Maybe I was a bit harsh on Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts earlier. It's true that it's not the game that I wanted it to be, but it's not terrible by any means. I mean, I'm somehow still a little compelled to play it. And I've got Fallout 3 and Fable 2 just sitting around... I guess I needed a break and it does an okay job.
Anyway, I'm not sure if this exploit is known or not, but you can levitate to many places that you're not supposed to be able to get to by using my little trick. First, get the cart that you drive around town and put a box inside of it. Other objects (such as chairs) work, but boxes are best since they are flat (if the object isn't flat, there's a high probability that you'll crash before you get the the place you want). So put the box in the cart, and stand on top of the box inside the cart. Your R2 power should now focus on the cart (it will glow yellow). Hold R2 and you'll levitate upwards with the cart underneath you. You can control the direction you go by facing in that direction with the left stick and you can throttle R2 so that you don't just keep going.
This trick will help you get a lot of parts boxes and stuff like Jinjos before you're able to legitimately. I've gotten a lot of stuff that way (getting a small rocket engine early helped with a lot of races). Plus, it's more interesting to me than entering another race. So I broke the game, have at.
I still wish this game was "Banjo-Threeie", but I guess I'll just have to deal. At least I can play the original with up-rezzed graphics, widescreen mode and achievements in a couple of weeks. Banjo-Kazooie is still my favorite Nintendo 64 game -- more so than Super Mario 64 or Space Station Silicon Valley or Ocarina of Time or Blast Corps. or Mischief Makers. I'm going to use a speed run video to help me get all the notes and jiggies and see how fast I can beat it. I'm not going to submit my run or anything, I think it'd just be kind of fun.
I'm starting to jones for Left 4 Dead a little more now. I'll probably just wait until my birthday or something to get it. It'd be nice to have a PC that could run it too. I'd get that and STALKER: Clear Sky in a heartbeat. I never imagined myself to be a "first person shooter guy", but they've just gotten so much better in recent years (remember the days of Doom, Duke Nukem and all their clones? Not a fan). I think a big part of that is that we've started blending more genres together so that "first person" is more of a camera style than a game type.
Also of note, my boss called me tonight at work to ask for help in BioShock. It probably doesn't interest anyone else, but I thought it was funny. Like the days of giving my middle school science teacher advice in Ocarina of Time... Geeking out with other people is fun.
Anyway, I'm not sure if this exploit is known or not, but you can levitate to many places that you're not supposed to be able to get to by using my little trick. First, get the cart that you drive around town and put a box inside of it. Other objects (such as chairs) work, but boxes are best since they are flat (if the object isn't flat, there's a high probability that you'll crash before you get the the place you want). So put the box in the cart, and stand on top of the box inside the cart. Your R2 power should now focus on the cart (it will glow yellow). Hold R2 and you'll levitate upwards with the cart underneath you. You can control the direction you go by facing in that direction with the left stick and you can throttle R2 so that you don't just keep going.
This trick will help you get a lot of parts boxes and stuff like Jinjos before you're able to legitimately. I've gotten a lot of stuff that way (getting a small rocket engine early helped with a lot of races). Plus, it's more interesting to me than entering another race. So I broke the game, have at.
I still wish this game was "Banjo-Threeie", but I guess I'll just have to deal. At least I can play the original with up-rezzed graphics, widescreen mode and achievements in a couple of weeks. Banjo-Kazooie is still my favorite Nintendo 64 game -- more so than Super Mario 64 or Space Station Silicon Valley or Ocarina of Time or Blast Corps. or Mischief Makers. I'm going to use a speed run video to help me get all the notes and jiggies and see how fast I can beat it. I'm not going to submit my run or anything, I think it'd just be kind of fun.
I'm starting to jones for Left 4 Dead a little more now. I'll probably just wait until my birthday or something to get it. It'd be nice to have a PC that could run it too. I'd get that and STALKER: Clear Sky in a heartbeat. I never imagined myself to be a "first person shooter guy", but they've just gotten so much better in recent years (remember the days of Doom, Duke Nukem and all their clones? Not a fan). I think a big part of that is that we've started blending more genres together so that "first person" is more of a camera style than a game type.
Also of note, my boss called me tonight at work to ask for help in BioShock. It probably doesn't interest anyone else, but I thought it was funny. Like the days of giving my middle school science teacher advice in Ocarina of Time... Geeking out with other people is fun.
4 comments:
Wait!? Was that before you came to Bill Reed?
Yep. 7th grade.
Oh I was hoping you geeks out with that big dork mr. groepler (spelling?)
I remember him! He played guitar.
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