[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/vr/ - Retro Games

View post   
File: 29 KB, 550x556, 1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1492395 No.1492395[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

What retrogame made you say "it's impossible to beat" for the first time?

For me, Captain Comic, I was about 5 years old

>> No.1492402
File: 135 KB, 375x585, Scorcher_video_game_cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1492402

>>1492395
Scorcher.

As a matter of fact I still can't beat the last level. Even the second-to-last level is borderline impossible.

>> No.1492412
File: 2.60 MB, 1534x2100, 2361205-nes_castlevania.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1492412

I was like 6 when I first played it.

I still haven't beaten Death.

>> No.1492427
File: 5 KB, 320x200, tmnt-dos-12[1].png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1492427

This, and yes it was the dos version. Fuck that shit, seriously.

>> No.1492432

>>1492427
At least the DOS version had an unlimited health code. You had to use Game Genie if you wanted it on the NES

>> No.1492445

>>1492395
Pretty much all of them.

>> No.1492465

probably majoras mask. The pre- stone tower segment took me about 3 years

>> No.1492508

>>1492395
I remember thinking that for the first Mega Man.

Even if you savescum, your timing for jumping and shooting for the second to last boss have to be retardedly precise. I ended up abusing the start menu glitch to get past him. MM2 is a million times easier but 3 picked up the difficulty again.

>> No.1492518
File: 1.84 MB, 1534x2100, 2361210-nes_castlevania3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1492518

I still haven't beaten it.

>> No.1492521
File: 52 KB, 400x351, 1395668095306.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1492521

>> No.1492575

Earthworm Jim

You know exactly why.

>> No.1493279

ninja kid
I still can't beat it

>> No.1493313
File: 37 KB, 800x600, gfs_40172_2_32[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1493313

no matter how hard i try, i can't beat the dark demon

>> No.1493345
File: 285 KB, 1200x760, 1395692894598.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1493345

Been trying to beat this game for.. oh... about twenty years now. It's cool and all there's an infinite health code but I want to earn it >_<

>> No.1493678 [SPOILER] 
File: 7 KB, 256x240, Castlevania_002.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1493678

>>1492412

I did. But then pic related happened.

>> No.1493748

>>1493678
Why the fuck are you playing Castlevania in Portuguese? There is hardly any text on it

>> No.1493759

>>1492575

I don't know what you're talking abo-

>bubble racing PTSD

...yeah, fuck that part. Way too big of a sprite on the screen.

>> No.1493776
File: 7 KB, 256x239, Image Fight penalty zone.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1493776

This shit right here, and it was only recently. I've never really had that thought occur to me until this.

>> No.1493782

Holy fucking shit this game was so damn hard. Coming back to it later, though, its still fucking hard.

>> No.1493785
File: 88 KB, 256x175, fuck you jim power.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1493785

>>1493782
forgot pic

>> No.1493818
File: 171 KB, 593x800, its_fabio.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1493818

Possibly the worst swordplay mechanics in it's genre

>> No.1493824

Batman Forever
The combined efforts of me and my friends could not even get us past like the second screen, I don't think any game has actually pissed me off more. I didn't even know the grappling hook existed until watching avgn years later.

>> No.1493851

>>1493818
>it's genre

You blew it

>> No.1493859

>>1492518
>>1492412
I've enjoyed Castlevania for a long time.
Played the first one since I was 5. Only managed to beat it when I was 19 years old. It was the best feeling ever.

After feeling confident enough, I decided to play Castlevania 3, surely if beat the first game I should be able to beat 3 with ease, I thought. Big mistake. Took me another 3 years. Only managed to beat it like a month ago.

>> No.1493879

>>1493851
>points out a punctuation error another poster makes
>makes one himself

No, faggot, YOU blew it.

>> No.1493937

>>1493879
>Punctuation in an image board

>> No.1493953

Silver Surfer NES.

Don't know how we came into the possession of a copy but to this day I think it was the devil out to drive us to insanity.

>> No.1493951

I've said that innumerable times, but it turns out it's just because I'm not very good at anything.

>> No.1493965

>>1493937
I know, right?

>> No.1493980

>>1492395
Mine was also captain comic; actually I could never beat it. Same with Barbarian from Psygnosis I got the same feeling for ninja gaiden II but that one became easy when I replayed it years later.

>> No.1493991

>>1492412
spam holy water

but seriously, Solomon's Key

then Ghosts and Goblins

then Battletoads

>> No.1494007
File: 65 KB, 640x449, 18083_front.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1494007

>Barely struggle through Shoot-em-up level.
>Get to end
>I needed to actually bring that balloon with me for the whole level
>Level gets a whole new layer of difficulty

Oh my fucking god

>> No.1494018

Not many games did. I played Nemesis 3 for the MSX when I was like 15 and was thoroughly convinced it was impossible. Running through the stages forward and then backwards with crazy hard shit throughout is just too much. I am sure some Jap guys have done it and kudos to them.

>> No.1494027

Metroid, for the NES.

I was probably about 6 or 7 when I played it, though. I don't think I ever even got to fight Kraid or Ridley, I just quite enjoyed exploring.

I remember finding the Ice Beam by complete accident, though, which I was really proud of because even my older brother had never found it.

>> No.1494091
File: 57 KB, 640x576, Goron Dance.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1494091

I can't tell if I have no rhythm or if this is just too unforgiving. I'm banking it was the second since I recently emulated it and got stuck here again.

>> No.1494097

Ninja Gaiden.
That game made me cry tears of rage through my anus.

>> No.1494106

>>1494091
A and B, really. I think the best way to go about it is to not beat your head against it too much, else you just lose all rhythm.

>> No.1494181

obligatory: battletoads for nes
got passed the first hover racer level once as a kid, then immediately got killed in snow level (no more mans by that point).
later played it on emulator, saved state every four seconds.
still can't beat final levels. mfw

also the second zelda game for nes. the side view one. that mess is really still hard.

>> No.1494258
File: 72 KB, 616x480, 939204_20070425_screen002.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1494258

Gradius III, man.

I know now that it's not the hardest game or even the hardest shmup, but back in the day this game was legend among my friends and siblings because even the best of us could never finish it.

I finally conquered it a few years ago, only to be greeted by "Now challenge Hard Mode!"

The ride never ends.

>> No.1494281
File: 47 KB, 400x563, Street_Fighter_2010_box.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1494281

>> No.1494430

>>1494281
>STATE-OF-THE-ART
>HIGH RESOLUTION

kek

>> No.1494609

>>1492412

>Get Holy water
>Make sure to get Double and then Triple shot
>Spam the fucking shit out of Holy Water

>> No.1494616

>>1493748

Now that is weird. Even the Japanese version is entirely in English (except for the title).

>> No.1494660

Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

>> No.1494671
File: 138 KB, 200x275, Crazy_Castle_Cover.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1494671

This fucking game made me rage when I was 7.

I didn't understand that some games are shit, so I just figured I was doing it wrong.

>> No.1494719

>>1494671

>I didn't understand that some games are shit, so I just figured I was doing it wrong.

Imagine how I felt when I played Wizard of Oz.

>> No.1494786

>>1494660
really? unless your trying to save every person then yeah i completely agree.

>> No.1495052

>>1494258
I'M GIVE UP YOUR APPELLATION'S TECHNICAL MONEY

>> No.1495070

>>1494258
>know now that it's not the hardest game or even the hardest shmup
The arcade version actually is. SNES version on the other hand is on the easy side of shmups.

>> No.1495125
File: 15 KB, 269x187, Lost Vikings.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1495125

>>1492395
It took me ~15 years to beat pic related.

>> No.1495659

>>1492395
Every Amstrad game ever.

>> No.1495664

Still haven't beaten Dungeon Master
I suck

>> No.1495783
File: 50 KB, 500x652, 1395775478029.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1495783

"Uuno Turhapuro Muuttaa Maalle" on C64

It felt impossible, because you couldn't see all the shit coming at you and had to keep maximum focus 100% of the time.

I never got past the 2nd level and I beat Green Beret, both Cybernoids and Armalyte

longplay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3d7XK-a3MU

>> No.1495856

>>1495070

I'd list it as the easiest hori shmup ever made. Even on "arcade" difficulty it is cake. Without slowdown and edit mode it might be reasonably difficult. But yeah, the arcade version is brutal.

>> No.1495871

>>1495783
Is that a Finnish developed game?

>> No.1496046

>>1495871
Not him but yes.

>> No.1496134

>>1495856
Nah that's pushing it. There's other easier ones. Original Gradius and R-Type Leo come to mind.

>> No.1496213

>>1495783
>that cover
What in the fuck?
is that supposed to be a fucking plowing sim game?

the game itself looks pretty good though, nice sprites and parallax for c64 title

>> No.1496270

>>1495783
It's like a modern runner game on iOS.

>> No.1496289

I had an Amstrad, so that was the general rule.

>> No.1496389
File: 30 KB, 291x400, uuno.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1496389

>>1496213
It's a movie tie-in game

There's like 20 comedies about the guy. He's a slob that manages to do well by marrying a rich wife, lying, cheating and pretending to be someone important. Beautiful women fall inexplicably for his terrible flirting

>> No.1496403

>>1494091
I always got through that part on the first try. Then again, I'm used to stuff like rhythm games

>> No.1497004

Samurai Kirby from Super Star
the first stage
It still is for me

>> No.1497012

Defenders of Dynamo City (trying to fucking play it)
Ninja Gaiden
Battletoads
Contra
Super GnG
Zombies Ate My Neighbours
Smash TV
Bart vs Aliens

I had a sadistic childhood. I think the only 'relaxing' NES games I owned were Mario 1+3 & Base Wars

>> No.1497014

>>1493953
this! owned and played as a kid (way before the AVGN vid) fucking gnarly as hell

>> No.1498115

>>1497012
>Defenders of Dynamo City

Defenders of Dynatron City?

>> No.1498130

>>1495125

A bit off-topic
Funny how those three still live in Warcraft to this day-

On Topic, I remember crying like a little bitch back in the days of the Arcade to beat Shadows over Mystara, haven't played it in at least 12+ years, so I can't remember where I started crying at all. But cry I did.

>> No.1498135

yugioh forbidden memories

>> No.1498136
File: 159 KB, 400x550, 1395845886483.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1498136

For the first time?
That was over 20 years ago, but probably, this.

>> No.1498318

>>1494616

Because that's the ROM the people at whatever site I got it from had. I didn't bother downloading another one exactly because it's not a text heavy game anyways.

>> No.1498417
File: 47 KB, 434x425, 46688_front.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1498417

>>1492395
Still can't beat it.

>> No.1500194

>>1498417
I played that pile of shit as well. I could never beat the Mr. Burns. cloud stage, but my brother would tell me he had actually gotten to the castle.

>> No.1500243

>>1498115
Yeah, I even googled it and still forgot its actual name.