What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Macbat 64 (PC)

September 14th, 2022

My current tiredness is impossible to defeat, but I got another game cleared last night! Macbat 64 puts me halfway to my goal of 10 games cleared, but even though I'm happy about the progress, I wish the game had been longer! Macbat 64 was really weird, cute, and charming, and I wish it had at least a few more levels to explore. Last night, I cleared all the bonus material alongside the main game in, again, less than an hour. The same developer did two Toree games, though, so maybe more Macbat is ahead, too.

Aside from that, I also got the SD card I ordered in, letting me set up cheats and screenshots for my Retron 5. I played some more of Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose with infinite lives on, mostly because I'm too lazy to save state scum upon my failures. It was fun, and I was very pleased with how easy the screenshot feature was to use. I'll have to play around with the NES side of this system, too.

Lastly, I played a little more of Sonic Runners Adventure before bed. I don't actually like this game, but it's on my phone, so I keep playing it. Maybe someday I shall clear it and be free of this curse.

September 13th, 2022

I was looking for a quick and easy victory last night, so I started up Macbat 64, which I'd gotten in one of my itch.io bundles. I'd heard it was super short when the Switch port came out, so it seemed like an easy clear, but once I got into it, I was disappointed that it was such a tiny game! A combat/enemy free N64 style platformer is an interesting idea, and I thought it was cute, with funny level gimmicks. The camera was really nasty in parts, though, spinning around for no reason in the later levels in particular.

The main game was finished for me in less than an hour, but I'll do the post-game bonus material, too, before I call it cleared.