Courier (NES)
A downloadable game
Simply stated, Courier is a cyberpunk adventure game for your Nintendo Entertainment System, the original NES! Waking up in a hotel with no recollection of what's happening or who you are, you must act quickly to make it out of the building with your life!
Hacking is essential to progressing through the world of Courier. Guide the beam through the maze to unlock various essentials to help your progress. Don't worry if you fail, you have unlimited tries!
As you move through the world of Courier you will acquire credits by looting enemies and taking on jobs from seedy employers. Head to the nearby shop to upgrade your gear! You'll need upgrades to give yourself the best chance of survival.
Better guns, stronger armor, and more impressive tech will allow you to better protect yourself from those that are out to get you.
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Bought this in the bundle. Like it a lot - like Shadowrun! But the hacking minigame sucks. It's way, WAY too hard. Obscenely so. Turning every encounter in a 20 minute pain-fest as you try to get through it. Someone said running it on a CRT helps. I was doing that from the start. I cannot even imagine how it must feel with the lag inherent to newer HD screens. Probably impossible. In fact I wondered if this had been programmed for 50Hz PAL systems, which run slower, because the speed and timing needed for the hacking minigame is insane. I'm running it on a 60Hz NTSC-U toaster NES. I love the game, hate the hacking. Could we not have an option for easier hacking? Honestly, I'd have enjoyed a minesweeper clone like in SNES Shadowrun. Or at the very least have this be more forgiving. Or at least get easier when you upgrade. I've done... Two of them now. And I am dreading if there's a 3rd harder one. Might switch from an actual NES to an emulator and cheat my way through. Any chance future updates might have a toggle for easier hacking?
EDIT:
LOL, just looked up a longplay, and I see there's a gauntlet of hacking minigames ahead, especially at the end. Sorry, but I'm bailing on this now. The hacking minigame is absolute crap, and I'm not suffering through any more of it. Two was ENOUGH! I absolutely hate it. I'll just watch the longplay and pretend I'm playing it.
i would love to cover this with a set for retroachievements, i have already covered one of your games (Larry and the Long Look for a Luscious Lover)
@khangames if you are interested please get hold of me.
Oh man are we supposed to ask for permission for stuff like that!? XD
I don't think I have asked a single person about that and I was looking into doing the same thing for this one XD The game looks awesome!
No idea how I missed your comment a year ago, @bl4h8l4hbl4h, and thank you for the comment, Wulden.
Would be honored if someone would do that for Courier. Sounds amazing.
I was bummed that I missed the kickstarter for this, but I'm glad to have caught that the ROM is now available for all. I found the game through @skunky48 over on Twitch, but decided to back away once I saw what the game was about because I knew I wanted to go in and play it as blind as possible.
So far, it's been really enjoyable! The hacking parts are very unforgiving, but switching over to a CRT made it a bit easier to get through (though the timing is still pretty tight), but I'm having a really fun time playing through it. I'm always stoked to see cyberpunk games.
[EDIT] NGL, I'm kinda disappointed that there wasn't a cheeky comment if you tried to buy something from the shop that you shouldn't have money for, but hacking in the cash out of curiosity gave some interesting insight as to how the shop worked - and that approach is actually really neat.