StylishMGTOW
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Ghosts n' Goblins on NES.
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What is the hardest game you've ever played?
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Fuz
Banned
That's how you learned english back then.
digital_ghost
Member
Cuphead or Super Monkey Ball. Think you can roll a ball across a 1cm thick path without falling?
I've actually done this 100% but ask me to beat Maximum Carnage on SNES and I get PTSD. I don't know why I find that game so difficult.
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LostDonkey
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The last ninja
I could not get that game down as a kid.
I could not get that game down as a kid.
PlayerNumber0ne
Neo Member
Nioh 2 so far…
OrbOutrider
Neo Member
Spelunky, which is a shame because I love everything about it. I just suck at it lmao
Icymanipulator
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Beyond the Beyond a jrpg on PS1
As a kid I always got stuck in this tome where you go to lift this curse off one of the characters, never could figure it out and just got lost in the maze.
As a kid I always got stuck in this tome where you go to lift this curse off one of the characters, never could figure it out and just got lost in the maze.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
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Sekiro is by far the hardest game I've beaten, some of the bosses easily took me over a hundred tries, the great ape was so intense when I beat it I was shaking from adrenaline, the final boss took me 3 whole nights to finish.
Cuphead is also up there, the trouble with that kind of difficulty is it dissuades you from ever playing the game twice, because why put yourself through that again? I haven't played the Cuphead DLC yet because I don't have the stomach for more of that.
Cuphead is also up there, the trouble with that kind of difficulty is it dissuades you from ever playing the game twice, because why put yourself through that again? I haven't played the Cuphead DLC yet because I don't have the stomach for more of that.
Solidus_T
Banned
There are many, many videos of people easily beating this game.
AVGN just gave it that reputation because he honestly is pretty bad at shmups. They take a different kind of patience and memory that goes beyond just twitch reflexes.
Rocco Schiavone
Member
Call Of Duty Classic on hardest difficulty. Was the hardest Platin trophy on my ps3.
MarkMe2525
Gold Member
I played Predator on Genesis for the first time in 25 years the other day. To my surprise, 38 year old me finished it on my first playthrough. That game use to mop the floor with me when I was younger.
Musashipan
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West Texas CEO
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
Did you not get the Konami code? That's how most kids beat Contra.
Musashipan
Member
Not for the longest time! I was able to beat it eventually, with my brother's assistance, but that took a while lol
Musashipan
Member
Yo Noid was pretty annoying too!
Final Mission or S.C.A.T was a challenging one too
Final Mission or S.C.A.T was a challenging one too
TheKremlinBossMan
Banned
Came here to post this, I beat it when I was young but I remember it being a horrible experience. I also remember Blaster Master being pretty rage inducing. OH and Battletoads. I swear Nes and transformers the movie might have corrupted me. Such heroic nonsense.
cash_longfellow
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Smash TV
Fess
Member
Fist 2 - C64 (finished with save state)
Shadow of the Beast - Amiga (impossible)
Shadow of the Beast 2 - Amiga (impossible)
Adventures of Link (finished with save state)
Super Ghouls n Ghosts (2 runs makes it hard)
Ikaruga (impossible for humans)
Hollow Knight (finished but would be impossible to 100%)
Demon’s Souls (doable, but still unfinished)
Bloodborne (possibly doable but the fps annoys me enough to not try hard enough, will try again on a remake)
Elden Ring (finished many times, all I feel for some bosses is hate, pure hatred)
Returnal (finished with save cloud)
100% Metroid Dread (main game is not hard but some of those shinespark puzzles are crazy)
Shadow of the Beast - Amiga (impossible)
Shadow of the Beast 2 - Amiga (impossible)
Adventures of Link (finished with save state)
Super Ghouls n Ghosts (2 runs makes it hard)
Ikaruga (impossible for humans)
Hollow Knight (finished but would be impossible to 100%)
Demon’s Souls (doable, but still unfinished)
Bloodborne (possibly doable but the fps annoys me enough to not try hard enough, will try again on a remake)
Elden Ring (finished many times, all I feel for some bosses is hate, pure hatred)
Returnal (finished with save cloud)
100% Metroid Dread (main game is not hard but some of those shinespark puzzles are crazy)
Lucifers Beard
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Took a while but I’m glad someone said it. It’s truly one of the best platformers ever. Jesus though, when you complete the campaign, more levels open up which are WAAY more brutal than before. One of the only games I’m actually proud of completing.
Phobos Base
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Super Empire Strikes Back SNES - even the opening stage is complete insanity
Gremlins 2 Game Boy - got it as a kid, could never get past the second level
Battletoads - obvious choice, but there's a reason
Castlevania Dracula X - yeah they've always been hard, but this is just BS hard
Contra Hard Corps - no idea how anyone beat the Western release, it wasn't remotely balanced
Mario Lost Levels - basically a troll game before such a thing existed
Gremlins 2 Game Boy - got it as a kid, could never get past the second level
Battletoads - obvious choice, but there's a reason
Castlevania Dracula X - yeah they've always been hard, but this is just BS hard
Contra Hard Corps - no idea how anyone beat the Western release, it wasn't remotely balanced
Mario Lost Levels - basically a troll game before such a thing existed
xrnzaaas
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Gotta be one of the hardcore simulations from the 90s that required to read a big ass instruction manual to understand the basics. You know, something like Carriers at War.
Thumper was very difficult for me if we're talking about modern games. It was okay until about level 4 and I understood that my skill will never reach a level necessary to finish the game, let alone to master the levels.
Thumper was very difficult for me if we're talking about modern games. It was okay until about level 4 and I understood that my skill will never reach a level necessary to finish the game, let alone to master the levels.
H4ze
Banned
There are a ton of hard games, but I remember raging sooo fucking hard on the call of duty SP campagnes on veteran.
I finished them all up until black ops 2, after that game I was done with the cod franchise (cuz the Multiplayer started to suck)
But that granade spam and cheap aimbot npc's made my blood boil like nothing else.
I finished them all up until black ops 2, after that game I was done with the cod franchise (cuz the Multiplayer started to suck)
But that granade spam and cheap aimbot npc's made my blood boil like nothing else.
mopspear
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Do you mean the controller or the whole NES? I gotta know!
TheDarkPhantom
Gold Member
Battletoads on NES. I remember beating it but I'm probably misremembering lol
Fuz
Banned
I want to add another type of gaming difficulty.
Reading about broken controllers, I broke a few joysticks with Combat School/Boot Camp on the C=64. That game was physically hard.
Pretty cool how it went from boot camp to action, kind of like Full Metal Jacket (which I guess was the main inspiration for it).
Reading about broken controllers, I broke a few joysticks with Combat School/Boot Camp on the C=64. That game was physically hard.
Pretty cool how it went from boot camp to action, kind of like Full Metal Jacket (which I guess was the main inspiration for it).
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IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
The whole NES. Surprisingly it still worked, but I was around seven years old, so it was thrown with minimal force.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Played it when I was young, but I dnt think thats the reason it was hard. You could tell by the way the game plays and watching YT videos it's a difficult game, but for any old timers who played Sinistar in the arcade you know what I mean.
Mr Blobby
Member
there's one bit on it that for the life of me can't work out how to pass so I just gave up.
TheKremlinBossMan
Banned
Funny. I don't have issues with any new games generally until new game plus or higher. I thought Demon's Souls, Bloodborne and Elden Ring were the three easiest fromsoft games. And in that order.
Syphon Filter
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Zelda 2 (NES), it's the only game ever that I quit.
sedg87
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Another vote for Alunda. I got stuck on a puzzle in that desert place where you had the sun, moon and star thingies that you had to put in the right order. I remember phoning up one of those premium cheat hotlines to try and get something to help but obviously, that would never work out. Looking back probably one of the worst mistakes I've made in life. Not for feeling stupid that I couldn't get past that part, but more so the absolute terror of seeing my dad storming toward me and asking me why I've spent over £200 or whatever on the phone. Woops.
Ninja Gaiden Black. This game gave me the second best beating of my life, the first being my dad for the reason above.
Ninja Gaiden Black. This game gave me the second best beating of my life, the first being my dad for the reason above.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Rubberbanding in racing games are the worst. I dont play tons of racing games, but it sure seems every time I've played GT and Forza, if you dick around or crash it's easy to catch up to the AI pack. But if you blow by them, the final lap they all seem to amp up and catch you making it a close call.
I'll always remember in GT1 or 2, there were some races I'd go up against I think a mustang musclecar. I dont remember if it was that but it was a US branded car. It would always blow by me at the beginning, let me catch up and sometimes let me surpass it. Then the final lap it would get some kind of rubberband boost and catch me like Knight Rider. It was so obvious the AI had some weird shit going on instead of just racing a normal match from beginning to end.
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