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arsenicazure said:

25. Ice Climber (NES)
24. Viewtiful Joe (GameCube, PS2)
23. MDK 2
22. Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link (NES)
21. Metal Slug series
20. Tetris
19. Gauntlet 1
18. Portal
17. Bionic Commando series
16. Guitar Hero series (On Expert)
15. Shinobi (PS2)
14. F-Zero GX (GameCube)
13. Mushihimesama Futari
12. Doom (On Nightmare Difficulty)
11. Call of Duty 4 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
10. Contra series
9. Defender
8. Devil May Cry 3 (PS2)
7. God of War series (PS2)
6. R-Type series
5. Ikaruga (GameCube, Xbox Live Arcade)
4. Mega Man 9 (Xbox Live Arcade, WiiWare, PlayStation Network)
3. Battletoads
2. Gouls N' Ghosts series
1. Ninja Gaiden series

http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/top-25-hardest-games-of-all-time/?page=1

One addition i have to make is splatterhouse on the GENESIS .. that game was insanely tough.. especially the part where u have to save the hero's wife before she gets infected

and maybe animaniacs.. but that was prolly coz of horrible level design

Any other titles you guys think deserves a mention?

 

 

 These guys never played really hard games, I'm amazed... A look at that list says a lot about their poor skill level.

Ninja Gaiden series for #1? really? Back in 1992 my then 10-year old sister almost finished the first NES game (made it to 6-2) just an example, and that's the hardest of the classics. However, you can finish Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2 without dying in under 20, 30 minutes respectively (I do), and Ninja Gaiden 3 in under 24 minutes dying just once (time runs out on last level). Ninja Gaiden BLACK for Xbox is indeed one of the most difficult games if you play it on "VERY hard" and "Master Ninja" difficulty.

Phantasy Star 2 is hard as hell too, and that's a JRPG. I would say it belongs in the top 20, for sure.

And Megaman 9 is not harder than Megaman1 for NES.