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Takeshi's Challenge coming to VC Tuesday, so watch Arino play it first.
Paul Soth | 10:30 PM on 03.27.2009 3 comments




As you may know, Takeshi's Challenge is a rather infamous anti-game co-designed by comic/director Beat Takeshi, mostly while drunk. A huge sardonic take on gaming in the 80's, Takeshi's Challenge requires the player to engage in a number of pointless and tedious tasks, such as long sessions of singing karaoke, not moving the controller for an hour, a shooting stage where you can't move up, and a boss that literally takes 20,000 hits to defeat. In a twisted way, it may of been one of the first successful attempts to produce a game as a work of serious art.

Anyway, if you're in Japan (or you have some sort of hacked account) then you can download this work of art on the Virtual Console on the 31st. But in order to prepare you, it's best to watch someone else play it first. In this case, Shinya Arino of GameCenter CX and Retro Game Challenge. In his very first episode, Arino set the tone for the rest of the series by attempting to play the infamous anti-game to the very end.



Besides, I've wanted an excuse to post some GameCenter CX.

But first he set out to learn more about the game's development and the lethal consequences it had for the writers of the strategy guide:



Now armed with knowledge, Arino sets out on his first of many challenges:



And I end by asking: When are we going to get DVDs?



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