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The difficulty was frequently criticized, with reviewers claiming that it's near impossible to get past the first level and beat the game without cheat codes.
Reviews, even a positive one from GamePro also attributed the difficulty to the awkward controls, criticizing decisions of pressing down to jump and having to push both an A-or-B button and the D-pad to perform movements like ducking.
The difficulty was frequently criticized, with reviewers claiming that it's near impossible to get past the first level and beat the game without cheat codes.
Reviews, even a positive one from GamePro also attributed the difficulty to the awkward controls, criticizing decisions of pressing down to jump and having to push both an A-or-B button and the D-pad to perform movements like ducking.
Critical reviews for Conan were mixed-to-negative; Skyler Miller of AllGame called it one of the worst NES titles ever, the author of Video Game Bible, 1985–2002, Andy Slaven, labeled it "platform gaming at its worst," and Game Players journalist Jeff Lundrigan described it as an interesting "combat puzzle" gameplay idea marred by poor execution.
The difficulty was frequently criticized, with reviewers claiming that it's near impossible to get past the first level and beat the game without cheat codes.
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