The hardest game you've ever played?

I've been playing Abadox and Alpha Mission on NES and good lord these games are insanely hard. What do you all think the hardest games you've ever played are? I'd like to find some harder ones and give 'em a whirl.

The most genuinly hard game I've played is Ikaruga. Everyone talks about how awesome it is, yet I have a feeling that half of those people haven't even made it past the 3rd stage. Bullets coming at you from all directions at all times.

Other than that, there are a lot of games that are hard because they're poorly made. That's not the same as Ikaruga. Two of those that come immeadiatly to mind are Conan for the NES and Nightmare Creatures II for Dreamcast. Poorly made, piss-poor controls, and relentless enemies just make these games impossible without a GameShark/Game Genie.

"Battle Toads", or perhaps "Super Ghosts & Goblins". I don't miss either of those games.

"Battle Toads", or perhaps "Super Ghosts & Goblins". I don't miss either of those games.

MonkeySpot

Oh man Super Ghosts & Goblins... one of a few games that have almost brought me to tears xD

Ghost and goblins on NES or the last temple in legend of zelda 2 (never beat it but still plan to)

Megaman 2

Most frustrating game I've ever played.

Megaman 2

Most frustrating game I've ever played.

martinX3X

I actually find that entry to the be the easiest one (and funnest) in the entire series.

Ghost and Goblins was one of the hardest games ever, Shinobi for the PS2 was hard as hell too.

I pick Super Empire Strikes Back SNES very hard but I did beat it somehow. If I have a second hard game its Jak 2 on PS2.

ODT on Ps1 i think it was called

I've been playing Abadox and Alpha Mission on NES and good lord these games are insanely hard. What do you all think the hardest games you've ever played are? I'd like to find some harder ones and give 'em a whirl.

lordlunch2

Ghost and Goblins was one of the hardest games ever, Shinobi for the PS2 was hard as hell too.

Juxhe1

I agree with these picks completely. I did finish "Ghosts 'n Goblins" (NES), but didn't finish "Shinobi" on the PS2:(

A lot of NES games were ridiculously hard, but out of all of them Battletoads made me the most frustrated. This was the first time I ever broke a controller...and an NES pad is very difficult to destroy. I took the cord and swung it around my head like a lasso, then I whipped it at the concrete...so much anger. Mind you I was only 7 or 8 at the time haha.

Blaster Master (NES) crazy hard.

Resident Evil Code Veronica X (it has been a few years since I last tried this... but it gets re-released in HD next month for the Xbox 360 so I will make sure that I complete it! :P. Before I could never get past the first half hour/45 minutes of the game!) Ashley_wwe

I find it interesting that people find the game hard :? Perhaps most of them were using terrible weapons.

Super Mario Bros lost levels was pretty evil, played that on the snes (allstars) and never did get through it (or very far).

It's not so much that the game is designed to be hard, but the first three resident evils controls are just impossible for me to get a grip on. I just can't visualize where I'm aiming at all.

A lot of NES games were ridiculously hard, but out of all of them Battletoads made me the most frustrated. This was the first time I ever broke a controller...and an NES pad is very difficult to destroy. I took the cord and swung it around my head like a lasso, then I whipped it at the concrete...so much anger. Mind you I was only 7 or 8 at the time haha.

Samslayer

It's a common reaction, you're not alone.

:lol:

I think that if I weren't so filled-to-the-gills on booze and weed that I would have done the same. (I'm going on 14 years of being sober, so that game is off the table as far as a return in present day... I think "Battle Toads" would make me relapse!!!)

And @ gameofthering:

I recall "Veronica" as being more difficult as well... And that's even taking "Nemesis" into account.It was definitely a game for the dedicated.

:)

On RE/ Dino Crisis controls: You either got the spatial thinking or you didn't. I never had any difficulty with the tank-controls and aiming, but I knew more than a few who never cottoned to the set-up.

Super Mario Land (The enemies are so cheap!), Battletoads, Castlevania, Gundemonium Collection, I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream, the Myst games, the Trauma Center series (This ones are nearly impossible) are fairly hard. But the cake goes to Enemy Zero on the Saturn, limited saves, slow gameplay, clunky combat, 1 shot weapons and invisible enemies, need I say more?

Also, from this gen, I've been playing Resonance Of Fate and it's ****ing hard.

Radiant Silvergun : I've put around 20-hours into this game and I still can't get past the 3rd stage. It took me FOREVER to even get that far. Regardless, I still love this game, even though it makes Ikaruga look like a cakewalk.

I don't have a ton of old games...if I had to pick one out that was the hardest, all I could think of is Metroid Prime. Idk if that's hard for anyone else; I might just be really bad at it :P

any nes game lol

Alot of people are probably gonna laugh at this but.......Devil May Cry. I still haven't beaten it and im pretty sure im still in the beginning of the game. I'll go back to it one day but I remember just rage quitting it.

Funny story is that I got the game for free from a friend because he rage quit it. Lol.

Never beat Battle Toads so probably that, and also had a really rough time playing Revenge of Shinobi but I did manage to complete it. And it's the first game I ever beat. Not really counting SF2 because you don't really finish fighting games.

Undead Line for the Sega Genesis/ Megadrive. Good god, the game throws the kitchen sink at you.

Never beat Battle Toads so probably that, and also had a really rough time playing Revenge of Shinobi but I did manage to complete it. And it's the first game I ever beat. Not really counting SF2 because you don't really finish fighting games.

Swift_Boss_A

I've got a tie.

Devil May Cry 3 - I went through hell to get to like the 4th level and then the game would freeze. My brother-in-law bought it (and the first one) for me second hand. DMC3 was way difficult and according to him, even if it didn't glitch I wouldn't have made it much farther anyways. Oh well. At least I beat the first one.

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero - I just recently found a copy of this game and I am telling you the legends are true. On the "Very Easy" difficulty setting this game is freakishly hard. I can't say I hate the game as much as apparently anyone else who has played it does, but it had me cursing and trying not to toss my controller more than a few times over the last 2 days. Now for the best part though - I get more than halfway through the game, level 6 to be exact (of 8 levels) and it suddenly tells me (I didn't get a manual with the game) to start over on a harder difficulty setting if I want to play the last 3 levels. After getting over my initial frustration of finally getting somewhere with this and now having to begin again, I made an attempt. It took about two minutes for me to go from feeling like a confident ninja assassin to getting slapped around like Tina Turner. It was humiliation at its' worst.

Blaster Master (NES) crazy hard.

kittensRjerks

True this. I never beat that game. Robowarrior for the nes was VERY hard as well.

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Blaster Master (NES) crazy hard.

sayyy-gaa

True this. I never beat that game. Robowarrior for the nes was VERY hard as well.

Never beat Battle Toads so probably that, and also had a really rough time playing Revenge of Shinobi but I did manage to complete it. And it's the first game I ever beat. Not really counting SF2 because you don't really finish fighting games.

Swift_Boss_A

I don't have a ton of old games...if I had to pick one out that was the hardest, all I could think of is Metroid Prime. Idk if that's hard for anyone else; I might just be really bad at it :P

SonicSpeed360

Great game, but the Omega Pirate boss fight made me growl and throw the controller a LOT. I was hospitalized with a bad back and that boss fight just added to the pain! The rest of the game was moderate in difficulty, but the Omega Pirate... I still do the James T. Kirk yell when I think of it (*face to the sky, shaking in fury*) "Oooohhh-MAAAYGAAHHH-PI-RATE!!!"

Left 4 Dead 2 on single player Realism Expert Mode.

The most genuinly hard game I've played is Ikaruga.Emerald_Warrior

definitely agree with you there Emerald!