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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) I played it on the Cowabunga Collection, which is probably obvious. This was one of those childhood games I never beat because it was too hard, and I wanted to go back and finally beat the bastard and do it without relying on save states with the exception of one save after level 3 when I wanted to take a break. As a whole, the game wasn't nearly as hard as I expected going back with one exception, and this is mostly thanks to two factors. One: The Cowabunga Collection includes a very helpful in-game strategy guide with maps you can follow so you won't ever get lost if you refer to it. Two: I watched a Youtube guide from U Can Beat Video Games that was full of helpful tips I never knew about as a kid such as pizza farming spots, individual turtle strengths and weaknesses, and boss exploits. The furthest I ever got as a kid was that freaking dam in level 2, but the in-game map made it much more doable. Once you get past the enormous hurdle that is the dam, the biggest danger in the game for the most part is getting lost and worn down in a war of attrition, and with the map always available it becomes much more manageable. However, as I mentioned earlier, there was still one spot where I still ended up using three continues because it was just blatantly unfair. This fucking hallway. Those jetpack foot soldiers are impossible to dodge, take several hits even with Donatello, and their lasers are hard to dodge without backing up, which will just spawn more jetpack soldiers when you go right again. I really couldn't figure out any better way to get through this than just running through it and switching turtles whenever one of them started to get close to death. It is just straight up bullshit game design and if I couldn't exploit an AI glitch to get down the most narrow part of the hallway I probably never would have made it to Shredder. But I did it. Every turtle was on the brink of death by the time I finished, but I finally beat this game decades later.