Most Difficult Games You Have Ever Played

[AJ_Radio]

Ninja Gaiden and Battletoads for the NES were notoriously difficult. Major props to anybody who beat these games way back when.

 

Contra III: Alien Wars was hard as nails on the Hard difficulty on the Super Nintendo.

 

My memory is quite fuzzy with the retro consoles. 

Edited May 22, 2022 by AJ_Radio

[thepeaguy83]

I played a lot of difficult games I haven't completed, but I complied a list of difficult computer games I can instantly recall:-

Shinobi (Arcade or Master System)
Revenge of Shinobi (Mega Drive)
R Type (Arcade)
Head over Heels (Amstrad & Spectrum)
Legend of Kage (Arcade and various platforms)
Batman (Amstrad & Spectrum)
Alien Soldier (Mega Drive)
Sonic 2 (Mega Drive)
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System)
Wonder Boy in Monster Land (Arcade & Master System)
Bubble Bobble (various platforms)
Rainbow Islands (various platforms)
New Zealand Story (various platforms)
Batman (NES)
Castlevania (NES)
Gradius/Nemesis (NES, Amstrad and various platforms)
Operation Wolf (various platforms)
Rolling Thunder 2 (Mega Drive)
Turrican (Mega Drive & various)
Phantasy Star II (Mega Drive) - I finished the game twice without a guide.
Cauldron series (Amstrad and other British computers)
Antiriad for the Amstrad (the first metroidvania I've played)
Phantom Club (Amstrad)
MOVIE (Amstrad)
Thunder Force III & IV (Mega Drive)

There are other difficult games from my 80s and 90s arcade, computer and console days, but these are what I can instantly recall from my brain.

I've been gaming obsessively since 1987, so I've experienced a plethora of titles from various platforms.

The beauty of "difficult" games like the Soul series is the luxury of save states.

Edited May 23, 2022 by thepeaguy83