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Alex's Video Game Completion Accomplishments

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  Full List by Systems NES/SNES/Game Boy Super Mario Bros (NES, 1983):  Completed.                                       Difficulty Level: *** 1/2   I remember being personally embarrassed as a child when I told other kids that I never beat this game. And though it was traumatic for me, I'm convinced that people who say that this game is supposed to be easy are lying. I dare people to try to finish this game from start to finish. Nonetheless, I'm finally relieved that I actually sat down and beat this game. It's still hilarious/weird that this game has the lamest level closing and endings ("the princess is in the other castle"), but I was so nostalgically pleased with the soundtrack even though it's a rotation of the same 5 songs.  Mega Man 2 (NES, 1988):  Completed.                             ...

Part 3- New Enhancements in the VG Experience

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Just when I thought that I had pretty much maximized my RG350, turns out that there's a pretty significant software that stretches it to whole another level. The difference is ginormous! Thanks retrogamecorps for dropping the new Adam image  which is based on the Retroarch system featured on the new game emulators. When I tried the first iteration I was blown away, but then was disappointed by the frequent game crashes and ultimately this bug that wouldn't allow me to properly start up. Then 2 days later, there was a game fix and suddenly all the crashes and startup problems went away. I've been using it for over a month and I've experienced no problems. The amazing thing about the new software update is obviously gaming performance. I did come to grips that the previous version only allowed me to play 30% of my SNES library due to the significant lag, but with the Adam image, a community of gamers have made various tweaks and overclocking to basically maximize performa...

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NES/SNES/Game Boy Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back (SNES, 1993): Completed 99.9% 8/1 Difficulty Level *** Though I could not get through beating Darth Vader as the last boss to fully complete the game, I'm going to call this a win. Even after watching the YouTube walkthroughs and seeing how other people were able to beat DV, I must not have all the wherewithal to defeat him (ahem the Force, namely). I'm currently working on Return of the Jedi, and after beating the first one and going through this second one, it's laughable how much of the same each one is. Gameplay's a slight improvement from the first one, but one thing that it's annoying is how difficulty level to level is so up and down. Some of the early levels are much harder than the later ones. Some of the later ones can be finished by lots of random hack and slashing, though some levels and bosses require more precision.  Duck Tales (NES, 1992) :  Completed 7/30 Difficulty Level * Easily beatable like Chip ...