Wednesday Jan 28th 2009 marked the official start of the 16bit tournament.
Each week we will take 8 games and they will face off vs each other in a single elimination tournament of drama, nostalgia, hurt feelings, and crushed dreams.
This week we had Block #1 from our 16bit field of 64.
4th battle:
Vectorman vs Gradius 3
Two great games in their own rights, Vectorman was SEGA's answer to Donkey Kong Country and Gradius 3 was the first SNES installment of the series. Vectorman's plot was stolen for the movie Wall-E, and Gradius 3 introduced a great new mode for modifying and combining weaponry. These two games laid it all on the line, and the audience was split, so for the first time in this tournament we have a COINFLIP!
The New Frontier Las Vegas Nevada(out of business) One Dollar Gaming Token is our official coin for this block, and the dramatic sounds of the coinflip rang through. When the coin settled it was heads, Vectorman survives to the next round!
Vectorman def Gradius 3 via COINFLIP
Final 4:
Super Mario World
Contra 3
NBA Jam
Vectorman
Super Mario World vs Contra 3
When it comes down to it there are just some games that capture your imagination. You escape into the realms they create and for that time you and everyone else who have played that game are apart of the same journey. Super Mario World wasn't just a good game that came with the system that everyone played. It was a masterpiece that you got the SNES with.
Super Mario World def Contra
(vote tally: 4-1)
NBA Jam vs Vectorman
BOOOMSHAKALAKA!! HE'S ON FIRE!!
NBA Jam def Vectorman FLAWLESS VICTORY: 5-0
Final Battle of Block 1:
Super Mario World vs NBA Jam
At this point in the tournament it became apparent that people are scheming ALREADY. Already we see people with the hater vote ( vote against a title because it's too "strong"/popular) emerge. Well at one point the game was tied, NBA Jam and Super Mario World were tied! Honestly this made me sick. How?!! You can't tell me that NBA Jam, a wonderful game in it's own right, was anywhere near the quality, depth, and overall enjoyment of Super Mario World. So all the NBA Jam votes were hater votes. We are learning how to play the field of 64 quite early this time around aren't we. A tournament specialist Mets was on the line and he told us a tale of how NBA Jam destroyed his childhood from Blockbuster's Tournament of Champions regional tournaments. Finally Mets gets to exact revenge and sway the vote to Super Mario World, and all is right with the world!! But at what price......
Super Mario World wins!!
Super Mario World moves on to the Final 8 to compete against the winner of Block 2 for a spot in the Final 4.
Stay tuned......
Next Show: Wednesday Feb 4th 2009 @9pm
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Each week we will take 8 games and they will face off vs each other in a single elimination tournament of drama, nostalgia, hurt feelings, and crushed dreams.
This week we had Block #1 from our 16bit field of 64.
4th battle:
Vectorman vs Gradius 3
Two great games in their own rights, Vectorman was SEGA's answer to Donkey Kong Country and Gradius 3 was the first SNES installment of the series. Vectorman's plot was stolen for the movie Wall-E, and Gradius 3 introduced a great new mode for modifying and combining weaponry. These two games laid it all on the line, and the audience was split, so for the first time in this tournament we have a COINFLIP!
The New Frontier Las Vegas Nevada(out of business) One Dollar Gaming Token is our official coin for this block, and the dramatic sounds of the coinflip rang through. When the coin settled it was heads, Vectorman survives to the next round!
Vectorman def Gradius 3 via COINFLIP
Final 4:
Super Mario World
Contra 3
NBA Jam
Vectorman
Super Mario World vs Contra 3
When it comes down to it there are just some games that capture your imagination. You escape into the realms they create and for that time you and everyone else who have played that game are apart of the same journey. Super Mario World wasn't just a good game that came with the system that everyone played. It was a masterpiece that you got the SNES with.
Super Mario World def Contra
(vote tally: 4-1)
NBA Jam vs Vectorman
BOOOMSHAKALAKA!! HE'S ON FIRE!!
NBA Jam def Vectorman FLAWLESS VICTORY: 5-0
Final Battle of Block 1:
Super Mario World vs NBA Jam
At this point in the tournament it became apparent that people are scheming ALREADY. Already we see people with the hater vote ( vote against a title because it's too "strong"/popular) emerge. Well at one point the game was tied, NBA Jam and Super Mario World were tied! Honestly this made me sick. How?!! You can't tell me that NBA Jam, a wonderful game in it's own right, was anywhere near the quality, depth, and overall enjoyment of Super Mario World. So all the NBA Jam votes were hater votes. We are learning how to play the field of 64 quite early this time around aren't we. A tournament specialist Mets was on the line and he told us a tale of how NBA Jam destroyed his childhood from Blockbuster's Tournament of Champions regional tournaments. Finally Mets gets to exact revenge and sway the vote to Super Mario World, and all is right with the world!! But at what price......
Super Mario World wins!!
Super Mario World moves on to the Final 8 to compete against the winner of Block 2 for a spot in the Final 4.
Stay tuned......
Next Show: Wednesday Feb 4th 2009 @9pm
Labels: 16 bit Tournament, 8bit Show, Block 1 Winner, Block1