these ideas?), you could freeze your progress right before the jump and try it, and if you failed, you could “defrost” and it would return you right before the jump.

Basically, it’s like bookmarking your game. Anywhere.

So, this morning, I decided to play through a game I could never beat on the NES: Top Gun.

top_gun_nes_cover

Holy cow that game is impossible. I could get to the last level, but could never beat it.

Even with freezing and defrosting, this game proved to be one heckuva challenge before I beat it.

Anybody else beat this game back in the day?

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