Hardest Game You've Played?

[Rogles]

La-Mulana. Basically a huge love note to the MSX, which is great. But also insanely hard. I do love it though. the game and English pat ch can be found here.
http://agtp.romhack.net/project.php?id=lamulana

Championship Lode Runner for Famicom, also. >_> That one is just unreasonable. But it's for experienced Lode Runner players, like SMB2J was to SMB.

[NintendoKing]

I seriously cannot get past the first level of NES, Ghosts N Goblins.
That game is insanely difficult, no kid in the 80's would have enjoyed that game. 

[Medisinyl]

I seriously cannot get past the first level of NES, Ghosts N Goblins.
That game is insanely difficult, no kid in the 80's would have enjoyed that game. 

I liked every game I could get my hands on back then... and early 90s...

Need to add something to my list here... Solomon's Key is much harder than I expected.  Fire 'N Ice (Solomon's Key 2) is much easier, and I had played and beaten that before.  They really aren't similar games at all.  Solomon's Key is more focused on physical movement, and it can be a bit of a pain controlling the character IMO.  Doubt I'll ever bother trying to beat Solomon's Key...

[LTEarle]

  Bloody Dragons Lair for NES. Its imposible. Glad I didnt have to pay anything for it. NOW I know why 

[MarioMania]

I seriously cannot get past the first level of NES, Ghosts N Goblins.
That game is insanely difficult, no kid in the 80's would have enjoyed that game. 

That game is hard, If it's hard to began with

Why didn't NoA just release SMB2J?? if GnG is Super Hard for the NES why not Mario 2J

[nintendodork]

Ask Nintendo.

[FamicomFreak]

Hmm I would say Battletoads but that one can be beaten with a lot of practice still a hard game I have come across.

[MkidTrigun]

Solomon's Key is much harder than I expected. 

100 times yes to this statement!

I just recently tried to pick up and play this game as my dad said that it was his favorite puzzle game, but he had to call up the hotline to get the later puzzles and such...

Besides the fact that you have to collect each sign of the zodiac, you also have to find hidden symbols by placing blocks at specific spots and then make them disappear. (If you've never played the game, you have the ability to make blocks appear and disappear at will.) These hidden symbols plus collecting each sign of the zodiac are the way to get the true ending of the game. If you forget that there's a hidden block in a room, you have to start all the way back from the beginning. Last gripe I have about it: Why is it necessary that you hold down  and press A to continue at the game over screen?

[mycatisbigfoot]

tons I can name
Super c
Ninja guydan (I got no clue on the spelling)
Super mario 2 us (yse)
and I can go on, most nes games I can not beat, but still are fun to play ,

[Jedi Master Baiter]

The Ninja Gaiden games are pretty steep, I'll give you that.

Looking back, I have NO idea how I beat Ninja Gaiden III without cheating.

I'll be using savestates & die hundreds of times!

[Walky]

Ninja Gaiden 2 and 3 get insanely difficult near the end (can't remember about the first game), but GnG still makes them both look easy (I only managed to get to the last or second to last level of the NES and arcade (psx port) versions, and it's actually only the middle of the game!

[X]

to beat ninja gaiden... you'll have to try and try more. and watch also youtube for tactics

my hardest to play
Famicom
- GunNac
- Ninja Turtle 2 Arcade Version
Sega
- Space Harrier II <<< I suck at this game T_T.
Playstation
- R-Type series
- Einhander <<< beat this but it takes lot of trials T_T

[nensondubois]

Zombies ate my Neightbors is somewhat hard after the first 25 stages but I'm upto 35.

[NintendoNerds]

The one that sticks out most vividly in my mind is Ghosts 'n Goblins. That game is so frustrating! Another one is Kid Icarus. I was never able to beat either of these games although...they ARE on my bucket list

[Jedi Master Baiter]

Ghosts 'n Goblins is just evil.

Despite the fact that the NES versions was made by Micronics (See thread):

NESDev

the arcade version was still made by Crapcom:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkgsA01gJvQ

& Micronics went off of Capcom's "Beat the game twice" scheme.