06/08/11 [DSWC: V #27] - So it's tough you say, huh?

[Corgatha Taldorthar]

Battletoads. Hmm, never played them, now you've made me want to go look up the series to see if it's really as bad/hard as you say it is.


Although in my book, it'll have a tough time beating  Kurasawa 2 for "in your face fast blowy up death" difficulty, or level 126 (IIRC) of Chip's challenge for "WTF do I DOOOOOOOOOOO!?" difficulty. Come to think of it, the later levels of Chip's challenge were *brutal*

[Darkmoon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idZ9C0Qtj2A

[Corgatha Taldorthar]

I've seen worse.


Although one does wonder how those blue ramps stay in the air........

[Darkmoon]

Bear in mind the guy did memorize the stage. I think that was part of a speed run.

That was also only the third stage of an eight stage game, and the rest of the stages, as I recall from people that could get past that stage, were all worse.

[joshofspam]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idZ9C0Qtj2A

Well... put another game that can cause me to zone out.

I feel funny now and not in the hahaha kind of way.

Super Mario Bros. and Robowarrior had their own takes in sadistic torture for me.

[Darkmoon]

The original SMB wasn't as impossible as Battletoads, though. I could actually make my way much farther into that game than I ever could in Battletoads.

[joshofspam]

No doubt about that Darkmoon.

I at least beat the original SMB. Though the Super long jump at around the end made beating the game a matter of luck for me.

Never got the chance to play Battle Toads. But judging from my reaction to the video, it was probably best for my health.

[Darkmoon]

I played Battletoads, Battletoads and Double Dragon, and Super Battletoads. I would always get to that speeder stage (since all the games were pretty much interchangeable), and I would always have to quit cause I couldn't get past it.

Fucking games.

[joshofspam]

And let's not forget Darkmoon. Few games at that time had save options and usually had limited continues.

At least some of the games I played back then.

Edit: Or the use of codes to continue a game. Horrible, horrible codes.