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 Member 2089 Level 17.58 Mar 2006 
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I recently decided that I have to get my gaming shit together and finally beat some of the shmup classics that I never played/owned when I was younger. I couldn't have come up with a better way to fuck up my own head over this than by buying a used PS2 copy of Gradius III and IV. The version of Gradius III on that disc is the notorious arcade version which was reportedly so damned hard that Konami started pulling it from arcades after less than a few months of its release. The SNES version was purposely tweaked to be more manageable, even though that game is also pretty damned hard.
Another game that I have trouble with when I let myself get rusty is U.N. Squadron. The last two boards of that game always kick my balls in, especially the giant shielded tank that hangs from the ceiling in the cave level. Hands down, the shooting genre (especially in terms of arcade games) presents the most challenges and requires the most practice and finesse of me when I'm looking to give myself mental anguish over games. The games I actually own are only the tip of the iceberg, as there are dozens of amazingly hard MAME emulated games which I promised myself I would try to beat with 1 credit's worth of lives, including some other hard-assed Japanese Konami games like Salamander II, Xexex, etc... Contra for the NES is a cakewalk compared to most of these. To put it into perspective, I can blast through Contra without dying at all, ending with a load of extra guys, while with Gradius III arcade, I can't make it to the 2nd boss yet...and there're 10 fucking levels in that nightmare. Contra at least allows a few moments of respite. In addition to the above games, there are tons of arcade games from the Capcom collections and the 2nd Taito Legends set for the PS2 that are equally addictive/menacingly-hard. Most amazing jew boots
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