Are Smash TV and/or Total Carnage able to be completed without continuing?
I've played the Midway arcade games "Smash TV" and the sequel "Total Carnage" many times both in the arcade and through console emulations/releases. I have beaten both, but not without using dozens of lives.
I'm a competent game player, but while both games are challenging, my experience has been that they are "quarter consumers", with gameplay designed specifically to require many "continues" as opposed to rewarding a skilled player.
Are (non-tool-assisted) skilled players capable of minimizing continues (or even performing a 1-Credit Clear (1CC)) in Smash TV and Total Carnage, or do these games truly treat the player "unfairly"? I prefer an answer to focus on Total Carnage, since it has been my experience that that game is much more challenging and less forgiving than Smash TV.
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How many levels are in Smash TV?
Smash TV features more than 45 levels of carnage, with bonus stages and fierce boss battles before the contestants can claim the big prize.When did Smash TV come out?
Smash TV is a 1990 arcade game created by Eugene Jarvis and Mark Turmell for Williams Electronics Games....Smash TVReleaseNA: April 1990Genre(s)Shoot 'em upMode(s)Single-player, two-player co-opArcade systemMidway Y Unit8 more rowsAre Super Smash TV or Total Carnage Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk
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