Old Timey Games

Hello! Thanks for visiting Old Timey Games! I made this blog to go along with my Youtube channel of the same name, where I Let's Play some older games that I enjoy. Some of the games bring back good memories, as I'm sure they do for other people, but the true reason behind the videos is just that I wanted to have some fun. Whatever it was that brought you here, I thank you for stopping by. I hope you have a lovely day~ 

[oltiga]

Can anyBody find her someBody to love?

Anyway, I have nothing against Medusa as a person, but just in my experience, the head is really the only part most people care about anyway. I guess they just decided to do away with all of the superfluous bits. Maybe it had something to do with the ring that doubles my sword damage but this boss gave me about 10% of the struggle I had with this dungeon’s mini boss.

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[jacegem]

Back on my animation bullshit.

Anyway, here’s a sleepy kirb. He took around… I dunno maybe 6 hours total? It wasn’t easy, but it was a lot of fun!

[oltiga]

How far technology has come, dragons can have two heads and some bones now! Also the heads can still fly around the room and shoot fire balls after they’ve been severed. And they can also re-attach to the body if you don’t smack the torso enough. So, maybe it’s not so much technology, and moreso horrible evil powers. But I guess those could be the same thing, depending on who you ask.

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[oltiga]

This dungeon wasn’t nearly as convoluted as I remember it being, I thought there was a lot more of those turnstyle thingies. I definitely did have an accurate memory of Manhandla being annoying, at least. Too many things to keep track of during the battle and too few brain cells in my head. But I was victorious nonetheless.

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[oltiga]

Had to upload this to youtube cuz tumblr never lets me upload videos, but anyway here is a thing. I’m not saying it’s impressive, but I’m happy with it considering my total absence of artistic skill.

Reasons this took me several hours to complete;

- when I made the title the background parts were a jumbled mess of like 50 different shades of white so I had to trace around each letter colouring it one pixel at a time (then obviously once I finished that, for the rest of the colours I could just fill entire sections at once)

- mapping out the positions of the hearts to make sure they were all an equal distance apart (except the top two obviously)

- I drew a sword and shield to give more of an rpg feel but I wasn’t happy with them after making a number of changes so I just deleted them 

- made the little 8 bit music sample myself with no musical experience, again I’m not saying it’s great but I think it’s tolerable

[oltiga]

Digdogger is a very good boy and I want one. His giant red eye is full of unconditional love and his nubbly foot spikes are clearly made for cuddling. Unfortunately he is still a boss, so I did have to crush him with a giant metal ball covered in spikes, but in a perfect world I would be able to keep him as a pet and love him forever.

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[oltiga]

You know, like that one episode of Pokemon. 

Gohma looks a lot different than she did back in Ocarina of Time, but she retains all of her important qualities - like being an easy boss, and using offspring as ammunition. She still doesn’t have enough limbs to be an arachnid, though.

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[oltiga]

Nintendo and Capcom would like to remind all players and copyright lawyers that Mothula is “not technically Mothra”

I’ve never been very good at this boss cuz actually dodging attacks is just too much work for me but I did finally figure out something that works well. Unfortunately, that was after I recorded the dungeon for the Let’s Play so everyone will still get to see me almost die.

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[oltiga]

Get it, devinatart? Because he’s inflated? Anyway...

Poor Dodongo is such an easy boss, but he sure is adorable when he’s all puffed up like that. I wish I could just carry a fat dodongo above my head for the entire game.

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[oltiga]

The second game on my channel is a Gameboy Color title, and one of the few Legend of Zelda games I have played, sadly! I’ve always been fascinated by the world and wanted to explore the franchise more fully but there’s just so many video games, guys D: 

Anyway, this was another game I played A LOT growing up and I really like the season-switching mechanic and I find the game world itself fun to explore. It contains a lot of references to the series’ first installment, including the re-appearance of that title’s first boss. I don’t know why, but the name Aquamentus always made me think of a horse much more than a dragon. 

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[oltiga]

Level 7 sure has some tricksy spots, but I made it through everything eventually! I can’t be too mad at a level called “Rainbow Resort”, anyway. And as far as final bosses go... I have to say, Nightmare was very imposing & a real surprise to the younger me!

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[oltiga]

So I wanted to stay true to the palettes of the Star Rod pieces but Heavy Mole’s were so very ugly. Like, whatever you’re imagining, they were definitely uglier than that. So I picked different shades of yellow. Also the H doesn’t look like an H but I didn’t design the font okay

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[oltiga]

One thing I never really appreciated about this game when I was younger is the fact that every boss fight feels different. That’s an accomplishment for any game, but it’s even more of an achievement for an NES title! Sure a lot of the gimmicks are simple, but they all work.

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[oltiga]

The first game on my channel is a short but sweet one! This was one of my most-played games as a kid for sure, some of those secret switches were really tough to find back then! 

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