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ok now this is really COOL i still havent passed megaman 9 i only beat the splashwoman but if i had these guys playing i would be able to pass it lol
That was really awesome. I never expected them to play the music to someone actually playing the game.
Oh, and for the record -- Real men play this game without using the Metal Blade as a crutch. Yeah, I said it.
Oh, and for the record -- Real men play this game without using the Metal Blade as a crutch. Yeah, I said it.
That was definitely worth 45 minutes of my time.
@pedrovay2003 - When you're doing a speedrun, which he was, you use every damn thing you can that makes things go faster. Which, in MM2, pretty much means "spam Metal Blade." Why did they make that do such insane damage to everything, anyways?
@pedrovay2003 - When you're doing a speedrun, which he was, you use every damn thing you can that makes things go faster. Which, in MM2, pretty much means "spam Metal Blade." Why did they make that do such insane damage to everything, anyways?
Mega Man 2 is way WAY easier than Mega Man 9, -especially- on Easy mode. The only real difficulty is in the later Wily Stages. The crap in Heat Man's stage and in Quick Man's stage is annoying, but you quickly figure it out.
I'd like to see a band do this with Ninja Gaiden. That takes some God damn balls.
Awesome in any case. I can't believe I watched so much of it, all things considered.
Awesome in any case. I can't believe I watched so much of it, all things considered.
"According to Bit Brigade's site, they HAVE done this with Ninja Gaiden.
Incredible. You know, I've beaten Ninja Gaiden with only ONE death before. It took me years of grueling training, but I think I finally mastered it. Still, I doubt I could perform as part of a concert.... I mean, I beat Mega Man 2 on my iPhone, but NG is just something different.
Incredible. You know, I've beaten Ninja Gaiden with only ONE death before. It took me years of grueling training, but I think I finally mastered it. Still, I doubt I could perform as part of a concert.... I mean, I beat Mega Man 2 on my iPhone, but NG is just something different.
@123ericn
It amuses me greatly that you refer to her as the splashwoman. :D Yeah, MM9 is hard. I got stuck in the early part of Wily's castle and gave up.
It amuses me greatly that you refer to her as the splashwoman. :D Yeah, MM9 is hard. I got stuck in the early part of Wily's castle and gave up.
@killias 2, this is for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHOQZ4-uYvU
And you guys have to understand, we do this thing in a strictly scheduled concert environment. Noah is basically required to get through the game absolutely as FAST as possible, that's the priority. Otherwise, it would take too long to beat for us to get on decent bills like the overall awesomeness that was all of MAGFest X.
-Jace, BB guitar stage right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHOQZ4-uYvU
And you guys have to understand, we do this thing in a strictly scheduled concert environment. Noah is basically required to get through the game absolutely as FAST as possible, that's the priority. Otherwise, it would take too long to beat for us to get on decent bills like the overall awesomeness that was all of MAGFest X.
-Jace, BB guitar stage right
@ScurvySee, no, i don't use a turbo controller. i think, like most people who visit destructoid, my thumbs have been training for this my whole life. i don't use any cheats when i play the games, and i try to use as little health and weapon power ups as possible.
@killias2, we have done ninja gaiden, contra, and castlevania 3. we definitely have more games in the works that we are thinking of, such as marble madness, punch out, the original zelda, super mario bros. 2 and maybe castlevania 1 as well. these performances take time and practice to put together though. glad you guys enjoyed the video, because it is truly fun performing for everyone.
-Noah, the gamer who apparently isn't man enough play the game on hard.
@killias2, we have done ninja gaiden, contra, and castlevania 3. we definitely have more games in the works that we are thinking of, such as marble madness, punch out, the original zelda, super mario bros. 2 and maybe castlevania 1 as well. these performances take time and practice to put together though. glad you guys enjoyed the video, because it is truly fun performing for everyone.
-Noah, the gamer who apparently isn't man enough play the game on hard.
I love this kind of stuff! I haven't watched the video yet but it sounds phenomenal. I Fight Dragons did something similar recently when I saw them in concert -- Brian and Bill played Contra on their two enormous TVs while the rest of the band played the background music. They died at the first boss, but it was still a badass thing to behold. I can only imagine seeing the entirety of MM2.
@ScurvySee
Dude that is the normal controler the camera goes on it many times...
@gannondork
All of these night of me playing in my basement alone with my NES and I could have been doing it with a rock band... hats off to you man!
Though I do have a question. Have you ever died in a live performance?
Dude that is the normal controler the camera goes on it many times...
@gannondork
All of these night of me playing in my basement alone with my NES and I could have been doing it with a rock band... hats off to you man!
Though I do have a question. Have you ever died in a live performance?
@Retrofraction
yeah, i've died more than once during a live performance. while most of these games are very structured, there are random aspects, and sometimes if i don't time and jump right or i miscalculate a projectile i can easily get knocked into a pit and die. now as far as i remember i've never died from losing health, only from falling to my death. and i have definitely never gotten a game over during a show, that would make me sad indeed.
yeah, i've died more than once during a live performance. while most of these games are very structured, there are random aspects, and sometimes if i don't time and jump right or i miscalculate a projectile i can easily get knocked into a pit and die. now as far as i remember i've never died from losing health, only from falling to my death. and i have definitely never gotten a game over during a show, that would make me sad indeed.
yay! fellow athenians on the dtoid front page!
fun fact: i was behind the drummer in line to buy skyrim at the midnight release shindig. too bad i was too much of a socially awkward penguin to tell him how awesome he is.
these guys need to get their sweet tits back to athens and put on a show, be it bit brigade, contraband, megaband, ninjaband, castlebandia, cinemechanica, *powers, or whatever other musical conglomeration they've come up with.
fun fact: i was behind the drummer in line to buy skyrim at the midnight release shindig. too bad i was too much of a socially awkward penguin to tell him how awesome he is.
these guys need to get their sweet tits back to athens and put on a show, be it bit brigade, contraband, megaband, ninjaband, castlebandia, cinemechanica, *powers, or whatever other musical conglomeration they've come up with.
Was just going to take a quick look at this yesterday (and save the full watch for later) but got completely hypnotized by the awesome and stayed for the duration. One of the coolest things ever, hats off to both band and player!
Can't really complain about not playing on hard; on stage with all the lights (and I couldn't tell if you were using ear plugs or earbuds, I suck at games without proper sound) is like the epitome of a distracting game environment haha. And the pressure! You are definitely a bad enough dude to rescue the president, Noah!
Would be amazing to be there but kind of unlikely considering how far away it is. Many thanks to whoever filmed this; perhaps there is more footage out there so we can see the other half of the band too (though the energy of the main two we could see was amazing! :D).
Can't really complain about not playing on hard; on stage with all the lights (and I couldn't tell if you were using ear plugs or earbuds, I suck at games without proper sound) is like the epitome of a distracting game environment haha. And the pressure! You are definitely a bad enough dude to rescue the president, Noah!
Would be amazing to be there but kind of unlikely considering how far away it is. Many thanks to whoever filmed this; perhaps there is more footage out there so we can see the other half of the band too (though the energy of the main two we could see was amazing! :D).
It's awesome that you guys came onto Dtoid to talk about the event - mad props, I'll be bookmarking your Youtube info.
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