Aw...the magic of the unknown to us when we were young. Remember when things were actual mysteries? How our imaginations ran wild?
More specifically, even oddities we spotted in "controlled" mediums such as Nintendo games would absolutely mystify us! Remember "minus world" in Super Mario Bros. 1? Why was it there? And just what the hell was that flying mask thing in Super Mario Bros. 2?
Anyway....I still can't explain this one to this very day: Jump to 2:16.
WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING? What could possibly be going on? SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME!!!!
NES GAMES ARE EFFING CHEAP
Adding on...on the subject of Nintendo games, I will assert you this:
Every 26-29 year old kid that grew up playing the NES could probably kick your ass at any platformer game out there. Why? I'm convinced that every 8-bit game ever made was only made just to piss you off. Whether it be sheer insane difficulty like ANY Mega Man game (god DAMNED disappearing blocks), mind numbingly frustrating enemies like the ones that knock you off of platforms (Ninja Gaiden and those goddamned falcons or Karate Kid and anything that moved) or just cheap ass things like impossible jumps (Super Mario Bros 1, level 8, TNMT 1, Mega Man, any levels that make you jump with "wind" blowing in the opposite direction)....Here is a moment I'd like you all to remember:
All I have to do is just state the name of the game and you will instantly know the EXACT thing I'm thinking about.
Battletoads. Yep, the Wind Tunnel/Hover bike level. It came early in the game and only the most ADD, hyper active, twitch response kids were capable of passing it the first try...the rest of us had to memorize the level piece by piece...by failing, over and over again. Two players made it worse. Because if one person ran out of lives, you START OVER AGAIN.
Here is the level in its full glory.
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"From a Fark.com thread: This makes me want to buy a Nintendo controller just so I can throw it at the wall."
Playing Co-op with shit like that level would test friendships, send kids into anger management or cost your parents a new NES controller, TV, or the money to patch up holes in the wall. I'm not kidding. It was baby punching inducing anger to homicidal levels. But yet, we still played it. Together even. Why? Maybe because we're stupid and gluttons for punishment...at least I was am.
Looks like I'll be hooking up the old Nintendo...er emulator (until I can find a NES) and try my luck again. Why I love Ninjas.
On the same subject....(or close...whatever, we're talking about NES now), this is why I wanted to be a ninja. All thanks to the beginning CUT SCENE (which in itself, epic) of Ninja Gaiden 1 for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
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As a little kid, watching a little ninja movie play before my eyes, was something I will never forget. Fuck the Ninja Turtles, I wanted to be like Ryu and have myself a god damned DRAGON SWORD. Being so young, I did not catch some of the meanings or little pieces of the plot but I did understand the underlying meaning: Your girl was kidnapped, your dad was dead and you have to kill the son of a bitch bad guy by doing the only thing you know how to do: being a badass, ninja star throwing, flip jumping, cloth wrapped around face NINJA.
