Simple thing about a game that you never knew......

[Hitesh]

I was recently listening to a podcast and one of the presenters said that they never knew, until recently, that in PENGO, you could vibrate the walls to stun the snow-bees.
(I think it was our own Victor on Ten Pence Podcast)

I only recently found the following on games I played since they came out in early 80s:

10 YARD FIGHT
Wraggle Stick to break tackle

AMIDAR
I thought that it was impossible to work the route out on the bonus levels. I now know that there is plently of time to work it out and get 5k bonus.

 

[Bods]

I was recently listening to a podcast and one of the presenters said that they never knew, until recently, that in PENGO, you could vibrate the walls to stun the snow-bees.

Being one of the main features of the game, I'm not sure how anyone missed that lol

 

[jimmerd]

It took me ages to realise you can climb back down the vines in roc n rope, changes the dynamics of the game.. at that point I realised reading a basic gameplay guide was not cheating. This is where spending time watching people play in arcades used to be really useful, although evidently only if they are better at a game than you.

 

[Hitesh]

I used to go to London arcades in the afternoon so there was no one to watch an learn from

 

[pubjoe]

I never knew that Pengo thing either. The game is so hard, I hope this helps a bit.

In The New Zealand Story I love how Tiki can fly! Just terribly.

 

[favouredson]

I was recently listening to a podcast and one of the presenters said that they never knew, until recently, that in PENGO, you could vibrate the walls to stun the snow-bees.
(I think it was our own Victor on Ten Pence Podcast)

I take it you have never watched the attract mode...

 

[Flinnster]

On the Wonderboy high score table, if you hold down the jump button you can enter lower case letters.

 

[cliff_poole]

Bombjack, if you repeatedly tap the jump button, it slows your descent. I didn't realise that until I owned the game. It was the second PCB I bought when I started collecting back in the 90's.

 

[big10p]

Bombjack, if you repeatedly tap the jump button, it slows your descent. I didn't realise that until I owned the game. It was the second PCB I bought when I started collecting back in the 90's.

A vital mechanic of the game. I only found out after years of playing that the colour of the power P is significant, when collected.

 

[favouredson]

Bombjack, if you repeatedly tap the jump button, it slows your descent. I didn't realise that until I owned the game. It was the second PCB I bought when I started collecting back in the 90's.

Pushing up on the joystick slows you down as well but to a lesser degree.

 

[pubjoe]

I knew about tapping jump to glide (and holding up to jump faster/higher). The air control you have is great for its time. I had no idea about this P colour thing though!

On the Wonderboy high score table, if you hold down the jump button you can enter lower case letters.

I didn't know that. One thing I only noticed when getting the PCB is Wonderboy's occasional little run pose. You can see his running sprite on the 'press start' screen do it every 10-20 seconds, but he also does it in game if he has a long enough uninterrupted run.

 

[cliff_poole]

The P colour is new to me too. I'm going to have to give that a go now.

 

[councilface]

Cabal. You can shoot enemy bullets.

 

[CMYKhazi-Dan]

Maybe not quite in the same category, but when I learnt that taunting three times in a round with Q in SF3: 3rd Strike, his attack and defence is boosted. Became my main after this 💪

 

[LHantz]

I remember reading this back in the day...



Yeah, it was fake!

 

[big10p]

A recent one I discovered is on Ghouls n Ghosts (Daimakaimura). I didn't know you could charge up your magic by holding down the fire button when wearing the gold armour, and then let rip. Only just discovered it playing on my SuperGrafx. ☺️ Not that it's that great in a game this nails hard, as it means you can't shoot while charging.

 

[Stokers]

Another Ghouls and Ghosts one, if you hold up you always get the 'nice catch' when the key drops at the end of the level.

 

[big10p]

Another Ghouls and Ghosts one, if you hold up you always get the 'nice catch' when the key drops at the end of the level.

There's an end of level?! I thought it was just a myth. 😆

 

[Stokers]

I was at Arcade Archive this weekend, they had the Super Grafx version of Daimakaimura, although the colours are a but muddy it's much closer to the arcade than the MD port which I grew up playing. I can rattle through the levels ok until I get the last one, it always kicks my ass.

 

[big10p]

I was at Arcade Archive this weekend, they had the Super Grafx version of Daimakaimura, although the colours are a but muddy it's much closer to the arcade than the MD port which I grew up playing. I can rattle through the levels ok until I get the last one, it always kicks my ass.

I think the SuperGrafx version is supposed to be a bit more forgiving than the arcade. Not sure, but it a really good port.