Today is Veteran's Day / Armistice day, a day I know today is usually to celebrate peace. But this day, it was slightly different: I finally did it, did what many have thought almost impossible. I had to leave my NES on for almost 2 weeks, but finally, on 11-11-11, at 3:23 PM, I beat Ninja Gaiden. Huzzah! A game even the AVGN couldn't beat (at least in his tribute review)!

Every time I close my eyes, I still see all of Act VI in my head. You must replay it So. Many. Times. Gah, stupid eagles and monkeys!

I know I'm hardly the first, and that the first game is no Ninja Gaiden III, but dammit, I'm happy with myself right now. Perseverance works! (Should I say that procrastination works? Either way, the little red light on the NES almost seemed to be taunting me every night as I went to sleep...)

Photos of the moment below. Sorry for the cell phone pics of a TV, but I had to grab my phone (the closest thing to me) to record this moment.

And now the NES is off for a well deserved rest; it did me proud, never glitched once. And then, after a break, I can finally play some other games. Once again, huzzah!

Edited to add: And see you next!

Sorry for the cell phone pics of a TV, but I had to grab my phone (the closest thing to me) to record this moment.

Sorry for the cell phone pics of a TV, but I had to grab my phone (the closest thing to me) to record this moment.

Sorry for the cell phone pics of a TV, but I had to grab my phone (the closest thing to me) to record this moment.

Sorry for the cell phone pics of a TV, but I had to grab my phone (the closest thing to me) to record this moment.

Melky!

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• "IT'S NETHER OVER FOR HOLLAND!"
• "Schoop
  Hit a bloop
  Hit a bloop
  Hit a bloop be doop be doop"
• "What the ####?

  YOU'RE INTENTIONALLY WALKING RANDALL SIMON?

  WHAT THE ####?"

• "RANDALL SIMON INTENTIONAL WALK!

  CATS LIVING WITH DOGS! "

• "The old "walk Randall Simon to get to Yurendell de Caster" gambit. "
• "In play, (runs).

  UNBELIEVABLE. "

• "Holy ####. I mean. Wow. Holy ####. "
• "LISTEN TO THE MUSIC!

  Adagio for Strings by Barber!

  You don't get that in America, even. "

• "As the man says, "U bent niet veel als je geen Nederlands." "
• "Gelooft u in Mirakelen?"
• "Are there baseball fans who missed those two DR-NED games? They deserve to be slapped by a clog. "
• "I'm down as long as it's competitive.

  I mean, what are the odds of Australia beating Cuba...

  [Looks at camera.]

  ...right?

  [Winks. Freeze. Roll credits.] "

• "What were the Netherland's odds of advancing? All I could find were odds of them winning the tournament, which are rightly +15000. "
• "In Amsterdam, the party is by all accounts crazy. We're talking hookers, massive consumption of recreational drugs....

  Oh wait, that's what Amsterdam is always like. My bad. "

• "If Jair and Martis were playing, I'd almost say the Netherlands would be a serious threat in Round 2! No way they can defeat the USA, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, right? Right?

  Right? "

wbc

quotes from here

"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force"

-Dorothy Parker on Atlas Shrugged

"Most people who go to great lengths because they think they are doing something important are actually doing something ridiculous. Let's just cut the crap and do something ridiculous."

-mdoddr