What game do you flat dominate?

[bob]

For me, I will crush Tony himself in the THPS games (any of them).

Turbo or any other, what game are you simply just great at?

[hoobs88]

I currently hold the high score in Parasol Stars.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

It's not much to brag about, but I can beat down Hatris at will.

[bob]

It's not much to brag about, but I can beat down Hatris at will.

Exactly what i wanted to glean from this thread.  Im sure all of us have an odd gaming talent.

[PCEngineHell]

Splatterhouse on hard mode, Sf 2 Champion Edition, Primal Rage with Blizzard, and a few other games I cant think of right off hand.

[Arkhan Asylum]

SF2 with Dhalsim and Zangief, Bayou Billy on NES, Astrosmash on Atari 2600, Ecco the Dolphin on Sega Genesis, Legacy of the Wizard on NES, Berzerk, Defender, Joust, Burgertime

oh, and Strawberry Shortcake Musical Matchup.



I'm most proud of Bayou Billy, because most people fuck around on that game like a bunch of hillbillies.

[bob]

I had a hard time with legacy of the wizard, so kudos to you if you are good at it. I need to give that one another try.  Its been a while

[Arkhan Asylum]

Half the challenge of the game is answered in the manual that noone ever reads, lol

[jlued686]

Due to hours upon hours of play, I consider myself pretty decent at Bomberman. While all my friends were playing their NESes and whatnot, I sat home playing through single-player mode on Bomberman over and over. Turns out, all that practice paid off as any time I play against somebody these days, I tend to be pretty successful.

Of course, if I ever played against some of the fanatics on this board, I'd probably get creamed.

[PunkCryborg]

I consider myself to be a dr mario pro. im also pretty good at tetris but nowhere near those guys who play grandmaster.

[SignOfZeta]

I used to rule Gate of Thunder big time. I think I actually finished it once with my original hyper cocoon still green. These days I'm lucky to OCC it. My skills have atrophied...considerably.

With Street Fighter Zero 2 (original CPS2 ver) I could shut the fuck down basically everyone I knew with Nash, and I know some decent players. This is the only fighting game I'm really that good at though, and I'm not really that good at all on the global scale. I love fighting games but I suck at them.

[Ji-L87]

I thought I was pretty good at Ridge Racer, until I reached the hard track in RR Revolution, which I can't beat. : <

[Arkhan Asylum]

I was really good at Jet Grind Radio, and then I tried it again the other day and severely blow at it.

[MrFlutterPie]

I'm all about Operation C on the Game Boy.  I can beat that thing with my eyes closed.

[JoshTurboTrollX]

I used to think I was the bee's knees at Batman (NES), Lords of Thunder (TGCD) and Street Fighter II CE or Turbo on SNES.... I'm alright at some fighters like KOF '98 ('99 Dream Match) and CvS 2 for Dreamcast.

Damn, I'm probably out of practice on many of these... I'll have to spend some time playing more games and get back to you on this. 

[CrackTiger]

When I had the time,  I used to play each new game I got to death, mastering them and searching every inch for secrets or exploits. All the more so with games I loved. That's how I figured out ways to skip most of Dragon's Curse and Shapeshifter.

I got finishing the original Zelda down to around twenty minutes. Would get to the end of FFIII SNES in a day and a half, did timed runs of Phantasy Star and also maxed out the characters in most RPGs when it wasn't necessary. I submitted a winning high score to EGM for Bloody Wolf, but they never published it.

In grade six, every day day after school I hiked down to Zellers and played through Black Tiger on a single quarter. I took the long way through each stage, racking up all the points I could. Once I got to the final check point without dying, I'd walk around killing enemies until the timer ran out. On my last life, once the time was almost out, I'd finish the game and enter the hi score.

[Sleepy Gnome]

sensible world of soccor

[turboswimbz]

Top Gear on the SNES

[munchiaz]

i play fighting games competitively, so i would say im pretty good at finding what works best in fighters. I think im pretty good in SF 2 super turbo and sf4

[bob]

I used to think I was the bee's knees at Batman (NES), Lords of Thunder (TGCD) and Street Fighter II CE or Turbo on SNES.... I'm alright at some fighters like KOF '98 ('99 Dream Match) and CvS 2 for Dreamcast.

Damn, I'm probably out of practice on many of these... I'll have to spend some time playing more games and get back to you on this. 

Good call on batman (NES). Last time i played it in december, i got to joker on first life.  Took me two to beat it

[jlued686]

Good call on batman (NES). Last time i played it in december, i got to joker on first life.  Took me two to beat it

Holy shit! That's impressive!

[bob]

Good call on batman (NES). Last time i played it in december, i got to joker on first life.  Took me two to beat it

Holy shit! That's impressive!

Countless hours when it was released.

I can also put a hurtin' on mega man 2

[Sparky]

i have always been fantastic at driving games... Outrun on the sms was one the first driving games i loved and played it & finished it over and over on any coarse.

[jperryss]

I can 1CC the first three NES Megaman games and NES Castlevania. Not consistently, but I've done each twice so it counts.

I got finishing the original Zelda down to around twenty minutes. Would get to the end of FFIII SNES in a day and a half, did timed runs of Phantasy Star and also maxed out the characters in most RPGs when it wasn't necessary. I submitted a winning high score to EGM for Bloody Wolf, but they never published it.

Considering that the current record for a tool-assisted run is over 22 minutes, I doubt it. Even cracking under an hour on an actual console would be quite a feat.

http://tasvideos.org/1685M.html

[Joe Redifer]

Lesse (off the top of my head):

Space Harrier on the Master System
Space Harrier in the arcade
Super Monkey Ball on the Gamecube
Castle of Illusion on the 16-bit Sega Genesis system
Thunder Force III on the 16-bit Sega Genesis system

Lost my touch over the years:
Kenseiden on the Sega Master System
Shadow Dancer on the 16-bit Genesis system
F-Zero on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Probably many more.

[DragonmasterDan]

Tetris Attack

[CrackTiger]

I can 1CC the first three NES Megaman games and NES Castlevania. Not consistently, but I've done each twice so it counts.

I got finishing the original Zelda down to around twenty minutes. Would get to the end of FFIII SNES in a day and a half, did timed runs of Phantasy Star and also maxed out the characters in most RPGs when it wasn't necessary. I submitted a winning high score to EGM for Bloody Wolf, but they never published it.

Considering that the current record for a tool-assisted run is over 22 minutes, I doubt it. Even cracking under an hour on an actual console would be quite a feat.

http://tasvideos.org/1685M.html

I know that back when I still remembered the exact time (24 minutes?), I found that the current "world" record online was slower. Some day when/if I have the time, I'll see if I can memorize the entire game again and figure out the fastest path through.

[hoobs88]

Tetris Attack

I was wondering if anyone was going to mention this game. Me and my friend have epic battles and wanted to find other people to play against but I have only seen one tournament for it at PAX East and I didn't go.

[SignOfZeta]

Back in the day my girlfriend and I played Tetris Attack a great deal, and no that's not a euphemism.

The year before last when I went to the game show in Cleveland I was thrilled to see they were running a Tetris Attack tournament! However they way they did it was...stupid. They had you play Endless mode with some specific settings and going until you died and comparing scores. The only way I could imagine for this making sense to anyone in any way when there is a PERFECTLY FUNCTIONAL VERSUS MODE in the game was that some weird dude in the area wanted to see how everyone else was at playing this great game in a fucked up way.

When I went to play I got crushed by not just one guy who had mastered this bizarre mode of play, but by all his friends too, all of whom evidently think that a great way to have a tournament is to have a mob of people stand around watching someone play a 1 player game.

The actual game of Tetris Attack is very very good. Its super strategic and also reflexive. The music is terrific and the graphics are great. It was a perfect send off for the SNES (I think its US only) before Nintendo descended into a pit of blurry foggy polygonal mediocrity that they still haven't quite recovered from. IMO the only versus puzzle game that is better (or maybe equally as good and not actually better) is Puyo Puyo Tsu.

I have Panel de Pon on the GC Nintendo Puzzle Collection, and its the same game-playwise, but the graphics and sounds on the SNES...I have to have them. I also have Pokemon Puzzle League for GB and, same thing, without the beautiful graphics its just not the same.

As with Street Fighter, Starcraft, etc I've pretty much only played it in VS mode.

[BlueBMW]

The last few years at VGS i've done pretty good at Battle Lode Runner....

As far as other games that I'm really good at...

Atomino for DOS <--- i've played so much of this game its silly

Generally speaking though, I am not great at any game, just usually good enough to have a good time.

[Tatsujin]

I think today this thread should be called, by what game are you flat dominated? -> almost every..lol.

But I was really good at Monster mauler (kyukyoku sentai dadandarn ), sourcer striker (mahou daisakusen) & midnight wanderers (Roosters) as well some classic SFII back in the arcade and later at homey. all have uncountable 1lc.

[TR0N]

Metal Slug far as 1cc it 

[whisper2053]

Around where I am at now, it seems that everyone is saying I am the SVC Chaos guy. Hopefully that holds up when we hold the planned barracks fighter tourney that is upcoming

[DragonmasterDan]

Back in the day my girlfriend and I played Tetris Attack a great deal, and no that's not a euphemism.

The year before last when I went to the game show in Cleveland I was thrilled to see they were running a Tetris Attack tournament! However they way they did it was...stupid. They had you play Endless mode with some specific settings and going until you died and comparing scores. The only way I could imagine for this making sense to anyone in any way when there is a PERFECTLY FUNCTIONAL VERSUS MODE in the game was that some weird dude in the area wanted to see how everyone else was at playing this great game in a fucked up way.

When I went to play I got crushed by not just one guy who had mastered this bizarre mode of play, but by all his friends too, all of whom evidently think that a great way to have a tournament is to have a mob of people stand around watching someone play a 1 player game.

The actual game of Tetris Attack is very very good. Its super strategic and also reflexive. The music is terrific and the graphics are great. It was a perfect send off for the SNES (I think its US only) before Nintendo descended into a pit of blurry foggy polygonal mediocrity that they still haven't quite recovered from. IMO the only versus puzzle game that is better (or maybe equally as good and not actually better) is Puyo Puyo Tsu.

I have Panel de Pon on the GC Nintendo Puzzle Collection, and its the same game-playwise, but the graphics and sounds on the SNES...I have to have them. I also have Pokemon Puzzle League for GB and, same thing, without the beautiful graphics its just not the same.

As with Street Fighter, Starcraft, etc I've pretty much only played it in VS mode.

I've got quite a few variations. GameBoy Tetris Attack. Pokemon Puzzle League on GameBoy and N64, the aforementioned import only Puzzle Collection. What the game will accept as a combo, timing and a few other things vary from version to version. My favorite is still SNES Tetris Attack.

Why they would have a tournament of a two player game using high scores from a one player mode is just ridiculous to me.

[hoobs88]

Back in the day my girlfriend and I played Tetris Attack a great deal, and no that's not a euphemism.

The year before last when I went to the game show in Cleveland I was thrilled to see they were running a Tetris Attack tournament! However they way they did it was...stupid. They had you play Endless mode with some specific settings and going until you died and comparing scores. The only way I could imagine for this making sense to anyone in any way when there is a PERFECTLY FUNCTIONAL VERSUS MODE in the game was that some weird dude in the area wanted to see how everyone else was at playing this great game in a fucked up way.

When I went to play I got crushed by not just one guy who had mastered this bizarre mode of play, but by all his friends too, all of whom evidently think that a great way to have a tournament is to have a mob of people stand around watching someone play a 1 player game.

The actual game of Tetris Attack is very very good. Its super strategic and also reflexive. The music is terrific and the graphics are great. It was a perfect send off for the SNES (I think its US only) before Nintendo descended into a pit of blurry foggy polygonal mediocrity that they still haven't quite recovered from. IMO the only versus puzzle game that is better (or maybe equally as good and not actually better) is Puyo Puyo Tsu.

I have Panel de Pon on the GC Nintendo Puzzle Collection, and its the same game-playwise, but the graphics and sounds on the SNES...I have to have them. I also have Pokemon Puzzle League for GB and, same thing, without the beautiful graphics its just not the same.

As with Street Fighter, Starcraft, etc I've pretty much only played it in VS mode.

I've got quite a few variations. GameBoy Tetris Attack. Pokemon Puzzle League on GameBoy and N64, the aforementioned import only Puzzle Collection. What the game will accept as a combo, timing and a few other things vary from version to version. My favorite is still SNES Tetris Attack.

Why they would have a tournament of a two player game using high scores from a one player mode is just ridiculous to me.

Definitely my favorite puzzle game. There have been a few clone games but they lack in the music or character department.
That is ridiculous about the tournament...the competitive factor in the game lies in versus mode.

[Ji-L87]

Come to think of it, I'm pretty decent at UT2004 and most Ace Combat games

[SmaMan]

I was going to say SF II' CE, but it seems like a whole lot of other people are, too. So... anybody wanna settle this? 

I guess I could also say I'm pretty dang good at Tetris. I'm the local champion here in Abilene, TX. That tournament, too was held in the single player format, but it actually made a bit more sense. It was held over the course of a month. You'd pay the entry few whenever you wanted to make another attempt. And the person with the highest score at the end of the month won.

'Course I haven't played in a while, so one of you could probably beat me out of pure rusty-ness.

[BlueBMW]

Come to think of it, I'm pretty decent at UT2004 and most Ace Combat games

I completely forgot about Ace Combat.... even on expert its just not hard enough for me.  It becomes a challenge of "can I destroy every last target on a map?"

[futureman2000]

I used to be really good at Counter-Strike- sometimes, anyway.

[bob]

So great that nobody has chimed in with COD.

[bartre]

I almost 1cc'd metal slug 3 the other day, got to the section with the doors where you have to shoot the 3 dots before i messed up; had to continue like 3 times after that.

i'm pretty boss at streets of rage 2 and 3 as well, i can 1cc those with decent consistency

as for multiplayer stuff, my cousins and I go nuts for some War of the Monsters and Spawn: In the Demon's Hand.  Spend hours rocking that noise.

...oh, and I'm pretty boss at elmo's number journey.

[futureman2000]

i'm pretty boss at streets of rage 2 and 3 as well, i can 1cc those with decent consistency

Is it just me, or is Streets of Rage 2 a whole lot easier than 3?

[DragonmasterDan]

Is it just me, or is Streets of Rage 2 a whole lot easier than 3?

It's also a whole lot better overall.

[bartre]

Is it just me, or is Streets of Rage 2 a whole lot easier than 3?

It's also a whole lot better overall.

up for debate; but i will say that 2 is definitely easier, i can pretty much chain max's grabs through the whole game.

[SmaMan]

Oh man! I totally forgot about SOR2! I wouldn't say that's one I flat out dominate, but I just love playing it. Probably my favorite on the Sega Genesis. So much so that aside from the original cartridge, I own it on WiiVC, XBLA, and iOS, just so I can play it wherever, whenever. 

[EvilEvoIX]

Samurai Shodown II with Gen-man.  Got ten years practice and can't be beat.  Even the mega cheap final boss has issues with me and my superior cheapness.

[Sparky]

Generally speaking though, I am not great at any game, just usually good enough to have a good time.

Hahaha... Well said as your talking about me as well

[Arkhan Asylum]

I just realized last night that I dominate at Seaquest.

fuck yeah, seaquest.

[CGQuarterly]

I had been playing a lot of Baseball Stars 2 on the Neo Geo lately.  Once I figured out how to fuck over the computer-controlled team, I dominate the shit out of it.

Also was pretty good at Super Puzzle Fighter.  It's the only game that I've ever 1cc'ed in an arcade.

Chris

[SignOfZeta]

That reminds me. Neo Geo Cup 98 Plus Color for NGP. Like most (all?) SNK sports games its really fun...but then I found the exact spot to stand where I can score every time. Scores like 34-1 become common at that time and the game wasn't as fun.