Hard

[Anonymous No.2169696]

What are the hardest commercial games ever? I've beaten Battletoads, so I want to know how much harder they can come.

[Anonymous No.2169697]

Deathtrap Dungeon
Cauldron 1 & 2

[Anonymous No.2169703]

>how much harder they can come

You really have no idea, do you?

[Anonymous No.2169705]

>>2169703
Why else would he ask?

[Anonymous No.2169706]

Beautiful-looking game, but will make you throw your controller.

[Anonymous No.2169710]

>>2169703
Was the megadrive version different from the amiga version? I certainly don't remember it being particularly difficult.

[Anonymous No.2169712]

At the very least, this is equal in hardness

[Anonymous No.2169716]

>>2169710
Never played the Amiga version, but the MD version I found to be punishing.

[Anonymous No.2169736]

Did you ever get through the worm room on the 5th lvl?

[Anonymous No.2169739]

>>2169736

I can beat the whole game without cheating or warping. That level still causes me to die sometimes from some of those jumps, though.

[Anonymous No.2169742]

>>2169696
Ghosts 'n' Goblins is just the most horrible fucking thing

[Anonymous No.2169743]

>>2169696
ok now try without savestates

[Anonymous No.2169747]

>>2169696
>>2169743
OP's freakish gaming super powers have alienated him from the rest of humanity. Ordinary peasants hate, mistrust, and fear him.

[Anonymous No.2169748]

>>2169743

I never once played this on emulator until after I beat the game on console, without warping or cheating. I'm only playing it on emulator for netplay co-op right now, and we still aren't save-stating, lol.

[Anonymous No.2169749]

>>2169748
>lol
underage pls go

[Anonymous No.2169757]

>>2169749
>pls
>if you don't use the abbreviations /v/ approves of you're underage!

>>>/v/

[Anonymous No.2169761]

>>2169757
Lol good one what's your reddit name so I can give you karma?

[Anonymous No.2169762]

>>2169757

[Anonymous No.2170103]

>>2169696
Battletoads isn't even good. It's a disappointment. It's very difficult to a fault. Also I was always under the impression it was a beat 'em up. It's only rarely a beat 'em up. Most of the time it's an on rails auto scroller with ridiculously hard platforming as well.

[Anonymous No.2170109]

>>2169710
Wow, download it right now and keep in mind that you might be the only human being who has said that.

[Anonymous No.2170201]

Go play Magical Chase on the hardest mode

[Anonymous No.2170218]

You want hard huh

[Anonymous No.2170223]

>>2170109
Don't need to.

Although I'll admit it's probably been over 15 years since I played it last.

[Anonymous No.2170225]

>>2170218
There was a time when some games were produced specifically to torture players.

[Anonymous No.2170234]

>>2170225
obligatory

[Anonymous No.2170543]

>>2170103

You're garbage. Each level is varied and challenging with impressive graphics and music.

[Anonymous No.2170548]

>>2169696
Micro Mike

[Anonymous No.2170556]

>>2169703

Is the NES version any good?

[Anonymous No.2170563]

>>2170218

is it good, though?

[Anonymous No.2170576]

>>2170543
I wanted to play a beat 'em up. Not a variety game with non sense difficulty curves everywhere. Sadly it could have easily been the best beat 'em up on NES. In fact it could have truly been one of the best ever.

Not in it's current state though. Co op isn't even an option for the game due to a bug. So you can't even say I'm shitting on the game when it has a game breaking bug that bad.

[Anonymous No.2170624]

>>2169703
I finally beat the NES version a couple years ago....crazy stuff.

[Anonymous No.2170625]

>>2169696

[Anonymous No.2170627]

>>2170576
>I wanted to play a beat 'em up
Okay. You're right, it's not a good beat 'em up, and people wrongly call it that. It's mostly a platformer/obstacle course, and I think it's a very good one of those, albeit with some rough spots, sure. P.S. not the guy you responded to

[Anonymous No.2170629]

>>2170576
That co op bug takes place in I think the second to last level, Clinger Winger. Seeing two people get that far would be pretty nuts. Especially because you're always killing each other.

[Anonymous No.2170640]

>>2170629
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqvN4kuHJmw

[Anonymous No.2170649]

>>2169696
Battletoads is no cakewalk, for sure, but I don't think I'm being some kind of wannabe hardcore poser when I say it's pretty standard when it comes to "arcade difficulty" games, like shmups and the like.

In terms of NES games, I would say that Castlevania 3, TMNT, and either Ninja Gaiden 2 or 3 (I remember one of them being much harder than 1, can't remember which or why) are all significantly harder than Battletoads.

Battletoads was a game where I always felt like I was getting a little better at it each time I played, not many sections are individually hard but mistakes are a slow drain on your stock of lives. The other games I mentioned all had sections that made me feel like "fuck it, I'm never going to get past this."

[Anonymous No.2170662]

>>2170556
Yes, graphics are not as fancy but still good for NES

>>2170225
>>2170234
I can't believe that game was actually put out on the market and that people played it. I would like to hear war stories of the poor fellows who got it when it was new.

[Anonymous No.2170663]

>>2170640
I saw a co-op playthrough years ago (I think the guys' youtube name was BattletoadGods or something like that) but never seen one live. I assume this is the PAL version? Also I wonder if these are the same guys who did that run I watched.

[Anonymous No.2170665]

I've always find Ghost n' Goblin or even Megaman 2 harder than Battletoads.

[Anonymous No.2170671]

>>2170663
>>2170640
Oh, haha, it's the NTSC version and they're letting P2 die so they can continue. I knew that was possible but did think anyone would actually do a run that way.

[Anonymous No.2170848]

Zanac