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September 2024

Climb ’til It Clicks

Are there some old games that you just never really…”got?” I mean, for classic gamers, of course we can’t all be experts at every single game (oh really? You’re a world champion at Donkey Kong and Tranquilizer Gun and Digger and The Glob and Night Striker? Yeah you’re not).

If we’re being honest, sometimes, for whatever reason, some games just don’t “click” with us. Maybe we didn’t get much opportunity to play them, maybe we just didn’t understand how to play them effectively because the rules and mechanics were too obtuse for whatever brand of neurodivergence we have. Could be any such scenario really.

As enthusiasts, we all want to be good at lots of games. Or, at least, understand them well enough to know whether or not they’re worth our time.

For me, that game was Crazy Climber.

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Arcade Visit: Vintage Vault, Mukwonago, WI

Mukwonago (muck-wanna-go), Wisconsin is a village near Milwaukee, with a population of fewer than 9000, and allegedly, home to America’s best apple pie. At 715 Main Street, there’s a building labeled Kay’s Academy of Dance — but if you’re not interested in learning the Fox Trot, go around back and you’ll find Vintage Vault Arcade!

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I’m Worried About Popeye

In 1982, Nintendo — then of Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior fame, and not much else in the U.S. — released an arcade game based on Popeye, the beloved classic American cartoon character. Popeye was a smash in the arcades, and was ported to most of the home game consoles and computers of its day.

Unfortunately, that was just about the last we heard of it.

You guys. I’m worried about Popeye.

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The MDb Metroid Marathon 2024 is here!

This year’s Metroid Marathon, the annual month-long livestreaming event, is happening a month early this year! Due to some scheduling issues, the marathon is taking place in September instead of October — meaning it’s already underway!

Also this year, the MDb will be taking donations during the streams, with proceeds going to the National Breast Cancer Coalition.

Once again, I will be participating by playing through the original NES Metroid on Monday, September 16 at 9:00 pm CDT. I hope you can join us!

Games will be simultaneously streaming on 3 different platforms:
Twitch – twitch.tv/metroiddatabase
Youtube – youtube.com/metroiddatabase
Facebook – facebook.com/metroiddatabase

Full schedule below:

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