Hardest game you never beat (i.e., without cheats). - Page 9

James · 05-05-2008, 11:25 AM

Thing is with a lot of those early games the first few levels were the EXTREMELY tough ones, especially so in the case of Ghosts and Goblins where upgrades were rare, less powerful, and more difficult to obtain compared to later levels.

The Ancient · 05-05-2008, 11:38 AM

Someone mentioned Silver Surfer earlier and I maintain that it's the hardest game mentioned so far, though not quite mainstream enough to be noticed. I never played it a child, but tried it on the emulator once. It was...an interesting experience.

Soygen · 05-05-2008, 11:45 AM

What about Indiana Jones on Atari? I don't think I ever got past the first 2 seconds where you're falling and need to whip that tree branch. Maybe I just sucked.

Celebrindal · 05-05-2008, 11:47 AM

I actually couldn't beat Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis for the PC.

There was a part where you have to look through some archeology measuring tool to find the place to go and I just couldn't figure it out.

Araxen · 05-05-2008, 11:51 AM

Kid Icarus was pretty hard. I remember being stuck on the Eggplant Wizard for a couple months, but after I beat him I breezed through the game. Kid Icarus is one of the best games ever made, imo.

I'm praying a Kid Icarus game for the Wii. Pitt appearing in Super Smash Bros is a good omen!

Blank · 05-05-2008, 12:00 PM

I never understood why people thought the swimming stage in TMNT was hard. Controls took some getting use too, but that's about it. As long as you switched out turtles that got low on health you were fine. The next level had a full pizza in one of the first buildings that you could do over multiple times to get them all back to full health.

Hardest part of TMNT was the technodrome (inside it, boss was fairly simple). It's just so long and had nearly no pizza. Plus if you went the wrong way, you were fucked with giant rooms filled with nothing but spikes :|

Metroid was pretty easy too but I had a map.

Hatorade · 05-05-2008, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Blank

I never understood why people thought the swimming stage in TMNT was hard. Controls took some getting use too, but that's about it. As long as you switched out turtles that got low on health you were fine. The next level had a full pizza in one of the first buildings that you could do over multiple times to get them all back to full health.

Hardest part of TMNT was the technodrome (inside it, boss was fairly simple). It's just so long and had nearly no pizza. Plus if you went the wrong way, you were fucked with giant rooms filled with nothing but spikes :|

Metroid was pretty easy too but I had a map.

The timer in the swimming stage is what made it hard...

Wiretwister · 05-05-2008, 12:18 PM

Wizardry 7 was similtaneously one of the hardest yet one of the most fun games I've ever played. Had a character , was one of those lizard men, leveled way up, and fell down some damned hole into a pit with a bunch of dino eggs and could never get out. That's all I remember about the part I got stuck at. I always thought the oddest part of the game was where you had to enter a word at "Line blahblah, word blah blah" from the book.

Blank · 05-05-2008, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatorade

The timer in the swimming stage is what made it hard...

newbie!

(edit) yeah, I forgot about that part ;[

Hatorade · 05-05-2008, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Blank

newbie!

(edit) yeah, I forgot about that part ;[

Yeah oh and don't forget Festers quest...game was impossible.
Turtles.

Danth · 05-05-2008, 12:52 PM

I completed Super Ghouls N Ghosts on the hardest difficulty setting ('professional'). That was the funny thing about it, by the time you could beat it on the easiest setting, you could beat it on the toughest without much more trouble. The real difficulty setting was in using one of the many terrible weapons (torches!) which I most certainly could *not* beat that game with. Super Ghouls N Ghosts had great music as well. Oh, and there were some really weird names in the end credits.

By the time I owned the SNES I was old enough that I no longer failed at games which held my attention. The final console I owned was an N64; the games I owned for it seemed pitifully easy or contrived to the point of boring me out of console gaming entirely, especially as I was getting heavily into MMO gaming at that time (I've not played a new console game since about 1997; all those new games, GTA and such--never played them). Going backwards instead, there were plenty of Atari games I never really 'beat' (either reached the end, or by getting to a particularly high level in games which had no proper end), such as ET or Crystal Castles.

Danth

Vodo4321 · 05-05-2008, 12:55 PM

Maximum Carnage on the Sega Genesis.

The spiderman/venom game. God I swear I never got past battery park in that game.

Soygen · 05-05-2008, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Wiretwister

I always thought the oddest part of the game was where you had to enter a word at "Line blahblah, word blah blah" from the book.

That's old school copy-protection.

joz123 · 05-05-2008, 04:23 PM

I dont think I ever beat 7th Saga.

Jait · 05-05-2008, 04:32 PM

Few more I was thinking about earlier:

Darklands - Awesome game. But was it beatable? Anyone?

Daggerfall - Point wasn't to "win", but did anyone ever find a way to finish the main quest?

05-05-2008, 11:47 AM	#124 (permalink)
Celebrindal The Hunter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 1,239 +19 Internets	I actually couldn't beat Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis for the PC. There was a part where you have to look through some archeology measuring tool to find the place to go and I just couldn't figure it out. __________________ Join the FoH Rosetta@Home team & check out the Science Video Thread.

05-05-2008, 11:51 AM	#125 (permalink)
Araxen Pride Never Die Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Near Chicago, IL Posts: 1,915	Kid Icarus was pretty hard. I remember being stuck on the Eggplant Wizard for a couple months, but after I beat him I breezed through the game. Kid Icarus is one of the best games ever made, imo. I'm praying a Kid Icarus game for the Wii. Pitt appearing in Super Smash Bros is a good omen! __________________ Currently Playing: WoW: Nuklear - Tanaris PSN: Araxen http://www.fightthesmears.com http://therealmccain.com/

05-05-2008, 12:00 PM	#126 (permalink)
Blank Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,081 -5 Internets	I never understood why people thought the swimming stage in TMNT was hard. Controls took some getting use too, but that's about it. As long as you switched out turtles that got low on health you were fine. The next level had a full pizza in one of the first buildings that you could do over multiple times to get them all back to full health. Hardest part of TMNT was the technodrome (inside it, boss was fairly simple). It's just so long and had nearly no pizza. Plus if you went the wrong way, you were fucked with giant rooms filled with nothing but spikes :\| Metroid was pretty easy too but I had a map. __________________

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05-05-2008, 11:45 AM	#123 (permalink)
Soygen 100% Pure Soy Monk Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 6,175 +19 Internets	What about Indiana Jones on Atari? I don't think I ever got past the first 2 seconds where you're falling and need to whip that tree branch. Maybe I just sucked.

05-05-2008, 12:18 PM	#128 (permalink)
Wiretwister Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Central Florida Posts: 180 -1 Internets	Wizardry 7 was similtaneously one of the hardest yet one of the most fun games I've ever played. Had a character , was one of those lizard men, leveled way up, and fell down some damned hole into a pit with a bunch of dino eggs and could never get out. That's all I remember about the part I got stuck at. I always thought the oddest part of the game was where you had to enter a word at "Line blahblah, word blah blah" from the book.

05-05-2008, 12:52 PM	#131 (permalink)
Danth Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 172 -11 Internets	I completed Super Ghouls N Ghosts on the hardest difficulty setting ('professional'). That was the funny thing about it, by the time you could beat it on the easiest setting, you could beat it on the toughest without much more trouble. The real difficulty setting was in using one of the many terrible weapons (torches!) which I most certainly could not beat that game with. Super Ghouls N Ghosts had great music as well. Oh, and there were some really weird names in the end credits. By the time I owned the SNES I was old enough that I no longer failed at games which held my attention. The final console I owned was an N64; the games I owned for it seemed pitifully easy or contrived to the point of boring me out of console gaming entirely, especially as I was getting heavily into MMO gaming at that time (I've not played a new console game since about 1997; all those new games, GTA and such--never played them). Going backwards instead, there were plenty of Atari games I never really 'beat' (either reached the end, or by getting to a particularly high level in games which had no proper end), such as ET or Crystal Castles. Danth

05-05-2008, 12:55 PM	#132 (permalink)
Vodo4321 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 109 -1 Internets	Maximum Carnage on the Sega Genesis. The spiderman/venom game. God I swear I never got past battery park in that game.

05-05-2008, 04:23 PM	#134 (permalink)
joz123 Stop, drop and ROFL Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 767 -3 Internets	I dont think I ever beat 7th Saga.

05-05-2008, 04:32 PM	#135 (permalink)
Jait Irritable Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: :noitacoL Posts: 3,451	Few more I was thinking about earlier: Darklands - Awesome game. But was it beatable? Anyone? Daggerfall - Point wasn't to "win", but did anyone ever find a way to finish the main quest?