/vr/ - Retro Games

Play Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers in 2-player mode by yourself, carrying the other player through each level.

Bremen Mask challenge in Majora's Mask. Never take the Bremen mask off unless you have to to advance something. It just plays on taking away the B button, so I guess any mask like that would work, but I did it with the ZBremen because you can get it fairly early.

Once I get through most of my backlog, I wanna do the Uber challenge in OOT.

>>980613

I heard of this in the early days of /vr/, too, so I know someone else here has tried it

>>980604
Green Demon challenge?

>>980604
6 day challenge with Majora's mask, or the OoT uberchallenge.

>>980618
Isn't that the one where you have to let 1-Ups chase you to the star or something?

I'm playing Ultima Underworld with minimal strength. This means I can carry far less equipment than a normal character and my combat stats are worse and have a lower cap. I also don't save scum for skillups, don't grind on skeletons and don't barter with fish.
I tried to go full mage but mana regeneration is too low and spells have too many limitations.

My previous challenge was to play finish the Abyss without sleeping which was easily doable.

>>980604
Trying to beat Final Fantasy VII using only the buster sword

>>980618
It's where you go to a level where you can activate a 1-up that chases you, such as Bob-Omb Battlefield, Whomp's Fortress, Cool, Cool, Mountain, and others, and try to collect all eight red coins without the mushroom touching you. It's harder than it sounds.

>>980604
I'm about to finish playing Akumajou Densetsu (Castlevania III) with every character using a simple rule. Upon recruiting an ally, switch to it immediately and never switch back.

>>980718
Your CRT filter looks like it's about to explode.

>>980723
>Just as the developers intended!

Ironman Diablo. Go into the labyrinth, don't come back out until Diablo is dead. I always try and do it with the sorceror. So far I've been close, but unable to finish the job.

>>980723
>>980806
I don't really care. It's a fun change to the usual.

I beat Resident Evil 1 knife only, no saves.
Also Biohazard3 knife only but with saves.

But for less hardcore RE challenges I recommend playing RE3 (on hard of course) without using powders to make ammo. It's still rather easy though.

For SMB3 I usually play without using any item on the world map prior to entering a stage, meaning that if you die, you have to re-try starting as small mario. That also obviously means no whistle. Also without using mini games for extra lives but that shouldn't matter.

>>980608
Lol, I used to do that as a kid!

We used to play Super Mario Bros: No Coins!

Coins would result in a punch (Typically the arm) for added effect...

>>980838
Don't you need to speak to Deckard Cain to open the way to Lazarus and level 16? Do you just warp out, talk to him and go back down?

Not being able to buy potions and books and being dependent on identify scroll drops sounds like a challenge indeed.

>>980929
I've always played it on multiplayer/bnet, so the Lazarus quest is already active (it's not easy to get that far). Generally 3 people play one of each class, but I just try by myself.

Item drops can make or break your game, same with the shrines.

I tried playing through the original Super Mario Bros without killing anything.

Shits surprisingly hard even with warps.

Beat OOT once with three hearts and no potions or faeries. I probably died thirty times at the fire dragon.

Tried it again with MM but couldnt get past twinmold. Not sure its possible.

>>980973
Does putting a Koopa in its shell count as killing it?

Syphon Filter 1, taser challenge. Go through the game using nothing but the taser. Outside of bosses, I'm pretty sure it was doable. I remember that the ordinarily-immune flak jacket enemies can be tasered if you manually aim for their heads.

>>980616
What's that one? I already did a 3HR with only Megaton Hammer and Hover Boots.

>>981087
i am not him but its pic related

there is also a "3 day" challenge that starts immediately after you get the ocarina from skull kid in majoras mask. you must get all 4 masks and defeat majora in 3 days. iirc, the first day is hauling ass everywhere so you can kill keeta on the first day(or was it night?).

>>980604
0 Star run in Mario 64.

>>980718
Are you playing the actual Japanese version? Cause only the Japanese version has the GOAT music thanks to the chip in the cartridge that was left out when it was brought to America.

On Zelda MM at the time I was using the NGC collection disk and was really into Ben10 at the time. So for the hell of it I made it a rule where once I put on a mask I can't not take it off until at least one ingame hour had pass. Even then once I take off the mask I can't not wear another one until I stay human for a hour. Generally you want to stay human until it is very beneficial to transform.

>>980625
I been looking for a 2 cycle speed run where the player try to do everything possible but sadly I only see those where they skip everything or glitch the game to Hell and back by making Link fly all over the place.

I may have to try searching again but using 6 days as the keywords this time.

>>981157
Yes. Look at the font.

There were a bunch of Pokemon challanges. I can't remember them all so I'll just post a link:


http://www.pokestadium.com/forum/topic/7593-list-of-pokemon-challenges/

>>980926
I remember seeing a video of some dude playing SMB1 with touching the ground only 7 times or something

>>981087
Is that even possible without exploiting glitches? How the hell do you beat the Water Temple without Iron Boots?

And the songs, doesn't the game force the Shiek cutscenes when you reach new temples as adult Link?

>>981118
Doesn't the heartpiece after fighting bosses appear in the warp portal to get you out of the boss arena though?

There should be a wiki for video game challenges like this.

>>981236
Speed runs are all ABOUT exploiting glitches.
Go watch the awesome 0 star and 16 star runs on Super Mario 64.

>>981027
You have to wait until it gets back out of it's shell before you continue.

>>981236
>Get on the very edge of the platform, then use Din's Fire right
before a Tektite hits you to be knocked down. You'll sink during the cutscene.
After you gain control of Link, quickly swim to the tunnel nearby.

>LoZ:OoT Hard mode
Finish the game with the lest amount of items, only stuff you NEED to beat the game with (this includes upgrades and spells from the great fairies, stuff that increases how much ammo you can hold, gold skull spider tokens ect.). Only pick up Heat Containers from bosses. Loose any time items you can if you don't need them any more.

>God mode
Same as above, but don't pick up ANY heart containers including the ones dropped from bosses.

>>981270
Like a 3 heart run?
Even harder: don't get the defense upgrades or fairies.

>>981278
Yep and loose the Deku Shield in the Dodongo's Cavern. You never get the Hylian Shield.

He's 2 that me and my siblings made for Super Smash Bros

>Super Smash Bros. Tennis
Free for all mode
2 player and 1 cp on the lowest difficulty (level 1)
Mushroom Kingdom stage

Each player takes a side (left or right of the pit in the middle)
They can not touch the other player's side
KEEP THE CP OFF OF YOUR SIDE

>Super Smash Pokemon Stadium
Go to the Item Switch menu under vs options
Turn off all items except for Pokeballs.
Change the appearance % to very high
2 players
Each one takes one side of the pit
Each player can not touch the other player's side
Each player only throw Pokeballs (no other attacks)

>>981362
forgot pic

He's 2 that me and my siblings made for Super Smash Bros

>Super Smash Bros. Tennis
Free for all mode
2 player and 1 cp on the lowest difficulty (level 1)
Mushroom Kingdom stage

Each player takes a side (left or right of the pit in the middle)
They can not touch the other player's side
KEEP THE CP OFF OF YOUR SIDE

>Super Smash Pokemon Stadium
Go to the Item Switch menu under vs options
Turn off all items except for Pokeballs.
Change the appearance % to very high
2 players
Mushroom Kingdom stage
Each one takes one side of the pit
Each player can not touch the other player's side
Each player only throw Pokeballs (no other attacks)

>>981362
>Super Smash Pokemon Stadium

I did this time from times to times with my friend to fuck around

It was either
>throw as many pokéballs you can find
or
>we both throw 1 at the same time

>>981362
More like these, pls

>>981368
>>981372
I reposted it sorry (forgot a rule under SSPS and my pic)
>>981370


I have some more game mode/challenges but they're not all retro, I might post them anyway though.

Would it be possible to do a "swordless" Ocarina of Time run? Obviously, without cheating the game or using hacks, you need to physically have a sword equipped to progress through the game, but how much can you play without using it at all and instead employing other weapons like Deku sticks?

>>981118
>No deaths (death counter at file select must say 000)

THAT is what that number means? So that's the same for every Zelda with that number on the file select? It all makes sense now.

>>981164
I found one that managed to beat the entire game without skipping anything (no side quests obviously) but I do not remember where. It was not on youtube and it took me a while to find it, however.

>>981250
No, the Heart Piece and the teleport are seperate.

>>981392
More because more

>Full Roster Tournament
This one is for pretty much every fighting game ever
2 players
Each player has to fight with every character in the game
After a player has used a character that player can no long play as that character until the tournament it over
Tournament is over when all characters are used by both players
Player with the most wins wins.

Here are a few for Call of Duty's Zombie mode
>Random Mode
Can only buy guns from the Mystery Box
Player can not buy a new gun until he is out of ammo (expect what's in the clip)
If a player runs out of ammo (including the clip) he must replace that gun
You must replace the pistol you start with as soon as you have enough points for 2 guns (950 each) and have gotten to the Mystery Box
You can not buy wall weapons (guns)
You buy anything else (grenades, claymores, perks ect.) but only if it doesn't reduce your points below 950
As soon as you reach 7000 points total in a round you have to Pack-a-Punch one of your weapons (your choice).

>OPEN ALL THE DOORS
You can't buy anything until you've opened all the doors.

>Idiot Noob mode
Don't open any doors.

>>981250
Nope.

>>981118
First night. The real problem is getting epona, which must be done during the first day.

>>981236
You go into the water temple with the hookshot, and you can travel around using a glitch with din's fire.

>>981537
Almost, yes. You need the sword for the final blow on Ganon, but you can beat it without using the sword otherwise.
runnerguy2489 did it recently, but he didn't save it unfortunately. But check the rest of his videos, especially his blindfolded run.

>>981221
yeah it is super impressive!!
for those who haven't seen it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvdYCAqqiUQ

>>981592
If we are posting not retro ones:
Minimalistic cave of ordeals run in TP. It is the hardest thing in the series since the NES games, except maybe for the 3 day MM challenge. It starts of easy, but once you get those ice enemies that throw javelins at you, you see why it is hard: bombs (I think arrows as well) do not drop from enemies in TP.

Bosses in reverse order in Super Metroid

>>981592
>Full Roster Tournament
I do this all the time with my pals, it's great practice.

To complete Baldur's Gate 2 with the maximum possible amount of NPC conversation. For example, if there is a game event which triggers dialogue from 4 party members, all 4 of those characters must be in my party. Due to the number of time-limited guests in chapter l it's proving surprisingly difficult.

>>981619

>Minimalistic cave of ordeals run

Elaborate? Sounds interesting

>>981164
This guy did a "no major glitch" speedrun in 4 hours. he beats stone tower around the beginning of the final night, second cycle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJuMqXKDK_o

>>981671
No shield, no capacity upgrades, ordon sword (you can use a glitch to keep the wooden sword, but you will die of old age trying to kill anything), 3 hearts, no moves other than finishing blow, empty bottles before you go in, and you can not dig for hearts. You will have to use the ball and chain as a pseudo shield at times. You can pick up arrows from the floor, however.

Solo through Baldur's Gate, BG2 or Icewind Dale.

It was sort of a tradition among the pointy hats and elves-taste-like-chicken and complain-about-excessive-monty-haul crowd.

I tried it, but got bored by it being less eventful than it would otherwise be.

Then, instead, I tried playing with no warriors on hard mode, with the extra experience suppressed.

Ghosts'n Goblins with torch
TMNT with only Michaelangelo
Gradius games without upgrades

>>981796
>Gradius games without upgrades

It's been a while since I played it, but don't you actually need at least one speed up in 3 or you can't keep up with the scrolling in one level?

I don't really remember the others, just that in an original gauntlet thread I got 3, and I was gangraped by the walls once or twice there because I just wasn't fast enough to keep up.

>>981796
>Gradius games without upgrades
I hope you at least allow speed ups. Also the way adaptive difficulty works in most Gradius games it's not as hard as you might think with less options because the game throws more at you the more options you have.

>>980604
welp, not all of the challenges I've done are strictly retro, but what the hell:

FF1 (gba): party of 4 white mages
FF1 (gba): party of 1 white mage
FF5 (gba): freelancer job only

been thinking of trying a ff6 low level challenge, but I don't really want to use a guide, yet routing the game for this run seems like quite the daunting task

>>980613
There is actually a bremen mask? (Did never play the game) Thats fucking funny, I never thought that my shithole was known in japan, lol

>>981838
Yeah I don't think it would be possible to beat the fast level in 3 with no speed-ups. I think the game will scroll you along if you aren't fast enough, but the slamming doors would kill you because they shut so quickly.

>>981214
Nuzlocke is the only way I can play Pokemon anymore. It makes the non-competitive side of the game SOOOO much more enjoyable.

>>981758
>BG1
>Get out of the tutorial starting town
>Heya! It's me Imoen!
>Fuck's sake leave me alone
>Refuses to let me travel alone
>Forced to put her in party
>Find a way to kick out of party
>Kill the shit out of her and let her body rot throughout the rest of the game
Nobody tells me what to do.

>>981850
It replace your attack button so you can march around playing a song. It is a freebie mask you can get right away and only use to get a heart piece I believe from someone else. It is a task on a book that list all of the side quests so if you want to fill that out you will need it.

>>981878
you also use it to get the Bunny Hood, which is a very helpful mask.

>>981846
hoho, I've got quite the challenge for you: low level FF1, you can get a class change at lv11

>>981846

> FF1 (gba): party of 4 white mages

ffs FF1 is already boring enough, i can't imagine how this would be like this.

>>981928
opinions and all that mate

I liked to outrun the 1up in the second Bowser stage to the exit. The problem is that you have to time it so you get to the platforms that move up and down while they're up.

>>981865
I'd do Nuzlockes if the games had similar randomness in the encounters as the anime.

I can imagine the forcing yourself to play Super Mario 64 with only a keyboard could be pretty difficult.

>>981924
>you can get a class change at lv11

not with every character at lvl1, and the only advantage getting to class change at a lower lvl nets you is an extra point of magic def per lvl and not even that for a couple of classes.

Glover. Bowling Ball only?

>>981973
>not getting all 150 in the DS one with your feet

>>981939
>not getting all 120 stars with your feet

>>981973
>>981974
I would cum buckets if a female did this. I have massive foot fetish and a fetish for girls who are actually good at gaming.

>>981976
>girls good at gaming

I do what I call the 'Paranoid Obsessist Idiot' run in Fallout. I still do it in 3 and New Vegas.
Rules:

1 - The first weapon you find yourself with (heh) you have to use for the entire game.
2 - Dogmeat cannot die, he is the only thing you can trust. Everybody else must be treated with suspicion, and only do favors if you will be paid.
3 - Before you start, pick a common word like 'hunt' or 'free' or 'die'. If anyone says this word, kill them immediately. Doesn't matter who or what it is.
4 - Low int just because that shit is hilarious.

>>981939
Just to beat the game it's easy, at least it was for me. On the other hand, try aiming with a keyboard in Banjo-Tooie or Conker's Bad Fur Day.

>>981934
Where's the fun in that? Nuzlocke runs are designed so that you use Pokemon you wouldn't normally use/aren't as cool.

Plus its not like you don't have a ton of varied Pokemon to use, especially if you folow the no dupes rule and don't grind so that your Pokemon migt actually need replacing.

Tetris, Endurance.
No flipping pieces, compete for the highest score.
Go for Mode B if you want, but everyone has to use the same level / speed.
Also fastest time I guess

I do this for fun and I have never beaten a game doing this but its something I do/did when I would stream for fun every now and then. Crouching Mario run. Rules are simple, you have to be crouched. Works best on the later side scrollers because you can actually see yourself crouch when small. I doubt I am the first to come up with this idea but I didn't get it from anyone else at least.

I never use the block button when playing Kirby Super Star.

Makes the game way easier than it already is.

I play mega man 2 using the buster only, except when a weapon is required. Getting through a buster-run on the 8 robot masters is pretty satisfying.

>>981157
Why do anons like to repeat this fact at every opportunity? We know. This doesn't make you a vidya scholar.

>>982001
The worlds in Pokemon are so closed off that it cripples what little variety there was in the early game. Being able to replace what you find early implies you're either a weak or cruel trainer.

>>981939
What about playing Super Mario 64 on a poorly coded emulator?

>>980723
Why is this the first thing I thought of?

>>981157
American verison has classic chiptune sounds, Japanese version has shitty fake-instrumental sounds. American is better.

>>982171
The japanese music sounds way more castlevania though, the NES one is hollow.

>>981574
You seriously didn't know that? It's been that way ever since the original game.

>>982171
>American verison has classic chiptune sounds, Japanese version has shitty fake-instrumental sounds. American is better.

Is saying retarded shit your occupation?

>>980608

Play Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers with a friend, and try to go an entire level without it all devolving into hilariously fucking each other over

>>982216
He's entitled to his opinion. I prefer the American OST in Sonic CD for instance.

Hard mode. Any game. ...Yeah, I'm not too creative.

Although I've had moments of masochism where an instruction manual directly tells me, "Hey, don't do this," and I get all "YOU'RE NOT MY DAD!" and I proceed to show that manual just how wrong it is.

>>982239
>I prefer the American OST in Sonic CD for instance.

Wait, there are people who don't?

Defeat these guys by throwing them off

Not physically pushin them off with bomb kicks, not bouncing them off bombs

Pick them up and straight up THROW em.

Artemis is easy, but the rest not so much.. especially Orion.. he is damn near impossible

>>982239
>He's entitled to his opinion.
>American verison has classic chiptune sounds, Japanese version has shitty fake-instrumental sounds. American is better.
That's not valid.

>I prefer the American OST in Sonic CD for instance.
>not just liking both

>>982270
>implying you can't like two things but prefer one over the other

Goldeneye 007 Mode

Set Enemy Health rather low, but set their accuracy, damage, and reaction rather high.

Toy with it if you have to to set it just right.

Essentially more realistic. You hit anyone in the head they die for sure, other parts 2 or 3 hits. They though can drop a dime on you hard and you gotta be real careful

Street Fighter II - only use jab or short. no special moves.

Any Mega Man game:

Weapon run: After you get a weapon, you cannot ever use the Buster. You can use any weapon besides the Buster.

One-weapon run: Similar, but, you can only use the weapon of the first RM you beat. If you run out of ammo, you're fucked. If the boss is immune to your selected weapon, or if the boss physically cannot be beaten with the full amount of ammo given for your weapon, you can use the Buster (if you need a specific weapon, like the Bubble Lead for Alien Wily in MM2, you can use that). W-Tanks are optionally allowed in games that have them; however, playing with W-Tanks negates the "physically cannot be beaten with the full amount of ammo given for your weapon" rule.

I've only tried the latter once, MMX with the flamethrower. It wasn't that hard, but, it wasn't the best choice as two of the Mavericks and some of the endgame bosses were completely immune and I had to switch to the buster.

Ever so often I begin a Swordless playthrough of Castlevania SOTN (Other Melee is fine, for breaking spots you'd normally need a melee for ONLY! No attacking. But no swords! Also, no sword familiar!)

It's a bit silly, but actually quite fun.

>>982335

It would still be ridiculously easy. Need to add no magic to that :P

>>981841
With the first game, this would be way harder than playing normally. Difficulty barely scaled with that game.

>>982026
I always forget that even exists.

Ninja 5-0. Sword only. It almost feels like it's the way it's supposed to be played.

Sonic 2: Avoid all rings

>>980626

Oh hey, I remember you. You posted in my UU thread a week or so ago. Props for attempting the minimal STR run, on my first playthrough I stopped after the second level and rerolled until I got something like 24 strength just to make the inventory management easier for me on my first run.

Mind posting a pic of your loadout? For some reason after I finished UU I just felt like starting it over again and doing another quick run for fun, since I had everything fresh in my mind. Instead of going on to Labrytinth of Worlds, because I want to get through Ultima 6 and 7 before doing that.

Something about Ultima Underworld just begs me to run through it over and over. I feel so comfortable in the Abyss now.

>>982262

I love doing the 4 robot run in SaGa 2. Until it gets, yaknow, hellishly hard, tearing shit up with your decked out killer bots is a blast. though i usually throw on fast forward and grind for a shitload of gp when i do it

I'm no FFT expert, and don't even want to touch 1.3, but I have a blast doing straight character challenges (restricting your party members to a single class.) Over the past few years I've done Chemist, Lancer, Geomancer,, Samurai, Ninja, and Priest.

i used to play shrek 2 on the gba alot for some reason. I used to try not to get the apples or coins or whatever in this one level as puss in boots. i did it for hours on end

>>980957
Where does the game usually halt? I'd imagine if it was tons of acid spitters or once you hit the caves and you didn't find resist gear and there are magma guys and storm riders.

I can't see myself doing that since I go as a warrior.

>>981882
>very helpful
Supremely useful, you mean.
Link runs like a tortoise without it.

There's a guy on Nicovideo who did an A Button-less run of Super Mario RPG. If anyone's interested, I can dig up the links.

>>981025
>>981270
>>981278
did this last week, died 15 times, did it again with 0 deaths

Super Mario World, 92 exit run, with the 4 missing exits being all the block houses.

Super Mario Bros 3, speed run. I can do 12 minutes, which while not being fastest, doing it for an audience is always fun.

>>980604
People do these for non-RPGs?

>>982267
>Masked_Trio.png

There's four of them though.

Slow running.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AJVlVuQcIo

>>980641
don't 1-ups go AWAY from you?

>>980957
you still have to talk to cain after killing lazarus to get to diablo's lair

Exile series without magic.

Exile III with one party member... Exile III with one party member and no magic? I haven't tried that last one but it might just be impossible.

I played through killer instinct on the condition that if I lost with a character I would be unable to use them for the rest of my run.

>>983165
Some do, some don't

>>983184
How do you destroy the slimes without fire magic?

>>983206
Wand/Scroll of Fireballs
I should have said items are allowed. The real trouble is all the magically locked doors in the game that can only be opened with the Unlock spell.

>>980618
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4GKsg66MBo

Deus Ex: Roleplaying edition

Choose a personality for JC and don't break it throughout the game. Hard mode: no quickloads.

Examples:

Subtle JC: Holds firm to the idea the if any enemy sees him and is not unconscous or dead within the next 5 seconds, he's not doing his job right. Puts points only in lockpicking, computers, security systems, low-tech weapons, pistols, and maybe one level in swimming. Either quickloads or hides if an alarm is sounded. No using explosives to break doors, containers, or security systems. The Baton is your best friend.

or the flipside

Gung-ho JC: shooty shooty bang bang. Takes the most direct approach to everything; no computer hacking or sneaky subterfuge allowed. Skills allowed: Heavy weapons, demolitions, medicine, environmental training. You can do rifles too, but you can't use the sniper rifle, only the shotguns and assault rifle. Obviously, you must take the GEP gun.

Or just make up your own

Two additional challenges:

The Executioner run: everyone who can be killed must be killed. Follow this guide for who can't be killed, then kill everyone else http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/250533-deus-ex/faqs/28071

The Raiden playthrough: Play as normal until you get the Dragon's Tooth, then never use any other weapon. Make sure to max out Speed Enhancement for hilarious running and jumping and cutting bitches. Not so much a challenge as it is a "fuck around and have fun" run.

I just about always play RPGs without items.

Descent played like an arcade game: no saving or loading, when you run out of ships it's game over.

System Shock 2 wrench only.

Of course, me being the minmaxing whore, I can't bring myself to try and play as an OSI specialist despite playing through the game about 8 times, so I should be perfectly fine.

Shadow Warrior: Hardest difficulty, Katana & Darts only (except against final boss), no saving

Duke Nukem 3D and Doom: No saving, Hardest difficulty with respawning monsters, and try to definitely kill all monsters, that is to say using explosives to kill their corpses so that they don't respawn. It takes to be really smart, like grouping as many corpses as possible at the same and finish them with a pipebomb; or using the flying green drones enemies which explode when they die to kill corpses; or attract enemies in the line of fire of other enemies rockets (Commander's) or Grenades (mini Battlelords). It's pretty fun and completely do-able.

>>981865
I find that Nuzlockes reduce the game into a grindfest when one of your Pokemon inevitably dies from bad luck. Also you end up only catching the common Pokemon so you don't even use new Pokemon.

I find either solo runs or speedruns a lot more fun if I have to impose a challenge on myself, otherwise I'll just pick Pokemon that I haven't used before.

>>983257

I always play RPGs without grinding. I think grinding is silly and unenjoyable. Some games I cant complete without doing it, so I just stop playing.

>>981939

You know what's tough? Beating the shooting mini-games in OoT and MM with a keyboard. Aiming with only the arrow keys is extremely difficult because one press of an arrow key makes it go kind of far. The clock town shooting gallery is so hard, as if the swamp.

>>983450
I remember when I first emulated OoT and I had no pad; that temple where you have to use the hookshot a lot... was a pain in the ass. Each time I had to use it to go somewhere I had to lower the accuracy in the settings of the emulator, and then put it back to normal (because it'd be too slow for actual play)

I got a pad since then

>>983445
Well, yeah I do that too. I only fight what I come across and what I need to hunt down certain items. Leveling for the sake of leveling is boring and makes an already typically easy genre that much easier.

>>981984

this is great

>>982649
Yeah, I liked robot parties too cuz heavy weaponry always felt cooler than magic. SMG is useful for so long it feels like the Metal Blade of the game.

The 4 monster run is a lot more workable than it sounds. You waste some time grinding for meat to get the creatures you want, but sadly less time than you'd spend leveling up humans or mutants. And of course it's the opposite situation of the robot party; you're swimming in money because you can't equip anything.

3 heart challenge doesn't sound that tough for OoT (except for maybe Stalfos fights), but for MM it sounds ridiculously difficult.

>>982967

The leader in black, Altair, doesn't count as a member.

>>981674
thats impressive

In Link to the Past, when I was doing challenge runs. I would do:

Hero's mail only (green suit)
Basic Master Sword (no upgrades)
No upgrades (1/2 magic, more bombs/arrows)
No unnecessary items (including bottles, the boomerang, heart container pieces, etc (with the exception of the bug net for the following reason:))
Use bug net to deflect magic back at agahnim
Dark would dungeons out of order (1, 4, 6, 3, 5, 2, 7)
No deaths
No saves (single play sessions)

It was lots of fun and was a great way to eat up about 4 hours.

>>983606
>Use bug net to deflect magic back at agahnim

I thought you had to do it with the bug net

>>983632

Master Sword at full health did the trick, too. Not sure if it worked when not at full health, though.

>>983637
>>983632
>itt: people that are absolutely retarded

>>983606
>Hero's mail only (green suit)
but it's called the Green Jerkin

>>981962
what about the huge feeling of satisfaction to get that far in the game at lv11?

>>983632
why would anybody think this? It was the whole reason you GOT the master sword.

>>983675

I saw a picture of somebody doing it with the bug net, and since it worked I never did it any other way.

>>983450
I had a lot of trouble with those on the VC. I was using a gamecube controller, and it seemed to be too sensitive.

Anybody got any challenges for the original Crash Bandicoot trilogy or CTR? They're my go-to play-when-I'm-bored games

>>982824
When I play solo with the sorceror I am pretty lucky to get into the caves. If I have found a Mana Shield book I can do pretty well.

I've only tried the Warrior a few times, and have managed to get him into hell. Something tells me the Rouge would have the best chance, but I don't like bows....never tried her.

>>983170
In multiplayer you don't have to talk to him to get to level 16.

Mega Man has a pretty simple one (Buster-only), but:

No Metal Blade (for MM2)
No charge shot for games that have it.

Sometimes I'll fight MM4-6 bosses without the slide and charge.

-Load it up on an emulator
-Play the japanese version (slightly harder bosses and less cencorship)
-enter the code to start on the second loop
-never upgrade your whip
-never use subweapons
-go your emulator controls and bind 'up' and 'down' to really hard to reach buttens. Never press up/down in combat, only use them to navigate stairs

The game can actually be beaten under these circumstances. Gold bat has 1 point in his pattern where he swoops down low enough to be hit. Death similarly has very few points where he can be hit.

Hardcore Final Fantasy.
If a character dies, he stays dead. Petrification can be cured, but if the whole party dies/is petrified, your game is over.

Also, playing Wizardry is a challenge in and of itself.

>>984067
>Also, playing Wizardry is a challenge in and of itself.
Wizardry challenge run: play 4 blind.

>>983752
Crash Bandicoot. 100%, one man. I've only gotten close so far to succeeding...

>>984075
Fuck you and the rocket cock you flew in on.

When I play Fire Emblem games, I almost always do "ironman" challenges in which I never reset and if I get a game over I delete the save file. It really emphasizes the elements which comprise Fire Emblem gameplay: permanent death, resource management, adapting after bad luck, etc.

Other than that, I aim for the lowest level possible whenever I play JRPGs.

>>983752
Avoid all possible fruit, so you don't get any extra lives.

>>984109

What's weird about JRPGs is that, the more you fight battles, the easier it gets. Well I guess that's not weird, but you know. It's actually more difficult to avoid encounters and survive then to just fight everything.

>>984267
I don't see how that's exclusive to Japanese RPGs.

Any dragon quest ones?
I want to play the first dragon warrior on nes again but i kind of want a different challenge.

>>984304
You could google it and stop playing shitty outdated games faggot

Serious sam 1, hardest difficulty, knife only.

>>981796

>ghosts n goblins torch only

Jesus christ

>>983261

I'm positive you cant get through engineering wrench only

>>984304
dragon warrior III GBC

an actual 100% full completion of everything ingame.

>all items that are "not one time use", for example, you can get change staffs in the zipangu parchsi track after you give the quest one away
>all parchsi tracks completed
>every tile on both world maps colored in
>all bronze medals
>all silver medals
>all gold medals
>all tiny medals
>all divinegon wishes granted
>defeated grandragon more than 4 times
>put grandragon to sleep

there might be more that i am forgetting

>>984367
that is literally impossible, you'll die the instant that any kamikazes show up.

>>984582
Im not actually all that familiar with iii but i night actually do that one day.

The first one iv and viii i have beaten and love all of them. I might replay viii with some challenge. Not sure what.

I enjoy artificial challenges but I always hate how for most games somebody has to pose the same two challenges
>u can only die once, no health
or
>u can only use the weakest weapon to beat the entire game
Granted sometimes the weakest weapon can sometimes be somewhat decent and interesting but it usually just means turning the entire game into a pointless grind, like level 1 buster challenges in megaman battle network
My challenge for every kirby game has usually been never transforming

Kirby's Dreamland: On extra mode, get yourself down to 1 health pellet and beat the game without picking up health / taking any hits.

Tidus only run. I haven't completed this one myself, but it was pretty fun from what I did play (got to just past the thunder plains).

>>984781
>My challenge for every kirby game has usually been never transforming
But that's functionally equivalent to the "use the weakest weapon" rule.

>>984874
The star projectile is somewhat powerful in most games, and it reaches some distance
It depends on the game, a pistol challenge in something like farcry is just stupid but in something like gears 3 the pistol is actually very useful

>>984582
I thought of a good challenge. Hardcore dragon quest 1.
You die once than delete game and start over.

>>984841
For FF2 I did a Firion only run. It was so hard in the beginning. But due to the level up system the game became exponentially easier. I had an easier time late game than I did having a full party...

>>982646
Crown of Great Protection from level 6
Jeweled Sword of Additional Damage from the Chaos Knight
Mail Shirt of Protection from the Chaos Knight
Buckler of Great Protection from level 5
Leather Leggings of Addi tonal Protection from level 4
Dragonskin boots
Ring of Resist Blows from level 3 bandit
Ring of Leap from level 4

Taper of sacrifice for illumination because it's lighter than a lantern and light spells are too bothersome.
The pack is emptied
The bedroll is my sixth or so because it's the part I throw away when I need more room.
I also collect potions, wands and scrolls and deposit them at key locations.

I may try to ditch the mail to get the breastplate of additional protection from an accessible part of level 8 but that would completely cripple my remaining load capacity for the talismans and other necessities.

>>982646
A few challenges for Ultima Underworld I haven't personally tried but that should be feasible:

No weapons

No armor

No magic

Kill any NSC except for the ones that give you necessary items they don't drop upon death, e.g. Shak, without even initiating dialog.

Don't kill anything except for those where it's quest necessary, i.e. Roderick and Tyball. Run past opponents and use spells like Cause Fear, Stealth and Invisibility. You can get some XP without combat by exploring the Abyss.

>>984582

I managed to complete most of the game back in the day, but I have no idea how anybody had the patience to get all of the monster medals. That shit was whack

>>981623
Are there any hacks of Super Metroid or Zero Mission or Fusion?
Besides Redesign?
I want to fight a boss where the speed booster plays a huge role.

>>986303
I can't think of any Super Metroid hacks where the Speed Booster intentionally plays a big role. You can shinespark Phantoon in Redesign though.

nuzlocke challenge for any pokemon game
http://bulbapedia bulbagarden net/wiki/Nuzlocke_Challenge
essentially if a pokemon faints you have to release it. but there are other rules

>>982267
don't you actually HAVE to do that to get all the golden cards ?

>>980604
Beat Super Mario Brothers 1 without jumping.

I saved a load of invented missions from GTA III and Vice City years ago and even had a go at making my own.

They were all terrible.

>>987128

brilliant

Back on Playstation I used to play one life runs on doom on nightmare just to see how far I could get.
Never did finish it.