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Finally beat Battletoads by fabio 08/16/2017, 9:49am PDT
using save states :(


Can we talk about how there's never been a more bullshit level in all of video game history than Clinger Wingers? I still have no idea how anyone has ever managed to beat this level legitimately. I even tried pausing right at every turn so I would instantly hit the new direction as soon as it was unpaused. I never made it more than 10 turns. I had to on frame mode and advance the game frame by frame, making the turn at exactly the right frame and I was still barely ahead of the orb. It's like you have a 5 frame margin of error for the entire level. How do humans beat this?

I remembered the first 2 levels being fun. Playing it now you realize just how shitty the brawling controls are. You move forward as you punch, you lunge forward on the final blow. This is often a death sentence on sections with instant death pits and spikes. You also move forward while punching faster than the punched enemy moves back. Half the time you end up moving right into the enemy and activating the useless pick up and throw move, which not only causes no damage but half the enemies will recovery mid-pickup and pummel you. The player is a fool to do anything but spam the running headbutt move. No chance of picking up, no chance of enemy recovery, and you come to a dead stop the instant you hit an enemy.

Also bullshit: the time bomb level where you have to outrace the rat. On the final segment, it's not enough to make a perfect run. You have to make a perfect run and punch the rat several times in such a way that it stalls him for longer than punching slows you up for. This completely out of your control most of the time. You have to make a perfect run and get lucky on 3-4 hits.

fuck Battletoads
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Finally beat Battletoads by fabio 08/16/2017, 9:49am PDT NEW
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