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2013/07/18 16:37:54
Subject: Rock hard games
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Norn Queen
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Was discussing rock hard oldschool games with a mate the other night, like 80s/early 90s stuff.
We came up with the following lists of beasts:
Platoon - C64/amstrad
Predator - C64/amstrad
Operation Wolf - Amstrad/arcade
T2 - Megadrive
Street Fighter 1 - arcade
Granted, theres probably some sort of inverted rose-tinted glasses effect going on - its possible if we played these today we'd finish them in one sitting but at the time they were undoubtedly rock hard for our young minds and reflexes.
Any others that stick out in your memory?
Can include more recent games of course too.
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2013/07/18 17:03:26
Subject: Rock hard games
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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The original Rock Man/Mega Man.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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2013/07/18 17:05:54
Subject: Rock hard games
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Arch Magos w/ 4 Meg of RAM
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Ninja gaiden 1-3 were horrifically long, had no save function, and were pretty damn hard
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2013/07/18 17:06:09
Subject: Rock hard games
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Norn Queen
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Another one I recalled, Silent Service on the Amstrad.
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Dman137 wrote:
goobs is all you guys will ever be
By 1-irt: Still as long as Hissy keeps showing up this is one of the most entertaining threads ever.
"Feelin' goods, good enough". |
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2013/07/18 17:49:29
Subject: Re:Rock hard games
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Fixture of Dakka
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Battletoads
/thread
Nah, but it is a lot to do with hindsight. I remember finding Alien on the SEGA Megadrive to be difficult as a child, but coming back to it I realize that I just sucked at it. =P
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2013/07/18 18:00:10
Subject: Re:Rock hard games
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Arch Magos w/ 4 Meg of RAM
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 Wyrmalla wrote:Battletoads
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Nah, but it is a lot to do with hindsight. I remember finding Alien on the SEGA Megadrive to be difficult as a child, but coming back to it I realize that I just sucked at it. =P
I actually beat battletoads back in the day, snake level 2 = nightmare of memorization.
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2013/07/18 18:18:21
Subject: Re:Rock hard games
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Contra and Super Contra.
One of my bigger glorious achievements as a gamer is finishing both without the UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A START.
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"Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! These are the truths of this world! Surrender to these truths, you pigs in human clothing!" - Satsuki Kiryuin, Kill la Kill |
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2013/07/18 18:19:27
Subject: Rock hard games
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Longtime Dakkanaut
St. Louis, Missouri
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Zelda II: The Legend of Link - one of the few games I never finished...
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2013/07/18 23:20:45
Subject: Re:Rock hard games
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Chalice-Wielding Sanguinary High Priest
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 TheDraconicLord wrote:Contra and Super Contra.
One of my biggest glorious achievements as a gamer is finishing both without the UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A START.
Oh, gods, this. As a kid the hardest game I ever ran into was called Probotector. I later found out this was the heavily plot-edited UK version of Contra: Hard Corps. 3 lives, a single hit was a life gone with no shields or anything of the like, and bullets and surprise attacks *everywhere*. You had to memorise what was coming up to have a chance of proceeding.
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2013/07/18 23:23:46
Subject: Rock hard games
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Ghosts and Ghouls? All the joy of Contra, but without that silly "main character having a ranged attack" nonsense.
I watched a 4 player race of battletoads on youtube a while back. Completely hilarious, most profanity I've heard flung around in my life. That rat race man...that rat race.
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2013/07/19 02:05:40
Subject: Re:Rock hard games
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Blood Angel Captain Wracked with Visions
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 Super Ready wrote: gods, this. As a kid the hardest game I ever ran into was called Probotector. I later found out this was the heavily plot-edited UK version of Contra: Hard Corps. 3 lives, a single hit was a life gone with no shields or anything of the like, and bullets and surprise attacks *everywhere*. You had to memorise what was coming up to have a chance of proceeding.
I played this on my cousin's Gameboy eons ago and I loved it.
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2013/07/19 15:48:27
Subject: Rock hard games
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Norn Queen
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Oldschool stuff, love it.
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Dman137 wrote:
goobs is all you guys will ever be
By 1-irt: Still as long as Hissy keeps showing up this is one of the most entertaining threads ever.
"Feelin' goods, good enough". |
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2013/07/19 16:15:06
Subject: Rock hard games
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Huge Bone Giant
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I never could finish one of the Zork games, I think it was 2.
The text parser was brutal.
Also, Quest for Glory 2.
I cannot even state the frustration the fire elemental caused.
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"It is not the bullet with your name on it that should worry you, it's the one labeled "To whom it may concern. . ."
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2013/07/19 16:28:00
Subject: Rock hard games
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The Last Chancer Who Survived
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R-Type on the TurboGraphics 16
Any Castlevania game on NES
And I wouldn't say it's rock hard but Brutal Legend rocks hard.
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2013/07/19 21:35:06
Subject: Rock hard games
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Huge Bone Giant
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the NES was pretty brutal.
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"It is not the bullet with your name on it that should worry you, it's the one labeled "To whom it may concern. . ."
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2013/07/19 22:02:56
Subject: Rock hard games
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I never got past the dam on that game...
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2013/07/19 23:16:23
Subject: Re:Rock hard games
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Chalice-Wielding Sanguinary High Priest
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Ohhhh, I remember that. It was pretty much a case of go Donatello or go home... if you let him die, you restarted. Plain and simple, he was THAT good.
And damn, that electric jelly underwater level...!!
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"Hard pressed on my right. My centre is yielding. Impossible to manoeuvre. Situation excellent. I am attacking." - General Ferdinand Foch |
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2013/07/20 04:21:20
Subject: Re:Rock hard games
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Fixture of Dakka
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F-Zero GX.
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