it's what we do on Sundays

every now and then, i wonder what challenges are beset the generation i am a part of. i don't really feel the need to make a squillion dollars or swim Bransfield Strait, and sometimes all i feel like i'm doing is saving money so i can do something interesting with it. well, while i'm saving, i found this.

before Playstation, before Xbox, before other ones i can't think of, was Sega master system. i've had this game, Shinobi (1987), on my pc for the past few months and can't get past one part.

this part's easy

this parts easy if i have knives or double-powered sherikans

this parts easy

this parts im-f***ing-possible!

after 45 minutes, i'm at optimum strength, optimum power, optimum vocabulary, and i get to this jump. if i don't jump to the other side, i fall down the shaft. and i keep falling. every time, EVERY TIME, i fail!

my brother could do it when we were kids. he finished the game a few times, whereas i passed this part 3 times (never finished though).

so, should i keep striving? going the distance? or should i just accept that, after 2 decades, i gotta move on?