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What is the hardest retro game you've beaten, or the game you are most proud of yourself for beating?

Pic related is mine.

>> No.2079186
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3 months

>> No.2079192

Castlevania 1 and 3, I think. There might be more difficult titles I've beat, but this two games had the biggest impact on me.

>> No.2079197

Contra and Ninja Gaiden but beating Ikagura in one run is the most proud moment after my marriage.

>> No.2079235 [DELETED] 

>>2079176
Same here. And Castlevania 3 took me around a month to beat, a bit more at most. But I soon played Super Castlevania 4 and it took 2-3 days of moderate play.

I felt somewhat bad, wish I ha taken my time. Oh well there's always hard mode!

Now I'm doing a warpless run of super mario bros, I've made it to 7-4.

>> No.2079238 [DELETED] 

>>2079235
Same here. And Castlevania 3 took me around a month to beat, a bit more at most. But I soon played Super Castlevania 4 and it took 2-3 days of moderate play.

I felt somewhat bad, wish I had taken my time. Oh well there's always hard mode!

Now I'm doing a warpless run of super mario bros, I've made it to 7-4.

>> No.2079239

>>2079192
Same here. And Castlevania 3 took me around a month to beat, a bit more at most. But I soon played Super Castlevania 4 and it took 2-3 days of moderate play.

I felt somewhat bad, wish I had taken my time. Oh well there's always hard mode!

Now I'm doing a warpless run of super mario bros, I've made it to 7-4.

>> No.2079242

>>2079197
>Ikagura

this. ikaruga is the most unforgiving brutal shmup ever.

>> No.2079842

tfw still can't beat Battletoads.

I can't figure out Clinger Wingers. Even with the Game Genie, even with the emulators, even with savescumming.

I've had this cartridge in my possession since 1991 and the gamepad-shaped dents in the drywall to prove it.

>> No.2079853

The Adventures of Batman and Robin for the Sega Genesis.

Runner up: Zelda 2. Being able to navigate the Great Palace as a kid without a map, beat that nightmare of a first boss, then winning the Shadow Link fight... I still get grief from my uncle over that, seeing as we used to compete over who could get further in Zelda games.

>> No.2079860

>>2079176
i've 1cc'd a bunch of games but the most memorable is darius twin for snes. last level is retard-strength hard

>> No.2079865

Mega man 3 single life

I don't know if these games are considered very hard, but:
Bayou Billy
3D battles of world runner
Adv D&D Pool of radiance
8 eyes


On a touch screen phone emulator games that are not RPGs, like Super Metroid or Mega man 2. Holy fuck.

>> No.2079870

>>2079865
Bayou Billy is considered ungodly hard. Pools of Radiance isn't "hard" per se, but it takes enough patience and dedication that you won't find too many people who've beaten it. I've owned it for about a decade and have never gotten around to it.

>> No.2079871

I can 1cc Sunset Riders and the first loop of Ghouls n Ghosts arcade, they aren't that hard tho.

>> No.2079876

>>2079860
>i've 1cc'd a bunch of games but the most memorable is darius twin

You must have 1cc'd some real piss easy games to be saying that.

>> No.2079878

>>2079871
>1cc sunset riders
Except for Wigwam its pretty easy, its also fun as heck.

>> No.2079884

All the "hard" games I can think of have infinite continues, e.g. Ninja Gaiden, and Castlevania I and III.

>> No.2079886

>>2079884
Ninja Gaiden III doesn't.

>> No.2079889

>>2079886
That wasn't one of the games I listed.

>> No.2079893

>>2079242
I can't beat Stage 4. Is Stage 5's difficulty a lot higher than #4?

>> No.2079896

>>2079870
Pool of radiance beginning is very hard until at least one of your party member levels up. Also the ending part is difficult. I couldn't stress enough the importance of rolling near perfect stats for every party member. Maybe the classes are just a matter of personal preference, I usually go with Fighter - fighter - cleric/fighter - Magic user - Cleric and then get Dirten and never let him go. Overall it's a hard game if you don't know what you're doing - just like you said -, but fun as hell and truely amazing to be on the NES. I don't know if it's my favourite game on the NES but at least top3

>> No.2079912

Actraiser

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This motherfucker

>> No.2079963

Actraiser isn't so tough.

I just can't seem to get a "perfect" in the desert zone.

The game is beatable, I just can't 100% it.

>> No.2080087

Adventures of Lolo 1 & 2 are probably the hardest, but I'm probably "most proud" of beating Mario 2. I don't know why. I don't really get a feeling of accomplishment from beating games, if the difficulty hits a sweet spot and I just barely survive some specific situation or scenario within an inch of my life, I value that moment as cool.

>> No.2080091

>>2079963

Actraiser 2 has all your difficulty needs.

>> No.2080107

Beat Dragons Lair for the NES, although i'm not sure it's so much "hard" or it just requires an ungodly amount of patience. Felt good seeing the The End screen at any rate.

Other than that i have to say Wizardry 4.

>> No.2080124

Espgaluda. I would say DoDonPachi but I've only cleared the first loop so I don't think it counts. Espgaluda has similar difficulty (slightly easier levels, much harder final boss) but it only has one loop so I've fully completed it.

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I beat Knights of the Round Table (arcade version) with a friend of mine in a bar while waiting for the bus coming home from school, we just did with one coin each and we were kinda surprised since we never been particularly pros or whatever. The game is not that difficult but did it 1cc was surprising. It was also surprising the name of the last boss, one of the most important men of my country. We didn't see it coming.

>> No.2080132
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Probably Castlevania 3.

>> No.2080209

I guess Battletoads would be considered the hardest one even though it's more about memorizing than actual skill.

>> No.2080279

>>2079176
Same thing here.
>>2079186
Tried beating this one but it's way too hard.

>> No.2080281

Quake 2.

>> No.2080450
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if you beat a game using a gorillion continues and using every glitch, every trick available to eke out a win, does that count?

In that case, the NES Ninja Gaiden games I guess

>> No.2080585

I can't get past Turbo Tunnel in Battletoads, even if I save state for every single obstacle I pass.

I'm probably most proud of beating Perfect Dark on Perfect Agent difficulty. That game is nigh impossible even on medium.

>> No.2080615

>Hardest
Battletoads by far, then Battletoads without warps afterwards.

>Most proud
Legacy of the Wizard

>> No.2080620
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2080620

Easily one of the most difficult games I've ever played.

>> No.2080621
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>>2080130
I guess the difficulty setting was set to lower than the default, because the bosses that KotR throws at you are some bullshit. You pretty much had to master the blocking mechanic or get ready to die constantly. At least the SNES port has a separate button for that, the only thing you can do in the arcade version is <- + attack, and god help you if you fuck up the timing.

>> No.2080626

>>2079876
nah. just was a memorable time

recent other 1ccs for me are.. daimakaimura, radiant silvergun, contra 3, hagane

also try 1cc-ing darius twin . have fun on the last level

>> No.2080685

>>2080620
I can't read that title without thinking of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObjLb6ElTvs

>> No.2080772

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo - USA release.


The hardest fighting game AI of all time, even on default difficulty.

It took me forever to discover all the cheap tricks to cheat out the AI.


I am also proud of beating One Whole Unit Blood, not only is it just a hard ass game but it's quite a long FPS and it just felt extremely fulfilling to beat, like I had completed an adventure.


I also beat castlevania 1, but I could never beat Dracula in castlevania 3. I should try to beat it again.

All in all though I don't make it a habit to beat games, I usually just play a lot of them and only beat the ones I really get into.

>> No.2080801

>>2080772
I can breeze through SSF2 1cc but on SSF2 you can easily lose on your first or second fight.

>> No.2080802

>>2080626
>also try 1cc-ing darius twin . have fun on the last level

The last level is just as easy/boring as all the others with that blatant safespot. Try playing some harder shmups sometime.

>> No.2080806

Is Fzero gx considered hard?

>> No.2080809

Ascending in nethack

>> No.2080868

>>2079186
I remember my very first game as a kid was this. My dad bought it for me when it first came out. I found other games easier after having to finish this.

>> No.2080880

>>2080802
I did it without cheesing any safespots

>> No.2080890

>>2080809
I can't even get past the lair in DCSS after like 200 plays and that game is ezmode-- I can't fathom the amount of time and effort it takes to ascend in nethack.

>> No.2080920

>>2080890
Nethack isn't bad once you know the game mechanics.

>> No.2080934

>>2080880

No, I'm afraid your own ignorance of basic patterns does not make a game any harder. Try playing some harder shmups sometime.

>> No.2080952

>>2080806
It's definitely hard (at least the staff ghosts are) but is it really retro?

For me it's the Gameboy Color port of SMB: The Lost Levels

>> No.2080957

The first Adventure Island, on the NES.

>> No.2080975

Battletoads and The Immortal are my claims to fame. I've never been through Aero the Acrobat though, might have to give it another go.

>>2079842
Hit pause on every corner if you want to be cheap.

>> No.2080984

>>2080890
beating DCSS is all about knowing when its time to run away. hubris is the biggest killer.
or, you could simply minatour berzerker of trog your way through everything except orange crystal statues.

on topic: i beat ironsword wizard and warriors 2 somehow at age 8.

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>>2080685

It was getting really frustrating fighting Google's autocorrect trying to "Did you mean?" me to death and change Chakan to Chaka Khan. -_-

>> No.2081240

>>2080957
Did you get the bumblebee on level one to get infinite continues? Regardless...still a difficult game

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>>2080621
>KNIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME

>> No.2081270
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>Greatest /vr/ achievement

Probably beating picrelated on Expert. By some miracle, I aced both of the bonus rounds and ended up getting an extra continue out of it. If it wasn't for that, I probably wouldn't have made it.

>Greatest vidya achievement overall

Beating the PS2 Shinobi on Super mode with Joe Musashi, who's the weakest character of the three. Spent like six hours fighting the final boss alone. Finally beat him at 4 AM, just when I was about to say "fuck it" and hit the sack. In the morning, I got shit from my parents because all of the screaming I was doing in my room apparently kept them up all night. Totally worth it.

>> No.2081271

>>2081270
>I got shit from my parents because all of the screaming I was doing in my room apparently kept them up all night.

Why didn't they just come in and tell you to stop being such an angsty little princess?

>> No.2081283
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AOF 1 finally got this guy when I later emulated the game in like 2007 87th continue and i'm damn proud of myself.

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>>2081271
Couldn't be arsed to walk all the way downstairs or something, I don't even remember.

>> No.2081295

1CC'ing all three NES Ninja Gaidens and the SMS one, Castlevania I and III and Soldier Blade.

>> No.2081318

>>2079893
they only get worse and worse and worse

>> No.2081323

>>2079871
sunset riders, with another person playing with me. on my mame cab. not hard but goddamn, fun times, same with saturn bomberman

>> No.2081362
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>>2081283
>87th continue and i'm damn proud of myself.

AHAHAHA-

>SNK boss

Yeah nah fair enough, mate.

>> No.2081461

Would Battle Kid count?

If not I'm going with the original Turrican or Shadow of the Beast.

Me and a fridn did Knights of the Round on the SNES on Hard once too. That was brutal.

>> No.2082221

>>2079176
Hardest: Batman NES
Most proud of: Same game again, but without dying once

>> No.2082796
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>> No.2083043

>>2082796
my nigga

>> No.2083102

Now I feel inferior. My biggest achievement was Earthworm Jim on Normal (which I was very proud of at the time, because it still was really hard for me). Also I think I finished Earthworm Jim 2 on some difficulty too, but I'm not sure if there even were difficulties too. I just remember it being a lot easier, and a bunch of cows in the end.
Also, from non-/vr/ related I finished the original Flash Meat Boy, which is deliberately retro, if that counts (it totally doesn't). Never played the new one, though.
Do Interactive Fiction and adventure games count, though? I also finished the entire Space Quest series and the first two King's Quests. They were hard, but probably not in the sense everybody's speaking about.

>> No.2083195

>>2081461
>Would Battle Kid count?
That's a fucking tough game, but what difficulty? Even with unlimited continues, it's still harder than some of these other games mentioned.

>>2082796
Awesome, that's probably one of mine too.

>> No.2083201

>>2083195
>what difficulty?

Normal. I don't think I could do it with limited lives. I need to order Battle Kid 2 soon.