This is excellent, thank you very much!

I'm 100% certain this message did not appear in the US version of the game and no doubt the PAL and NTSC versions of Lemmings are the same.
 

I'm glad you enjoyed astyanax! This is one of the games I played when I was younger, along with xexyz and Friday the 13th, all inexpensive games that are good enough that you get your money's worth but not top tier nes games by any means

I'm glad I got to beat Astyanax.  These are the types of games that I look forward to getting around to whenever they show up on my list.  I just have a fondness for these old games and I think I'll enjoy a lot of them that are normally ignored or looked down upon.

Xexyz is among the first NES games I had and that's another good one.  I had Friday the 13th early on as well but I never really got into it as much as some of my other games.  Someday!
 

Friday the 13th becomes a cakewalk if you read a walkthrough, it's tough as balls until you figure out where the best weapon is. It's always nice being surprised by a game you don't have any expectations for, seems like you're having fun going through the library

Looks like I'm making a habit of posting new blogs on Friday!  This was the hardest game for me so far, and I had a lot to say about it!

#19 - Top Gun

I'm interested to see what you have to say about this one. I didn't get a chance to play it until after seeing the AVGN video and I thought it was a decent game. I never had any trouble landing the plane either, so I'm not sure if he was just exaggerating that for the video or if other people really find it difficult.

I pretty much agree with you. I thought it was a decent game although I don't really care much for it. I didn't have much trouble landing the plane. I crashed maybe three times altogether. Refueling took some practice and I missed that way more.
 

Hey!  New blog today!  This was my first Zapper game so I wrote a lot about that.  Hopefully you will find it interesting.

#20 - Operation Wolf

I finished Game #21 last night so I'll be hard at work on that post pretty soon.

I didn't even see the Top Gun one! I have some catching up to do

Haha, the only thing better than one new post is two new posts, right? 
 

Got another blog up today!  One of my favorite Black Box games!

#21 - Balloon Fight

I've been hard at work on Game #22.  It's a tough one but I'm getting there. 

New blog is up!  This one was a really fun shooter.

#22 - Burai Fighter

I finished #23 over the weekend and I'll be working on that blog post soon.

I've yet to start #24 but I'm betting it will be the hardest game I've played so far!

This is awesome mate! Feel free to share your blog on my NES page mate (if you want to of course)...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1...

Well it's been way too long, but I have a new blog post to share!  This one is a flawed and quirky game.

#23 - Ghoul School

You probably have seen my thread in Gamer's Gauntlet about my next game, Ikari Warriors.  I will beat it, but with the way it's going so far I am likely weeks (and weeks) away from finishing it.  I don't want to leave the blog dormant for that long, so I plan on filling the gap with some extra content.  At the very least it will be progress updates for Ikari Warriors, but I have some other ideas that hopefully will come to fruition.

Thanks again to everyone who's checked out the site and followed along so far!  I'll keep working! 

I decided to start treating my blog like, well, a blog! So here's a new post about the state of my website and what's to come in the near future:

http://takeontheneslibrary.com/pr...

New blog today ... I added some content to some old posts, as well as made a brief update on my status with Ikari Warriors.

http://takeontheneslibrary.com/pr...

Take On The NES Library is officially side-stepping into Game Boy!  I kicked off the blog originally with Super Mario Bros, therefore Super Mario Land is the logical starting choice in the handheld side project!

Game Boy #1 - Super Mario Land

Your blog is sweet! I just binge-read all of it. Definitely gonna be looking for a boxed Astyanax.

Wow!  Thank you so much for reading and I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it!
 

The latest post is up!  Nothing super special ... just a progress report on Ikari Warriors.  Read it anyway!   

Link: Baby Steps

Wow! Your blog is very interesting! Thank you for sharing. I am just asking me where did you get the difficulty rating for your games? I am searching since few days on the net to find a list of nes games with the difficulty rating, but I did not find anything.

Thank you for reading!   

I've been asked a few times about the difficulty ratings.  They are really just my own opinion based on my experiences with playing NES games.  The "My Difficulty" rating is a little different as that takes my own prior experience if any with the game as well as whatever secondary goals I have set for myself outside of the minimum requirement.

To my knowledge there is not a complete list of difficulty assessments for NES games.  If I ever get all the way done, then I will have one.     There was a thread a few years back where this was tried but it was not all the way completed. http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...
 

New post is up!  Doing something else new with my first NES Homebrew post!  So let's start with the first homebrew game I bought and played.

Homebrew #1 - Battle Kid: Fortress of Peril

It's Friday blog update time!  Got another Ikari Warriors progress post with a few tidbits about the game stuck in there.  Thanks everyone for reading!

Link : Halfway Home

While I definitely agree with your 8/10 general difficulty rating, putting your own rating on it at 6/10, when you say you died upwards of 200 times... seems to be going easy on yourself a bit    


Neat to see a homebrew come up in the cycle!