Most brutally hard games

[Thorn]

Super Mario Bros.
Damn those Goombas

That game was easy when you use the cheat to get a 100 guys unless you overdose and you get the game over on
your next death

I was being sarcastic

[D3g3n]

I enjoyed the" hours poured into video games" thread so here is a related tangent.

Lovely timing for these threads; Steam Summer 2012 Sale. lol

[InfinitiveDivinity]

Demon's Souls / Dark Souls

For the hardcore elite!

Ho-ly crap. Yes.

[BlackJester]

I think games have gotten easier over the years.

[Leviathan]

I think games have gotten easier over the years.

I agree. I enjoy a good challenge. The thrill of adversity.

[Desolatus]

Like slowly working your way through the gyms and tournaments of Pokemon Stadium... Without using Sand-Attack.

[Jbombard51]

Pole position II for Atari 7200. Seriously hated those new and improved controllers.

[Gorzo]

I think games have gotten easier over the years.

For sure. But I think part if it is that play control has gotten better/more responsive. If you go back and play on the old NES or whatever, you can feel quickly that many games really don't have control, it can be frustrating.  No wonder we had tantrums as kids.

[Hays413]

Def have gotten easier. Like Castlevania, F that game. Prince of Persia? Jesus that game was brutal! Anybody remember Chips Challenge? That game was as good as Afleck in Phantoms!

... No sarcasm.

[Langku]

Def have gotten easier. Like Castlevania, F that game. Prince of Persia? Jesus that game was brutal! Anybody remember Chips Challenge? That game was as good as Afleck in Phantoms!

... No sarcasm.

^These^

And kid Icarus. Those old games send you to the beginning for losing at the end of the game.  It's like if you made it to 8th grade but failed. Instead of trying 8th grade over you go back to kindergarten.

[Hays413]

When I get my iPad next week, if they don't have chips challenge, I'm going to be soooo pissed. I want to play that game so bad now. Oh and that pipe game. It was like tetris, random pipe pieces, start and end points, then the green ooze came a flowin! Loved that game!

[BlackJester]

I was trying to find a rage comic or similar that I saw comparing games now to older games. Before, things really got progressively hard and harder.  Battletoads on SNES anyone?  Now, all you need to finish a game is to plop down and put the time in. There are hard games out there, dont get me wrong, but it's rare to come across the insane unbeatability of some old vintage games. And no save points. Megaman 2 STILL drives me nuts.

[Gorzo]

I was trying to find a rage comic or similar that I saw comparing games now to older games. Before, things really got progressively hard and harder.  Battletoads on SNES anyone?  Now, all you need to finish a game is to plop down and put the time in. There are hard games out there, dont get me wrong, but it's rare to come across the insane unbeatability of some old vintage games. And no save points. Megaman 2 STILL drives me nuts.

Battletoads on the NES was hilarious, but so damn hard it was essentially impossible without game genie.

And the old megaman games 1-6 were all amazing. 2 and 3 were the best.

[Jbombard51]

Ghosts n goblins - NES. Hardest game ever IMO. Thought about it more last night lol

[BlackJester]

Ghosts n goblins - NES. Hardest game ever IMO. Thought about it more last night lol

I swear that was a direct arcade port designed specifically to steal quarters