Cheerful Ghost Radio Episode 23: Punch Out!!

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Punch Out, originally titled Mike Tyson's Punch Out before a bit of ear-biting changed Nintendo's mind, was ported from the arcade in 1987 by Nintendo R&D3. In Punch Out, players take on the role of Little Mac, fighting through three circuits and eventually facing the impossible Mr. Dream.

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AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 05/16/2018 at 01:35am

I think I'd give Punch Out a solid Rad as well. It's something fairly easy to pick up play (except for Tim) and not get to frustrated with at first. The difficultly definitely ramps up though. I don't recall how far I normally get, but I've never beat it.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 07/01/2018 at 04:26am

I finally hooked up my NES Classic and even having just played it last month, this is the first game I fired up.

<3 Punch Out

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 07/01/2018 at 04:51am

And then Super Mario Bros. which took me an embarrassing 9 minutes to beat. I'm rusty :D

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/01/2018 at 08:26pm

God, I've never beaten SMB and I've only made it to 5-1 or 5-2. I suck at it. I did find my Wii Classic Controller though. I did play some SMB, SMB2&3, Metroid, Dr. Mario, and Super C (I suck at that one, too).

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/02/2018 at 12:42am

I think Travis warped to complete it so quickly

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/02/2018 at 12:42am

That said I stared a no warp SMB run and I’m in world 6. It’s a fun game that holds up.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/02/2018 at 01:11am

I tried to see how far I could make it without warping and I believe I did make it to level 5. That's where my progress ends. I warp there now. I even had 5 lives going into level 5 and lost all of them. :( I suck at Mario. I get stressed out, too, and being to hate Mario. LOL I didn't grow up w/ an NES, my cousin had one and friends had one, but I only had the Gameboy and the Sega Game Gear. Later, I bought a SNES, but then lost it.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 07/02/2018 at 01:44am

I feel your pain with Super C. Wow that game is hard.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 07/02/2018 at 01:45am

And yes I totally warped for that time :D

I need to do a no-warp run.

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/02/2018 at 02:02am

I haven't really found a love for any Contra game outside the first one. If it's possible, they seem way harder too which might be why.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/02/2018 at 02:15am

I tried the Konami code, but it seems I failed some how. Maybe I didn't enter it in the right place or I missed something.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 07/02/2018 at 03:51am

Honestly I struggle to get into the first. That kind of grueling difficulty puts me off. It’s fun but a health bar instead of dying to one hit would make it so much more fun.

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