alt Hacker NewsWhen the original Ecco came out on the Megadrive (Genesis), I spent all my hard-earned money to buy it. That game is obscenely hard. I got frustrated, so I sat down for the afternoon with a pen and paper and somehow managed to decode the password system. I teleported to the final level and completed it the next day.
Then I was wracked with guilt about spending all my money on a game I completed in two days.
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Philosophically, I would argue that you did not complete the game.
You skipped several levels and saw only some percentage of the intended content, gameplay, story, etc. Games in general, and Ecco the Dolphin is no exception, are very much about the journey and not just the destination. You missed out on themes & experiences like isolation, making friends with those outside of your in-group, conservation, time travel, communing with dinosaurs and, of course, space travel.
So, you really shouldn't have felt so guilty.
What a final level, though! Having skipped a large chunk of the game, were you surprised by it?
You must be the only Person in the world that Beat this Game, cheating or otherwise.
> I sat down for the afternoon with a pen and paper and somehow managed to decode the password system
Would love to hear more about this, if you have any recollection :)