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NES Works Gaiden #71: Bug Hunt / David's Midnight Magic / Lode Runner
🕑 Added 2024-11-20 12:00:11 +0000 UTCThe XEGS saga continues! Slowly! I won't be dwelling on this system for too many consecutive episodes in a row... I'm really trying to avoid unnecessary psychic damage these days. But here's a li'l toe-dip in the pond: Another piece on the XEGS library and its history.
Comments
Alex Forsyth
I loved Midnight Magic on my Atari 800XL. Triggering multiball was insanely hard. I remember trying to trigger that and get the 6X multiplier and I only ever managed to get both at the same time once.
PT
"Doctor, I am developing carpal tunnel due to having to use bad video game controllers as part of my livelihood." "You could just stop doing that." "...but part of my livelihood!"
Jeremy Parish
No worries, next week I have to start dealing with the Intellivision controller, so the pain will continue unabated
Al
Please đ keep delivering the psychic damage! These side stories are the best :)
PT
I'm sure all of these games exist and everything, but everything about the XEGS just makes me think it was a weird practical joke that cost millions upon millions of dollars to foist onto an audience that didn't care and/or laugh. (Mommy, I want Lode Runner. We have so, so, so much Lode Runner at home.) Granted, this wasn't the first nor the last example of a company just doing something deeply stupid that was destined for failure.
