Games that you had no idea what to do in as a kid

johnny_ultimate

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I could never, ever figure out how to get past Scar at the end of The Lion King on the Megadrive. I bet you it is embarrassingly easy, but I tried what at the time seemed like a whole host of techniques - including painstakingly luring him to the edge of the cliff - but the evil **** just wouldn't give up. At least the amazing 16 bit versions of the various film songs made the chore of getting to the end a bit easier, especially during the damn falling log platforming bits in the Hakunah Mathatah stages.

Some day the king I will return and try again, and I shall surely be humbled by finally effortlessly confronting the torment that has plagued me for the guts of two decades. Either that or it really is incredibly hard. I'm banking on the former.

This weekend, I finally confronted this trauma from my past. On Saturday morning, with no assistance from the Internet, I sat down and managed to beat the Lion King. I might be in my mid-twenties, but it was only after Scar tumbled off that virtual cliff that I finally felt like an adult :pac:

Grimebox

Could you imagine the youth of today trying to play Dark Souls

SeantheMan

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

This weekend, I finally confronted this trauma from my past. On Saturday morning, with no assistance from the Internet, I sat down and managed to beat the Lion King. I might be in my mid-twenties, but it was only after Scar tumbled off that virtual cliff that I finally felt like an adult :pac:

Hakuna Matata to you :P....means no worries...for the rest of your days now :cool:

That section...with that song (can't wait to be king) playing in the background...having to bounce from giraffe to other animals....I must've spent days on it as a kid

SeantheMan

Too add to the metal gear sections, there was a part in 3....where you're wading through the river against the boss...(the sorrow)...confronting all these ghosts.
I honestly was lot at that section for a few days....I didn't know I was meant to use the revival pill when I died.

Kablamo!

I had an Addams Family game for the SNES. I could never figure how to get off the porch!

gaynorvader

Grimebox wrote: »

Could you imagine the youth of today trying to play Dark Souls

I've seen it. They have the game on the tv and the youtube walkthrough playing on their tablet/smartphones.

Grimebox

gaynorvader wrote: »

I've seen it. They have the game on the tv and the youtube walkthrough playing on their tablet/smartphones.

So exactly how I play it

Generic Dreadhead

sheehy83 wrote: »

I remember being baffled by Young Merlin on the SNES. Great game but didn't have a clue how to proceed past a certain part.

I was waiting for someone to say this

Also I might add:
Grim Fandango
Curse of Monkey Island on Hard (could not patch the hole in the boat)
Jack the Nipper on Amstrad
TaiPan on Amstrad
Prince on Persion on the like 2nd Mac

Star Lord

Cormac... wrote: »

Grim Fandango

This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine...

F**K YOU LITTLE SEA MAN! Gimmie the light!!!

Funkfield

This......

Maybe I was a bit slow but could never get past the first two rooms....which is where you start. So, eh, yeah.

Also, this.....

Magnificently unintuitive slowmoving unfunny piece of cosmic garbage.

-=al=-

Downloaded Another World after reading this thread and I'm bloody stuck on a bit!

I can see why it was impossible for the wee lads

fearrua

There was an old game called Fable for the PC that my uncle gave me and my brother when we were kids. It was a point and click adventure game, and we could never get past one of the puzzles early on in the game. Tried reinstalling it to give it a bash as a grown-up but it won't run on my laptop. Ah well.

Going Strong

fearrua wrote: »

There was an old game called Fable for the PC that my uncle gave me and my brother when we were kids. It was a point and click adventure game, and we could never get past one of the puzzles early on in the game. Tried reinstalling it to give it a bash as a grown-up but it won't run on my laptop. Ah well.

I had that as well and I couldn't finish it either! There was some puzzle in an undersea grotto where you had to collect something, sea shells I think but I could never find the final one. It was either that or I couldn't find a key to open the door to the next section. It was definitely something that I just couldn't find no matter how often I tried clicking on every pixel on the screen.

fearrua

Going Strong wrote: »

I had that as well and I couldn't finish it either! There was some puzzle in an undersea grotto where you had to collect something, sea shells I think but I could never find the final one. It was either that or I couldn't find a key to open the door to the next section. It was definitely something that I just couldn't find no matter how often I tried clicking on every pixel on the screen.

Well you got further than I did I think! As far as I can remember I got stuck on the ice stage which was the very first one

gaynorvader

I couldn't figure out the combat on this one and so got nowhere. Also died to the worm in the first room a few times...:o

o1s1n

It's a very hard game alright.

Gotta love the death animations!

Going Strong

fearrua wrote: »

Well you got further than I did I think! As far as I can remember I got stuck on the ice stage which was the very first one

From what I remember the game was incredibly finicky. If you didn't place your character/pointer in the exact spot, nothing happened.

recyclops

kerushi/ iq is a whopper game

loved it as a kid not knowing what to do and love it now on my phone using an emulator

love the sound effects and music great game

GottaGetGatt

Metroid

Riesen_Meal

Still no clue as to what I should have been doing....

Such a difficult game aswell...

Platoon: Level 1 - Commodore 64: http://youtu.be/lNfsY4CnJzA