There comes a time in every gamer's life when they have to prove their hardcore ways or befall the humiliation of people saying you like to play
Diner Dash on friday nights, alone. You could always say things like "I beat Battletoads without crying" or "Castlevania 3 isn't tough at all" but the assassin's bullet will sneak by in the form of "pics or it didn't happen!" Thankfully, I have pics.
I was hoping to have taken a picture of this alongside a copy of
Super Mario Galaxy, but my Best Buy wasn't talking and managed to scoot by my wily ways. So here it is, all by itself: my
Super Mario All-Stars World 9 Challenge Patch.
Back when
Super Mario All-Stars came out on SNES, Nintendo Power had a little challenge going on in the magazine. If you could make it to World 9 in The Lost Levels, which had to be done by not using ANY warps, and mailed in a picture, they sent you this nifty patch. I got one and my parents framed it, probably because they foresaw no other great accomplishments in my life past the age of 11 and needed something to cling to. I had forgotten about this until recently while banging around some old stuff and thought I'd share it with you cool cats. Anybody else remember this challenge and/or get their dirty mitts on a patch? I'll sell you mine for a shiny catfish.
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Seriously? I didn't even know that Lost Levels game had warp pipes in it.
also, nurd
was the patch WORTH it?
lost levels is a test on patience the whole fucking game is hell on wheels
I need to call my mom. This isn't going to be pretty.
wow.
Do want...so badly.
Nice job man.
My sash is at the dry cleaners, but there's definitely a bed wetter patch on there.
@theeggplantwizard
Yep, it's Ace McCloud from The Centurions. I loved that show and the toys. Power Extreme!
@FuriousGeorge
Yes. I regained my ability to speak without stuttering after only a few months. The physical ticks took a little longer. The nightmares are still there.
@youkilledmyguy
My mom was/is a gamer so yeah, she was all about it. Plus my dad just liked having random crap around. Like I said, I think they were expecting me to fail in life :)
@the rest of you
Love and pancakes.
I remember back in the day when Nintendo Power had contests and you had to take actual pictures and send them in. Much cooler than anything video game related that I ever won (which is nothing, by the way)
NOW.
Pics or it didn't happen :)
Sorry.
I don't remember that one at all, what was it? Friggin GoldenEye was tough stuff when you don't play on easy.
The Facility level is very memorable at being a bitch though.
I've beaten the Lost Levels without warping and I didn't get jack.
Beat Facility on 00 Agent in 2:05. It was so ridiculously hard. I'll try and find that picture and post it later. It shows my amazingly shoddy old TV as well.
Honestly I kind of liked it when I had less money because I mastered every game since it would be so far between games. I felt so much more skilled at them and it was much more rewarding. Now I bounce to another game before finishing the last...
You preach the gospel truth sir.