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What is the hardest 2600 game?


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Having looked at what people are saying I am having a go at these games, via my new Harmeny Cart (whilst building up my actual cart collection), I have only had a go at some as not all have Pal ROMs (and I think having a go at them on computer is not a fair comparison).

 

I was amazed at how hard Junior Pac-Man is compared to Pac-Man and Mrs Pac-Man. Gravitar is also hard. Will have a go at some of the others soon. But Junior def. gets my vote at the moment.

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I have only played it in emulation, but I find Pitfall II to be ridiculiously difficult. I'm sure it is just a matter of timing, but I can hardly ever get past that bat on the very first screen! :(

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Let's add this to the mix.....

 

What game starts out OK and becomes insane?

 

Mine would be Cosmic Ark. I NEVER successfully captured all the planet beasties. The lasers are impossible. And if you get blasted, the asteroid fields just get faster and faster to where I think it's too much.

 

Stampede! 10,000 points? In my dreams.

 

Communist Mutants From Space. Perfectly fine little Galaxian clone that starts out normal enough and rapidly becomes hell. Start on Level 9, tell me you lasted longer than 60 seconds.

 

No Escape! Once the enemies can shoot you from the other side of the screen, no escape becomes no chance.

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Everyone that thinks Dodge'Em is a tough game hasnt played it enough. The pattern is pretty simple and getting the max 1080 score is just a matter of patience running the patterns.

 

Jr. Pac Man is def tough right out of the gate.

 

I never was that good at Turmoil as the difficulty ramped up but loved the game. Same for Dragonfire - there is a reason you start out with like 8 lives!

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Everyone that thinks Dodge'Em is a tough game hasnt played it enough. The pattern is pretty simple and getting the max 1080 score is just a matter of patience running the patterns.

 

 

Yeah, I don't get this one at all. I've done 1080 max score multiple times. Are you playing with the difficulty switches on A or not realizing you can change 2 lanes if you slow down? 30 years later I still remember the general patterns.

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I'm going to have to go back and play Jr. Pac-Man again. I had that back in the day and I don't recall it being all that hard. Then again I had quicker reflexes back then. :)

The game is a cast-iron bitch with the full four ghosts. When I was young, I'd play on the wimpy one-ghost mode, though.

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Yes, Jr Pac can be brutal if you keep all four ghosts, sometimes, I can finish the first level but just barely, the problem is that they are too fast and are all like freeking homing missiles

 

I'm surprised no one mentionned Solaris, Love the game but wasn't able to get very far, let alone finish the game, only way for me is by playing the Solaris Trainer rom on emulation

Did anybody was able to finish the cart or it is just me?

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