| retroking1981 said: NES games were defiantly the toughest. Id like to see the so called hardcore gamer who moans about the wii having no traditional games complete simons quest or TMNT. Games these days tend to have difficulty levels to prolong the longevity of the game, e.g Halo (great game tho). Anyway my list is: 1. Adventures of link Got up to the last dungeon, i just cant do it. I almost always run out of lives before i can even get to the temple and on the odd occasion i do im on my last legs and die very quickly. 2. Probotector (Contra) up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right b, a, start. nuff said. 3. Castlevania This game brought tears to my eyes as a child. Recently i've got further than i ever have before thanks to the wii's VC saving your progress. Im on stage 15. 4. Simons Quest The angry video game nerd's review of this sums it up. 5. TMNT Again the angry video game nerd got it spot on. 6. Wreckin' Crew Great game imo but one i never fully completed. 7. Rollergames Very difficult scrolling beat em up. 8. Rush n' Attack What is it with Konami games on the NES? 9. Double Dragon I played the sequel before this one and just found it so much more difficult. Unlocking the moves was a cool idea but i found it to frustrating. Probably one that wasn't so much difficult as tedious, for me anyway. 10. Shadow Warriors (Ninja Gaiden) Got to the last boss, died, smashed pad. 11. Gun.Smoke Love this game, got to the last level on numerous occasions but never completed. 12 & 13. Bart VS The Space Mutants / VS The World. In retrospect these games were quite poor but like most others im a huge simpsons fan. Controls were awful compared to mario etc. 14. Batman Awesome gfx for the NES, very dark and gritty and bloody hard with it. 15. R.C Pro AM Very touch racer, one of Rare's better game imo. I got up to one level were the computer opponents just whizz round faster than you can go, it was impossible. Anyone else get that far? Thats it, theres plenty of tough games that i did manage to complete like Gradius and Punch-Out but these 15 are the ones that beat me. BTW did anyone else find Macho Man tougher than iron mike/mr dream in Punch Out? The NES owns all consoles when it comes to difficult games, ive never struggled as much with games since. I tough it was the fact that is was to do with my age but going back to these games proved that theory wrong. |
1. Adventures of Link: If you knew where all the hidden e-xtra lives where, and where fully powered up, beating this game was pretty manageable.
2. I loved contra, and had memorized exactly where every bad guy would pop out on every level. I actually beat the game without dying and with out using any of the speciality guns. (the only pick up I would grab was the rapid fire to make the pea shooter shoot faster)
3. Castlevania was insanely hard, it takes many, many continues (usually) and repeated attempts at slaying dracula. Very frustrating, but extremely rewarding when you finally beat it. If you really want a challenge play it through the second time and the game is even harder!
4. Simon's Quest with the assistance with a nerd coucil and a collection of Nintendo Power Magazines was beatable.
5. TMNT; that was hard but I did manage to beat that game; certainly not without the agony and frustration that came with it though. lol
9. Double Dragon. I forgot about that one. Very hard, repeated attempts, much failure, finally did beat it though. Many of those old NES games took try, try, try, again methods. Memorization, a lot of skill, with some luck on your side.
12. I forgot about that bart vs space mutants. Neat game. You found items in the game like bottle rockets, and then had to use them to solve puzzles and advace. Hard platformer, I never could beat it either.
15. Some of these games you mentioned I did beat, but I have to tip my hat to you on how far you got on R.C. Pro AM. I don't remember getting that far.
Here's one for you all out there: E.T. for atarii. I know the game sucked beyond imagination, but does anybody know anyone who actually beat it? All I can remember doing was walking around aimlessly eating Resee's Pieces.
