Shmups are difficult but not as much as Battletoads

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Re: Shmups are difficult but not as much as Battletoads

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Found it: http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galle ... me/?page=1

For those that don't want to click through 25 pages >_>

1. Ninja Gaiden series (Tecmo)
2. Ghouls n' Ghosts series (Capcom)
3. Battletoads (Tradewest)
4. Mega Man 9 (Capcom)
5. Ikaruga (Treasure)
6. R-Type (Irem)
7. God of War series (SCEA)
8. Devil May Cry 3 (Capcom)
9. Defender (Williams)
10. Contra series (Konami)
11. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
12. Doom, Nightmare difficulty (id Software)
13. Mushihimesama Futari (Cave)
14. F-Zero GX (Nintendo)
15. Shinobi (Sega)
16. Guitar Hero series, expert difficulty (Activision)
17. Bionic Commando series (Capcom)
18. Portal (Valve)
19. Gauntlet (Atari)
20. Tetris (various)
21. Metal Slug series (SNK)
22. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Nintendo)
23. MDK 2 (Interplay)
24. Viewtiful Joe (Capcom)
25. Ice Climber (Nintendo)

Another fun one is how they rank Ikaruga at 5 and Mushi Futari at 13? :S
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Re: Shmups are difficult but not as much as Battletoads

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Because Portal is harder than Metal Slug

lol.

Edit: Sorry, I missed this: 4. Mega Man 9 (Capcom)

lol.
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Elixir wrote:Mega Man 9

lol.
No kidding. It's the easiest in the series.

COD4? WTF?
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Re: Shmups are difficult but not as much as Battletoads

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Dai101 wrote:
Elixir wrote:Battletoads isn't hard because it's hard, it's hard because of bad game design. I like to call it Spelunker syndrome.
Yup. Pretty much is that, specially when you play in 2P, game becomes imposible beacuse the game is glitch galore this way. Same goes with bayou billy.
Word.
spl wrote:For all you people ragging on TG please remember they started in the 1980s... at least they are trying!
You don't get points for trying when the header on your website claims:

"The worldwide Authority on Player Rankings, Gaming Statistics and Championship Tournaments"

lol.
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Re: Shmups are difficult but not as much as Battletoads

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Yeah I agree they have their heads up their arses - they should stick to games pre 1990 like I said.

One thing that really pisses me off is score ranking for fighting games like SF4. Who the hell plays these games for score?
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spl wrote:Yeah I agree they have their heads up their arses - they should stick to games pre 1990 like I said.

One thing that really pisses me off is score ranking for fighting games like SF4. Who the hell plays these games for score?
Well obviously the guy who gets the flashy background finishes is a better player...

>_>

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Re: Shmups are difficult but not as much as Battletoads

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Ed Oscuro wrote:
spl wrote:For all you people ragging on TG please remember they started in the 1980s.
Having heads stuck up behinds predates the 1980s, but good arbiters of world records have existed since...oh, 1955
Not a good example. :/ Guinness's video game records aren't the best. Guess who is the official supplier of their records...
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