Hardest bosses must be ikaruga, no idea how many times I died just trying to learn the next cunt after the last to get through the whole thing. Only had one go since getting past it all and gave up after failing on the first difficulty spike.

Also don't really want to run into That Arachnid, in That Rectangle room in Vanquish on any difficulty above normal ever again.

Aaroncupboard wrote:

I never reached the last boss on Ninja Gaiden 2. For me it was the first bloody boss.

Thanks for helping me our with the witcher on blurum, I physically couldn't post there to say that, so I joined here. I found the dude past the stone thing, then the chapter ended, d'oh

honestly, the current, cause of internets

Have to go with Gunn. I think this gen has changed gaming forever more than any other, due to online element involved. Before generation gaps were better graphics, more power which lead to more complex game design. This generation had the same but also introduced online gaming like never before. Sure the Dreamcast had the ability to go online, PC gaming has had it for years and the Oldbox made the effort, but the 360 having Live has completely altered the landscape for gaming. Both for good and bad.

The rot began after the Spectrum died.

Part of the JRPG fun.

Same for action RPGs really, if you just go through the main bit and don't go off and collect stuff to improve your health/weapons/whatever, then you'll have difficulty.

At the time, Super Mario Land on the GB, final boss. Me and my bro would double team it, one would play the game normally whilst the other would continuously press the start button creating a slo-mo effect (a rudimentary action replay if you will). Bad ass.

monkey wrote:

Snes cos it was the best.

Mainly this.

mk64 wrote:

Which console or computer generation step do you think has been the most influential or important and why?

master system/nes generation.

although there were consoles of sorts (vic-20, atari2600),
this for me at least is when the console boom happend with the likes of sonic and mario making it popular.
its been great and easy for most nearly every family to have a console under there t.v and has made videogames more mass media and more acceptable.
id say for me this is when the console generation grew from and has been great since.

Bit of a silly one today, there are plenty of games which have animals in but can you name a game which has a PIG in it?

(doesn't have to be the lead character)

Hogs of War.

Duke Nukem (weren't the guards, pigs?)

Angry Birds.

Mouldywarp wrote:

Sonic was a popularised by the Megadrive. Apart from that minor niggle though, I kind of agree. The control pads were a pretty epic step forward. On the other hand, though, modern consoles are becoming more like PCs and popular console games are becoming more like PC games, so it was all for nought, really.

Not popularised by, released on. There was a MS port later on. The MS 'mascots' (or as close as it got) were Alex Kidd early on, Wonder Boy a bit later and, briefly, Opa-Opa.

I dare say more people know Sonic from the Megadrive launch than the Master System though.

You have to kill the pigs.

mk64 wrote:

Bit of a silly one today, there are plenty of games which have animals in but can you name a game which has a PIG in it? (doesn't have to be the lead character)

datura,
throw something at it and it opens a hole/portal to somewere else.