Finally! (frustrating video game moments overcome)

When my friends erased my SSB:M Data, which need 4 trophies, the ones you stated and Diskun, I also need no-damage clear. >.<

Edit: Opps, pushed submit early... so after losing all my data, I spent a whole week getting the stuff again, and I finally got my Diskun.

Diskun is all i need... i feel your past pain.

R-type delta and R-type final -

Some of those levels are so hard that you have to pretty much be perfect in not gettting smashed by the airship while your on one side and its closin in on ya where you cant even move around and there is a clif up ahead and u cannot escape and you end up smacking into it. Cool games (R-type series) but hard as hell.

I've had a bunch of times, but here's one of my most recent ones.

Skies of Arcadia: I'm fighting Piastol, right? Well, I'm doing good on her so far until she uses one of two attacks. Tempest Dance is a rather strong move. I can usually just heal right after she does the attack. No problem. But then there's a spell called Eterni. It's an instant death spell that has a 50% chance of a kill. I swear, everytime she uses it, it always kills me. And then, when I'm trying to bring back the downed person, she goes and uses Tempst dance on my weakest person (Fina), who happens to have the revive spell Riselem :sweat:. It all goes downhill from there. But when I was fighting her again, she finally missed with Eterni and I was able to defeat her.

Piastol gets Eternes later...

Advance Wars 1's Hard Campaign had some near-impossible levels, especially "Kanbei's Error?" and the last mission. I was so relieved when I finished HC. 😊

King wrote:Advance Wars 1's Hard Campaign had some near-impossible levels, especially "Kanbei's Error?" and the last mission. I was so relieved when I finished HC. 😊

I haven't even attempted the Advanced Campaign yet. The regular campaign was pretty challenging, and I've played through it several times, unlocking all the characters (except Nell of course) and getting S class ranks. I only need to beat a few more levels to finish my S class run through. I'm on the second to last level right now (the first time you fight Sturm, where he doesn't use Meteor Smash) - and I really hate that level. You have to be really good to beat Advance Campaign (also know how to make the computer move where you want them to). One wrong move and your toast.

For those SSBM players out there also needing the No-Damage Clear, I got it with Donkey Kong playing through the All-Star mode on Very Easy. His down + B special (hand slap) will send most opponents flying. A few characters are a pain to fight (esp Captain Falcon), but after playing it over and over again, you start to get the hang of it. Afterwards, you just have to get lucky on the Mr Game and Watch battle, and hope no bombs or other explosives fall your way.

I tried playing through Classic to get the No-Damage clear, but it's a lot harder. The guys don't fly off the screen so easily, plus Master Hand always seems to get a little hit on me.

I remember a couple cheats from Goldeneye being extremely difficult to get; had to keep beating some of those stages over and over with the hopes of having either the exact time or just a little under... Invincibility and invisibility are prime examples of some pretty evil cheats to gain, though I remember the Aztec cheat being a tad annoying, as well (double moonrakers, was it?). I finally managed to get them all, eventually, though. 😉

Another would most definitely have to be some of those damn platinums in Blast Corps. I swear, they're probably the hardest things to get in a game I've ever seen. I remember getting a ton of them, but I could never completely finish it... Oh well. Maybe I should go back and use http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/3351/bcmain.html to help me get the rest... Meh.

Oh, and I was trying to get 100,000,000 points in Beetle Mania (the minigame in Super Mario RPG) many, many years back, but stopped at somewhere around 87,000,000 or so after several hours of work. My hand was blistering and people wanted to use the TV, lol.

I'm sure if I actually sat down to think about it, I'd be able to think up some more, but I don't really feel like bothering right now. If any more come to mind, I'll post them.

Some of the Platinum races in Project Gotham Racing 2 (mostly the Cone Challenges) require damn near perfection. I swear, some of them have no margin of error... I gave up on most of 'em after 50-100 tries :P

Yoshiman, first thing you need to do is get everyone Incremed. Then have Gilder use Aura of Denial EVERY TURN to stop any nasty Eternes happening. (If you have to fight her again)

Hmm....

Uhh...

Nope, I've pretty much beat everything first time around. 😃 lol.

Okay that isn't true, I had trouble with a few specific battles in Skies of Arcadia: Legends, but I prevailed after only a few tries. I'm an expert. 😉

Need for Speed Underground. There was one race, full of 90 degree turns, bridges with pillars you had to weave in and out of. And the computers were insanely fast. it was a 6 lap race which made it all the harder.

I tried and tried for 2 weeks to no avail. I finally just said f*ck it and I stopped for a week.

Well, i went back and beat it on the first try next time. that was a major video game triumph.

Also, in Mario Kart Double Dash when I finally beat the all cup tour on mirror mode. That was so hard. i had to have a friend come over and play against me so he could take second every once and a while and take points away from the computer who would usually win.

LoZ: LA, I was at the very beginning where you have the chain dog attached to u and you have to beat a simple cave, i spent around 10 hours trying to find out what was wrong, and finally started over to find out I was right at the beginning and got through it with ease, i dont even remember where I got stuck...:shrug:

One I'm currently on: on a trip I just got back from, I Worked on my copy of ALttP (GBA, obviously). I decided to do something I've never attempted in a game before: hunt down EVERYTHING in the game without the use of guides. All I have left: one piece of heart...

it's probably that piece underneath the exit to turtle rock.. thats the last heart piece i found on the original SNES version. took me a long time to find it too.

I had two. One was getting the archives cheat in Goldeneye. No matter how good I was, I either got the time a few seconds under, or way off. I got the cheat, but my time was right on the dot!!! If the game didn't allow you to get the cheat that way, I would've never got it. I don't see how the world record can be like, 50 seconds.😛

Killing mother brain in Metroid Zero Mission on Hard with 249 energy was also a pain in the butt. Kinda sad that the final boss on the same difficulty wasn't this hard.:laughing:

I would have to say the entire game of Metal Gear Solid for PS1. Every day after school my freshman year i would play untill i went to bed, for a solid 3 weeks. it was such a relief to finally beat it.
When i was done, i went through it again to get the cool suit that made you invisable.
I still havent got through Metal Gear Solid 2, mainly because I Ive been occupied by other games.

When I was a little kid, and I beat the first Mario Brothers game. I was so happy. Now days, I never play a game long enough to beat it. 'Cept Harvest Moon. I finally got married on It's a Wonderful Life, but I've been so tired lately that I spend my free time sleeping. 😛

Samson007 wrote:Also, in Mario Kart Double Dash when I finally beat the all cup tour on mirror mode. That was so hard. i had to have a friend come over and play against me so he could take second every once and a while and take points away from the computer who would usually win.

That is exactly what I had to do! I had my brother play with me in all my 100cc, 150cc, and Mirror Mode races. Having an extra human player to replace a computer player helps a lot - plus my brother is way better than me at Mario Kart. (one of the few games he's better than me at, hehe 😃) He was the one to always take home the gold, while I usually got bronze (or worse)

somehow in mario kart i managed to beat mirror all cup tour by myself. it barely won by about 2 points... it was pretty close. crazy thing too, i got 8th on rainbow road. oh how i hate that track.

something im finding really hard is beating halo on lengendary. mebbe im just really bad but its insanely difficult. stuck on the silent cartographer. yeah i know the halo1 craze is over but im a loser and got the pc version last christmas so i just started my halo adventure. mebbe im just really bad but its insanely difficult.

in the Mirror All cup in MK: DD, i lost by 1 point the first time! Very frustrating! Got it the next time though, easily

When I got the insane number of stunt points in Rush 2049 Dreamcast to unlock the Gauntlet track. It took me for-fucking ever.

And then my friend's douchebag brother erased my save. Dear LORD I was pissed.

I ERASED MY OWN. 😞 It made me want to cry. I put hundreds of hours (literally) into that game and then i erased it. I had everything. except 2 trophies and you wouldn't belive how many vs. battles i had. I am talking about super smash bros. melee.

Another would most definitely have to be some of those damn platinums in Blast Corps. I swear, they're probably the hardest things to get in a game I've ever seen. I remember getting a ton of them, but I could never completely finish it... Oh well. Maybe I should go back and use http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquar...351/bcmain.html to help me get the rest... Meh.

Oh, man...you just reminded me of the dreaded Diamond Sands level. :scared:

it's probably that piece underneath the exit to turtle rock.. thats the last heart piece i found on the original SNES version. took me a long time to find it too.

My guess is the piece in the digging minigame.

For those of you who frequent Zelda Classic, and have played C-Dawg's Dreams Of Yesterday, you are probably doubling over in pain and trauma already.

Storm Tower. The use of conveyors in the tower was maddening with pits, while actually getting up the floors in the first place is hell, you then have to make sure the conveyors don't push you into the pits. THEN, the boss of the tower, Storm Blossom, has pits and conveyors all over the room. .. God.. so nasty. >_<

... And come to think about it, the rest of his quest was hell too. :disgust: .. Awesome though.

In SSBM, I thought a few of the event matches were alarmingly and unfairly difficult about a year ago. The "Time for a Checkup" event, as well as the "Space Travellers" one was quite crazy. .. And the 100 Man Melee was a challenge as well. I used Shiek. Worked quite well, actually. Link's spin attack is NOT to be underestimated there though. 😉

Britannianhero4 wrote:In SSBM, I thought a few of the event matches were alarmingly and unfairly difficult about a year ago. The "Time for a Checkup" event, as well as the "Space Travellers" one was quite crazy. .. And the 100 Man Melee was a challenge as well. I used Shiek. Worked quite well, actually. Link's spin attack is NOT to be underestimated there though. 😉

I know! The one with the three Metal Samus's was tough, and the Majora's Mask trophy tussle too. The last All-Star match was a real pain. And lets not forget the last two event matches: 1) you VS Master Hand and Crazy Hand, and 2) you VS Giga Bowser, Ganondorf, and Mewtwo.

The Master Hand/Crazy Hand battle just takes a lot of practice. I beat it with Ganondorf. The trick is to take out Crazy Hand first so the two hands can't team up. As for the Giga Bowser/Ganondorf/Mewtwo match, I used Jigglypuff 😃 His rest special will send Giga Bowser flying if you time it right. After that taking him out, I just avoided Ganondorf and Mewtwo by floating around, and waiting for good items to fall.

Actually, I did the same thing. .. Exactly as you've said. Works amazingly well, thank you. :highfive: Personally, I don't find either of those too difficult though. :shrug: I think it's just having your health increase alone which is rather intimidating about those other two.

slef wrote:somehow in mario kart i managed to beat mirror all cup tour by myself. it barely won by about 2 points... it was pretty close. crazy thing too, i got 8th on rainbow road. oh how i hate that track.

something im finding really hard is beating halo on lengendary. mebbe im just really bad but its insanely difficult. stuck on the silent cartographer. yeah i know the halo1 craze is over but im a loser and got the pc version last christmas so i just started my halo adventure. mebbe im just really bad but its insanely difficult.

Oh yeah, also in MK double dash, trying to beat the staff ghosts. I can only do it in 3 tracks.

I beat the staff ghost in Rainbow road, DK mountain, and Baby Park.

i dont know how you can hate rainbow road, its my favorite. i count that track as a garunteed first place.

[QUOTE=vegeta1215]I've been playing Super Smash Bros Melee on the Gamecube a lot lately, trying to get all the trophies and unlock everything. One trophy (Diskun) requires that you get all the special bonuses..[QUOTE]
Incase you didn't know, Diskun is the mascot of the Famicom Disk System.
For more on the Famicom Disk System, search around.
*hugs Legend of Zelda disk*

Btw, my most annoying video game moment was getting onboard the pirate ship in the Japanese version of Zelda Wind Waker. One of my friends who spoke Jpnese better than I did got me past that part.

Diddy Kong Racing, having to get all the coins on every track AND still finish...in Adventure 2...GAH!

Super Metroid stuck me at the infamous glass tube, I was wondering how to get on the other side of it. Never thought to blow it up with a power bomb, I thought you had to find another path around it...never even realized that the OTHER glass tube a few rooms away was pre-broken in a similar manner...>_<

And some NES levels from hell:

Ninja Gaiden, level 6-2. Takes you forever to figure out the timing for some of the screens toward the end, and then 6-3 isn't anywhere near as hard, and then when you go to fight the three final bosses in a row you find out that if you lose to any of them, you get booted all the way back to 6-1?...I was like "Oh HELL no" and kicked the NES, knocking the game into a wonderful display of glitches...

Battletoads, level 9...the gears here are freakin' INSANE, even with memorizing their patterns, and instant-death enemies/spikes are almost nonstop, and the level is one of the longest in the game...ugh.

Bubble Bobble, level 57. This was a totally new level, not present in the arcade version....I'd really like to know what'n the flying blue hell the designers ate/drank/smoked/shot up when this level was made. It's exactly the halfway point of the game (there are 113 levels), yet it's the hardest level in the whole game...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...actually this game as a whole is hard as hell. Especially the last two stages...the underground parts of level 5 have so many powerful enemies, and the cave where you find the Technodrome is random, so you may have to search all 3 caves...and if you get past that, you still have that last section of level 6 to look forward to. You know what I'm talking about...it's the Laser Soldiers' Super-Cramped HALL OF LASERY DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEATH!!!!!!!111oneoneone

*retrieves his shotgun*

*blasts his NES to smithereens*

Ah. That was satisfying.