/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.2715248]

>tfw you beat a level or boss as an adult that you couldn't as a kid

Any stories of this experience, /vr/? I recently beat Allegro Presto in the first Rayman.

[Anonymous No.2715251]

Usually it's the other way around for me.

[Anonymous No.2715269]

>stuck on a puzzle for The Fool's Errand for a couple of years
>stewing in the back of my head for years later
>forget about it eventually
>10 or so years later the solution leaps unbidden into my brain
>brb reinstalling
>I was right GODDAMMIT I WAS RIGHT THIS MENTAL RELIEF IS BALM FROM GILEAD

[Anonymous No.2715271]

>>2715248
I used to play all my games on easy mode, but now I can play on higher difficulties. And there are games I can actually understand because I can actually pay attention to dialogue and clues instead of endlessly flailing around. Flailing around sometimes worked, but I be damned if it didn't cause frustration.

[Anonymous No.2715307]

>>2715248
I never found something unbeatable but I noticed that most of my skills now are way better than when I was a kid.

>Pick up Silent Bomber again after almost 15 years
>Remembering the days when I needed a lot of time to push through levels even after finishing the game multiple times
>Best time completion back then was about 9 hours with a lot of C
>Finished it in 1 hour and 44 minutes
>Lowest score was B in three missions
>mfw

Feels good man.

[Anonymous No.2715308]

in pokemon I used to always just grind in the beginning so that my starter could easily beat the type he was weak against and just use my other pokemon as slaves to go out and lose while I healed/revived my starter.
nowadays I go for the more convential well rounded team route

[Anonymous No.2715310]

In MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries campaign mode I got to a mission that was basically a room with 3 enemies in it. I could never beat all three, but when I was older I beat it on the first try.

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>>2715248
>Allegro Presto in the first Rayman.
>couldn't as a kid
Come on it isn't that hard

[Anonymous No.2715334]

>>2715307
The Rock's head in that shot looks like a slight curved to the left, erect penis.

[Anonymous No.2715701]

>>2715248
I beat everything I played as a kid. I do notice that some things are much easier as an adult though. Others are harder.

[Anonymous No.2715768]

>Play Super Mario Bros Deluxe again for the Game Boy Color 10 years later
>It has a racing feature where you race against a ghost and your best time is saved
>Start trying to beat my old records
>Damn, I was good as a kid
>Finally manage to beat them
>Ha! Take that younger self.

Feels...bittersweet.

[Anonymous No.2715805]

>>2715308
This, my team used to be a Lv. 100 whatever starter I chose and 5 garbage Pokemon below Lv. 30 for HM and buffers while healing the starter, now my team is three or four pokemon at around the same levels.

I tried picking up Red again and blasting through the whole game as just Blastoise and HM slaves, I couldn't do it, it just got too boring

[Anonymous No.2715820]

I beat Zelda 1 and Super Mario Bros. 3 for the first time 2 months ago.

[Anonymous No.2715926]

I had Megaman X since the early 90's. I never managed to beat Sigma's final form until around 2005 or so, when I was in college.

[Anonymous No.2715940]

>go over to a mate's place
>somehow get to the topic of Heart of Darkness and reminisce about how hard it was
>end up both downloading it and settle in to a long night of fun
>finish in a few hours
Disappointed as fuck, sometimes it doesn't feel good. Just makes you wonder why you were so terrible.

[Anonymous No.2716031]

>>2715820
I still havent beat the original zelda. A few years ago I tried to beat it and my shield was eaten by a like like at the 8 dungeon. After that I quit. I used to watch my Dad beat LoZ back in the day but nnever beat it myself

Just beat the original Super Mario Bros last week for the first time. That one is harder than 2 (USA) and 3 in my opinion.

[Anonymous No.2718086]

>Be little kid playing Sonic 2 for Genesis
>Try getting Chaos Emeralds
>Gets super hard by the fourth emerald
>Wind up shying away from the bonus rounds for years because I'm conditioned to think they are too hard
>Fast forward to last summer
>"You know, there's no way they can be THAT hard to get"
>Get all the emeralds in one play-through, play as Super Sonic legitimately for first time

It was a nice accomplishment. I'm also pretty good at beating the first boss in Sonic 2 for Game Gear now, too.

[Anonymous No.2718095]

>>2718086
It was like that for me with all the other Sonics, but I still haven't gotten all the emeralds in 2. Any advice?

[Anonymous No.2718102]

>>2715248
Why the fuck should I tell you?

[Anonymous No.2718115]

>>2715308
>>2715805
Never did this as a kid, but I did it for fun in Blue and Diamond during high school. Dubbed it the Steamroll Method(OCDONUTSTEEL) and convinced all my friends to give it a try in different games. Then I felt like a total scrub when it dawned on me that that Blastoise in Blue was the first time I'd ever gotten up to lv100.

[Anonymous No.2718119]

>>2718095
You need to anticipate the patterns of where the rings and bombs show up. Jumping as early as possible so you can land just as the bombs pass under you helps with getting control back right away too. You can also get multiple emeralds in a single act because rings are reset after you return from a bonus round. It should be noted that I did this as Sonic alone, without Tails, so that likely helped me a lot.

[Anonymous No.2718143]

I beat Battletoads for the the first time a few days ago. never passed the turbo tunnels as a kid

[Anonymous No.2718176]

>>2715248
Donkey kong Diddy Kong's Quest...like did it in one night maybe dying once on some of the later levels but no more than that. then lost world K rool the next day.

[Anonymous No.2718385]

>>2715248
>finally getting the good ending in Sonic CD

[Anonymous No.2718412]

>tfw you get shittershattered by a level or boss you could easily beat as a kid

When replaying stuff from my childhood i've noticed i have a much easier time with puzzle/strategy stuff, but my ability with action games has gone to hell.

[Anonymous No.2718441]

>>2718412
>dominated Sonic as a kid
>replay it as an adult and can't beat Labyrinth boss Robotnik

[Anonymous No.2718507]

I wish I could just enjoy things like when I was a kid.

Nowadays I'm obsessed with being perfect - if theres an S rank, I NEED to get it first time every time or else I freak the fuck out.

[Anonymous No.2718703]

Me from 20 years ago would wreck me today in most games, even the ones that I'm still playing like Super Mario World.

And I can't even be as comfy playing games because I'm too concerned about time management for my day.

[Anonymous No.2718716]

>>2718176
Fuck off, you did not "die once" on toxic tower. And don't bother coming back with "i did so" because that's not realistic, the level isn't designed in a way that makes it possible.

[Anonymous No.2718718]

>>2718716
Howso?

[Anonymous No.2718763]

Beat the first castlevania last night, on my actual NES. Was originally just going to emulate but save states felt like cheating to me. Die at the reaper, gotta get through all that shit again

[Anonymous No.2718867]

Might not be much, but I never finished Ducktales when I was little. Now I speedrun it

[Anonymous No.2719217]

I beat Ruby and Emerald Weapon for the first time yesterday. It was only my third-ever playthrough though, and the first time I actually put in the work to grind for AP. I didn't use any particular cheap stategy: spammed KOTR and for Emerald I got all lucky 7's. They were still both surprisingly tough.

[Anonymous No.2719234]

>>2715248
I can finally do shoryukens without mashing.

I'd destroy my younger self in fighting games.

[Anonymous No.2719237]

>>2715248

Not a boss but when I played Goldeneye as a kid it took me weeks to get the cheats on Facility and Archive 00 Agent.

I got the game again recently and I got both of those within about half an hour.

Dr. Doak is just as much of a fucking prick as he's always been though.

[Anonymous No.2719794]

Beat the fuck outta Sword of the Berserk: Gut's Rage and SEGA Rally 2 recently. Both games were impossible for me the brief month I owned a DC before I sold it in order to get a PS2.

[Anonymous No.2720020]

>>2715248
>Finally after 3 times playing it.
>Getting all gems and relics on Crash 3.
>Getting all platinum.

Oh the satisfaction.

>Actually beatong Oxide in more than one track on CTR.

[Anonymous No.2720051]

>Finally beat Ghosts n' Goblins
>Can fly through Megaman X with ease
>Finally beat that god damn fuck spider room in The Immortal, and the game in the same day.

On the other side

>Can't fucking play shmups for shit, I wonder how my childhood self had the patience and virtue for those kind of games.
More if I remember.

[Anonymous No.2720060]

>>2715308
Ah, reminded me. In RPGs, I had the patience to play them, but not to level up. Most times if I had the chance, I'd just run from battles or not bother leveling evenly at all. I can recount in both Red and (not retro) Pearl and M&L I just rushed to the final bosses, couldn't beat them, and just quit the games then and there. Finally smartened up and actually played the games and enjoyed them to the end.

[Anonymous No.2720118]

>>2718412
Used to be able to consistently beat godlike Xan.
Now I can't beat him on anything past Masterful.

[Anonymous No.2720538]

>Rent a megaman game
>sucked at it
>could never beat a boss ever
>spent my rentals just exploring different stages and never getting anywhere

>play megaman now
>it's the easiest shit ever
>feel like I need to do buster only runs to make it even close to a challenge
>Megaman X4 with zero is one of my favorite platformers
>now I just play the romhacks to get my megaman fix

[Anonymous No.2720552]

>>2720118
>witness my perfection