So what IS the most frustrating video game in the history of video games?

[SpecialEd]

BattleToads was tough, but for a real BT challenge try beating it two player with both players surviving to the end. A friend and I could both beat it single player, but we could never do it together.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Prince of Persia for the SNES. The only game that has ever caused me to snap a controller in half out of sheer rage. The thing that frustrated me the most was the ridiculous jumping interface.

 

[Nevada]

forgot to mention boy and a blob

 

[JS80]

Super Mario Bros. 2

 

[oddyager]

double dragon for the sega master system. could never beat that last level with the wall traps that kill you instantly.

 

[eelw]

Originally posted by: Eghck
Ikaruga isn't too bad after you start memorizing the patterns.

True, but's it still the hardest game from this generation.

 

[purbeast0]

Anyone play Ninja Spirit on TG16?

The last level you had to jump down this big hole, and it had guys with sickles pointing upward. if you touch one, you die. There were HUNDREDS of these guys, but there was 1 exact place you had to jump down, and you had to jump STRAIGHT down (you could move back an forth in the air).

Anyone know what I'm talking about? Now that was one frustrating part in a video game.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: FleshLight
Super Ghouls and Goblins

My vote for #1.

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
that stuntman, stunt driver game reflections made.....man every time you failed the stunt you'd get progressively worse and worse untill you end up mucking the very start of the stunt off. you jus have to turn it off and do something else

Oh god, I forgot about that game. My roomates and I played it for a full day before throwing the damn game against a wall, it was so frustrating.

Originally posted by: jbourne77
Top Gun for NES was a bitch. Specifically, landing.

LOL, I don't think I ever successfully landed.

LOL i forgot about that game ... how bout refueling? That was frustrating as all hell as well.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
Anyone play Ninja Spirit on TG16?

The last level you had to jump down this big hole, and it had guys with sickles pointing upward. if you touch one, you die. There were HUNDREDS of these guys, but there was 1 exact place you had to jump down, and you had to jump STRAIGHT down (you could move back an forth in the air).

Anyone know what I'm talking about? Now that was one frustrating part in a video game.

Yes, but we (me and my bro) beat it.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Dedpuhl

Originally posted by: FleshLight
Super Ghouls and Goblins

****** that ****** game in it's ****** ass.

its called Super Ghouls and GHOSTS!!!!!!!!!

And I think the original was even harder. At least I could finish Super Ghouls and Ghosts.

 

[step-dawg]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Castlevania for NES
MegaMan 2,3 for NES

yes Castlevania! I cannot beat freakin dracula! it's so ridiculously hard!

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: purbeast0
Anyone play Ninja Spirit on TG16?

The last level you had to jump down this big hole, and it had guys with sickles pointing upward. if you touch one, you die. There were HUNDREDS of these guys, but there was 1 exact place you had to jump down, and you had to jump STRAIGHT down (you could move back an forth in the air).

Anyone know what I'm talking about? Now that was one frustrating part in a video game.

Yes, but we (me and my bro) beat it.

haha yea i beat it, w/my bro as well ... but that damn part took us forever to figure out!!

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: Nevada
river city ransom for nes.

WHAT?! :Q

As soon as you get dragon hands or stone feet (which you can in the first shopping district), the game is a cakewalk!

 

[Nimloth]

Originally posted by: neilm
Space Ace for Amiga was pretty frustrating.

Thanks for reminding me what that game was called.
I remember having to press a proper combination of keys in order to advance in that game... and if you screwed up once you had to start over.. so frustrating, but good!

 

[jagec]

Certain parts of the FF games...like, say, in FFX where you have to dodge hundreds of lightning bolts in a row.

 

[Random Variable]

For the PC it has to be Return to ZorK.

 

[Megadeth]

Deadly Towers - nes
Jim Power - snes

 

[ktehmok]

The original tabletop football game. The one with the giant trackball like Missile Command. I can't remember how many times one of us would get their hand pinched by that goddamn ball. >:

Most of these games shouldn't count. It should be just arcade games that you have to have another quarter or more (Dragon's Lair) to try again.

 

[JonTom]

H2G2- that one was tough, my first experience with text adventures... it was hard to figure out what to do, esp as I hadn't read the book or heard the radio play or anything.

Lemmings - there was one level that had me stuck, on and off, for months. Then I finally got it and continued. It was relatively easy after that but I don't remember if I ever finished.

Sid Meier's Pirates (original) - my joystick was semi-broken midway through this game. Sailing from A to B therefore involved many quick trips to other letters of the alphabet as I zigzagged across the screen... Not the game's fault but ARGH!!!!

Can you tell I haven't done much gaming since I moved on from my Apple IIe?

 

[weirdichi]

Remember, this is the most FRUSTRATING, not the most difficult game.

Originally posted by: Megadeth
Deadly Towers - nes
Jim Power - snes

Oh god! Deadly towers! I just got lost and there was no point in that game at all!

Originally posted by: StevenYoo
Ninja Gaiden

I can beat the NES game in 15 minutes. I should do that this winter break and put up a clip.

 

[ShadowBlade]

Originally posted by: sigs3gv
That ?Konami? game where you can only control the character through speech.

Hey You, Pikachu?

 

[bugle25]

Master Blaster. Gave up on that crap 14 years ago, best move of my life.

 

[OutHouse]

Myst.

 

[PaNsyBoy8]

did you guys play metal gear on nes? maybe i was too young and stupid but i couldn't last more than 5 mins on that game, i jsut gave up after a while, of course i was also like 7 or so.

 

[MrSpock53]

SNAKE RATTLE AND ROLL!!

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