13,760 times I died on my quest to hit 106% completion. Finally I made it there. This is one of my all time favourite games but never bothered to fully complete it until now. It was insanely frustrating at times and with 8 levels left of the cotton alley dark world I nearly gave up, but I didn’t and now it’s done. An amazing feeling.

Man there’s some gnarly ass difficulty spikes in here. But the platforming is only part of the challenge as level hazards really seemed to the bane of my existence. Enemies like the flies who zoom towards you. The little fleshy dog things that chase after you. The balls of fire that roll around in hell proved to be my cryptonite. And don’t get me started on the balls of black mass that hit a surface and break into smaller mouths that fly off in different directions. I can really see why some people just bounce off this game.

There’s lots of content here. 40 levels across 6 worlds with a 7th world featuring a further 10 levels. 20 warp zones with 3 levels each. 100 collectables to collect and 6 super secret glitch levels to unlock and complete. I had a great time polishing all these off.

Super Meat Boy. It’s 106% complete and off my replay backlog. Feels good.