As title says: what games you played on the SNES do you think are the hardest to finish? I recently started playing SNES games again and thanks to save states on emulator I can sort of get the false satisfaction of finishing some of the harder games I used to play back in the days.
Comments/explanation of your choice(s) is encouraged!
For me:
The Smurfs
Even though this game is obviously targeted towards kids, the difficulty is insane: You don't get that many lives, nor can you obtain them easily. Additionally, this game works with passwords instead of saving, meaning you need to finish several levels in order to obtain a new password or finish the game. Then there is a level where you need to sled down from a snowy mountain where you need mad ninja reflexes in order to dodge obstacles and to avoid falling into lakes. The final boss is horrible, if you touch him you die and he will touch you around 5 seconds of the start of the battle unless you figured out what to do (which is actually difficult to time correctly as well and needs to be repeated several times in succession or else you will die)
Bubsy claws encounter of the furred kind
This game also works with passwords, but at least you get a new one every 3 levels (except for the final level, which should be finished after already completing 3 levels). Last month I found out that every level actually has its own password, you just are not given those during the game
Adding to Bubsy' difficulty is the 1 hit you die mechanic and there are many, many things you can die from. The bosses are fairly easy though.
Super mario bros the lost levels
With many levels that contain difficult jumps to perform this game gets quite difficult to finish. Especially one of the later levels where you have to jump big gaps using trampolines during a windstorm got me quite frustrated. On the plus side, this game lets you save every level.
Comments/explanation of your choice(s) is encouraged!
For me:
The Smurfs
Even though this game is obviously targeted towards kids, the difficulty is insane: You don't get that many lives, nor can you obtain them easily. Additionally, this game works with passwords instead of saving, meaning you need to finish several levels in order to obtain a new password or finish the game. Then there is a level where you need to sled down from a snowy mountain where you need mad ninja reflexes in order to dodge obstacles and to avoid falling into lakes. The final boss is horrible, if you touch him you die and he will touch you around 5 seconds of the start of the battle unless you figured out what to do (which is actually difficult to time correctly as well and needs to be repeated several times in succession or else you will die)
Bubsy claws encounter of the furred kind
This game also works with passwords, but at least you get a new one every 3 levels (except for the final level, which should be finished after already completing 3 levels). Last month I found out that every level actually has its own password, you just are not given those during the game
Adding to Bubsy' difficulty is the 1 hit you die mechanic and there are many, many things you can die from. The bosses are fairly easy though.
Super mario bros the lost levels
With many levels that contain difficult jumps to perform this game gets quite difficult to finish. Especially one of the later levels where you have to jump big gaps using trampolines during a windstorm got me quite frustrated. On the plus side, this game lets you save every level.
