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Generally Speaking => Power On => Topic started by: Psilocybin on January 19, 2008, 12:59:47 PM

Title: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Psilocybin on January 19, 2008, 12:59:47 PM
IWBTG is on of those stupid, pointless and near-impossible platform games.

taken from the game's page:
"I Wanna Be The Guy: The Movie: The Game is a sardonic loveletter to the halcyon days of early American videogaming, packaged as a nail-rippingly difficult platform adventure. Players fill the role of The Kid, a youthful, vaguely Megaman-esque protagonist on a quest to become The Guy. This inscrutable plot, however, is just a vehicle for a wide variety of inventive, well-designed and frustrating jump-and-shoot challenges that pay homage to many of the games you loved as a child. The ever-fragile Kid explodes in a shower of red pixels at the slightest brush from the game's many obstacles, from traditional spikes and bottomless pits to more unconventional killers, such as plantlife and puzzle pieces.

Using a multiroute layout not unlike a Metroidvania, the game grants a degree of deadly exploration, without those extraneous upgades meant to make life easier. The game provides players with a choice in terms of their deathrate, thanks to a variable difficulty setting that changes the number of save points from frequent to nonexistent. IWBTG is open to all players; knowledge of videogaming history is optional, and may not help against the frequently ironic and always sadistic deathtraps located herein. And so, the question is left up to you...

Do YOU have what it takes to be The Guy?"

I've been playing for like 3 hours and can't get past the 3rd screen D:
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Tupin on January 19, 2008, 01:04:05 PM
Link please.
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Psilocybin on January 19, 2008, 01:04:42 PM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on January 19, 2008, 01:04:05 PM
Link please.
sorry, here ya go.

http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/index.php (http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/index.php)
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 11:23:21 AM
lol, i watched the whole game on youtube and the guy's commentary with it.

it was hilarious :P
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Psilocybin on January 20, 2008, 11:39:06 AM
Quote from: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 11:23:21 AM
lol, i watched the whole game on youtube and the guy's commentary with it.

it was hilarious :P
yeah.
It's frustrating a hell.
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 01:42:31 PM
I got to the G&G part and can't get past the moving spikes. >_<
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 02:46:57 PM
AAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH



I got past the G&G spikes then got flattened by the gravestone...



twice. -_-
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Silverhawk79 on January 20, 2008, 07:09:40 PM
I've tried that before.
It's wicked hard...
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Zovistograt on January 20, 2008, 08:04:46 PM
downloadin' the demo...

ahh I suck I've died about 50 times on the second room so far olol

I almost got to the ledge a few times >.>
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 08:40:13 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on January 20, 2008, 08:04:46 PM
downloadin' the demo...

ahh I suck I've died about 50 times on the second room so far olol

I almost got to the ledge a few times >.>

I don't think it's possible.  If you're not jumping on the platforms, it goes up to that last spot, but if you're jumping the platforms it doesn't for some reason.

the top path is much easier, but not in the demo.
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Zovistograt on January 20, 2008, 08:41:26 PM
Quote from: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 08:40:13 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on January 20, 2008, 08:04:46 PM
downloadin' the demo...

ahh I suck I've died about 50 times on the second room so far olol

I almost got to the ledge a few times >.>

I don't think it's possible.  If you're not jumping on the platforms, it goes up to that last spot, but if you're jumping the platforms it doesn't for some reason.

the top path is much easier, but not in the demo.
it has to be possible...maybe you have to just fall off the platform and do a double-jump?
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Tupin on January 20, 2008, 08:41:43 PM
Has anyone beat this game?

Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 08:43:29 PM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on January 20, 2008, 08:41:43 PM
Has anyone beat this game?



youtube it.  a guy got all the way to mother brain on impossible before dying. :P
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 09:27:03 PM
all right!

I'm up to mecha birdo! :P
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:31:01 PM
Is it harder than syoban action (cat mario)?
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 09:35:38 PM
Quote from: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:31:01 PM
Is it harder than syoban action (cat mario)?
no idea what that is.

it's much harder than Jumper though, if you've ever played those games.

playing on medium takes away alot of the difficulty though.
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:40:25 PM
Quote from: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 09:35:38 PM
Quote from: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:31:01 PM
Is it harder than syoban action (cat mario)?
no idea what that is.

it's much harder than Jumper though, if you've ever played those games.

playing on medium takes away alot of the difficulty though.
i beat cat mario with -175 lives the first time i played it, the second time i beat it with -34 lives.
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 09:43:17 PM
Quote from: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:40:25 PM
Quote from: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 09:35:38 PM
Quote from: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:31:01 PM
Is it harder than syoban action (cat mario)?
no idea what that is.

it's much harder than Jumper though, if you've ever played those games.

playing on medium takes away alot of the difficulty though.
i beat cat mario with -175 lives the first time i played it, the second time i beat it with -34 lives.

Jumper 2 is probably harder then.  I died many, many times on Jumper 2 on my first time through (over 800, IIRC, but you respawn so fast).
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:46:45 PM
Quote from: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 09:43:17 PM
Quote from: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:40:25 PM
Quote from: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 09:35:38 PM
Quote from: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:31:01 PM
Is it harder than syoban action (cat mario)?
no idea what that is.

it's much harder than Jumper though, if you've ever played those games.

playing on medium takes away alot of the difficulty though.
i beat cat mario with -175 lives the first time i played it, the second time i beat it with -34 lives.

Jumper 2 is probably harder then.  I died many, many times on Jumper 2 on my first time through (over 800, IIRC, but you respawn so fast).
Is it funny? because the only reason i could be so patient with cat mario is because it's funny, and it only has four levels.
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 09:56:34 PM
Quote from: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:46:45 PM
Quote from: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 09:43:17 PM
Quote from: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:40:25 PM
Quote from: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 09:35:38 PM
Quote from: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:31:01 PM
Is it harder than syoban action (cat mario)?
no idea what that is.

it's much harder than Jumper though, if you've ever played those games.

playing on medium takes away alot of the difficulty though.
i beat cat mario with -175 lives the first time i played it, the second time i beat it with -34 lives.

Jumper 2 is probably harder then.  I died many, many times on Jumper 2 on my first time through (over 800, IIRC, but you respawn so fast).
Is it funny? because the only reason i could be so patient with cat mario is because it's funny, and it only has four levels.

it's cruel, yet at the same time funny.  it's very nostalgic, and some parts will make you laugh at just how cruel they are.
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:58:49 PM
Quote from: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 09:56:34 PM
Quote from: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:46:45 PM
Quote from: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 09:43:17 PM
Quote from: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:40:25 PM
Quote from: Jono2 on January 20, 2008, 09:35:38 PM
Quote from: farf on January 20, 2008, 09:31:01 PM
Is it harder than syoban action (cat mario)?
no idea what that is.

it's much harder than Jumper though, if you've ever played those games.

playing on medium takes away alot of the difficulty though.
i beat cat mario with -175 lives the first time i played it, the second time i beat it with -34 lives.

Jumper 2 is probably harder then.  I died many, many times on Jumper 2 on my first time through (over 800, IIRC, but you respawn so fast).
Is it funny? because the only reason i could be so patient with cat mario is because it's funny, and it only has four levels.

it's cruel, yet at the same time funny.  it's very nostalgic, and some parts will make you laugh at just how cruel they are.
I'm gonna try this game.
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Silverhawk79 on January 20, 2008, 11:10:22 PM
Downloading it right now...at 3KB/sec.
Title: Re: I wanna be the guy!
Post by: Jono2 on January 21, 2008, 03:00:36 PM
I got to dracula, but I can't beat him. >_<


I managed to avoid Ryu's flying foot, and found a glitch that lets me easily cross it again without having to deactivate the fans & avoid ryu.