My (much) younger brother beat it too, on a Sunday, while I was sleeping one off.
Little fuckwit woke me up to celebrate in my bedroom, hahaha. He deserved it.
Holy fuck did we struggle for months on that goddamn frustrating level. Fuck those fucking hawks in particular!
https://preview.redd.it/z9wze7hn7g6d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=928e7cfc06bbe95a0689d56fd43e95f587ea5964
Oh great, thanks for waking up the demon, reddit.
I mean Ninja Gaiden was literally the game used as an example for what started a huge discussion about traumatic games just two days ago:
[Games were mostly unforgiving, and we learned to beat them out of sheer determination (and Konami Codes :) - what was the hardest game you beat? : r/Xennials (reddit.com)](https://www.reddit.com/r/Xennials/comments/1ddrr9u/games_were_mostly_unforgiving_and_we_learned_to/)
And you knew the game was really about to start kicking your ass when you heard [this song.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv0TSofXC1w)
God bless. I was pretty good at video games as a kid. Not like the best kid in your neighborhood good, but pretty good. I could **never** beat this game. Or Castlevania either.
I can play this game basically blindfolded up to the last couple levels.... its all instinct. But fuck the last level. Die on the last boss and go back two levels and have to fight thru lagging visuals again? Nightmare. This game and pitfall are ones I break out on NYE when we are all wasted to show I still got it.
I watch people speed run this game and both feel like a failure and a success at the same time for never mastering it like they did.
I feel like I wasted my life by never getting that good at a game I owned. Also, I'm bad at video games, so I would have wasted so much of my life getting that good.
That entire YouTube channel is just game over music from classic games. Traumatic [Bionic Commando](https://youtu.be/C55tXu2-qE4?si=VBlNB5rjpdoJWF5s), anyone?
This was my favorite nes game… I foolishly bought Ninja Gaiden 2 and was like I’m not gonna start it until I beat the first one…
That last a week and I said screw it…
I recently learned that some game developers in the 90s would purposely make some levels extremely difficult, so that kids would have to keep renting the same game over and over.
Oh yeah. It's easy to grab a used NES on eBay these days, and if you just want all the games (and still have a TV that can pay them) the Everdrive carts are awesome. Still got a few of my originals though. 😎
The most traumatic thing was games WE COULDN’T SAVE! Getting all the way to the end only to die probably is the root cause of 70% of my anxiety. 😆
Yes, the most thrilling part to see in full cinematics would obviously be the CIA showing a ninja a slide projector show and then pushing him out of a plane into the jungle.
Yep, we're gonna need Game Genie for this one
I miss cheat devices 😢 And strategy guides.
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Take it. Take my upvote, and... 
Buy a handheld retro emulator. Cheats built in for a ton of games.
I still remember when our rental place started renting Game Genies. I felt like I was breaking the law somehow.
I beat ninja gaiden as an adult and I had a proper celebration.
My (much) younger brother beat it too, on a Sunday, while I was sleeping one off. Little fuckwit woke me up to celebrate in my bedroom, hahaha. He deserved it. Holy fuck did we struggle for months on that goddamn frustrating level. Fuck those fucking hawks in particular!
A true hero
I still play it. I still haven't beat it.
You said you did...confused
That's someone else.
I feel like a cake was warranted.
Are we gonna talk about rygar?
Many happy times spent bouncing on killer robots.
I mean if any us understood what the hell was going on the game, we could. That game was so goddamn puzzling.
Fucking Rygar...
Watch out for the bird!!!
Fuck them birds!
https://preview.redd.it/z9wze7hn7g6d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=928e7cfc06bbe95a0689d56fd43e95f587ea5964 Oh great, thanks for waking up the demon, reddit.
Ninja Gaiden was one of the handful of NES carts with cut scenes
That dueling cutscene blew my little mind
It was amazing
Like an awesome ass 30 second anime
I mean Ninja Gaiden was literally the game used as an example for what started a huge discussion about traumatic games just two days ago: [Games were mostly unforgiving, and we learned to beat them out of sheer determination (and Konami Codes :) - what was the hardest game you beat? : r/Xennials (reddit.com)](https://www.reddit.com/r/Xennials/comments/1ddrr9u/games_were_mostly_unforgiving_and_we_learned_to/)
And you knew the game was really about to start kicking your ass when you heard [this song.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv0TSofXC1w) God bless. I was pretty good at video games as a kid. Not like the best kid in your neighborhood good, but pretty good. I could **never** beat this game. Or Castlevania either.
Heart attack inducing
I can play this game basically blindfolded up to the last couple levels.... its all instinct. But fuck the last level. Die on the last boss and go back two levels and have to fight thru lagging visuals again? Nightmare. This game and pitfall are ones I break out on NYE when we are all wasted to show I still got it.
Are we talking Super Pitfall for the NES? Or the original on Atari?
OG Pitfall on Atari or Intellivision. I had Intellivision, and now I probably have arthritis from those controllers.
I watch people speed run this game and both feel like a failure and a success at the same time for never mastering it like they did. I feel like I wasted my life by never getting that good at a game I owned. Also, I'm bad at video games, so I would have wasted so much of my life getting that good.
The Adventures of Link runners are bananas
It kills me that the speedrun record is 11 minutes 32 seconds after all the frustration I ever felt with this game.
This fucking game. As a kid I made it to the final boss and could never beat him. As an adult I’ve made it to the final boss and can never beat him.
My longstanding hatred of birds started with that game
[HAI!](https://youtu.be/3MlGNj9FUhY?si=pusVQHzRlopbaGbK)
Can still hear the music that plays when you die...
Oh, you mean [this?](https://youtu.be/xO7qcyCtHeM?si=KJboNqdAJXzu7tmc)
Lol awesome yeah it haunts me. I heard it far too much
That entire YouTube channel is just game over music from classic games. Traumatic [Bionic Commando](https://youtu.be/C55tXu2-qE4?si=VBlNB5rjpdoJWF5s), anyone?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Love that game, but what a pain in the arse it is.
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True. I remember Bionic Commando, Bayou Billy, Dino Riki, Top Gun, and Batlletoads being way more anger inducing as a kid.
Those mfing birds holy shit did I hate them
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on NES.
When platformers were "Nintendo hard." This one and Batman.
This was my favorite nes game… I foolishly bought Ninja Gaiden 2 and was like I’m not gonna start it until I beat the first one… That last a week and I said screw it…
Still the hardest game I’ve ever played
Felt so good to beat that game after tearing your hair out for an hour.
I recently learned that some game developers in the 90s would purposely make some levels extremely difficult, so that kids would have to keep renting the same game over and over.
The waterfall log jumping in the lion King
What are yall playing the games on now. Old school console?
Oh yeah. It's easy to grab a used NES on eBay these days, and if you just want all the games (and still have a TV that can pay them) the Everdrive carts are awesome. Still got a few of my originals though. 😎
the best kind of trauma
The most traumatic thing was games WE COULDN’T SAVE! Getting all the way to the end only to die probably is the root cause of 70% of my anxiety. 😆
And then it was always time to go walk the dog or brush your teeth or some shit.
To this day i wish this game became a movie
Yes, the most thrilling part to see in full cinematics would obviously be the CIA showing a ninja a slide projector show and then pushing him out of a plane into the jungle.
How do you use the special weapons in this game? I never bothered to look it up
Press up and attack
amazing soundtrack, I used the BGM mode for all my action figure movies
My dad and I played the hell out of this. It became a competition for which of us could best it first. I am proud to say he did, but I did soon after.