That game you could never beat growing up

[unicron44]

Every game I played before I was 14. I didn't have the hand-eye coordination back then I do now. The only games I remember beating were the Tony Hawk games.

 

[teqrevisited]

Super Hydlide. It's beaten me for 17/21 years of my life and counting.

 

[Hooded.Gamer]

Does anyone remember a seriously old PC-based tank game called Recoil? Because that was mine.

 

[luckshotpro]

super mario sunshine on the gamecube, i feel so young next to all of you other guys that played games on consoles older than i am.
but yeah, mario sunshine was rediculous, if some one has ever gotten all 120 shine sprites, let me know

 

[nicholaxxx]

any of the N64 Gex games... those were my childhood and I could barely even beat the first boss of either of those games, and now I feel bad

 

[PeePantz]

The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game. There was a glitch were you couldn't get past. That game was hell.

 

[megs1120]

XF-5700 Mantis, it was a space combat sim that used realistic physics, which made things very, very difficult. I managed to beat the main campaign, but the expansion pack finally got me.

I don't think I ever beat Earthsiege, either. Good game, though.

 

[emerald2142]

Sub-Terrania on the Sega Genesis, a game very similar to the modern "Pixeljunk Shooter" except far more difficult.

XF-5700 Mantis, it was a space combat sim that used realistic physics, which made things very, very difficult. I managed to beat the main campaign, but the expansion pack finally got me.

I don't think I ever beat Earthsiege, either. Good game, though.

I beat Earthsiege 2 good times.

 

[HK_01]

Super Mario 64. I never beat it, ever.

 

[Best of the 3]

Donald Duck Quack Attack. It was the bane of my liffe for a good 6 f*****g years. I did it though. Victory never felt so sweet in the end.

 

[Cogwheel]

This is going to sound sad. Horribly sad.

Dreamcast, Sonic Adventure. Skip to the 1:00 mark or so, where he gets the shoes. Now, about twenty seconds after that, where there's the trail of rings?

At age 7ish, I got stuck on that. I spent days trying to figure it out, before finally giving up. Three years passed before I got back to it. Another three before I went back to it again, finished Big's story mode (stupid fishing minigame...) and beat the entire game. Stupid, I know. Not sure how I failed to get that.

 

[jamradar]

Kid Niki Radical Ninja.

It was a NES game that was hard as hell for me growing up.
I played it again this year and beat it without losing a life.
Guess my platforming skills have improved over the years.

 

[Mr.Teatime]

Galaga. Freakin insect thingies.

 

[Motakikurushi]

Earthworm Jim. Could never do the underwater bubble race.

 

[Magnesium360]

Jak 2: Renegade on the PS2. I never could defeat the last boss, but I came back recently and was able to kill him. It was made all the sweeter by the fact he went out with a literal bang.

 

[Raykuza]

All of them. I didn't actually start beating games until a few years ago. As much as I love video games, I'm afraid I'm not that good at them.

 

[lokun489]

Spyro, the original one, but then again I didn't have a memory card so this isn't exactly fair on me.

 

[arbitterm]

Runner up would be PilotWings 64. It had been my strong desire to unlock the Skydiving mode as my father was a skydiver. But to unlock it you had to get gold in every normal event. The hang gliding always kicked my ass.

But the winner is definitely Shadows of the Empire 64. I spent weeks off and on trying to beat the Sewers but the brightness on my screen was so low there were several spots where it was pitch black. I finally beat the sewers only to have the robot that never dies (The Gladiator Droid) in the Palace rape me until I gave up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yve6j4kz1C4#t=3m28s