Alex's Cowabunga Collection Marathon, Pt. 1 of 13
When I finally got an NES of my own in 2005, this was one of the first games I picked up for it. I had played around with it a decade earlier and figured that since I was now a teenager I'd be able to breeze right through it.
WRONG
Thanks to the Cowabunga Collection, I was finally able to defuse all those underwater bombs for the first time! That electric algae may be as evil as ever, but with a little bit of rewinding, I was able to cheese my way through it.
I had played those first few areas so many times, it was kind of exhilarating to see anything beyond the dam! This game is definitely old-school "Nintendo hard" through and through, but I tried to rely on saving before entering an area more than just spamming the rewind feature.
That lasted until the Technodrome fight. I went into that with a total of 5 squares of health between all four of my turtles, and you'd better believe I abused that L button!
Anyhow, it was cathartic to finally beat this game after all these years, and I really appreciated the ability to use my NSO NES controller the whole way through. The airport area ended up being my favorite section, though driving over Foot Clan members in the Party Wagon was a clear highlight of the whole game.
The one thing I was NOT prepared for was how easy that final boss fight was. I thought things would only get harder after the Technodrome, but nope! Just used the boomerang on poor ol' Shredhead and he didn't land a single hit. What a weird way to end it!
When I finally got an NES of my own in 2005, this was one of the first games I picked up for it. I had played around with it a decade earlier and figured that since I was now a teenager I'd be able to breeze right through it.
WRONG
Thanks to the Cowabunga Collection, I was finally able to defuse all those underwater bombs for the first time! That electric algae may be as evil as ever, but with a little bit of rewinding, I was able to cheese my way through it.
I had played those first few areas so many times, it was kind of exhilarating to see anything beyond the dam! This game is definitely old-school "Nintendo hard" through and through, but I tried to rely on saving before entering an area more than just spamming the rewind feature.
That lasted until the Technodrome fight. I went into that with a total of 5 squares of health between all four of my turtles, and you'd better believe I abused that L button!
Anyhow, it was cathartic to finally beat this game after all these years, and I really appreciated the ability to use my NSO NES controller the whole way through. The airport area ended up being my favorite section, though driving over Foot Clan members in the Party Wagon was a clear highlight of the whole game.
The one thing I was NOT prepared for was how easy that final boss fight was. I thought things would only get harder after the Technodrome, but nope! Just used the boomerang on poor ol' Shredhead and he didn't land a single hit. What a weird way to end it!
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So far, it's a lot more enjoyable when you can undo the sweatiest parts!
Just played this tonight. I'll be honest...I hated it. How anyone could beat this legitimately back then is beyond me and I grew up in that era lmao.
OH NO! Yeah, that was definitely the era when you normally only had like 3 games, so you had no choice but to git gud
FallenGrace
1 year ago