Lion King is no joke. I beat it with my roommates almost 20 years ago. We were all unemployed and we trained Lion King every day for a week. The level after the one you got stuck on- you just have to get to it, play it until you run out of lives, then repeat until you have it completely memorized.
And yeah TMNT is totally winnable. You gotta basically get lucky with some of the sewer jumps (hardest part of the game), collect enough missiles for the van, and enough ropes for the roof jumping. That water in "level 2 "everybody cries about ain’t shit once you know that you’re doing.
I did go back and beat The Lion King as an adult, after seeing how to get out of the cave. It was kinda nuts how much muscle memory I still had; like riding a bike. Which makes me wonder how many hours I must’ve put into it as a child lol
I might have to go back and check out TMNT (if I’m feeling up for a little torture). I never could get far in that game; it felt too brutal and confusing. But we’ve got the interwebs now and guides abundant!
Edit: just noticed your Pixies username… well played
