Hey now, I played the originals on the carts. I owned the carts at one time. The difficulty is a bit much in some of these stages, bringing in things that I don't think Capcom would ever do (disappearing blocks in wall crusher areas.) I think you've been playing too many rom hacks. The classic games definitely weren't as tough as some of the hassle I've dealt with here. Many of the gimmicks I've run into (in some areas) were usually saved for fortress levels in the originals. Mavericks also take far more health from a single shot or collision than they do on the original carts. I could not believe how much health Bog Snapper took from me on a simple collision attack. That should have been three to five bits of health, not half the bar from one single collision.