What video games did you think were needlessly impossible?

[WeRQ4U]

For me, it was NES Rampage. The 5 or so hours I spent beating this game with my friend Ryan is time I'll never get back. When you get done with the 128 identical levels, it just says "Congratulations" and then it's over. That was a killer.

The other ridiculously hard game that I remember was "Fester's Quest". I'm not sure it's possible to beat it.

[davidinalameda]

1. Pong

:shrug:

[fleabert]

2. all of them...for me at least. i suck.

although the dh loves them, and he would probably say Ninja Gaiden (sp?) is the hardest. I think he got stuck at level 11 or 12 or something. Really beautiful game. I could barely make the dude walk though! I mean it, I suck, unless it's tetris, then I kick major ass.

[swag]

3. That one with the remote control and all the channels.

[Book Lover]

4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text game

By my lack of god, that was THE most difficult game I have ever played.

[slay]

7. If you forgot to pick up the toothbrush at the beginning, you were screwed

That was a hard game! Most of those old Infocom text games were pretty hard, but loads of fun back in the day. :)

[MercutioATC]

5. Sega's "Toejam and Earl"

My friend and I spent quite a few weekends getting to the end of that one.,,

...of course, we only played at 3:00am after we'd been out all night...

...still, it was a lot of work.


For those who played it, "BOOGEY, BOOGEY, BOOGEY"

[slay]

6. Karnov

That goddamn evil Karnov game. Lemme tell ya that was a hard f-in game.

Heheheh.. here's a funny bit some guy from somethingawful did bout Karnov:
http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk/q3akarnov/q3avskarnovfag.htm

[Chovexani]

8. 7th Saga on the SNES

Ridiculously hard. And the plot wasn't even that interesting. Deadly combo for an RPG.

[jpgray]

9. As I've mentioned several times, Ghosts 'n' Goblins

So incredibly difficult it broke my fragile little mind as a child.

[charlie]

45. Whupped it

But only through sheer pigheadedness. It was a no-fun experience. The bloopy controls for the knight character sucked out loud.

[jpgray]

47. I think the controls were fine

Though the knockback gave me memories of Castlevania, the little guy controlled okay. My main gripe was that one hit knocked off your armor and put you in boxers, and the next hit reduced you to a pile of bones. Whereas there were always tons of enemies and most took 2+ hits to take out. Plus the irritating invulnerability of some bosses to some weapons--AND that you had to beat it TWICE to get the actual (lame) ending.

:rant:

[PittPoliSci]

10. 1949

It's like seriously the worst ending ever. Weeks were spent beating that game.

I finally did it, and what did I see?

"Congraturation"

I promptly broke the cartridge out of pure unbridled rage.

I could never beat festers quest either. I remember playing it when i was little then getting too scared to continue when it went into first person mode, I must've been no older than 6 or 7 at the time.

[WindRavenX]

11. Contra

GAAAH!!!!!

[slay]

14. Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start

Jeez, I thought everyone knew that! hehehe. :P

[WeRQ4U]

16. Try beating that game WITHOUT that code though.

It's damn near impossible.

My obsessive/compulsive buddy did it in college. He then spent the next 2 days trying to beat the game without dying ONCE. He never did do it.

[slay]

17. Hehehe.. yeah, I thought putting in that code WAS part of the game

:)

[Heidi]

12. Ms. Pac Man. (nt)

[LeftyMom]

13. LOTR: The Third Age

It's just endless, and the Helm's Deep sequence lasts forever with no opportunity to save (I HATE that) and when you finally get to the end and defeat the eye of Sauron, the ending is *so* weak and anti-climatic. There isn't even a good cinematic at the end.

Edit: Other than the Helms' Deep sequence it's not hard at all. My 4 year old can play it. But the ending suuuuuuuuuuuuuucks.

[Chovexani]

43. Really?

I didn't think it was hard. My issue with the game was the fact that it was a like a bad Mary Sue fanfic crammed into a bootleg Final Fantasy X. If you're gonna steal like that, have some shame and put a mask on.

[Hugin]

15. Sinistar...

If *anyone* ever made it past level 5 in that game...
Let me know!

I must've spent $50,000.00 dollars a quarter at a time
trying to get past level 4.

I did enjoy my short lives lived on that game, tho...

:)

[slay]

18. What was that video game show that used to come on with Sinistar

usually as the final game they played? Darn it I forget.

[Hugin]

27. Don't know... Here's an interesting link, tho...

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=S&game_id=9553

I hadn't heard about the "Ron Howard! = Run, Coward!" confusion
before.

It also looks like a set of the long sought PROMs
with the difficulty settings were found in 1999.

Who knew?

[slay]

32. Starcade!!

Heheh.. finally found it:

STARCADE is a game show where contestants compete by answering trivia questions about video games and by playing video games. The show aired on television stations across the US in the 1980's, generally in a Saturday morning or early afternoon time slot. It featured the hottest video games of that time. Today, the games of STARCADE are considered the classics of the video game industry.

more:
http://starcade.tv/

[Hugin]

35. Cool!

Thanks for looking that up!

Yeah, I had forgotten about that too.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

25. I mentioned that last week...

when someone posted a screenshot from the game
I could never get past level 3.

[Hugin]

28. Yeah... It appears the PROMs with the "difficulty level" settings...

were lost from 1983 until 1999.

I thought it seemed kinda hard.

THANKS GUYS! LOL!

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

19. Confession time - I can't beat "Minesweeper"

What a spaz I am!

[Hugin]

29. You wanna know the secret?

;)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

31. Yes please! Dying here!

[Hugin]

33. Okay... Okay...

Set the total number of mines to the minimum... (10, I think)
Set the number of squares to the maximum... (100, I think)

Then click on the squares in each of the four corners of the
game board.

That should eliminate all of the non-mined squares. (You'll know
if this has happened because there will only be 10 squares left
in an uncollapsed state.) Click up a mine marker on each of the squares which are left.

From there on it's, sunglasses city, man.

B-)

[miss_kitty]

20. all of them

I have gotten to the end of a few and wasn't able to finish them because I am too old and have no business messing with kid stuff! :P

[newportdadde]

21. Master Blaster and Double Dragon 2 for NES.

No saves etc, ugh.

[Blue_Tires]

22. you just need a good partner for DD2 n/t

[WeRQ4U]

24. Master Blaster was one of my favorite games growing up...

But I still don't remember ever beating it.

[Blue_Tires]

23. MOTHERFUCKING MARBLE MADNESS!!! N/T

[billyskank]

37. Oh man that game ROCKED!

I'm not saying it wasn't hard though.

[WeRQ4U]

26. I'm not sure I ever beat Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Or Golgo 13.

[slay]

30. Gauntlet

Someone shot the food!
http://www.basementarcade.com/arcade/guant/someoneshot.wav

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

34. The second level of Doom

That rocket-launching minotaur is just ludicrous. At least with the ammo and guns and health you can get without cheating.

[billyskank]

36. I hope Doom 3 isn't like that

I've just started playing it. Man those graphics are beautiful.
:wow:

[Blue_Tires]

39. hint: lots and lots of strafing

[billyskank]

38. Lemmings!

"Aargh you stupid little bastard!" I would say as the daft motherfucker just creamed himself for the 1,000,000th time.
:banghead:

[Richardo]

40. I was a big Lemmings guy once upon a time

STOP DIGGING !!!! ARGHH!

[billyskank]

42. LOL!

And you got those later levels where you have to save 100% of them, and you find yourself at the end wondering...what do I do with that blocker?
x(

[DerekG]

41. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)

It's the only game in the series I haven't managed to beat.

[Chovexani]

44. Seriously!

I only beat it for the first time about a year ago, in the Zelda Collection thingie for GameCube. And it still kicked my ass.

Hardest game in the series, by far. Those later palaces were just brutal.

[Borgnine]

46. Rampage!

Haha, I loved the NES version, but man, you're right. What a total let-down of an ending. Still, it does strike me as ironic that the giant ape's name was George, and the game's goal is to destroy America.