1. - Top Gun sorta marks
the beginning of a genre.
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2. It was one of the first
flight simulation games
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3. for the Nintendo Entertainment System,
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4. or at least one of the
most-commonly referred to.
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5. We obviously know that it ain't got shit
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6. compared with games today,
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7. and for that reason,
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8. you might think it's not
worth complaining about.
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9. But no.
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10. It sucks ass now and it
sucked ass back then.
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11. Check it out.
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12. Mission One is Training
for the Next Mission.
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13. Okay, sounds simple enough.
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14. So you get a choice of missiles.
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15. Would you rather have more or less?
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16. What kind of fuckin' choice is that?
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17. Pick more.
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18. I mean, the idea is
that the fewer missiles
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19. is more powerful, but guess what?
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20. Whenever you shoot an enemy plane,
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21. all it takes is one shot to blow 'em up.
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22. Even your regular machine gun bullets
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23. take them down in one shot,
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24. so what's the point?
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25. And I love all the useless
information on the control board.
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26. Altitude, speed, I mean,
really, what does it matter?
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27. And look at all the gauges on
the right just for decoration.
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28. The first thing that really
sucks about the gameplay
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29. is just the fact that it's boring.
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30. 90% of the time,
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31. you're just flying into a blank sky
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32. as little pieces of
cotton come flying at you.
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33. And yes, I know they're
supposed to be clouds.
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34. Also, notice the absence of music.
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35. I know the developers were
trying to make something new,
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36. to make it realistic,
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37. but what we get is a
game that makes you feel
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38. like you're in this blank, mindless void.
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39. Like, if purgatory exists,
this is what it is,
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40. Top Gun for the NES.
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41. I'd rather fly a cargo plane
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42. full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong.
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43. Uh-oh, I'm really fucked now.
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44. I gotta land on an aircraft carrier,
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45. a feat that's impossible.
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46. Your radar monitor gives you
instructions on how to land,
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47. but no matter what you
do, you still crash.
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48. You know, it's like every
time I get to this part,
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49. I think I might have a chance.
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50. This is gonna be it.
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51. I'm finally gonna land the plane.
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52. Speed down.
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53. Left, left.
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54. Speed up, right, right,
speed up, speed down.
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55. Left, left, speed up, speed down, up, up.
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56. Up, up!
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57. I'm hitting up!
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58. Ass!
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59. Fuck!
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60. It's impossible.
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61. I mean, why is it so hard?
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62. I mean,
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63. I guess 'cause they were
trying to make it realistic,
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64. like, if you were actually trying
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65. to land on a real aircraft carrier.
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66. But I highly doubt that any of this game
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67. is like really flying a plane.
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68. Even though I crashed, it
only takes a life away,
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69. and it still lets me
continue to the next level.
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70. Mission Two, Destroy an
Enemy Aircraft Carrier.
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71. All right, fine.
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72. As long as I don't have
to fuckin' land on it.
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73. Now, the only difference
with the second level
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74. is that you're below the clouds,
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75. and you can now see the water.
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76. Basically, it's just a darker
color blue than the sky.
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77. Stay the fuck away.
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78. There's battleships that
shoot the shit out of you.
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79. You're best off just flying
into the sky the whole time.
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80. Now, halfway through this level,
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81. your fuel starts to run out.
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82. This refueling plane comes,
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83. and you have to control its nozzle.
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84. So, just like landing the
plane, this is impossible,
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85. and I've never once done it.
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86. You just have to be lucky.
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87. I mean, your accuracy
has to be 100% perfect,
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88. and really, I don't have a
fucking clue how it works.
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89. Down, down, speed up,
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90. down, down, left, left, up, up,
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91. speed up, left, left,
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92. down, down, up, up, left, left,
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93. right, right, up, up, up,
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94. left, left, down, down,
up, up, what the fuck?
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95. What was I supposed to do?
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96. Now, look at the plane.
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97. It just goes away, like, "Fuck him."
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98. I mean, they just leave
you out here to die.
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99. At this point, it should
just say "Game Over,"
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100. but instead, it allows you
to play for a little longer,
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101. which is pointless.
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102. You're done for.
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103. The refueling plane doesn't come back,
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104. and within minutes, your fuel
runs out and you finally lose.
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105. That's as far as I ever got.
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106. What a shitload of fuck.
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107. This game chews turds.
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108. This game sucks your balls
off and spits 'em up your ass.
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109. Now, I know there's only
four levels in the game,
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110. so it's kinda the same deal as Karate Kid.
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111. It's a short game,
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112. but it's as hard as a
fuckin' T-rex's shit.
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113. Now, because I've never
passed that refueling plane,
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114. I've never seen the last two levels.
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115. So, what I've decided to do here
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116. is to create my own
version of what I think
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117. the last two levels may be like.
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118. Mission Three, Blow Shit Up.
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119. Mission 4, Vent Your
Anger and Destroy the TV.
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120. Die!
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121. Hadouken!
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122. Sonic Boom!
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123. Well, if you just haven't had enough fun
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124. torturing yourself with this awful game,
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125. and you still want some
more, well, guess what?
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126. You're in luck.
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127. There's a sequel, Top
The Second Mission,
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128. which doesn't really make much sense,
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129. because it sounds like
you're talking about
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130. the second mission in the first Top Gun.
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131. So, whatever.
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132. I mean, wouldn't this
be Mission Five and up?
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133. Even the tops of the game cartridges
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134. look completely identical.
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135. Top Gun and Top Gun.
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136. If you have a microscope,
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137. you might be able to read The
Second Mission under there.
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138. Now, to tell you the truth,
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139. the second Top Gun isn't
as bad as the original.
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140. But it sure is a hell
of a lot fuckin' harder,
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141. if you could actually believe that.
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142. The gameplay is a lot faster.
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143. You can fly upside-down and spin around,
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144. although I don't really know
what the point of that is.
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145. And there's also not as many dead spots
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146. where you're just waiting
for something to happen
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147. and looking for enemies.
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148. Here, your enemies come
after you right away,
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149. and they just blow you out of the sky,
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150. so you have to really think fast.
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151. The missiles are really hard to dodge,
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152. and just like the first time,
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153. one missile is enough to kill you.
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154. But this time,
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155. they're even worse because they're faster,
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156. and they don't seem to come anywhere near
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157. as close as they did before.
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158. In the original Top Gun,
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159. when a missile hits
you, it looks like this.
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160. And in the sequel, it looks like this,
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161. much farther away.
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162. If you played the original first,
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163. you're gonna be really disoriented
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164. that you have so much less
time to get out of the way.
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165. Besides, they still look
like bowling balls on fire.
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166. I never made it past the first stage,
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167. but that's also because
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168. I don't have the patience for this crap.
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169. Now, adding to this game,
there's a Versus mode.
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170. The one-player game where
you battle the computer
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171. is impossible.
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172. Your opponent just disappears right away.
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173. He flies right behind you,
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174. and just blasts your ass to oblivion.
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175. The two-player game is what it is.
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176. It's just two players shoot each other up.
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177. The one thing I find really disappointing
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178. is that after you blow up your opponent,
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179. you see him escape in a parachute.
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180. You don't want that to happen.
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181. You wanna see him die.
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182. Anyway, that's all I have
to say about this garbage.
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183. Fuckballs.
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