How far have you made it in Magician Lord?

xorthen · Jul 20, 2009

I find this game to be insanely hard. So, I decided to make a poll and ask people how far they have made it in the game.

No cheating! :shame:

Memory card saving is ok though.

SuperDeadite · Jul 20, 2009

I forget which stage number, but the frog-men usually get me. I've only made to the stage after them once.

slugger_dan · Jul 20, 2009

beat it twice today, just got my stuff sorted for getting through on a single credit, but i'm still sort of relying on luck that I don't get screwed over in a situation i simply can't get out of (stupid eyeballs). don't know how much easier the home cart conditions are than what you typically get from MVS but it's no godlike effort to 1cc the game.

level 7 mainboss is where I slip up sometimes and maybe other places depending on how unlucky I get.

brentsg · Jul 20, 2009

I voted that I suck at the game but honestly I never really put any effort into it. I am bored though, so I voted.

TonK · Jul 20, 2009

I got tot he stage where I have to keep going through the right doors.. but fail.

Which stage is that?

aria · Jul 20, 2009

Pretty far, but never beat it. I can't remember the stage. And I still love the music.

MeTaLCzAr · Jul 20, 2009

Stage 3 and I feel fortunate to have made it that far. :shame:

radiantsvgun · Jul 20, 2009

I can make it to Stage 2. I haven't played the game in years though.

SuperDeadite · Jul 20, 2009

slugger_dan said:
beat it twice today, just got my stuff sorted for getting through on a single credit, but i'm still sort of relying on luck that I don't get screwed over in a situation i simply can't get out of (stupid eyeballs). don't know how much easier the home cart conditions are than what you typically get from MVS but it's no godlike effort to 1cc the game.

level 7 mainboss is where I slip up sometimes and maybe other places depending on how unlucky I get.

The homecart is harder then MVS in my opinion. In MVS, you respawn where you die. The homecart has stage checkpoints. This makes the timer in AES mode a much harsher difficulty factor then the MVS version.

Jedah Doma · Jul 20, 2009

I beat this game in college after my suite mate beat it first. It's not nearly as hard as Viewpoint which I admit I suck at. However, Magician Lord is about as hard or maybe a little harder than 'Nam 75.

Anyway, I beat it on MVS settings on the AES which is between normal and hard. You should have included in your poll if you think using a memory card is cheating. I beat it with the memory card.

The Chief · Jul 20, 2009

I've got a score of a little over 300k posted in the high score thread. I did that a while ago but if memory serves me I made it to level 5 or 6 on that one credit run. There are also two different ROM sets, one allows for a max of 4 hit points the other easier version allows for 6. I was playing the 4 HP version to set that score. Great game though, a true Neo classic.

Michael Yagami · Jul 20, 2009

I beat it on my cab back when I had my cab. It took more credits that I care to remember but I beat it.

mmsadda · Jul 20, 2009

I've only ever made it to the second stage, but I've only had the game a couple weeks.... I need to put some more time into it when I've got more patience.

MilkManX · Jul 20, 2009

I spent a whole summer(97?) mastering the game. I still love it but I am probably never going to play it again. It was awesome but also like torture trying to beat it. After I beat it I didnt play it for years!

FairlanePhantom · Jul 20, 2009

What ever stage they introduce the frog men in. I was playing it on free play, but it got to the point that I was killed the very second I came back, it happened about twelve times down one corridor. I said fuck it and never went back to it.

DON 88T/A · Jul 20, 2009

Took me a week or so to beat the aes version,playing it on and off..
Beat it with the standard neo-geo controller,which I think is half the reason
its so difficult..tough to make accurate jumps with the joystick...

metallizer · Jul 20, 2009

that game has 8 stages?

i think I never got past the frogmen stage.

Clessy · Jul 20, 2009

I've beat it but its got infinite continues on the neo cd so I didnt vote for im godlike at the game.

KagerouSama · Jul 20, 2009

I've gotten to the castle with those abysmal, respawning frog warriors.
Even using a GameFAQs walkthrough, I can't seem to make it to the end of the castle. It just loops forever.

slugger_dan · Jul 20, 2009

SuperDeadite said:
The homecart is harder then MVS in my opinion. In MVS, you respawn where you die. The homecart has stage checkpoints. This makes the timer in AES mode a much harsher difficulty factor then the MVS version.

well crap. well I like the way they set up the checkpoints to be honest because atleast it offsets the whole unlimited continues thing. some more motivation to actually learn the game.

seems that people hate the stage with frogmen. the frogmen stage has this part that leads to a door right before the ladder maze, it's better to just skip the frogs all together and go down the ladder before they transform, there's too many to deal with in that 1 spot. There's another spot like this in the level inside one of the bonus doors. apart from that killing them is pretty simple, just let them jump over you like with the catgirl demon things.

Saturnfan69 · Jul 20, 2009

I finished the aes and CD versions back in 90's the Cd version was much more easier because it had the option to select difficulty. I finished aes version first. I love that game !

LoneSage · Jul 20, 2009

snk were being greedy cocksuckers with those frogmen.

but as we all found out via chad okada, i guess people decided to not put in quarters after being frustrated with the difficulty.

a sequel with toned-down difficulty would have been sublime...

Cavalry · Jul 20, 2009

Lets just say there would be no way i'd be able to get through it in an actual arcade. This is due to not wanting to spend that much money on one game.

Since I do own the MVS cart I have played through it once and if I were actually dropping money in to play it... I would have spend about ~ $30 or so. .25 a play. The boss that hangs out on the right wall and shoots bubbles is extrememly hard.

Official Ninja · Jul 21, 2009

On the AES home cart, I'm lucky to get to stage 4.
The home cart makes you restart the level from a check point every time you die.
Without strict memorization of all the moves required, I cant see home someone could beat the home cart version. If you can, you way better than me at platform games.

I cant even beat the MVS version in my cabinet. I get to stage 7 (or 8?) where you have to jump on the moving clouds and I keep gettign knocked off thus restarting back at the start of jumping section. After many tries, I just gave up.....

doctor_shred · Jul 21, 2009

I need some serious practice at this game - still stuck on stage 2 on the AES version!

Maybe now I've got Unibios I'll try it in MVS mode...

How far have you made it in Magician Lord?

How far have you made it in Magician Lord?

Stage 1 ( I seriously suck at this game)

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Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

I'm a God at Magician Lord and I have beaten it before without cheating. Bow down to me.

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