Have you crashed in Beggar's Canyon? (or, classic levels where you die lots)

[Cornelius]

I just thought of this because I was looking up Star Wars Rebel Assault for 3DO in the guide, and it has a pic of Beggar's Canyon. I'm sure my death total in Beggar's Canyon is somewhere around 42 million. For some reason this just stands out for me as a level where I've died a lot. It is probably because it has appeared in sooooo many games. Can anyone think of a level that has occurred in more different games? Maybe the 'death star approach'. Or maybe I'm just imagining it and it was really just that there were a lot of ports of Rebel Assault, and not actually that many different games with this level.

I actually got pretty good at it in the Gamecube release. My first experience with it was on a friend's 386 or 486 PC. I consistently lasted approximately 5 seconds every time before slamming into a wall.

Any other classic gaming levels where you just seem to die... a LOT? My next up would have to be those first two jumps after the Medusa Heads first appear in Castlevania.

(apologies if this topic has been done before... I didn't find a similar one, though)

[diskoboy]

No.

But I used to target Womp Rats in my T-16, back home.

(someone had to say it...)

[InsaneDavid]

But I used to target Womp Rats in my T-16, back home.

Then why the hell didn't you sell it to raise money instead of whining how crappy the value of your speeder was?!

[diskoboy]

Then why the hell didn't you sell it to raise money instead of whining how crappy the value of your speeder was?!

This "force" thing came on so suddenly....

I just needed a quick ride to Alderan. I had hoped to avoid any Imperial entanglements.

(LOL Okay - I'm done screwing around...)

[Haoie]

Pretty much any game needing perfectly excuted jumps over bottomless pits.

What's the deal with those pits? They can't possibly be bottomless.

[Gentlegamer]

Battletoads (NES) - Speeder Bike level

I've never, ever, beaten that stage. The amphibian remains of thousands of toads are a testament.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Even though I can easily finish Dragon's Lair on a single credit (if the machine isn't set to the "give us more money!! mode" at the castle half-way point) I admit to being guilty of falling off more than a few "swining/burning" ropes and/or getting stuck in a few "closing walls" for the sake of the princess.

It was worth it for those nipples.

[carlcarlson]

That underwater level in the original Ninja Turtles for NES where you get electrocuted if you hit the sides. I only completed that a handful of times, and that was after using multiple turtles.

Strangely enough, the underwater level in Earthworm Jim also gave me fits when I was younger. I ended up having to use my turbo controller to put it into slow-mo to beat it. When I played it a year ago, though, I was able to beat it on the first try (TMNT still kills me though).

[namzep]

Sadly enough, I have issues with certain parts of both the God of War & the first Devil May Cry game. Something about those button memorization/punching sequences that I have trouble getting down. Eventually I got past them but not without much screaming/cussing/retrying.

[Greg2600]

That underwater level in the original Ninja Turtles for NES where you get electrocuted if you hit the sides. I only completed that a handful of times, and that was after using multiple turtles.

You have no idea how thankful I was when they released TMNT II: The Arcade Game. I was a TMNT nut, and that first game belongs in Hell. My biggest problem was when you have to drive around in the van. I don't think the Game Genie even helped.

Most failures for me are games like Project Gotham (trying to beat the times to get Gold medals), Star Wars X-Wing (there was a protect the shuttle mission that was ridiculous), Mike Tyson's Punch-Out (I must have lost to Great Tiger 1,000 times before I learned how to block), and perhaps the most frustrating game I've ever played...Days of Thunder on the NES. I remember I just could not win the championship, I'd always lose by 5 or 10 points. Being a NASCAR freak, I just had to beat it.

[Nophix]

Two words....


QUICK MAN

[Goodwill Hunter]

The final level of the original "Driver" for the PS1...played it hundreds of times, and the President and I have survived exactly 3 times over these many years.

"Nice drivin' there son!"

Rich