[tuffgoi]

This one has my vote. Good ol' Genesis.

[speedracer]

Battletoads. Goddamn things with the thing.

[Chacrana]

SuperEagle filter FTL... just sayin'.

[LoveLost]

I was gonna say Battletoads too.

[soonersfan60]

If we're talking Genesis, I'd say Back to the Future 2/3. I couldn't get past the first screen part.

NES: Megaman... all of them. (Dishonorable mention to Deadly Towers and the stupid poison puddles, and Spelunker... oh, how I wanted to love that game but it was pure frustration.)

[venturin]

Battletoads. Or Friday the 13th.

First SNES game I beat? Actraiser. Ah memories

[tuffgoi]

Battletoads. Goddamn things with the thing.

my god, this.

[Spanky]

Battletoads. Goddamn things with the thing.

This and Ninja Gaiden for the NES.

Those.....damn.....birds....

[Retom7]

Mega Man 9... I loved the previous mega man games (3 especially) but 9 I couldn't even finish the stages let alone the bosses...

[Veridis_Quo]

The original Ghouls 'n Ghost and Super Ghost n' Ghost. Capcom must be pretty sadistic to even sell that to kids.

[GuilewasNK]

Battletoads. Goddamn things with the thing.

What?

I have to agree with the OP about Contra Hard Corps too though.

[addicted2games]

I must say two games that were already mentioned: Battletoads and Ninja Gaiden NES games. These games will make you want to kill a baby.

[Dr. Venkman]

Silver Surfer for the NES. Einhander for the PSX. Devil May Cry 3 (original release) for the PS2. Resident Evil 5 Ndesu Boss Fight for PS3/XBOX360 on Professional made me want to take hostages.

[dafoomie]

Sinistar was tough unless you could execute the 255 lives trick.

In testing, the operators were unhappy with how long people could play the game on one quarter, so the developers were told to make it absurdly hard in the final version.

[Halo05]

There are really too many to list.

I guess the one that I have the most experience + least success with was Battletoads. My friend owned it and over a period of probably two years, I think we beat the jet bike level maybe four times.

[dan13l858]

Battletoads

[Rodimus]

Anyone ever play Soldiers of Fortune: The Chaos Engine for the SNES (I think it came out for the Genesis too) I remember never being able to beat that game when I was a kid.

[commanderxp90]

Mega Man 9... I loved the previous mega man games (3 especially) but 9 I couldn't even finish the stages let alone the bosses...

That's I said.

[tuffgoi]

Anyone ever play Soldiers of Fortune: The Chaos Engine for the SNES (I think it came out for the Genesis too) I remember never being able to beat that game when I was a kid.

I had it for the Genesis. I still don't think I've beat it either.
It had a cool story line but no cheat codes afaik.

[elwood731]

The original NES Ninja Giaden has an absurdly hard final boss. It's a great game, but it would probably be better if that boss were made slightly easier.

Other than that, I remember many of the old RPGS being pretty hard because they were such level grinds. You'd have to stop for hours and just level up or have no chance of beating a boss. I guess at least they gave you a way to win, but it was weird. Also, the recent ports and remakes of Final Fantasy I make it so much easier. It really kills a lot of the charm of the original.

[Halo05]

Isn't the Ninja Gaiden end game a collection of three bosses and if you lose against any of them, you get to start their level all over again? I had a semi-friend that had it back in the day but we never made it that far. I need to VC the trilogy just to experience the soul-crushing again.

[BustaUppa]

Truth is there's probably some no-name, glitchy, broken POS game out there that is technically the most difficult. This question needs some qualifier like... "most difficult old-school game that is worth a damn"

[TwelveVolt]

No votes for Kid Icarus?

[DrMunkee]

Enough said.
http://www.flickr.co...Orig=4712671002

Edited by DrMunkee, 18 June 2010 - 08:13 PM.

[evildeadjedi]

Ghouls and Ghosts (torture)
Super Ghouls and Ghosts (more torture)
Mike Tyson's Punch out (Made it to Super Macho Man once without codes)
Blaster Master (can't remember much about this one but it was very tough)
Adventures of Bayou Billy (I still have nightmares of the driving levels to this day not to mention the enemies that would not die)
Contra (without the Konami code)
TMNT ( you dam level)
Ninja Gaiden (I beat Bloody Malth once and got past the first boss of act 6 then couldn't beat Jaquio and gave up)
Battletoads both nes and gameboy versions never played the snes one (fucking all the levels past the first one)

Edited by evildeadjedi, 18 June 2010 - 09:00 PM.

[Cardkeeper]

Most definately Silver Surfer for the NES.

[Morrigan Lover]

Superman 64 was notoriously difficult to get past the 1st level.

[waxHead]

The original Castlevania for the NES. How many days of my childhood the Grim Reaper stole from me, I'll never know...

Edited by waxHead, 22 June 2010 - 05:57 AM.

[escapekey]

I'm going to cast my vote for Alien Soldier.

[Xevious]

No one mentioned the king of hard games - Defender