Congrats man, 1st one is a tuffie. Other Good Hard Games for NES I'd recommend would be the 2 Zelda games, Contra, Super C, and Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels (Japanese SMB 2)
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| The_vagabond7 said: wow, I'm impressed. Most whippersnapper kids these days certainly wouldn't have the patience or gumption to beat a difficult oldschool game like that. You have my respect as a gamer, Soriku. |
I agree. Hah I know people who played it back then and still can't beat it.
It's not one of the harder NES games but it's pretty hard and from what i remember the layout can get confusing.
| Soriku said: @stof Not sure. Maybe the first Zelda because I've beat SMB (first Mario) and Metroid (first Metroid) so I might have to tackle Zelda. Too bad I have no Wii points :( Is Zelda one hard? |
Not really. You've just got to make sure to always have a potion on you for emergencies and not be afraid to grind some areas for hearts if your low on life.
You'd probably like it. It's all about open enviroment, exploring, using candles to burn random bushes, bombs to blow up walls... pushing blocks for switches...
the level of secrets in that game is amazing.
You definitly get your worth in time for the price. Plus once you beat the game you type your name as "Zelda" and you get to play the game agian in "Hard Mode" where a bunch of things are changed including the locations of the hidden dungeons.
Isn't it an awesome feeling beating old school classics? I beat Kid Icarus a few weeks after it was released on VC... it only took me about, oh, 20 years. :) Not that I played it more than a few hours when I was a kid, but yeah.
@Soriku, the original LoZ isn't too hard, but it has its tough moments. Getting the flute is pretty difficult, but if you're well equipped, you should do OK. This is one game where you definitely want to use a FAQ, or at least an overworld map. It's pretty difficult to just magially guess which bushes you can burn and rocks you can bomb on your own.
@XBrawlX, Metroid is much harder than Super Metroid. I'd say it's a bit harder than Metroid Fusion, which is reasonably difficult. The play control in the original Metroid is a bit clunky by modern standards, but it's still perfectly playable once you get used to it.
| Entroper said: Isn't it an awesome feeling beating old school classics? I beat Kid Icarus a few weeks after it was released on VC... it only took me about, oh, 20 years. :) Not that I played it more than a few hours when I was a kid, but yeah. @Soriku, the original LoZ isn't too hard, but it has its tough moments. Getting the flute is pretty difficult, but if you're well equipped, you should do OK. This is one game where you definitely want to use a FAQ, or at least an overworld map. It's pretty difficult to just magially guess which bushes you can burn and rocks you can bomb on your own. @XBrawlX, Metroid is much harder than Super Metroid. I'd say it's a bit harder than Metroid Fusion, which is reasonably difficult. The play control in the original Metroid is a bit clunky by modern standards, but it's still perfectly playable once you get used to it. |
But that's half the fun! Testing everything, and the joy of just finding a new secret and hearing that legendary secret noise.
At least the areas to bomb are mostly easy to spot if you pay attention.
I gotta break out my NES and play this.
Kasz216 said:
But that's half the fun! Testing everything, and the joy of just finding a new secret and hearing that legendary secret noise. At least the areas to bomb are mostly easy to spot if you pay attention. I gotta break out my NES and play this. |
Eh, I recommend using a map for the overworld. The dungeons, you should figure out on your own. You'll have a lot of fun if you can make it through the second quest, which I finally accomplished myself only a few years ago. The dungeons in the second quest are mind-warping. F***ing walk-through-walls...
Try playing some old Megaman games. :P
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You rock Soriku. Zelda is the best Nes game, get it or will report you. Metroid was pretty hard, but not as hard as Kid Icarus IMO. Castlevania was easy if you ignore Death and Dracula (I still can not beat Death without the holy water trick). Megaman series are pretty easy on the Nes, save for the original (can not kill the Golem without select trick) and Megaman 2.
Try Punch Out, it is the best boxing game ever made. Also hard as hell once you get past Bald Bull.
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RolStoppable said:
The bombing spots in the original Zelda aren't easy to spot, there aren't any indications which walls are destructable. When you are in a dungeon it may be possible to find these spots on first try, provided you already got the map, but other than that, it's just guesswork. Also, when beating the game, you can continue on the same file to play the second, harder playthrough. Typing in "Zelda" as file name is only necessary for lazy cheaters. |
I still have notebooks with maps that I drew for the old Crystalis NES game (never seemed to need them for Zelda).
Yeah, I had to draw maps for games like Zelda and Metroid. gotta love hand drawn videogame maps :)
If you want some more hard oldschool games on VC, go with Zelda 2 (the first isn't too hard), and Kid Icarus. I still haven't beat Kid Icarus. or Phantasy Star 2 if you want some oldschool RPG hardness.
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