REPLIES: 138 comments
First comment!
Christ. I can't believe I did that...
Chestnuts roasted by Bobby... @ 04/13/2004 05:30 PM EST
Hey...I have this game and I always thought it was a pretty fun game. During the bomb drop side game I always thought they looked like jellyfish.
Chestnuts roasted by Diabetic Dinosaur @ 04/13/2004 05:31 PM EST
And by that I mean I thought the jellyfish were flying
Chestnuts roasted by Diabetic Dinosaur @ 04/13/2004 05:34 PM EST
Jaws was impossible to beat. what a dick.
Chestnuts roasted by reree @ 04/13/2004 05:43 PM EST
Collecting shells was one of the most tedious things ever, but that sweet sweet sub power-up was worth it, overall pretty easy game, just stay out of the shallow water. Too bad this game was awful or there might have been super cool Jaws video game sequels, including Jaws 3 the video game in stunning 3-D
Chestnuts roasted by Brentantation @ 04/13/2004 05:44 PM EST
I saw a Tiger shark once, washed up on a beach in Alameda. Poor thing. It never had a chance to play this game.
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 04/13/2004 05:59 PM EST
Matt, that shark has got to be the new mascott.
Chestnuts roasted by LordKaT @ 04/13/2004 06:14 PM EST
Yay 'intendo! As kids, my friend and I played this endlessly at his house, but we both sucked and couldn't "stab" Jaws... Then I really pissed him off by convincing him I beat the game while he was sleeping... I came clean a few weeks ago. He wasn't amused.
Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 04/13/2004 06:33 PM EST
I could get nowhere in this game as a kid. Try it now -- if you read any manual/walkthrough, it's damn easy. Without reading anything, it's damn impossible.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 04/13/2004 06:34 PM EST
So, um... first screen shot... 666 points? Was this intentional? Or are you Satan?
Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 04/13/2004 06:40 PM EST
Just so you know, the game doesn't suck...it Bites. *Chomp*
Chestnuts roasted by Lonewolf @ 04/13/2004 06:41 PM EST
My god! What have you done to poor Omnibot 2000? Has he had a sex change?
Chestnuts roasted by Photoboy @ 04/13/2004 06:48 PM EST
NINTENDO!
Chestnuts roasted by dfghjdj @ 04/13/2004 07:20 PM EST
Jaws was the first game I ever rented! I was only 4 or 5, so I had absolutely no idea what to do, but the fact that I remember it from 15 years ago must mean something. Look for the Jaws NES game along with Burger Time in the store where Marty McFly gets the almanac.
Chestnuts roasted by autobot521 @ 04/13/2004 07:23 PM EST
I remember this game now! Back in the day, I loved everything shark. Then I played this game. SO I didn't love everything shark anymore.
But for a really bad shark game, the Atari 2600 "Sea Hunt" Truly took the cake. And smashed your pixelated face into it.
Chestnuts roasted by Sean @ 04/13/2004 07:28 PM EST
I remember this game. I played it at friends houses when I was a kid. I guess we were just REALLY bored because we thought this game was the SHIZZNIT at the time. Ahh, I guess we all live and learn. This game wasn't as bad as LJN's T&C Surf and Sport. Ugh! Coolness with the Mrs. Sbaitso Matt.
Chestnuts roasted by Kaynyne @ 04/13/2004 07:46 PM EST
i love this game my freind had it and we could never beat jaws though..... by the way would it have killed you to put that robot thing at the top, that would have been realy cool to listen to...
Chestnuts roasted by AfroKen @ 04/13/2004 07:51 PM EST
Hehe I think I enjoyed Mrs Sbaisto's rendition almost as much as the article! ...ok, ok, I confess; I only sat through it long enough to see if she would swear. She doesn't :(
On a brighter note, you do get to hear her mangle fookin' early on!
Chestnuts roasted by Bob B @ 04/13/2004 08:09 PM EST
By the way, I can't speak to Jaws, but T&C Surf Designs was an AWESOME game. I used to smoke that skateboarding course.
Chestnuts roasted by Bob B @ 04/13/2004 08:11 PM EST
The robot reading has warped my brain.
Chestnuts roasted by Cannibalizer @ 04/13/2004 08:15 PM EST
Haw! I loved the robot voice. You should do every article like this.
Chestnuts roasted by Teirusu @ 04/13/2004 08:51 PM EST
Whoa!!! Why isn't everybody commenting on the TOMY OMNIBOT 2000 picture at the bottom of this article??? I don't remember how much it cost back in the day but it was WAY more expensive than any kid deserved. (Which made it a guiltier pleasure that I'd suckered my folks into getting me one for Xmas...)
You could "program" it to pour (spill) drinks and motor around the house. Oh, it never worked nearly as well as I'd prayed it would, but what ever did...?
Chestnuts roasted by M. Alice @ 04/13/2004 09:02 PM EST
eh..just reminded me that the damn game sucks. well written matt! =D time to listen to the review on "tape"
Chestnuts roasted by nelson @ 04/13/2004 09:51 PM EST
Matt, what possessed you to put the article through text-to-speech? Whatever it was, it was good.
While visiting my mom's friends' house, I watched her son play this game once. I was 6 and in the starting stages of my Nintendo obsession, but even then I wasn't interested. My best memory of a similar incident is watching some kid show me the end of Super Metroid, swimsuit Samus and all. I still haven't done it. :(
Chestnuts roasted by Behonkiss @ 04/13/2004 10:08 PM EST
FYI - the makers of the power meter actually did make just the sort of error you were hoping for. The possessive of a name ending in S is still the name plus apostrophe plus S. So it should be JAWS'S power. It may look funny, but it's right.
Cheers on the great site, it's always fun to read at work.
Chestnuts roasted by robotsarered @ 04/13/2004 10:11 PM EST
The robot sounds like your average NPR reporter. Lake Wobegon reviews JAWS! Awesome.
Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 04/13/2004 10:12 PM EST
actually I was pretty sure it could be correctly written as either "Jaws'" or "Jaws's" if I remember english class correctly from so many years back.. which I probably don't
Chestnuts roasted by Toxicity- @ 04/13/2004 10:16 PM EST
I had that game when I was like 12.. I don't think I ever beat it either.. shit!
Chestnuts roasted by Cyanyde's Robot @ 04/13/2004 10:19 PM EST
Hey Matt,
How about reviewing the Ghostbusters NES game? I've never played the Jaws game, but I had the Ghostbusters one when I was a kid and I can't imagine any game being any worse than it was. I'm betting Ghostbusters makes Jaws look like Super Mario Bros. 3. I would love to hear your musings on it.
Chestnuts roasted by Jason @ 04/13/2004 10:39 PM EST
Wasn't there an Atari game w/ Your Diver: Episode 1? I seem to remember trying to keep from floating. There were fish involved, too. I can't, for the life of me, remember what it was called, though.
My favorite Atari game was, by far, Fast Food. Flying burgers and hot dogs, woo!
Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 04/13/2004 10:40 PM EST
I haven't finsihed the article, but
a) Jason, I agree that Ghostbusters is a terrible game
b) Jaws is not that bad. I find it fun every now and then, when I have nothing to do and have played all the other 50 or so NES games I have.
c) I haven't seen Jaws: The Revenge, but I got about halfway through the book (I've read the original Peter Benchley novel, too--the wife is far more important in it than in the movie). The Book was absolutely terrible, too. Utter Tripe.
Chestnuts roasted by Cameron @ 04/13/2004 10:46 PM EST
One more thing:
"We'd be Picard, "Jaw's" the four lights"
Brilliant Matt, just Brilliant!
:)
Chestnuts roasted by Cameron @ 04/13/2004 10:53 PM EST
I love the audio commentary. I can can listen to the article while researching an essay on the habits of women migrant workers for my final exam!
Chestnuts roasted by CasinoRoyale @ 04/13/2004 11:00 PM EST
I once attended a lecture by a prominent marine biologist where he discussed the merits of conch shells and mast impalings. Very realistic and informative.
Chestnuts roasted by manimal789 @ 04/13/2004 11:52 PM EST
Would have been amazing if you did the article in pirate talk. :'(
Arr Mates Thar BE Jaws, ye best turn back mates, ye be cursed by the beast. ARRRR!!
Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 04/14/2004 12:34 AM EST
Dude, this is the best thing ever. Talking reviews rock my world!
Can you please please please please please get all of your reviews and articles to be translated into robot chick voice? I'd really love to hear her say something like "Krang's mushy alien brain body is soft and pink. I like brains. I like Krang. Krang likes me."
Gold baby.
Chestnuts roasted by Beatnik @ 04/14/2004 12:39 AM EST
Trajeal: there was a game for the Atari ST with Jaws, but I think it was only titled "Jaws", don't know if that's the one you mean, I hope not, despite the slightly advanced tech that game was way less fun that this old timewaster.
Chestnuts roasted by Brentantation @ 04/14/2004 12:44 AM EST
please make a review about the spirutual sequel of JAWS:
FRIDAY the 13
I´ve got the both.
the simmilities betwen the games
are very coincidental
FORGIVE MY SHITTY ENGLISH SEŅOR MATT
Chestnuts roasted by ERASMO @ 04/14/2004 12:56 AM EST
Trajeal--
That's the game I was talking about--Sea Hunt. The biggest challenge was staying down without drowning (apparently SCUBA gear wasn't invented) and getting into a secret chamber or something.
I played that game 15 years ago, so the memory's a little fuzzy.
Chestnuts roasted by Sean @ 04/14/2004 01:03 AM EST
God help me this was one of my favorite games for the Nintendo....Never did beat the damn thing....
Chestnuts roasted by Rusty @ 04/14/2004 01:09 AM EST
I actually wanted (and got) Ghostbusters for NES as a kid because you could crash the Ecto-1 into other cars, and the ghost trapping was kinda cool. The thing sucked mostly because it was only a baby step above an Atari game, the ghost sprites are even clip art from some old type of computer. The worst part? The Zool building... I'm not going to get into how horrible it was because I also think Matt should review this game, and the Zool building is easily the biggest reason the game should burn in hell.... Ghost hell...
Chestnuts roasted by RewolfJ @ 04/14/2004 01:09 AM EST
This is so completely hilarious I want to cry. :`)
Chestnuts roasted by Kimberly @ 04/14/2004 01:22 AM EST
The boat from Jaws was the best vudeogame character ever. It should have been included as a playable character in Super Smash Bros Meelee. Also R.O.B stands for Robotic Operating Buddy owns dumb robot at the end of the article.
Chestnuts roasted by Meatwad @ 04/14/2004 01:30 AM EST
Oh yeah, I know that game all too well. My best friend's brother tried to pawn it off on me about 13 years ago. I saw it in their rack of NES games, and asked if I could play it. His exact words: "You can keep the motherfucker". They let me play it, and after about five minutes, I gave the "motherfucker" back. Never in my life have I passed on a free videogame, but JAWS was the exception. Every now and then, I'll see a copy at Gamestop, but the Bible Adventures games seems more appealing.
Chestnuts roasted by Dude McGuy @ 04/14/2004 01:33 AM EST
To those who want to hear Mrs. Sbaitso say "Shitty", it's at the very end...
Chestnuts roasted by RewolfJ @ 04/14/2004 01:41 AM EST
that voice, how did you do that? It sounds excellent for a computer voice...
Chestnuts roasted by Chu Sooho @ 04/14/2004 02:48 AM EST
LJN was the master of crappy NES games. Their X-Men game was so lousy. There was barely any point to it,except having two mutants run around attacking things. Back to the Future...was not good. I also once rented Jaws,and never got anywhere. I never got anywhere playing Friday the 13th also.
Chestnuts roasted by Overlord @ 04/14/2004 02:59 AM EST
Matt, you realize that you can now end the Bitner/Photog blog, have that sexy monotone female read the whole thing, and then sell a CD to the masses. Better yet, use as many of those programs you can so regular posters will have their own specific voice from the blog.
Punky Brewster:Season One is on DVD now, so hopefully that includes that freaky episode "The Perils of Punky" for you to review:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00020X83Y/ref=ase_dvdtalk/002-4296264-8368057?v=glance&s=dvd
Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 04/14/2004 04:04 AM EST
I am not the first to bring up Photog with Mrs. Sbaitso, so credit goes to that poster.
Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 04/14/2004 04:49 AM EST
This game (which I've never played--for some reason I never liked Jaws, Robocop or GI Joe) (Maybe only He-Man kept me from turning gay)(I also never played it becuase my only friend who still has a working Nintendo told me that I can't play Jaws because it is stupid), reminds me almost exactly of a game I played on my Apple IIgs, I think its called Alligator Hunter or Crocodile Hunter... You are a guy that stabs alligators while swimming... No! Jungle Hunt! It's Jungle Hunt, you swing from vine to vine and Monkeys try to knock you down, and then you swim and kill alligators, and I think that at the end you rescue a princess or something. Thanks for this stroll down Amnesia Lane. (Is that a line from a movie? I know I've heard it before, but I forgot where)
Chestnuts roasted by Joe @ 04/14/2004 04:57 AM EST
PS,
does anyone remember a NES game called Pirates? It was by far my favorite game, you started out as a dipshit with a boat, and then you could become either a pirate, or you could be an independent vessel supporting a military (either English, Spanish, POrtugese, or Dutch). Plus you could go anywhere in the CArribean sea and raid cities. I only know one other person who's even heard of the game, and he's a German.
Chestnuts roasted by Joe @ 04/14/2004 05:00 AM EST
The Jaws article was a little strange...it was like something Mad Matt would have written in more than a few places. Throw in some "Huurrbh gurrrrvh" type groans and POWEE ZOWEE.
I always wanted to say that and I'll thank you not to point.
Chestnuts roasted by Niq @ 04/14/2004 06:05 AM EST
Oh yes. I remember Jaws. I played it right when I was into my Nintendo obsession, making my mom rent a game for me week after week from the local Wegmans. Back then, it didn't matter to me what other people said about any of the games. It was Nintendo, and that was all that mattered.
Jaws actually belonged to a friend of mine, who let me borrow it more than once, apparently seeing how much of a sucker I was. I played that thing constantly in the hopes of finally beating that damn shark, but it never happened. But that's what was great about games back in those days, they were so impossible to beat, so you kept playing them. I think the only game I ever beat for the NES was Life Force, using the 30 ships cheat.
Anyway, great review, and the robot voice was the icing on the cake.
Chestnuts roasted by Number5 @ 04/14/2004 06:43 AM EST
Does anyone remeber the game they made of Friday the 13th for Nintendo? That game was my demise as a child. Jason would go through all my camp counselers in 10 min. or less. I had to hold back the tears of frustration everytime I played that game. Stupid Jason.
Chestnuts roasted by BettieBoo @ 04/14/2004 07:50 AM EST
LJN made Friday the 13th. That game gave me nightmares when I first played it. Jason was a beast in that game. And Jason mother's head was really fun to fight. Review Friday the 13th Matt. You won't be disappointed. Well the ending is a bit disappointing though. But the game kicks ass. As for Jaws, good game. But another crappy ending. Played Nightmare on Elm Street once. never beaten it. Maybe because it was another crappy game.
Chestnuts roasted by Rowan Steele @ 04/14/2004 08:01 AM EST
Oh, thanks Sean. I think your post was what reminded me of the game in the first place.
http://www.atariage.com/manual_html_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=423
Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 04/14/2004 08:11 AM EST
Joe: I don't remember "Pirates," but it does seem to exist. Published by Ultra. Its on Mike Etler's Rarity list (http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/nesrarec.txt). Seems to be pretty rare, though.
Chestnuts roasted by Cameron @ 04/14/2004 08:15 AM EST
Kudos to you Mr. Rowan Steele for beating that game. KUDOS. But what exactly happened in the end? Nobody I knew got to see that. Its a shame really...
Chestnuts roasted by BettieBoo @ 04/14/2004 08:39 AM EST
Just thought I'd add that while I've never played the NES "Pirates!", it sounds like a port of the very classic computer game by Sid Meier (later famous for Railroad Tycoon, Civilization, and other now-classics). I used to play it on the Commodore 64 all the time (there are good C64 emulators out there, look around) and I still think it's one of the best games ever made...
Chestnuts roasted by robotsarered @ 04/14/2004 08:39 AM EST
Commodore 64 had some incredible games for it's time. I loved playng Archon, Bruce Lee, Aliens, and even ghostbusters. For the life of me I could not figure out how to beat ghostbusters. I could never make enough money to make it to the next month and purchase decent equipment. I am going to have to find a walkthrough for that game.
I never figured out Jaws. I rented it once, but could never grasp it.
Great review, Matt
Chestnuts roasted by Stilewalker @ 04/14/2004 09:21 AM EST
What program is it that converts the text so well?...I know it's not perfect but it's a lot better than the old program I used to have...I've been wantinga nicer one for a while
Chestnuts roasted by Ant @ 04/14/2004 09:33 AM EST
I remember my old commador64....had this really scary Freddy Kreuger game (scary at the time anyways) and whenever you died a big red and black photo of a man with an axe in his head would flash up...I couldn't even keep my legs underneath the computer desk I was so creeped ( I think I was 6 or 7)
Chestnuts roasted by Ant @ 04/14/2004 09:35 AM EST
Where can I get a copy of the program that created the Text to Voice? At times it sounds EXTREMELY NATURAL.
Chestnuts roasted by Ryo @ 04/14/2004 10:10 AM EST
Bettie Boo: Being nearly two years since I've beaten it on a NES Emulator, I just remember it takes three times to beat Jason. First time, They show Jason fall on his ass and words scrool on the screen that Jason is alive and better than ever. Jason who has fallen on his ass looks like a hockey Golie being knocked out by a puck. The second time it's the same thing. Third time you get a peaceful eight bit picture of Camp Crystal Lake with the words gameover. Preceeding this 1/2 star ending you get a caption about Jason being killed. Whoopie! I couldn't believe the length of the game for some cheap ending. At least it could've said, "The princess is in another castle."
Chestnuts roasted by Rowan Steele @ 04/14/2004 10:55 AM EST
I was hoping I was the only one who noticed the score of 666 but i guess not. Go see Dawn of the Dead. If thats the only tv you own... i hope you have another birthday coming up soon. Sorry
Chestnuts roasted by ANdrew @ 04/14/2004 11:17 AM EST
I had this game, still do somewhere. I loved it! And I hated it! I lived for getting the conch shells, I have never beaten this game, I think my brother actually got to the point of using a strobe on that guppie, but don't remember ever finishing it. My attention was directed to other games. Great review anyhow.
Chestnuts roasted by Goonie4Life @ 04/14/2004 11:24 AM EST
I loved hearing Mrs. Sbaitso say "If you don't like the sound of collecting 350 conch shells ultimately for no real reason at all, go play Stinger. Nobody else was." She came off sounding like the total b*tch she is.. totally cold... and somewhere off in the distance, Stinger is crying...
Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 04/14/2004 11:30 AM EST
More NES fun
http://madness.tmok.com/~asdfg/nespage1.html
Lot's of pics and rom downloasds.
Chestnuts roasted by Cyanyde @ 04/14/2004 11:33 AM EST
Great article...the worst part about the JAWS game (ok well one of the worst parts..) was the fact that in the final scene, its the BOAT you are using to make a JAWS-kabob, and the fact that by pressing the B button on the controller made the boat lunge forward made it all the more comical...I wish I had had a boad that would lunge on command...(BTW the boat from JAWS actually is an on going gag at a certain videogame site, where it constantly pops up in their "best game character" and similiar polls).
Anyways, if you want to review bad nintendo games, hit up Star Voyager, one of Acclaim's first entries into the video game frey... This game is so impossible, you cant even beat it with a Game Genie!!
Chestnuts roasted by cycoyuk @ 04/14/2004 11:39 AM EST
I don't own any games that suck, played a few. I played Frightday: The Hurt Teens a couple of times. When Jason's head sped by in the water, I laughed so hard, I lost a life. Any one ever make it to the end of Orb 3D? Or at least have a level select cheat?
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 04/14/2004 11:45 AM EST
I seem to remember that in Jaws - The Revenge, that the shark roared. That's ludicrous!!!
Chestnuts roasted by BaronVonHotPants @ 04/14/2004 12:01 PM EST
Jaws IV was ludicrous on many counts. I so want to like that movie, too. And what's-her-face, whomever played Ellen -- she was actually pretty good in it, but the character was written in such an offbeat, wtf kinda way. Worth seeing just for the general weirdness, but in the world of bad Jaws sequels, I prefer Part III.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 04/14/2004 12:04 PM EST
Great article as usual Matt.
"We'd be Picard, "Jaw's" the four lights."
Best line ever.
Chestnuts roasted by beSharp @ 04/14/2004 12:11 PM EST
Thanks, Matt. Narrated articles ROCK.
Now, about that Krang article robot-voiced????
On a side note, who exactly is dr. Sbaitso, and who's his wife?
Chestnuts roasted by Roddy @ 04/14/2004 12:40 PM EST
Dr. Sbaitso was a computer game/prog from Creative Labs years ago -- a "psychiatrist." Great for kids who had no friends. Also great just to make your computer speakers say "fuck."
Mrs. Sbaitso won't be used for every article, just because I don't want to train people to read my stuff in a robot girl voice. :)
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 04/14/2004 12:42 PM EST
Who has seen the different TV version endings of Jaws: The Revenge? The difference is Mario Van Peeble's character is either dead, or his legless, but still conscious head and torso comes floating along after the shark is BOAT-STABBED!
Interesting factoid about the actress who played Ellen. According to the E! True Hollywood Story, she got the part through her husband/Head of Universal Studios' friendship with Steven Spielberg. She still did a good job, but that bit of casting will always be a little FISHY!
Chestnuts roasted by Richard @ 04/14/2004 01:32 PM EST
Destined to take the place of the Mud Shark in our mythology....
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 04/14/2004 01:34 PM EST
Richard, I thank you for solving an old mystery. In my old Jaws IV review, I mentioned recalling seeing it as a kid in a version where Mr. Peebles died. Another version, it wasn't in there.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 04/14/2004 01:34 PM EST
True story- as a kid, I saved up my money for months and months to buy Super Mario 2. The day finally came when we went to the department store to look for it, but when we got there... well, they either didn't have it or it hadn't come out yet, I don't remember which. My parents suggested that I wait, but impatient bastard that I was (and am), I was having none of that- instead, I picked the game I'd rented once but couldn't manage to beat. Yes folks: Jaws. I channeled all my anger at not being able to buy what I knew in my heart of hearts was the better game, and focused it on that damn shark. He WOULD be my bitch, if I had to collect every conch shell in the damn ocean.
The ending of the story's kinda anti-climactic; eventually I did beat him. I'll tell you though, I don't know if I deluded myself or it was just the thrill of the first game I ever bought with my own money, but I always thought that game was the shit. When I rammed that bastard's big white belly and sent his ass to the briny deep... man, I was king of the world.
Still probably should've bought Startropics, though. And I haven't beaten Super Mario 2 to this day.
>:(
Chestnuts roasted by The Lucky One @ 04/14/2004 01:52 PM EST
Okay, new question- what's the first video game you bought with your own money?
Chestnuts roasted by The Lucky One @ 04/14/2004 01:56 PM EST
Good poll topic. Hrm.
The first game I can remember literally picking out for myself (though I'm most likely wrong) was Ghosts N' Goblins. From my brother, for a birthday, at what was once C&C Comic Shop and is now a fish market, I believe for 39.99. How about that sentence? I've always had a love/hate relationship with the game: loved the theme and the characters, but couldn't get past the first few stages. As an easily frustrated child, Ghosts N' Goblins was a poor choice.
Honestly can't remember which games I actually saved up for, though. Closest I can get is saving up points from Long Beach Island's one and only casino arcade for a year on my successful trek towards a Super Nintendo -- I think it was 185,000 points or something. Also nabbed Super Wrestlemania, because I wanted to hear the Undertaker's theme song all day long.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 04/14/2004 02:01 PM EST
Lucky one: I really can't remember my video Game library is BIG. That includes games for, NES, Genesis, PSOne, PS2, GBA and the PC. I'm also counting the games I sold back for EB World credit. But over the years I can estimate the amount on games which I've spent on gaming in my lifetime ranges probablly between 7,000- 9,000
Chestnuts roasted by Rowan Steele @ 04/14/2004 02:05 PM EST
First game I bought with my own money: Castlevania II... still one of my all-time faves. I love action/adventures, because, unlike straight-up action games, I can actually beat action/adventures.
Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 04/14/2004 02:21 PM EST
The first game I ever bought with my money was Bugertime for the NES. I got it at an old toy store in North Syracuse called Kiddie City, which I guess used to be a chain store.
Chestnuts roasted by Number5 @ 04/14/2004 02:57 PM EST
Ha! I called it yesterday! I *knew* it was Jaws! I, by the way, was the kid that could never ever figure out what the hell to do in that game.
But yeah, Ghosts and Goblins was absolutely the worst game in the world for an easily frustrated kid. I don't think I made it halfway through stage one. I always got so mad when a monster hit me and then I was running around in my underpants. I never thought I'd type that goddamned sentence in my entire life.
But - to whoever said Nightmare on Elm Street was a lousy game above - you were wrong. Totally wrong. It was great, and I collected *all* of the bones and jump kicked Freddy's glove and his other random floating body parts.
Chestnuts roasted by Master H @ 04/14/2004 02:59 PM EST
I saved every penny I could to buy Faxanadu, I had no idea what it would be like but the box looked so damn cool in the catalouge..
I think I cheated though because if I remember right I only ended up saving about $15.. my mom threw the rest in to shut me up.
It ended up being worth it though.. one of the few games I can say was actually better than it looked!
Chestnuts roasted by Cyanyde @ 04/14/2004 02:59 PM EST
The basic set with Super Mario Bros. I still have all my games. I bought a Super during the All-Stars mail-away promotion. I'm a pac(k)-rat, so I have never sold or given away my games. I need to a flea market and get Sonic 3 to go with my Sonic & Knuckles so I can play the entire adventure.
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 04/14/2004 03:12 PM EST
I remember selling all my childhood possessions as a kid at a yard sale, except my Nintendo supplies. My brothers and I slaved selling away all our childhood memories. We nearly had enough for our goal, enough to ride our bikes to the store down the way to purchase a NES game. I'm still sort of mad about it today. We chose XENOPHOBE! They must have really sold it on the box, because it was really disappointing. I never wanted to work again. Don't get me wrong, I wore the game out even though it sucked.
Chestnuts roasted by Goonie4Life @ 04/14/2004 04:01 PM EST
The jellyfish look like Metroids, and the conch shells look like Japanese cartoon poo.
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 04/14/2004 04:08 PM EST
I can't remeber if I ever bought any of my own games, but some of my first were Wizards and Warriors and Bart vs. The Space Aliens. Those are great games. Has anyone ever played the SNES game, My Neighbors are Zombies, or something like that...that game was so fun. I went over to my friends house all the time to play it.
Chestnuts roasted by Lonewolf @ 04/14/2004 04:56 PM EST
if you've played ghosts and goblins matt, have you tried the sequal on PS2, Maximo?
Chestnuts roasted by chad @ 04/14/2004 04:58 PM EST
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Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 04/14/2004 05:10 PM EST
FARK had this on the other day, and someone posted a list of keywords for it. Type in "freak" and scare the cat. The whole idea is spooky, but fun.
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 04/14/2004 05:23 PM EST
Following my side note from the other day's post:
The Wizard just ended, and I find it interesting how it was EXACTLY like Matt described, even my reactions to the scenes. Maybe I was too influenced by the review? I don't know...
But I do know I got VERY disappointed when I noticed one very important piece of information left out from the review: the competition is held at Universal Studios Hollywood, and the movie also starts the Frankenstein monster, the Wolf Man and King FREAKIN' Kong! As a bonus, they show a side of Kong never seen before. I was amazed.
Really.
Chestnuts roasted by Roddy @ 04/14/2004 05:30 PM EST
Jaws was definately a wacked game. Although I don't know why that game reminded me of the old Ninja Gaiden series even though they're completely unrelated. Maybe its the wacky enemies you fight....Anyway I must leave for class and I will not stop until my crusade of getting everyone in Upstate NY hooked on this site is complete! Goddamn I got a lot of free time..
Chestnuts roasted by Tim @ 04/14/2004 05:31 PM EST
Stinger- one of the most underrated NES titles ever. It's always been a favorite of mine.
And as much as Jaws sucks, it's nowhere near as bad as Ghostbusters was. God what a shitty game.
Chestnuts roasted by El Bandito @ 04/14/2004 06:16 PM EST
cool article. Jaws: the Revenge was featured on AMC's "Classics" last night. The game was correct on one thing... the masts on the boat were friggin' HUGE!
Chestnuts roasted by cincy74 @ 04/14/2004 06:25 PM EST
The best movie lisenced nes game is Gremlins 2 the New Batch. You even fight all the genetically transformed gremlin bosses like electric and spider gremlin!
Chestnuts roasted by Frizzurd @ 04/14/2004 07:30 PM EST
I remember watching a Video Game show a looong time ago where they showed how to actually beat Ghostbusters
You had to get hit and become temporarily invicible to get to the end
Crazy eh?
Chestnuts roasted by Buster @ 04/14/2004 08:30 PM EST
I got a bunch of Atari 2600 games for a buck, though in some cases it was just grabbing something from the pile of PLEASE TAKE THESE GAMES AWAY and spending a dollar on it.
The first game I truely remember buying with actual allowance that mattered was Ultima 1 for the Commodore 64 in early 88 when I was 13. Not some lameo budget games or using birthday money, but cash I earned for all the dumb nonsense I had to do at school and home. Still a favorite game.
Ghostbusters for the C64 was damned fun, and the Sega Master System version is pretty sweet too.
As to the Jaws game? It sucked, simple as that.
Chestnuts roasted by Bloodcat @ 04/14/2004 09:40 PM EST
Lonewolf, Yes! Zombies ate my neighbors is one of my favorite SNES games, still play it a lot. I remember buying mine when Halloween was nearing way back when.
Chestnuts roasted by Goonie4Life @ 04/14/2004 10:49 PM EST
I believe the first video game I ever bought with my own money was Goonies 2 for Nintendo. It was a decent game. Really weird, but decent.
Chestnuts roasted by beSharp @ 04/15/2004 12:24 AM EST
I don't know what the first game I bought was... My parents let me pick games, and paid for it with my birthday/Christmas money without me realizing it... I'm currently the proud owner of 252 videogames, a few PC games and a nearly a gig of roms of games I missed out on due to buying games based on boxart, and having no income as a kid.
Chestnuts roasted by RewolfJ @ 04/15/2004 03:09 AM EST
To correct a statement earlier. Maximo is not the sequel to Ghost and Goblins. Instead Ghouls and Ghosts and Super Gouls and Ghosts is all part of the Ghosts and goblins trilogy. Maximo is just a cheap rip off claiming to be it. I was not impressed with the game. It stunk to Hell.
Chestnuts roasted by Rowan Steele @ 04/15/2004 08:33 AM EST
Three year reader, first time writer- I just had to say that I will always have a place in my heart for LJN. Back in the day, my Dad was friends with the guy that ran the LJN warehouse at Port Newark, NJ and we got almost anything made by them for free. (My Dad was a cop, maybe he was really bad at being on the take and accepted toys- never thought about it) We got their Nintendo games, the rubber WWF guys, Thundercats, and a Michael Jackson microphone that was supposed to make your voice come out of the radio- though the thing didn't work nearly as well as it did for Bart Simpson.
Anyway, I had T &C Surf Design before I even had a Nintendo. What torture for a 12 year old to get a game for the hottest thing around and not be able to use it! Also got Jaws, Friday the 13th and Back to the Future for free. Yes, they all sucked in their own way, but the thing is that we didn't know any better at the time. I got a lot of use out of a lot of crappy games. I remember being amazed at title screens just because Atari didn't have them.
Chestnuts roasted by KJB @ 04/15/2004 09:32 AM EST
You know how everybody has a "rich friend" growing up? Even if you're upper middle class, you still had a "rich friend"
Well, my rich friend had one of those sweet projector TVs (the kind that projected from the floor, so nobody could be in the room while you were watching TV unless you were on the sofa right behind the projector.
Anyway, despite being rich (this TV was in the game room... which was basically the whole 3rd floor) he always had the worst games. I remember being kind of bummed, because going to a rich kid's house, you should always be playing the best games, but it was always Jaws and 1942.
by the time I was there for a couple of hours, I just wanted to go home and play zelda.
Chestnuts roasted by Chopstick Sensei @ 04/15/2004 11:52 AM EST
I here you there chopstick sensei. Although I didn't have a "rich" friend, cause I live in the ghetto where the only "rich" people are the drug dealers. But we still went over to each other's houses to get in some good gaming. We usually left because we would end up playing Double Dare, and the control response on that game was horrific and every time I'd be on the final challenge it'd screw me over big. Damn that Double Dare obstical course. But I always wanted to go on the real show....that've been mondo to the max.
Chestnuts roasted by Lonewolf @ 04/15/2004 02:30 PM EST
We had this game, and I can tell you out of a million tries I NEVER was able to stab that overgrown fish. I always that it was downright impossible. That screenshot was the first time I'd seen it!
Chestnuts roasted by Fearless Freep @ 04/15/2004 05:30 PM EST
I had this game. I bought for $20 and beat it in about 2 days. I kind of liked it though.
Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 04/15/2004 07:03 PM EST
I should probably add that that was the only time in which I was ever able to beat the game. I couldn't poke that damn fish after that.
And Matt, that Sbaitso thing is damn creepy. I hope I never have to actually see one of those. Especially not in a store, because I know I'll buy it.
Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 04/15/2004 07:19 PM EST
I think that the first game I bought myself was Super Mario Land 2 for Game Boy. The damn space level that scrolled would kick Mario's ass every time.
Chestnuts roasted by JG! @ 04/15/2004 09:11 PM EST
Chopstick Sensei: "You know how everybody has a 'rich friend' growing up? Even if you're upper middle class, you still had a 'rich friend'"
I don't think I've ever known a rich person, ever. And I live in a major city. Your statement is false...
Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 04/16/2004 02:29 AM EST
GreensCircle I LimboGeneral asshatsCircle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy WindBill ClintonCircle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & SnowDemocratsCircle IV Rolling WeightsLibertariansCircle V Stuck in Mud, MangledRiver StyxRepublicansCircle VI Buried for EternityRiver PhlegyasGeorge BushCircle VII Burning SandsOsama bin LadenCircle IIX Immersed in ExcrementSaddam HusseinCircle IX Frozen in IceDesign your own hell
Chestnuts roasted by My personal hell @ 04/16/2004 06:33 AM EST
Don't lump us Libertarians in with those other jackasses. Since you left it out, I am guessing you are a socialist?
Chestnuts roasted by ..."... @ 04/16/2004 02:58 PM EST
Sorry, just checked out the link and the options you had.
Chestnuts roasted by ..."... @ 04/16/2004 03:01 PM EST
Man goes in submarine. Submarine goes into the pixels. Shark's in the pixels. Our shark.
Chestnuts roasted by RedBaron @ 04/16/2004 03:02 PM EST
LOL @ BubbleYum commercial.
Chestnuts roasted by midback @ 04/16/2004 03:50 PM EST
I don't think I ever had to buy a game, my brother bought all of the games. But I think the first one he bought was Little Nemo. I hated that game. That too, was another game I could never beat. I think I could only make it to Level 3. The only games I was ever good at were the Super Mario games, Castlevania, Contra, and duck tales. Yea for me...
Chestnuts roasted by BettieBoo @ 04/16/2004 05:03 PM EST
I guess I must have been one of the few to complete the Ghostbusters game. Oh and where's PART IV OF THE CHIA PET PLOT?
Chestnuts roasted by Liam @ 04/16/2004 05:53 PM EST
You beat it in 12 seconds. I must have only played it for 11 seconds. I could not get past the first stage. Same for Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm st for NES.
Chestnuts roasted by mex304 @ 04/18/2004 04:27 AM EST
*SIGH*!!!!!!!!!!
AS ALWAYS!!! U GET TO OPEN UP THAT TREASURE CHEST CALLED CHILDHOOD AND BRING BACK THOSE GOOD MEMORIES BACK TO LIFE, I REMEMBER RENTING JAWS (ACTUALLY, IT WAS MY FIRST RENTAL EVER!!!, IN A PLACE CALLED MAJOR VIDEO HERE IN EL PASO, TX, I RENTED IT ALONG WITH MEGAMAN, PUNCH OUT, AND KID IKARUS :o) I STILL REMEMBER!!!!!!! THANX MAN!!!
Chestnuts roasted by Rigormortis!!! @ 04/19/2004 06:44 AM EST
Double O Fresh. But this article begs the question: When will you review LJN's Karate Kid NES game?
Chestnuts roasted by Slacker @ 04/19/2004 01:43 PM EST
I knew a friend in New Jersey that had this game. Of course, we had no idea what we were supposed to do in this game so it didn't hold our attention for very long.
Chestnuts roasted by Bert Raccoon @ 04/19/2004 05:06 PM EST
Joe, I remember Pirates, I rented it once. It was a damn great game.
Chestnuts roasted by Bright Noah @ 04/19/2004 10:12 PM EST
man i feel old..my first games that i saved up for and bought were for the intellivision...
Chestnuts roasted by cycoyuk @ 04/22/2004 10:39 AM EST
hi
Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 04/22/2004 03:27 PM EST
I can't believe this game got out on the market....it makes for some great comedy though.
Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 04/22/2004 03:41 PM EST
That was a fun read! I remember our Mall had a display where you could try out the latest Nintendo games, but only for about 45 seconds, then it would reset. Needless to say, trying to play JAWS on that was near impossible. I'm glad to see I wasn't missing much!
Chestnuts roasted by robert berry @ 05/06/2004 11:14 AM EST
They had this game and Wally Bear and the No! Gang at my Dentists office and this game is the one reason why i have perfect oral hygene! And the Reason I stayed off Drugs! Nope just kidding i didn't do either one.
Chestnuts roasted by Megatron @ 05/17/2004 03:37 PM EST
thanks gor the information
Chestnuts roasted by aqaq @ 06/17/2004 07:12 AM EST
I never could get passed jaws except one day i beat it but it took me about 3 days because seeing i have been playing nintendo when i was 2 and im 14 my cousin had the old system and i beat it on that
Chestnuts roasted by Ryan @ 06/24/2004 02:20 PM EST
I never could get passed jaws except one day i beat it but it took me about 3 days because seeing i have been playing nintendo when i was 2 and im 14 my cousin had the old system and i beat it on that
Chestnuts roasted by Ryan @ 06/24/2004 02:20 PM EST
I never could get passed jaws except one day i beat it but it took me about 3 days because seeing i have been playing nintendo when i was 2 and im 14 my cousin had the old system and i beat it on that
Chestnuts roasted by Ryan @ 06/24/2004 02:20 PM EST
I never could get passed jaws except one day i beat it but it took me about 3 days because seeing i have been playing nintendo when i was 2 and im 14 my cousin had the old system and i beat it on that
Chestnuts roasted by Ryan @ 06/24/2004 02:20 PM EST
FUCK NINTENDO!!! YAY 4 PS2!!!!! Super Mario Brothers was the only game even worth laying your hands on an NES Controler for! Oh but then they fucked that up by releasing the shitty SMB2 Game which sucked dogs balls! ONCE AGAIN GO PS2!!!! Oh and sega master system was cooler anyway! FUCK NINTENDO!!
Chestnuts roasted by Ricky P @ 07/07/2004 09:44 PM EST
I love the Sbaisto audio file. It's amazing how much that robot sounds like listening to National Public Radio...
Chestnuts roasted by Ben @ 07/08/2004 09:23 AM EST
I need some help. Can anyone tell me where I can purchesd old games for SNES the game I am looking for are Super Gouls and Ghost, Top Gear2, Mario Kart, Joe and Mack 2, and Gradius 3. If anyone can help my email is syth32003@yahoo.com
Chestnuts roasted by Mike @ 07/14/2004 12:43 PM EST
How can I download this game for free on the net. But I don't want to steal it. Somebody help me!
Chestnuts roasted by ET @ 08/26/2004 09:29 PM EST
