Thank you for reminding me of my age. That is all.
Dad wouldn’t buy me an NES when I was a kid. My next door neighbor had one and we played Top Gun and legacy of the wizard. Got an NES 20 years ago and still have it though my game collection is pretty small. Also have an old crt to play it on. Still bust out SMB3 every once in awhile for the nostalgia.
A few years ago I went back to see if I could even put a dent in Legacy of the Wizard. I couldn’t, it’s just brutal.
I would say more than half of all NES games are insanely hard to beat. Way harder than modern games honestly.
It’s easier to create incredibly difficult games than it is to create games that are only moderately difficult. That’s something that technology and the honing of the craft have brought to modern gaming.
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Final Fantasy 1 was so fun! I didn’t have it as a kid, but I bought it on the Wii virtual shop back when that was a thing.
It was rough to get through because I didn’t know what I was doing (had a bad party comp, I think), but I somehow managed to beat it. Still one of my favorite gaming experiences.
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It was a good time, and I’m glad I played it that way rather than the DS remake. It was HARD.
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it was huge, endless. impossible to understand. I played Dragon Warrior as well, and felt similar. “omg a new town!” “ahhh a wyvern?! whats that??”
Nice read, thanks for sharing! The NES will always be the epicenter of my lifelong love for gaming. I will always remember receiving Megaman 2 for my bday. We had other games, but as the youngest of three boys, it was the first game that was truly mine. And I will never forget the weird ass cover art it had lol.
