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Conference rusure::nintendo

Title:Nintendo Game Systems
Notice:Please enter Super NES notes in Yuppy::Super_NES.
Moderator:RUSURE::EDP
Created:Tue Oct 20 1987
Last Modified:Mon Feb 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:847
Total number of notes:11602

409.0. "Are NINTENDO games too easy?" by POETS::SCHNARE (CHARLIE SCHNARE) Fri Jan 19 1990 19:25

    I would like to add this note to discuss the idea that Nintendo games
    are to easy. I can beat most games the next day after I rent them. I
    have played some hard games but I cant consider them a challenge. I
    would like to hear some opi
    nions.
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409.1Answer depends on alot of things.CSC32::S_LEDOUXCSC/CX - We kill bugs dead.Fri Jan 19 1990 19:5815
I'm still undecided.  I've only beaten SMB + Metroid -- but:

- I was never a real arcade fan, maybe a C-note's worth my whole life.
- I have a family that includes a wife, 3 kids, 3 dogs (not the kids) and
  (until recently, ref:kids) a few fish.
- I never play more than a couple of hours at a time.

That said, I'd say it took me about 2 weeks to beat metroid and about a
month to beat SMB.

For my lifestyle, the games seem fairly suited.  Hard enough to not
be a waste of money but easy enough to not lose my attention.

Guess it really depends on YOU.
Scott.
409.2Not for meRTPSWS::VANDEUSEN_@CORNING Optical WaveguidesSat Jan 20 1990 21:027
    I have yet to beat any Nintendo game. Granted "I'm not allowed" to play
    more than an hour or so a day, but I find these games more than
    challenging...  Of course, my motor coordination is such that one of my
    childhood nicknames was Charlie Brown...  Actually, I LOOK for ones
    that people complain are too easy!
    
    Monte "six thumbs and slow brain" VanDeusen
409.3Cost Effective & InterestingDIXIE1::WITMANMickey Mouse FOREVERMon Jan 22 1990 07:488
    The only games I enjoy are those like in .1  (Hard enough to not be a
    waste of money yet easy enough to keep my attention.)
    
    I solved ULTIMA.  Play ZELDA I.(made it through both quests after
    about 2 months)   And am addicted to TETRIS. (wait a minute I see and
    "l" shape that'll fit....) Oh! I'm sorry must of lasped into last
    nights game.
    
409.4Get a NEC. TGX_16!HPSTEK::SCHWARTZWed Jan 24 1990 09:435
      Anyone who thinks that the Nintendo games are to easy should go and
    buy a Nec. Turbografx-16. Then buy R-type. That will put and end to
    all talk about home video games being easy!! Damn hardest game I've
    seen anywhere, including the arcades! Grrrrrr!
    
409.5Too Easy??? nyuk nyuk...EXIT26::SAARINENThu Feb 15 1990 13:0314
    Nintendo games too easy??? Nyuk Nyuk...with almost being blind in
    one eye and hard of hearing in another, having the anticpation of
    a large lizard skin'd giant sloth, and the reaction time of a large
    body of congress...no... I wouldn't say Nintendo games are too 
    easy. I have the Mario Bro's and Duck Hunt game from the original
    set, and have rented about 10+ games...haven't beat any of them
    yet...so the level of play suits me just fine.
    
    I sure would like to see someone beat any game in person...it
    would be a great learning experience for me.
    
    Have FUN!
    -Arthur
    
409.7Turned Pro Yet?EXIT26::SAARINENTue Feb 27 1990 11:3711
    My My Charlie,
    
    
    That is one long list of games you have beaten...
    
    When did you turn Pro with Nintendo?
    
    Have FUN!
    -Arthur