Trying to knock down as many games as I can before the year ends, why, I don't know, just because. This time its The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle. I only ever played and beaten this one once, back when I first got the game, didn't much care for it, I mean it was okay, it has something good there in the gameplay, but also flaws that detract heavily from it that makes it more annoying than fun. Bugs Bunny when walking if you just roll the d-pad to move another direction, he just keeps walking straight ahead into danger, you have to let off on the d-pad then change directionals. Another, walking up and down stairs, once you get going you can't stop, at least not when going down, so some deaths can result in running into enemies unable to retreat, I hate this lack of control. Another, when Bugs drops down from higher ledges, when he lands on the next floor down, he takes a step forward upon landing, so if you aren't careful you can walk right into an enemy when you land even if they weren't directly under you, and also if there are multiple small ledges he'll just keep automatically walking off each of them. I hate the cheapness such as when Bugs is walking, when the screen is scrolling he walks too far forward so you only have an instant sometimes to see an enemy to react, even worst is on the vertical screens, sometimes you can't see a f'in thing so you blindly drop down onto an enemy, or exit a pipe or something not knowing there's danger directly above or below you, so you just gotta take a guess and hope you don't cheaply die. Also hate how sometimes you don't have anything to combat enemies with and you get one or more blocking your way to a carrot and its the only way to it, ugh, pain in the ass. But I like the levels, and I like the use of the weapons and objects that you can use as traps, but aside from that, there wasn't much to make me enjoy playing this one. But at least most of the flaws can be gotten used to and at least every time you finish a level you get a 1up, so beating it wasn't a problem, I had plenty of lives left over, even after losing 20 of them, I finished it with 47 left, so its not a hard game, just irritating.

Ninja Gaiden - SOOOO happy to finally beat this. I could always make it to the boss but after dying and going back to 6-1 a few times I'd usually get frustrated and give up. Well last night I stuck to my guns and took that punk out.

First time then?  Awesome. Ninja Gaiden seems so ridiculously hard those last few stages, but after you beat it once, somehow, like with most things, because of all that excess practice, it gets much easier, at least for me it was. Even though I whooped the game pretty good during the high score contest, still I think this is one of the more difficult games on the NES. 

^^ Yep, First time. I know what your saying about practice. In fact, after all the practice I was able to....

Beat Ninja Gaiden 2 today for the first time.
On to NG3 tonight!

Nice^^ I'm gonna try to beat Ninja Gaiden II after I finish Castlevania III.

Here's the yearly run-down. I beat more games then this, but these are just the games I beat for the first time in 2009. 65, not too shabby

01 - 01/05/09 - Super C
02 - 01/06/09 - Bugs Bunnys Crazy Castle
03 - 01/09/09 - Demon Sword
04 - 01/20/09 - The Little Mermaid
05 - 01/21/09 - Kick Master
06 - 01/25/09 - Mega Man 4
07 - 01/28/09 - Mega Man 5
08 - 01/29/09 - Mega Man 6
09 - 02/02/09 - Wizards & Warriors
10 - 02/17/09 - Final Fantasy
11 - 02/XX/09 - Crystalis
12 - 03/01/09 - Jaws
13 - 03/09/09 - Lolo
14 - 04/04/09 - Ninja Crusaders
15 - 04/06/09 - Power Blade
16 - 04/11/09 - Bomberman
17 - 04/14/09 - Dick Tracy
18 - 04/16/09 - Adventure Island
19 - 04/17/09 - Kung-Fu
20 - 04/20/09 - Journey To Silius
21 - 04/22/09 - RoboWarrior
22 - 04/23/09 - Rygar
23 - 04/26/09 - Willow
24 - 04/27/09 - Vice: Project Doom
25 - 04/28/09 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
26 - 04/30/09 - Lolo 2
27 - 04/30/09 - 1942
28 - 05/03/09 - Batman
29 - 05/04/09 - Yo! Noid
30 - 05/09/09 - Monster In My Pocket
31 - 05/11/09 - Bucky O'Hare
32 - 05/17/09 - Ultima: Exodus
33 - 05/19/09 - Felix The Cat
34 - 05/25/09 - remote Control
35 - 06/01/09 - Bugs Bunnys Birthday Blowout
36 - 06/01/09 - Karate Kid
37 - 06/02/09 - Astynax
38 - 06/03/09 - Rescue: The Embassy Mission
39 - 06/05/09 - Battle of Olymous
40 - 06/05/09 -Flintstones
41 - 06/15/09 -Sqoon
42 - 06/16/09 - Lolo 3
43 - 08/30/09 - Wheel of Fortune
44 - 08/30/09 - Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition
45 - 08/30/09 - Wheel of Fortune: Junior Edition
46 - 09/01/09 - Dragon Warrior
47 - 09/03/09 - Duck Tales
48 - 09/03/09 - Bionic Commando
49 - 09/11/09 - Total Recall
50 - 09/11/09 - Maniac Mansion
51 - 09/16/09 - Gun.Smoke
52 - 09/22/09 - Goonies 2
53 - 10/11/09 - Snow Bros
54 - 10/17/09 - NARC
55 - 10/21/09 -  Tony Toon Adventures
56 - 11/21/09 - Jackal
57 - 11/XX/09 - Double Dragon 2
58 - 12/08/09 - Heavy Barrel
59 - 12/12/09 - Bad Dudes
60 - 12/17/09 - Lethal Weapon
61 - 12/19/09 - Fire n' Ice
62 - 12/22/09 - Faxandu
63 - 12/27/09 - Ninja Gaiden
64 - 12/27/09 - Legend of Kage, The
65 - 12/29/09 - Ninja Gaiden 2