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Here's an obscure Japan-only game for the Famicom.
That guy looks suspiciously like Dr. Wily.
I have no idea who this Professor Time is or why he’s just kidnapped my girlfriend because I don’t read Japanese and even if I could, I can’t find the instruction booklet. All I can find via Google are a handful of reviews and some SEO garbage.
So, as you can see in the world map, it's the year 1991.
I don't know what's going on. You fight enemies by throwing your hat like a boomerang.
The roads are really messed up too.
This might actually be the hardest level in the game. Not that it's saying a whole lot, mind you.
Mostly because of the bees and the rather fickle platform you're standing on.
Every third level is a quiz.
You have to count the bees as they fly across the screen. I want to say the traffic sign always asks the same question but with different numbers of bees.
If you get the question wrong, he still lets you pass.
But if you get the question right, you get extra lives. Which is great because you die in one hit. I had this thought and I don’t know what game I was actually thinking of but it applies to many things: It’s not 1985 anymore.
If you've been paying attention, you'll notice the clock hands moving. Also, if you've been paying attention, the day is divided into eight segments, or perhaps two segments of eight segments, or perhaps three segments of eight segments.
The skateboard works like it does in Adventure Island, except you're invincible while riding it.
It's a sad tire.
That's what happens when you touch the burners.
The final area is a factory filled with crushers and falling cars and other hazards, including at least one traffic sign and can. It's an autoscroller, so the skateboard isn't that useful here.
I think this guy might be the hardest boss in the game.
He even does the Dr. Wily begging-for-mercy thing. And it's even a ruse, just like when Dr. Wily does this.
That hill looks like something in a Mario game.
I'm not sure what this Nikkuki is.
So, um, 12,000 years ago was the beginning of the Holocene epoch. Homo has been around for at least 2 million, possibly even 3 million years. The dinosaurs went extinct some 65,000,000 years ago.
In my headcanon, it's like the display on the DeLorean.
He only has one question to ask.
Get it wrong and he talks about eating you but you still get to pass.
The music is kinda dopey at times but catchy.
Plesiosaurs can swim in lava, apparently.
This is the boss. He's pathetically easy.
It's like the translator couldn't make sense of it either.
1885 may or may not be a reference to Back to the Future III, which is also set in the Old West.
They didn't mention the barrels in the intro.
Cowboy cactus.
And rogue cowboy boots.
Uhhhh. I can see why this wasn't released in North America now.
This is the hardest one because it's sound-based.
He talks like Ayla.
He doesn't even like lying.
I think these are all the same place. It makes even less sense than the enemies, I know, but just look at the map.
I thought this guy was supposed to be a rogue matryoshka doll at first.
In real life, ninjas, being covert agents, wore clothing that would allow them to blend in with everyone else. The black suits come from the stagehands in kabuki plays, who wore black outfits to blend in with the background. The ninjas in kabuki plays would also wear the black outfits to blend in.
That's the normal death animation.
I looked up the year 1632 and it doesn't seem to have much in the way of significance in Japanese culture.
In some guide, he asks what the last digit of the year is. I think the question is determined when you enter the level. I didn't realize this until much later in the game. Otherwise, I'd probably try to get the different questions.
G'bye does not sound very ninja-esque.
I think that's supposed to be the Great Wave by Hokusai but that wasn't painted until the 19th century.
He looks like a pickle here.
Occasionally, he drops to the ground and clones himself.
I don't know what this guy is.
This game was made when 2010 was the far flung future.
We'd all have cities in the sky and giant robots.
The space shuttle drops something.
There are Bullet Bills as well.
Interestingly, these aliens are Grays and not the tentacled Wellsian aliens of Japanese pop culture.
If you're playing this on the NES, you're using the power of luck.
However, I used the power of savestates.
It's a one in three chance. It's like flipping a coin and calling yourself a psychic when you get it right.
Looks like Bright Man's stage.
Eh, this boss is pretty tough too.
Uh oh, you tried to enter a time portal with more than 3 party members.
The observant will notice that I keep taking these screenshots when I've already beaten a few levels.
It's basically Wonderland
So I don't know what his other questions are.
But this isn't hard at all.
It occured to me while writing this that I have no idea what my character's name is.
I don't remember the question here.
It's hard to tell what the actual ground level is.
And now it's time for the final confrontation with Professor Time himself. He shoots punctuation marks at you, which change the gravity or speed or whatever.
And, of course, like all good Dr. Wily ripoffs, he has a second form right after.
Congratulations! You've rescued Haruka!
I watched a video on this and the end credits aren’t alphabet soup.
Na Shizruuk actually sounds like the name of a Lovecraftian abomination that lives in the realm beyond time.
burning question: Don't you hate when shitty people like the same things that you do? I'm not talking about things like Radiohead or whatever, which are so well-known that there are bound to be some dickholes who are fans, but more obscure things. I'm going through the SF Lovers' Digest and Curtis fucking Yarvin of the fucking Dark Enlightenment and NeoReaction movement is on there. Stop liking the things I do, you shit-hog who is friends with Steve Bannon.
Here's an obscure Japan-only game for the Famicom.
That guy looks suspiciously like Dr. Wily.
I have no idea who this Professor Time is or why he’s just kidnapped my girlfriend because I don’t read Japanese and even if I could, I can’t find the instruction booklet. All I can find via Google are a handful of reviews and some SEO garbage.
So, as you can see in the world map, it's the year 1991.
I don't know what's going on. You fight enemies by throwing your hat like a boomerang.
The roads are really messed up too.
This might actually be the hardest level in the game. Not that it's saying a whole lot, mind you.
Mostly because of the bees and the rather fickle platform you're standing on.
Every third level is a quiz.
You have to count the bees as they fly across the screen. I want to say the traffic sign always asks the same question but with different numbers of bees.
If you get the question wrong, he still lets you pass.
But if you get the question right, you get extra lives. Which is great because you die in one hit. I had this thought and I don’t know what game I was actually thinking of but it applies to many things: It’s not 1985 anymore.
If you've been paying attention, you'll notice the clock hands moving. Also, if you've been paying attention, the day is divided into eight segments, or perhaps two segments of eight segments, or perhaps three segments of eight segments.
The skateboard works like it does in Adventure Island, except you're invincible while riding it.
It's a sad tire.
That's what happens when you touch the burners.
The final area is a factory filled with crushers and falling cars and other hazards, including at least one traffic sign and can. It's an autoscroller, so the skateboard isn't that useful here.
I think this guy might be the hardest boss in the game.
He even does the Dr. Wily begging-for-mercy thing. And it's even a ruse, just like when Dr. Wily does this.
That hill looks like something in a Mario game.
I'm not sure what this Nikkuki is.
So, um, 12,000 years ago was the beginning of the Holocene epoch. Homo has been around for at least 2 million, possibly even 3 million years. The dinosaurs went extinct some 65,000,000 years ago.
In my headcanon, it's like the display on the DeLorean.
He only has one question to ask.
Get it wrong and he talks about eating you but you still get to pass.
The music is kinda dopey at times but catchy.
Plesiosaurs can swim in lava, apparently.
This is the boss. He's pathetically easy.
It's like the translator couldn't make sense of it either.
1885 may or may not be a reference to Back to the Future III, which is also set in the Old West.
They didn't mention the barrels in the intro.
Cowboy cactus.
And rogue cowboy boots.
Uhhhh. I can see why this wasn't released in North America now.
This is the hardest one because it's sound-based.
He talks like Ayla.
He doesn't even like lying.
I think these are all the same place. It makes even less sense than the enemies, I know, but just look at the map.
I thought this guy was supposed to be a rogue matryoshka doll at first.
In real life, ninjas, being covert agents, wore clothing that would allow them to blend in with everyone else. The black suits come from the stagehands in kabuki plays, who wore black outfits to blend in with the background. The ninjas in kabuki plays would also wear the black outfits to blend in.
That's the normal death animation.
I looked up the year 1632 and it doesn't seem to have much in the way of significance in Japanese culture.
In some guide, he asks what the last digit of the year is. I think the question is determined when you enter the level. I didn't realize this until much later in the game. Otherwise, I'd probably try to get the different questions.
G'bye does not sound very ninja-esque.
I think that's supposed to be the Great Wave by Hokusai but that wasn't painted until the 19th century.
He looks like a pickle here.
Occasionally, he drops to the ground and clones himself.
I don't know what this guy is.
This game was made when 2010 was the far flung future.
We'd all have cities in the sky and giant robots.
The space shuttle drops something.
There are Bullet Bills as well.
Interestingly, these aliens are Grays and not the tentacled Wellsian aliens of Japanese pop culture.
If you're playing this on the NES, you're using the power of luck.
However, I used the power of savestates.
It's a one in three chance. It's like flipping a coin and calling yourself a psychic when you get it right.
Looks like Bright Man's stage.
Eh, this boss is pretty tough too.
Uh oh, you tried to enter a time portal with more than 3 party members.
The observant will notice that I keep taking these screenshots when I've already beaten a few levels.
It's basically Wonderland
So I don't know what his other questions are.
But this isn't hard at all.
It occured to me while writing this that I have no idea what my character's name is.
I don't remember the question here.
It's hard to tell what the actual ground level is.
And now it's time for the final confrontation with Professor Time himself. He shoots punctuation marks at you, which change the gravity or speed or whatever.
And, of course, like all good Dr. Wily ripoffs, he has a second form right after.
Congratulations! You've rescued Haruka!
I watched a video on this and the end credits aren’t alphabet soup.
Na Shizruuk actually sounds like the name of a Lovecraftian abomination that lives in the realm beyond time.
burning question: Don't you hate when shitty people like the same things that you do? I'm not talking about things like Radiohead or whatever, which are so well-known that there are bound to be some dickholes who are fans, but more obscure things. I'm going through the SF Lovers' Digest and Curtis fucking Yarvin of the fucking Dark Enlightenment and NeoReaction movement is on there. Stop liking the things I do, you shit-hog who is friends with Steve Bannon.
