Thought for this weekend.

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Since we've already established that doing any of the manga is a no-go since Kjorteo's going to be out, I was thinking if there was anything else the rest of us could do just for laughs. Then I remembered an idea I threw at David the other day of making Startropics, one of my favorite NES games, the target of a new "Stumbling Through" video, and it occurred to me:

There's quite a few characters in that game that Mike can talk to...enough that one person trying to do all the voices might be a bit much.

So, how would you guys feel about, just for kicks, we do a partial-group Stumble Through? David handles the controls, we add some flavor to the dialogue, and the game leaves us all cracking up from time to time before running us all over with a bowling ball. (Obviously, David's answer will hold a little more weight here than everyone else's; he would be in the driver's seat, after all.)

What do you guys think?

Okay, so apparently our little fluffpup likes Startropics as much as I do, so now the thought of leaving him out of it doesn't feel right. Sorry about that, Kj. :[

Scratch this idea, then...any other thoughts?

Comments

[xaq.livejournal.com]

"Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom"

...I recall ads for that in Gamepro magazine from ages back, and I still have to ask: Are you sure you're not making that up?

On the other hand, that sounds just weird enough to be interesting.

[budgiebin.livejournal.com]

It's real! It's also highly sought after, apparently! Princess Tomato is an actual game, and it is apparently a "gem" as well. The player is a cucumber that is also a knight, your sidekick is a young parsnip, and everyone is a vegetable.

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Ah what the heck, I'm in. :D

[kjorteo]

I tried playing that once. I remember it being a sort of first-person point-and-click ... think Macventure only without all the cruelty. (Though there may be unwinnable-later-if-it-turns-out-you-forgot-the-thing points, I could be misremembering/making that up but I'd have to go look that up and confirm either way.) I still managed to get extremely stuck when I just could not for the life of me figure out how to get past ... whatever I was stuck on, it's been so long I honestly can't remember what the problem was anymore either.

EDIT: NEVER MIND KJORTEO IS DUMB
From TVTropes:
"Gameplay alternated between a puzzle Point-and-Click interface, a few mazes, and "battle" sequences that are actually games of Rock-Paper-Scissors. Although a few sequences can leave the player stumped, it's impossible to make the game unwinnable and only one round of Rock-Paper-Scissors actually has negative consequences for losing. Obscure, quirky, and a bit short, the game's nothing if not unique."