GameTrailers' list of most difficult games
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Aug 13th 2008 at 11:40PM }
The video is packed with some of the most controller destroying titles in memory. Pretty sure many of you out there can join us in a moment of silence for all the friendships ruined over playing Battletoads co-op during the hoverbike level. Check out the video after the break.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Highcharity @ Aug 13th 2008 11:48PM
WTF!! I can run through portal like nothing but its apparently harder than contra? God I must blow at classic games :(
Xoviet chiK @ Aug 13th 2008 11:53PM
Maybe actually watch the video beyond the first Seven seconds... Portal isn't on the list.
Fernando Rocker @ Aug 13th 2008 11:54PM
Portal? Is not on the list.
BananaBoat @ Aug 14th 2008 7:02AM
First comment isn't "YES! THIS IS COMBAT FROGS!"? I'm ashamed of you all.
Reuben @ Aug 13th 2008 11:49PM
I'm sorry, but Battletoads on the GameBoy kicked my ass.
Over, and over again.
Xoviet chiK @ Aug 13th 2008 11:50PM
Pretty good list.
I'd probably put Dragon Quest VIII at number 11. Always been my favorite JRPG series, but VIII was maddening in it's difficulty.
Fernando Rocker @ Aug 13th 2008 11:51PM
Wow... nice list. I feel kinda good, actually. I have beated most of those games, except Shinobi (I haven't played it) and Battletoads.
In fact, I finished Ninja Gaiden I and II a couple weeks ago, on the Virtual Console. I hate the eagles.
Ciatrick Leodis McKelvin @ Aug 14th 2008 12:27AM
falcons?
The Doctor @ Aug 14th 2008 3:25PM
Gah, because of those stupid birds I'm stuck on the sky level.
Highcharity @ Aug 13th 2008 11:56PM
Ooooo....( Slowly Walks away from monitor)
Fernando Rocker @ Aug 13th 2008 11:57PM
=p
David @ Aug 13th 2008 11:59PM
No, it's Doom 3.
Neebs @ Aug 14th 2008 12:00AM
OH MY GOD
I was going to post this.
(lol memes)
Dracard @ Aug 14th 2008 12:00AM
Sometimes it feels like no one played the XBLA version of Alien Hominid. Not a Top 10, but definitely one of the hardest games I've played.
Fernando Rocker @ Aug 14th 2008 12:05AM
Well, I have the Gamecube version... I have beated the game, but I don't know how much different from the Live Arcade is.
If you want a really good challenge, buy Switchball on Live Arcade. The gold medal in all the stages achievement is my most proud one...
... very hardcore.
j.howlett @ Aug 14th 2008 12:25AM
i have beated the game ( i know. i know. i just love that line, especially when spoken out loud without a second thought. the memories.)
Poisoned Al @ Aug 14th 2008 12:01AM
No Jet Set Willy.
FAIL LIST FAILED!
Poisoned Al @ Aug 14th 2008 12:16AM
Play it yourself:
http://www.twinbee.org/hob/play.php?snap=jetsetwilly
Zak Canard @ Aug 14th 2008 2:52AM
Al, have you played any of the remakes, such as Jet Set Willy PC ( http://retrospec.sgn.net/game/jsw ) or Jet Set Willy Online ( http://jsw.ovine.net/ ). Yeah you heard right, a JSW MMO!
Sirpancake2677 @ Aug 14th 2008 12:04AM
BATTLETOADS! RUUUUUUAH!
theturtle363 @ Aug 14th 2008 12:04AM
HOVERBIIIIIIIIIIKES!!!
lol @ Aug 14th 2008 10:09AM
Get off those bikes, we have to return them to the store tomorrow! Off, off!
Misfit Toy @ Aug 14th 2008 12:07AM
Cute pic. Who doesn't love kittens?
juju187 @ Aug 14th 2008 8:16AM
puppies
Yourself @ Aug 14th 2008 12:10AM
I played Battletoads all the time as a kid, and yet 90% of the levels in that video I've never seen before. I certainly wasn't a lightweight (as I beat two other games on that list, Ninja Gaiden and Castlevania, before I was 7), but apparently Battletoads kicked my ass completely.
It's interesting to note that no footage was shown from Ghosts to Glory, although technically they put the whole series at number 2. That game IMO was tougher than Super GnG, simply because continues were so much rarer (and saves were often 1.5 hours apart).
emirabal @ Aug 14th 2008 8:48AM
i played most of those and yeah, they are spot on
Atr-Slzr-Ctr @ Aug 14th 2008 12:11AM
Back in my childhood, I tough the battletoads villian was hot.
Neil @ Aug 14th 2008 12:13AM
Was a good list and now I don't feel like I'm quite so pathetic as I thought. lol
WRE @ Aug 14th 2008 12:13AM
Robo Cop 3 for the SNES was the hardest game that I've ever played.
zoso @ Aug 14th 2008 10:41AM
I second a vote for Robocop 3 for the SNES. I've owned it since it came out and I've never made it to the second level! I'm pretty sure there isn't EVEN a second level.
Superstar90 @ Aug 14th 2008 12:16AM
I suck at most games, so that list is probably 10 of like a million that I failed in.
But somehow they are all still fun, especially Etrian Odyssey and Shiren the Wanderer, you'd think after dying the 50th time you would give up... but not me lol.
Wiinterfang @ Aug 14th 2008 12:25AM
Metal slug 3 was pretty damn hard too.
funny how most of the titles in there were make by sega.
Shignami @ Aug 14th 2008 12:28AM
Ever play 5?
shit was diamond-grade.
Wiinterfang @ Aug 14th 2008 9:32AM
4 is harder than 5.
that last boss on 4 is so so so annoying.
Xoviet chiK @ Aug 14th 2008 3:34AM
If you mastered the slide, 5 was a cakewalk. The entire Metal Slug series can pretty much be figured out through repetition / memorization. All except the final bosses, I don't think I've ever beaten the final bosses on 3 and 5 without continuing at least 476 times.
Orionsaint @ Aug 14th 2008 12:25AM
DOA4!!!
WRE @ Aug 14th 2008 12:32AM
I think they're talking about games tha ARE hard, not games that MAKE you hard.
WilsonGoneWild @ Aug 14th 2008 4:00AM
Best. Comment. Ever.
neoalec @ Aug 14th 2008 12:31AM
Contra? F-Zero GX?? I play Contra without the code and I practically earn lives each time through. I'm sorry, that game isn't hard, the code just makes people weak.
Fernando Rocker @ Aug 14th 2008 12:34AM
F-Zero GX is one of the most hards games I have played. I spent months trying to finish the game.
neoalec @ Aug 14th 2008 12:44AM
Did you finish all the stuff? I did. It was a great game, which made it worthwhile. Totally possible.
umm....hello??? @ Aug 14th 2008 12:40PM
FzeroGX is in the pile of unbeaten games in my library...=(...
Judd @ Aug 14th 2008 12:44AM
The top three games on this list were on the NES, and I would also throw in the original Mega Man. I think this list tries to take games that are considered a good challenge. There's a difference between a game that's remembered as bringing a tough challenge with a great reward, then a game that's just annoying. And even though a lot of those NES games hold up, I think that a lot of them would be easier nowadays with tighter controls. There are a lot of games that are tougher than some games on this list, but are really awful.
Is ET considered one of the hardest videogames ever?
Deadpool @ Aug 14th 2008 12:49AM
ET is consider the crappiest game in history. lol
Megaman isn't as difficult as the other games they listed. It's beatable without throwing your controller through the tv.
Superstar90 @ Aug 14th 2008 1:05AM
ET is hard because nobody wants to keep playing it. It's like extreme self-torture... ultimate hardcore-ness.
Levi @ Aug 14th 2008 1:14PM
Oh come on, Mega Man wasn't that hard.
Arturo @ Aug 14th 2008 12:45AM
beat battletoads with my older bro back in the day, and first 3d ninja gaiden, and contra also with my bro i believe. and i watched my lil bro beat f-zero gx lol. and to the comment above, alien hominid kicks my ass :(
i'd add beatmania iidx games though, i tried but gave up on trying to become this lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIkiKA7cjgo
ludzeppelin @ Aug 14th 2008 12:58AM
my roommate can walk through battletoads. it makes me physically ill.
We both agree however that there is a harder game that came out for the NES - Robowarrior. If you ever want to play an absolutely frustrating game, look no further. think of bomberman with a time limit and a hidden goal. I don't know what the developers were thinking.
Number_Zero @ Aug 14th 2008 12:59AM
Ok can anyone tell me the difference between Battletoads Genesis and NES? Cause I played the Genesis one as a kid. Was it just as hard?
WarchildX @ Aug 14th 2008 10:43AM
I used to LOVE Robowarrior. The NES version was near impossible. Makes me wonder if I'd do better playing it as an adult.
Did you ever play the version for the GameBoy? MUCH easier but still pretty difficult. I actually completed that one when I was a kid.