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Frustratingly hard games

by evilempire

Playing these games leads to higher blood pressure, a non stop stream of obscenities and quite possibly several broken controllers.  Strangely even though they make you want to smash things, you can't stop playing them.

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Demon's Souls

1. Demon's Souls

A prime example. To say this game is hard is an understatement. You die and you die ALOT. When you die, you are punished severely. Beating a level in this game feels like a major accomplishment.

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

2. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

Anyone who has played and beaten this game will undoubtedly remember the final fight against Mike Tyson and how ridiculously hard it was. You would work your way up the ranks of the progressively harder fighters only to have your ass handed to you by Iron Mike in a matter of seconds.

Ghosts 'N Goblins

3. Ghosts 'N Goblins

Two hits to die. 3 lives total. Beating this game is a difficult task to say the least, but very satisfying when you do finally manage to do it.

Contra

4. Contra

Without the use of one of the most famous cheat codes of all time, this game was extremely difficult to finish.

Ninja Gaiden

5. Ninja Gaiden

The bosses in this game are rough, and the lack of health power ups in the game don't make things any easier.

Myst

6. Myst

Did anyone ever beat this game without the assistance of a walk-through? Possibly not.

Mega Man 9

7. Mega Man 9

This game requires a ton of patience and a ton of attempts at each level in order to pass it.

Top Gun

8. Top Gun

When I think of this game I think of two things: 1) Landing the plane 2) The $%*#ing re-fueling sequence.

Bionic Commando

9. Bionic Commando

No jumping and an awful lot of dying.

Gauntlet

10. Gauntlet

The difficulty of this game is indeed legendary. This game was great to play co-operatively, unless of course you were playing with partners that snatched up the majority of the powerups.

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