I find by and large games nowadays aren't nearly as hard as they once were. Crappy games of the past seemed to use ridiculous difficulty as a crutch for poor production value :)
I haven't met a game in the last 10 years that I couldn't beat. However, games like TMNT(nes) and Kid Icarus(nes) were ridiculous. Contra was an odd game, either you couldn't beat it, or you were so good and had everything memorized such that you'd beat it without dying....for the most part. Oh and the original Ninja Gaiden was pretty rough too.
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