Games you're yet to beat
 

We all have games that have given us trouble after trouble. Especially older games from the NES era which can be frustratingly difficult. Naturally, I'm only talking about games where you've invested a big amount of time and effort in beating. I played some CastleVania 1 and Ninja Gaiden 1 before and am yet to beat them, but I don't think I have even sunk 10 hours in both combined.

The first one that comes to my mind is the original TMNT NES game. Boy this game sure has traumatised a lot of childhoods, hasn't it? Could never beat the damn dam level as a kid and was only able to beat it as an adult some years ago. Yet to go any further than the airport level. And trust me, every Summer or so I try to beat the game and end up failing.

Then there's Super Mario Bros. NES games. As odd as it sounds, I've never beaten them despite playing them on a daily basis when I was a kid. Only gotten midway through worlds 8 in SMB 1 and 3. As for 2, dunno. :lol:

Finally, there's Donkey Kong 64. Could never beat that damn factory boss. Can't recall why. But haven't touched that game in like 12-13 years, so it doesn't really bother me much.

And for the record, by "beating" I don't mean "completing".

Your turn.

There are some but the first two that come to mind right now are the first TMNT for NES and Mike Tyson's Punch Out.

TMNT I've probably only made it maybe half way through the game. However I haven't played it in a LONG time so if I read how to beat it I bet I could go back now and do it.

Mike Tyson's Punch Out I get to the very end and can't beat Tyson. I've faced him many times over the years and never been able to win. Also the guy before him which name escapes me is super hard to beat too.

There are some games I've yet to beat, but the most notable ones are Final Fantasy II (Dawn of Souls gba version), Super Mario Land, Tales of the Abyss and Phantasy Star IV.

Tmnt 1 Nes, kid Icarus gb, and metroid prime 2 at the moment.

Ninja gaiden 2

I've got 4 wins against Tyson, versus who knows how many losses, but still. :lol: I can't go in cold with a password, though, I have to play the entire game all the way through to get the rhythm in order to even have a chance. Sometimes I think the Bruiser twins on SNES were tougher though.

Let's see... the original Castlevania always beats the crap out of me pretty good. And the TMNT NES game as well, I never finished that. I don't even want to beat that anymore, I don't care. I don't like it enough to play it again.

Confession: I still haven't finished FFVII. I've gotten near the end like three times and always end up getting distracted from it and never finishing it.

I generally make it a point to finish games, especially nowadays, so once I start a game I usually finish it. I do miss a few, though, especially RPGs.

Final Fantasy Tactics...
I've tried at least five playthroughs and I always get stuck on the mother****ing Weigraf fight. And its awful, because I absolutely adore the game.
But.
It. Is. So. God. Damn. Hard.

I still have to finish Metroid: Other M. I'm not even really that far in it. I might just start all over the next time I play it.

I got the Sonic Mega Collection for GameCube in 2002. I finished Sonic 1 & 2, and played Sonic 3, but got stuck in this one stage and haven't touched it since. This was back in 2004.

I'm also still in the middle of Donkey Kong Land 2.

Me too!! I had forgotten about that one.

Would it be the Carnival Night Zone? I only managed to beat that with Knuckles

Man totally forgot about Sonic 2. I also own the Sonic Mega Collection for the GameCube and haven't beaten that game yet. I did make to Robotnik though.

As for Sonic 1, pretty sure I beat it when i was like 5-6 years old since I recall the Robotnik fight pretty well after all these years.

The game's difficulty just flies into the sun halfway through the game.

Just Google Wiegraf. Its just thousands of threads looking to beat this asshat.

At the moment:

Final Fantasy VII: I'm just about close to the end, but I haven't been able to find the time to finish it and level up my characters enough

Sonic Adventure 2: Last time I played it I was about to confront another Boss battle.

Farm up at the submarine near where Emerald weapon is/used to be. That's where I spent years farming levels and master materia.

Thanks for the tip. I think I know the location you're talking about, I believe I've visited it once, but nearly got my butt thumped. :lol: If I have time today I'll probably try it out again.

For anyone whose beaten Sephiroth, exactly how tough it is to defeat him? And what level should all my characters should at least be at before I go charging in after him?

I think you can beat him around level 50. I haven't played through the game in at least ten years so I can't be certain. But if you're having a hard time, level 60 should do it.
If you haven't beaten Emerald weapon, I would also work on that. If you can beat Emerald Weapon then you can trash Sephiroth.

Thanks again, PangolinFeets. :)

I used to fancy myself as the biggest Crash Bandicoot fan on Earth when I was a kid, but I've never actually beat the first game.

I beat all the bosses and most of the levels since I opened everything with cheat codes... I just didn't have the patience with their stupid save system. Fuggers.

No problemo. Final Fantasy is my softest spot.
Especially IX. I treasure no piece of entertainment media greater than FFIX.