Sadistically Difficult Games

[Mr G]

The other day while playing Ninja Gaiden II on the Wii VC I finally quit out of sheer frustration on the final boss. Die on Jaquio? Back to the beginning of the level with you. It's the kind of ball-busting horrendous difficulty that came standard with many NES games.

What games are most difficult for you? Which ones frustrate you to the point of rage-quitting or tossing a controller? These need not be 8-bit games, but those are the ones that stand out in my mind the most.

Here are some of mine from the NES:

Ninja Gaiden Triology - GODDAMN these games are hard D;<
Mega Man - V wasn't so bad, but the rest are pretty rough with the original being the most punishing.
Super Mario Bros. - For me the original is tough.
Contra - Uh-huh.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - That fucking swimming stage with all of the electric seaweed ****. It haunts me even now...
Battletoads - I haven't played this since childhood but I remember not being able to get past the third stage where you were on a motorcycle hitting ramps and jumping stone walls.
Metroid - A true classic. But, boy, is it a *****. I remember killing the fake Kraid as a child and wondering what I was doing wrong when I couldn't advance.

Share yours and some comments about your selected games!

 

[Dark Kabuto]

The GBA Version of Megaman and Bass, I never played the SNES version so I can't comment on that.

Oh and Demon Souls.

 

[Galaxian]

Blazblue: Continuum Shift - Only for the final boss of Arcade mode though. Everything is a breeze until you get to godmodding Ultimate Hazama.

 

[DoGu]

Shadow of the Colossus for me when I was playing on PS2.

 

[KingRanger]

8 Eyes- NES
FF4 DS remake

 

[Mr G]

Shadow of the Colossus for me when I was playing on PS2.

Man, that is one of my top games of all time! I remember having trouble with a couple of the colossi (particularly the water one). Good times. :anime:

 

[Judge Faiz]

The 2 biggest off the top of my head the Robocop arcade game (in the later levels) and the much more recent Super Meat Boy.

 

[DoGu]

Man, that is one of my top games of all time! I remember having trouble with a couple of the colossi (particularly the water one). Good times. :anime:

What about Ico? One of my favorite games as well.

 

[hmf_master]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for the DS is hard for me

 

[Mr G]

What about Ico? One of my favorite games as well.

I borrowed Ico from a friend but I never got into it. There's going to be a re-release of Shadow of the Colossus and Ico on the PS3 remastered in HD so I'll probably try it again then. :thumbs:

Thought of a few more hard ass games.

Punch-Out - I got to where I could breeze through the game...until Mike Tyson showed up after Super Macho Man and kicked my ass so many times.

Castlevania - All of the NES ones were tough as nails, IV infuriated me on the SNES more than a couple of times, and Order of Ecclesia on the DS made me want to scream a few times.

Demon's Crest - Anybody remember this one on SNES? It was a really fun game but it was hard. Not brutal but difficult.

All Super Star Wars games on SNES - These things are MERCILESS.