Hardest games ever?

[Stark]

Friday the 13th for the NES

I found this to be nigh impossible even on an emulator and with save states.

Just a quick point to start the discussions off

[Evans]

Not so tough as insanely stupid/badly engineered, Shadow of the Beast. Or whatever it was named, along with its sequel.

[Dr Mario]

Battletoads. the 2600 E.T game

Someone had to talk about the usual suspects.

[Ktiger41]

well I guess any Tom Clancy FPS for me. I can't stand the slow crawling you have to do. I'm more of a kick the door in and blast 100 mo fo's in the face player.

[crusher]

The Contra style game usually are pretty hard. Also, Ecco the fucking Dolphin for Genesis! I was playing that game on Sega Genesis Collection and even though I had access to save states, the game was ridiculously hard. Especially the final level...

[Ktiger41]

Ecco the fucking Dolphin for Genesis! I was playing that game on Sega Genesis Collection and even though I had access to save states, the game was ridiculously hard. Especially the final level...

There is actually a p;oint to that game and levels? Holy shit. I never knew. No seriously. I tested this game out months ago but I actually saw no point in it. The dolphin was just swimming around like it was on acid.

[Jizzel]

Hoshigami on the PSX is a hard game and i never finished it.

[crusher]

There is actually a p;oint to that game and levels? Holy shit. I never knew. No seriously. I tested this game out months ago but I actually saw no point in it. The dolphin was just swimming around like it was on acid.

Heh, well the game actually has plot as well. Surprise!

But the final level was a bitch. Not only did these two aliens continuously spawn, but the level scrolled automatically so you have to avoid walls and such not to get stuck. And those aliens killed you so easily!

[Ktiger41]

Heh, well the game actually has plot as well. Surprise!

But the final level was a bitch. Not only did these two aliens continuously spawn, but the level scrolled automatically so you have to avoid walls and such not to get stuck. And those aliens killed you so easily!

Thats a nice surprise maybe I sahould challenge myself to beat this game.... oh btw. thnx for the spolier. lolz.

[Tayls]

I heard Ninja Gaiden Black on the XBOX was next to impossible on the hardest skill...

[Elmdor Rizer]

Friday the 13th for the NES

I found this to be nigh impossible even on an emulator and with save states.

Just a quick point to start the discussions off

Seconded.

Ikari Warriors (Okay, the ABBA takes you far, but I can't get past the last wall. Me and my brother tried sooo many times =. is all I can think of at the moment. Oh, and a shitload of C64 games, I suppose.

By the by, is Top Gun hard? My brother keeps bragging about the fact that he beat it.

[Gare]

I had a hard time playing Magna Carta: Tears of Blood. The battle system makes me want to kill myself.

[crusher]

Thats a nice surprise maybe I sahould challenge myself to beat this game.... oh btw. thnx for the spolier. lolz.

Anytime.

[Harmony]

The Contra style game usually are pretty hard. Also, Ecco the fucking Dolphin for Genesis! I was playing that game on Sega Genesis Collection and even though I had access to save states, the game was ridiculously hard. Especially the final level...

I love Ecco the fucking Dolphin. But it is indeed pretty damn difficult.

The Genesis port of Hellfire is pure, unbridled evil. The arcade game isn't so bad, as you get to continue as soon as you die, but the Genesis version uses R-Type-esque restart points. And, on every level beyond the first, a single death is effectively game over, as there's certain sections that are simply more or less unbeatable without good weapons, and you're forced to play through them without making a single mistake, as a single hit returns you to the last restart point. I really like difficult shooters, but it's just silly, and not very fun as a result.

For a game that's challenging in just the right way, though, I'd say Alien Soldier. It's extremely tough, and rarely lets up, but it's incredibly fair and well balanced. Unlike so many other difficult games, it really feels like a test of your skill, rather than your ability to luck your way through moments of incredible cheapness, and it's extremely fun to play as a result. I died a lot while playing through it, but I don't think I can ever recall dying in it and feeling as if it wasn't my fault for having done so. I never became even remotely frustrated with it as a result. And dying only sent me back to revise my strategy and have another go. Wonderful, wonderful game.

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Treasure.

[Cookie Monster]

Not so tough as insanely stupid/badly engineered, Shadow of the Beast. Or whatever it was named, along with its sequel.

Yeah, it was Shadow of the Beast it was a good game tho.
Other games that frustrated me for some reason or another and never managed to finish them are Axelay (SNES) and the original Prince of Persia.