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Game-a-thon?

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:54 pm
by Arce
How many of you guys would be up for a game-a-thon?

For those of you less-knowledgeable folks, that's referring to the gathering of a group of people starting and beating the same game in one sitting, usually taking between 6-12 hours (depending on game, obviously).

If you're interested, we could easily get some kind of chat client going, such as mIRC, meet at a scheduled time, and pay our respects to one of many classic titles.

Great athoning games (from personal experience):
Zelda, (nes)
Super Mario 64 (n64)
Resident Evil (1,2,3)
Megaman (1-9, NES)
Donkey Kong Country (1,3)
Super Mario World (snes)
Zelda a link to the Past (gbc)
Megaman Legends

Obviously there's a shitload more, but we'd likely want a game that's easily beatable in 1 sitting (meaning, requires under 10 hours of play). Post any suggestions.

Again, anybody interested?

Re: Game-a-thon?

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:00 am
by dandymcgee
Well I'd definitely enjoy something like that, but considering I don't any any of those games the only way I could participate would be some sort of emulator. If anything I could hover in the chat channel and spectate. :)

Re: Game-a-thon?

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:07 pm
by Slacker
Yeah, that sounds like fun, I'm down. Though I had to pick the HammSammich cause it sounds tasty!

Re: Game-a-thon?

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:47 pm
by dandymcgee
Yea dude. Why on Earth are "Yes" and "HammSammich" two separate options?!

Re: Game-a-thon?

Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:00 pm
by Arce
There's nothing wrong with emulators, and nothing to imply we're limited to the above games.

Re: Game-a-thon?

Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:35 pm
by dandymcgee
Arce wrote:There's nothing wrong with emulators, and nothing to imply we're limited to the above games.
Agreed. I'll stay updated.

Re: Game-a-thon?

Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:17 pm
by cronjob00
yeah I would be down as long as I don't have work or school.

Re: Game-a-thon?

Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:02 pm
by Trask
I prefer a weekend date myself, but hell yeah.

Just putting this out here... Ocarina of Time... cause I keep getting to the ice cavern and I get distracted and never beat the damn game, no matter what I try.

Re: Game-a-thon?

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:45 am
by MarauderIIC
Obviously you haven't tried continuing your game from the ice cavern ? :)

Re: Game-a-thon?

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:15 am
by Trask
MarauderIIC wrote:Obviously you haven't tried continuing your game from the ice cavern ? :)
Actually:

First, I was borrowing the game from a friend who wanted it back when I got there.

Then I bought the game, go there, stopped playing and then lost the game.

THEN I played it via emulator during my senior year in high school and I lost the game file when I went to college.

Then, I got it on the gamecube in that 4 zelda game disc and my memory card died.

And finally, the last time I went through it, I got to the Ice Cavern via emulator and deleted the damn files after I ran out of space on my laptop when I was in Texas, far away from home.

D:

Re: Game-a-thon?

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:05 pm
by dandymcgee
:lol: You need a flash drive DEDICATED to saving your Ocarina of Time game file... or three.

Re: Game-a-thon?

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:59 pm
by Arce
Hey, the poll results are showing 3 "yes"'s, none of which are me.

That's satisfactory...Granted that those people are actually hardcore enough to

A) Beat given game
B) Atleast stay through the 8 or so hours.

Fat change, but hey, it's worth a try. XDD

This weekend I won't be available. I'll post in ~2 weeks when timing's better for me. XD

In the meantime, feel free to start recommending games/genres.

Re: Game-a-thon?

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:19 pm
by asams
8-) sonic 2 8-)
3d blast
:worship: final fantasy VII (7) :worship:

Re: Game-a-thon?

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:09 pm
by dandymcgee
^ I like him.