Really? I found TFTD very fun and ominous. Those night levels were nasty, though!

If Resident Evil CV is tougher than RE Nemesis, then I'm screwed. I hate when you've used up everything to beat that monster and he pops out ten minutes later before you've even found any handgun rounds!
Ghost Recon is chapping my hide too. I think I've only ever actually seen the guys who are killing me once and I can't even get past the first mission.

Why do I like games so much when I'm sooo bad at them?

I was ranked in the 40s before I traded my Xbox. Damn that game. Oh, but I will be getting it back this summer... oh yes.

Pong. Now that was one b*tch of a game!

Well, Bionic Commando was a snap, I have video evidence of beaing Ninja Gaiden, and I once finished Contra without dying/continuing (I don't remember which, but I was damn_proud of myself at the time). But I never got past the level 7 boss in Blaster Master without cheating, because it took hours to get to him and I could never get the grenade trick to work. It was a great game, but it could have used a couple more continues for us youngin's.

Wasn't there a game called Mr. Blasto or Captain Blasto or something? It was seriously annoying and frustrating

I'm pretty sure it was no continues, because I'm pretty sure that if someone were to beat that game without dying once, the world would explode and space-time would collapse. Still, that's quite an achievement!

Its actually not too hard if you can avoid picking up weapons that aren't spread or rapid fire. I occasionally get a fluke death from level 4 or level 6, but other than that, the game is pretty easy for me when I have spread the whole time.

Beating some of the hardest levels on Return Fire on the Playstation was just damn_impossible. Actually I think there was a level on there called "The Impossible Dream." Man, that was a fun game.

Yeah, I think it was w/o dying, but only once. I played the hell out of that game; funny thing is, I don't think I actually owned, so I have no idea how I had it to play.

Oh, I found it fun alright. It is one of the best games/series I've ever played. It's just hard. Really really hard. Especially up to the point where I decided saving and reloading wasn't cheating.

Do you mean Blasto for the PSX? It was a pseudo 3d platformer with a red space dude voiced by Phil Hartman. Pretty funny game, though annoying as well.

Ninja Gaiden arcade was tough as nails.

Man, I could beat that game in under 15 min. without losing a life.

Does anyone remember getting to the end of Ikari Warrios (NES version) and just sitting there forever and shooting and shooting that wall and never getting passed it? Then the missiles start coming but you still can't get anyway?

I remember never being able to land on Top Gun on NES. I didn't own the game, but remember playing it at a friend's house for awhile. We never could get the landing down.

Refueling was a biyatch too.

I can't even beat Ghosts and Goblins with a Game Genie! This is the hardest game to date.

It seems most of you have had problems with some truly hard games... And here I was going to complain about Zelda Ocarina of Time's Water Dungeon.

Hmmm I remember beating both versions. I remember beating the one where the last guy is an enormous bastard sitting on a throne and you have to shoot upward. That was on Genesis I know. And I think the other one was on NES? And the last guy was that Lucifer bastard, a real tall guy with two faces or something?

Nothing for me was more satisfying though beating Zelda when I was in 3rd grade. When I got to Ganon I paused it and waited for my brothers to come home so they could watch but I got impatient and did it anyway.

The old school games pretty much had to be near impossible. The biggest NES games had about as much data as a Gamecube Memory card (4 megabits). Most games got their longevity by giving you no continues, so you had to restart from the beginning of the game if you got killed.

Don't let retrogamers fool you. The vast majority of "classic" games should be fondly remembered, but not played under any circumstances.

Landing sucked, I think I did it once.

I had a pretty hard time with the water dungeon the first time I played through, but that was mainly because I was a dumbass and didn't find the blue suit until afterwards. If you want a challenge, try beating the game w/o picking up any extra heart containers; I've gotten as far as the skeletons after you beat Ganondorf.


Most games nowadays get their longevity by throwing in cut scenes and other useless crap. Games back then were actually difficult, which is why the occasional Super Monkey Ball is a refreshing change. And the majority of video games suck, period, and should not be played under any circumstances.

I actually beat Ninja Gaiden two years ago after playing all day. ABSURDLY hard.

Did anyone ever have E.T. for Atari. Good lord that game sucked. You had to collect pieces of stuff and then get him to the spaceship, honestly I can't remember much of it. I just know I never got very far.

As far as NES goes, I would have to say JAWS. I could always get to the end but never stab JAWS with the front of the damn boat! Man that game sucked! Not only cause it was hard, but also because it was just a dump game.

Another I always had a problem getting far with was "A Boy and His Blob". Where you had to feed a blob flavored jellybeans and he would turn into different things. One of the few I never finished. One of the many I should never have even wasted time playing.