Most difficult game(s) you ever beat?

[Cyan]

It's on my backlog since its release, I just have too many games to play. I'm trying to play old ones now (hence Vagrant story) instead of new ones to fill my gap in games completion.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Street Fighter 2 on SNES on hardest without losing a match. I think I've never been so frustrated in my whole life.

I once tried to be street fighter 2 on hardest level, you know what happened?
I played the street fighter anniversary collection on my ps2 I think the technical title was Hyper street fighter anniversary. It had the option to choose any version of street fighter 2 (Example Street fighter 2 championship editon or turbo)
I put it on hardest difficulty and tried to beat the game, i lost over 200 times and took over 4 hours.

NO ARCADE GAME SHOULD EVER TAKE 4 HOURS TO COMPLETE.
OR THAT MANY "IMAGINARY QUARTERS"

 

[Jack Daniels]

Street Fighter 2 on SNES on hardest without losing a match. I think I've never been so frustrated in my whole life.

what version of street fighter 2 on the snes there were at least 5 versions i know, the new challenger wasn't hard to do... turbo then again....

 

[Krakatau]

Super Mystery Dungeon - not kidding, this game was not welcoming towards people who were used to the easy gameplay of Darkness/Time/Sky

 

[TVL]

I can mostly think of hard games I couldn't finish. I think Shadow of the Beast is regarded as pretty hard and I've beten that on the Master System without taking a hit.

I tried to beat some hard (old) games now, but I just don't have the same patience or the desire to do it.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

@Cyan I advise you to drop that game as soon as possible in favor of rogue galaxy
Besides you can always continue later.





HUGE MOTIVATIONAL SPOILER BELOW

 

[Hungry Friend]

Ghouls n Ghosts arcade, world version, default difficulty. Same as the JP version where there's only 1 checkpoint mid-stage without boss checkpoints ala the western Genesis/Megadrive release. Naturally I had unlimited "quarters" but I uttered terrible words I'll never utter again beating that game, especially the 2nd time through. Getting the knife is important, and wait until the final full stage to get the Psycho Cannon or however you spell it. That maggot boss is quite hard without the knife.

Also Double Dragon 3, NES version when I was in grade school. Will never try either again lest I die of frustration.

 

[Cyan]

@Cyan I advise you to drop that game as soon as possible in favor of rogue galaxy

My new resolution is one game at a time now. Or else, I'll start hundreds and finish none, like I did for past 20 years. I don't want to play only the beginning of each games anymore, I want to know their stories fully.
now I'm choosing and focusing only one game, and don't change until I complete it. I'm beating 10-20 games per years now. (currently at 11 games this year)
I'm still motivated to complete vagrant story. next one will probably be heavy rain.

 

[Jack Daniels]

think donkey kong country 3 was my best, 100% of all secrets, all coins, all banana birds, all extra's within 24 hours of playing... we rented it and the copy box we used was not capable to download the rom, we had only rented it for 24 hours... man that was a crazy day...

 

[mgrev]

i played little big planet on the ps3 when i was younger. the final "world" was too hard for me, and i couldn't beat it. i still haven't.
(not really sure on what game was the hardest that i actually beat)

 

[hii915]

Pokemon dark rising

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[Sonic Angel Knight]

My new resolution is one game at a time now. Or else, I'll start hundreds and finish none, like I did for past 20 years. I don't want to play only the beginning of each games anymore, I want to know their stories fully.
now I'm choosing and focusing only one game, and don't change until I complete it. I'm beating 10-20 games per years now. (currently at 11 games this year)
I'm still motivated to complete vagrant story. next one will probably be heavy rain.

Good luck with that, unless your cheating, you will be there for awhile.

think donkey kong country 3 was my best, 100% of all secrets, all coins, all banana birds, all extra's within 24 hours of playing... we rented it and the copy box we used was not capable to download the rom, we had only rented it for 24 hours... man that was a crazy day...

According to the game "103%"

i played little big planet on the ps3 when i was younger. the final "world" was too hard for me, and i couldn't beat it. i still haven't.
(not really sure on what game was the hardest that i actually beat)

How old are you?

 

[Alex3DSU]

Fallout 4

 

[mgrev]

How old are you?

14, turning 15. i was like 8 at that time

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

14, turning 15. i was like 8 at that time

Whoa Your young, No offense.
Games being made at that time were becoming easier. You wanna know what hard is (Or was back in the day) Go to nintendo eshop and download a game called "Super mario bros. The lost levels)
There is your definition of a hard game.
Back when games used to look like this, you had play by yourself, when you only start with 3 lives and no continues, you lose them all you start all over from the bginning. NO SAVE, PASSWORD. Nothing. The idea of two players meant taking turns.





Instead of now when you get 4 Players at the same time, endless extra lives, power ups, and "SUPER GUIDE"

 

[mgrev]

Whoa Your young, No offense.
Games being made at that time were becoming easier. You wanna know what hard is (Or was back in the day) Go to nintendo eshop and download a game called "Super mario bros. The lost levels)
There is your definition of a hard game.
Back when games used to look like this, you had play by yourself, when you only start with 3 lives and no continues, you lose them all you start all over from the bginning. NO SAVE, PASSWORD. Nothing. The idea of two players meant taking turns.

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Instead of now when you get 4 Players at the same time, endless extra lives, power ups, and "SUPER GUIDE"

I've already played the lost levels though...
I can agree with that games have been getting a lot easier even from the short while i have been playing games.
And in any new smb game, i never use any sort of help.

 

[guedesbrawl]

but DKCR was more frustrating because you don't have infinite lives.

You do get more than enough coins to keep buying lives forever, tho.

Anyways, you didn't even get to the actual hard part. Beating the game? meh. Beating it on hard? Very tough, but doable. Getting all puzzle pieces? Even without Squawks few are actually hard to get.

But getting the best medals in the time trails, the ones that are better than gold? Insanity.

 

[mechagouki]

...
GBA Super mario Advance 3 YOSHI ISLAND (ALSO APPLIES TO SNES)...

Do you mean you've finished both, or are you saying finishing YI on the GBA is the same as finishing it on the SNES?

SNES version is accepted as being harder, 100% completion requires unbelievable precision and a clear knowledge of the location of every single red coin in the game. Levels like "Poochy aint stupid" and "Very Loooooong Cave" will test even the most patient SMB players. that said, completing Yoshi's Island with <100% is not too hard at all.

For me R-Type 3 (SNES) has got to be up there, the reverse scrolling level is insane:



Also Motor Toon GP (PS1), very hard to beat on hardest level, which is required to unlock the hidden "Gran Turismo prototype" mini game Motor Toon GP R (60fps):

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Do you mean you've finished both, or are you saying finishing YI on the GBA is the same as finishing it on the SNES?

SNES version is accepted as being harder, 100% completion requires unbelievable precision and a clear knowledge of the location of every single red coin in the game. Levels like "Poochy aint stupid" and "Very Loooooong Cave" will test even the most patient SMB players. that said, completing Yoshi's Island with <100% is not too hard at all.

For me R-Type 3 (SNES) has got to be up there, the reverse scrolling level is insane:



Also Motor Toon GP (PS1), very hard to beat on hardest level, which is required to unlock the hidden "Gran Turismo prototype" mini game Motor Toon GP R (60fps):

I do mean both, and debating which is hard is a matter of opinon. My experience is that mobile ports of games are harder since adding new content, as well as altered controls from original playstyle and limited screen viewing.

 

[Veho]

Oooh, oooh, oooh, I remembered another one.
Rebelstar: Tactical Command on the GBA.

Made needlessly harder by the fact I didn't realize on time that equipment and ammo didn't reset in between missions (what's the point of returning to base to restock if there's no stock, I ask you), and I ran out of ammo, so for a while I had half my characters sneaking around and killing people with knives, because I absolutely refused to replay from the beginning.

(I still had to replay it, in the end. And it was still hard.)