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11-02-2007, 11:08 PM
Remember when you were a kid, trying every day to conquer the game you were working on? And that one stressful part would always slaughter you, GAME OVER. And in your daily efforts, after spending a couple hours fighting your way through the game from the beginning, you approach that one difficult part... your pulse went up, your palms sweat, you got that lump in your throat... fear. Sometimes you got whipped so bad, that to this day, whether you can defeat it or not, you still get that little tingle of nervousness when you approach that one ominous spot... the sight, the music, brings back the pain you suffered so many years ago...
I still have to pause the game and take a breath or two for-
Zelda II- The Birdknights in the Great Palace, they stung me pretty bad as a kid. That dreaded narrow corridor, and you know the Birdknight is on the other end... and if I managed to slip past him, and haul ass up the stairs, sometimes he would jump onto the scene and chase me, that scared the hell out of me! Today, I know a good strategy to destroy him every time. But the sight of that narrow corridor still gives me the creeps...
TMNT- that last corridor in the Technodrome, swarming with laser soldiers. I'd spend the whole evening after school fighting my way through the game, wrecklessly charging my way through the Technodrome at the end, only to have those damn laser soldiers murder me and end my game. It's so frustrating, because they randomly have one of two patterns: they'll fly in low, or high. If they fly in high, you can duck them and use some simple patterns to avoid them. When they fly in low, I have no idea how to get past them. Even today, I get nervous when I enter that last door.
Ninja Gaiden- As a kid, the room of fear was the next to last section of 6-2. The bridge, where that damn hawk flies in and ruins everything. If I tried to avoid him, all the nearby enemies respawned and mauled my ass and threw me off the bridge. But now I know that you simply duck the hawk, let him pass, and be on your way. However, I'm still afraid of Jaquio. That's such a damn hard fight to keep up that pattern, chipping his life down and if you lose your mojo and start getting hit, it's all over. And when you lose, you go all the way back to 6-1!
Goonies II- The bridge where those blasted metal skull things steal your boomerang. Trying to avoid them stresses me out.
TNMT- The blades closing in on the last part of stage 4. I can squeeze through now with little effort, but it sure bit me hard back in the day. I still get that little sinking feeling in my stomach when I see that room, nonetheless.
Double Dragon- Willy. I can get to willy in one life, and sometimes he just kills me three times right there. Other times I can defeat him, it seems to be based on luck with me.
Bionic Commando- The "no net" Tarzan jump in area 6. I can do it no problem now, but I still *gulp* when I attempt it.
Good times, good times! I've spilled my guts, now you spill yours!
I still have to pause the game and take a breath or two for-
Zelda II- The Birdknights in the Great Palace, they stung me pretty bad as a kid. That dreaded narrow corridor, and you know the Birdknight is on the other end... and if I managed to slip past him, and haul ass up the stairs, sometimes he would jump onto the scene and chase me, that scared the hell out of me! Today, I know a good strategy to destroy him every time. But the sight of that narrow corridor still gives me the creeps...
TMNT- that last corridor in the Technodrome, swarming with laser soldiers. I'd spend the whole evening after school fighting my way through the game, wrecklessly charging my way through the Technodrome at the end, only to have those damn laser soldiers murder me and end my game. It's so frustrating, because they randomly have one of two patterns: they'll fly in low, or high. If they fly in high, you can duck them and use some simple patterns to avoid them. When they fly in low, I have no idea how to get past them. Even today, I get nervous when I enter that last door.
Ninja Gaiden- As a kid, the room of fear was the next to last section of 6-2. The bridge, where that damn hawk flies in and ruins everything. If I tried to avoid him, all the nearby enemies respawned and mauled my ass and threw me off the bridge. But now I know that you simply duck the hawk, let him pass, and be on your way. However, I'm still afraid of Jaquio. That's such a damn hard fight to keep up that pattern, chipping his life down and if you lose your mojo and start getting hit, it's all over. And when you lose, you go all the way back to 6-1!
Goonies II- The bridge where those blasted metal skull things steal your boomerang. Trying to avoid them stresses me out.
TNMT- The blades closing in on the last part of stage 4. I can squeeze through now with little effort, but it sure bit me hard back in the day. I still get that little sinking feeling in my stomach when I see that room, nonetheless.
Double Dragon- Willy. I can get to willy in one life, and sometimes he just kills me three times right there. Other times I can defeat him, it seems to be based on luck with me.
Bionic Commando- The "no net" Tarzan jump in area 6. I can do it no problem now, but I still *gulp* when I attempt it.
Good times, good times! I've spilled my guts, now you spill yours!