The 25 Most Insanely Hard Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Games

[@BitsBeats]

Great exponents of the shoot em up that deserve to be on the list are missing (for example, Truxton, Hellfire, Undead Line...) but I looked for a bit of diversity here. I hope you understand! Enjoy the video!

[@soulreaver1983]

😎👍👍

[@zengram]

The genesis have a lot of great and hard shooters

[@Exorian]

I can say from experience, Alien Soldier's difficulty depends entirely of the player stopping to brute-force everything (as shown in the video), and start relying more on both Zero Teleport and Counter Force, which are explained right after selecting the loadout. Then the game becomes absolutely easy. Counter every single projectile thrown at your direction to turn them into HP Pickups until you max out your health, this makes the next Zero Teleport into a high-damage fire dash. Counter projectiles for HP again. Rinse and repeat. Counter Force is even more broken against bosses, once you realize that it can reflect back any projectiles that it can't turn to health. Matter of fact you will not finish the game until you learn this maneuver, because the final boss is immune against every single thing you can shoot him with... Except for his own fireballs.

[@Lauren_Tyler]

I agree about Comix Zone. That game is short but tough. The fact you only get one life (and the fact the pits are instant death) really makes things even more difficult.

[@dragons_hook]

You get a continue after the second page though. So that was definitely nice!

[@NobodyAtAll420]

Yeah the jump sections suck big time.

[@shadow479]

Comix Zone... the most difficult game on Mega Drive/Genesis I played. Never made it to the end except on a emulator

[@JamesMSmithsDeadYouTubeChannel]

As someone who beat Earthworm Jim multiple times, sometimes even while on Difficult, I believe the term “GIT GUD” would apply here…

[@censored1080]

"Use your head" and "Whip it good" also apply. Seriously, you can kill many enemies including the final boss in one hit with the whip attack.

[@justrok79]

The underwater laboratory use to be my nemesis, but once I got better at navigating in that sub I started to enjoy the level.

[@censored1080]

@@justrok79 Oh, that section took me years to get past. For those who don't know, imagine taking the gameplay of lunar lander and setting it in a claustrophobic cave with a time limit. It's all about course correction.

[@bink]

@@censored1080 Wow, years... good on you for the perseverance lol. I still haven't gotten past Down the Tubes and doubt I ever will. EJ2 was relatively easy by comparison, got through it in several days. I'm just wondering where the "time to beat" estimation comes from, are you meant to get through most of these games in just two hours despite them being incredibly difficult?

[@eddymadison9655]

3:27 The game is hard but the Japanese version "Bare Knuckle 3" is actually easy & at least fair.

[@geminielectro]

Weird.... 🤔

[@JannPoo]

I was surprised to see it on this list because I never had any problem with that game, but I did have the Japanese version, so that's why? I'm curious as to what they changed for the other versions and more importantly, why?

[@gurvmlk]

@@JannPoo I don't know if this is the case with Streets of Rage 3 specifically, but I believe back then they were making some games harder when localizing them so kids wouldn't beat them by renting them for the weekend, and then not actually buy the game because they already beat it. Something that wasn't a problem in Japan because there were laws over there that disallowed the rental of video games, or something like that.

[@JohnCharb87]

The Adventures of Batman and Robin and Red Zone music was composed by Jesper Kyd. He is known more today for composing the music for the Hitman series. if you listen closely during the song played during the Red Zone part it sounds similar to the song "Apocalypse" from 2005's Hitman Blood Money. Also on the topic of music the secret boss rush stage music from Contra HardCorps is called "Simon 1994". It's a hardcore techno remix of "Vampire Killer" from Castlevania on NES. Great list by the way.

[@t.vampiro4800]

I've heard of Jesper Kyd from Beats Of Rage mods. Thats cool.

[@thehumbleone1983]

Some of my favourite Sega mega drive / Genesis games Musha , SoR3 , Gaiares , Alien Soldier , BloodLines , Contra H 👍 Great video

[@ophidianmind333]

This is a great list full of difficult titles and many of them are also classics. Some of these games had an aesthetic to them that pulled you in and kept you trying so you could hear more of that great soundtrack and see what feast for the eyes awaited you if you kept on trying. Games like Castlevania Bloodlines (which featured one of Michiru Yamane's best soundtracks), The Adventures of Batman and Robin, The Immortal, and Alien Soldier exemplify this phenomenon. It's also appropriate that you saved Comix Zone for last as that may be the single most difficult Genesis game that I've played. I've still never beaten it, but I give it a try every once in a while because I really like the concept. I'd also add the strategy RPG Warsong (aka Langrisser) to the list, as it's another perfect example of a brutally hard game with a great soundtrack that pulls you in and makes you want to keep trying. It's also one of my favorite games on the system and is well worth taking the time to get better to play it well. Should you find it too difficult, the remake of the game on the 2019 compilation Langrisser I & II is easier and is also an excellent way to experience the game. The remake is available on PS4, Switch, and PC for those interested.

[@jasonc.6861]

Comix Zone is beautiful. Sega really should remaster it with easier modes as well as difficult ones. If they marked it well it would probably sell. Heck imagine a 3d Comix Zone that you could also play the 2d Comix Zone in.

[@ophidianmind333]

@@jasonc.6861 I would buy a remastered Comix Zone. That would give me incentive to play it more often and maybe I'd finally get good enough to complete it.

[@EvilHienSan]

Shadow Dancer wasn't too bad on the Genesis.......the Arcade version was just downright and brutally unfair.

[@creatinggodz]

Easily one of the best channels on KZbin, everything is well done, keep doing what you doin we are being very entertained specially Castlevania fans ❤️

[@frozenburst64]

Just remember, if you want to play Contra Hard Corps, and either know the story or can translate it. Just play the Japanese version, it will take 3 hits to die, you heal at the end of a level. But you will still struggle as it is still hard.

[@PedroFerreira-sx2gd]

Not really JP version hás unlimited continues, but the Last levels are hard

[@Funtasters]

Nice video bro, great.. 😁👍 Btw I think a good game, the one in the video is a game: 1. Contra Hard Corps. 2. Disney's Aladin. 3. Street of Rage 3. 4. Earthworm Jim. 5. Castlevania Bloodlines. 6. Ghost 'N Ghouls. And the rest is a beat'em up plane game like the Musha game, hehe.. 😁👌 Thanks a lot.. 🙏😊

[@mjorge0alves]

IMHO, Bloodlines is absolutely fair. It's not even close to Chakam or Ghouls. It's on the same level of CV4, from the SNES. SoR3 and Contra were screwed by demand of Sega of America, unfortunately. The original versions were very well designed.

[@gurvmlk]

When I was a kid, I legitimately thought the reason Hard Corps had that subtitle was because of the difficulty. I would say that alone is a testament to its challenge.

[@realnabarl]

Rocket Knight Adventures for sure.

[@SpiritBuddy]

I'm so inspired by your production of videos, very well made! Great work

[@SonofSethoitae]

Splatterhouse 3 is also pretty hard if you're trying to get to the good ending. You can get to the end of each level fairly easily, but not if you're trying to do it before the timer runs out. Edited to remove Chakan cause I'm dumb and missed it in the description. Adding The Immortal though, that game is ridiculous.

[@NobodyAtAll420]

Yeah it is. Rick doesn't have enough time to save Jennifer lol. Damn you splatter house 3!!

[@doobiestudios1107]

Snes and mega drive games were so brutal. I remember being a kid and I would suffer so much to play the games. I don’t think I beat any games back then. I only managed to beat my old favorites because I always felt so defeated and I’ve got them again when an adult and tried it until I made it.

[@TheScrltspdrslayer]

Maybe it's cause I grew up with them, but SoR 3's only difficult part is saving the Chief, even knowing where to go can still be stressful with the very strict time limit. Comix Zone isn't difficult at all and CastleVania Bloodlines is one of the easiest CastleVania games in existence tied with Super CastleVania 4 Surprised Landstalker isn't on this list for various reasons

[@Gatorade69]

I think a lot of people would disagree with you about Comix Zone. However Bloodlines is challenging but not unfair and a bit easy for Castlevania veterans. What makes Landstalker hard is the platforming and view. What belongs on this list is Bubsy. The first game is incredibly hard.

[@willeysingleton3057]

Comic zones hard, but i can see there's a certain way to beat it and most likely once you do a lot of trail and error you can beat it in one life. Get it one life thats l you freaking get . Get it 🤣

[@TheScrltspdrslayer]

@@willeysingleton3057 You actually get 2 lives, or one continue, though the internet says you get 3 continues which I had no idea. But you're able to continue for every 2 levels you finish

[@sleeplessnightsofficial6334]

Shadow Dancer is one of my all time favourites and what a soundtrack it has 🔥

[@loneshewolf74]

I found Aladdin to be really easy. Except the stage where you fly through the Cave of Wonders on the magic carpet, where even with Genie's help I died about a hundred times.

[@AndroidAP.]

The Ooze, Pitfall, Doom Troopers, Goofy's Hysterical History Tour and Blades of Vengeance - also cool hard games.

[@umairsqu]

pitfall and doom trooper were fantastic games. i remember not fighting the pumas? in pitfall and jumping over them before the boss fight to beat the level.

[@Gatorade69]

Oh yeah, The Ooze. That game was really hard. I could never get very far on it. Also at least to kid me Gargoyles was really hard, I haven't gone back to it to see just how hard it is.

[@BigDaddyAEL]

DeCap Attack used to give me hell, I never managed to finish it. I only did years later in an emulator, as I could save-state whenever I wanted and thus finish it by basically cheating.

[@Hanshotchewie]

Vector man was the brutal difficult one for me. Jurassic park was pretty hard too. Another one was Tin Head, although it was quite as hard,the platforming and length was what got me every time. Its soundtrack is amazing though.

[@JoeDouglas]

Surprised Wolverine: Adamantium Rage wasn't on the list. Could never get past the second level.

[@retrospiel]

Streets of Rage 3 was quite butchered when localized in the US, the Japanese version is so much easier, fairer, and more enjoyable, much closer to Streets of Rage 2. Same with Contra Hard Corps btw.

[@tommymorgan3749]

Splatterhouse 2s last boss plus the whole game is Brutal!

[@themadnessmaker5408]

U miss for Sub-Terrania, a hibrid shooter really insane

[@SuperKokuJin916]

No Chakan death scream? That's the best part! LOL Confusing unintuitive level layouts, weird pacing, huge hurt boxes on Chakan. It's a VERY frustrating game...that I just kept going back to every now and then when I was bored or just wanted to play something that wasn't SOR2, Rocket Knight Adventures, or Street Fighter II.

[@jeremiahthomas8140]

I have never played The Immortal, but I did laugh at the precognition joke.

[@rafaelmartinez2387]

What about X-Men? That was a hard game too.

[@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158]

My PTSD kicked in hard the very moment "Ghouls N' Ghosts" showed up. Thanks for that, I guess.

[@megadriveleo]

Kid Chameleon is my worst nightmare and after beating it I felt SO GOOD!

[@AltioraQuaeriteCH]

Gaiares was hard, and I'm proud to say that I finished it.

[@willeysingleton3057]

Umm your one hell of a shoot em up player, i beat Truxton I beat R type. But i can bot get passed the second stage of Gaiares. And i own a original copy such beautiful artwork. I guess i need to jump in the pilot seat and get good.

[@FantomMacan]

Great list! Some of these games i didn't even had the chance to play yet. I was wondering... How did you record the gameplay? The effects look rly great!

[@warizoh]

Emulator probably

[@soulreaver1983]

Epic video as always thanks for another amazing video my friend!😎👍👍👍

[@greensun1334]

Great games. I played a few of them and even bet some. The Lion King, Zero Tolerance, Shining Force and Eternal Champions would also deserve to be on this list!

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Shining Force...?

[@greensun1334]

@@ArcaneAzmadi yes!

[@divinefallfromgrace]

@@greensun1334 Eh? Shining Force 1 is a super-easy One Trick Pony; just Egress in each Battle until your Party is suitably levelled for progressing. HOWEVER, if you just plough on ahead, several of the Boss Battles will be near-impossible. 😉

[@greensun1334]

@@divinefallfromgrace I'm talking about a boss battle

[@divinefallfromgrace]

@@greensun1334 Which one? The Marionette, or Mishaela? (It's usually one of these) 🙂

[@sujataroy5152]

Awesome video I like the thumbnail

[@yousefslimani99]

Thanks for The Video Your Video is Really Nice👍👍

[@jonathancrews169]

I've beaten a few of these titles.. the one that I really felt like a complete gamer was on contra hard corps. when I was 14 I beat every route even the surrender and secret endings in one sitting. I even did route B with no death run.

[@rjmario2234]

The presentation is cool

[@Scorpion-Gamer82]

As far as Streets of Rage 3 goes, I have completed the US version (with the good ending), but it was horribly difficult and that time limit on the final boss was too short.

[@thuggeegaming659]

Out of these, I beat Streets of Rage 3, Aladdin, Earthworm Jim, and Comix Zone. For Contra Hard Corps, I recommend the Japanese version, it's much easier. There's a fan translation too, but it's not necessary to play the game.

[@NobodyAtAll420]

Great video's. Do they get strikes or does the for education purposes keep them in the clear?

[@BitsBeats]

All the content is recorded by me, no strikes

[@NobodyAtAll420]

@@BitsBeats I was curious because of the sound and music. Thank you for answering me. I'm trying to figure out the copyright system so I can upload videos too.

[@BitsBeats]

@@NobodyAtAll420 no problem! But when you upload a video with gameplay, try always to add something (valuable info, commentaries, box arts, etc), then KZbin will not find any problems with your content! But with some games you'll receive copyright warning, that's usually more for the music, but not strikes at all

[@NobodyAtAll420]

Don't worry. I'm not going to do the same as you. Haven't figured out what I'm going to do yet.

[@NobodyAtAll420]

@@BitsBeats thank you very much!

[@RockmanZeroModernDay]

I recorded Castlevania Bloodlines, and failed. Miserably. (sighs) Expert mode too, with Eric instead. I also found Thunder Force 3 kind of difficult, but not as difficult.

[@TheSecondIDare]

Great list. Here's some that caused me problems back in the day: XMen Superman: man of Steel Landstalker Batman Returns Addams family Cyborg Justice Rambo 3 These old 16 bit games were brutal.

[@EvilHienSan]

I will say Landstalker was pretty brutal as far as the platforming was concerned. However, its next iteration, Alundra, was just downright tough all around.

[@TheSecondIDare]

@@EvilHienSan Alundra is on another level of frustration. Looks great, sounds great, but makes to want to kick your tv in. Never finished it, lol. Did you?

[@EvilHienSan]

@@TheSecondIDare Sure did, took awhile but beat it doing everything.

[@TheSecondIDare]

@@EvilHienSan Well done. I would have loved to have stuck with it, but lacked the patience. :)

[@HaqiKusanagi]

The Death and Return of Superman should be on the list.

[@tdkage]

Oh man! Kid Chameleon!! My older brother once got close to the end, but that's it.

[@edsonribeiro8500]

The best 16 bits Forever

[@andersonrodrigo63]

Man, I would love to know what emulator do you use and how you set up the filters... your images are pristine!

[@BitsBeats]

Many thanks! Retroarch with CRT Royale (shader). But the image quality is more due to the video capture I do (at high quality and very large files) and the rendering modes in the video editor. I have done many tests until I get an optimal quality that has minor losses with the compression of KZbin. It takes me a long time to render the videos but I am very committed to giving to all of you an excellent audiovisual content

[@andersonrodrigo63]

@@BitsBeats thank you very much! You are the best ❤

[@Dude27th]

Excellent video!

[@BitsBeats]

Many thanks!!

[@divinefallfromgrace]

Great list, great to see utter soul-crushers like Fatal Labyrinth, SoR 3, Kid Chameleon and Chakan in there!! You could've easily had 50 Titles in there though... other Honourable Mentions:- The Revenge Of Shinobi, Eternal Champions, Herzog Zwei, Zero Tolerance, Sol-Feace, Puggsy, Altered Beast, Alien Storm, 2 Crude Dudes, Strider, Xenon 2... 💜🤟🏻

[@theswapmeetflea]

When you play a game , struggling for hours , pushing your gaming skills to it's limits , on default "normal" setting mind you , beat it and then you get the black screen ending with the message *"try a harder level" ......* 😠 YOU SON OF A!!!!!!!!

[@danilolabbate]

Agree with most of them, specially Hard Corps. Insanely hard. But Streets of Rage 3 doesn't come even close to the others, it's quite easy to beat. And Ecco the Dolphin is a memorizing game, once you've got it, it gets very beatable.

[@noobsaibot9490]

This was awesome 👍

[@kac0559]

Request: The hardest Sega Master System games

[@BitsBeats]

📝👍

[@Robotnikegg]

i never found aladdin that hard

[@hairy_cornflake]

Aladdin's hard? Wait what? Is this the same game I've been playing all these years?

[@zengram]

I have played some of this . They really are brutal

[@GalaxyWisp]

Ah yes, I remember as a kid buying (or rather my parents buying) Aladdin for the Genesis and coming home to play it expecting a fun CASUAL game based off of a brilliant movie...oh I couldn't have been more WRONG in my expectations (except for the fun part)!

[@christlevania5933]

Great selections as usual. What about Altered Beast, Saint Sword, Landstalker, Vectorman & Rocket Knight Adventures? On higher difficulty settings some of these games can be brutal.

[@BitsBeats]

The worst thing about my selections is that when I read your games I realize that I could make 1000 different lists (and just as valid!). Those games truly deserves to be in the top

[@brunoaloprando]

MUSHA is considered one of the easiest shmup games of all time, the hardest thing in that game is to die tbh. Awesome video anyways, ty!

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

It hurts soo good.

[@harrihaffi2713]

Cool list! Makes me wanna play more genesis games!

[@massiveprogressive9488]

I'm sorry, but I have to respectfully disagree with you putting Kid Chameleon on this list. Some levels can be a bit challenging, yes, but I wouldn't put it down as one of the hardest games on the system.

[@ScottWozniak]

Agreed. I bought Kid Chameleon when it came out and beat it the second day and I don't even consider myself a great player, just persistent. I can also run through Ghouls 'n Ghosts and Shadow Dancer in my sleep. Shadow Of The Beast? Yeah, that game was bullsh*t. I heard it's because it wasn't optimized for the US and it runs too fast.

[@timmer919hep]

I've beaten Aladdin. It only took like 20 years but I did it.

[@seargeantfirstclass]

Honorable mentions: the lion king, vectorman, the simpsons bart's nightmare, jurassic park, Bram stoker's Dracula, last action hero

[@deathcold_longplaysua4846]

I can agree about the rest but Aladdin, Earthworm Jim, Streets of Rage 3 and Comix Zone? Seriously??? They are easiest games on Mega Drive possible! Just get good! And if you want a REALLY hard games, then check out next games: Altered Beast Another World Batman Returns Battletech Cadash Chase H.Q 2 Cliffhanger Demolition Man Strike trilogy (Desert Strike, Jungle Strike, Urban Strike) Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Flashback Gargoyles Golden Axe 3 Hook The Incredible Hulk James Bond The Duel Mortal Kombat 2 Prince of Persia Road Rash 3 Second Samurai Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage Splatterhouse Superman (by Sunsoft) Turrican Warlock X-Men 2: Clone Wars

[@BitsBeats]

Accurate selection for a hardest genesis games part 2 ;)

[@GWC1981]

Great list! A game I'd add would be Bio-Harzard Battle. Great shooter, extremely difficult! Well at least for me lol

[@Hello-hz7gj]

The hardest games are the ones with limited continues

[@Howl_2002Z]

4:17 O Dark Souls do MEGADRIVE 👺

[@AbdillahLuhur]

You should've include RISTAR.. difficult game.

[@sinncynn7935]

How Judge Dredd never makes these lists is beyond me. Dredd is a tough game

[@justrok79]

I could only beat Target Earth via a chest that let me upgrade things earlier. Even with that cheat though it was still tough, but what a cool anime presentation the story had.

[@heilong79]

Contra, Kid Chameleon and Batman and Robin I agree on, the others are all managable with persistance, should not take more than a day practice to finish most, Hell I finished most of them back in the day as one day rentals.

[@netoantonio]

Comix Zone is not hard. It is short and has many tricks to make it easier.

[@NobodyAtAll420]

What trick for jumping over the pits?

[@obthree2830]

I’ve beaten all the SOR games, Aladdin, Bloodlines, Dynamite Headdy but Contra is in another level! I’ve beaten Alien Wars on the SNES but damn Hard Corps is tough. Shooters are a category unto themselves. This whole video could be on them.

[@Cloud971]

I'm proud of having finished Streets Of Rage 3, The Adventures Of Batman & Robin Castlevania Bloodlines and Earthworm Jim. But i've never finished Comix Zone.....that game was too much for me.... Where's Rocket Knight Adventure and The Revenge Of Shinobi?

[@Jackrost01]

But Rocket Knight is easy, if you play it on default level. Even normal level just little harder. 1-hit KO only insanely impossible.

[@G4System]

In this video, it's hard for me to play a ghouls 'n ghost.

[@Jackrost01]

Some hard games that I remember: Gargoyles, Smash TV, Splatter House 3 (if we compare it with SOR3), Marko's Magic FootBall(it's ok at the start, and after few levels difficult just jump at insane level and design of level is horrible and unfair after 5-7 levels)

[@BitsBeats]

Oh! Marko's Magic Football, I had almost completely forgotten about it and now with your comment I remember very clear (Here in Spain we love all related to soccer)

[@Jackrost01]

@@BitsBeats Yeah, I own it very very long ago. I rent it, but it was bugged. If small slime touch you, game freezes(on level 2 and even final level, if you use password). I change game on X-perts. Man, X-perts is bad. After that I played Marko only on emulator a little. When I starting solid run I just stuck at level 7 or 8 at forest. It was ok game, but the more you play it, the more wacky level design you seeing. Forest just unfair and frustrating. I just star save scuming. After I somehow complete forest I don't continue it. Maybe someday I tried it again. Game have very good potential, but was destroyed with bad design. Maybe someone hack it someday and fix it.

[@Jackrost01]

Oh I remember two shumps - Fire Shark(console port) and Grind stormer. I complete Fire shark long ago on console. On last levels it very hard. Somehow I run throught final obstacles without upgrades and spent almost all continue. This game is long. But Grind stormer is insane. With cheats on unlimited continue and level select I somehow complete it on console long ago. But with normal rules I can't pass 4 level. This game can be unfair, just like Eliminate down

[@EirkenElite]

I spent one whole summer with my grand parents and they only had a demo disk for pc as far as any video games in their house only good game was first three levels of comix zone I could no hit them

[@dianandrian222]

The Lion King never disappoint me, really hard when I play it as a kid 😅😅. Comix Zone too

[@nolantorres7124]

If you do a video on difficult arcade games, have Raiden in the list, that game is unforgiving

[@BitsBeats]

I'm working on it

[@youisiaint]

Dynamite Headdy starts out fairly manageable for the first 5-6 stages then around stage 7 the difficulty is amped till the final boss which is almost impossible, without a turbo controller at least

[@gamerk316]

I note some of these games can get *really* easy once you understand enemy spawn locations; once upon a time I could reliably beat Earthworm Jim, as was fully capable of beating both Contra: Hard Corps (all four routes) and Castlevania Bloodlines (Hard Mode) without taking a hit. And yet, I could never beat the first level of Comix Zone.

[@ElgranDarkseid]

Varios he jugado y otros no, por mi parte Aladino no lo siento tan complicado pero shadow dancer nunca lo he podido acabar en el nivel difícil. Streets of rage 3 ha Sido otro dolor de cabeza y más en el nivel hard. Ecco y Chakan si que son muy difíciles. Otros que en mi experiencia son muy complicados son: . Bubsy. . Sonic spinball. . Rocket knight adventures ( Hard level ). . Beauty and the beast. . Alexx kid in the enchanted castle. . Batman returns. . TMNT tournament fighters. . Maximum carnage. . Stargate.

[@stephandolby]

The Immortal does take a leap of faith or two, and precise control can be tricky with that scrolling, but it's not insurmountable. Fatal Labyrinth is long _and_ frustrating due to the reliance on random levels and random items, but *spoiler* use the bow bug to get 99 AR and you won't mind so much if you fall through a trap door once or twice.

[@Juampi536]

Hey what about Phantom 2040?

[@oddOnly1]

You thought being Batman would be that easy?

[@mohameddhiajebali9836]

Contra Hard Corps, O M G just do yourself a favor and play the jp version.

[@teknomax7883]

Me, having finished half the games on this list, back in the day on the og Genesis, no emulator and savestates: MOVE ASIDE WIMPS

[@farouqiamin7894]

Bugsy was one of my all time nightmare games, loved it but damn was it hard to beat, dies to fast

[@martinvarela206]

"Hard"... Is take a water glass when you dont have hands...

[@theconsolekiller7113]

SOR 3 is very hard for a beat em up on default difficulty but wouldnt put it up at the top of hardest genesis games. I will agree with Dynamite Heady though. That game seemed very hard from what I played. I still think the hardest games are the more bullshit games with shit control. Chakan probably falls into that category. I think even skilled players are going to take much longer than a few hours to beat most of these, but Im basing it off the time some of these took me. Shadow Dancer gets tricky toward to final sections but really isnt that bad. As mentioned with your SNES list I would personally put most of these in the upper moderate to hard category, with some exceptions.

[@Tokusatsunerd80]

completed most of those games as a kid,they weren't that hard its just games today are super easy by comparison :D

[@indian3750]

Aladdin is not that difficult. Most of them are not that difficult. Like shadow dancer and more. But if you will play like a complete noob yes you are gonna get your ass handed to you. Thats Sega. Amazing console

[@robertkenny1201]

They can't be any more difficult to beat then Megaman Zero 3 and 4 on Hard mode.

[@Vectormantudeoz]

Alien Soldier - Superhard mode

[@joseluki]

Aladdin more difficult than contra? It was a pretty easy game to complete.

[@geoffreylongsword6967]

Bloodlines, Contra H.C., Shadow Dancer, Ghouls and Ghost, M.U.S.H.A., Comix Zone and Aladdin were not difficult at all. Play them, learn the game's patterns, no problem.

[@justinr1094]

Bloodlines and Aladdin shouldn't have been on this list, in my opinion. The others you listed, especially Comix Zone, deserve to be on the list though.

[@lordundeadrat]

Several of these are only difficult because of cheap deaths. Shadow of the Beast being the worst of the lot. Things just zoom on screen and hit you. Aladdin wasn't all that difficult. For my money, LionKing was harder than Aladdin. Both games had the quick time esque chase levels that stood as the road block. Chakan was flat out impossible. Even if you're good at the game it's just relentless at times. Kid Chameleon really just beats you with boredom. On the surface it looks like a nice enough game. But the level design is such that you never get a good sense of progress. Everything just gets samey after a while and you don't even care about finishing this beast. Comic zone had one hell of a marketing budget for such an average game. Enemies are only tough in that they have way way too much health. This stalls progress artificially. Throw in a couple cheap jumps you can only just barely make and a tiny cast of enemies. You've got one of the shortest games that feels like everything takes forever.