Super Mario Bros Lost Levels

[MyTurnToPlay]

ugh...I'm giving up on this game. I can't take it anymore. There's fun hard, there's challenging test yourself hard, and then there's I never want to play video games hard. This game stopped being fun long ago...and I just can't take it.

So yeah, you win game...you have beat me. I gave it my best, but in the end, you have defeated me. The nightmares and anger you caused me the last few weeks are over. I'm officially putting this game into my "I never want to hear/see/play you category". This game makes me sick.

Anyone want to share their horror stories with this game. Anyone actually manage to beat the game and extra levels? Cuz I never will.

[theclaw]

I can do OK by trial and error with a real TV set. These kinds of games are even tougher in portable versions...

[Retronick]

ugh...I'm giving up on this game. I can't take it anymore. There's fun hard, there's challenging test yourself hard, and then there's I never want to play video games hard. This game stopped being fun long ago...and I just can't take it.

So yeah, you win game...you have beat me. I gave it my best, but in the end, you have defeated me. The nightmares and anger you caused me the last few weeks are over. I'm officially putting this game into my "I never want to hear/see/play you category". This game makes me sick.

Anyone want to share their horror stories with this game. Anyone actually manage to beat the game and extra levels? Cuz I never will.

Which version are you playing?

Sorry, I'm not adding to the conversation, just being curious .

[Ro-J]

When I was young and hardcore (i.e. had a lot of extra time on my hands) I beat the game and the extra levels when it was released on the SNES. Now that I am older and more casual (i.e. less time for games like this) I don't have the patience for it.

I agree with theclaw, the Lost Levels is near impossible on a handheld and a sure fire way to a headache.

[Misto]

A friend and I beat it a few weeks ago in about 6 hours. The only level we really had problems on was World 4-4, it was the hardest castle for us to beat.

Some of the levels did take some trial and error before we passed them, but I didn't think it was too hard.

Also I was playing on the SNES.

[Cornholio857]

I remember playing the Lost Levels(Super Mario Bros 2 JAP). That game would frustrate the hell out of me. I beat it once and that was it. Never really played it anymore after that.

[ubersaurus]

I beat it on the All Stars collection on SNES and on the GBC Super Mario Bros Deluxe all the way through both times. It's hard, and it does take some memorization, but I don't look at it as being terribly frustrating. I actually consider it a rite of passage :P

[MyTurnToPlay]

Which version are you playing?

Sorry, I'm not adding to the conversation, just being curious .

I'm playing the SNES version, which apparently is easier than the NES version I think. sigh I've NEVER given up on a game, everything game I start I finish, and I'm still reluctant to do it especially for a Mario game, but after about the 10,000 death, I'm starting to lose faith

[Perkar]

i played through the entire game, but couldn't beat level 8-4. game made me hate life for awhile

[SpaceHarrier]

I've yet to beat this game, but I've played through some of the higher levels. It seems to be alot harder if you try to play through slow. If you approach the game like a speed run challenge and just try to blaze through a stage non-stop, I find it to get a little easier. It just takes memorization and a heck of a lot of precision (and sometimes luck when facing Bowser: shooting fire, jumping, and throwing hammer crap while a rotating fireball thingie spins next to him).

Also, powerups are pretty much useless. In a couple castles with mushrooms, I found I was dying because of my height. What a bastard of a game, punishing you for trying to gain an advantage!

[vintagegamecrazy]

I've been able to finish this game a few times too. It's pretty hard but not impossible it just takes patience. I really like this game though.