If you somehow were able to defeat this level as a kid...I salute you

[Tenshinhan]

I used to ask my older brother to beat this level for me.

I remember the day I finally beat that level (w/o game genie)

 

[twan83]

i can say i did

but wasnt easy either

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

god this game was so hard. I'd play for like 10-15 min before remembering what a bytch it was to play and then I'd just end up playing something else.

 

[Liquid]

I did and I actually give that game credit for pushing me to come up with a strategy to solve a problem outside of school. I can't remember an earlier time in where I sat there and was like... how am I going to get past this shyt. It got to a point in where I would only use Ralph since his weapon in the game was GARBAGE...you couldn't THROW THEM. Then I went with Mike, Leo, and of course Don at the end. I was able to get past it and then realize when I got up to the surface that I could get run over by that van or whatever the fukk it was.

One of the most frustrating games of all time. fukked up they would release a game that appeals to 4-5 year olds at the time and it being broken as fukk.

 

[Spaceman Piff]

i didn't have too many problems with this level..

but once i got back up and got the turtle van.. i knew i'd only be playing for like 10 more minutes.

I did and I actually give that game credit for pushing me to come up with a strategy to solve a problem outside of school. I can't remember an earlier time in where I sat there and was like... how am I going to get past this shyt. It got to a point in where I would only use Ralph since his weapon in the game was GARBAGE...you couldn't THROW THEM. Then I went with Mike, Leo, and of course Don at the end. I was able to get past it and then realize when I got up to the surface that I could get run over by that van or whatever the fukk it was.

One of the most frustrating games of all time. fukked up they would release a game that appeals to 4-5 year olds at the time and it being broken as fukk.

raph was everybody's sacrificial lamb.. donnie with that bo

fukk that game though. i don't miss the days where buying a game didn't mean you were ever going to beat that game.

and as a kid.. i wanted all them games based on tv shows/movies that i liked.. i don't think i ever beat ghostbusters 2 or robocop either.

 

[Ayo]

I miss these days. When games actually presented a challenge and not everyone got a fukking trophy for playing.

 

[HNIC973]

I miss these days. When games actually presented a challenge and not everyone got a fukking trophy for playing.

this game went beyond a challenge

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

Can proudly say I never beat any game on NES

All them shyts were too frustrating, yet I always had the games and was legit in awe of anybody that could beat or even get past a level or two in those games. I remember Robocop 2 being disgustingly difficult to even get past level 1 for me

NES is the only system I cant decide if I love or hate it.

 

[Data-Hawk]

I dont know how many times i would get stuck on this one level.

It got to the point where just beating this one stage alone was enough gratification for me to justify playing this golden turd of a game.


like how do you expect your target audience at the time (6-11 year olds) to beat this shyt?? Konami had a sick sense of humor to make this the SECOND level of the game.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 NES - Hudson River Dam Level 2 - YouTube

I knew exactly what you were going to post before I entered this thread.........

 

[Doctor Wily]

I feel weird when people say this cause I used to fly through this level.

The next level is where the game actually begins. You get the turtle van and instructions on where to go.

Good Lord this game was hard and terrible. It might be the only game where I had to watch the ending on youtube. I honestly don't think the developers even beat this game.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NES Ending - YouTube

@ 8:07

Its like that game set u up to die no matter what at the end

I only got to the last stage once but never saw the ending until watching this video

 

[Olu Dara]

Classic game, and yes I beat it

 

[Vandelay]

This and double dragon 3 might be the hardest games of all time...

Double Dragon 3 if im not mistaken gave you 1 fukkin life throughout the game and no powerups ...tf...

But mad NES games were hard as shyt...batman, ghostbusters, mario 2, castlevania, metal gear, back to the future

Anyone remember...gogolo 13...man fukk gogolo 13...

 

[PS5 Pro]

^^^ Mario 2 was one of the easiest games ever made imo unless you talking about SMB2: The New Worlds (jap M2)

I dont know how many times i would get stuck on this one level.

It got to the point where just beating this one stage alone was enough gratification for me to justify playing this golden turd of a game.


like how do you expect your target audience at the time (6-11 year olds) to beat this shyt?? Konami had a sick sense of humor to make this the SECOND level of the game.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 NES - Hudson River Dam Level 2 - YouTube

Games people claimed where hard, were easy to me. TMNT had its parts, but the level you just posted didn't register as hard to me. Not even looking at it now, seemed simple Battletoads gets tossed around as hard (wasn't for me) I even beat Friday the 13th. Hard games imo were Deadly Towers, Golgo 13 even tho I beat that w/out using a map.. like, I literally wondered til I got thru. Beating Contra and Lifeforce w/out the cheat code, Knocking tyson down in the first rd. (there is a way, cuz I did it back then) basically what I discovered and til this day haven't seen ppl speak on is you can catch Tyson before he throws a lightning punch and you'll get a star. I didn't perfect it, just did it a few times. Now ya know. And I guess maybe Castlevania II because nobody could pass the part where you have to kneel at the wall then the tornado takes you thru it. We had to wait til Nintendo Power showed us the way

 

[Doctor Gonzo]

:wrangler: , that level and this one

 

[patscorpio]

I mastered the art of swearing playing this game as a young kid