[Mac Sirloin]

I beat the PSP iteration of Cave Story's normal campaign just now. It's a very cool game but the difficulty takes a bit of a leap during the final boss rush. There's just a little bit too much shit flying at you all at once. I almost beat it before on PC but accidentally entered the Hell door which is where all of the postgame content comes in. I immediately ran into some spikes and died, probably punched/slapped my monitor and yelled "FUCK YOU!" with mucho gusto.
I remember this all very clearly. I'm going to try and go for the 'complete' playthrough now. This involves ignoring the best weapon in the game which also gives you the ability to fly through 90% of obstacles once you get it and makes literally everything you fight incredibly easy, pick up an obscure item to prevent a character who gives you a life-saving tool from dying about halfway through, collecting the OTHER best weapon in the game (which requires not getting the aforementioned flyin heavy masheen gun), getting access to the super jetpack as opposed to the standard one optionally acquired on that has less flight time and ultimately take on the post-game Hell. Everyone who's played and enjoyed Super Metroid, Castlevania SOTN or anything else Metroidvania styled should try Cave Story. It's a really amazing game and the music is fantastic. I had it downloaded at some point (wayyyyyy back when I worked at the animal shelter) but lost it when one PC or another decided to crap out.