I do remember those Star Wars games being hard as hell

There exists a bootleg lion king game for SNES where everytime you die, Simba (or Timon or Pumba) commits suicide on the continue screen. Simba hangs himself, Timon buries himself alive and Pumba jumps in a pot of soup.

That jared joke tho. 😂😂😂

Demon Crest was/is a great game. I cant beat the last special boss but damn it was a blast to play. The 7th Saga, however, is my favorite game on the SNES I have never beat.

2:57 to me the really hardest part about this game is the 2 final bosses. (One of which you need a password just to fight.)

I'm replaying 7th Saga right now with Esuna and Lux. I always forget about not getting the Remote and having to sail from Bonro instead. Great JRPG! Good stuff, Forte!

I will definitely agree that Castlevania X is STILL hard... I only finished it when I was in my late 20s...While other's consider it as a butchered version of the PCEngine original game, i still had fun as I thought of it as a what if of sorts... Will surely try Hagane and the & 7th Saga games as I have never played or known of them before...

The Super Star Wars games are awesome and I've beaten all three of them. Lots of gameplay variety, multiple playable characters, and they captured the feel of the movies well. They're hard, yes, but hard in a get-good way. Also, the lightsaber totally isn't weak when you use the spinning lightsaber move, which lets you do an ongoing somersault while swinging your blade of death through enemies. Also, Super Ghouls and Ghost is much, much easier if you play it on Nintendo Switch Online with the rewind feature. Some may call that blasphemy, but it lets you breeze through the game's two playthroughs - sure, it's still hard, but it's manageable since you don't have to start levels over when you die.

Zombies Ate My Neighbors is one I never played, but I sometimes hear swearing coming from the ether of damned souls who could never beat it.

I always have thought ActRaiser 2 will be absolutely unfinishable…

All the Super Star Wars game are crazy and hard...I didn't get a lot of enjoyment out of those three.

8:42 Grind this, beat it, and hold your dad to his word

Wasn’t the old wives tale that Lion King was made so hard to keep kids renting it?

I know they released Rondo of Blood on the Wiiware so I still have a virtual copy of it. It's definitely a more polished game than Dracula X but both are fun

I tried Actraiser 2 for 40 minutes. Then I took it back to the game store and replayed the first one.

Contra 3:the Alien Wars,Mega Man X3,Super Ghouls and Ghosts,R-Type 3 are all frustrating. I actually didn't find Castlevania Dracula X that difficult,compared to the PSP remake that was maddingly tough! My biggest gripe on the SNES one was you couldn't play as Maria Renard as in the other versions.

Why would anybody even begin to construct a barbed wire canoe?🤣

The first version of Final Fantasy 4 in Japan is notably less forgiving than what we got in the US. The only version even more difficult is the DS remake; with the original difficulty labeled as hard mode on mobile and PC. Final Fantasy 4 Easy Type in Japan however is the easiest one ever. Dishonorable mention to Mega Man X3. While the bosses are easier than ever to exploit with the AI behavior (aside from Kaiser Sigma), the generic enemies hit far harder than before or since. Also, the Giga Crush was replaced with a barrier ability that didn't really work out. Also the fully charged buster upgrade is not as useful as the one with Mega Man X2 due to the one in X3 firing more like a wall of projectiles.

Super Star Wars was harder than Super Empire for me.

The first Super Star Wars game kicked my butt so hard that my teeth were sore. I never got past the first stage, though I gave up on it pretty quickly. I'll admit that I've always stunk at run and gun platformers, but when I rented this one it took away my desire to play anything in the series.

Crazy how many of those games are Star Wars games.

In The 7th Saga, I always liked Lux. Except for the clanking when he walks. Also, I got Valsu to join me as Lejes, which the manual said would never happen.

One game you probably never played but is without a doubt one of the hardest SNES games is Faceball 2000. 41 levels, no passwords, and the last levels are extremely difficult.

Great list! Yeah, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts is really rough. I've only managed to get the true ending once years ago and I probably don't have the patience to ever do it again! 😅 For me, I'd also give honorable mention to Super R-Type/R-Type III and Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt. I'm curious to see a Top 10 hardest Sega Genesis games if it hasn't already been done.

If you give it time, Castlevania Dracula X is beatable. I got the best ending last October with the re-release of the Advance Collection (without save states or rewinds). It’s very much grounded in the NES mechanics, which I’m ok with since those were my first experiences with CV. I’m not sure that Actraiser 2 is possible to beat though. I tried so damn hard a couple years back. A2 is gorgeous to look at, but a chore to play.

Legend of Galahad for the Mega Drive had the same issue as Zombie Ate My Neighbours as far as passwords went; for some reason you also only got a password at the end of levels 7 and 14 out of a total of 21 (I don't know if Leander, as the Amiga version was called, had the same issue but trying to start level 8 with only the initial sword was really painful due to how little damage it did to the dragon enemies which insta-kill you if their head touches touches you).

I’ve probably mentioned this before about Zombies Ate My Neighbors, but it needed longer passwords so you could keep your items. Super Empire Strikes Back is an exercise in frustration because the ice physics on Hoth are with you throughout the entire game! Did Cloud City use too much wax on their floors, or what!? And the tragedy of Dracula X…. All of the level content could’ve made it from the Rondo Of Blood. I’m not expecting the cinemas, the red book audio, and voice acting. But everything else could’ve made it into Dracula X. 😞

12:10 Bro I owned Barts Nightmare as a kid and could never make it past the orange door. Eventually like 14 years later I finally beat it, but it was still a struggle.

Hagane should have been higher on the list. I have beaten it but SON OF A BITCH! It's one of those games that if you finally beat it, you're never going to want to go through that ever again. When you beat a video game you should feel a sense of accomplishment, with Hagane, it's a relief, and a game should not be so hard it's a relief as opposed to an accomplishment. I also own a repro of Hagane, as well as a repro box, and a repro owner's manual. You also need to try Nightmare Busters, it's not as bad as Hagane, but it's no cakewalk either. I have a repro of Nightmare Busters as well.

Really good list! I've only been able to beat Contra III and Demon's Crest out of this list. Made it to the end of UN Squadron and Dracula X and gave up because of my sanity. Act Raiser 2 is my vote for hardest I've played. It has such unforgiving game-play and a steep learning curve for the controls. Back in the day Game Genie codes weren't even a help and I've yet to beat one boss on it.

What might be easy to you is might be hard for me. That was a true statement

I prefer Rondo of Blood over Castlevania X anyways.

I agree. All of the games on this list are difficult. I don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing that I have beaten nearly all of them. The ones I have not beaten are the star wars games and 7th saga. All of the others I have beaten.

Bro I clicked and my head thought Battletoads! 😂 I was right! I have nostalgia for the SNES one (couldn't beat it even with cheats when I was younger) but nowadays I'd rather trust eating gas station sushi than my abilities to beat it as an adult.

I'm gonna log my opinion on your opinions as I watch: Agree: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 3, 2, 1 Disagree: Never played: 5, 4 Looks like I don't have much to complain about with this video

Hey, so I've recently start watched your videos, but I have one question. Some games start with 'HM:', what does that stand for? BTW, Zombies At My Neighbors was difficult, however very fun!

I'm going to have to try Hagane, it looks sick

Boy dem sum nasty ass games here!

Me and my cousin never could get past the speeder bikes level in Battletoads 😂😂 Loved the game but sucked so bad at it.

Git gud lol kidding. Of the games on this list I agree and I still haven’t beaten some of them. I feel like Zombies Ate My Neighbors was originally meant to be an arcade game but then they decided to expand it and forgot to balance it. It’s fun but you have to know what you’re doing to get far.

I actually completed Bart’s Nightmare. It’s hard, but doable.

Demon’s Crest is tough but fun. If you’re a masochist.

it took me a long time to beat contra 3 on the hardest difficulty. I read that the codes only work for the japanese version.

Hey I was in the airforce and i was also at nellis air force base. When were you in? Just caught that while watching the video.

I was going to say Demons Crest final secret boss. I was proud to just beat the Gameboy game of Battletoads that shit wasn't easy. Contra you have to beat it 2 or 3 times to actually get the best ending. I suck at this game never going to finish this one. Lion King spot on fuck that game. Sandy Koufax only had 2 pitches didn't matter you weren't hitting either one. Mickey Mantle came up to the plate and his teammate said just sit back down your not hitting shit. any of the Star Wars FFS way to difficult nailed that. I beat Castlevania Dracula X hated those pits on the final boss just BS. Got the worst ending but screw it.

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Oh lord Contra 3 I plunked down so much allowance at the video rental store for that one 😅

Yeah, those are all pretty tough in their own ways. At least most of them are pretty awesome as well. I love Demon's Crest and Contra 3. Dracula X I didn't think was tough until the final boss. The arena for that fight is downright nasty. What a difficulty spike. ActRaiser 2, though, might be the biggest disappointment on the system. The first game rules, and the graphics in 2 are phenomenal. The slow walking speed, sluggish combat, and awkward to learn floating/diving mechanics come together with the excised sim mode to made a great big pile of sadness.

Yeah, F these games... in a good way.

Try ren @stimpy time warp. Holy balls is it difficult.

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2 Same on Actraiser II. The first was my favorite game on the system and for them to gut and repurpose the game in such an abomination was just awful. Working my way through the back catalogue of your videos. I hope your move went okay and you are settling in to your new digs.