Hardest Game in Existence?

[Loony BoB]

Which game is considered to be the hardest game to complete?

Please avoid answers that include multiplayer/online games or something like Tetris.

[Madame Adequate]

Eternal Champions.

There might be games which take longer to complete, and longer to master, but EC is the only game I can think of I have had for as long as I have (Since about 1994, on and off.), and I've completed it once. Now, I'm not shabby at fighting games. But this one is nuts. I still love it, and I think it's an absolute classic, but it's hard as nails. I mean, you can button bash your way through most modern fighting games a couple of times. Well, not here. You'll get school by the computer unless you know precisely what you are doing.

A couple of my other fave Genesis games are Cannon Fodder and Flashback, both of which are also tough as old boots. Cannon Fodder has become easier as I've gotten older and better, but not the others.

[Devourment]

Haha.. Tetris.. That reminds me of those days when I used play Tetrisphere.. *Cries*

I think that the hardest game I've ever played has to be Burai Fighter for the NES, it's so hard. I could never get past the third level. & some of those Type R games were very hard as well in my opinion.

I actually think that these newer games that are being produced are much more easier than the old games for the NES & SNES, mainly because you could never save those games, so you'd try & complete them in one night or pause the console over night & get back to the game in the morning. I know I did.

[NM]

Ikaruga for the GameCube/Dreamcast is one hard game.

As for an old school game, i'd say Snake Rattle And Roll for the NES. Even to this day i've never got past level 9.

[omnitarian]

Rockman & Forte (Megaman & Bass) is the hardest game I've ever tried for myself. I can get past the intro stage, but that's about it.

[Lindy]

Guwange.

The entire screen, filled with bullets, you have to dodge between the tiny spaces in the bullet waves.

I can get to boss of Stage 2 with a No Miss, and probably Stage 4 without getting a Game Over, and there are about seven Stages in the game.

Oh, and that's after playing it for about two years.

ESP R.A.D.E comes pretty close, but still nothing compared to Guwange, just ESP has a dodgy collision detect system.

[Az Lionheart]

i ahve compelted EVRY game i have played but one.....ninja gaiden....

[Polnareff]

I'm gonna sound kinda show-offy here, but I thought Eternal Champions was kinda easy using Larcen or Jetta.

Anyway, I'd have to agree with Rockman & Forte. I could never beat any level after the intro stage, not even Cold Man's level. Of course that's due to Capcom splitting up the abilities of the two (i.e. Megaman can shoot well, but cannot jump well, and for Bass it's vice-versa).

Super R-Type for SNES was pretty hard, but not until the third level. But after the third level, damn. You might as well just give up.

Thunder Force V for the PS was THE hardest shooter I've ever played, and I've played a good many of them. The first level is the hardest intro level ever to any game I've played.

Revenge of Shinobi is hard to the point of being frustrating/cheap. I still have yet to make it past the second level, and I've had the game forever.

[Lindy]

I found Rockman and Forte easy, the hardest part was getting all the CDs for Dr. Right's collection.

[Polnareff]

Well, you must be one heck of a Mega Man player then. I've beaten practically every Mega Man game there is except for RM&F.

[Lindy]

Nope, I suck at every MM game bar that, MM5 and MMX2 XD

[Erdrick Holmes]

Ninja Gaiden. They made that game too hard to play. I broke many cappilaries trying to beat the first boss. Screw you, Tecmo. I think Tecmo should have made this promo offer.

"Buy Ninja Gaiden now and with proof of purchase you will recieve this authentic Dragon Katan Sword replicated from the game to stab yourself with."

I think that game could have done well with a practic mode or something.

[Shin Gouken]

The resident evil games are all tough games to beat. i have an 'A' ranking on 1,2,nemesis, and survivor but cannot get the super 'S' rating no matter how hard i try. and i never completed code veronica X

[edczxcvbnm]

Ninja Gaiden. They made that game too hard to play. I broke many cappilaries trying to beat the first boss. Screw you, Tecmo. I think Tecmo should have made this promo offer.

What ever you do...don't try Hard, Very Hard or Hurricane Packs 2 and 3...You will just get owned before you can move.

[Shoeberto]

The RE remake was hard as hell for me, even on easy. There were a bunch of situations where no matter what path I'd take, I'd get owned and use more ammo than I could afford to use, and I had to pick the one that would cause me to get slightly less owned than the other.

Shinobi on PS2 was a tough one, too.