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NES FAQ Completion Project, Part 5
| Da Hui | Posted 2/13/2007 7:48:38 PM | message detail |
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File successfully uploaded as Bashi Bazook Morphoid Master(1).txt, 33559 bytes. File checked: Ready for Content Review Woo! Finally finished that game! That game really needed a FAQ. Some if it was really tough. Also happened to find a few secrets along the way. --- Don't **** with Da Hui |
| Da Hui | Posted 2/13/2007 7:55:16 PM | message detail |
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Alright! I submitted a contribution report for Days of Thunder and they actually accepted it. Could cross that one off the list too. :) --- Don't **** with Da Hui |
| odino | Posted 2/13/2007 8:57:04 PM | message detail |
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Alright! I submitted a contribution report for Days of Thunder and they actually accepted it. Could cross that one off the list too. :) Funny that, I did the same for Top Gun yesterday and it got a complete status :D The guy could have expanded Level 3 and 4 some more but it's complete nonetheless. Btw Top Gun was the most popular NA game without a full guide according to the site, which has now gone to Contra Force. Back to the Future II & III would also be complete if the author wouldn't have just written "I'll let you complete this part yourself" for Part III... FDS, most games are unpopular Japanese releases but keeping an extra list probably won't hurt. Lots of games are for the NES too, Eggland (Adv. Lolo), Roger Rabbit (Bugs Bunny). It just seems actively getting people to write guide for it is going a little too far for now. Perhaps when most NES games are down to untranslated Japananese text adventures :) Well I have been working on "Dirty Pair" for a few days already after I read the translator couldn't beat Stage 2...which is actually really easy to accomplish. Adam, your 5192 line is 82 char long, just cut "crushed." to the next line of that SCARABEUS paragraph if you still want it 80 length. Speaking of that game, I think it would make a lot more sense to give playing tips, in-depth strategies to solving puzzles rather than step-by-step solutions to all 15,000 rooms. Examples of situations that will arise, how to deal with special tiles and so on. It would still be quite tough to write though. |
| The Admiral | Posted 2/13/2007 9:49:50 PM | message detail |
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Where can you see what the most popular games are without FAQs? I remember seeing that when they used to have the request form, but I can't find it now. --- - The Admiral |
| pseudo | Posted 2/13/2007 10:07:11 PM | message detail |
| I thought that Contra Force already had a full-circle guide. I remember reading it before. |
| odino | Posted 2/13/2007 10:19:41 PM | message detail |
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Perhaps there was one before but now there is only a Contra Series Ending FAQ. Too see the most popular guides without an FAQ, Advanced Search -> Show all games on the platform: NES -> that do not have a complete FAQ -> sorted by popularity and so on... Looks like Captain Silver is the least popular game ^_^ |
| Devin Morgan | Posted 2/13/2007 10:19:52 PM | message detail |
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http://tinyurl.com/24zamg This is done by popularity. Feel free to change it as you wish. --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 FAQ Completion Projects (NES, GB/GBC): http://faqs.retronintendo.com |
| odino | Posted 2/14/2007 2:13:03 AM | message detail |
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Oh and now that it's released, the list still shows Pyramids of Ra as separate item as well as Scarabeus. I wrote a short guide for Freedom Force today too. |
| the_wizard_666 | Posted 2/14/2007 8:30:43 AM | message detail |
| I remember there being a guide up for Contra Force as well...I checked it out about a month ago. Wonder what happened to it... |
| Gemerl | Posted 2/14/2007 9:04:36 AM | message detail |
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Shingen's up there eh... I'd better get crackin and finish mine. I'm a few paragraphs in. Just that I ran into midterms... and Hotel Dusk. --- Complete FAQS: 50 http://faqs.retronintendo.com | http://www.videotutoriais.com.br/sms/ |
| odino | Posted 2/14/2007 10:12:26 AM | message detail |
| Could it be 'Faididi' pulled most of the guides from the site, including Contra Force? I suppose this one goes back on the list, anyone a Contra fan here? I wonder if there are any more NES games that don't have a guide now. |
| Gemerl | Posted 2/14/2007 12:59:28 PM | message detail |
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Contra Force isn't necessarily Contra. If someone wants to take this game based on the virtues of Contra, Super C, Alien Wars, etc, prepare to be let down. --- Complete FAQS: 50 http://faqs.retronintendo.com | http://www.videotutoriais.com.br/sms/ |
| adaml | Posted 2/14/2007 3:02:57 PM | message detail |
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I submitted two passwords for Scarabeus (they went under Pyramids of Ra) and now they are not there. Any idea why these would have been approved, then pulled? --- American NES games left to beat: 13 Last 3 NES games beaten: Tombs and Treasure, Championship Pool, Wario's Woods [Updated 11/30/05] |
| The Admiral | Posted 2/14/2007 4:09:26 PM | message detail |
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Faididi did pull his Contra Force guide. It's still hosted at IGN and a few other places, though. Anyone know why he did that? --- - The Admiral |
| Da Hui | Posted 2/14/2007 6:06:14 PM | message detail |
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I'll take Championship Rally as my next project. --- Don't **** with Da Hui |
| CJayC | Posted 2/14/2007 8:12:21 PM | message detail |
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Stepping, back, going to odino's remove list; If we have a consensus here that those games are unlikely to ever have protos discovered, go ahead and re-submit the removals. I'm always wary of large lists of things like that, because each game deserves research, and large lists tend to not be gone over as carefully. --- Once upon a time everything was lovely, but that was before I had to deal with people. |
| brian sulpher | Posted 2/14/2007 8:17:18 PM | message detail |
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with odino and adaml on the case Ceej, I would say they are likely close to being as sure as anyone could possibly be. However, I will let them speak their own piece on this, as I know little about this end of the project. In other news, Tecmo NBA Basketball could see action as soon as two weeks from today, so hopefully I will FINALLY get it done. --- 72 FAQs for games never covered at www.GameFAQs.com. DIVISION 6: WORD |
| adaml | Posted 2/14/2007 9:11:10 PM | message detail |
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Mr. Veasey, nice of you to drop by. Just to be safe, I'm going to run that list by a couple people that know even better than I do. I'm pretty sure the games I put an N next to will never show up, unless it is one of those rare Sunman-esque appearances. Let me get some feedback from the experts and I'll post ASAP. Oh yeah, any idea why the Scarabeus/Pyramids of Ra passwords disappeared? --- American NES games left to beat: 13 Last 3 NES games beaten: Tombs and Treasure, Championship Pool, Wario's Woods [Updated 11/30/05] |
| odino | Posted 2/14/2007 9:38:10 PM | message detail |
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| odino | Posted 2/14/2007 9:45:18 PM | message detail |
| There's something about the passwords, I tried to submit the Transformers cheat and it said "already listed" ?! So perhaps you submitted that too but we can't see it LOL |
| adaml | Posted 2/14/2007 10:55:26 PM | message detail |
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Funny thing was, the passwords were listed yesterday, but are gone today. Anyways, I got the man himself, TheRedEye, to go over the list. He said the following are definitely NOT out there: Airborne Ranger Alien Storm Alien vs. Predator An American Tail Big Mouth Bass Bio Force Ape Black Tiger Blockout Bruce Lee Lives Crossbow Euro Cup Soccer Glove Pilot Happily Ever After Happy Camper Hard Drivin' Inspector Gadget License to Kill Lord of Lightning Manipulator: Glove Adventure Matchbox Racers New Kids on the Block Play Isle Police Academy Power Play Football Pyross Rocky Samurai Conflict Skyscraper Starblade Super Square Deal Targhan Toys Triumph Trivial Pursuit Ultimate Journey Wild Boys World Trophy Soccer I mistook the two Glove games for being on the U-Force Power Games cart (which is known to exist but hasn't been properly emulated yet)...for some reason I always think the U-Force and Power Glove are one and the same. So yeah, those 2 Glove games are not out there. TheRedEye says: "These games have not surfaced, at all. The programmer of Hard Drivin' has it on his resume, and when [someone] asked him if he kept a copy of the game (way back in the day), he said something like "I don't give out other people's property." So he may or may not have it. Police Academy, I can confirm that Steve Woita owns a copy of HIS version of the game. However, his was second (there were two, both cancelled). The first remains unsurfaced, so I left it on the list. " I was surprised to see that there is a copy of The Flash out there. I had no idea. So the known protos in existence from the list are: Airball Cue Stick The Flash Putt Master Pyramids of Ra Scarabeus Thomas the Tank Engine War on Wheels So unless we are keeping Police Academy and Hard Drivin' on the Gamefaqs list because the programmers have copies, I guess everything else on the top list is good to take down. TheRedEye, who keeps in touch with dreamtr about all things prototypical, is about as good a source as you will find on this topic. --- American NES games left to beat: 13 Last 3 NES games beaten: Tombs and Treasure, Championship Pool, Wario's Woods [Updated 11/30/05] |
| Da Hui | Posted 2/14/2007 11:06:09 PM | message detail |
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Is there any chance at all that those guys will dump Police Academy and Hard Drivin'? I mean if they don't give it out when asked because it's on their resume, I don't see them releasing it any time soon... Because if not, I really don't think that those games should be listed. That would help this project so much if those got removed too. Just because of the fact that it makes the list that much more possible. Now if we could find a way around those damn Japanese text games we'd be all set, just a lot of hard work. =P --- Don't **** with Da Hui |
| adaml | Posted 2/15/2007 12:12:17 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, Police Academy and Hard Drivin probably should be cut. Chances are nobody will ever get to play them or own the prototype (other than the programmer), so why even have them on the game list. I asked TheRedEye about The Flash and he said he accidentally cut it from the list, as no known proto exists, so that one should be cut as well. As was mentioned earlier, it would be easy to add games if they do become available, as was the case with Sunman, Secret Ties, etc. --- American NES games left to beat: 13 Last 3 NES games beaten: Tombs and Treasure, Championship Pool, Wario's Woods [Updated 11/30/05] |
| odino | Posted 2/15/2007 12:17:12 AM | message detail |
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They might change their mind about it at some point. Having a few canceled games in the db is much better than like... 50?! You don't really expect to be done with the project by the end of year, do you? :) Games get translated all the time, I wouldn't worry about that. I really like those text adventures but they are a huge task. Too bad the Sherlock Holmes project failed after the script was all translated. I'm working on Hell Fighter right now, although Adam tells me the last boss is really hard. Reading through his Ending FAQ makes a lot of games seem so short, "after 4/6 stages you fight the boss" seems to simple on paper :) And as an added bonus I completed The Golf '92. |
| Devin Morgan | Posted 2/15/2007 2:39:57 AM | message detail |
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So, in that case... What are we going to do in regards to the incomplete list on the project site? --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 FAQ Completion Projects (NES, GB/GBC): http://faqs.retronintendo.com |
| odino | Posted 2/15/2007 3:16:48 AM | message detail |
| They are in the queue to be deleted, the long list + Flash. Inspector Gadget was already removed actually. |
| brian sulpher | Posted 2/15/2007 8:28:47 AM | message detail |
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Sometime in the near future I would like to take a day on a week-end and go through the listings here again to adjust our luaghably out of date stats page to reflect the big changes in submissions and the datat base. Anyone interested can state their intent when I get around to doing this. --- 72 FAQs for games never covered at www.GameFAQs.com. DIVISION 6: WORD |
| SMaxson | Posted 2/15/2007 11:34:08 AM | message detail |
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Speaking of the Japanese text adventure games, I'm currently working (slowly) on Marusa no Onna, so put me down for that. I'm translating my way through it, one word at a time. The main adversary from the movie hasn't shown up yet, so this could easily take six months for a full walkthrough. I guess it'll be a race to see if I can finish it before my interest wanes, urgh. --- "And then! I dealt the Imp a hard blow!" |
| Da Hui | Posted 2/15/2007 4:49:02 PM | message detail |
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Just wrote up a quick FAQ for Rollerblade Racer. Could've been the worst game I have ever played. =P The last level consisted of me holding left for about 5 seconds, pressing A. Then once I got on the sidewalk, I held up the rest of the way and beat it without falling. What a joke! =P I'm still working on Championship Rally but this one will take a little bit, I'm mapping out each track and that takes time... I might FAQ some other quick driving games in the mean time. --- Don't **** with Da Hui |
| Devin Morgan | Posted 2/15/2007 9:24:16 PM | message detail |
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Site was updated and the game data updates were cleared. Now, whoever it was who submitted all the removal requests (I'm guessing it was odino), would you mind giving me a definitive list of what needs to be removed based on today's update? Thanks! :) --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 FAQ Completion Projects (NES, GB/GBC): http://faqs.retronintendo.com |
| odino | Posted 2/15/2007 9:31:48 PM | message detail |
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I was just going to post :) But it's really just Adam's list a few posts up + Flash, do you want me to repeat it all? From Airborne Ranger to World Trophy Soccer, all gone. Nothing else to report from my side, just old guides I'm working on. |
| odino | Posted 2/15/2007 9:44:25 PM | message detail |
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We just had 700 incomplete games left, though with the unreleases games removed it's of course quite lower. Contra Force needs to be put back up there, too bad. Also I finally managed to get Buzz & Waldog added. There was some confusion in which region this was supposed to be released in... |
| Devin Morgan | Posted 2/15/2007 9:56:25 PM | message detail |
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Done. 665 left. :P --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 FAQ Completion Projects (NES, GB/GBC): http://faqs.retronintendo.com |
| merc for hire | Posted 2/16/2007 12:14:55 AM | message detail |
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I'm back into the faqing mood so I'm going to take Fuzzical Fighter. --- Or are you unforgiven too? |
| Da Hui | Posted 2/16/2007 11:46:42 AM | message detail |
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File successfully uploaded as Michael Andrettis World Grand Prix.txt, 50178 bytes. File checked: Ready for Content Review Finish up Michael Andretti's World Grand Prix. Was another quicky with easy maps as opposed to the annoying Championship Rally. =P --- Don't **** with Da Hui |
| odino | Posted 2/16/2007 9:41:36 PM | message detail |
| This one got toppled off the list as it is a FDS game: Topple Zip |
| Pluvius | Posted 2/17/2007 11:13:03 PM | message detail |
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For those of you who "enjoy" doing FAQs for Sachen games: While the standalone ROM for Chess Academy doesn't work in emulators, the version of the game on Super Cartridge #1 does. It's a very quick game, consisting of an infinite "exercise" mode and a match mode where you have to play three rounds of increasing difficulty. The game itself is a simplified version of four-player mahjong. Rob |
| Da Hui | Posted 2/17/2007 11:48:30 PM | message detail |
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Finished up a quicky FAQ for Taito Grand Prix, I'm cutting these Driving games off the list. ;) --- Don't **** with Da Hui |
| Pluvius | Posted 2/18/2007 2:34:34 AM | message detail |
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Another thing: The FAQ for Super Xevious is far from complete. That game has an ending and everything, but you sometimes have to do pretty obscure things to break out of the level loops. A walkthrough: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Knight/7865/s-xevious-y.html It's easier to follow with pictures, but for some reason the translated version won't display them. Just click on that "View Original Web Page" link to see them. (And be sure to press Ctrl-A on the translated page to see all the text.) Rob |
| odino | Posted 2/18/2007 7:27:53 AM | message detail |
| Break Time: National Pool Tour, done. |
| adaml | Posted 2/18/2007 9:27:49 PM | message detail |
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Pluvius, I had no idea Super Xevious had that much hidden stuff in it. I just thought it was one of those neverending, looping games. I don't want to FAQ it, but I'd love to use someone's FAQ to beat it. Definitely worthy of a guide. Who's claiming this one? --- American NES games left to beat: 13 Last 3 NES games beaten: Tombs and Treasure, Championship Pool, Wario's Woods [Updated 11/30/05] |
| Da Hui | Posted 2/19/2007 12:36:09 AM | message detail |
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Alright, I decided to try to take a different approach to Championship Rally. I was mapping out each track one by one but decided that would take too long so I tried submitting the FAQ as is without the maps. If it gets rejected, then I'll continue mapping it out, if not, consider it done. ;) --- Don't **** with Da Hui |
| Da Hui | Posted 2/19/2007 9:47:46 AM | message detail |
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Mark me down for Motocross Champion. Also: I think I've run into a speed bump in my personal goal of all driving games. The game Paris-Dakar Rally Special! is in Japanese. Normally that doesn't slow me down in racing games but this ones a bit different. It seems like an RPG where you have to walk around in the city. Is anybody decent enough in Japanese to figure out what to do? It would be even nicer if you could FAQ it yourself if you understand the game. ;) --- Don't **** with Da Hui |
| Da Hui | Posted 2/19/2007 3:12:50 PM | message detail |
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Alright, I finished up my Motocross Champion FAQ. I'll see which game I feel like tackling next. --- Don't **** with Da Hui |
| Tweester | Posted 2/19/2007 9:45:15 PM | message detail |
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I see that Big Nose Freaks Out has no FAQs. Is that the game where you play as a caveman? Because I might have that game if that the case. --- "Bob, wheres yo mind at?" - Mark Wilkins from Resident Evil Outbreak Join Mario Party Fans today! *LINK IN QUOTE* |
| LtCmdData | Posted 2/19/2007 10:00:01 PM | message detail |
| It's the game where you play that Caveman on the rolling stone I think... |
| Da Hui | Posted 2/20/2007 10:46:57 AM | message detail |
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I finished another quicky. Jovial Race is done. I now have 4 full FAQs for this project sitting in queue.... hurry up CJayC!! =P --- Don't **** with Da Hui |
| Devin Morgan | Posted 2/20/2007 5:14:26 PM | message detail |
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Two of them are empty circles. >_> --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 FAQ Completion Projects (NES, GB/GBC): http://faqs.retronintendo.com |
| The Admiral | Posted 2/20/2007 8:47:35 PM | message detail |
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Very impressive work banging out a few of those guides! --- - The Admiral |
| chessjerk | Posted 2/20/2007 11:25:29 PM | message detail |
| ****, I lost whatever I had done for NES Play Action Football when my computer crashed a few weeks ago. Guess I'll start it over again. |
