The most difficult games are typically unplayable piles of dog vomit that nobody knows about. Personally, I think the hardest games that I have played were System Shock 2 and Jak II.
It's tough to say. Old arcade games were not "hard" so long as you had plenty of quarters. And even then, they just threw hordes of enemies at you so you WOULD pump in more quarters. I'd even say some of them were impossible to beat without getting hit a few times.
And many old console games were hard due to bad level design.
Battletoads, which I love, was ultimately an exercise in memorization. I'm not "better" at the speeder level than I used to be... I just know where all the walls are.
So, to sum up, there is no real answer. I'd say the most "challenging" opponents have always been human. I don't count the computer cuz it can cheat 
Completing Tetris or Arknoid requires real skill that make people who complete Super Mario Galaxy, Halo, Call of Duty, Metal Gear Solid etc etc look like they have just completed a 4 piece wooden jigsaw puzzle.
I'm always very impressed watching people who can think and respond in a split second whilst playing such games.
I think I've mentioned these games before, but the hardest games I've played (and not beaten, by the way) are Bubble Bobble and The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. I'd also add that the original Civilization is pretty damn hard when you play it on the hardest level with the max amount of enemies.
| canch said: Hard question to answer really.... it depends on the person playing the said games. But my friend reckons that Ninja Gaiden black is the hardest. I never played ninja gaiden so I can't comment on this but I have been playing games a long time (way back into the 1980s in fact) and I think the old school games are some of the hardest of all time. I reckon that 'Robocop' in the Arcades was one of the hardest games ever, has anyone ever finished the game with only one life? I can't even get off level 2 without continuing, and even now using MAME32 its bloody hard. Then theres Green beret (Arcade again), you run from left to right with only your knife to protect you killing 100's of russian soldiers along the way. I only ever managed to get to level 3 What are other peoples views on what is the hardest game of all time to best...... plus I been searching the web and found this... http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/774/774907p1.html top 10 hard games ever. |
Completed Robocop in the arcade with one coin although it's so long ago I have no idea in how many lives.
When playing arcade games I only considered it completed if it was done in 1 credit.
But some games I did complete in 1 life in the arcades that are on MAME are:
Black Tiger
Sector Z
Bubble Bobble
New Zealand Story
Cabal
Phantasy Zone
Space Harrier
Pitfall
| Plaupius said: I think I've mentioned these games before, but the hardest games I've played (and not beaten, by the way) are Bubble Bobble and The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. I'd also add that the original Civilization is pretty damn hard when you play it on the hardest level with the max amount of enemies. |
Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy isn't hard, it's bullshit.
Forgetting to get one item in the beginning of the game and then not needing it until the very end and if you didn't get it in the very beginning there's no way to win is the very definition of bullshit.
| supermario128 said: The hardest game I ever played was F Zero GX story mode. |
Yes very very hard. I think Contra has to be the hardest game of all time though.
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I Wanna Be the Guy. 2000 deaths in 7 hours.
Okami
To lavish praise upon this title, the assumption of a common plateau between player and game must be made. I won't open my unworthy mouth.
| appolose said: I Wanna Be the Guy. 2000 deaths in 7 hours. |
^ this and Superman 64. The controls made it almost impossible to play
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even on the spectrum I could never pass level 3.
