I stumbled upon this great, great article on Gamespot about Nintendo being around for the past 20 years.
It goes on to list the great accessories, the top games and the most CHALLENGING games there ever was.
Here’s the article: http://www.gamespot.com/features/6144735/index.html
Let me tell you, they are right on the money when it comes to the hardest games. Ninja “what the heck? You are SO impossible to beat!!!” Gaiden and Battletoads.
I was talking to Eric about this topic last night…I finished all my Nintendo games. I figured if I was shelling out 90 bucks on a game when I was a kid, I was going to finish them. What other use were they to me?
Battletoads…AWESOME, AWESOME game…but the third level begins and you descend into madness trying to beat the speeder bike level. I now see the brilliance of this move in that they put the hardest level up front so you are enticed to beat it to see the rest of the game. I remember Marc and I spending countless hours trying to beat this game. In the end, we always let one of us die before that level so that one person could go ahead and beat it. It was the only sane way to do it.
Ninja Gaiden…oh Ninja Gaiden…who much I hated you. I had to cheat with this one and use the Game Genie to beat the game. It was brutal. Even with the Game Genie there was this part where I had to flip to one wall and below me was a pit…Game Genie doesn’t save you from pits! Anyhow, I remember vaguely beating this level due to a quirk in the game where you can appear at the top of the screen past the pit…it was a cheat of sorts. Boo! You shouldn’t have to cheat to beat a game.
This article brought back SOOOO many good memories. Also memories of how I just stayed inside and played video games when I was a kid.
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The only nintendo game I was ever able to beat was Super Mario Bros. and I had to warp… shame on me…
I’m not much of a gamer though. I always prefered games like Dr.Mario, Tetris, Super Mario Bros.
Last year for x-mass I got a Play Station 2 and all I play is Dance Dance revolution, eye toy and Tony Hawk.
Cheated in Ninja Gaiden!!!!
Your not a true gamer.
I beat Tetris without cheats..
I loved ninja gaiden,
The gameplay was great, you can’t just accidentally button mash to get past a level, you have to get play and get better at the game.
If you fall down a pit and grab onto a wall, you cant just climb up, you had to slowly jump your way up the wall, knowing it is hard to go up, and it was very easy to lose ground. It required your un-divided attention.
At the time it had the most suspenseful plot I knew of, for a game.
You need to try Ninja Gaiden Black for Xbox
OMG Palmer….. Remember Contra?? How many hours did I spend playing that game….
Thanks for the blast from the past. NES remains my fav gaming system… probably cause once they added all those extra buttons, I couldn’t play to the same level.
Hahaha…it’s so true. More buttons are NOT needed.
Matt…are you one of the elite who finished Ninja Gaiden sans cheat? I am super impressed.
sammy (whoever you are) you and I have the same taste in games!
I spent A LOT of time on that game.
It was a long time ago, but I am pretty sure I did not give up (therefore beat it). I remember really wanting to see each cut-scene.
Sammy is my roomie’s sistah!
http://www.x-entertainment.com/updates/pics/marioad/nintendodream.wmv
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The first NES game I really gave it my all was the original Metal Gear. Coolness.
It took me forever to finist the damn thing!