The Blackangel

The GBASP really went above and beyond for such a small handheld. Their design, screen, and CPU capabilities really raised the bar. And the fact that it was able to play the older Game Boy games was the best. It's kinda a backwards compatible ability, if you will.

Ok, here we go, this is my first ever review so bear with me. I'm reviewing The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past on SNES. The game has a lot of interesting traits for a 16 bit game, and some serious differences from other entries in the series. Prologue To start with it is the first one where Zelda calls out telepathically for a hero. Your uncle, (whom you apparently live with despite there only being one bed in your house) is heading out, sword and shield in hand expecting to save her telling you to wait at home and that he will be back in the morning. You instead head out, having all paths blocked by castle soldiers except your path to the castle. Along the eastern side of the castle, all the way to the north there is a bush you can pull up to reveal a way in. You find your uncle there, defeated. He gives you his sword and shield, and thus begins the story. As you enter the castle, you need to start making your way down through the lower levels. You will encounter a lot of guards down there, but they are not particularly hard to defeat. The blue boomerang is down there, which is a very helpful item at least at this point in the game, and one of my personal favorites in the game as a whole. There are floors on the way down that are a single room that will make you think the scripters were drunk when writing the game. They have absolutely no logical purpose, but I digress. At the bottom floor, you will see Zelda locked in a cell being guarded by a gray ball and chain trooper. Stunning him with the boomerang is pointless as he instantly starts waking up. So wait for him to swing his chain then go in for a strike and back out before he starts swinging again. If I remember correctly it takes eight hits to kill him. He drops the big key which unlocks the cell so you can get Zelda out. On the way here you will have encountered 3 chests. One in your house, one in the room right after you got your sword from your uncle, and one in Zelda's cell. The first one you open will have the lamp, the others a blue rupee. If you didn't get the lamp you will not be able to go any further from here. The two of you must then make it to the throne room on the main floor, to escape the castle to get to what Zelda calls "sanctuary", but is simply a church. It takes the two of you pushing the shelf behind the throne from the left to open the secret passage. You enter a darkened room with only your lamp to guide you. There are a lot of rats and keese on your way so you'll have to deal with that. The good thing is that for some reason that even I can't figure out, rats tend to have a lot of money on them. Once you make it through the lower rooms and sewers, you will come through a sliding display in the sanctuary. The priest is there. After a bit of discussion you can open the chest there and get a heart container. You can then continue on with your quest. Part One The game is very straight forward in its objectives, like pretty much any other Zelda game, not counting some of the spinoffs and ROM-Hacks. Your objective as always is to save Zelda and defeat Ganon. If you have never played the game before, the map is your best friend. It always has something marked on it, telling you where you need to go. So there's that. Another good thing, is that once you know your path, you don't have to follow the map if you don't want to. There are a few things you can do prior to attacking your first dungeon. I would recommend collecting some heart pieces to give yourself a little more life. These are easy to find. There is one in the cave on the east side of Kakariko village. Another is in the hedge maze just to the southwest of the village. South of Link's house, there is a ruin. If you go inside of it and pull the lever to let the water through you will reveal a heart piece in the dry waterbed outside with a few fish flopping around. If you pick up a fish and go one screen up and throw it in the water it will give you 20 rupees. Or you can carry the fish to town and sell it to the bottle guy for a lot of goodies. There is another in the Lost Woods in the thieves hideout. You need to drop down from the bushes just above the entrance. One more that you can get now, is in the desert. If you go north just after entering the desert you will find a small cave. Follow it into the room with the old man. Most would easily miss this, but the bottom wall is bombable, and inside is a chest with a heart piece. Another item you should pick up is the mushroom in the Lost Woods. If you take it east, to the witches hut and give it to her, then leave the screen and come back in, her assistant will have the magic powder for you. It has no real use, except for one time later in the game, but it is comical if you sprinkle it on Buzz Blobs. Doing so will turn it into a Cukeman. You can talk to them, but they will still hurt Link if you touch them. If you freeze them with the ice rod or Ether, then hit them with the hammer, they will turn int regular Buzz Blobs again.

Try to get hired as a reviewer for a magazine or something like Game Informer. My girl has a subscription, and always goes straight to the reviews first. That's not an easy task to attempt though. As more games move towards open world, it would take a hell of a lot to give a game a whole and fair review, with as little bias as possible. You could talk to @DC about possible freelance contributions to VGR and see if he would be willing to give you your start.

I have 2 GBASP's. I play on them quite a bit. Mainly older Game Boy games. I don't play many GB Advance games, despite having a hell of a lot. At the moment mine are dead, and I'm not 100% sure where i put the charge cords, so I'm kinda SOL, and JWF.

I'd go with whispering also. I don't like a lot of noise, unless I'm driving. Then I crank my music up loud enough to make @Shagger and @Crazycrab cover their ears. Also pitbulls are afraid of loud noises, and my baby girl is no exception. Then I have the rats and birds. It would stress them out as well.

The best therapists have 4 legs and fur. Mine have gotten me through my roughest times. All I have to do is hold my pitbull and the whole world is right again.

I have several copies of Benny & Joon. The reasoning behind that is because they all have different covers. I have virtually everything he has ever done, which includes his more obscure stuff, and the few movies that weren't even released in North America. Some of his more obscure movies include Dead Man, Chocolat, Tusk, Lost in La Mancha, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, The Source, Arizona Dream, Before Night Falls, Ed Wood, and Private Resort just to name a few. I've said it before and I'm saying it again. When he teams up with the greatest director in Hollywood history, Tim Burton, pure masterpieces are created.

I like the game. I still hate Xbox. If you want to converse with me, you will want to stop putting words in my mouth and telling me what I think or feel about something. Otherwise, piss off.

By far my favorite series would always be The Legend Of Zelda. It's been a staple for me since I was a child playing it on the NES. I still have it today, and get so much out of playing it.

I completely agree. There is a game that I have mastered, and would be willing to bet that I know absolutely 100% EVERYTHING ABOUT. But I don't care if anyone else cares. I don't need recognition. I'm just happy with my own accomplishment. I have never had interest in trying to impress anyone. I don't care enough about people to waste my time doing it. I'm happy with is, and that's all that matters. If you're curious or need help, I'll give it, but other than that it's not something I talk about much, if at all.

Off the top of my head, here's a short list of some that I can remember at the moment. The Legend Of Zelda Zelda II The Adventure Of Link The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Blaster Master Castlevania 1,2,3 Contra TMNT Mega Man Mortal Kombat 1080 Snowboarding Conker's Bad Fur Day Asteroids Berzerk Donkey Kong Pitfall Pac-Man Frogger Joust Q*Bert Space Invaders Swordquest (Earthworld and Fireworld)

The only game I actually spend money in is RDR2, and that's almost exclusively at the gun store buying ammo. Or a new rifle when it becomes available. My go-to is the Springfield, but I like to fill my compendium as much as possible.

Died due to being distracted. Or thinking that the Arabian horses in RDR2 actually had a brain.

Typically it's either NES, SNES, N64, PS1, or PS4. But the Nintendo's are by far the most likely ones.

I would open fire and not stop until I had emptied every round into them and I knew for a fact they were dead. If that involved getting a second, third, fourth gun and so on, then so be it. If an intruder comes into my house they will die in my house. It is my 100% intention to kill them. I'm on record with the police telling them that, and I have a notice on my door that deadly force is utilized in this house. I will not tolerate an intruder. You break in, and the coroner will need a sponge to collect what is left of your body.

It can also get boring if you're having sex all the time.

So I'm deluded because I didn't like Xbox?

I don’t know what their agenda is with this. I can’t for the life of me figure out how it would benefit anyone at all in any way. This is extreme even for them. There is no logic whatsoever in this. It’s not even a political point. It’s a cultist command. That’s the only place anything like this could be suggested. Jim Jones commanded his followers to drink cyanide laced Kool-Aid. This freak is no different.

I always hated Xbox and never wanted one. But there’s a game that is an Xbox One exclusive that I felt I needed as I related to the characters in many personal ways. So for that one game alone, I got the system.

I've been playing video games for as long as I can remember, beginning with the Atari 2600 and Colecovision. The Atari 2600 was released in 1977 and the Colecovision was released in 1982. I was born in '82, and was on one or the other as a child. As time went on, I got more powerful systems. NES, SNES, N64, PS!, PS3, PS4, Xbox One. I missed the entire PS2 era, due to being homeless during that time. Video games were not exactly a priority. But aside from that, I have been a gamer ever since I had the ability to hold a controller in my hand.

John didn't betray the gang. The gang betrayed him. Dutch was going to leave him to hang, and used the lie "I had a god damn plan!" to try to make it seem like he cared. He turned on everyone. Charles and John were able to see it, the same as Arthur, whereas the rest of the gang either weren't willing to open their eyes or were just blind. Micah played a big role as he was nothing more than a parasitic "yes man" to Dutch. he got in Dutch's head and caused Dutch to betray his own gang. Micah had only been there a few months when Arthur had been with Dutch for more than 20 years. John had been with the gang for years as well. Not as long as Arthur, but he was an OG to the gang. If you want my honest opinion, I think Dutch was using everyone strictly to make himself rich (why else would he have hidden the chest out of camp?) and when he felt he had a comfortable amount of money stashed away, he was going to disappear with the cash and abandon everyone. In my eyes, he was always a piece of shit. Even before HE betrayed everyone.

The Libertine - Perfect Score In Every Way

Ditto. He's a god to me, and the greatest actor that ever lived. There's no role he can't master. He's done everything. Romance, western, action, horror, comedy, drama, sci-fi, fantasy, historical war, all of it. No other actor could breach all genres and do them perfectly. Another fun fact: Nicholas Cage got him his acting career.

I never had either. I knew some kids that had a trampoline, and it was fun to play on. When I would do a flip I always landed on my ass. For some reason I just couldn't get my feet under me.

I saw this video on either Ring Of Fire, or Farron's personal channel. So apparently boys are supposed to grow up to be abusive misogynists now. Looks like we're fucked ladies. We're all back in dresses, with no say whatsoever. We're limited to the kitchen and the broom. We can't vote anymore. If we say anything out of turn to our husbands, he can legally kill us. For those of you that are xtian see 1 Corinthians 11:8-9 and also Genesis 3:16. Personally I am Satanic, and respect myself too much to ever let ANYONE EVEN TRY to dominate me.