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**notorious** · 03-17-2021, 07:43 PM

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.

tredadda · 03-19-2021, 06:28 PM

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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 **** just as I remember but still fun as hell.

Isn't that the one with like no saves or something?

**notorious** · 03-19-2021, 07:35 PM

No saves, infinite continues. If you die on the final boss it puts you at the beginning of the level.

It has bounce hits, meaning if an enemy hits you you bounce like in Castlevania. Leads to a lot of insta-deaths.

**** Ninja Gaiden. I can no death that entire ****ing game until the final stretch. JFC that game.

DJJasonp · 03-20-2021, 08:39 AM

I also found all of the "super" star wars games to be extremely difficult.

I think they started on the NES.

**notorious** · 03-20-2021, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by DJJasonp

I also found all of the "super" star wars games to be extremely difficult.

I think they started on the NES.

Great games. I've beaten 1 and 2 on normal difficulty.

I picked of Jedi in 96' at Toys R' Us and never got into it.

I never had a problem with the 1st one. The ESB Vader final boss could be a turd, but he gives you force refills constantly so you have to be patient.

CoMoChief · 03-20-2021, 05:13 PM

Ninja Gaiden
Castlvania
The orig TMNT game, not the arcade game

**Lzen** · 03-23-2021, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Imon Yourside

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.

Donkey Kong, Tron, Galaga, Gauntlet

Imon Yourside · 03-23-2021, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Lzen

Donkey Kong, Tron, Galaga, Gauntlet

I played all of them, I was ok at Donkey Kong, Galaga I was never great at. Gauntlet was hard and I didn't last long. Remeber the Star Wars game where you had to take out the death star?

Mennonite · 03-23-2021, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Imon Yourside

Galaga I was never great at.

I loved that game. There was a trick that made it much easier. If you didn't kill the last two "bee" ships in level two they would eventually stop firing. Kill them then, and no enemy would fire at you for the rest of the game.

I liked Double Dragon (pretty much any sidescrolling button masher honestly), Smash TV, and Operation Wolf.

Imon Yourside · 03-23-2021, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Mennonite

I loved that game. There was a trick that made it much easier. If you didn't kill the last two "bee" ships in level two they would eventually stop firing. Kill them then, and no enemy would fire at you for the rest of the game.

I liked Double Dragon (pretty much any sidescrolling button masher honestly), Smash TV, and Operation Wolf.

I never put in enough quarters to find out. I basically went to the mall with 1 to 2 dollars and that had to last a while.

Don't remember Smash TV or Operation Wolf but Double Dragon was fun.

HC_Chief · 03-23-2021, 04:22 PM

Dark Souls series- 3rd person action/adventure game where you will die over and over and over and over...

Hollow Knight - metroidvania side-scroller with brilliant, well, everything. This game is damn near perfect. The Path Of Pain is an absolute platforming nightmare, and Steel Soul mode is impossible for us regular humans. If you have not played it, do yourself a favor and buy a copy.

Dead Cells - another brilliant side-scroller; action, hack, slash, burn, destroy!

PurpleJesus28 · 03-23-2021, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Imon Yourside

I never put in enough quarters to find out. I basically went to the mall with 1 to 2 dollars and that had to last a while.

Don't remember Smash TV or Operation Wolf but Double Dragon was fun.

I think Operation Wolf had an uzi type gun you used,if i remember it was pretty fun.And Front Line as you mentioned was a great game too.

lcarus · 03-23-2021, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

Groan.

Castlevania.

****.

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

Simon's Quest was a mother ****ing joke compared to I and III.

Simon's Quest was hard in the way that you didn't know what to do or where to go at certain points.

There were a lot of hard NES games like that. Super Pitfall was one of them. There's a lot of hidden items you can only find by jumping in just the right spot to make them appear. You have to find them to beat the game. Then once you save the girl and do everything you're supposed to do, you have to go back to the beginning and jump in just the right spot, and that's supposed to trigger the end of the game. Totally cryptic BS pain in the ass.

Demonpenz · 03-23-2021, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by PurpleJesus28

I think Operation Wolf had an uzi type gun you used,if i remember it was pretty fun.And Front Line as you mentioned was a great game too.

i loved operation wolf. Especially when you died. "YOU HAVE BEEN MORTALLY WOUNDED" or

Sassy Squatch · 03-23-2021, 05:22 PM

You haven't really beaten a SoulsBorne game until you've soloed the DLC bosses. ****ing Orphan of Kos and Midir.

Demonpenz · 03-23-2021, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Mennonite

I loved that game. There was a trick that made it much easier. If you didn't kill the last two "bee" ships in level two they would eventually stop firing. Kill them then, and no enemy would fire at you for the rest of the game.

I liked Double Dragon (pretty much any sidescrolling button masher honestly), Smash TV, and Operation Wolf.

that is from bad dudes.

03-17-2021, 07:43 PM
notorious Supporter notorious's Avatar Join Date: May 2005 Location: Who knows?	Games That are Hard as Hell 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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03-19-2021, 07:35 PM	#47
notorious Supporter notorious's Avatar Join Date: May 2005 Location: Who knows?	No saves, infinite continues. If you die on the final boss it puts you at the beginning of the level. It has bounce hits, meaning if an enemy hits you you bounce like in Castlevania. Leads to a lot of insta-deaths. ** Ninja Gaiden. I can no death that entire **ing game until the final stretch. JFC that game.
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03-20-2021, 08:39 AM	#48
DJJasonp My work speaks for itself!!! DJJasonp's Avatar Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: So Cal	I also found all of the "super" star wars games to be extremely difficult. I think they started on the NES.
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03-20-2021, 05:13 PM	#50
CoMoChief Mahomes Dynasty CoMoChief's Avatar Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Parts Unknown	Ninja Gaiden Castlvania The orig TMNT game, not the arcade game
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03-23-2021, 04:22 PM	#55
HC_Chief That's just f***in' stupid HC_Chief's Avatar Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: suburbia	git gud! Dark Souls series- 3rd person action/adventure game where you will die over and over and over and over... Hollow Knight - metroidvania side-scroller with brilliant, well, everything. This game is damn near perfect. The Path Of Pain is an absolute platforming nightmare, and Steel Soul mode is impossible for us regular humans. If you have not played it, do yourself a favor and buy a copy. Dead Cells - another brilliant side-scroller; action, hack, slash, burn, destroy!
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03-23-2021, 05:22 PM	#59
Sassy Squatch The man you could post like. Sassy Squatch's Avatar Join Date: Oct 2010	You haven't really beaten a SoulsBorne game until you've soloed the DLC bosses. ****ing Orphan of Kos and Midir.
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