der_kluge
Adventurer
I think one of the worst games I'd ever played on NES was Ikari Warriors. I really wanted to love this game, since I just loved the arcade version so much. I even dubbed the intense pain my forearms would get after playing it "Ikari wrist". If you don't know, the arcade version had a joystick that could pivot around in a circle in 8 compass directions. Your character moved up from the bottom to top, and to shoot at people you had to pivot your gun. You could shoot to the left, or right, or even behind you if you had to.
The NES version blew chunks because, of course, the joystick didn't pivot, and if I remember correctly, you had to push two buttons to get the character to turn, either left or right. It was horribly difficult.
And the game was really freaking hard.
I found a cheat code for it in a book of cheat codes I had bought, and typed it in. It took several attempts, though. The cheat code was probably at least 30 codes long. Like, up, down, left, right, b, a, a, a, b, left, up, a, up, left, down, up, right..... this went on for quite some time. And then you had to hit start. It gave you unlimited lives.
Playing without cheating, and if you were really good, you could maybe get halfway through the first stage. There were 4 stages to this game! The last was some sort of futuristic thing with robots, metallic walls, and lasers. I probably lost over 100 guys getting to the final boss.
I don't even remember if I beat it or not. The sheer torture of working my way through all those levels, dying a hundred deaths, and forging on was just tedious.
Easiest game I ever beat was Gunsmoke, with the NES Max - the joystick that had the turbo button. The joystick came out after this game, and like 1942, made the game extremely easy. Gunsmoke featured your character as a cowboy riding on a horse through small villages. Each village would parade out their villains to shoot at you. So, with your trusty six-shooters, one in each hand, you had to shoot everyone that shot at you. Fortunately, you never ran out of ammo. But, with the NES Max joystick, instead of six shooters, I had two AK-47s in my hand. So, walking through the villages, I literally had two seemingly constant lines of bullets swirling around my character. Most villains died within pixels of entering the screen. I got halfway through the game when my Mom called me for lunch. I went, ate lunch, came back and beat it.
The NES version blew chunks because, of course, the joystick didn't pivot, and if I remember correctly, you had to push two buttons to get the character to turn, either left or right. It was horribly difficult.
And the game was really freaking hard.
I found a cheat code for it in a book of cheat codes I had bought, and typed it in. It took several attempts, though. The cheat code was probably at least 30 codes long. Like, up, down, left, right, b, a, a, a, b, left, up, a, up, left, down, up, right..... this went on for quite some time. And then you had to hit start. It gave you unlimited lives.
Playing without cheating, and if you were really good, you could maybe get halfway through the first stage. There were 4 stages to this game! The last was some sort of futuristic thing with robots, metallic walls, and lasers. I probably lost over 100 guys getting to the final boss.
I don't even remember if I beat it or not. The sheer torture of working my way through all those levels, dying a hundred deaths, and forging on was just tedious.
Easiest game I ever beat was Gunsmoke, with the NES Max - the joystick that had the turbo button. The joystick came out after this game, and like 1942, made the game extremely easy. Gunsmoke featured your character as a cowboy riding on a horse through small villages. Each village would parade out their villains to shoot at you. So, with your trusty six-shooters, one in each hand, you had to shoot everyone that shot at you. Fortunately, you never ran out of ammo. But, with the NES Max joystick, instead of six shooters, I had two AK-47s in my hand. So, walking through the villages, I literally had two seemingly constant lines of bullets swirling around my character. Most villains died within pixels of entering the screen. I got halfway through the game when my Mom called me for lunch. I went, ate lunch, came back and beat it.
. Those were the days. It was my birthday and after much whining I was allowed to start up the NES and play metroid. After 2 hours I finally got into the fight with Mother Brain. Everyone was cheering for me and gasping everytime I was hit. That is my fondest memory of any game ever.
