Starting something you couldn't finishFinnbar says: I used to know a guy who tattooed LOVE across his left knuckles, but didn't tattoo HATE on the other knuckles because he was right-handed and realised he couldn't finish. Ever run out of skills or inspiration halfway through a job?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 13:32)
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First SamuraiMany many years ago, I (well, my family) had an Amiga 500+. There are very few games that I actually completed on there (Zool and Monkey Island 2 are the only ones that spring readily to mind) but the one that really sticks in my mind is First Samurai. Fuck me, that was hard. Gorgeous to look at, loads of fun to play and endlessly quotable ('oh, no, my sword!') but bastard difficult.
After immense struggling on the part of my 11 year old self I finally worked out how to complete the first level, but I couldn't kill the final boss. Disheartened, I gave up for many years...
About 10 years ago, I came across the old girl lurking in a cupboard at the parents and out of nostalgia fired it up for a game. And fuck me, I remembered everything and actually completed the goddamn first level!
Unfortunately I'd lost the manual and with it the access codes to enable me progress to level two! An earsplitting NOOOOOO followed...
I haven't played it since. I will never even see level two, let alone complete the damn thing.
(, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 17:08, 4 replies)
how odd, I dug that out out on my Atari emulator only a few days ago....I remember getting to the part where you are on a train or something. But it was BLOODY difficult... I could barely manage the first level this time around.
edit: www.abandonia.com/files/games/464/First%20Samurai_5.png that was the bit I got up to!
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theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 17:22,
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i don't think it's any coincidencethat most of the screenshots that seem to turn up on the web are from the first level...
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ah ha!here's the first level boss. this is as far as i ever got!
(, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 17:28, closed)
I remember First Samuraisomebody leant me a copy, I didn't have a clue what I was supposed to do and it was too hard. One of the few games on the Amiga where I didn't agree with the "Amiga Power" opinion (they loved it).
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Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 9:19,
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