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notorious 07:43 PM 03-17-2021
List your greatest gaming feats!

I've been going through a list of retro games that people consider HARD.


I just finished Ghosts n' Goblins (both loops) on NES. JFC it's the most frustrating game I've ever played. The controls are not great, and there are constant cheap hits. By far the angriest and happiest I've ever been playing a game.

I've 1 death'd Contra on NES. (far easier than people think)

Beat Ghouls and Ghosts on Genesis (this game is by far the best in the series)

Beat Super Ghouls and Ghosts on SNES (slow as ****, and pure memorization)

Mind you, it's pure attrition to get through these games. I don't use save states, I play the games as they originally would be played with checkpoints and continues.
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Fish 01:46 PM 03-18-2021

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Fish 01:47 PM 03-18-2021

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Bill Brasky 02:21 PM 03-18-2021
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
Bloodborne and Dark Souls are brutal but fair once you've fully grasped the mechanics. Some of these games are just straight up unfair either by design or the flaws in technology at the time.
After beating Demon's Souls remastered a few times, I went back and finished bloodborne. What a fucking ride. I'm on the last boss of the DLC, which btw is very high quality. It's one of my favorite DLC's of all time. New weapons, levels, enemies, bosses...

I'm already gearing up for Sekiro, but I'd really like to pay $20 and it's just not there yet.
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Imon Yourside 04:12 PM 03-18-2021
Originally Posted by BigBeauford:
This ****ing game:



And this one:



Tough as nails action game.


FTL, Easy is hard in most games


And finally, the hardest game yet:
I had no problems with Phantasy Star II :-)
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Imon Yourside 04:13 PM 03-18-2021
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
I finally beat Karteka after like 2 months of continuous trying. Loved that game, hated that game.
I loved Karateka on Commie 64, did you ever play Aztec on the Apple 2?
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notorious 04:51 PM 03-18-2021
The Apple 2 games I played were Hard Hat Mack, Karateka, and Castle Wolfenstein.

No joystick, either. Ugh.
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Imon Yourside 05:27 PM 03-18-2021
Originally Posted by notorious:
The Apple 2 games I played were Hard Hat Mack, Karateka, and Castle Wolfenstein.

No joystick, either. Ugh.
Yup those made me fall in love with gaming, oh the days.... :-)

Hard hat Mack I sucked badly at lolz, like Dragons Lair at the arcade.

Spinoff NON thread ..What Stand up arcade games were you addicted to?
Mine was Front Line by Taito, I could play for hours on 1 quarter. :-)


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DJJasonp 05:32 PM 03-18-2021
Bloodborne.......still trying to finish Demon's Souls (about 75% through it).

Never did finish the original castlevania on Nintendo.....i'm too impatient.
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Mennonite 05:36 PM 03-18-2021
Originally Posted by DJJasonp:
Bloodborne.......still trying to finish Demon's Souls (about 75% through it).

Never did finish the original castlevania on Nintendo.....i'm too impatient.

Fuck Caslevania. I can handle getting my ass beat by Mike Tyson in Punch Out but I'll be damned if I'm going to spend time on a game where stairs are your toughest opponent.
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DJJasonp 05:38 PM 03-18-2021
Originally Posted by Mennonite:
**** Caslevania. I can handle getting my ass beat by Mike Tyson in Punch Out but I'll be damned if I'm going to spend time on a game where stairs are your toughest opponent.
I think I made it to Dracula once or twice, but didnt have enough to get past him.
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notorious 05:50 PM 03-18-2021
Groan.

Castlevania.

FUCK.

I can get to Dracula the old fashioned way, can never beat him.

Simon's Quest was a mother fucking joke compared to I and III.
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Fishpicker 10:27 PM 03-18-2021
Originally Posted by Imon Yourside:
Yup those made me fall in love with gaming, oh the days.... :-)

Hard hat Mack I sucked badly at lolz, like Dragons Lair at the arcade.

Spinoff NON thread ..What Stand up arcade games were you addicted to?
Mine was Front Line by Taito, I could play for hours on 1 quarter. :-)

I was addicted to quite a few arcade games. when i was down to my last quarter, I would play Time Pilot. the best i did on one quarter was to roll the game 2x. I really liked BMUps too. my friend and I beat Ninja Warriors with $8. I had 3 friends play D&D shadows over Mystara with me. we beat that with $22. and then we did it again with $8.
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BigBeauford 08:08 AM 03-19-2021
Originally Posted by Imon Yourside:
I had no problems with Phantasy Star II :-)
I was probably 8 years old when I played it. Was very hard at that time, and I believe I got stuck because I threw away Dynamite which was needed to access one of the first dungeons. Also, the dungeons at the time were big confusing mazes; easy to get lost. But this game was awesome, especially for the time.
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Wallcrawler 02:39 PM 03-19-2021
Fiance has a Nintendo Switch, and with the membership you get a free NES and SNES emulator with free games.

NES Ninja Gaiden is on there. Hard as fuck just as I remember but still fun as hell.
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scho63 06:26 PM 03-19-2021
I thought finishing Legend of Zelda was a big accomplishment back in 1985 or 1986.

Today my big thing is point and click or escape room games like Submarine Series from Matuez Skuknik
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