Blind Gamer Beats Zelda

[Stanley Burrell]

This is more important than other stuff:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/03/03/dnt.blind.gamer.beats.zelda.wis?hpt=C2

[Zanagodly]

uh N64? Someone get the kid a new system.

[AnticorRifling]

Because graphics are important to a BLIND gamer.

[Allereli]

that was a hard game, but I'm failing to see the joy in following a move-by-move readout from a computer voice telling the solution to all the puzzles.

[Jayvn]

i'm gonna send this kid a porno mag to celebrate his victory

[Jayvn]

when that kid beats the original tmnt on the NES i'll be impressed...

[AnticorRifling]

when that kid beats the original tmnt on the NES i'll be impressed...

That game, and Battle Toads can eat my ass.

[Stanley Burrell]

1943 for the NES is up next on the list for games that blind people will beat.

[Kithus]

when that kid beats the original tmnt on the NES i'll be impressed...

When anyone beats tmnt on the NES I'm impressed.

[Stanley Burrell]

When anyone beats tmnt on the NES I'm impressed.

After the dam, the levels in the new area don't even make sense. Mother-F that shit.

Speaking of Astyanax, could anyone beat Thunderbirds on the NES either? (Besides blind folk.)

[Hips]

1943 for the NES is up next on the list for games that blind people will beat.


*1942.

My dad used to play that game ALLLLL the time.

[Stanley Burrell]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/nes-games/4-1.jpg > http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/3509/693656-1942_nes_na_large.jpg

P.S. Tell your dad to stop hating me :(

[Kithus]

I'm loving the 1942 box.

"State of the Art"

"High Resolution Graphics"

[Stanley Burrell]

Indeed. When we launch all those blind people into space, NASA can't just equip their rocketship with Atari-graphics games when the visually-impaired conquer Mars. Sheesh.

[Xanator]

When anyone beats tmnt on the NES I'm impressed.

As a wee lad, I got my first NES (and SNES shortly thereafter) around the time the NES launched, and TMNT was the first game given to me. It's tough, but I never really found that game to be ridiculously hard. What's the deal?

I also always thought Majora's Mask was waaaaay harder than Ocarina of Time. I never really devoted any serious play time to Majora's Mask, so I could be wrong, but I always had to keep restarting the first day. Glad it was back in the time of actually renting video games. Got my N64 back and want to give it another spin now, though. I'll put on a blindfold and flail at a big bowl of Cheetos and post it on Youtube.

[Stanley Burrell]

As a wee lad, I got my first NES (and SNES shortly thereafter) around the time the NES launched, and TMNT was the first game given to me. It's tough, but I never really found that game to be ridiculously hard. What's the deal?

I also always thought Majora's Mask was waaaaay harder than Ocarina of Time. I never really devoted any serious play time to Majora's Mask, so I could be wrong, but I always had to keep restarting the first day. Glad it was back in the time of actually renting video games. Got my N64 back and want to give it another spin now, though. I'll put on a blindfold and flail at a big bowl of Cheetos and post it on Youtube.

You should get like 11 TV screens and have the ending scene of all the LoZ games displayed while wearing a blindfold. Make sure it's in response to this "Breaking News" CNN article if it's already gone YouTube viral.

[Hips]

OMG. There's ANOTHER one?! We still have our NES, maybe I should get it for him. He used to kick us off the NES so he could play 1942 and the Jaws game.

http://www.downtowntoysandgames.com/images/P/UDTG00020.jpg

[Stanley Burrell]

Jaws was as win as if Dragon Warrior IV had been released in the U.S. in a way that made chronological sense.

[Xanator]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b211/twistinside08/eatthegame.jpg

[Kithus]

Jaws was as win as if Dragon Warrior IV had been released in the U.S. in a way that made chronological sense.

Dragon Warrior IV was released in the US but it was extremely rare. I've seen one copy and the vender that had it rubbed it in my face and wouldn't sell it.

[Stanley Burrell]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b211/twistinside08/eatthegame.jpg

Little known fact: Every time blind people eat video game characters, blood gushes out in MS-Paint's spraypaint function.

[Xanator]

NOM NOM NOM

[WRoss]

I remember getting NES. My first, and only, games were Captain Skyhawk, TMNT, Zelda, and Tetris. I beat them all. I really don't remember TMNT being all that hard, but then again, I was only about 6 or 7 years old, I hadn't drank and drugged my mind away.

On a side note, I know of a blind guy that plays gemstone. He's slowly approaching cap. We should get CNN to do a report on him.

[Xanator]

I'm loving the 1942 box.

"State of the Art"

"High Resolution Graphics"

That was a standard Capcom box for a little while there. See Ghosts 'n Goblins, Mega Man, Commando... I'm sure there are more.

Some NES games that I thought were hard. Deadly Towers was pretty crazy. I seem to remember Home Alone kicking my ass. And I thought Mario 2 was too hard as a youngster, but it's since become my favorite. And there are a lot of games I picked up for a dollar in the used bin at EB Games in later years that are just too stupid or poorly designed to slog through.

[audioserf]

Dragon Warrior IV was released in the US but it was extremely rare. I've seen one copy and the vender that had it rubbed it in my face and wouldn't sell it.

DWIV was rare? It was the only DW game I owned in fact. I wish I'd kept it. Fuck.

[Stanley Burrell]

DWIV was rare? It was the only DW game I owned in fact. I wish I'd kept it. Fuck.

It's O.K., on an emulator version, you can keep save-sux0ring until you win the final blackjack round on Taloon's (or Mara and Nara, I forget) adventure.

[Kithus]

It's O.K., on an emulator version, you can keep save-sux0ring until you win the final blackjack round on Taloon's (or Mara and Nara, I forget) adventure.

I collect vintage RPGs so I abstain from emulators entirely.

[Some Rogue]

Asteroids + Space Invaders = NASA training for blind people?

[Stanley Burrell]

Asteroids + Space Invaders = NASA training for blind people?

::emphatic nod::

Also, Solar Jetman for the spacewalks.

[Lumi]

DWIV was rare? It was the only DW game I owned in fact. I wish I'd kept it. Fuck.

For reasons unknown...it's like a law, half the good RPGs out of Japan have to be unreasonably hard to get over here.


It's O.K., on an emulator version, you can keep save-sux0ring until you win the final blackjack round on Taloon's (or Mara and Nara, I forget) adventure.

It's all about the monster arena! And yah, it was Taloon. But they charged you up the ass for casino coins in that chapter cuz Taloon was basically a walking coin mint :(


I collect vintage RPGs so I abstain from emulators entirely.

1) Collect physical copy of vintage game (I do this too!).
2) Download emulator and ROM of game you now legally own.
3) Abuse the fuck out of emulator features such as FAST FORWARD <3
4) Profit*

*Profit is made in the form of time saved by playing on an emulator vs. a console. Seriously, I love me some console play as much as the next guy, but games of the 8- and 16-bit era were SO SLOW.

[Drew]

After the dam

Wait, you could beat the dam????!??!??!??


That electric seaweed still haunts my dreams. BZZZZZT. tick tick tick tick BZZZZZT. tick tick tick tick BZZZZZT.

[Traelin]

I used to work at a video game store and sold a sealed copy of Dragon Warrior IV that someone traded in for over $150 on eBay.

[TheEschaton]

Yeah, I never made it past the dam on TMNT myself.

[Xanator]

Yeah, I never made it past the dam on TMNT myself.

Dam is easy street. It gets harder and harder up to the very end, and the boss battle is maybe the easiest ever. You'll feel dumb for ever struggling with the game if you end up beating it.

[LadyLaphrael]

I really don't remember TMNT being all that hard....

Use the rope to leap from building to building.

Yeah...fuck that rope.

[AMUSED1]

Dragon Warrior IV was released in the US but it was extremely rare. I've seen one copy and the vender that had it rubbed it in my face and wouldn't sell it.

I still have my copy of Dragon Warrior IV. The funniest thing was that I never could find it in a retail shop. They were always either sold out or couldn't get it. But I picked up my copy, unopened box, from a FLEA MARKET.

[Amaron]

I had all the dragon warriors but sold them with the system on ebay one year. The system and like 6 games brought me over $200.

J

[Fallen]

I beat alot of games on Nintendo...using game genie. None of the rest of you bastards cheated?

[Latrinsorm]

There was a code that enabled "sky-walking" in SMB3 whose behavior I have never seen duplicated. It allowed Mario to jump while already in the air, and it received 10 marks out of 10 for radness.

[Xanator]

I beat alot of games on Nintendo...using game genie. None of the rest of you bastards cheated?

Never had a Game Genie. I remember getting some Mario 3 tricks out of Nintendo Power once (how I learned the white block trick, and about the whistle in World 1). And picking up an NES controller infuses you with the knowledge of the Konami code. I didn't really know a whole lot about cheats otherwise until probably the PS1 days, when it was all plastered on the interwebs.

[Fallen]

I beat all those old hard games on NES, as I had infinite guys or invincibility. TMNT, Bionic Commando, Blaster Master, etc. Probably why I suck at video games now, though.

[Xanator]

I beat all those old hard games on NES, as I had infinite guys or invincibility. TMNT, Bionic Commando, Blaster Master, etc. Probably why I suck at video games now, though.

Eh, I used to destroy the old games, and I'm still pretty good at them. Haven't done any serious gaming since Halo 1, and I'm god-awful at pretty much everything that's come out since. I don't think there's much of a connection between the two.

I will say that most of the hard old games required a combination of real skill and dumb luck to beat, and generally punished you for failure by sending you all the way back to the beginning. Most of the single-player story-driven games I've played lately take persistence at the very least, and death/failure is just a momentary setback. I don't think they've gotten easier at all, but they've gotten a lot more forgiving.

[LMingrone]

Some guy I used to know had deformed hands from birth. He played with his feet and was actually pretty good at most games. The only games that were hard were ones that required a thumbstick and D-pad. But he was still alright, even then. His hand nubs held the controller up, and could press the triggers. His feet controlled the rest.

[LMingrone]

Never had a Game Genie. I remember getting some Mario 3 tricks out of Nintendo Power once (how I learned the white block trick, and about the whistle in World 1).

I thought everyone learned those cheats from seeing The Wizard in the theaters. POWER GLOVE.

[Revalos]

Since this is a thread dealing with someone who is blind, I am required by the agreement with the Appellate Court of the District of New York to discuss how great it is that people with visual disabilities can experience the exact same things that those of us who have perfect vision can and not call into question any particular element or part of the discussion that reveals any discrepency in this logic.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Since this is a thread dealing with someone who is blind, I am required by the agreement with the Appellate Court of the District of New York to discuss how great it is that people with visual disabilities can experience the exact same things that those of us who have perfect vision can and not call into question any particular element or part of the discussion that reveals any discrepency in this logic.

It's cute how you call them people.

[LMingrone]

I partly agree with you. But there are obviously certain things blind people will never experience. I've been around a ton of blind kids, who are still learning to deal with their situations. I can tell you, the problem why a lot of them don't succeed is because of the parents. 95% of the parents I've seen kept their kid in the house, out of fear of them getting hurt. Eventually they become socially/mentally inept. Basically they're never taught to survive on their own, always under an umbrella.

Luckily my parents let my sister go outside and get some bumps and bruises, go to a friends house, stuff like that. She turned out fine. Another problem is the liability of someone hiring a blind person. my sis can't find anyone to hire her. She trained for court-typer-person and was %100 better than every other person applying. No one wants to take the risk.

/rant

[Latrinsorm]

That seems really strange. Are there that many stenography-related accidents? I say sue 'em, sue 'em all.