/vr/ - Retro Games

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Let's get the obvious out of the way

>>1211310
That wasn't even the hardest in the series

>>1211327
Yep. I could never beat this one. Even tried to get my dad to help me when he was home from work. Lol.

Also I had problems with Contra. I'm just not good with theese kind of games.

>>1211327

Oh come on, it's not as bad as people think.

You get unlimited continues and everything. If you get unlimited continues then there's no excuse.

>>1211358
Having unlimited continues doesn't make a game easy.

Dynamite Headdy
Earthworm Jim on Normal
getting all of the chaos emeralds in a Sonic game
pic related without a guide

Oh, and 99% of games, because I suck at video games.

>>1211354
>Also I had problems with Contra. I'm just not good with theese kind of games.

Actually I can beat Contra and Super C without the konami code easily. I can also beat DD2 on NES, SoR1 and 2 without losing a single life. I don't have problems with beat'em ups.

>>1211358

>unlimited continues

What? No.

>>1211396
Yes.

>>1211464
How?

>>1211358
see
>>1211361

in theory the original Prince of Persia has unlimited continues, but boy, few have beaten that thing.

I tried it again recently and did a ragequit in the second level.

>>1211870
For real?

Just drive backwards while shooting and the enemies throw themselves onto the laser ball things that shoot out of your speeder engines for some reason.

>>1211887
I mean the second plattformer stage, which is technicly the third level, my bad.

>>1211908
For that one you just have to remember to only use the super jump while jumping vertically, and to use the normal jump on the horizontal parts. I got stuck on that level for quite a while as a kid because I only used the super jump.

Honestly, the only thing that's really tricky in that game is the collapsing platforms in the sand people level and the Cantina boss. He's a bitch and beating him is kind of luck based.

>>1211327
The Snes "remake" is hard as hell?

>>1211951
Snes game was a brand new game with new stages, Genesis/Megadrive one was the remake.

>>1211953
Plus they toned down the difficulty of the megadrive game by a lot. I actually like this version better.
And the SNES game is really short and easy as well.

>>1211920

I've never even beaten the 2nd level.

>>1211841
>Prince of Persia
I will never forget the day I finally joined the select few people who have beaten that game without a walkthrough. I was literally sweating with my heart pounding out of my chest as I was dueling Jafar with only 3 minutes until the Princess died. I fucking jumped for joy when I finally defeated him. To this day, no other videogame has made me feel as much excitement as in that moment.

I'm playing Zelda II for the first time currently, it's beating my ass harder than any "fair" game I've played. It's not even hard in a bullshit way, just very very challenging.

>>1211320
Those two girls, man...

I played this game as a kid and haven't played it since. I don't know if it is actually hard, or if I couldn't beat it because I was so young.

>>1212089
That's what I love so much about Zelda II. If you're good, you can defeat everything without taking a hit. But you gotta work your ass off to ever be that good.

>>1212120
Exactly. I'm not very far at all, just beat the first dungeon and got the statue, but I can really appreciate that. At the risk of pissing off a lot of people, it reminds me of Dark Souls. Difficult but fair.

>>1212089

Here's a good tip for the Iron Knuckles; get about your jump distance away from your target and leap at them. When you're just coming down attack them. Their shield will be useless with this move if you do it right. Even if you don't do it right hitting their shield will knock them back and allow you to take another shot. Just try to avoid fighting them where you can't get to your full jump height.

Also, if enemies ever drop magic cast Life if you're even slightly damaged. Blue enemies are slightly more likely to drop magic containers too.

>>1212126
Good to know. They gave me a hell of a fight in the first palace, I had an easier time with the boss than I did those bastards.

>>1211464

Not on the NES, SNES, or Gameboy version. You might be playing the arcade in emulation, which did have unlimited continues in a sense.

I managed to beat the NES one after two months of practice.

>>1212128

Just practice with the orange bastards in the first dungeon. They're pretty slow and once you can get them in the cycle you're pretty much ready for the red and blue knights. Just make sure to cast Shield if you see a blue one, they will probably hit you and the magic cost is worth being safe rather than sorry.

>>1212141
I haven't obtained any magic spells yet, but how important is magic? Is it easy to refill?

>>1212145

Magic is necessary to getting past the first area. Each town has a spell to learn and most spells are required to finish the game. Shield and Life aren't technically required, but you're unlikely to beat the game without those.

The first town has Shield and you don't need to do anything but look for it. All the other spells require some manner of task be completed.

>>1212147
Well shit, guess I better go back to the first town then, thanks. I'm not currently playing but I know the part I'm at I need to aquire jump magic, assuming that's in the other town.

>>1212149

Yes, just make sure you beat the first palace before you tackle the caves near the start. Also, even though many people would probably suggest against it, I personally tackle Death Mountain after the first dungeon so I can acquire some very important abilities in the fourth town Mido. Also, my image of Link speaking is a hint for the most important spell in the game.

>>1211327
The trick is to master the Wookie Hole. That way, you can stock up a lot of lives. Have a good showing in the Terra Tubes and you should be set. Although, The Revolution still makes me nervous.

>>1212134

Hnnng.

How in the fuck?

This fucking game. Has anyone here beaten this piece of shit without Cody's infinite combo trick? Anyone?

Specifically the SNES version.

>>1212289

Yes. Throws are your friend.

>>1212298

Farthest I've made it is to the part with the fire.

...You know the one.

>>1211337
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLTQRJXzwP0

What about this one? Much harder than the first one. Also, too bad that they removed the sim city aspect.

>>1212373
I bought this boxed for 3 bucks years ago, but didn't actually play it. What kind of game is it, and why the 3-D glasses?

>>1211310
jesus that game i cant even past the boat part that shit is insane

>>1211337
This

>>1213790

>What kind of game is it
A kind of puzzle/pong game where you bounce your rotating space ship off of 'stuff' in order to progress. But your ship has fuel which decreased at a steady rate if you don't hit things, and there is a fuel penalty if your ship goes off screen (by not getting hit by the paddles).

This game was so frustrating.

Here it is from beginning to end:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQE5YRNNQSA


>3-D glasses
I have no recollection of ever having these when I got the game. As seen in the vid, the ship goes in and out of the screen, and the glasses probably give the player the impression of their ship popping out as it moves by.

>>1213801
Holy shit what game is this? Did DOS games really have animation that smooth?

>ctrl+f
>no Journey to Silius
am i just ultimate phleb or something

>>1214521
That's clearly an FMV, not rendered animation.

Looks kind of like Akira.

>>1214521
Not a game.

>>1212289

That Abigail dude just rapes me everytime

I have a few. Rage, screaming and echoing through the forgotten halls of my childhood.

Project Journeyman.

Turn and Burn: No Fly Zone.
After the third carrier the damn things have like 14 turrets and you have to destoy about a million jets and they can still missile you when you're like two screens away.

Fucking Bucky O'Hare.

Once you get inside the mother ship its just impossible. And that after you beat the bullshit asteroid level.

>>1214726
>Turn and Burn: No Fly Zone.
Fuck
that
game

>>1214726
Please don't.

>>1211310
That PS1 yugioh game

Solomon's Key is a hundred times harder than Battletoads.

>>1212108

Are you alternative universe me? That was the first game I've ever owned and I've never got past the first level. I remember having to jump off a bee or something really vague.

This

>>1214732
Oh come on Bucky isn't hard.

>>1215590
>Forbidden Memories

>>1211358
Battletoads gives you three continues. Three. What game were you playing? It wasn't Battletoads.

Kato-chan Ken-chan aka J.J & Jeff in the US.

Let's leave out the intricately times jumps, secrets (harder with the language barrier), and tricks the game plays on you - like a hidden warp pad in the final level that send you back to the start if the game (you can hit this pad easily by missing a certain jump).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaIAhMR09BQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

The guy i that video, IIRC he's doing that on real hardware.

It's the amount of shit the game throws on screen as the levels progress, especially those later levels. Especially the fire hussys, blue flames and shit birds. The long rows of campfires that mean instant death.

This fuckin game, is up there with G&G in difficulty. Even when you use the level warps that shorten it drastically.

To this day, Castlevania 3 is the only Castlevania I have not managed to beat.

>>1215685
Yeah that one. That gif accurately sums up mfw you had to fight those mages or w/e

Anyone whose played it knows exactly what I'm talking about. That part where the game gets really fucking hard. I wonder if i could beat it now as I'm much older

>>1215718
I made it up to the final stage but for some reason I can never finish it. It's still my favourite Castlevania, though.

>>1211310
does this game emulate well? I've never played it

>>1216056
Bsnes exists now, so yes it emulates almost perfectly

>>1216056
Yes.

Alot of games were easier back in the day because you where a kid, had nothing else to do, and were very enthused back then about vidya games.. I can remember have not much trouble beating ninja gaiden, TMNT, ninja gaiden 2, zelda 2.. got to the level after the snake one on battletoads, speeder bikes werent that hard.. Most games where really simple, they just took time, and practice, which most people dont have patience for now a days..

Even ghosts and goblins is a simple game with predictable mechanics, it just takes incredible patience..

Games that where hard for me, where games where sudden, erratic, badly programs bullet hell moments occurred and irratic enemy swarms which bogged the hardware and made it difficult to navigate and you also had to move at the same time.. games like kid icarus, monster party..

Not much else.. i pretty much beat about 80 percent of the games i rented durring nintendo and snes era.

Trust me.. People say theyre alot harder now.. its mostly a patience issue.. time has moved on other cheaper easier thrills occupy ones mind and they are neglegent.. you know sex and all the progression of pleasure and patience.. no one has patience for such unrewarding things, time has moved on.

It was also a different era for video games.. more action, less storyline, things moving along much faster and unforgivably.. You got much more pratice at that kind of gameplay back then.

>>1211310
1 and 2 weren't a problem, but fuck this game.
Fuck fuck fuck fuck this game

>>1220258
i think the japanese version is better, try that

Cannon Fodder. Fuck those snow levels.

Super Castlevania IV

I never completed it.

>>1220462
lulz

>>1220462

You're joking.

I mean, come on man.

>>1211310

The difficulty ramps up hardcore when you're characters start to die forever in battles and I've never finished it.

FUCK THIS GAME.

>>1220513

I could never beat the in-game retro Donkey Kong game and get the medal needed to reach the final boss...

>>1211320
Those girls indeed. Beat this at 14, barely. Once you "beat the game", Carnage smacks the credits off the screen and you have to fight him again. Raging adrenaline allowed me to achieve theta state and win.

>>1220258
1 and 2 weren't a problem.........someone has never played Ninja Gaiden 1 or 2.

>>1220258
Best music in the series.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHSvuTAK9KQ

>>1214521
that's a clip from the movie Akira.

>>1212124
>dark souls
>fair
but not /vr/ related

>>1212149
Not the other guy, but this game was my childhood.
Step 1. Get faerie spell
Step 2. Cast and go straight up in a town or no top environment.
Step 3. ??????
Step 4. Profit! (Save before ofc)
Also, final dungeon back to back boss fights will hold you up for a while, but you get to make up for it in the replay mode. Yeah, a legitimate replay mode in a NES game. So much anger to unleash on those asshole bosses the 2nd time around.

>>1212289
>This fucking game. Has anyone here beaten this piece of shit without Cody's infinite combo trick? Anyone?
I did, but only with the default number of lives. I was never able to beat it without dying (Abigail always rapes my ass). I'm convinced that they buffed the enemy attacks in the SNES port to make up for the lower number of on-screen enemies.

Final Fight Guy was the better version anyway. Shame they didn't put it on the Virtual Console.

>>1212289

I beat that as Haggar over the course of about three days of playing the shit out of it. For such a simple game, it's difficult as fuck. All you can really do is learn the best way to fight each enemy, and know when to use the power attack (jump+attack together). Fucking Abigail. Also fuck the last level, which is longer than the previous two put together.

>>1214718
That game wasn't hard at ALL!

Unless you are talking about trying to accomplish anything while the game crashes every now and then when running it in Windows 3.1. That was hard. Still very easy compared to most graphical adventure games.

I've never been past Ninja Gaiden stage 3-3. That's where I rage quit

I never got through this one as a kid, have not tried since.

Nobody played this? I only once made it to the second level. Probably not as hard as i remember but i was pretty young and the controls were a bitch

>>1211310
Game was hard could never beat it as a kid

Ninja Gaiden because I still can't git gud.

>>1215721
It's not that hard, you just gotta farm for meteor dragons and shit

>>1220515
Way easy sorry man

>>1214732
I'm with you. For the life of me, I could never beat that damn game.

>>1211320
one of the few good Ljn games
imo,any Ljn game that was made by Soft.Creations was good,but hard as balls
also,fuck that fucking robot in the F4 lab

>>1220258
any of the 3 games are hard as balls
the first one kicks your ass but has its patterns,its just trial and error
the second one has irregular patterns and stupid hazards,fuck the final stage its bullshit
and the third one is like the first one but no infinite continues

>>1220462
i give you any of the first 3[specially simon's quest] but 4 is not that hard