• @waterore@lemmy.world
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    544 months ago

    At first I thought OP meant the recessions, 9/11, the school shootings, unattainable financial markers, the pandemic etc. but then I saw the games and yep those too

    • kolonel
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      244 months ago

      It’s the water level, right? Jesus Christ, they’re toast.

        • @TORFdot0@lemmy.world
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          154 months ago

          The level in the sewer with that 2 block jump and a short ceiling that kills your turtle if you fall in the water is way more diabolical.

            • @TORFdot0@lemmy.world
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              14 months ago

              No that’s a one gap pit that drops you back in the lower half of one of the sewers in the first area of the game. But yeah that one is rough too before you realize you can use walk over it

        • jackeryjoo
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          64 months ago

          After the water level, disarming the bombs while driving around the van with a timer going is what always got me. Could never get past that.

      • @Zarxrax@lemmy.world
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        144 months ago

        I never really understood all the rage over the water level. I could get through it when I was a kid and I didn’t even own the game, I would just play it at my friends house. Once you have the layout memorized it’s pretty easy to get through, maybe swapping turtles a couple times to spread out the damage.

      • @RxBrad@infosec.pub
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        64 months ago

        Kid-Me could somehow navigate that final Zelda II dungeon based on nothing but dumb luck.

        Now I can barely get past World 1-1 in SMB.

    • @jaybone@lemmy.world
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      94 months ago

      Yeah I liked Zelda II. It was definitely different than what you were expecting from a sequel to the original in terms of gameplay. But I remember it had its charm and I seem to remember finishing it. Probably a lot of other kids didn’t like it.

  • @5in1k@lemm.ee
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    204 months ago

    Nah, we were tougher back then. That’s just how video games were for us.

    • @tio_bira@lemmy.world
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      94 months ago

      Nah, we weren’t.

      Games are just short back there and the made we spend the an unhealthly amount of hours on loop over the same stages until we get the right timing or any other bullshit they use to inflate the game.

  • @criitz@reddthat.com
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    4 months ago

    The pain of playing amazing Nintendo games? So the water level is hard. I’d still give anything to go back to these times and play those games for the first time as a kid again.

  • @samus12345@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    At least they have Super Mario Bros. The first NES games I owned were that and Ghosts 'n Goblins. I already liked the arcade game, so I knew what was in store. Years later, I learned it had an infamous reputation for being hard, but I never noticed at the time because pretty much all games were hard as balls back then.