No-one could deny that gaming has come a long way. From 2D side-scrolling games to the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:visually stunning open worlds we see o🐎n modern consoles and computers today꧒, the industry has done some incredible things.

But there’s one th🦹ing the old games did better♓: difficulty.

If you have a bit o🦩f patience, most modern day games are simply not difficult to complete. But back in the day, some retro games were near impossible, and many games were cast aside in defeat after a few hours of playing. Here are the ones t🐼hat proved to be the biggest challenge for people. We’re not responsible for bringing back any trauma at the mention of these!

10 🥃 10. Contra

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Contra was originally released as an arcade game - you know, one of the old ones that you put coins into to play. But later, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Konami released this game on the Nintendo Entertainment System, and it in🔯famously went d⛄own as one of the most difficult games to play. For good reason.

It’s about two army men sent to take down an enemy organization that is trying to take over the world, and honestly, the gam🌳e feels just about as difficult as that mission would in real life. A merciless run-and-gun game, you can lose your weapon (meaning instant life loss), and the enemies just keep coming. If you’re looking for a retro challenge, this is by far one of the best games to go back to.

9 🅰 9. The Lion King

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The Lion King has had many people complain about it. A Disney game released on 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sega Genesis back in the day, Disney specifically made this game extremely difficult so that it couldn’t be defeated in a rental period. People would therefore rent it, not get past level two,🗹 and have to go buy it, making Disney more money. Evil geniuses.

Level two was mentioned specifically because that was the real kicker. A level both puzzle and platform, Simba has to navigate monkeys, hippos, and giraffes and is required to jump with perfect timing far too often while working out which direct🌳ion the many, many monkeys need to f𒆙ace to get him where he needs to go.

The good news is, once you’ve done this level once, it🐼 gets ea🌜sier.

8 𒊎 8. Toy Story ꧂

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Another horrific Sega Genesis game by the masterminds at Disney is Toy Story. This game doesn’t have as many puzzles as The Lion King and is much more of a platformer, but it’s an absoඣlutely relentless one. Even level one is pretty difficult, and it only gets worse from there; by the time you get to Sid’s room and are sweating as you try to dodge all of his mutilated toys, you’ll be throwing the controller d𝐆own and rage quitting the whole thing.

Oh, and the Disney games aren’t exactly generous on ▨lives either. And remember, back in the day, ‘game over’ meant ‘game over’.

7 🍷 7. Tomb 🔯Raider III

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Does this count as retro? Some might argue not, but as the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation One was quite a while ago now and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a classic version has been released, others might argue that this fꦬalls into the retro category. Regardless, it falls into the ‘throwing thജe controller and rage-quitting’ category.

An action game released a while ago, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Tomb Raider is a classic, but this version was particularly frustrating when it came to dodging enemies and getting the jump on them. Combine these with the traps set for Lara, and… boy. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Shadow Of The Tomb Raider may be a little tricky bu🎀t compared to this, it’s nothing. They really did make them so much harder back in the day.

6 🌼 6. The Sega Sonic Games ༺

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Sonic is pretty much a gaming staple - as he should be. He’s gone from a 2D figure on the Sega Megadrive to a 3D hero on the current consol𓃲es, but the current platformers are nowhere near as difficult as the old games.

Sonic 2 was particularly difficult, with far too much of the game being underwater with a very limited window for Sonic to get to th🎃e surface and draw a breath. It seems like a nice perk having Tails around but the truth is, he doesn’t really do much except collect the occasional ring he might come across. And unless you’re really good at the bonus levels, you can forget about collecting the Chaos Emeralds. Mission impossible.

5 5. Kirby’s Dream Land 𓆏

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It’s pretty standard for games to be released with different difficulty modes, but this Gameboy game was r🔯eleased with a mo♉de called ‘extra’. Which already sounds pretty ominous.

It is exactly what it claims to be. Extra. If you’re used to the mechanics of the game and can get through it pretty easily on normal, this is the part that will challenge you. Extra mode only appears as an option on the menu when the game has been beaten on normal mode once, and both enemies and bosses are instantly made so much stronger. Kirby can take very few hits befo🐲re he’s a goner, and the time limits are stricter too.

4 4. Nin🐻ja Gaiden

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Another NES game, thi𒊎s is considered almost impossible even for seasoned gamers. It’s a fighting and action game where timing is pretty much everything, as is hitting the right buttons. Attacking and defending need to be done on a perfect timer or the enemies will get you, and it’s not as if it takes them a while to whittle down your health either. Once you’re hit, you’re gone.

This game wasn’t even enjoyable for many, becau⛎se it wasn’t about providing a challenge; it was pretty much impossible by design. Still, some have beaten it, though we can only imagine they spent some 🐷agonizing hours doing so.

3 ꧃ 3. Ba🐎ttletoads

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A fighting/platformer game released on multiple old consoles, many claim this is the hardest game e🌠ver. And they just might be right.

Like many other old games, one of the hardest things about this one is that there’s no saving system; once you’re dead, you’re dead, and you then have to start from the beginning all over again. Many would say this frustrating game is best left in the past, but it’s apparently getting releas൲edไ for the modern consoles, so apparently, there was some fun in trying to beat it. We wonder if the modern games will be as ha🧔rd as the original counterpart?

2 2. Super Ghouls'n'Gh꧂osts

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A side-scrolling platform game, it’s full of relentless enemies and traps that the player can fall into which render them 🎃dead instantly. It doesn’t really operate on a consistent health bar like some games, which is what makes it so hard - one hit and you’r🌊e pretty much down, so you have to be extremely careful and try to memorize some patterns. Not easy.

It also dumps you back at the start at some point❀ to actually complete the game properly. Not to mention the mind-boggling weapon-choosing system, which can later reveal you chose the wrong thing. No thank you, game…

1 1. Pokémon Re⛄d/Blue (With Char🤡mander)

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The current Pokémon games are great, they truly are. But the fact is that they’re very easy; 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokémon Let’s Go and Pokémon Go are both enjoyable, but don’t present very much of a ch❀🐓allenge if you’re willing to mindlessly grind. Which is why its original counterparts deserve a mention.

Back in the day, the original Gameboy Color games were much more of a challenge, particularly if you started with Charmander - and who didn’t want to start with Charmander? The Pewter City gym was rock, so essentially, picking Charmander meant starti🔥ng on hard mode, and the battles were actually difficult. The good old days, when Pokémon was challenging… especially for kids.

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