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[beat]

Meat Circus level, Psychonauts.

See, thing is, the game had a float power you acquired midway. So you could easily overshoot your jump, then use the float to dial back and land safely. No problem. Most jumps in the game arguably required you to jump to 75% of your max jump distance, so between that and the float you had a big margin for error all the time. And then the last level, you had to jump like 95% of your max jump distance or possibly max jump+float distance and so without any margin for error the game suddenly became super hard.

 

[VGChampion]

And I never stopped trying to make that jump. I can't count how many times I didn't get a flag in time from missing the jump and then turning around to walk up properly.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

stuff of nightmares for a child

Worst part is... it isn't a jump.

Ninja Gaiden

These 3 win so hard.

I perfected my swearing with the Ninja Turtle one. The worst part is I was even MORE pissed when I realized how you actually do it.

 

[Jay Shadow]

Everyone always complains about the eagles in Ninja Gaiden. However I had a much different problem.

FUCK THESE GUYS! They've taken more years off my life than all other games combined.

 

[Fugu]

Falling rock stage in Shinobi III. If you don't nail that double jump, you're dead!

FUCKING THIS.

This has absolutely prevented me from being able to beat this game despite the fact that I totally love it and have beaten much more difficult games.

 

[$200]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UntgUOh5mls

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[Natakuu]

First reply got it right.

 

[Poimandres]

Right game, wrong jump. There's a jump in the last level that is so close to being impossible that you may have to glitch to get through it.

Game is perfectly beatable without glitching anything. Not nearly the hardest jumps on NES, but can be quite frustrating.

Double Dragon 2 on the other hand.... fuck those jumps.

Lately I've been finding UG&G is very harsh with its jumps

 

[firex]

that Ninja Gaiden 6-2 jump is an example of a way harder jump than 3-2. I recall another pain in the ass jump in stage 5 where it seems pretty much impossible.

But I am going to nominate almost all jumping puzzles from Hexen 1.

 

[Stallion Free]

Weird, I never had any issues with jumping in Doom 3 or Half-Life that I can remember.

 

[echoshifting]

Oh god, so many awful memories in this thread :lol

 

[secretanchitman]

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Super Metroid...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYYfbSHsUV0#t=0m13s

this this this THIS! seriously, this is worst part of the game for me. otherwise, this is easily in my top 5 games of all time :lol

 

[Rated-Rsuperstar]

Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands. I hated the two jumps at 5:05. Took me almost two hours to do both. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtV9DZj5WPo

 

[MidnightScott]

The beginning of windwaker when you have to swing on the ropes in the pirate ship... That took me ages. Then you had to do it again later
http://www.zeldadungeon.net/Zelda09/Walkthrough/05/009.jpg

Fuck I hated that shit too! >_<;

 

[Mr. B Natural]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UntgUOh5mls

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Damn, that game didn't have continues, right?

Imagine getting one shot at it then having to play the game for hours just to get another try. Couldn't beat it as a kid and I beat Master Blaster and TMNT legit.

 

[BowieZ]

This, without a shadow of a doubt:

A forwards-backwards mid-air reversal jump into a piranha plant being chased by Boos. Mario fuckin' 3. Not only that, but it was basically at the very end of the level, so failure was met with seriously painful backtracking.

 

[commissar]

Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands. I hated the two jumps at 5:05. Took me almost two hours to do both. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtV9DZj5WPo

Woah that whole sequence is crazy awesome (and looks hard). I might have to get this game :>

 

[aeolist]

I never beat Half Life 1 because once I got to Xen I could never manage the long jumps across the floating platforms.

From what I've heard I didn't miss much.

 

[Kyoufu]

There is a jump in a mission in which I can't remember the number of, but holy fucking shit does Devil May Cry 4 punish you for missing jumps. Fuck that game, fuck it hard!

 

[subrock]

OP fails at games.

Also:

OMFG soooo annoying

My all-time worst jump was on lion king for genesis. my brother and I must have rented the game probably 4-5 times and there was this one jump in a cave level that we COULD NOT make. we would get to the level with so many fucking bonus lives, we were experts at the first part of the game because we did it so many fucking times. so we would get to the jump ( I think it was a part where you had to keep moving because lava was rushing up or some shit) and there was this one ledge that sloped downwards. we would run the the very edge so just our last lion claw was hanging off the edge and jump........ about a foot short, WTFFFFF?

we went to our cousins place that summer and they had like crazy 5 or $5 game rental thing going on so we rented to show off our game-skillz and rented it for SNES. we watch our cousin play and we're talking up this stupid ass jump as this crazy impossible bullshit and he gets to it and nails it first time! I do a mental rewind to see what kind of shit just went down and it turns out the color on the genesis made it the end part of the ledge look invisible. it turns out that we were jumping like 5 steps too early the WHOLE FUCKING TIME!

stuff of legends.

 

[Night_Trekker]

It would have to be something from Shinobi PS2, probably. I can't remember specifics because my trauma-shattered mind won't let me.

 

[LiK]

Fuck you lamp post.

perfect.

i replayed this section of the game so many times cuz i thought it was a bug.

 

[mollipen]

I perfected my swearing with the Ninja Turtle one. The worst part is I was even MORE pissed when I realized how you actually do it.

What was the secret? I played the game briefly as a child, got to that part, couldn't get past it, and decided never to spend another moment with the game. (I didn't own the game, so felt no obligation to ever figuring it out.)

 

[LiK]

What was the secret? I played the game briefly as a child, got to that part, couldn't get past it, and decided never to spend another moment with the game. (I didn't own the game, so felt no obligation to ever figuring it out.)

you simply walked across it. no jumping. i remember that, fuck it.

 

[Rflagg]

What was the secret? I played the game briefly as a child, got to that part, couldn't get past it, and decided never to spend another moment with the game. (I didn't own the game, so felt no obligation to ever figuring it out.)

If I remember right the secret was to not jump, but dashing across the gap. Took me forever I do remember that much.

Edit: beaten

 

[Chamber]

Harder than it looks

You ain't lying.

 

[Corran Horn]

Woah that whole sequence is crazy awesome (and looks hard). I might have to get this game :>

Sadly that felt like the only hard platforming part of the game and I didnt have that much trouble with it :/

 

[The Spoony Hou]

My all-time worst jump was on lion king for genesis. my brother and I must have rented the game probably 4-5 times and there was this one jump in a cave level that we COULD NOT make. we would get to the level with so many fucking bonus lives, we were experts at the first part of the game because we did it so many fucking times. so we would get to the jump ( I think it was a part where you had to keep moving because lava was rushing up or some shit) and there was this one ledge that sloped downwards. we would run the the very edge so just our last lion claw was hanging off the edge and jump........ about a foot short, WTFFFFF?

we went to our cousins place that summer and they had like crazy 5 or $5 game rental thing going on so we rented to show off our game-skillz and rented it for SNES. we watch our cousin play and we're talking up this stupid ass jump as this crazy impossible bullshit and he gets to it and nails it first time! I do a mental rewind to see what kind of shit just went down and it turns out the color on the genesis made it the end part of the ledge look invisible. it turns out that we were jumping like 5 steps too early the WHOLE FUCKING TIME!

stuff of legends.

My God, that's stupid. They must've done all the play-testing in the SNES version. I think it was released first.

 

[Foil]

Worst part is... it isn't a jump.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Worst part is when the lamp post starts spinning around like crazy and gets the fuck out of the game!!

That said, my contribution to this thread is this bullshit from God of War. Yes, you all know what this is even without clicking the damn link!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7kqOsjpe9U#t=5m30s

 

[Rated-Rsuperstar]

Woah that whole sequence is crazy awesome (and looks hard). I might have to get this game :>

Crazy thing is, after struggling with the first two forever. I did all the remaining ones on my first try.

 

[LiK]

Worst part is when the lamp post starts spinning around like crazy and gets the fuck out of the game!!

That said, my contribution to this thread is this bullshit from God of War. Yes, you all know what this is even without clicking the damn link!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7kqOsjpe9U#t=5m30s

i actually knocked the lamp off and it flew straight up into the sky. was hilarious :lol

 

[Grayman]

There is a jump in a mission in which I can't remember the number of, but holy fucking shit does Devil May Cry 4 punish you for missing jumps. Fuck that game, fuck it hard!

I am not sure if it is one mission or two but before fighting dante you have to climb spinning platforms then make a jump to a static walkway and later you have to go through a chamber of low/medium/high scrolling lasers that do damage and knock you back. Both areas use a limited timed slow motion powerup leaving you screwed if you take too long.

 

[Bad_Boy]

Harder than it looks

annnndd.......end thread

 

[AndyMoogle]

No mention of Landstalker yet? That game is a mess when it comes to platforming. Isometric and far from good controls...

 

[RawkHawk2010]

Super Monkey Ball 2 had some crazy-ass leaps, even if it's technically not jumping.

 

[surly]

This: -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8emZ34cTho

And if we're talking about recent games, then Trials HD has some crazy jumps that I can't seem to pull off, even though people on the leaderboards make them look easy.

 

[Steroyd]

Turok 64.

I know it sounds strange to mention it in this thread given the topic, but the bomb bouncing in Super Metroid, Even though it was optional I never would have even thought of attempting it if it was in the video reel before you press start.

 

[Night_Trekker]

No mention of Landstalker yet? That game is a mess when it comes to platforming. Isometric and far from good controls...

Great game, but you do have a point. Somehow I aced it as a kid. I am sure it would kick my ass these days.

Turok 64.

I remember being called a liar for telling someone I had beat Turok 1. "There ain't no way you got past all those jumps and shit." :lol

 

[Night_Trekker]

Super Monkey Ball 2 had some crazy-ass leaps, even if it's technically not jumping.

That's so true. What surprised me the most is my little (normally a non-gamer) sister beat the game well before I did.

 

[Lee N]

Every single jump in &#12450;&#12488;&#12521;&#12531;&#12481;&#12473;&#12398;&#35598;

The layout of the 10th zone in the same game doesn't help either...

 

[Daigoro]

whoa i just remembered: Castlevania 1 (NES) + Medusa heads.

not as hard a NG, but still could be a royal bitch.

 

[Lotan]

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Fuck you lamp post.

That was a recent crappy example, I kept thinking I was doing it wrong, when it was the game's fault not mine.

Also, I will never forget getting to the last world on the original Super Mario, calling my mom in to the room to show her how awesome I was, and then plummeting to my death on the last jump with zero lives left.

A pain so real it haunts me to this day.

 

[Sixfortyfive]

This, without a shadow of a doubt:

http://i46.tinypic.com/2yv0yok.png

A forwards-backwards mid-air reversal jump into a piranha plant being chased by Boos. Mario fuckin' 3. Not only that, but it was basically at the very end of the level, so failure was met with seriously painful backtracking.

Meh. Lost Levels has a nearly identical jump in 8-4, but you don't have the luxury of a Raccoon Suit in that game to make it easy.

 

[Boonoo]

This, without a shadow of a doubt:

A forwards-backwards mid-air reversal jump into a piranha plant being chased by Boos. Mario fuckin' 3. Not only that, but it was basically at the very end of the level, so failure was met with seriously painful backtracking.

All you have to do is stand on the edge facing the ghosts until the plant goes down then creep off the edge and shift to the pipe. With the raccoon tail you can just float down.

It's more of a fall than a jump.

 

[KaYotiX]

stuff of nightmares for a child

Funny thing as a kid i nailed that jump all the time

any jump in Ninja Gaiden 1-3......there was always something ready to nail your ass as soon as you started to jump.

 

[-DarKaoZ-]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA1vEIL4uGI

Not official, but man... :lol

 

[BowieZ]

All you have to do is stand on the edge facing the ghosts until the plant goes down then creep off the edge and shift to the pipe. With the raccoon tail you can just float down.

It's more of a fall than a jump.

Yeah well, when you're much younger and haven't played it before, don't have raccoon, and your palms are sweaty from the preceding gauntlet, it's easier said than done.

 

[ITA84]

Xeia - a level for Knytt Stories by Chironex

While the whole level is filled with insanely difficult jumps, this is the one you have to do at the very start. You have to double-jump to get the Ghost Eye and then fall to the far right where a passage opens up. Sure, it's at the start of the level and there's a save point right after that, so you can try as many times as you want, but there's no room for error, you have to do a perfect jump.

 

[dreamcastmaster]

Super/Revenge of Shinobi on the Megadrive, the Over the Bay level there was one jump between the piles in the sea that required an almost pixel perfect jump.
It was so tough that it was changed in the later revisions of the game when the took out batman and rambo.