Hardest game you never beat (i.e., without cheats).

[Blank]

the only game(s) I've never beaten were either crap or on the NES (which may be a result of my age at the time).

Otherwise, chalk up another Battletoads and Ghost & Goblins. I actually beat the original Ninja Gaiden. I only managed to beat the original castlevania once... that was pretty hard too.

[gavinrad]

Originally Posted by Salshun

My submittions:

Never Beat

Landing on the aircraft carrier in NES Top Gun

I owned that game. After close to a year of not being able to land in the first mission, I suddenly figured it out one day. Beat the game on my first playthrough after that.

[Kuriin]

I never beat Contra: Hard Corps. My brother and I always got to the same boss and we always died on the same boss.

lol.

[Hateyou]

I actually beat Ghost and Goblins on the Commodore 64 when I was 8 or 9. My dad came home from work and didn't believe me, some how I managed to do it again to show him, he was shitting himself. I went back and played it later and wtf I don't know how I did it.

[Akileese]

Originally Posted by Salshun

My submittions:

Never Beat

Landing on the aircraft carrier in NES Top Gun, never could knock Mike Tyson out, Ecco the Dolphin on the Genesis, E.T. on the Atari only because it wasn't possible.

In terms of hard games I have beat.

Ninja Gaiden on the Xbox. I've never played a game with a more bad ass learning curve. When you first start you keep telling yourself that the game was just made poorly and that it just stupid hard. As you play though you realize "hey, I'm getting better at this!". You start learning how to move better, when to retreat and when to advance, etc. By the time you've beaten the game the player you are then could go back to the player you were when you first started playing and beat him 6 kinds of stupid.

Also, when you get that move where you jump up and rapidly fly forward, lopping heads off, the game just opens up. That one single move just changes the game. Without it, I don't think I could have beaten it.

I watched some game play videos of Ninja Gaiden 2 and it just looks fucking nuts; like getting rushed by 20 guys and literally a 6-7 minute fight ensuing.

I knocked Tyson out once. What about the GTA games? I'm surprsied no one brought those up on the first page. Some of those games had some absurdly hard missions and it's just so easy to succumb to using them. I beat Vice City without them, but not San Andreas.

[Dinthug]

[Quineloe]

I always arrived a day late.

[Arbitrary]

Top Gun, Solar Jetman instantly come to mind.

[Delenar]

Lets see:

TMNT
Battletoads
Ironsword: Wizards and Warriors 2 (this one haunted me)
Clash at Demonhead (This one may or may not actually be hard, i just never finished it)
The Immortal (haha, hated and loved this game)
Tombs and Treasures (went back a decade later and beat it on an emulator, but fuck games that you can use items up 10 min in that you need at the end)
The Simpsons - all of them
Swords and Serpents

[Chrisb3]

The New Zealand Story for the Sega Master System.

Absolutly lethal game. The nerfed DS version doesn't do it justice.

[Burg-Hyjal]

Solar Jetman, those levels with the insane gravity are rape.

Playing through Dead Rising to get Transmissionary and Saint in the same playthrough was pretty insane. There's a couple of spots where you have to cross the mall in a few minutes with 8 people in tow. If you've played it you know what I'm talking about.

[Zerai]

This game. I was so fucking close. I never found warrior 3. I had Mage 3, Thief 3, but no fucking Warrior 3. I had no idea where to find it. I used to play for hours and hours and hours. Never did get around to beating it.

[Kevincheese]

Originally Posted by Akileese

I knocked Tyson out once. What about the GTA games? I'm surprsied no one brought those up on the first page. Some of those games had some absurdly hard missions and it's just so easy to succumb to using them. I beat Vice City without them, but not San Andreas.

3d GTA, hard?

Really annoying missions sure, but...

[Neric]

Chess!

For video games, I'd go with either Robotron 2084 or Defender.

[Heavens_Myst]

Castlequest