Top 10 Hardest NES Games
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For this list, we're taking a look at the Nintendo Entertainment System titles that were difficult because of legitimate challenge, rather than broken game design. This means hard yet broken games like “Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde” won't be discussed.
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I read this list's title as "It's been a while since we mentioned Battletoads."
Yeah, can anyone say they didn't see that coming? And mean it?
+TaffysManCave I suspect their next list will also have something to do with GTA because that is another staple as well.
+Kyle Stubbs I can, since I forgot it was on the NES too for a second.
+TaffysManCave lol
You know what really pisses me off even more? Seeing that dumb heist scene from the dark knight (where the joker places a dynamite stick in a guy's mouth) over and over and over again!!!
"what doesn't kill you, makes you.......stranger"
use another goddamn line from that film, for fuck's sake!
When I was little I found a copy of Zelda 2 outside on the ground. I played it and discovered the battery wasn't working so I couldn't save my progress. I would play for hours before I had to turn my NES off and start over next time. I did this over and over until my mom bought me a brand new copy of Zelda 2 for my birthday. I was finally able to beat it! A very underrated Zelda game in my opinion.
Hi
@Frepa Gioerne you have to have a soldering iron. Also, you casually find a copy of a game on the ground... has that ever happened to anyone? Dont awnser yes because it hasent
I agree!! :)
Actually that game was fun
@@BELDAM808
He "found it" on the neighbor's console TV when he was over one day playing Punch Out. The neighbor got up to take a shit and he stuck it in his pocket...
I just beat battletoads this morning after 20 years finaly I can put it on the shelf
thats cool, im not tryin to hate on ya, but I see no point, I enjoyed the new battletoads xbox released last year, but im not going back to finally beat "Wizards & Warriors" 2 & 3 IDK I have no passion for nostalgia i guess, i would rather it be remade like tony hawks 1 & 2 than play some clunky choppy interface, same with Halo 1, i never really played it until MCC.
I would snap a picture of that game screen to me that’s a true achievement
Congrats
original or emulated ?
Congrats. I know the feeling. Went through it with megaman x.
Ghost n Goblins introduced me to game rage.
Me 2 brotha me2
And the reason why I quit playing nes.
Contra is a game that seems really hard when you first play it, but as soon as you learn the enemy attack patterns (which are pretty basic) and stick with the spread gun it's not too bad at all, even without the Konami Code. I think Battletoads deserves the #1 spot though, I can't even get past Level 9, despite putting countless hours into it.
Oh that explained why some people are saying Contra is easy.
I thought battletoads was easy. The Ghost and Goblins should have been number 1
Contra isnt hard took me 3 months
The spread shooter is the best.
Agreed. One of the best feelings I had as kid was beating that game without dying once
Watchmojo: "this won't have broken games." - opens up with top gun...
Battle toads was one of my favorite games for NES. My neighbor down the street had it and any time we were playing NES at his house that was my pick. That game is legit.
Glad to see Fester's Quest and MegaMan 1 made the mentions those were 2 of the hardest games ever to beat when I was a kid.
Really? No Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse? It was a lot harder than the other nes Castlevanias
And Ninja Gaiden 3. Ninja Gaiden 1 has infinite continues, while 3 has limited ones, making it much harder.
Steve Johnson it’s watchmojo they aren’t exactly gamers they cover so many topics I would say they aren’t basing it from playing the games themselves.
I second that! The first one is cake compare to three!
Like Castlevania 1 is hard but Castlevania 3 it's more harder in fact in my list it's in number 6
Japanese version of three is easier, better sound and graphics too
Battletoads is not that hard when your name is Bootsy.
+MrBientasvu And how many Bootsy do you know? Yeah, exactly !!!
the same can be said about Silver Surfer !!
+MrBientasvu Hahaha so true! Bootsy knows how to get it done
Uh1GO 11Kbeta-Bootsy Collins from Parliament Funkadelic
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I beat both levels of Ghosts and Goblins in 1990 and it was the toughest thing I'd ever done by that point in my life. I recall getting up on a Saturday morning and started playing. 2 hours became 4. 4 became 6. then 8. then 10,12, 14 hours. I paused the game and went to bed, got up and kept going. All day Sunday I played that GD game. I recall being in the 2nd world level 5 and being there for hours on end unable to progress. After another long pause to sleep again I got up on Monday which was Memorial Day (holiday....no school). I went into what would become my final stretch to the end...progressing finally to the top of level 6. At the end of level 6 when I finally killed *Both* of the Satan boss enemies and that key came down from the top of the screen the astonishing ecstatic joy of the accomplishment was beyond anything I've ever felt playing any modern game. It was a supreme victory after so very long All that hard work, all those hours. I finally finished the game after a 3 day marathon of pain and frustration. And of course, like with most NES games, the ending was completely underwhelming for what I went through to see it. Millennials just have no idea what we Gen-X'rs went through. No clue.
Millenials grew up in this era too dude. We played the same games
did that take u forever to type??
Wow, sounds exactly like college. Every single semester.
OMG 🤣🤣🤣
bluesuncompanyman love this comment! I played the flingstones and contra with my bro and given the fact that those were the first games we were introduced to ever, it was so exciting. Also my parents only gave us but 1 hour a day to play because they limited hour tv time. It took us about six months to beat those games but when we did oh boy! We felt like the biggest accomplishment ever for the kids we were. Adults at that time didn’t understood what we as a 6 and 7 year olds kiddos went through 😂
I love how you used AVGN for Silver Surfer!
The nerd!
That game's a shit load of fuck!
Every time one hit you die, you die, you die, you die, and you die
I think this is a Top Ten Angry Video Game Nerd Episodes list...
+ItsAhMii Ghostbusters, consider yourself lucky.
+ItsAhMii Yeah, they've been doing it a couple of times...
i feel the same.... plus the recent LJN game list. I feel there's a theme going on here
I dunno, the last four seemed like Danger Dolan's gaming lists list. I'm honestly surprised they didn't add Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde just to complete the AVGN like list.
+Clubpenguin729Minus But they announce in the very beginning that games that are difficult due to poor design alone don't count and singled out Jekyll & Hide for exclusion :o
When I was a kid, I managed to pass the turbo tunnel in Battle Toads ONCE! With my last life and last continue. And then I died in the next level shortly after. I don't even remember how that level looked like.
That made me throw the controller away in anger and I never got back to that game ever.
I got to the last level to die similar to you.. just trying again 20 years later!!! i will do it!!!
Shadow Hedgehog I used a super Nintendo pad with auto pause on and only completed it once!
Shadow then you are probably missing what's fun. Just saying dude. Also I thought you were a calm but edgy character.
I got to the level past the snakes.
That fucking tunnel on those speeder bikes was the worse. Me and my brother passed it only ONCE. And then died the next level.
I was getting ready to write, "No Battletoads?"
Hudson's Adventure Island should have been on that list maybe even edging out Battletoads as Number 1. The game starts deceptively approachable enough but as you progress the difficulty curve suddenly starts to ramp up. Even with experts playing there are no deathless playthroughs that I know of. And even with experts playing completing the game takes countless attempts. It is seriously one of the hardest games ever made.
Yes, I never beat adventure island, but it frustrated me at then high levels many days my friend.
They can share the second place,since the HARDEST NES game ever is HOLY DIVER !!!
This!! I never met anyone Who finished it, its a nightmare.
Wow, most of these games I either owned or played a lot as a kid. Wow, why was I a happy kid again?
Ignorance is bliss.
Dargonhuman
I know what you mean, and you're right, but some of these games were either so difficult or bad, I should've been miserable:-)
*****
I hear ya; I played most of them as a kid too, but I think that back then, we didn't know how soul-crushingly hard they actually were. In my case, at least, I just figured I sucked and had to get better at the games, which meant practicing until I got blisters on my fingertips.
It wasn't until the coming of the Internet and other people started saying the same things that I realized how poorly designed these games are.
Dargonhuman
I agree, sometimes I thought I had to just get better at the game too, not that I was playing something very flawed. It is funny looking back at it now; for example, for "Ghostbusters" on the NES (glad it was just a rental), I figured I didn't know what I was doing. Turns out, I'm glad I didn't know what I was doing, since there wasn't anything worth figuring out:-)
Yea, tell me about it, I had them all when I was a kid(I had 72 NES games and about 95% of this list)...... Funny, I still play modern games and people say how hard they are....Just go back bring up a NES and let them play one of these titles... and they re-think how hard modern games are...
I'm 26, just wanted to say that game "festers quest" was really hard as a child.. and somewhat spooky. It was hard to grasp but one of the games I was very fond of. Thank you
I remember having a serious time of it with Zelda 2 back in the day, but I play it now and I think it's one of my favorite NES games.
The first NES game I ever owned was Zelda 2.
I love playing Dark Souls now.
Some things never change :)
Thanks for the list - I've managed only 2-3 total landings in "Top Gun." "Fester's Quest" is incredibly challenging too.
I could do moves put down controller and land while getting water or something to eat
I must be the only one who thinks Fester's Quest is not really that hard
Surprised Bayou Billy isn't on here...game was extraordinarily tough to make it through especially some of the driving levels. The silver surfer AVGN part was hilarious. Good job putting that in there!
its impossible tho
{externally screaming}
I rented that and beat it before I brought it back
They showed it when they said they excluded games that were broken or flawed. Meaning it is broken like Dr.Jeckel
Bayou Billy!!! Renegade was tough too.
The nostalgia was on heavy on this list. Good job
Great list. To this day, rank some of these as the most difficult games I've ever played, especially Ninja Gaiden.
Batman for the NES was a hard one too
Yes... But addictive. I also liked the music.
playing it right now
Yes it was!
Yes So true.
@Mr. Source ミスターソース Your dad is a freakin' alien. ;P
The only way I was able to beat ninja Gaiden was by installing the emulator and save non stop through each level.
The rage I went throw to finally beating that game after 26 years was intense and also self gratifying to accomplishing that life goal.
The final levels of Ninja Gaiden were among the hardest I've ever played on any console. I've lost count of the number of times I've rage quit the game.
some people are more gifted(reflexes) and persistent than others. but also there's ways to beat these games by "remembering stuff"
Took me a while to finish, the last few stages are 🤬🤬🤬🤬. I have more love than hate for this game😂😂😂😂👍
Ninja Gaiden II: The Sword of Chaos is the real chaos for me. I can't get past 3.1! But Ninja Gaiden is easy for me, somehow
@@christophergargaro959has the NES Ninja Gaiden has the most violent game over screen like in the Arcade port or not? Or just a generic game over screen?
Up Up, Down Down, Left-Right Left-Right, B, A....then Start!
It works on contra Thanks Bro
@@kurtowen5328 and many other games
@Marine1775Preacher1611 American1776 damn near every single konami game, although some would replace left and right with the shoulder buttons, like gradius 3 on the snes. but a ton of games used the code, and many acknowledge that you entered the code in some way, even if it provides no benefit.
That was the way I beat it the first time around. I don’t need it anymore
Fun fact: you type in the Konami code on the website of the bank of Canada it plays an Easter egg. The bank of Canada. Let that sink in
Ghosts N Goblins was the beta version of Dark souls
Kings field more like it, ghost and goblins wasnt that bad.
Either it was Ghosts N Goblins or Ghosts N Ghouls one of the two was also on Sega's Genisis game system
I only last 2 minutes while playing this game, shit ever happened
Dark Souls is ridiculously easy. Compare it to Stalin Subway 2!
Shut the fuck up about Dark Souls. Ever heard of CAVE shooters? I thought not.
Nice vid, like every other one! Keep up the amazing work!
-Evan
+Evan Plays Clash Oh is this EVAN? THE EVAN? I would never have guessed.
+Evan Plays Clash
You're a disgrace to Evans everywhere
-Evan
Smh...
Castlevania BULLSHIT Castlevania 3 is much much MUCH harder
+Cryope This! Exactly!. Also Ninja Gaiden 3 > Ninja Gaiden.
+Adam Anouer oh fuckin Ninja Gaiden 3!!!! so damn hard
+Cryope Those god damn stairs.
+Cryope And I'd say Super C is harder than Contra
they said nes games
Between my brother and myself, we had every pick but the silver surfer game and Mario lost levels (never had Mario all stars). I honestly can't argue with any of your picks.. battle toads/ghosts & goblins were the bane of our existence for some time... well done list
Didn't realize I had PTSD until you showed that TMNT dam stage.
landing on the carrier is nothing compared to aerial refueling in that game. i have that damn music stuck in my head for the rest of my life because of that
mattbackvass so true
As I was going through the list, that infamous song was playing in my head. It was the bane of my childhood game playing. I don't think Contra should have been on this list though.
Yeah I thought the same. After I got the hang of it I thought it was easier than landing still.
For real! That refueling was a bitch. Top Gun may have been my first rage quit.
Tell me about
This video makes me turn toward Dark Souls games, point my finger and start laughing.
I remember as a kid setting out to beat contra without dying. Took forever but eventually did it. Never played it after.
Everyone forgets about Zanac!! That was by far one of the most difficult NES games I've ever owned or played. For those who don't know it, it's an overhead shooter where you fly in a space ship and have to defend against several difficult and numerous alien does that come at you from literally every possible angle. It is a fun game, but difficulty is through the roof hard!!!! Check it out!
Guardian Legend. The absolute ridiculously hard game. Graphics were amazing, gameplay was crazy fast and the bosses were huge.
That was the best NES game ever made.
Proof that Battletoads is the hardest game ever made in the history of humankind:
WatchMojo just showed one single scene beyond level two LMFAO.
ya played harder games
Played through several time, ha...
If you can hit the warp durring the race you can get way beyond level 2. I got as far as the snakes.
I broke a few paddles over that game lol
Snakes warp is actually easiest one to get. Getting to Elevator level isn't that hard. It's actually getting to top floor, beating the boss. And then you have terrible pipes level. Pipes are almost entirely memory based level, so you will die. A lot. After that, you have Rat Race. Jesus Christ, RAT RACE.
On the side note, Battletoads 4 Player Race is great video series showing pure monstrosity this game is.
I am glad you have mentioned street fighter 2010...that was my favorite game of all time
It took me over a year to beat Ninja Gaiden. It was hard, but a lot of fun to play. I loved the cutscenes.
ninja gaiden is hard, but it brings me a lot of fun
Had contra (called “probotector” in Australia) and battletoads. Finished em both countless times.
Top hardest games in NES: all of them!
lol
Facts
What about Kirby's Adventure?
There are easy one like kirby and batman return of the joker
Sesame street abc is a super hard game.
I dont think megaman 2 was hard i think it was pretty easy. Like 4 boss is weak to same weapon, come on. Some NES games are very easy
Some games had cheap difficulty levels like Ninja Gaiden and Castlevania that made them more frustrating than hard but congrats on choosing Battletoads as number one. We had that game as kids and it was extreeeeemly haaaaard. The cave dash areas with the hover bikes required expert timing and memory!
Yall left out Life Force. Ending was like impossible! Good video👍
Im 33, when I was little most NES games were above my skill level though I played most of them thanks to my older brothers, I've never beat any of them and im still struggling today. Im currently switching between super mario 3 and startropics. Your sanity can only handle so much every day.
I'm 41 years old and the pool level still makes me cringe on TMNT lol!
Shakarus Sanders I think I have the same complex
@@stephendidier5478 lol I mite play it soon and see if I've gotten wiser in my old age on how to get through it quicker
That level will make a grown man cry.
@@jimbor8774 truth!
Damn you hit a nostalgic nerve..lol
I’m replaying all my favorite NES and Genesis games on an anbernic RG35XX that I picked up for $40 .. I’m 39 years old and haven’t seriously played a video game since the first Silent Hill on PS1 .. I’m currently stuck on El Viento and Veediots .. the levels are just polluted with enemy’s and traps, plus it’s wildly frustrating to start all over again when you make a mistake and lose .. but I keep coming back to em’ becasue they’re so much fun! I respect all these UA-cam cats that can speed run these and other games like em’ .. I feel like the older games are just so much more challenging
By far the most difficult NES title I ever played as a kid was legendary wings. No other game even came close to the level of difficulty in this game for me. Ninja Gaiden was tough, and the Eagles made it incredibly hard, especially in world 6 in particular. But the story was too engaging for me to give up easily. But after 30 + years, legendary Wings Still Remains one of the toughest games I've ever played.
I actually always found it very difficult to refuel in Top Gun.
yankees29 Top Gun was hard as f**k!
I tried playing Airwolf and I kept crashing the something would happen to the helicopters engine? Or my little brother aquired a copy of Godzilla let alone being a hard game to play it literally just made no sense but one of the hardest games for the NES has to be D me Friday the 13th
Top gun i could land by doing move and walking away from controller to get water or eat
@@robertanthony8171 there were some games that literally made no sense at all.
I had it down, but you did not follow the instructions on screen.
Back to the future 2 & 3 for the nes should be definitely the hardest, that game pushed the boundaries of gaming and encouraged you to make maps to find all the objects of the game. Yeah one of the few games that forced you to study and sketch homemade blueprints of 3 timeline maps and see how they intertwined in order to find secret areas where objects may lay hidden. After you find any of those spots (doors leading to rooms) you had to survive the time challenges , many of them annoying, others relentless. Then you have to find the location in each timeline map where any of those objects belonged and if you failed to guess the object's name correctly, the item will dissapear from your inventory and go back to the room you find it in the first place. There are 40 objects in total and 40 hidden locations to place them. And that's just one game then you have to play back to the future 3.
I still have many of these games, and after 25 years I can't beat ghost n' goblins and TNMT. Best regards from México city.
I had trouble with Blaster Master. I didn't notice any major problem with some of these. I don't recall any major trouble with the dam on TMNT, although I hear others mention it.
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse was one of the most frustrating gaming experiences of my life. The first time I managed to actually defeat Dracula, I still lost because the time ran out on me as I was waiting for that stupid glowly-sphere thing that pops up when you defeat an enemy to come down.
Bart vs The Space Mutants. Even Level 1 is hard
never tried that one, looks fun
I remember that game. Pain in the arse!
Bart vs the world still can't get sound stage 3 to appear
gravitybob22 totally!!!
I remember finally beating level 1 and level 2 was glitchy beyond belief. Did anybody else experience this?
I was playing TMNT as a kid and could beat it, just needed to be patient and learn when to attack enemies. The maps, especially the last one, was pretty confusing the first time I played it, but I was able to figure them out. I miss these types of games, now-a-days you either have a tutorial the whole game showing you where to go/what to do, or you just run left to right.
The Zelda II game over screen with Ganon's laugh, it's enough to give me nightmares 30 years later. LOL.
HE'S GONNA TAKE YOU BACK TO THE PAST
TO PLAY SOME SH!TTY GAMES THAT SUCK ASS
+Zachatastic 117 he'd rather have a buffalo take a diarrhea dump in his ear
+Zachatastic 117 don't judge, the technology wasn't as good as these days
+Liam Catterson HE'D RATHER HAVE A BUFFALO TAKE A DIARRHEA DUMP IN HIS EAR
+Zachatastic 117 HE'D RATHER HAVE, A BUFFALO
Rygar. Unless you knew the code to continue, you had to beat the whole game with one man. Fall into a pit? Start from the very beginning.
Also deadly towers was pretty tough without the secret armor.
Karnov if you didn't use the stage cheat code
Rygar is one of my biggest regrets. I got so close and didn't push myself. I went back and tried to play it when I was older and felt retarded.
Rygar kicked my ass!
HAHAHAHAHAHA! I just had this convo with a buddy the other day about this game. It's my all time favorite NES game, and I literally still hum the soundtrack at least a few times a week. I remember burning out one of my systems due to keeping it on so I didn't have to restart! Lol
DAMMMN Rygar! I remember that game! Hands down one of my favorites.
In the Gameboy version of Metroid I made it a considerable way into the game when I found out I had not gathered some item I needed to get through that board. Then I found I could not go backward to get that item. I had gone through at least four sets of batteries at that point and I had no desire to start a whole new game so never made it past that point.
Im 36 years old and had all of these games when they came out... Good memories.
Deadly Towers definitely should have been on this list 😎
they said only games without. broken gameplay
Yo that's definitely an honorable mention at least.
One of the hardest NES games ever made is hands down Kid Icarus.
also one of the best nes games! I still play it regularly.
it is a great game.
Love Kid Icarus!
intenselan it really is a great game. The music, timeless.
Absolutely! :)
As a kid I remember playing Link and getting soo frustrated, just to get that damn HAMMER 🔨 LOL and I loved itttttt!!!!!!! Still do!
Im proud to say Ive beaten four of the total games showed, including the honorable mentions list
Rush -N- Attack was difficult to me
Little Nemo-Dream Master should be in this list
Props homie
ikaSoka goonies
ikaSoka yup. Impossible.
That was a great game. My little kid self had a hell of a time playing it
No.
It's a good list. I think Little Nemo: The Dream Master deserved an honorable mention, though.
Zelda 2, a Link to the past was one of the first games I played as a kid, and it's the first game I ever completed. I loved TMNT, but couldn't finish it as a kid. That underwater level was my undoing. It wasn't until I was much older that I was able to finish that one. Haven't finished any of the other 8.
Top ten controversial franchise installments. You know, those games in a franchise that people NEVER stop arguing on whether they're good or not. Example, Super Mario Sunshine, Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Sonic adventure 2, Mass effect 3, Any Final fantasy game after 6 LOL. It'd be a fun list mainly just to watch the comments explode.
+Samuel Baugh Speaking of which while we're on the subject...am I the only one that kinda had fun with Zelda II?
+Adam Anouer I actually did have fun with Zelda 2. Really, it was just the difficulty that turned me off. But since I was using save states on the 3DS virtual console constantly, the game became a lot less punishing and I good just focus on the good parts.
+Derian Tomkins Super Mario Sunshine IS an awesome game in my personal opinion.
But the arguments for or against it never stop.
Personally I like the tropical theme, only because not a whole lot of games do, even if it does feel repetitive for a few levels. Yes, Blue coins were broken but they were optional. And lastly, I thought Fludd platforming was pretty fun. What I DIDN'T like in the platforming was that the physics and controls weren't the best and you really required Fludd consistently. Now, whatever opinion you have on these points is where the controversy comes in. Because after, people don't argue about the games that are almost completely amazing or completely terrible. It's the ones that have great merits and terrible ones, and which ones you love or hate.
Samuel Baugh Bless you mate I hear you. That said though the only thing that really drove me up a wall in the game (besides the stupid way in which you save the game) is the fact when you die not only does your EXP get nicked but you get sent back to the first palace because dying alone isn't enough of a kick in the balls already. :) Steaming aside it's still a rewarding gem for the NES.
Many of that games are pretty good and beautiful. The people that say that games are bad are butthurts haters or dont know nothing.
What about Snake Rattle 'n Roll? This game was hell after the first 3 Levels!
wat?
Actually the shit starts to hit the fan on level 7.
Pretty solid list. The sound effects and music from Castlevania gave mr flashbacks. Tyson's Punch Out should've been on the proper list.
Bevis and Butthead was pretty hard when I was a kid. Who framed Roger Rabbit , Blaster Master, The adventures of Lolo. There were games on Atari that were extremely hard as well
I had every single movement memorized on Contra. I could breeze through it without thought, without ever getting hit, killing everyone, and beating the game with 100% accuracy. lol
My honorable mentions:
Bionic Commando &
Burai Fighter
Bionic commandos ending where u think your done, then there's more! Lol
I loved bionic commando...I could beat it in a few hours...that swing/claw..lol
Nobody new how to beat the first level of bionic commando in my neighborhood and it wasn't till we got the game genie that we beat burai fighter for the first time 🖒😉nes games shouldn't have ultimate difficulty setting 😅
Ah happy (and frustrated) memories!
What was that game where you progressed up and around a 3D cylindrical tower, playing a frog and solving puzzles and traps..? THAT was hard 😆
I had Zelda but I was so young that I didnt know anything about saving and the battery or anything like that. So it was borderline impossible to beat without any guidance. I remember once, playing by myself and obvious by pure luck, I found the gauntlet. And then when I was done playing I turned it off. Never thought twice about it. I told my brothers. They got excited and asked me if I saved it. And I just started at them blankly. Anyway, that was how I learned about the concept of "saving" a game.
boy and his blob could have made this list....one of the greatest classics of all time maybe the most underrated game in history of gaming! in my humble opinion of course
I remember how I felt when I first finished Adventure of link for the first time after 20 years. That last temple tho... I just cant count how many game over I had, just reaching the f*cking palace was a pain in the ass
That swamp sucked
Dragon warrior . Ninja Gaiden was tough , my kid had a version for ps3 yrs back ( pretty cool game) you literally needed to be a "thumb ninja" to complete the more advanced levels in that game . Funny how hearing theme music n sound effects to these old games brings back so many memories .
Huh- 7 outta 10 beaten back in the day, (with a couple of the honorable mentions too)...
Still loved when I was able to consistently beat Contra withOUT the Konami code, (or the not dying once Zelda II run- switch off on dying, they family said, so what game...? Cousin went from increasing frustrated to freaking the hell out when I'm fighting the shadow)
Did anyone expect Battle Toads to not be #1?
I thought it would be Ninja Gaiden
i still think Silver Surfer hands down
+alex3rd11 me 2
I thought it was going be tmnt
+cat videos FTW for 1 player is insanely hard but....for 2 players is HEEELLLLL!!!!!
And it's steep learning curve.
*Instantly destroyed by spike plate.
Shadowgate is the only game I've never completed. Even went back to it later. Best NES soundtrack by far.
NES games were ridiculously hard!! Even super nes some games were really hard mainly gradius 3, Super Castlevania IV. I finally beat G3 and close to beating C 4!!
ADVENTURES OF BAYOU BILLY WAS HARD ASF!!
Blaster Master! Couldn’t beat the last level!
That game was great, but so difficult! I never even saw levels 7 or 8.
I got there several times and I don’t think I even saw the last boss. Kept dying in the level and had no extra lives. Very tough!
@@rocketimpossible5196 Level 6 boss was very hard! Level 6 had the best music!!
@@stephenn77 I think Blaster Master and Simon's Quest are my favorite NES soundtracks.
@@rocketimpossible5196 I loved Mega Man 2! That was my #1 for sure. Those were the days.
JAWS, Friday the 13th, TNMT were a few of the games I struggled with beating.
I still remember top gun xD Man this game was so difficult... Contra is love 😍 finished many times.
Haha yes! I'm 37 and agree battletoads was beyond frustratingly impossibly hard. Alot of nostalgia value here. Life force (contra in space) was damn hard too
Why are we getting old? 😭
It was that second hoverbike screen!!!
yes i have beaten every game except battletoads xD...actually when i saw that bike riding stage i said to myself what is this? and never played it anymore, didn't even try.
Where is Milon's Secret Castle? It should be on the list. :D And yes, I finished it...
Sunset Riders! OMG that’s a difficult game. Maybe not top 3 but definitely on the list.
They pushed and advertised the hell out of battletoads and when I bought it I was so happy to see the graphics that was where happy ended. Game was hard af.
Golgo 13, Russian Attack, Legend of Cage, Shinobi, and Rolling Thunder was hard as HELL!!
Yeah...Golgo 13 was tough af to get through the first time....wow I forgot about that.
Isn't Shinobi a SEGA game?
Top 10 games were decisions matter.
Still waiting for that one
Until Dawn
+Christian Smaldone illusion of choice. no where game decisions actually matter in
They matter in pretty much all games
If you think about it. EVERY input from the player is a decision.
+Samuel Baugh Too relativist though
Bayou Billy was no picnic that's for sure. I recall having problems with Days of Thunder and continuously hearing, "Nice try, Buddy!"
I definitely agree with #1. I was a avid NES gamer as a kid and BattleToads tops them all for me. I know a # of people have said Ninja Gaiden, although it was very difficult, I was able to beat the game within a few months of on and off playing. It took me over a year to beat BattleToads. I actually gave up playing the game for several months because of its difficulty. I never played Batman so I don't know its difficulty.
batman is a bit difficult but playable except the last boss(joker) who is ridiculously hard, I remember at one point i could get to joker without dying but he would kill me every time until i somehow beat him by fluke and that was it. i've finished nearly every "hard" nes game except battletoads. i tried that game and thought hey this is cool but once i saw that bike level i said what is this! this is just absurd and stopped playing it.
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Ninja Gaiden was easy. They should have Double Dragon and/or Double Dragon 2 on there also. They got really hard toward the end of the game
def hard i loved that game
Ninja Gaiden harder than Ghosts and Goblins? No way! (Good list though)
+bickuribox12
to me, i have the opposite feelings,,,
i finished ninja gaiden when i was 7,,,
and now, i'm 33,, but i still didn't success to finish ghost n' goblins
+bickuribox12 To be fair all 3 Ninja Gaiden's took the piss for varying different reasons. Ninja Gaiden 3 though is by far the hardest...NO CONTINUES...thanks assholes. Speaking of which Castlevania 3...my god the stairs.
Adam Anouer
I know right! No continues? Still haven't beaten it because of that. I was also a bit confused to see castlevania 1 on here instead of 3
bickuribox12 Oh absolutely mate I mean Ghosts and Goblins though that game is a special kind of hate. BTW :) Like your username man, Reminds me of a game called Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories specifically one part where you get completely toasted by Seto's Blue-Eyes Ultimate.
Adam Anouer Thanks, it is based on the card actually :)
This is a super-accurate list.
One game I couldn't finish on the NES was IronSword- Wizards and Warriors 2, the part with shooting the heads at the end was hard.