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Beatable arcade games
Jack Burton:
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--- Quote from: D_Harris on October 23, 2011, 02:03:40 pm ---Donkey Kong
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I'm going to have to disagree with this one. The first level is so hard it would make modern-age gamers weep tears of frustration, and each subsequent level is just as hard. :banghead:
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My nephew is 10 and he beat the first level of DK in about 5 minutes of trying. Probably used about 3 credits. He received no coaching from me. He's not a child prodigy either. He has a gamecube that he plays maybe 3 or 4 hours a week.
I mean getting a DK kill screen is an amazing feat, but just getting to the top of stage 1 is about 2 out of 10 for difficulty imo.
Only non-fighting arcade game of note I have ever 1cc'd is Superman.
D_Harris:
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--- Quote from: ragnar on October 21, 2011, 11:06:33 pm ---Regarding anything that you can just pump quarters into. I guess the point is to not list games like Pacman where the general goal to most mortals is to get the high score. Some consider it beatable after level 256 (or whatever it is).
I guess I should have been more specific. Side scrollers that come to a conclusion or games where you can select one path to victory and go for it (NBA Jam for example).
Pernsonally, i ma after games that are fun that I have not played before that I can try and beat to make things more fun.
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Beatable implies a goal to achieve. So why separate Pac-man from the other games. Pac-man is considered beaten if you get a perfect game all the way to and including the last screen. There may not be a fancy ending or trophy awarded over a dead boss, but once you do it no one can top you, and you'll have a score that can't be beaten.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
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Yes, but with Pac-man, the creators never intended it to be beaten. They never considered someone getting to level 256 (thought it impossible I think) so they never tested the scenario. I don't think a game is beatable just because it gets buggy or crashes if you get so far into it.
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I do.
A game is beaten when you reach the end. Or a game is beaten when you take every point out of it that is possible in a single play. (Pac-man falls into both categories).
It is of no relevance whether or not the creators intended for it to be beaten or if the end of the game is buggy.
--- Quote from: Eddie_Brock on October 23, 2011, 05:09:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: D_Harris on October 23, 2011, 02:03:40 pm ---Donkey Kong
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I'm going to have to disagree with this one. The first level is so hard it would make modern-age gamers weep tears of frustration, and each subsequent level is just as hard. :banghead:
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Just because you find it difficult doesn't mean someone else hasn't beaten it.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: Eddie_Brock on October 23, 2011, 05:09:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: D_Harris on October 23, 2011, 02:03:40 pm ---Donkey Kong
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I'm going to have to disagree with this one. The first level is so hard it would make modern-age gamers weep tears of frustration, and each subsequent level is just as hard. :banghead:
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Ask Brian Kuh if Donkey Kong can be beaten.
Grimoz:
Bubble Bobble is one of my favourites along with Choplifter.
Harakiri:
What's the use of pinpointing games that have an ending?
The basic premiss of a background story (narrative), already indicates there is a goal to achieve.