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Name a video game that you could not beat

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Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
I've beat all of them I played. Someone mentioned not beating Super Mario Brothers and although I beat it I have a question. In level 1.2 where you enter the "minus" world is there anyway to get out of it? Always wondered.
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I take that back. I never finished Kid Icarus.
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Minus world was infinite, don't think there was an ending to it.

Kid Icarus, you had to beat 2x to get the princess from medusa IIRC. I hated those eggplant wizards... grrrr

but after going thru 2x you get all the super weapons so it's much easier.
 
Originally posted by: jfall
I could never beat Mike Tyson's Puchout. I faught tyson more than 50 times and never beat him 🙁
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Man, I was able to make Tyson my b!tch in Mike Tyson's Punch Out. I LOVED that game and I got to the point where I could almost TKO him in the first round. The only thing that saved Tyson was the time.

Now you want to talk about some bullsh!t game, and I believe it was mentioned in this thread, was freakin' Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n and Ghosts. I by some mirracle beat Ghosts 'n Goblin on the NES but there was no beating it at the arcades (give it a shot on MAME). I think I may open up a bar and have the arcade version of Ghosts 'n Goblins sitting there and charge people $.50 to play it. I'll offer $1000 for ANYONE to beat that thing. If no one has beat it in 6 months, I may bump up the prize to $10,000. Don't worry, ain't no one beating that thing.
 
Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: jfall
I could never beat Mike Tyson's Puchout. I faught tyson more than 50 times and never beat him 🙁
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Man, I was able to make Tyson my b!tch in Mike Tyson's Punch Out. I LOVED that game and I got to the point where I could almost TKO him in the first round. The only thing that saved Tyson was the time.

Now you want to talk about some bullsh!t game, and I believe it was mentioned in this thread, was freakin' Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n and Ghosts. I by some mirracle beat Ghosts 'n Goblin on the NES but there was no beating it at the arcades (give it a shot on MAME). I think I may open up a bar and have the arcade version of Ghosts 'n Goblins sitting there and charge people $.50 to play it. I'll offer $1000 for ANYONE to beat that thing. If no one has beat it in 6 months, I may bump up the prize to $10,000. Don't worry, ain't no one beating that thing.
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I get them confused which one is the one on the Genesis? Ghouls and Ghosts or Ghosts and Goblins?
 
Originally posted by: shortylickens
I think the main problem was game balance.
Most of those NES games came right from the arcade. The idea there is to steal as many quarters from people as possible. You are not supposed to win. Thats why so many endings just said "Thanks for Playing".
Designers kept that mentality for a long time after the move to consoles.

Probably why I switched so easily to PC games. In Doom, you could save right before the final boss. Right in the middle of the final boss. Then if you got killed, load up and get right back in there. Awesome.
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That's true but it's also true that there were a lot of games back then that were hard but easily beatable with skill and lots of practise. You really get a rush after beating some game like that after playing for several weeks! Today there are a lot of games that can be beaten without any skill because you can save at any time, that doesn't mean saving is a bad thing it's not! It's also not to say that there aren't a lot of hard games that still need skill, there are, but there are also a lot of games that can be beaten by just reloading a couple hundred times.
 
there was a mission impossible game for PC. you have to go through building and search. Alas, I can't find it anymore.
PM me if you know that game or where I can pick it up.
 
Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: jfall
I could never beat Mike Tyson's Puchout. I faught tyson more than 50 times and never beat him 🙁
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Man, I was able to make Tyson my b!tch in Mike Tyson's Punch Out. I LOVED that game and I got to the point where I could almost TKO him in the first round. The only thing that saved Tyson was the time.

Now you want to talk about some bullsh!t game, and I believe it was mentioned in this thread, was freakin' Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n and Ghosts. I by some mirracle beat Ghosts 'n Goblin on the NES but there was no beating it at the arcades (give it a shot on MAME). I think I may open up a bar and have the arcade version of Ghosts 'n Goblins sitting there and charge people $.50 to play it. I'll offer $1000 for ANYONE to beat that thing. If no one has beat it in 6 months, I may bump up the prize to $10,000. Don't worry, ain't no one beating that thing.
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Just make sure you don't invite any of these guys:

http://marp.retrogames.com/index.cgi?mode=search&long=^ghosts&table=y&score=with
 
Originally posted by: Anonemous
Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: jfall
I could never beat Mike Tyson's Puchout. I faught tyson more than 50 times and never beat him 🙁
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Man, I was able to make Tyson my b!tch in Mike Tyson's Punch Out. I LOVED that game and I got to the point where I could almost TKO him in the first round. The only thing that saved Tyson was the time.

Now you want to talk about some bullsh!t game, and I believe it was mentioned in this thread, was freakin' Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n and Ghosts. I by some mirracle beat Ghosts 'n Goblin on the NES but there was no beating it at the arcades (give it a shot on MAME). I think I may open up a bar and have the arcade version of Ghosts 'n Goblins sitting there and charge people $.50 to play it. I'll offer $1000 for ANYONE to beat that thing. If no one has beat it in 6 months, I may bump up the prize to $10,000. Don't worry, ain't no one beating that thing.
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I get them confused which one is the one on the Genesis? Ghouls and Ghosts or Ghosts and Goblins?
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It's probably Ghosts 'n Goblins.
 
Originally posted by: Locut0s
Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: jfall
I could never beat Mike Tyson's Puchout. I faught tyson more than 50 times and never beat him 🙁
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Man, I was able to make Tyson my b!tch in Mike Tyson's Punch Out. I LOVED that game and I got to the point where I could almost TKO him in the first round. The only thing that saved Tyson was the time.

Now you want to talk about some bullsh!t game, and I believe it was mentioned in this thread, was freakin' Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n and Ghosts. I by some mirracle beat Ghosts 'n Goblin on the NES but there was no beating it at the arcades (give it a shot on MAME). I think I may open up a bar and have the arcade version of Ghosts 'n Goblins sitting there and charge people $.50 to play it. I'll offer $1000 for ANYONE to beat that thing. If no one has beat it in 6 months, I may bump up the prize to $10,000. Don't worry, ain't no one beating that thing.
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Just make sure you don't invite any of these guys:

http://marp.retrogames.com/index.cgi?mode=search&long=^ghosts&table=y&score=with
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I'll leave the prize at $1000 just incase those guys come over. I'd pay to see them beat it. For me it's just something you've gotta see to believe.
 
Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: Anonemous
Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: jfall
I could never beat Mike Tyson's Puchout. I faught tyson more than 50 times and never beat him 🙁
Click to expand...

Man, I was able to make Tyson my b!tch in Mike Tyson's Punch Out. I LOVED that game and I got to the point where I could almost TKO him in the first round. The only thing that saved Tyson was the time.

Now you want to talk about some bullsh!t game, and I believe it was mentioned in this thread, was freakin' Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n and Ghosts. I by some mirracle beat Ghosts 'n Goblin on the NES but there was no beating it at the arcades (give it a shot on MAME). I think I may open up a bar and have the arcade version of Ghosts 'n Goblins sitting there and charge people $.50 to play it. I'll offer $1000 for ANYONE to beat that thing. If no one has beat it in 6 months, I may bump up the prize to $10,000. Don't worry, ain't no one beating that thing.
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I get them confused which one is the one on the Genesis? Ghouls and Ghosts or Ghosts and Goblins?
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It's probably Ghosts 'n Goblins.
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It's Ghosts'n Goblins on NES. and Ghouls and Ghosts on Genesis. (looked up on GAMEfaq.com)
 
Nobody has yet mentioned....

Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal Expansion

I remember around the fifth level the game just became impossible...hordes and hordes of orcs or humans would constitute an endless charge.

Pissed me off since Blizzard usually makes pretty easy to play games.
 
Originally posted by: glorygunk
Nobody has yet mentioned....

Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal Expansion

I remember around the fifth level the game just became impossible...hordes and hordes of orcs or humans would constitute an endless charge.

Pissed me off since Blizzard usually makes pretty easy to play games.
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There is no cow level! /whoops SC 😀
 
Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: Locut0s
Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: jfall
I could never beat Mike Tyson's Puchout. I faught tyson more than 50 times and never beat him 🙁
Click to expand...

Man, I was able to make Tyson my b!tch in Mike Tyson's Punch Out. I LOVED that game and I got to the point where I could almost TKO him in the first round. The only thing that saved Tyson was the time.

Now you want to talk about some bullsh!t game, and I believe it was mentioned in this thread, was freakin' Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n and Ghosts. I by some mirracle beat Ghosts 'n Goblin on the NES but there was no beating it at the arcades (give it a shot on MAME). I think I may open up a bar and have the arcade version of Ghosts 'n Goblins sitting there and charge people $.50 to play it. I'll offer $1000 for ANYONE to beat that thing. If no one has beat it in 6 months, I may bump up the prize to $10,000. Don't worry, ain't no one beating that thing.
Click to expand...


Just make sure you don't invite any of these guys:

http://marp.retrogames.com/index.cgi?mode=search&long=^ghosts&table=y&score=with
Click to expand...

I'll leave the prize at $1000 just incase those guys come over. I'd pay to see them beat it. For me it's just something you've gotta see to believe.
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Well actually you can download their recordings on that site and play them back on mame to see for yourself.
 
Originally posted by: Anonemous
Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: Anonemous
Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: jfall
I could never beat Mike Tyson's Puchout. I faught tyson more than 50 times and never beat him 🙁
Click to expand...

Man, I was able to make Tyson my b!tch in Mike Tyson's Punch Out. I LOVED that game and I got to the point where I could almost TKO him in the first round. The only thing that saved Tyson was the time.

Now you want to talk about some bullsh!t game, and I believe it was mentioned in this thread, was freakin' Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n and Ghosts. I by some mirracle beat Ghosts 'n Goblin on the NES but there was no beating it at the arcades (give it a shot on MAME). I think I may open up a bar and have the arcade version of Ghosts 'n Goblins sitting there and charge people $.50 to play it. I'll offer $1000 for ANYONE to beat that thing. If no one has beat it in 6 months, I may bump up the prize to $10,000. Don't worry, ain't no one beating that thing.
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I get them confused which one is the one on the Genesis? Ghouls and Ghosts or Ghosts and Goblins?
Click to expand...
It's probably Ghosts 'n Goblins.
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It's Ghosts'n Goblins on NES. and Ghouls and Ghosts on Genesis. (looked up on GAMEfaq.com)
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QFT

I still have the nes version, and no way in hell have I beaten it.
 
Every game I enjoy playing I beat. The games I do not beat are games that suck and I don't play it much or games I rent or borrow from friends where I doin't have enough time.
 
NES Games I fully beat:
Legend of Zelda
SuperMario 1,2,3
TecmoBowl + Super Tecmo Bowl
RBI Baseball 1,3
Air Fortress
Bionic Commando
Contra
Rampage
TMNT
Top Gun
Guerilla Wars
Rushn Attack
1942 + 1943
Tiger Heli

NES Games I couldnt beat:
Pro Wrestling - Couldnt beat the last wrestler for the title... Amazon King is a BEETCH.
Tysons PunchOut - Tyson Put My Lights out... TKO
SpyHunter + RC Pro Am - I suck at driving games
 
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