Debunking the Difficulty - Silver Surfer (NES) 

It’s not so hard, just run across a WW1 battlefield during a full artillery barrage for a hour and never let so much as a clump of dirt hit you. What’s so hard about that!

This game is easy, all you have to do is not make a single mistake for the entire game!!

Marvel: "Cosmic primordial Galactus, Eater of Worlds" Ryu: "Weird guy in a sex party mask"

"Just don't die. It's that easy." - Ryukahr, 2022 4:05

AVGN: *_I can't touch that RED POT ??_* 😂😂

I remember once I read a strategy guide for a sidescroller I never owned and the author was like "The last boss is really beefy. Depending on how many powerups you collected this fight will talr between 5 and 10 minutes. If you didn't collect any at all, then prepare to be fighting all night long until the morning." I don't remember which game though.

"Just don't die, it's that easy " best legendary quote ever lol

You will never debunk how hard the music slaps though

I’ve never known a game that is so hard without power ups. If you die at any time and lose your power ups, it’s miserable.

It is very difficult in the sense that it is _definitely not_ the kind of game that you just casually beat in a few tries, simply because there are a ton of situations that are all about memorisation - and even when you have memorised every part of the game, you still have to have decent enough reflexes to be able to react to everything. So you could say that it "isn't too bad" from that perspective.

Most things that kill you in this game are stuff you don't even know are there or are too fast to dodge on reflex. And since death takes away all your power ups pretty much means that you must memorize the entire game.

"This is Silver Surfer... Silver Shit.."

I remember this being the first extraordinarily hard game series it was awesome

I been checking this channel through out the week to see the newest Debunking video. I am glad to see a new video uploaded. LOVE them.

Awesome. This series and the extraordinarily hard games one are my favorites.

Great series and psyched you actually finish all of the games. That was the one thing that irked my with extraordinarily hard games. Well done!

Haha the fact he doesn't know who galactus is... good vid ryu!

Love this series! Ryu is extraordinarily good at making hard games look painless.

This series has been very entertaining, hope you keep at it!

OMG!!!!! Finally. I have been waiting for you to play this game since you started this series!!! That is the one I could NEVER seem to beat. This is amazing.....

Love this series. Love your commentary... has made me go back and revisit some of these 8bit games (I usually stay in 16bit land) that gave me issues when I was young and would rent a game and be stuck with it all weekend lol

I was a little surprised by the green elephant heads in the final level that are clearly being hung by the skin of their faces while it's slowly being ripped off, exposing their skulls...

Thank you, Ryu! I couldn't even overcome a single section of a stage prior to your video, but now I have finally beaten this game! 😍 As a suggestion for future episodes, I'd love to see some other Contra games, like The Alien Wars and Hard Corps, Castlevania III, or of course some other insanely hard NES game like Battletoads 😂

Thank you for your video, Ryu! I would love to see you debunking the difficulty of Battletoads.

Lots of interesting quotes in this one 🤨: 3:55 "I will destroy absolutely everything in my path." 8:04 "Just in case a pumpkin tries to come up your butt." 20:41 "See that guy? Right in his mouth. Yeah. He likes it." ~ Ryukahr, 2022

Killin it dude, thanks for another cool vid.

Another great video Ryu .. Would love to see you do Back To The Future 1, 2 & 3 series on the NES ;)

So after watching you DtD I decided to rewatch AVGN’s playthrough and laughed my ass off. We need to see your rendition of ‘sad’ Silver Surfer. 😂

I love your channel man I was looking for like this kind of content cause I'm addicted to retro and 8-bit world

Next up on Ryu Grumps: The entire Touhou series. Seriously though, well done, Ryu. Your chill attitude makes these hard games look like a ton of fun.

Anybody remember when Ryu got absolutely destroyed by this game in his hard games series? Pepperidge Farm remembers

Just beat this game tonight. Your videos are helping me beat some of the hardest nes games. This game is hard but it’s not as hard as some make it out to be.

dude, awesome video!!!, I failed hard at that game as a kid , will try it again with your tips :) thank goodness for emulators/ save states these days.

always been in awe of how you pull these off

1:10 That's probably why I thought this game was easy when I was like 5 or 6 because that's how little kids play games, you just never stop shooting and it works out in a game like this.

2:43 love that Yoshi SFX. Nice little edit!

It may take some time to get used to this game but at least you have a killer soundtrack to listen to. Tim Follin always made such wild tunes to listen to. I refer you to Solstice title theme (NES) and Pictionary (NES) for some more excellent Tim Follin music.

Man I remember alot of these games in this debunk the difficulty series and never actually passed alot of them I'm glad I can watch it get owned by someone so I say now ty my good man you are doing God's work lol the rage I got as a kid is finally being relieved

I truly love this series. Also these music on this game was just bangers.

That is the same music as the Ljn Wolverine game. Really takes me back. That is another "hard" game, but not too bad if you know what to do in each level.

Glad I have another mainstay channel to look forward to.

I played a lot of NES games as a kid but honestly this channel is the only place I have ever heard of this game. I guess I was too busy being terrible at Megaman.

“Just don’t die”. That’s far easier said than done.

A similar game for SNES called whip rush 2222 is pretty tough, even if keep all power ups. You need to change them in certain spots, you get lasers, missiles, and some stuff that lets you shoot in all directions. You need to memorize certain spots. That game is a lot harder then silver surfer.

I actually like this game quite a bit, but that's probably because I put in the work to be able to beat it consistently, lol. I agree that starting Reptyl is crucial to setting yourself up for success; it's unquestionably the easiest series of levels in the game, although sometimes a stray bullet in the second section can get you due to their occasional difficulty in being spotted through all the background noise. Speaking of background noise, I haven't heard you touch on that yet (commenting as you're starting the Emperor levels), but that's one of the most trial and error elements of the game. The first time you go through any of the levels, it isn't always clear what you can pass through and what you can't so you're bound to lose some lives in the course of learning all that. What I eventually learned is that the rule of thumb is if you can't shoot through it, you will die if you touch it. But in the end, I agree with your strategy of not dying, lmao. There are so many spots in this game where having to start over with no powerups might as well be a reset, partly because certain spots can be almost barren of powerups, some just have too many strong enemies, and some spots are combinations of both. (Edit: you make this statement almost verbatim about a minute after I resumed the video, lmao.)

Nice gameplay my friend. You got me to take a second look at a lot of retro games. One personal fave that I feel is difficult is Magician Lord on Neo Geo. Have you played that one? I love the graphics and music infinite continues and the challenge it’s just such a slog to get through I have yet to beat it. I start getting tired usually around lvl 6 great content man

YAY! Finally a new episode!

I will never look at Galactus again without thinking "Creepy dude in a sex mask" ahaahah! Ryu had me rolling!

Has he ever done Journey to Silius, Faxanadu, or Legacy of Wizard? I seem to remember beating Silius ONCE back in the day, Faxanadu and Legacy of the Wizard I never completed, but they were fun to play.

I’m so sorry, I’m not from the NES era… but man, I can’t imagine having to keep pressing the same button for the duration of the game. I seems… repetitive. Especially when powered up. That’s why there’s a turbo controller suggestion. xD Great video as always! I guess I gotta try it myself some day. Watching it is one thing, that’s true.

I played this game and defeated every level but never all 5 levels at the same time and never saw the 6th. NGL, when I heard you say this is not that hard, I thought "WTF did this guy say?" and then you casually one shot the whole game with full powerups and I was like "oh, this guy is a legend." I'm definitely going to try this strategy when I get a chance.

As far as shmups go, this one is easy. Use a turbo controller first like Ryu said.

Hey..Are you using an m-classic to smoothen the image? It doesnt look pixelated and I understand you are using genuine hardware...

You filled a big hole from my childhood. Thank you for that!

I still would love somehow to see a crossover/cameo by AVGN in one of these. AVGN is replaying an old game and complaining about how hard it is. Then Ryu comes in, debunks the difficulty, AVGN acts like it's not so bad, and then changes his mind and still calls it a pile of rat turds or whatever. Just the groundwork idea.

This is my new favorite series next to summoning salt speed runs.

I want to see Ryu do Top Gun just so I can see if there's ever anything interesting about Top Gun.

I'm so close now to beating this nightmare of a game. I just need to master the last level. This video helped tremendously. Tonight might be the night

I'd love to see a debunking of Battletoads. Basically if it's really a matter of git gud or if there's some real tricks. Great series as always!

The thing that always pissed me off about this game is that Silver Surfer is suppose to be one of the most powerful mfs in the entirety of Marvel but ONE hit takes hime out? Wielder of the power cosmic but a one lick from a damn frog kills him. I mean there's just two things TWO THINGS that would have made this a pretty good game. A health bar and holding the button to shoot.

Thanks for sharing!

8:04 lol his innuendos are getting stronger

Hi Ryu, play with a Four Score, there you can activate turbo for any controller you connect into it, so you can keep using the regular control (D) pad 👍🏼

I love to see you debunk the difficulty of sim ant

i like how the last overhead stage has the music from SKY SHARK, the same guy did the music for both but i had to rewind a few times to make sure i was hearing it right

The infamous Silver Surfer, let’s go!

Great video! I know I never beat it as a kid, not for lack of trying, but a lot of stuff rang bells for me lol. Must've watched a playthrough at some point. Could you do Street Fighter 2010?

hey new here don't expect much from me but if you can though, can you debunk the difficulty of Dragons Lair? 🐲 I know we've all been thinking about it if this game is easy if you know what your doing maybe we can find out if that game as well, is it a skill issue? or just a bad port of something popular?🤔😕

@25:02 that is an elephant's head with the skin being torn in half by the chains it is hanging from. Parts of the skull are exposed. Pretty gnarly

Would love to see you do Paperboy. Another nightmare from my early childhood gaming days.

My god, your reflexes are INSANE. 😳

Dude ur so chill....love ur content

Great video! This game seems to have the same innate philosophy as Gradius, Contra and other shooters. Basically, just stay powered up and you're pretty much golden!

Got a suggestion. You gotta cover “Jekyll and Hyde”. It needs to be in this playlist. ❤ your stuff. MM24EVR

Started playing this game and I've honestly been really disappointed with how easy it is. I beat all but the last stage on one playthrough (Used all of my continues though, and I failed a bunch before but still.). I'm young enough to have never played Contra so I think I'll try it next. Edit: So the "B" things are bombs, I was wondering what those did.

i finished this game back in the day, i loved it

Having a turbo controller makes it a bit easier, my only issue was that Sliver Surfer's sprite was huge for some the levels.

Ryu, suggestion... Gradius 3 for SNES... I can't get beyond stage 5... haven't been able to since childhood. Great shooter game similar to Silver Surfer.

Please do Sunset Riders for the SNES! Awesome video!

TLDR: You guys this game isn't hard. Just never die.

Fire world bringing strong AVGN memories! - "I CAN'T TOUCH THAT RED POT!!!" 😅

More Debunking the Difficulty Please!

24:58 I believe that is a green elephant head getting torn apart to the bone with its skin attached to hooks. Kinda upset I took the time to see that out now

I'd like to see you play Solstice NES. I remember it as pretty hard to do platformingwise and having map knowledge with having no effing clue where to go, but I had a lot of fun playing it nut never made it to the end XD

9:26 i can't touch that red pot???😂

I only know two things about this game -It's hard as hell -the music goes hard as hell

25:00 “elephant in a mask??” That’s a damn head with its skin getting peeled by hooks. Was not expecting that.

Probably not a great content pick, but I'd love to see what you would do to UN Squadron for SNES. It's structurally similar to the side view from this game, but you're saving up for better planes and weapons. I played it for years and never won, so I'd love to see you dismantle it like this.

"This is actually an easy game" *knows exactly where every item and every enemy is going to be*

They didn’t have to test the final boss because you’re the only person to make it that far.

RYU is there a benefit to why you play with the controller on your leg??

that yoshi licking sound when you pointed out the frog was high level, good stuff man

When I was a kid I used to play this game just because of the soundtrack, the 15 seconds I got to hear on each level before dying

I hadn’t realize that you could trap the final boss like that!

AVGN in shambles watchiing you play

Nice job on the show. I'm a fan.

5:00 "So to beat the game, just be good at the game." *audible silence*

Reptyl was misrepresented here, he's an interstellar pirate, less lizard, more dragon. Firelord was a former herald of Galactus, on par with SS. Pumpkins were never part of his motif. I don't know canon but I believe the Skrull emperor was actually an Empress, they were probably gonna use the Super Skrull but maybe had copyright issues just guessing. It's difficult to make good games for overpowered characters. 21:30 Mister Sinister, usually an X-Man villain. 🤔

No seriously, this game _is_ extremely difficult, and I am saying this as someone who has beaten it several times without cheating - there is no getting around the undeniable fact that this game kicks people's asses over and over the first several hours, no matter how skilled those people are. But sure, you _can_ make the game _as manageable as possible._

25:15- that’s an elephant with it’s skin being ripped off. 27:13- Um Ryu, that’s Galactus.