Ten hardest games of all time

[Googooguru]

Depends are we talking about hard as Nails Gameplay or Glitchy as Hell with terrible Physics / control systems that make them impossible to finish.

Demon Souls,
Cauldron II,
Ghosts and Goblins,
Last Ninja 2,
R-Type,
Contra

 

[Sanguinius- The Angel]

The only hard game in existence is I Wanna Be The Guy. It's fucking impossible.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

Cauldron II

Oh man, that bouncing pumpkin was so frustrating.

I get what you mean about the games needing to be possible to clear though. I'd also think that it should be something that was sold commercially in order to be worth listing as I could make any number of near impossible mods or rom hacks fairly easily.

 

[GloatingSwine]

Mushihime-sama futari.
Yeah, you don't mess with that.

I'll see your Queen Larsa and raise you a Shin Seseri.


That final part is especially mean, as it has a shield up unless you're right in the middle of the barrage, and it shields itself if you use a bomb, so you can't protect yourself.

 

[Grigori361]

I nominate asteroids, That game was fucking HARD

 

[Woodsey]

Legend of Zelda. No walkthrough, no help, nothing. Figure it all out yourself.

I was under the impression that's how games are supposed to be played?

OT: The first game I ever played was probably the hardest: Heart of Darkness. Yes, I was 4/5, but I don't think my Dad could even get that far in it.

 

[Atmos Duality]

The only hard game in existence is I Wanna Be The Guy. It's fucking impossible.

Really? I breezed through that game after I learned about all the bullshit unforeseeable kills, which is really just bad game design.
That doesn't make it "hard", just frustrating due to trial and error.

Most ROMhacks suffer from using the same bullshit tricks time and time again, which I argue is artificial difficulty at best. Parallel Worlds pulled this shit du jour.

 

[Timbydude]

Asshole Mario
[Or whatever the name is]

Its by far the sickest and hardest game EVAR

I think I can [a href="http://technology.todaysbigthing.com/2010/06/28"]top that[/a].

Other than the thing I just linked to, I'd say that the hardest game I've played was Elite Beat Agents on the hardest song, hardest difficulty.

 

[Supp]

Mario the lost levels
Battle Toads
I wanna be the guy
ET for the Atari (mostly because you'll be burying your game in the desert before you finish)
Donkey Kong
Contra (NES)
Super Fucking Monekyball

 

[crudus]

Spoiler: The hardest retail games

I 100% agree with this list

Asshole Mario
[Or whatever the name is]

Its by far the sickest and hardest game EVAR

That would be called the Kaizo Mario hack(according to Cracked it is also known as "Dude, why are you such an asshole?"). It however isn't the hardest game. It is just tricky. The reason it seems difficult is because it just creates pinpoint accuracy jumps and cheap deaths.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Spoiler: The hardest retail games

I 100% agree with this list

Asshole Mario
[Or whatever the name is]

Its by far the sickest and hardest game EVAR

That would be called the Kaizo Mario hack(according to Cracked it is also known as "Dude, why are you such an asshole?"). It however isn't the hardest game. It is just tricky. The reason it seems difficult is because it just creates pinpoint accuracy jumps and cheap deaths.

The accurate jumps aren't justified difficulty? I will admit that the kaizo trap is just mean spirited, but he uses it sparingly.

 

[elcamino41383]

Kid Chameleon on Sega Genesis, never beat that game, even with friggin' Game Genie!

 

[oranger]

Asshole Mario
[Or whatever the name is]

Its by far the sickest and hardest game EVAR

oh... my... gosh.

never mind a rom hack made by Hitler. this is a compilation produced from Kain, Satan, the guy(s) who made 'I wanna be the guy' and Angry German Kid (he tested the rom)
this is the perfect trolling device

that shit is just...sadistic dood

 

[monstersquad]

This game for PS2 called Ring of Red. You're in this Mech that's really just a WWII tank with legs, and you have to aim with this horrible sight that looks like someone with parkinson's is holding the gun.

 

[Life_Is_A_Mess]

Probably the "The legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver" series.

 

[Spitting Blood]

Ghost and Goblins, I don't think anyone mentioned it yet . . . wth?

 

[Kailat777]

If you want any game, then I Wanna Be the Guy is among the hardest games you'll find.

If you want a normal (console) game, then Ninja Gaiden (any of 'em, in fact), Battletoads, Ghosts and Goblins (or Super Ghouls and Ghosts), or Castlevania 3 will be a good challenge.

If you want something literally unwinnable, play Battletoads with 2 players.

 

[Harkonnen64]

Battletoads, but I beat it, after a couple years...

To quote ED:

"Pics or it didn't happen."

 

[Ertol]

Demons Soul for the soul reason that you can die from pretty insignificant things and have to restart...but nothing beats the first Prince of Persia

 

[SpireOfFire]

you want a hard game? play battletoads for NES.

theres no skill or strategy involved. its all about memory.