An education in the classics

[beth_leonard]

Jon and I are giving Peter a through education in the classics, and I'm filling in some of the holes in my own knowledge along the way. Recently we downloaded Final Fantasy 1 for the wii and Peter and I have been playing through it together. I never played the FF games as a kid, so now I can see what it was I missed out on all those years. We also have Zelda, Super Mario, Pac Man, and one of Peter's curent favorites (Super) Metroid.

--Beth

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[dushai.livejournal.com]

The original Zelda, the one that I grew up with, is available for the Wii? I must look into this...

[beth_leonard]

Oh yes! And if you spent as much time as I did as a kid bombing every single area and making detailed maps of the entire game, it doesn't take that many hours to beat.

I first played this at my brother's house (well, he was continuing his game) and I'd say "bomb here" and he'd say "really? How do you remember all this stuff?"

Oh the memories.

--Beth

[kirin]

This makes me smile.

And Peter has good taste - Super Metroid is still one of the best games ever in its particular genre.

Also, if he ever gets to the point where he's beaten FF1 and is interested in *really* cracking open its secrets, I know some people... there are a lot of interesting bugs in that game, as well as simply balance issues that aren't immediately apparent on the surface, and hence interesting ways to really crack it open.

[beth_leonard]

I think I want to beat it without a walkthrough first, but yes, sometime I'd be interested in those links.

I need to search the net to see if I can find a copy of the original instructions however. The wii version has an abridged copy of the instructions, and most of what I find on the net tells me too many spoilers. I want to start with what came in the original box but my initial searches came up with either too much or too little information.

--Beth