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  • drcouzelistoRetroGaming@lemmy.world•Recommendations on casual GB/GBA games?English
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    3 months ago

    Hi! I’m a Game Boy collector / enthusiast / reviewer. And this question has an easy answer in my opinion…

    Catrap

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfV4MnGfiA4&t=284

    • It’s relaxing. It’s a turn based, pure puzzle game. Like, there’s literally no action. The enemies don’t even move!
    • It’s big. 100 puzzles that slowly increase in difficulty. I was able to beat them all, over time.
    • It’s non-punishing. No time limits. No lives.
    • No stress. Catrap was the first(?) game to feature an undo button. Try something out. Didn’t work? Just hold B to undo. You can undo all the way back to the start of the stage, as many time as you want.
    • It’s simple. Up, down, left, and right to move. B to undo. I think A is introduced later to swap between characters?
    • IT’S FUN. It looks good, plays good, and just feels good to jump around the stage. And completing a stage is so satisfying.

    I hope you like it! 🙂

  • drcouzelistoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's the worst video game you've ever played?English
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    4 months ago

    What a great article!!

    So, I’m a huge Game Boy fan. I’d heard about how good Puyo Puyo is, so I got a Japanese copy of Puyo Puyo Tsu. From what I can tell it’s a great port. But I struggled so much getting into it! And then I read your comment…

    Puyo Puyo Tsu is hard. It’s really damn hard. I’ve witnessed many new players struggle with even basic 3- and 4-chains, nevermind making the real big chains the game mode demands of you. And unlike Tetris where casual players do not need to know fancy T-Spin setups just to get started and play, you really can’t get far at all in Puyo Puyo Tsu without at least some understanding of chaining fundamentals.

    …and I feel justified. 😅 What do you recommend is a good way for a new player to get into the game? Something to read, a video, or something else?

  • drcouzelistoRetroGaming@lemmy.world•Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.English
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    7 months ago

    It looks great! 🙂

    OMG I just came home with a Sanyo DS13320 from the side of the road and I am ECSTATIC!!! It couldn’t be more perfect for an NES, and it looks in great condition externally.

    I haven’t plugged it in yet. It doesn’t appear to be wet anywhere outside or inside, so hopefully it was put outside after it rained this morning.

    Should I do or check anything before plugging it in and trying to power it on?

  • drcouzelistoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How does DNA decide the shape of the body?English
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    8 months ago

    Richard Dawkins has an entire chapter on this exact topic in his book “The Greatest Show on Earth”. I highly recommend reading it, even just that one chapter! It doesn’t feel like a text book, and his writing is very easy to follow in my opinion.

    It’s chapter 8, “You did it yourself in 9 months”. To summarize, many people mistakenly think of genes as a “blueprint”, but he suggests it’s better to think of genes as instructions for origami paper folding. Genes don’t know the whole creature, they just know what to fold next, what to duplicate, what to bend, and so on, kind of like that. It’s been a while since I read it. 😅

    But I do remember, humans are so complex, we may never fully understand the complete embryo-to-adult growth process, BUT the author points out that there IS a creature, a very small worm, that we are able to understand everything.

    That may not seem like a big deal at first, but think about it. Scientists understand the complete growth process of a living creature, from a single cell, every gene, every cell, everything, up to when it’s fully formed. So cool.

  • drcouzelistoGaming@beehaw.org•Got a Switch today, need some recommendations.English
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    8 months ago

    Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu

    FYI we got this game when we we got our Switch and it sat, untouched, for YEARS, until I finally picked it up a few months ago. Honestly, I REALLY enjoyed it! BUT… the first 30 minutes to an hour are very poorly done, and are soooo boring. After that it hooked me.

    As someone who’s favorite game in the series is the original Pokémon Red, I think this remake was quite well done. It looks great (much better than Sword / Shield in my opinion), and really trims out a lot of the fluff and grind of the classic games.

    Also if he’s playing, you can use the second controller to join him and casually help him catch and battle Pokémon. It’s cute. :)

    Let me know if you want any more in depth review or info.