So what, PostmanR played NES with Bird

October 16th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

Bill Simmons went ahead and played a little Tiger Woods PGA Tour ’07 with T. Woods himself. Of course Simmons lost in the few holes he was able to play against Woods, because, well, it’s Tiger Woods and he never loses to anyone, especially some dude who goes by The Sports Guy.

Well, remember that old NES game, Jordan vs. Bird? It had the 3-point contest, the dunk contest and the one-on-one mode? Well, yeah. I played with Larry Legend a few years back. True story.

Here’s what transpired:

PostmanR: Larry, why aren’t you in the slam dunk contest? Only Jordan is, what gives? And why can’t I complete any dunk? This game is frustratingly hard.

Larry: I like Mario a lot. And the princess.

PostmanR: In the 3-point contest, it looks like you’re shooting with one hand. Did you shoot with one hand when you played in the league?

Larry: No.

PostmanR: Then why do you shoot with one hand in the game?

Larry: You know, I sell cars now. I also am involved in with the Pacer organization. I am the president of basketball operations.

PostmanR: Oh, cool. So what’s the deal with the court in Jordan vs. Bird? It seems like it is indoors, but then there’s a brick wall in the back. Is it some sort of futuristic indoor/outdoor court hybrid?

Larry: One time I challenged Reggie Miller to a half court shot contest. They should make that into a video game.

PostmanR: How bout that commercial for McDonalds with MJ. Wasn’t it a horse game where you bet Big Macs or something? What was that like?

Larry: Big Macs are tasty. I also like quad stackers at Burger King. Did you know I have my own brand of wine?

PostmanR: OK, I think we’re done here.

If you have twenty minutes to spare….

May 31st, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

Before I leave you on the day, I felt a YouTube video was in order.

Here’s a clip of someone beating Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! for NES in 17:52. Very impressive, indeed.

Now, I’ve heard rumblings that these expert gamers who beat old NES games in insanely fast times (Mario Bros. etc.) manipulate the game code/ROMS and use cheats to make it easier for themselves, but we’re going to pretend that doesn’t even fall into the equation for this one.

No matter what, this game used to agitate us to no end and facing Iron Mike at the end was near impossible. So, actually seeing this feat still amazes the heck out of us.

Damn you, Soda Popinski!