[General Discussion] Games You Can Never Beat But Keep Trying Anyway

Mike Tyson's Punch Out! for the NES. I love that game to death, but when you get to the third round of fighting...it just turns into rape. Soda Popinski is cheap, Bald Bull is harder to read for me, Don Flamenco is a bit tougher, but the real challenge starts with The Sandman. Punch him in the face and then you have to punch him in the gut or else he'll block and counter.

Super Macho Man is worse, especially when he unleashes that hurricane punch of his. I can see it coming, but if my timing is off even by a little...Mac gets his ass pummeled to the ground.

The worst is when you finally get to Mike Tyson. I just can't read his movements no matter how much I try. It doesn't help that most of his punches take you down in one hit. I remember my brother only beating the game once before back when I was a kid and that was via the Game Genie. Even then, he barely won by lasting three rounds against Tyson and winning by split decision.

Seriously, awesome game...but I've never once claimed victory through the entire game.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by dagget

1. Super Mario Bros. Yes. Call me a faggot or whatever you like, I don't care. I have still YET to beat the original SMB. Why? 8-3, that's fucking why. Hell I didn't beat Mario 2 until it came in that Mario All-Stars SNES compilation game.

Oh man, I feel your pain there. I had a lot of trouble with 8-2 mainly due to that long jump near the end. A small pipe and then two little pieces of ground with gaps in between to make the jump. I always tried to start at the edge of the pipe, run, and fell in between the pieces of ground many times. I never started at the ground pieces because I didn't think I'd get enough speed.

In 8-3, if you can get past those two sections with the hammer brothers, the ground, a level of brick, and then another level of bricks, then you got to what I believe is the hardest part. Hammer bros. on ground level and you have to run past them while timing it right and making sure you don't get hit by one of their hammers in the process. After you get past that, you can win. When I first played this, I couldn't get past it without having Fire Mario.

Originally Posted by dagget

4. Kingdom Hearts II. That goddamn Orginization 13 asshole in Beast's Castle is just a pain in the ass. I'll go back every now and then to see if I can beat him, but sure enough. Fuck that shit. I'll just not beat the damn game.

Ugh, Xaldin. Once again, I feel your pain. The triangle action helps but when he starts going crazy and getting a dragon going with his lances, I have to head for the corner and dodge it. It might sound like a pain, but try leveling up your master form so you can do the jump dodge. That'll help you out a bit.

I think the first time I beat him, I got lucky because I was resurrected three times by Mickey.

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