More of the HARDEST GAMES I've EVER PLAYED

[@ManCave1972]

I’m 51 and have been gaming since I was about 8, started with TV Games, then a Spectrum, then Commodore, then Amiga, then Sega Master System, then Mega Drive, some Game Boy, PlayStation, N64, XBox 360, Switch, XBox Series X and all along I’ve been shite at games and immensely frustrated at difficulty and insta-death levels. Mate, I’ve been playing Ghosts N Goblins for over 40 years and go nowhere. Shoutout to those of us who’ve been crap in every generation for five decades.

[@RNGGamerYT]

There's a ton of us! 🤣 Never stop playing

[@ManCave1972]

@@RNGGamerYT Oh, alright. I’ll keep going. Got you a sub bro. I’ll think of this when I am rage quitting and killing another controller 😭

[@RNGGamerYT]

@ManCave1972 I'm glad I could earn your subscription! I really hope you enjoy the videos

[@ManCave1972]

@@jimmypimps2734 I do, and wanted one so bad but for the longest time it was Japan only. By the time it became available I’d moved on.

[@RNGGamerYT]

@nononsensegames don't start in on the Dizzy series! 😆

[@freedomisntfree7851]

The worst is when you get stuck and finally go look at videos for help and the narrator just keeps saying how easy that part is....

[@RNGGamerYT]

I'm fully aware of what you're talking about! It's so passively aggressive in its insult, haha

[@SeaDoge13]

Narrator: "See friends after 120 hours of practice you too will find level 2 of (insert game title) perfectly doable. Easy as cake."🤣🙃

[@finallife87]

fromsoftware since demons always pointing out you died.

[@mr.blonde5344]

The snakes in Battletoads almost sent me on a killing spree.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I talked about that stage... but it had to be cut out of the video because it was just a 5 minute rant

[@csargent31]

Then you would definitely hate the crazy Segway race against a giant marble.....

[@RNGGamerYT]

@csargent31 Lol

[@1stHuemanAmerican]

U Albinos are Wild

[@RNGGamerYT]

What's up with all of the Albino comments?

[@frankdesantis2326]

I smashed my controller in a thousand pieces playing toads 😮

[@RNGGamerYT]

No! I've never gotten that angry playing a game... but tomorrow's another day 🤣

[@vikinglife6316]

I did playing Bayou Billy. Even broke the light gun too. That game once I beat it I never touched it again.

[@RNGGamerYT]

@vikinglife6316 I still haven't beaten it...

[@DblOSmith]

I was stuck on bloodborne 1st boss for 3 hours. My friend was laughing so hard at me.

[@RNGGamerYT]

3 hours isn't that bad 🤣 we've all been there

[@SkoolNerds]

Cap. You don’t have any friends

[@rileymilkman]

@@SkoolNerdsooooooooh! roasted!

[@sierrajohn7967]

u should prolly leave that friend lol, no to backseat gaming

[@DblOSmith]

@@sierrajohn7967 he left me. He was fun while he lasted.

[@anaximander66]

There is one game that was actually impossible for one person. That game was Punch Out for the NES and that person was my friend Chris. During the training cut scene, where the trainer was riding his bike in front of you, we told Chris that if you pressed "B" and "A" fast enough you would catch the trainer, throw him off the bike and ride off the screen with it yourself. For at least two summers, every time that scene came up, Chris gave it his all to see this special scene. He never got suspicious that my brother and I never gave the slightest effort to do this just to show him how to it was done. It was quite entertaining!

[@RNGGamerYT]

Lol.... we all tried to catch the trainer! It's still really funny that Chris was so diligent about it 😅

[@namelesintelect4016]

The first minute of this video warmed my heart! Every response to every question on every gaming forum is "git gud"!

[@RNGGamerYT]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! I'm happy it warmed your heart

[@ObjectiveEthics]

Some of the jumping puzzles during the raids in Destiny 1 and 2 are the hardest thing I've ever done. There are so many blind jumps that you have to make around corners and land on a tiny little rock or pipe and if you miss you have to restart so many other hard blind jumps just to get back to the blind jump you missed.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I know exactly the part you're talking about on Destiny 1. I failed it about a million times with my buddies

[@matthewburkart7718]

Willow on the NES was a pain. Can't miss with the cane phase 1 vs bavmorda. Plus the grind to get your xp high enough to even fight her.

[@RNGGamerYT]

In all of these years, I still haven't played willow on the NES. I'll have to finally pick it up one day

[@GrailboundGaming]

Awesome video! I recently picked up The Adventures of Bayou Billy and share the same frustrations lol. I didn't know about the history of why the developers increased the difficulty for the NA version. Very interesting......

[@RNGGamerYT]

I'm so glad you were able to learn something new... and I'm so sad you had to suffer through Bayou Billy recently 😅

[@mariokart8715]

In Star Fox Adventures, I got stuck at the Lightfoot Strength Test because I had to rapidly press a button to get him into the pit. 1 1/2 to 2 years later, when I bought a turbo controller, I made it right through and went on to beat the rest of the game.

[@RNGGamerYT]

The perfect loophole! I use turbo controllers, too. I can tap fast enough. I just don't want to 😅

[@tjames6427]

Omg that test was crazy! I asked my mom to give it chance and she beat it the first try!!? I was blown away by that because she doesn't even play video games! I'll never forget her coming to my rescue after hearing me so upset and then saving the day.

[@RNGGamerYT]

@tjames6427 your mom sounds awesome!

[@bobbyrivera2951]

@@tjames6427that’s so funny, I knew my gf was a fast tapper cuz she would kick my ass at those Mario party games. So I was like babe can you help me in this trial and yea she did it first try. I just don’t understand why I don’t have a fast thumb lol

[@tjames6427]

@@bobbyrivera2951 I've since came up with a method that will help you beat any fast tap section in seconds! Take your pointer and place it over the button then with your other hand alternate two finger tap on your pointer finger. I call it the double tap lol.

[@andrews4713]

Have you tried “Yolanda” on the Atari ST? Such a hard game. Start the level, think “Where am I on the screen?” And before you see your character, all the floors are on fire and you’re dead. Start again…. It’s a random new level and you still don’t know where your character is. Took me so long to beat it!

[@RNGGamerYT]

That sounds insane! This is my first time hearing of it. I'll go check it out

[@scottwarren6719]

Great video, you mentioned two of my favourite games of all time in Bloodborne and R-type. I put around 200 hrs into bloodborne, god those chalice dungeon bosses were brutal. I remember walking into a local arcade as a wide eyed 10 year old and being totally blown away by R-type. Now 36 years later, i own pretty much every version of it and i still havent beat the last stage. Actually the only port i finished was the gameboy version (less stages).

[@RNGGamerYT]

Thanks for sharing your history with these games! The chalice dungeons were no joke. I got burned out on them really quickly. I wish I could have played r-type in the arcades. I'm envious that you did

[@TheL1arL1ar]

Single dad if 4 with full custody…Bloodborne is also one of my favorite games, that being said I’m loving Elden ring right now on the steam deck. I love type as well especially delta and final part 1 on ps2…those BYDO had some creepy last levels.

[@RNGGamerYT]

@TheL1arL1ar keep up the good work with those 4 kids!

[@ralphharrison6622]

the immortal and wizardry were some of the toughest games on the nes for me. ive played them later on an emmulator, and aced them, but wow, at the time, they were my most difficult. great video, dropped a sub

[@RNGGamerYT]

Both of these are in my backlog... and I'm sure they would make the list. But, I have to play them first 😁

[@ralphharrison6622]

@@RNGGamerYT have fun, and honestly, The immortal needs a rebirth for current gen consoles, imo

[@RNGGamerYT]

@ralphharrison6622 maybe it'll get a remaster 😅

[@keithmichael112]

Oh god, the immortal.. I rented that one a few times, never got too far lol. Something about that one sparked my imagination as a kid though, I remember being a little obsessed with it

[@RNGGamerYT]

@keithmichael112 it seems like such a cool game... but I've only heard bad things 😅

[@kevins8071]

I completely agree with your rant around the 7:54 mark. There is a subset of gamers out that enjoy the masochistic side of gaming. Being an older gamer myself, games back in the day were made difficult to prolong play time because of technology limitations. But if I hear a game is made like Divinty original sin. Hard pass. That’s why for years I avoided the soul’s borne games up until Elden Ring. Which funnily enough, they made for more mass appeal. Great video. You got a subscriber.

[@RNGGamerYT]

Thanks for subscribing! I feel like a lot of games made these days are designed to be the one and only game you play for a few years until the next game comes out. I see so many posts on Reddit about people looking for a game can play "forever." I hate it... and it's a hard pass for me. Like you, I prefer to head into a game, knowing it can be finished with some sort of relative ease

[@chiyo-chanholocaust8143]

I had to give up on Sekiro man, I had just beaten Dark Souls 3 and I couldn't force myself to go through all that stress again

[@RNGGamerYT]

I totally get that. Having to play through any two Souls games back to back would be s very daunting task

[@thecedarriversnag]

TMNT for the NES. Some of carts had a program error that you wouldn’t automatically throw the rope to cross buildings. That pretty much ended the game for that cartridge.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I didn't know some of them were messed up like that!

[@snowkracker]

Bloodborne was my introduction into souls games. I got so frustrated with it I stopped playing it for months. Then saw a video of Sqillakilla playing it and it motivated me to try again. I realized what I was doing wrong. Once I went back to it I started doing better. I went on to play DS3 after that. Then I went to DS1 and 2. Demon Souls remake and finally Elden Ring. Now I really love souls games.

[@RNGGamerYT]

Not realizing I was playing it wrong was the same issue I had. I kept trying to force my playstyle into it... and that just didn't work. Glad to see you got the hang of it! Thanks for watching!

[@Ultrabuu85]

Turbo Tunnel may not be the hardest level, but i am pretty sure, the majority of people gave up at that level and never played the rest of the game.

[@RNGGamerYT]

You're absolutely right!

[@KratostheThird]

@@RNGGamerYT I don't know if you're a fan of James Rolfe of AVGN fame, but his episode of Battletoads perfectly sums up how hard that game was.

[@bluebirdconundrum]

For a time around the turn of the millennium, Sega was divided up into development houses like Hitmaker, Smilebit, and AM2 (AM2 is of course legendary). The development group that made Monkey Ball was Amusement Vision, the group that also made F-Zero GX. Although Sega just reorganized internally and didn't really get rid of AV, I doubt many of the people who made those three amazing AV games on the Gamecube are still working in any part of Sega. Monkey Ball never had development continuity as far as I can tell, so there has probably been no knowledge transmission of how Monkey Ball should actually work across development generations. AV had it right the first time out and unfortunately that's probably as good as the series will ever be.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I had no idea! Thanks for letting me know. But, I do agree that Monkey Ball will never be the same 😁

[@Thatdeal79]

The other reason BattleToads is hard on 2 players is if one guy dies both people have to start the level over.

[@RNGGamerYT]

You're absolutely right! There are so many frustrating issues with this game that I didn't even have time to mention them all 😆

[@milesaway1980]

I completely agree on Divinity: Original Sin My wife and I kept trying to chug through that game and eventually gave up. And that was at 70+ hours in. It was a lot of fun to play, but miserable to figure out. The clues are vague and the journal is just a single bullet point. Good luck finding where you need to go based on the quest journal if you don't remember who or what you did to get that journal entry. After having to look up where to go for the umpteenth time, we called it quits.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I'm glad we're not alone! I'm really surprised so many people are into this style of game.

[@MundMoriginal]

Battletoad is the best game where it's fun that you can't beat it, not even half of it.

[@RNGGamerYT]

There is a charm that the whole world is terrible at it. It's like a club of 7 billion people 😆

[@MundMoriginal]

@@RNGGamerYT Yeah, but also, I think a few decades ago, people did enjoy their time spend playing, now it seems like people want to finish a game in order to jump onto the next one. That's why I enjoy Soulslike games so much. The gameplay keeps me coming back, I don't care how long it takes me to finish them or if at all...

[@vincelupone]

In the 90s there was the the Philips CD-i system, which was one of the first disc-based consoles. All of the games were simply terrible, there was even an unplayable Zelda game. But it had one unbelievably hard animation-based game called Escape from Cyber City. I’ve played a ton of hard games in my life, nothing is as hard as that game was, but admittedly that’s a really obscure, deep cut

[@RNGGamerYT]

Well... I collect for the CD-i... I'll have to be on the lookout for Escape from Cyber City!

[@vincelupone]

Ha awesome! I fear I have just somehow made your life worse though!

[@RNGGamerYT]

@vincelupone bring it on! 😁

[@powertrip25]

The Lion King wildebeest level, Taz-Mania mine cart level, and finally Driver the tutorial level!!!!

[@RNGGamerYT]

All fantastic choices! Be sure to tune in for the next video in the series 😉

[@billystewart927]

NES TMNT was one of the few games I never could beat as a kid. The often bemoaned water level wasn't hard at all, but I just couldn't get through later levels.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I never had much trouble with the water level either... but the end was killer

[@MundMoriginal]

To be fair, it was difficult to finally understand that getting new skills is most important in the early game to succeed in combat.

[@RNGGamerYT]

Very true!

[@Tmindful182]

The presidents run in driver is almost impossible… You’d get crushed so hard the car would smash over the buildings & just freeze/stop working… Need some luck to get slammed a few blocks in the right direction

[@RNGGamerYT]

That sounds miserable! 😅

[@bdf2660]

I love your "know it all" impression so much! Your eyes are glued shut as you pull data from the archives 😂

[@RNGGamerYT]

Lol... I never thought of it like that! I'm just doing an impression of several people I've known throught my love (mixed with Napoleon Dynamite) 🤣

[@a.denson7820]

I've never played any of the games you mentioned, but I have purchased Elden Ring. I haven't played it yet, though. I usually stay away from really hard games because they're taxing on my arthritic hands, and they're not very relaxing. I mainly play video games to relax, not to get more stressed

[@RNGGamerYT]

I lot of people feel just like you! Embrace your age. You earned those tired hands

[@jesspace4069]

In dying laughing that you found divinity so confusing some how like wtf

[@RNGGamerYT]

It's a nightmare for me!!!

[@The_Badseed]

I am a GIGANTIC fan of the first three Resident Evils, but number 4 is a different story. I don't know what it was but that game kicked my ass from the get go. I got suck almost at the beginning, rage quit over and over and never even came anywhere close to beating it.

[@RNGGamerYT]

That's crazy! Maybe it's an issue with the controls. I found the first 3 games to be harder

[@MarkDeSade100]

I have vague memories of playing Battletoads as a kid. Watching this, I realize that I never beat it because I don't remember some of these levels. 😆

[@RNGGamerYT]

Trust me... you would have remembered 🤣

[@grahamclark291]

14:59. OOOHHHH MMMYYYYY LLLOOORRRDDDD!!! I SOOO grew up playing and loving these. My fave was the 2nd one!!

[@RNGGamerYT]

My favorite was the second one, too!

[@crooklyn74]

The original Megaman drove me nuts. It didn't have any instructions to even tell you about swapping powers. Whoever said they can beat it with just the cannon is full of it. Elec-man takes no damage from the cannon. Trust me, I tried.

[@RNGGamerYT]

It'll probably make the list on the next video!

[@shinkazama3959]

Watching your 2 part series on this topic, have experienced most if not all things in gaming since playing 1942 by Capcom in '84, can't argue with you bringing up the likes of XCOM, that game is like bringing a butter knife to a gun fight, also how you mention Pink Sweets, Ikaruga & R-Type, those Shmups don't hold a candle difficulty wise to Dodonpachi Daioujyou & Battle Garegga, also I have to mention the likes of Ninja Gaiden Black Label, SMB The Lost Levels, The Sharp X68000 version of Castlevania & F-Zero GX, have enjoyed seeing your perspective / experiences of difficult games.

[@RNGGamerYT]

Thanks so much! Don't worry... DDP DSJ and battle garegga are being saved for a future video 😅 I'm glad you've had a similar experience!

[@matthewlucas4142]

Bloodborne is the game that unlocked the Soulsborne genre for me. Absolute masterpiece, up there with The Witcher 3 and New Vegas as my favorite games of all time.

[@RNGGamerYT]

The Witcher 3 is another one that I love! I haven't played New Vegas yet, but I have a tendency to not like Fallout games. I'm hoping it's the one that wins me over 😄

[@matthewlucas4142]

@@RNGGamerYT i would suggest making yourself get through Fallout 1 and 2 first. A lot of New Vegas’ appeal is the continuation of the world building that took place in those first two…. 3, 4 and 76 are technically set in the same universe but the fallout games set in the west have a totally different vibe from the fallout games set in the east.

[@mariokart8715]

In one of the Medal of Honor Undeground levels, the last part of the level required me to wipe out the stockpile of parts that were already built. I tried a few times running away from it, but it caught up to me and I failed each time. A week or 2 later, I came back to it and went sideways, straight and sideways again to get to the end of the level. Near the end of the game, in the second to last level, it took me a day and a half to beat that level; after that, I made it through the level and beat the rest of the game.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I'm glad you were able to finally beat it. I have experiences like that, too. Where nothing works... then once day, it all just clicks.

[@Linerwood2000]

BG3 is way less punishing but still tricky. What's great with BG3 is that if you stop to scum save to move the story the way you want, that become ten time better. If you don't do it, the game still progress but it won't go the way you hoped which is awesome. Nevertheless there's some dice throw that can make you "game over" so you better save often when you feel tension. But don't quickload if you miss a roll or anything, it will just unfold organically and you'll keep getting surprised AND challenged. But not like Divinity 2. I couldn't finish it because an area was poisoned to dead and i needed a head from there that i forgot to pick. I hated that game while i cherish BG3 with the deepest of my heart.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I'm pumped for BG3. I think I'll be going into it with a better mindset this time 😁 Thanks for your advice, I'll keep it in mind

[@gamervet4760]

27:35 Marble Maddness for the Sega Genesis. I remember it quite well.

[@RNGGamerYT]

Marble Madness could probably make this list!

[@KHAOE1]

Last stage on Ninja Gaiden for the NES. That game had me SO pissed off because that stage was nearly impossible to beat. If you're lucky enough to get to the final boss and you lose a life against him it will take you ALL the way back to the 1st level of that last stage which like I said is already nearly impossible to beat. When that first happened to me I turned the game off. I didn't care how far I got.

[@RNGGamerYT]

Oh... believe me... I remember! 😅

[@clivegameinnmg7055]

Bloodborne , i deleted that game so many times, Sekiro also, Cuphead, Dark Soul 3, Demon Soul. Hate those games with a passion but i love them at the same time lol

[@RNGGamerYT]

Fromsoft is one of the few companies that know how to strike a balance between fun and difficulty. Of course, the balance is way off... but they struck it regardless 🤣

[@bobbymoss6160]

I can totally relate. As I get older, as a very casual gamer, games are HARD! Yeah, I played the hard ass games back in the 80s and 90s, but the problem is I had the reflexes back in the day!

[@RNGGamerYT]

Those reflexes are still there! They're just buried deep inside

[@K.O.pro_]

I actually beat The Adventures of Bayou Billy at age 11 after about a year of trying. Unquestionably my single greatest video game achievement 😊 I freaking love that game 😂

[@RNGGamerYT]

That's awesome! Congrats for pulling it out!

[@gueropalma6649]

I never beat Castlevania 3 when I was a kid... But I beat it last year when I turned 36!

[@RNGGamerYT]

Nice! Congratulations!

[@jake90052]

I gotta say like, on a sidenote? I love how involved you are with your watchers. You really take the effort to respond to everyone, that's awesome

[@RNGGamerYT]

I love my watchers! I want to build a community, not just a following. I've been answering comments for over an hour this morning!

[@jake90052]

And just quickly, "super thunder blade". Wow, that was hard. I played that when I was 8.... finally beat it when I was 27. There was a rumour it was so hard because the makers didn't have an ending. But wow, what a fun game

[@RNGGamerYT]

@jake90052 I've never actually played any of the Thunder Blade games! I like helicopters and After Burner style games. Maybe I'll finally try it out

[@jake90052]

@@RNGGamerYT brace yourself man, that game is hardcore!! Glad to see your stream building a following

[@RNGGamerYT]

@jake90052 the streaming is a slow build. I mainly do it to build a community with the people who are already subscribed. It's also nice to have a guaranteed 3 hour gaming session every week

[@ThomasMetal75]

Ever play Back To The Future 3 on Sega Genesis? The game starts you off with such a high difficulty and I'd be surprised if anyone actually got to the other levels of the game without the cheat code i used to use back in the day to progress.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I haven't! I didn't even know there was a back to the future game on the Genesis

[@naasj3226]

This reminds of Dracula from castlevania NES bringing him at 0 health and turned into a big beast at least he’s not as hard as grim reaper 13:31

[@RNGGamerYT]

He's a classic! And very hard

[@naasj3226]

@@RNGGamerYT i know he's very hard to beat!

[@kingbeef5076]

How about these 2: Medal of Honour: Allied Assault on hard difficulty. It’s quite short and also a very well made game so it stayed fun for me but the difficulty is insane. Syndicate: American Revolt expansion. Missions where you can die within 10 seconds. It’s an additional mission pack for a relatively easy game which ramped the difficulty up to insane levels. It’s so ridiculous, it’s funny.

[@RNGGamerYT]

Haha.. those may be too tough for me 😅

[@capitanclassic8624]

I beat Battletoads back in the 80s over the course of two 2-day video game rentals. The first rental period we got to the spinning Dark Queens tower, but got blown off by those stupid clouds. Battletoads is hard, but not nearly as hard as some of the crappiest NES titles. Like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, X-men, Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu. I also found good games like Ninja Gaiden and Street Fighter 2020.harder than Battletoads.

[@RNGGamerYT]

Be on the lookout! You might see some of these games in upcoming videos 😁

[@sydhamelin1265]

THANK YOU for your comments on DOS2, because while that game is great, Larian really flubbed the overall XP gain design. Players would advance into the next act without having enough xp and end up soft locked, because they were underleveled with no way of regaining that xp. Not only that, but, while the game says "you can do whatever you want", that's not really what happens. As you mentioned, you have to do it a very specific way if you want to max the XP. And if you don't max the XP, you can soft lock. So they'll say "You can just fight your way out, and you'll get 5000xp, freedom of choice.".........BUT, if you find a certain painting, examine the back, find a note, use that note to blackmail a magister, then have the magister throw a lever, which unlocks a door across the map, you will find a guy who will tell you how to release a toxin, which will kill the guys you'd normally fight, and you get 20000xp for going that route. And if you don't go that second route, you will not be able to survive in act 2.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I loved this comment! It made me laugh so hard. I couldn't have said it better myself

[@DancesRainyStreets]

Playing Neo Geo AES console versions of their MVS counterparts, meaning, with most of the games, getting just a few continues instead of being able to credit feed through it, are some of the hardest challenges around. Of course difficulties can be set. Talking about difficulties, playing Thunder Force IV on the maniac difficulty and then choosing Ruin as the first stage is a great challenge as well. Makes the console roar. On the inside.

[@RNGGamerYT]

They are way harder on the AES! That's why I opted for the MVS! You still have the option of playing the AES since all versions of all regions are on every cart!

[@bananonymouslastname5693]

Well, that is mostly true. It is a serious challenge to beat AES games with limited continues, but that was really just to make you buy a memory card. If you have a memory card, it saves when you run out of credits, and then you can keep continuing from there with a new set of continues every time. They basically pay-walled unlimited continues.

[@RNGGamerYT]

@bananonymouslastname5693 I had no idea they did that!!! SNK!

[@DancesRainyStreets]

@@bananonymouslastname5693 That is a way to view it and might be true. I do think the memory card was created to be innovative, what the whole Neo Geo system was really about, innovation in the arcades and homes. Except it couldn't work for the price. For the arcade owner an MVS system was a cheaper alternative to cabinets with a single game and some Neo Geo games could even be linked together for expanded multi-player. Trying to connect this market with a home console through means of a memory card and quality arcade sticks is an innovative idea, if the home console wasn't out of reach for everyone. Still, if it's unlimited continues you're after, then the memory card is a better option than having no option at all. Some games have this artificial difficulty by giving just one life and no continue's, like Comix Zone for example. Not a fan of those practices.

[@bananonymouslastname5693]

@@DancesRainyStreets I'm definitely not hating on the Neo Geo. I have a AES and an MVS cabinet, and the ability to transfer your progress between them is cool. That said, if you own the AES cart, you were probably going to play a different game with your quarter than the one you spent a couple of hundred dollars on to have at home. With the AES being originally conceived as a rental system, memory card transfer makes more sense. However, I struggle to think of many more reasons to limit continues on do many AES carts. I have I think 35 AES carts, and a handful allow unlimited continues, mostly from ADK. Cyber Lip, Ninja Combat, Magician Lord, Super Spy, etc. will let you credit feed to your heart's content. Most of the SNK proper stuff is limited. I will say, though, that I had a lot of fun trying to beat some AES games within the limits. A friend and I did Sengoku 1 & 3 that way, and came close on 2, but never finished the job. I managed several of the Fatal Fury and KOF games on 1-3 credits. I don't think I came close on some, though, like Robo Army I never got past stage 5 on the stock credits, and I'm not sure Crossed Swords is even possible on the stock credits. That game is so long.

[@Rendarth1]

Huh. I did not know about the Battletoads PAL origins. That explains a lot about its impossible difficulty reputation in the U.S. Edit: Same for Bayou Billy and the anger over rentals. I actually could reliably make it to the final level of that game, but I don't remember ever actually beating it.

[@RNGGamerYT]

There were quite a few games like this!

[@glitch200]

FTL is like climbing up a ladder and half way up someone shoots you in the leg and you fall off then the ladder catches fire.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I absolutely suck at FTL... I never got good at it

[@icoull6698]

aw mate father gascoigne in bloodborne broke me big time man.. 2 hours soild ae tryin then never played again

[@Crashed131963]

My first dark soul game (Dark Soul 3) can't even lower the difficulty level to help skip through a hard part .

[@RNGGamerYT]

That's right! You totally can't. You can't even pause the game 😆

[@ericross441]

I remember, renting Bayou Billy and I was really excited for it. Oh boy. After about 20 minutes in, I was done. What a frustrating mess of a game. Beating just one enemy is so exhausting, it robbed any "fun" out of it. Just terrible

[@RNGGamerYT]

It's a grind... all the way through. I bet the Japanese version is a lot more fun

[@kylehagglund3229]

About 6 months ago I downloaded Tetris99 on the Nintendo switch. It's a free game, thought I'd give it a try. I really liked tetris as a child, loved Pokémon puzzle league and Lumines. So I'm feeling pretty good about myself when it comes to these types of games. Boy oh boy.. it took me months to finally get to the top spot in tetris 99. But I wasn't going to stop playing until I made it to the top of that mountain. And it felt great. If you haven't tried it yet and enjoy that style of game I'd say give it a shot. Love your videos . Keep up the good work

[@RNGGamerYT]

Thanks for watching my videos! I'm so thrilled you've enjoyed them. I watched a lot of Northernlion stream Tetris 99. It's wild. I'm not sure I would be very good at it 😅

[@PapaP86]

So many original NES games were incredibly difficult. Even the original Mario Bros. Contra, Magmax, Captain Skyhawk, Qbert, and tons of others. I feel like almost every game from that era was incredibly difficult.

[@RNGGamerYT]

So many! Strangely enough, I covered MagMax earlier on this channel. I was able to wreck it as an adult. I sucked as a kid

[@adamcooling3127]

Every battle in Divinity takes me about 2 hours, can't be normal

[@RNGGamerYT]

If you read the comments, it's only people like us... and people who feel like it's the easiest game in the world 🤣

[@joatagewin]

Im glad to see Divinity Original Sin on here. It makes me feel better. I need a map marker or something. I just dont have time to figure out what to do.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I know, right!?! A good apology is, I want to read a novel. Not do the research to write my own novel!

[@replicatedmetal]

Contra 4 is insane in that if you die just one time your best bet is to restart the whole game because you need all the extra lives and the rockets on both slots to have a chance of surviving the last level and the end boss

[@RNGGamerYT]

That's how I did it 🤣

[@montybruce6079]

Some of the struggles you talk about with older games I experienced first hand. Bayou Billy I rented endlessly... to experience the first couple stages. DD3 I either would die in the starting room or make it very far, never beat it though.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I'm glad I'm not alone!!

[@joshcope9485]

The final valkyrie in God of war for PS4. Brutal difficulty level. No margin of error

[@RNGGamerYT]

I didn't find her to be that difficult. Took me about an hour to get her, as I recall. One of the earlier ones gave me more trouble

[@27kinglou]

First time watching this channel. You were articulate and genuine. Will be a watching from now on. Good job!

[@RNGGamerYT]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate that.

[@douglepong]

Turbo tunnel gives me nightmares to this day.

[@RNGGamerYT]

It still gives me nightmares

[@AgentActive]

I played my first shoot em up this week and I have never been so thrilled and angry playing a short game

[@RNGGamerYT]

Welcome to the wonderful world of shmups! Very fun... and frustrating!

[@novelknowledge]

I never had issues with Divinity 2, it was challenging and I did die sometimes, but I never once looked up how to beat parts. Maybe playing it on a too high difficulty for first play thru? My 2nd run my guys were gods!

[@RNGGamerYT]

I'm sure we would have killed it on new game plus! Maybe that would have been a good revenge 😆

[@derbezacesanchez3779]

Wow, the three day weekend rental nes game sessions I had were so challenging but usually fun for me. There was also a Trade center in the 1990s were I could and trade-in games for buy with cash. Games had point values, so you had to usually trade in up to three low tier games for one top tier game like Legend of Zelda for NES.

[@RNGGamerYT]

That's an interesting idea for trading in games. I've never heard of anything like that before. We had some crazy weekend rental sessions as well 😄

[@Chirp296]

I've never played Battletoads and never plan to. It feels like it would be more tedious than anything else. I like hard games though. I'm currently playing Sekiro and almost have it beaten. I enjoy a good hard game that makes you sharpen your reflexes and analyze enemy moves to overcome.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I'm pumped to try sekiro! I'm sure it'll destroy me. But I really want to give it a try

[@fslayer1290]

I hurt because I LOVE Bloodborne but I suck sooo badly at it. It’s Lovecraftian lore and I want to go through it because I’m such a fan of Lovecraft. I’ve been gaming since 87’ at the earliest, and at this point I stay away from games that infuriate me. Still Bloodborne calls to me.😊 I congratulate you on your many victories over these difficult classics. I don’t have the patience. The Ninja Turtles water level and the SNES Lion King destroyed my want to go hard against difficult games.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I would advise you to just over level on bloodborne! It's worth it to experience the story. Thanks for the congratulations!

[@thethewestexit]

How about Rayxanber II for the PC Engine? It's a memorizer like R-Type, but way faster, and you never get beyond a pea shooter.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I have it! I've even played the first one on the FM Townes Marty!

[@Longlostpuss]

TMNT on the NES was a nasty one, surprised it wasn't on there. If I wasn't such a super fan of the cartoon at the time, I would have put the game down after a few short days and never looked back.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I've played a ton of it! It's super hard. Maybe it'll make the next video 😁

[@Longlostpuss]

@@RNGGamerYT I actually completed the thing back in the day if you can believe that, but it required the most onerous chore it felt like in the world to do it, I saw no other way at the time. There's a building in one of the maps that has the scrolls (the most powerful collectable projectile in the game), you basically had to arm your Turtles each with 99 of them to get through the last map, and then that cursed Technodrome. Some were skilled enough to do it just using Donatello and no scrolls at all, but I was personally sick of grinding it out all the way to the Technodrome and seeing the Game Over screen, so having those scrolls just felt like an equaliser to me, because the game gave no shits about being fair.

[@saintsfn9]

Aeterna Noctis.. Noctis Mode! Literally the original difficulty but it was so hard they had to add Aterna mode to mk it easier.. And even then.. Only game in the past decade I got to the Final boss and went.. I'm not even going to bother.. Shut it off and I havn't gone back.. It broke me. It's an endurance test that feels like it's never going to end, some boss battles I literally had to do 50 times to finish.Tests every skill you ever learned as a gamer then makes you do it at break neck speed and puts Crap in your way while doing it 😢

[@RNGGamerYT]

This sounds like a nightmare. This game wasn't even on my radar... and I'm happy about that 😆

[@infographistehistorichaiti5929]

The very hardest NES game that I've ever played has to be Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. It required me very sharp reflexes as a child that I no longer have. I think I beat it only once.

[@RNGGamerYT]

It's really, really tough!

[@infographistehistorichaiti5929]

@@RNGGamerYT And how. I struggled so much with it. Those one hit knock-outs from Tyson are so brutal.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I have never beaten him.... 😆

[@RetroHead-od3cu]

Big fan of your channel mate you actually inspired me to start my own KZbin channel Retro Head!

[@RNGGamerYT]

Thank you so much! I'm glad I could help inspire you to share something you love with the rest of the world. It's hard work, but very rewarding. I'll go check out your channel!

[@Kuli24000]

I always found clingerwinger level in battletoads easy. Still no idea why people struggled with that one. The snake level is waaaay harder than that one.

[@RNGGamerYT]

...dude, it was all hard 🤣

[@Kuli24000]

@@RNGGamerYT haha yeah I guess so. It was back in the day before we googled game info so I didn't know it was difficult, lol. It was just one of the games that had to be passed.

[@MusicStudent1]

They’re all hard to me nowadays! I’m getting old. I figured out how to beat MechWarrior 2 by circling enemy mechs with a smaller mech. I’ve beaten Armored Fist numerous times. Allegedly that game was too hard, but it’s really not.

[@RNGGamerYT]

Your Mechwarrior strategy was exactly the same as mine 🤣

[@CheesyPotat0]

I wasted money on The Ascent. It started out as a very good game and then quickly became impossible to play. It's been uninstalled for a year. I'll never try to play it again. The devs lost out on some money because I was going to get the DLC. 😒

[@RNGGamerYT]

Thanks for letting me know! I'll steer clear Thanks for watching!

[@sultanofsquats3289]

How the hell do you not have a million subscribers? I just fell down a rabbit hole of your videos 😅 liked and subbed

[@RNGGamerYT]

Thanks so much! I'm working on it. Spread the word! I really appreciate you watching and commenting

[@haystackdmilith]

Baldur's Gate 3 also has one moment, where I couldn't figure out what to do… But finding it was very very very very rewarding :) I think it's meant to be like this. But surely, Original Sin 2 is much harder than BG3, which took 174 hours of my life. But it was worth it :) I loved it

[@RNGGamerYT]

I am actually really excited about playing BG3. I've heard plenty from both sides. A lot of people have struggled to make progress and others said it was the easiest game ever. So, I'm not sure how to feel 🤣

[@haystackdmilith]

@@RNGGamerYT The only proper answer is - try it and judge by yourself :) Especially to sit with your wife and play together. Fun guaranteed (assuming you like CRPG genre)

[@countzero5150]

My impossibly hard game was Ikaruga. I don't think I ever did beat it. I just played it to see how far I could make it each time I played.

[@RNGGamerYT]

Watch the first video I did in this series! Ikaruga made the list!

[@nmnate]

I'm a shmup fan and pink sweets sounds oppressive with the rank. Ugh! I have a pretty decent Genesis shmup collection and while a bit of those games are memo heavy they're not tooo unfair. I am finding it a little hard to go back to 16bit but after realizing how helpful the practice modes are on more modern shmups (really enjoying Cave's offerings on the switch). Definitely going to spend some time back on the Genesis when Eliminate Down shows up. I expect it to be pretty tough 😅

[@RNGGamerYT]

Glad to see another shmup fan! I also got the physical of Eliminate Down. Hopefully, it'll get here this year 🤣

[@76ers_Apache]

I played pathfinder kingmaker it’s like divinity but more polished,simple , and easy on the walkthrough for u can understand it more better if you haven’t played it give it a try 70 hours is the least it’ll take u to beat this game

[@RNGGamerYT]

I'll think about giving it a shot!

[@samhein321]

Try Sekiro after Bloodborne, that game is even harder without a level up system or armors to ease it up

[@RNGGamerYT]

It's in my backlog! I'm looking forward to getting destroyed 😁

[@joshbrekke6374]

Resident evil 4 getting the Hand Cannon is something I honestly gave up on ever completing. Have you or your wife ever gotten the hand cannon in Res 4 & completed a play through with it?

[@RNGGamerYT]

We haven't! But I know it's a real challenge!

[@joshbrekke6374]

@@RNGGamerYT at 50 yrs old my wrists can no longer handle the rigors of such intense needed game play to accomplish certain tasks. I’m thankful for videos of play throughs so I can at least see what it looks like. Currently my go toos when I even feel like playing anymore are Grand Torismo 4, Forza 4, Ghouls & Ghosts(SEGA Genesis) & Super Castlevania lV (Japanese version). With my 11yr old COD 3 modern warfare, Golden Axe 2 & Some of the Turtles beat ‘em ups, sometimes Minecraft also. I really like your Videos & like to learn about games I’ve never seen before. That RPG where you learn as you go looks like a pain in the ass. I don’t play games that are a pain in the ass. Lastly, have you or your wife beaten Cup Head?, it looks insane!

[@RNGGamerYT]

@joshbrekke6374 getting old is hard! I'm really glad you're enjoying the videos. That means the world to me. I've played a little cuphead at a friend's house, but my wife would hate it. It's in my backlog. I'll get to it eventually 😆

[@kdogg7882]

I loved Double Dragon 3. The worst part of the game for me though was getting all the way to the last stage in Egypt and there's a really cheesy jumping sequence that can kill your characters instantly if you miss. It's the absolute worst, especially because the end boss is so cheesy and tough to beat. I liked collecting the characters in China and Japan. The Japanese one though was so fast it made those jumps harder than they should be.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I can't believe the Japanese version is even harder!

[@kdogg7882]

@@RNGGamerYT Like you said, the "meta" way to play the game is spamming spin kicks, but you can vary your moves quite a bit if you know which enemies are susceptible to which ones, and which enemies will block or counter certain ones. This is a top 5 NES game for me.

[@samgiroux]

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is one of my favorite games. I like you, it took me a bit to realize that I cannot just run through the battles. You reallly have to think about your next steps. Once I got that idea, I got a bunch better faster. Awesome story and super fun.

[@RNGGamerYT]

Maybe I can go into BG3 with that mindset!

[@MrJerichoPumpkin]

R-type 3 for the Game Boy is completely unbeatable

[@RNGGamerYT]

Really!?! This is one I've never heard anyone talk about

[@BrianQuest64]

Jokes on you: they intended a squad of grenade launchers.

[@RNGGamerYT]

.. I freaking knew the snipers, melee fighters, engineers, assault units, paratroopers, medics, scouts, and psi operatives were all just red herrings!

[@doomsephiroth]

Double Dragon III was one of my favorites!

[@RNGGamerYT]

Really?!? What made you like it so much?

[@kalofkrypton]

Love R-Type! Played it a lot on Amiga, but didn't beat it until the PS1 port 'R-Types' with R-Type II included. As you didn't mention it, R-Type III on SNES is a pretty great game too. More challenging than the original I'd say. Super R-Type obviously has a terrible reputation, but it really can play quite well emulated.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I actually have them both on the SNES! They are in the backlog... I'll play them someday

[@syntheticsleep]

I've never been great at shooters in general, but when I was a kid, I was like ok(never in the arcades tho). I could no-hit Contra on the NES and at least one credit LIfe Force. I think I cleared a couple of the Gradius games, and there's at least a couple others I can't think of. But I NEVER cleared R-Type. I could get pretty far, but never to the end. I don't remember my brother or our friends next door ever finishing it either. It's brutal, but it is quite a fun game nonetheless. It looks, sounds and plays perfectly and the boss designs are really fun. Definitely an iconic game.

[@RNGGamerYT]

You sound like you're really good at shooters to me 😁 R-Type really is in a league of its own when it comes to having to memorize everything

[@syntheticsleep]

@@RNGGamerYT Nah, I was good at a handful of pre-bullet hell shooters as a kid. If I practiced I could get back to a no hit run on Contra for sure, but Contra really isn't that hard. Super-C and Alien Wars are way harder and I never completed them. But now I can't keep up. I'm way better at the old platformers now than I was back then, but shooters or mixed styles like Mega Man leave me in the dust now.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I totally get it! Believe me 😁

[@syntheticsleep]

@@RNGGamerYT so, while I was just watching another video about shooters, I realized it was R-Type 3 I played a bunch. I'm sure I played Super, but don't remember how far I ever made it. Might have completed it, not sure. R-type 3 though? Nah. There was a later stage that was a fast moving maze I couldn't pass. Neither could my brother or our neighbors. There were 4 of us going at it for weeks and none of us ever got through.

[@thomasloney612]

I don't remember Original Sin 2 being that hard. Bu then again, I'm perfectly fine with using a walkthrough when I need to . I don't have time spend hours going back and forth if I can't figure out what to do in a reasonable time.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I hate the idea of having to use a walkthrough... but I do it all of the time 😅

[@psyhodelik]

I finished this game has kid... after many years hard trying x)

[@RNGGamerYT]

Which game?

[@Avertan221]

I think one game that always gets overlooked for its difficulty on the NES is dragon power. I beat most games i ever played (excluding bayou billy, which i never beat either). Dragon power is insanely hard. When you get hit, instead of losing life, you lose time from your timer. Very hard game. Id love to see that one on your list.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I've played it! It might make the next list 😁

[@naasj3226]

I played this game on MAME Arcade called espgaluda it’s almost like pink sweets I barely made progress

[@RNGGamerYT]

I love Espgaluda 2, but I haven't played the first one yet. Give it another shot

[@naasj3226]

Glad to hear that you played the 2nd but I played the first I couldn’t get pass the 4th or 5th boss fight they were so many bullets I almost dodged all of them without getting hit

[@lightyear999]

I truly hate the Souls-like games not because you die so much, but because even if you know what to do it takes, like, 100 hits to kill each boss. To me that’s just boring.

[@RNGGamerYT]

That's not really accurate. You can kill just souls bosses in just a few hits after you know how to exploit their weaknesses

[@gamervet4760]

12:08 Did that with X. The mega buster does equal damage to all enemies. It's why it's fine to use.

[@RNGGamerYT]

Have you tried it on the original Mega Man?

[@gamervet4760]

@RNGGamerYT No. The first game is a fun idea. Sadly, the mega buster lacks and just feels like endless tapping. I tried multiple times on my 3DS Legacy Collection, but I couldn't get it. That has been my experience. I haven't beaten all of them either. Only 1 through 4 and 8. I'm a lazy gamer sometimes.

[@JohnSmith-fx2mz]

Sekiro does the same thing of not letting you play it like a traditional souls game.. And its hard.

[@RNGGamerYT]

I know it'll wreck me. It's still in the backlog