I actually own today's ROM Pit game. Except that mine is for NES, not SNES, and copyright 1991, not '89/'92... but whatever, it appears to be exactly the same game
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All the goddamn Carmen Sandiego games were like that. Maybe, maybe you could afford to botch a flight in Where in the World? and still come out on top, but that was most likely an insta-loss . . . and even spending too long looking for clues in one area could let Carmen (and by "Carmen" I mean "someone else") get away.
Which was especially annoying when the first clue you got could apply to two, or all three, of the possible countries you could head to next. "The Contessa was spotted changing her currency to dollars." Really? What kind of dollars, jackass? A lot of freaking countries use dollars, and I don't have time to sit around listening to your other clues, which may or may not be any helpful--"The Contessa bought a hat," "The Contessa was looking forward to her destination's food," why don't you vague it the fuck up any more?
Not that I'm still bitter or anything. No, not me.
The only thing that ever made me mad about the PC Carmen - which is, in fact, the reason I never beat it - was that eventually it got "hard" enough that you had to guess who you needed to get a warrant for, and the only thing I could bank on every time was that if the choice was between Carmen and someone else, it was always the someone else. Except the one time it wasn't. Grrrrrrr.
True . . . although in those early missions, that was a great way to save time. "I can get a warrant for Patty Larceny, Justin Case, or Carmen. And since everyone says "she," and I know it's not goddamn Carmen . . ."
The only way we ever caught Carmen, was figuring out, through trial and error, what rank you had to be at for the Carmen case to come. Then, before anything else happened, getting a bloody warrant for her.
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anonymous
March 3 2007, 21:21:04 UTC
My favorite Carmen related activity was yelling at the kids on the TV version. I always felt sorry for the one who got Africa as the final map, while I mocked the ones who couldn't find Texas on a map of the US. I was a smart ass even as an elementary schooler.
I would've wanted South America on that show. There's only like three countries in it (or so it seemed as Chibi!Nick); the only river you need to remember is the Amazon, and if on the off chance they say another, you just put your siren thingy on the one that's not it; and hearing someone say "Carmen's in Lake Titicaca! Lake Titicaca!" is always good times.
For TV-related yelling, nothing beats shouting at the kids on "Legends of the Hidden Temple." Put the monkey together! It's only got three pieces! It's NOT THAT HARD! PUT THE FUCKING MONKEY TOGETHER! NO, NOT HEADFIRST! YOU TARD!
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Which was especially annoying when the first clue you got could apply to two, or all three, of the possible countries you could head to next. "The Contessa was spotted changing her currency to dollars." Really? What kind of dollars, jackass? A lot of freaking countries use dollars, and I don't have time to sit around listening to your other clues, which may or may not be any helpful--"The Contessa bought a hat," "The Contessa was looking forward to her destination's food," why don't you vague it the fuck up any more?
Not that I'm still bitter or anything. No, not me.
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The only way we ever caught Carmen, was figuring out, through trial and error, what rank you had to be at for the Carmen case to come. Then, before anything else happened, getting a bloody warrant for her.
There was much victorious whooping and whatnot.
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