What's the hardest retro game you've ever completed?

[JellyjamLu]

1080 Snowboarding N64.
On real hardware, unlocked the Gold Boarder, Panda Head and Penguin Board, Still have the cart.

Expert is insane, the last race down Deadly Fall against the Gold Boarder himself will make you sweat. Give it a try.

 

[bombatomba77]

Hmm. Ghosts 'n Goblins and Mega Man 1. Is Wizards and Warriors considered tough? I left my NES on overnight twice to finish that one.

 

[Metroid_Hybrid]

Now that I'm thinking about it. I've beaten each of the classic/NES era Mega Man games (1~6) in sequential order via the Mega Man Anniversary Collection, on Gamecube of all things, back in high school..

 

[Sr PS2]

Devil May Cry 1 and 3 I think it's one of the hardest games on PS2.

 

[Not_Red]

I beat Thracia 776 while recruiting every posible character. By the time I finished I ended up falling sick.

 

[CG4R12I4N]

KOF '94 at 1CC, boy that was a fucking nightmare.

 

[What's His Face]

According to Wikipedia, this is the "definitive list" of NES Hard games. If I have it crossed-off, I beat it. If it's in red, I've played it but not beaten it:

• The Adventures of Bayou Billy (1988)
• Air Fortress (1987)
• Atlantis no Nazo (1986)
• Batman (1990)
• Battletoads (1991)
• Bionic Commando (1988)
• Blaster Master (1988)
• Bubble Bobble (1988)
• Castlequest (1986)
• Castlevania (1986)
• Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (1989)
• Conflict (1989)
• Contra (1988)
• Cybernoid (1987)
• Déjà Vu (1988)
• Die Hard (1991)
• Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones (1991)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1988)
• Fester's Quest (1989)
• Final Fantasy (1987)
• Friday the 13th (1989)
• Ghosts 'n Goblins (1985)
• Gradius (1986)
• The Guardian Legend (1988)
• The Karate Kid (1987)
• Kid Icarus (1986)
• Legacy of the Wizard (1987)
• Little Nemo: The Dream Master (1989)
• Mega Man (1987)
• Mega Man 3 (1990)
• Milon's Secret Castle (1986)
• Ninja Gaiden (1988)
• Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (1990)
• Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (1991)
• Punch-Out!! (1987)
• Recca (1992)
• Shadowgate (1989)
• Silver Surfer (1990)
• Solomon's Key (1986)
• Starship Hector (1987)
• Super C (1990)
• Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986)
• Takeshi no Chōsenjō (1986)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989)
• The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (1991)
• Top Gun (1987)
• Uninvited (1989)
• Yo! Noid (1990)
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987)

I'll get back to The Guardian Legend eventually - the only reason I didn't beat it was due to the game freezing and crashing on me. Of the ones left, the only games that really interest me are The Uninvited & Shadowgate. And Blaster Master.

 

[rugal]

the guardian legend
blast master
all contra games on nes and snes
zelda 2
castlevania simon quest
battletoad on nes have cleared pal and the american version
solomon's key with true ending
metal slug 3 on original xbox cleared it without using continues
mega man 1

 

[Anim8rDude Anim8rDude]

Devil May Cry 1 and 3 I think it's one of the hardest games on PS2.

Yeah replayed the trilogy on the PS2 like last year (after coming straight off the Niohs thinking I was hot stuff) & I got humbled pretty quick. Surprisingly tougher than I remember, you die in like, 4 hits on base difficulties haha.

 

[zombie100379]

some say God Hand is among the toughest games on ps2 - but i managed to finish it ( one of the greatest games ever )

 

[Disgaean]

some say God Hand is among the toughest games on ps2 - but i managed to finish it ( one of the greatest games ever )

On what difficulty?

 

[zombie100379]

On what difficulty?

normal

 

[Mopeybloke]

Shadow Warrior. When I started playing at least, even coming from Duke Nukem 3D, it was so hard. Enemies are harder, weapons are harder to use, combat is more complex. Still, it's a pretty good game, and you get to use so many nukes! Also that game is free now.

 

[Lena CE]

Living with my parents

Probably my 1cc of Contra: Hard Corps on a Genesis emulator that I put on my phone back in like 2011/2012. I struggle to beat it on real hardware so I have no idea how I did a 1cc on a touch screen back in the day lol

 

[DanCalibur]

Probably Gradius 1 for the pcengine with no death.

 

[lestagio]

Living with my parents

Probably my 1cc of Contra: Hard Corps on a Genesis emulator that I put on my phone back in like 2011/2012. I struggle to beat it on real hardware so I have no idea how I did a 1cc on a touch screen back in the day lol

Most people (including myself) haven't even completed Hard Corps. Doing a 1cc on a touch screen is absolutely wild.