Forum Overview :: BIT.TRIP RUNNER
 
I'm sorry, this deserved a serious answer. by Jerry Whorebach 07/08/2013, 7:22pm PDT
Even if it did qualify, Bubble Bobble would never make my top ten list of anything except Yummiest Bonus Items. This is because the incredibly byzantine scoring system makes high-level Bubble Bobble play indistinguishable from high-level obsessive-compulsive disorder. Crucial fruits and iced creams appearing or not based on the time remaining on the clock when you finished the last round, or the digits in your score when you pop your bubbles? Fuck off, guy who invented Bubble Bobble. Fuck off, Fukio Mitsuji!

Oh shit, I just found out the guy who invented Bubble Bobble is dead. Well now don't I feel like an asshole.

Also making me feel like an asshole: the fact that I screwed up the Sonic 2 entry by referring to Emerald Hill Zone as "Green Hill Zone". And then screwed it up again by forgetting to explain why Sonic 2 is my favourite of the Genesis Sonic games. It's because I was one of those impressionable '90s kids who bought into the marketing hype that Sonic was all about GOING FAST and NOT GIVING A SHIT, and Sonic 2 has the most stages that cater to my preferred playstyle of holding right while smiling. In fact, with its emphasis on visually impressive, virtually non-interactive set pieces like loop-the-loops and speed pipes, you can almost tell Sonic 2 was Made in America. And the inclusion of Tails - a second controllable character who could neither die nor himself cause the screen to scroll, thereby never putting you in danger - was a sweetly genius innovation that anyone with a much younger sibling should be able to appreciate. Just thinking about that made my coal black heart grow three sizes too large ♥
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bit trip uninstall NT by irony 12/10/2012, 11:19pm PST NEW
    Tell me about it! by Mischief Maker 05/28/2013, 7:59am PDT NEW
        Something about the music and pixely graphics. by Worm 05/28/2013, 8:30am PDT NEW
        Shitty indie art fag version of Robot Unicorn Attack NT by fabio 05/28/2013, 12:26pm PDT NEW
            So I know where you guys are coming from, can you each post your top ten NT by side-scrolling platformers? 05/28/2013, 1:09pm PDT NEW
                Isn't platformer stretching it a little? by Worm 05/28/2013, 2:17pm PDT NEW
                Sure by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/28/2013, 3:45pm PDT NEW
                    What is v v v v v? NT by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 05/29/2013, 8:35am PDT NEW
                        Are you on Steam? I will buy it for you. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/29/2013, 8:58am PDT NEW
                            I joined group Caltrops on Steam as "Paul R for Really Not Very Good" NT by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 05/29/2013, 3:31pm PDT NEW
                    That Spider-Man game doesn't scroll. My memory was wrong. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/10/2013, 10:26pm PDT NEW
                Pussy! by Mischief Maker 05/29/2013, 7:22am PDT NEW
                    I didn't play Runner. I just like platformers and top ten lists and you guys. :( by ICJ's was really cool and eclectic. 05/29/2013, 7:44am PDT NEW
                        My mistake! Thought you were pinback! by Mischief Maker 05/29/2013, 8:10am PDT NEW
                            Whoooa! I want to do mine with screenshots now! by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/29/2013, 8:57am PDT NEW
                My top ten side-scrolling platformers, in chronological order. by Jerry Whorebach 05/30/2013, 6:11am PDT NEW
                    Re: My top ten side-scrolling platformers, in chronological order. by Fullofkittens 05/30/2013, 7:10am PDT NEW
                    I have no idea why you aren't some rockstar games journalist. by Gutsby 05/30/2013, 10:09am PDT NEW
                    Hey fuck *you* pal >:( by KOJI IGAVANIA 06/03/2013, 6:02pm PDT NEW
                    Re: My top ten side-scrolling platformers, in chronological order. by blackwater 06/10/2013, 10:10pm PDT NEW
                        I want to play the port of Bubble Bobble you did. by Jerry Whorebach 06/10/2013, 11:06pm PDT NEW
                        I'm sorry, this deserved a serious answer. by Jerry Whorebach 07/08/2013, 7:22pm PDT NEW
            Don't insult Robot Unicorn Attack! NT by Mischief Maker 05/29/2013, 7:09am PDT NEW
 
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