A Gaming Diary
Archive for May, 2006
Ouendan
May 18th
Tried this (in my old DS due to screen-scartching worries) before work.
Tried to save a girl from a giant blue mouse. Managed it on my last possible go.
Next it will be time to tackle the infamous Ready, Steady, Go. I’m scared.
Tomb Raider: Legend
May 17th
And that’s the story mode done! For the first time, anyway.
Marvellous game, that. Really nice. Very rushed at the end and a fairly annoying final boss, but generally just a great game.
Not huge, no, but as a statement of intent it can’t be beaten.
Lara’s back!
Animal Crossing: Wild World
May 17th
I don’t like Deena.
She invited herself round, so I had to hang around for half an hour while she got herself ready. Then when she arrived she kept asking me if I like hamsters, refused to rate my room and left after about thirty seconds.
Bloody duck.
Tomb Raider: Legend
May 17th
I don’t like Lara Croft.
She made me miss the first twenty minutes of the Champions League Final because she couldn’t see a blindingly obvious solution to a problem getting between two poles.
Bloody woman.
Super Mario World
May 17th
Excellent.
Through the Forest of Illusion and a couple of levels into Chocolate Island. I’m in an area where the coins I collect or the time I take changes which exit I get to. Well, er, thanks Nintendo. How am I meant to find the secret exit there without resorting to a FAQ, eh?
Super Smash Bros Melee
May 17th
Quick run through Classic with Young Link before work. Not one of the best characters based on first impressions.
Super Smash Bros Melee
May 16th
Started this up for the first time about five years or so. My TV refuses to believe it’s not widescreen, but it looks okay anyway.
Started as Yoshi because I remember liking him. Ran through the Classic single player mode on Very Easy, which lived up to its name once I’d remembered how to control the game.
Tried the Home Run mini-game, but only got 42 feet. Which is a bit less than my record of 1,539 feet. No idea how that game works any more.
Noticed I didn’t seem to have the Marth trophy yet, so leapt in and did Classic mode with him… and then unlocked a new character, Roy, at the end of it!
That was unexpectedly productive. Cool.
It’s great fun, too. Well worth digging out from the back of the games cupboard.
Super Mario World
May 16th
Hooray!
I found the secret exit I was missing in the Forest of Illusion.
A productive lunchtime, then.
Super Mario World
May 15th
I forgot to save last time I played so I spent my lunchtime getting a few exits that I’d previously done.
Oh well, it’s Super Mario World, so it’s not much of a chore, really.
