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TMNT 1. Ughhhh. I hear Friday the 13th is up there as well. Both fr the original NES
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I don't care what anyone says- old games for systems like NES are way fucking harder than anything today.

You have 1-3 lives for the entire game, no save spots and enemies can kill you seemingly just by looking at you.
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It was a transitional period, from the end of 8-bit to the start of 16-bit gaming. A lot of key techniques were learned, and put into place on the Genesis and Super Nintendo, making the games far less aggravating to play.
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lanza218 wrote:TMNT 1. Ughhhh. I hear Friday the 13th is up there as well. Both fr the original NES
The F13 game was frustrating, but in a "this isn't very good, and it's too hard to do most stuff" way - kinda like ET for the Atari 2600.

The most frustrating game that was actually good for me was Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. You'd bust your ass just to get to Tyson, then 9/10 times, you'd just get your ass kicked fairly quick. :lol:
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Friday was a bad game, developed by a horrible company (LJN). Tyson was VERY frustrating. A lot of other games left you basically helpless against what seemed like unfairly harsh mechanics. River Raid on the 2600 was pretty aggravating for me.
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TMNT1 for NES was super aggravating. I got stuck so many times at certain spots but overcame them. I did end up finishing the game. Probably would not do well if I played it today, and today's kids likely would never beat it.
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Damn u did?!?!?! I was ALWAYS stuck on the level where the turtles would be captured and you drove the van around to rescue them.
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lanza218 wrote:Damn u did?!?!?! I was ALWAYS stuck on the level where the turtles would be captured and you drove the van around to rescue them.
Yep till I beat Shredder. I'm pretty sure I'd fail miserably if I tried today.

I remember getting stuck in one part where you and to jump from one platform to another in the sewer. It's like the ceiling wasn't high enough. After a loooonng time I discovered I could lightly tap the button and make the jump.

Back then no Internet to look these things up. Wow do I feel old.
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