Clock Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 What in your opinion is the hardest game ever created? I put this 'Classic Gaming' as back in the 80s we never had any save game facilities like todays consoles enjoy, we had to do it in one go, so I'm guessing the hardest game ever will be a classic (although I could be wrong). Here's is a few that caused me stress, Wipeout - PS1 Cauldron - C64 Shadow of the Beast - Lynx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Defender - Arcade Wheelie and Jet Set Willy - ZX Spectrum Sanxion - C64 All swines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Burgertime, NES This has been agreed upon for years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOK-dfa Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Not really a classic, but this looks really hard: http://media.ebaumsworld.com/asianarcade.wmv Cheers, Raymond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeV0 Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 For classics i'd say the hardest would be: Virus, Amiga. Almost impossible to control Shadow of the beast, amiga. Umm, its hard Crazy climber, arcade. Those controls bring tears Reactor, arcade. Im good at this but it cost me alot of $, its hard For the more modern I'd say super monkey ball,, sheesh this is hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 *R-Type (various systems) *Hellfire (Genesis and Arcade) *Hydlide (Nes) *Ninja Gaiden series (NES) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgler Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Adventure Island. I love this, but have never been able to get all the way through. So punishing! So frustrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 I may as well add Castlevania 1 to the list. That's the one game that I could never finish (and probably never will) as the difficulty just frustrated me beyond belief. Interestingly, CV 2, 3, and X were much easier. Can't speak for the N64 and Sony iterations as I've never played them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Defender - Arcade I very nearly agree with you, but I have to say that Stargate is even harder. I think that game must have been written for those who thought Defender was too easy (like that's possible). -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevincal Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Silver Surfer is tough on the NES. Mario All-Stars the lost levels also comes to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kialan Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Pipe Dream - NES aaaaaaaaaaah! This game burns! Dragon's Lair - 3DO (If you're not good at the press one button-learn from mistake games....they are insanely hard because you'll never beat it from getting bored of having to repeat everything) Myst without a strategy guide (like me) - Multi platform Cruisin USA - N64 (if you try for ALL the upgraded cars, be prepared to lose many many times and cry like a man) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compacho Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Surprised the Ghosts N Goblin series hasn't been mentioned yet. Shame! shame on you all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Surprised the Ghosts N Goblin series hasn't been mentioned yet. Shame! shame on you all. You're right! How could I forget THAT one! To this day, it still gives me problems, though I was able to finally finish it after much practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy_Dude Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Thrust+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexKIDD Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 phantasy star 1 for master system-this game must've been impossible to beat with without dungeon maps contra 3 for snes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128bytes Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 There's an article in Slate today which thinks it's Ninja Gaiden, and links to this comic... BTW - if anyone knows if penny-arcade doesn't like linking to images, I'll remove the link...[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK WOMBLE Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 (super) ghouls and ghosts on SNES and GBA Love the game, but damn its too hard ! I didnt think ghosts and goblins was quite so tricky, although it was certainly still very hard ! Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincYnoTi Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 modern games for the most part are just not as hard as the classic systems. for example, if you take out any disc based game and throw it against the wall, it is likely to break or at least scratch. most atari games are very hard and will likely put a dent in the wall rather than the cartridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avid Fan Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 I'd have to go with Zelda 2: Advernture of Link as the hardest. Played it for almost a year straight, couldn't beat it. Played it and cheated a lot on Nesticle. Couldn't beat it. and I couldnt even beat it with a game genie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 I forgot about Ghosts and Goblins/ Ghouls and Ghosts. 2 stupidly hard games that bordered on coin theft. ha, I liked that Penny Arcade strip "Ninja Gaiden is so hard it'll kill your friends". BTW, they don't mind linking to their site, in fact they positively encourage it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 I'll reiterate my comments that I made in a similar thread in the CGCC forum: I think that Thunderfox (XE) is the hardest game that I've played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortly Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 I'd have to go with Zelda 2: Advernture of Link as the hardest. Played it for almost a year straight, couldn't beat it. Played it and cheated a lot on Nesticle. Couldn't beat it. and I couldnt even beat it with a game genie How DO you kill dark link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Atarian Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 hardest classic game i ever played was Atari's Quantum from the Arcade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Impossible Mission - Atari 7800 Damn thing's tough to beat!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgler Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 How DO you kill dark link? Dark Link is the easiest thing in the game. Just stand near the left of the screen and stab madly. Dark Link will stupidly jump into your blade until he dies and you will take no damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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