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Name the games you gave up on or did eventually complete but it was the challenge of your life.

Here are a few I've never beat but would love to -

Blaster Master - Nintendo 8bit
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/08/blaster.gif)
Never beat

Zelda: Wind Waker - GameCube
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Never beat

Final Fantasy 7 - PlayStation 1
(http://9voltclub.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/ff7_1234311022.jpg)
I made it half way - never finished it.

Mike Tyson's Punch Out - Nintendo 8bit
(http://i2.esmas.com/2012/01/25/328909/punch-out-550x400.jpg)
Tyson is the only one I can't beat.

I have beaten many games in my time from Castlevania 1 all the way to Puzzle Quest 2.
But here are a few that gave me a challenge of a life time -

Snake's Revenge - Nintendo 8bit
(http://lparchive.org/Metal-Gear-1-2/Update%2016/2-Snake_s_Revenge_213.png)
I did beat - but is was so difficult!

Props to anyone who beat any of those top 5 games!

How about your list?

Midnight Club 2- The difficulty doesn't gradually goes up, it spikes. It is the only game I regret using cheats for.

Yes. Midnight club was hard so is GRID 2.

Heres another one that I'm proud to say I have completed 100% 'full castle flip' on Playstatin 1.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2JsYKbWubY


Trust me, it's difficult to complete this game "100%"

I remember TARG and VENTURE used to kick my butt.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/Targ.png)
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/V4fEoz2mROI/0.jpg)
An oldie I recently played, ROUND-UP, is brutally tough too.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Roundup.png)
And trying to get used to the controls on Defender was itself a challenge:
(http://www.arcade-museum.com/images/118/118124210297.jpg)
And lastly, GRAVITAR.  Super-tough!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b1/Gravitar2.png/200px-Gravitar2.png)

Yes. It WAS a challenge.

Here are some more that kicked my butt...

crazy climber arcade
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The controls!

dragon's lair arcade
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VSUmE_JsTF4/T_YL4z-kp6I/AAAAAAAAAdA/1TlCgdymbjs/s1600/dragcab3.jpg)
I mean really - do you know ANYONE that beat this game?

BattleToads on NES.

That's the first game I thought of too.  I'm convinced that they never actually programmed and ending to that game because they knew nobody would ever get to it.  Any let's plays or screencaps you see online are just elaborate forgeries. 

Hell yes. Even with two people that game was brutal.

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Blaster Master and Ninja Gaiden/Shadow Warriors were my go-to 'could never finish' games on NES.

I found a workaround though when I got the roms which allowed me to save progress so I could keep reloading until I got things right.  Pain in the butt, but I finally finished both.

(http://image.jeuxvideo.com/gaming_live_images/201005/shadow_warriors_-_1_2___les_origines_de_ninja_gaiden_nes-00003310-low.jpg)

Comix Zone gets me, too.

Karma for completing Blaster Master! :thumbup:

Most Castlevania titles. Symphony of the Night and Order of Ecclesia (Hard Mode) were entertaining and challenging.

Some say Dark Souls is a hard game but I've found that once you get used to it the game can be somewhat easy... Except for PvP... And Gwyn... And the Four Kings... And Manus... And the Hellkite Drake...

...I take back what I said.

I always struggled with Pac Man and Duck Hunt.  :wink:

Sword of Sodan - Genesis
(http://www.gamefabrique.com/storage/screenshots/genesis/sword-of-sodan-06.png)
This game is SUPER hard!

Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Nintendo 8bit
(http://img.gamefaqs.net/screens/1/1/5/gfs_46888_2_9.jpg)
This game is very difficult for MANY reasons.
1. Back in 1987 we had no internet, just nintendo power and gamepro magazine.
2. This Castlevania is very different from the others - it's more like a riddle/rpg.
3. Too many hidden things going on - items, areas, etc.
4. The unstoppable transition from day to night - night to day. Play it and you'll see what I mean.

Montezuma's Revenge - Atari 2600
(https://atariage.com/5200/screenshots/s_MontezumasRevenge_2.png)
It's my favorite Atari game, but damn it's hard to beat...
yes, an Atari game that can be completed.

I could never finish Riven.

Splatterhouse - Turbo Grafx 16
(http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/splatterhouse/splathistory05.gif)
VERY difficult.

Ikari Warriors - Arcade version
(http://img.gamefaqs.net/screens/b/5/4/gfs_49811_2_3.jpg)
SUPER hard

Has anyone here ever completed Kid Icarus for Nintendo 8bit?

(http://image.jeuxvideo.com/images/ns/k/i/kid-icarus-nes-004.jpg)

Sure, I completed Kid Icarus.  Two things that are really tough with that game though: Controlling him when jumping from TINY ledge to TINY ledge, and avoiding the damn eggplants!

I have never played Kid Icarus. I have no idea why, I guess at the time it didn't grab me.

It's on my list of games I need to play.

SUPER ZAXXON
Zaxxon is difficult as it is, but this one took basically the same gameplay and made it MUCH, MUCH FASTER!  Kick my nads in while I'm down, why dontcha?
(http://segaretro.org/images/7/7a/SuperZaxxon_Title.png)

Yup. I've always had problems with Zaxxon arcade.

It's like the games today are way too easy, right? It seems anyway.
80's arcade and computer games challenged us. Even early Nintendo games did.

I'm just guessing - that today's companies want kids to 'beat the game' and buy MORE, more, more.

I still have trouble with Mario 3.

Name anyone who could beat a warrior wave in Sinistar.  Ya.

Or beat Ghouls n Ghosts on one credit.

Run, run coward. I hunger.

RRROOOOOAAAAARRRRRR

Man, you said it! I've seen people try to do both and yet I've seen noone do it.

I would have to say Ghouls n Ghosts on one credit is impossible! I'd like to see someone try that.

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One of the coolest games. Over the top action, great designs, killer soundtrack, fun campy concepts, ALL RUINED BY THE 3RD LEVEL!!!

Nobody knows what the rest of the game is like, because this #$%#$%^%@#$%$#%&^$@$ level of hell cut off the fun just as you are getting started.

We used to play the first two levels over and over, just because the game was so cool.

And don't even THINK about trying to play it now as an adult. It's even harder than you remember, and we're slower.

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxz1umk0yS1r9zabzo1_400.gif)

(http://www.dealspwn.com/writer/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/battletoads.gif)

That bottom Batttletoad gif is awesome... and SO true! Karma  :thumbup:

I couldn't finish Donkey Kong Country, I keep dying on the snow levels!  :hatred:

Kids today can't appreciate good hard games. They get frustrated and go online to find codes and strategies.

I only use cheat codes when I am doing a lazythrough.

(http://www.original-gamer.com/og/images/supermeatboy.png)

Montezuma's Revenge - Atari

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zbg9rs5QZY

I haven't played it, but this seems like a good candidate:

Takeshi's Challenge

http://web.archive.org/web/20080121001422/www.goodtimeretrocafe.com/nes/takeshi.html (http://web.archive.org/web/20080121001422/www.goodtimeretrocafe.com/nes/takeshi.html)

I should elaborate on the image.

Super Meat Boy went on sale on Steam.

Very, very difficult game reminiscent of classic NES games.

I can't believe I forgot Space Panic.  Easy enough to beat the first couple of levels, but the monsters that need to fall through 2 levels.. I can't kill them!
(http://www.libertygames.co.uk/images/desc/Space%20Panic.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/Edx62Z5.jpg)

Not only have I never beat this game, I don't know how to beat this game or if it's even possible to beat this game. 

Fitting that you posted Friday The 13th when your avatar has a hockey mask on..
The game has an ending.  But dear God, do you need a map to get around.. and know what items to collect..
Later on in the game you have to fight Jason's mom's disembodied head (!) and make your way through woods that are SUPER easy to get lost in.
I didn't find this out until way later, after I gave up on this game.

Rumor has it Nightmare on Elm St is hard to beat as well... I've never played it though.

They're both LJN games. So don't bother.

Since the NES seems well represented, I think I'll take the opportunity to represent the Sega Genesis with some of the hardest, tough-as-nails games you've ever seen.

Note: Sword of Sodan is mentioned earlier, but the game is only hard because it's utterly incompetent. If we want to add incompetent games, we ought to throw Last Action Hero, Cliffhanger, and Cutthroat Island in there. Last Battle and Spiderman/X-men Arcade's Revenge are pretty unfair.

1. Contra Hard Corps
2. Adventures of Batman and Robin
3. Phantasy Star II
4. Dynamite Headdy
5. Alien Soldier
6. Streets of Rage 3
7. Chakan the Forever Man
8. Eternal Champions
9. Battletoads (third level is slightly more reasonable than the NES version)
10. Comix Zone
11. Ghouls N' Ghosts
12. Revenge of Shinobi
13. Shadow Dancer
14. Truxton
15. Most shooters, for that fact.

Welcome. Yup, Contra Hard Corps - I never did beat that game... however I did complete Eternal Champions.

Some would add Dark Souls to the list. Dark Souls is more time-consuming than hard. Take it from a guy who's on New Game++.

One of the all-time tough bastiches!
BAGMAN (1982, Valadon/Stern)
ONE SINGLE FRIGGIN' ACT (level/round/whatever) requires you to dump several bags of gold, one at a time, in your wheelbarrow while avoiding guards, shafts, mine carts, and a stingy timer on three different screens!  Good music and controls make it playable, but God is it hard!
(http://s1.hubimg.com/u/8090656_f520.jpg)
You can lump Super Bagman in there too.  It has FIVE screens!  But at least you can shoot/bomb the cops.
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/DHRlSaTM-Fc/0.jpg)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dok9ahpSacc

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAxwgo3atbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16U394NZSTk

A bit off-topic.  But, I don't recall ever beating Duck Hunt as a kid.  Always wanted to be the guy from Contra and do this. :bouncegiggle:

Contra vs Duck Hunt. :thumbup:

Did you ever see this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEQ7zTWDK4A

 :bouncegiggle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ-Bze-O4j4

Even with the hint book that it came with, that game was f'ing HARD!

The Bard's Tale games for the old Commodore 64 were hard as hell, too. Not the game itself, but the fact that they had no auto-mapping feature, which meant that in order to map out those pesky dungeons, it was just you, a book of graph paper, a pencil, and plenty of free time on the weekends!