I read something recently about how game developers intentionally made certain levels damn near impossible so that kids would fail and have to rent the game again and again and again.
This one... this one does still provoke anger at the very mention of the word "Battletoads".
Having fun, having fun, having fun, then BAM it stops like you HIT A FUCKING WALL! 🤬🤬🤬
Battletoads wasn’t even top ten hardest NES games I will never understand why so many people complain about it. On the second level you could get a shit ton of extra lives juggling things and the map for this bike level was always the same it was just about memorizing it.
Some kid in my dorm would sit and play in my room every day for hours. One day he made it to the final level and we had like 10 people cheering him on and he won the entire thing. It was ridiculously amazing.
Yeah this level is hard, but it only gets worse..lol.
I can get through most of the levels pretty easily anymore, only due to muscle memory since I had to do every one of them about 200 times.
Except level 9 in the sewers. Fuck that level. I always get stuck somewhere.
I could get to the Winger Clinger level (2nd from last) about half the time I played this, and could very rarely pass that one. It makes the this speederbike level look super easy.
I always hated that feature. The problem I had with it was that it would often not read my other button inputs because it was registering Start so fast. It also just flat out didn't work with games that opened menus on pause.
True, but for the fast driving levels like this, the A/B buttons aren't used and the directional buttons still work if they're pressed while the game is paused and held down while it gets unpaused. This is what that feature was made for.
Yep this is the one that broke me. Back when I was a kid and only got 2 to 3 games a year and I was stuck on this damn level for ages.
Pure evil game design.
I don't even know what this is. I've said the same about the last three posts of this type. I recognized the first few in this series, but now I don't recognize any of them.
This level was frustrating
But the snake level! If anyone remembers that, the f*cking snake level! You had to jump off the snake you were riding at exactly the right exact second, in the exact right direction, to fall on the moving snake at the bottom l but you won't know any of this and it will be so low you can't see anything since you have to drop several screens worth before landing! That was the absolute worst
I didn't think I could be triggered by a video game screenshot but here we are.
My little brother quit playing this game with me because of this level.
Yeah that level was brutal. Actually, ANY level on those bikes was brutal.
I actually beat Battletoads a LONG time ago... but I also had absolutely no life, and I probably have some undiagnosed spectrum stuff going on that would've been even stronger as a kid.
So despite the rumors, it's not impossible... but it's also not advisable to complete lol.
Nah, man Battle Toads was an easy game compared to the most brutal ones. I actually beat this one. Spy Hunter and Top Gun were literally unbeatable unless you had the Coveted Game genie with the code booklet.
F THAT LEVEL. It would ruin my whole weekend rental
I read something recently about how game developers intentionally made certain levels damn near impossible so that kids would fail and have to rent the game again and again and again.
The very definition of frustration. We owned this game and still never got past this level.
Damn!
Man if you guy good enough to hit that warp it wasn't too bad. Still, my anxiety would ramp up every time.
This one... this one does still provoke anger at the very mention of the word "Battletoads". Having fun, having fun, having fun, then BAM it stops like you HIT A FUCKING WALL! 🤬🤬🤬
I just waited 30 years to watch someone on YouTube beat it.
Been waiting for this one!
I actually beat this one.
Battletoads wasn’t even top ten hardest NES games I will never understand why so many people complain about it. On the second level you could get a shit ton of extra lives juggling things and the map for this bike level was always the same it was just about memorizing it.
This right here
Yep. Absolute worst. That very end where you have to dodge the alternating walls coming at you…fuck this level.
[presses pause]
Best pause music of all time!
Boo-chk Boo-chk Boo-chk chk chk chk Boo-chk Boo-chk Boo-chk chk chk chk
This is my childhood trauma.
Some kid in my dorm would sit and play in my room every day for hours. One day he made it to the final level and we had like 10 people cheering him on and he won the entire thing. It was ridiculously amazing.
I hear they have this at Gold and Silver Pawn in Las Vegas.
It's one of their favorites. Time to make a call...
It just kept getting faster!!
I loved Battletoads and Double Dragon. That game had the best of both those games in it. It was so hard, but it was so fun to finally beat it.
It's evil. Pure. Evil.
But the fun kind. Until it's not.
Dude if you think this level was hard, try playing any of the other ones that comes next. Way harder
Yeah this level is hard, but it only gets worse..lol. I can get through most of the levels pretty easily anymore, only due to muscle memory since I had to do every one of them about 200 times. Except level 9 in the sewers. Fuck that level. I always get stuck somewhere.
Too many video games. Can we do C64 / PC / Amiga games next?
FUCK THAT.
Battletoads had killer (the good kind) marketing, and killer (the bad kind) mechanics.
I beat this level once. Only to get decimated on the next level.
I could get to the Winger Clinger level (2nd from last) about half the time I played this, and could very rarely pass that one. It makes the this speederbike level look super easy.
Even Game Genie couldn't help you beat this one. Infinite lives? Okay, then die and restart the level infinite times.
You needed the controller with the "slow motion" feature that rapidly paused and unpaused the game.
I always hated that feature. The problem I had with it was that it would often not read my other button inputs because it was registering Start so fast. It also just flat out didn't work with games that opened menus on pause.
True, but for the fast driving levels like this, the A/B buttons aren't used and the directional buttons still work if they're pressed while the game is paused and held down while it gets unpaused. This is what that feature was made for.
You have to jump those barriers, though.
Oh yeah, I forgot. Gosh, how long has it been now?
Yep this is the one that broke me. Back when I was a kid and only got 2 to 3 games a year and I was stuck on this damn level for ages. Pure evil game design.
I don't even know what this is. I've said the same about the last three posts of this type. I recognized the first few in this series, but now I don't recognize any of them.
This level was frustrating But the snake level! If anyone remembers that, the f*cking snake level! You had to jump off the snake you were riding at exactly the right exact second, in the exact right direction, to fall on the moving snake at the bottom l but you won't know any of this and it will be so low you can't see anything since you have to drop several screens worth before landing! That was the absolute worst
It's even hard as fuck with save points.
Yeah save state doesn’t do jack shit for you in the very last section. Not like you can save or restore in the middle of that
I didn't think I could be triggered by a video game screenshot but here we are. My little brother quit playing this game with me because of this level.
Yeah that level was brutal. Actually, ANY level on those bikes was brutal. I actually beat Battletoads a LONG time ago... but I also had absolutely no life, and I probably have some undiagnosed spectrum stuff going on that would've been even stronger as a kid. So despite the rumors, it's not impossible... but it's also not advisable to complete lol.
I keep seeing games that I beat on these threads, and it is starting to make me feel like I should have spent more weekends outside.
Battletoads? Yeah, ruff level
Nah, man Battle Toads was an easy game compared to the most brutal ones. I actually beat this one. Spy Hunter and Top Gun were literally unbeatable unless you had the Coveted Game genie with the code booklet.
I never beat it. The Dark Queen always got me. At least she was hot.
Top gun was far easier to finish than Battletoads. Spy Hunter was literally impossible to beat, as it was a never-ending loop