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I completed TMNT as a kid… on Commodore 64. That version is admittedly a little bit easier than the NES version (some mechanics were missing, and an entire level is gone, as I recall). Still, I have no idea why people complain about the second level (river), it’s actually pretty fun. Compared to what’s to come later in the game.
To me, the definitive “hard” game is Metroid Prime 2: Echoes on GameCube. Dark Souls just makes me say “eeeeeehhhh this is probably doable, I’ll play this after I’m done with MP2E.”
(When I first played MP2E, I only got through the second to last boss. Then my MadCatz memory card died. Played through the game again, with the fury of million suns. 99% complete. Because I missed one optional scan. …One of these days I replay this bastard.)
I played a lot of metroid prime 1 & 2 as a kid but I dont remember thinking they were very hard. Maybe it’s time I revisited them
The real answer is probably DoDonPachi SDOJ. Inbachi, the true final boss, went undefeated for over ten years.
Elden is fair if you grind, explore and prepare for the enemies. Other games are basically “rhythm games” in disguise, you have to memorize the exact series of moves, in the exact order, with the right timing.
you have to memorize the exact series of moves, in the exact order, with the right timing
That applies very well to the Dark Soul series as well in my opinion
Didn’t play DS yet honestly, but if you can use the terrain, change builds and choose between close combat or ranger/magic weapon, then you have enough elasticity.
My friends were encouraging me to play Dark Souls. I told them I’m not interested since it’s hard and I no longer have time to persevere, now that I am an adult with little to no time. One of my friends commented that I’m just scared to play Dark Souls. To which I responded I’ve played harder games. Said friend never had video game consoles when we were kids, and missed out on the suffering of playing 90s and 00s games.
Fucking coral reef.
IIRC the issue with that was super janky hitboxes
Dam was only level 2 my friend and possibly the easiest level. I’m not even kidding here.
Why can’t a turtle swimm?
That don’t look like Takeshi’s Challenge
Sorry about the PTSD, but…
Fun fact: that’s one of the easiest levels in the game. It barely cracks the top 10 hardest levels in a game with 12 levels, and only because the first 2 are trivial to lull you into a false sense of security.
I watch a streamer who mastered speed running dozens of NES games. He says Battletoads was the hardest game to learn. Just getting through the game, not even pushing for a fast time, was extremely challenging. Much harder than TMNT 1 or Ninja Gaiden.
Yeah, for all the difficulty I had with the dam on NES TMNT as a kid, I saw a streamer do it last year I think (I believe on first attempt?) not realizing it was supposed to be difficult. Blew my mind.
I have never met anyone that could beat this level. It’s like it was made to sell the Game Genie.
I only got it by state save scumming in zsnes, and even then it was tough not to save yourself into a corner.
You have to memorize the level and jump a bit before that one tricky one comes on screen.
Child me could beat it after hours of repeated attempts and running out of continues.
Adult me went back after a decade. The muscle memory was still there and I beat it on the first try. I probably got about an 80% success rate on first attempts now. But level 4 and beyond I’m terrible.
Aww yeah. I’m gonna call Gold and Silver Pawn and see if they have this classic in stock.
I need to find an emulated version of this. Mine was faulty and always glitches as soon as you finished this stage so I never got to see neyond it for more than a few seconds. I’ve always wondered what was there!
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Elden Ring felt pretty easy. The first 10 hours were brutal, but once I adjusted, it was pretty easy.
Eh ER is choose your own difficulty. It can be really easy or impossibly hard based on the limitations you place on yourself.
Try level capping at 80. Makes the DLC difficult. Also makes you summonable by me, which I could really use right now.
I forget which platform it was, but one version of that TMNT game was literally impossible because someone fucked up the distance of a jump in one of the sewer levels, making it an impossible jump to make.
I had it on PC as a kid and it was hard enough just reading the codes out of the booklet using that piece of red cellophane to get the fucker to start up lol
This stupid jump ruined my childhood
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=5zVdNXvsYXy9KETE&t=319s&v=XjUz8IT0CYg&feature=youtu.be
Are you thinking of that one small gap where you have to just walk over it without jumping, and trying to jump makes you fall?
Ah, fuck I thought of that damn jump. I spent months trying to get over it, until someone found that it was small enough that you could walk over it.
I think so. On the working versions you can just walk across but on the broken one it’s too far to do that and jumping makes you hit the ceiling and also not make it. Though it’s been a while since I’ve both played it or seen the little videos pointing out the error on one of the versions.
Pretty sure it was the PC port of TMNT. On NES there’s a very difficult jump, and on PC the gap is too wide.
It’s not the annoying gap that can be walked over.
Elden Ring isn’t even the hardest Soulslike
This was certainly the hardest part of the game due to the controls, but it still pales in comparison to actually difficult games of the era that were designed to take quarters first, provide gameplay later
Oh yeah, for sure. Ghosts’n Goblins comes to mind.
I never could defuse all the bombs at the dam.
It’s s one of my biggest regrets from childhood. Right up there with the rest of my early traumas that have guided my life in major and subtle ways.
Lion King on SEGA Genesis?
Takeshi’s Challenge?
Dragon’s Lair?
Ninja Gaiden?
Marble Madness?
Battletoads?
Fuckin battletoads. WAY harder than turtles.
Duck Hunt anyone ?. I think I got to middle 20s level. I hate that dog for mocking me on my last level before dying. I almost wish there was a game where I could shoot that dog instead of the ducks.
