Pretty much all of them... I have so many memories of old 80s computer games where all I remember is level 1. It appears that I was terrible and perfectly happy with that.
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Games were much harder when they only had a few kilobytes of space, the processing power of a cash register and you couldn't just casually search for a video walkthrough to tell you why you were terrible.
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I beat it as an adult but as a kid could never beat the Lion King video game. Spent hours on that game
That game was not fair, so that's valid.
Most NES games; those fuckers were TOUGH
Dragon Warrior and Ninja Gaiden were some of the first NES games I owned. I had it rough.
haha, I remember bugging my parents to subscribe to Nintendo Power, because they had a giveaway where if you subbed for like 2-3 years, you got Dragon Warrior for FREE. Like, new in box...I actually had two!
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I don't know why but we had Myst and it never failed to annoy 8yr old me every time.
The most frustrating thing is that you technically don't need to ever leave the original island to beat the game.
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Battletoads
Earthworm Jim
Shit, I'm dating myself.
Oh Jesus. Battletoads is a really good example. Man fuck that hoverbike level. Holy shit.
I did that level so often that you could put in front of me now and I'd pass it.
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Fuck battletoads...
I'm with ya homie.
The Peacekeepers
Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage
Bart's Nightmare
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xcom 2
Ghouls 'n Ghosts. Absolutely loved that game. I played it constantly. Even when i got a new game, i would always go back to that cursed game. I don't even remember how far i got, but i did not got far at all.
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Daggerfall. I played that game to death and didn't even make it past the third or fourth quest.
Eventually I'd give up and just wander off to do whatever I felt like. I must have visited every major city and country, but never set foot in one of those annoying dungeons :)
Majoras mask
Oh I didn't play that until i was an adult, but that sounds like a nightmare as a kid without guides...
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Sonic 2
I beat 1, 3 and & Knuckles, but never 2.
Played every sonic game, never managed to beat a single one. The field of view is just too small for the move speed! Same reason Donkey Kong country is impossible.
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All those old LucasArts games (Day of the Tentacle, LOOM, Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis, Sam & Max, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, &c) and similar adventure games (Kyrandia, King's Quest, &c). My mother played all of them and beat them, and while I watched her play I never really managed to finish any of them without looking up guides.
For me its factorio. I always start, get into problems, realize I fucked up the layout and am thinking 'better just start fresh'. So I have a couple hundred hours in the game, but I never completed it.
I mean I guess same with rim world and mound and blade warband 😅
But cmon now. All those games have a way to win, but winning isn't the point!
Mine craft is pretty similar where if someone says they have played 1k hours and never killed the ender dragon it's not like a skill issue. Just an inclination issue.
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Battletoads
- Prince of Persia 3D
- Age of Empires II
Oh yeah some of those AOE2 campaigns were WAY too hard as a kid.
I play aoe2 now days and got considerably good, but there were a few where you basically just wanted to win via save scumming. Aoe2 DE is amazing and if you haven't checked it out it's worth looking at!
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GTA 3 / Vice City. My brother had a PS2 and would let me play. I never bothered with the story / campaign, I just liked to wonder around, steal cars, and drive. I enjoyed using cheat codes to spawn tanks and get full wanted level and outrun the cops.
The Water Temple was a nightmare of a level. Easily the hardest point in the game. If you stick with it, the everything that comes after it seems relatively straightforward!
That being said, having finished the game multiple times many years ago, I played through Breath of the Wild then went back to Ocarina of Time, and it felt very dated. Lots of nostalgia, but the control system is that of a very primitive game by today's standard for open worlds.
As for your question though, The Lost Levels in the Super Mario Allstars game. I've never gone back to it after all these years, might be worth trying again now with fresh eyes :)
I'm currently trying to finish the 7th Saga. Every time I think I've made it farther then ever, I recognize something.
I'm also realizing there really wasn't much content in these old RPGs, just a lot of forced grinding.
Lara Croft tomb raider on Play Station 1
Jurassic Park SNES. Surprisingly for that era, I never considered actually reading the manual. I played and beat it a couple years ago, it's a gem.
I could never beat the Harry Potter games because there are parts where you need to trace certain symbols at a certain speed to learn a spell which are required to progress through the game, and trying to get both the hand dexterity and mouse dexterity to follow through is worse than button-mashing levels.
Mario 64. I kinda hated that game, but kept on playing.
Battletoads.
Not even doing a meme, that game was hard as fuck.
Was obsessed with Pokemon...
Got to Victory Road
Never found out how the hell to leave Victory Road
RIP in Peace
Did not beat a Pokemon game till Gen 4
2 - Copy of game was stolen from me...
3 - Skipped this generation due to being bullied for liking Pokemon
4 - Beat Diamond!
Vagrant Story was extremely confusing for a kid that just started learning English as second language, but I really loved the character designs and tactical real time gameplay. Now I know there were several systems I didn't understand but also the game itself hides it from you like your weapon slowly switching it's damage type according to what you hit, and also the story is fantastic.
Tazmania for the Sega Genesis. I didn't like the game all that much but I didn't have a lot of choice back then. I don't think I ever passed the mine stage.
Jazz Jackrabbit
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