Profile: I'm a longtime gamer, and started playing video games during the transition from the NES to the SNES. Although I like retro games, I play mostly newer games on the 360. Still, my favourite gaming memories are from all-nighters filled with Goldeneye, Perfect Dark and Smash Bros. in the late 90s.
I'm looking for a career in public service, politics or other fields where research and writing are critical. Though, the closer it's related to games, the better.
I make videos, animated gifs, podcasts and all kinds of random stuff in my spare time. I'm also trying to develop my own gaming website (details coming eventually).
Systems: NES, Super NES, Gameboy, Gameboy Advance, Nintendo 64, Wii, Sega Genesis, Playstation 2, Xbox 360, PC, Colecovision (my dad's). Also, many other systems (including arcade) that I not emulate.
Some Favourite Games: Retro (NES-SNES eta): Megaman 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars, Sonic 3, Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Robotrek, Illusion of Gaia, Megaman X, Lufia 1 and 2, Strider, Metal Slug, Twilight Zone pinball.
Retro Limbo (N64 era): Ogre Battle 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Mario Kart 64, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Mystical Ninja starring Goemon, Goemon's Great Adventure, Descent: Freespace.
Modern: Halo: Reach, Modern Warfare 2, Mass Effect 2, Bayonetta, Tales of Vesperia, Fallout 3, Bionic Commando Rearmed, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Metroid Prime 1-3, Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam, Hearts of Iron II, Europa Universalis III, Civilization IV.
In this Friday feature, I take several pieces of music from different video games and mess them up somehow (like playing in reverse). Your job is to figure out what songs they are and what games they're from.
Congrats to odber for being the first to make it to 10 points! Maybe I'll start thinking about prizes later in the summer...
Here's the answers to last week's puzzle, and who got each right. An average week, and I was happy that someone got the track from Illusion of Gaia.
#1) Easy: Mario Kart Double Dash: Rainbow Road (Bulkmailer)
#2) Medium: Mega Man 10: Nitro Man (No one got this, surprising, since it's one of the best songs in the game! The clue, "nozz", was referring to Nitrous Oxide (i.e., Nitro))
#3) Hard: Metal Gear Solid 4, Love Theme - Super Smash Bros. Brawl Remix (Anonymouse)
#4) Hard: Illusion of Gaia, Boss Theme (AlphaDeus)
#5) WTF: Cowboy Bebop, "Tank" (odber)
Yep, I've been pretty busy this week, so I've cobbled together another average group of songs. They should be a bit harder than normal, but I've been under a fair bit of stress the past week.
The tracks run about 30 seconds each. Here are the clues:
#1) Easy: Don't get high on this.
#2) Medium: Where should I go? I've got the entire country to choose from.
#3) Hard: A residence full of magic and art. A nice place to stop after the auction house.
#4) Hard: Don't get the Blues, even though it's over.
#5) WTF: A relatively obscure 70's sci-fi show. Maybe British Dtoider's will get it. Party like it's ____!
Note: I'll be away from my desktop (with all my OST's and other files for this feature) for the next two weeks, so I probably won't be posting another mind teaser until May. Sorry.
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Indeed. So knuckle down and lock-on to the specific song.
It is the Space: 1999 Theme by Barry Gray (the first series).
I find it unusual that you say it is obscure... I mean, it was a Gerry Anderson production which starred Martin Landau and Barbara Bain. O_o
Well, none of my friends know about it, and it hasn't been rerun as much as other 70's shows.