Stumbling together through Snake, Rattle 'n' Roll - Part 2

[davidn]

Unbelievable as it may seem after watching even the first video, the second part of Snake, Rattle 'n' Roll ramps up the difficulty in a variety of miscellaneous preposterous ways, including:

• Waterfalls and currents
• Enemies that appear out of nowhere
• Precision-timed geyser-hopping
• Ice
• Slopes
• Icy slopes
• Slopey ice
• Icy feet
• Each other

I cannot imagine playing through this game with an initial complement of nine lives. Whoever designed the levels must have had a real interest in watching the frustration of others - maybe he'd just gone through a messy divorce.

http://youtu.be/tyCdAHmCK5k

Comments

[crassadon.livejournal.com]

It is unbelievable how difficult this game is. Especially with that ice level: the game almost looks like a hacked version of itself, rather than the legitimate game. How could that be an official level??

The music from the second stage featured in this video, reminds me of the music from the TMNTs game for the NES. . . . suddenly this game doesn't seem quite so unbelievably hard.

[kjorteo]

I think our exchange at the beginning of that level just about sums it up perfectly.

DavidN: And still the happy music on this torturous, murderous level!
Kjorteo: Oh, now we're back to the friendly part again. Don't worry, this game--
(Kjorteo dies)
DavidN: So I see.