Seeing you beat Punch Out on stream, starting from having never played the game before, was such a cool experience. Also, can't wait for the the drive-by non-subscriber comments all shouting "WELL ACTUALLY"

I like the CRT shots you've used to introduce each game, nice touch!

Blaster Master was easily my favorite childhood game. Thanks for the nostalgia.

When I was young, Blaster Master blew my tiny brain when it let me get out of the vehicle and walk around! It's always been special to me. Weirdly, I didn't realize how hard it was until I played it again as an adult. Apparently, 8 year old me was some kind of gaming savant because I can't finish half the games today that I used to play! Thanks for this great video. You channel is so excellent. I always look forward to the next upload! You have such a great speaking voice - you must be a professional!

"Because of course that never happened to me. And I didn't throw my game into traffic" can confirm, Ghost 'N Goblins NES did indeed survive. Maybe one day I'll come back and finish that second loop. So many wonderful memories of watching you stream these delightful games, and thank you for such a fun and engaging video as always.

The icy staircase at the end of snake rattle and roll is no joke, kudos for finishing that

Nes games was brutal back in the days and finishing a nes game is also one of the most rewarding feeling of all time.

Your comments on GnG were spot on. The psychological toll of losing your armor and walking around with only one hit does fill you with dread as you continue through the game. Fun video as always =)

Good list, these are all wicked hard, especially Snake Rattle n Roll and Ghosts n Goblins. If you want another tough but super satisfying NES cart, you might wanna check out Solar Jetman. It's a bit brutal, but the game is an amazing experience. I also wanted to say that I love your videos. Your style is a breath of fresh air compared to what I've seen on the majority of retro game channels. It's so nice to hear an original opinion that doesn't pander to the masses, and major props for knowing English. I know this might sound a bit harsh, but I get so tired of listening to people misuse and mispronounce words left and right in their misguided attempts to sound smart. 😆

These are always some of my favorite streams to enjoy. The slow, incremental progress is so satisfying and encouraging! Always leaves me motivated to go take on similar games myself :D

What a deliciously nostalgic video! First of all, I give you all the kudos in the world for beating all of these super tough NES games! I love Blaster Master with all of my video game heart as I played that one back in my childhood. I borrowed it from a friend and after six grueling months of playing the game and making it just a little bit further on each playthrough, I finally managed to beat it! It remains one of my all-time favs to this day. CONGRATS on beating Snake Rattle 'n Roll as well! It took me 30 YEARS to finally beat that insane Ice Foot on the moon and I can't tell you how excited I was to finally pull that one off. The other games you mentioned are all superb as well. Beating Mike Tyson is still one of my best NES accomplishments. That fight was SO tough! And Ghosts 'n Goblins was a game I finally beat last year. Not sure I will play that one again anytime soon though. Journey to Silius is wonderful (music is SO good!) and Friday the 13th really grew on me once I learned how the map works. Great video! You should go after Battletoads and Ninja Gaiden next! ;)

Loved this video so much!! Thanks for sharing your journey and thoughts on these amazing games

Hahaha. The Soda Popinski *fun fact* fading away made me laugh pretty hard. Nice job on the video, my friend :) happy to be able to say I saw a lot of these playthroughs.

Great video! One of my favorite parts about this channel is that when a game gets difficult you don't just give up and say "this game sucks" you see it through and finish it! :)

This was great and I can totally relate to your feelings with games like Ghosts and Goblins and Mike Tyson's punchout that you shared. You definitely had me laughing out loud a few times with the moments of lash out frustration all of us have undoubtedly experienced with these notorious "NES Hard" games.

Daaaaamn, Snake Rattle 'n Roll. All of these are pretty impressive! Much respect. Great video and great job!

Just came across this video today and wanted to let you know how enjoyable a watch it was. The NES was my first real console and I have a huge nostalgia for the games. So watching your authentic struggle with the same games I played and eventually overcame as a kid brought back some good memories. Maybe even gave me a video idea I wouldn't have otherwise considered making. So thank you! The joy is in the journey and you did a great job telling each story through the video. I have very little time to watch much content being so busy working on mine, but you earned my sub with this one. I remember all too well the nightmare of defeating Ghosts N Goblins as an 8-9 year old (it even gave me nightmares when I played it late haha), so anyone to finish it legit has my respect! 👍

Snake, Rattle and Roll is the first game that defeated me as a kid, and I came back to it as an adult to finish. It was definitely a wild ride. So much character, especially for an NES game.

You rock Hun! Keep up the great work, and we'll keep watching :D

That Punch-Out!! stream was one of my first streams of yours that I watched all the way through. That was a journey we all rode along with you on. Seeing you persevere (and hearing the pride and satisfaction in your voice) was uplifting to all of us :)

That’s an impressive resume of 8-but glory. Fun video to revisit some awesome victories!

Fantastic list!! Journey to Silius is a favorite of mine I go back to frequently because of the challenge. To this day, the hardest NES game I've personally beaten is hands down Adventure Island. Looks very inviting, but about halfway through the game, everything changes and it becomes one of the most brutally difficult experiences ever. World 6 and 7 in particular were nightmares to get through.

Awesome review! I’ve never been able to get past journey of silias so great job!

Your channel popped up on my feed and I'm already a fan because of your love of the classics. Your voice and articulation is amazing too. Keep up the good work. 😁

Opening up each title with a view of the glorious phosphor of the CRT like that is great editing. Good and fair list, Castlevania 3 was a toughy!

I love your channel so much! You are a great gamer and a genuinely interesting person to listen to!😊

Never heard of your channel until it popped up randomly today. Awesome content and happy to subscribe and check out other videos.

Bionic Commando was a tough one but worth the effort. Great story, music, and action.

Seeing snake rattle and roll brings back quite a bit of memories. I used to get legitimately scared when Jason would pop up on me in Friday the 13th as a kid. Blaster master was one of my favorites and I would rush home from school to play it. Awww, the memories of the nes era. Good times.

This is a great video with an excellent approach! You’ve just got yourself a subscriber.

As usual, absolutely flawless production value in this video. I can't imagine how much time it took you to master these games.

You've upgraded a bit, nice! There's something about beating old games like this. Most people these days will just use save states and I'm a bit guilty of that sometimes but when you take a significantly challenging old school game and truly beat it that's a feeling like no other! On the Sega Genesis I've been able to beat Kid Chameleon a few times after years and years of my childhood being spent on it.

I finally beat “Godzilla Monster of Monsters!” last week :) Lol, used to rent it constantly and never made it past the first grid.. Didn’t even realize you leveled up Godzilla and Mothra :p I really ham’d it up while playing and my son and I were cracking up the whole time while we slowly went insane from the repetitive music and sound effects. Best game ever.. Godzilla, Friday the 13th and Jaws are definitely stand-out gaming memories, playing along with my big sister and older brother.

Just found your channel (through this video) and I've gotta say this was a very enjoyable video! You've earned a sub from me, for sure! It's nice to see someone showing persistence with these games instead of just calling BS on them and quitting. Nicely done!

Great video. Impressive list. Respect!

Not only is this a stack of some of the hardest NES games, it's also a stack of some of the best! I'm all for a nice cozy NES game that doesn't break your head from time to time, but there is just something about how well these games were made and how they bring out the best in you.. and finishing them after putting the work in is so satisfying. I'd really love to see you take on Battle Kid, as it falls right into this category, but you already know that >:) Fun video, Grumbles.. well done. Oh, and referencing the Blaster Master wall softlock without actually showing the wall softlock: Power move.

I love these videos. I put some time into the NES recently and absolutely love this system. I'm constantly finding games I'd never heard of on this console... NES is timeless. A relic of the past, but still so playable today and captivating to those willing to put in the time to enjoy its famous library of some of gaming's greatest.

Really good job on the transitions!

Congrats on beating all these by the way. That's awesome.

One game that really challenged me as a kid and forced me to actually think is Adventures of Lolo. Straight up puzzles, most games require you to react properly this little game you had to think about how to solve its puzzles. It really was satisfying figuring them out and even more so when your mind is so wired you figure out some of them without having to think very long. But then....there are those you think you have figured out but NOPE.

Inspirational viewing 🌟 Sometime soon, when I finally get a good chunk of recreation time to myself, I've got my eye on playing through a few old games that I've never got around to properly trying. In particular, I'm really looking forward to The Adventure of Link, and maybe even the dreaded Ghosts 'n Goblins... well, the first loop, at least! The only shame is that we didn't see Adventure Island 1 on this list. 🙂 Wonderful stuff, Hungry, I loved it !!!

HG! I know I say this often but your videos are soo comfy. I really like the new game intros with the tiny TV in a dark room, brings me back to sneaking in my own gaming sessions as a kid. I also rented Snake as a kid but only once, it was just too much for my baby brain!

great video. i guess youtube isnt putting your vids in my feed anymore cuz its been a while since i seen one. i miss this!! you make me want to play whatever game you do videos on. im probably gonna play castlevania 3 later today!

You have a very soothing voice, it's very nice to hear you talk about these old games. You're knowledge is great as well, please keep up the amazing work, I can't wait to see more from you!!!!

Wow. You beat Snake Rattle n Roll without a game genie? I didn't even think that was possible. I thought the game was designed to sell Game Genies. That gray ice level was the game killer for me. Even with a Game Genie I wasn't able to beat that final boss until my mid 20's. I admire your persistence. I don't have time or patience for things like that anymore.

Another great video. Your Punch Out and Zelda 2 streams made me a fan

Thanks for the reviews and bringing back childhood memories of retro gaming. Playing these challenging titles will give me hours of gameplay in my free time.

Great work on completing these games. Currently at around 220 NES games completed, all regions, but mostly US. Metal Storm on Expert (Second loop) would be the hardest thing I completed on NES, but thats an optional mode. The default mode is moderate but expert feels untested at points, trying to find the movement paths. As far as default challenges, Ninja Gaiden 3 took me around 16 hours and had alot of parts to put together. Its easy to forget alot of the smaller details and its the only one with limited continues in the series. You also take much more damage and checkpoints are much farther apart than in the other 2 games. Cobra Triangle and Snake Rattle n Roll both seem like some of the hardest games on the NES and also play very well, so Id like to work on those. Great work completing Snake Rattle N Roll. Battletoads was a game I never really liked, so never spent much time on it. I have beaten most of the Ghost N Goblins games but will have to work on the NES one more. Its a pretty sloppy port but would be cool to complete regardless. Blaster Master seems like a tough one from what I remember, but never completed it. Castlevania 3 Im currently at the end of and its definately alot harder than the first game. Journey To Silius only took me a little over 3 hours to beat, but as you said its not too bad once you realise you have to creep the screen and play it slowly. I use save states to practice sections of these games efficiently in order to put them together, so it would take much longer playing on the system and having to restart the full games. It definately changes the practicing process. I tried Frday The 13th recently with a guide, and still couldnt figure out what the fuck to do, ha ha. Great work on being patient enough to see it through.

It was great seeing Blaster Master on this list. I’ll never forget the feeling of figuring out the route to the last area. That game was definitely one my all-time favorite completes on the NES. Solstice was another one, and worth checking out if you haven’t already. Lots of ah-ha moments in that challenging game as well.

Going for the throat for some of these great titles. I love how you conquered them and I'm glad you had a great time while playing. Hopefully, you get more titles under your belt and clear more of them. Rooting for ya and if i can find time, I might lurk a stream or three. Sinister-Sama

First video I've found of yours. 3 seconds of Faxanadu theme, subscribed👌

Great video. I recently beat a game that had been my white whale for decades, the original Castlevania. Beating it on original hardware, without any save states or rewind features, literally had me fist-pumping. Such an awesome feeling.

The two that I've beaten are Zelda II and Castlevania III. Zelda II was hard, but I had the patience to level up when the difficulty spiked. Well, the trip to the final dungeon was still very difficult no matter what. Now that I know the game better, I think I can alleviate its difficulty a bit better, suiting the level up system to my playstyle. Now, I still don't know how I've beaten Castlevania III, even the Japanese version.

HEEEEYY I love your content !! thanks for bringing so many memories Back 💚

Great video, HG! I’m so glad you came to appreciate and defeat Friday the 13th. I have so many fond memories of playing it as a kid with my brother. We somehow managed to beat it then but it wasn’t until coming back to it as an adult that I really came to appreciate and understand it. It will always be one of my favorites despite its reputation.

NES was also a big part of my childhood. It was the family system but I remember when my dad bought me a game that was all mine. Dragon Warrior taught me how to save money, level grind, and many more skills that would help carry me through my gaming life. Thank you dad R.I.P. ❤️

Absolute legendary list of great games and gameplay. Punch Out is impossible for me. I wonder if we'll get to see Battletoads on the next list of hard games >:) Fun video

You sure create awesome, quality content. Your narration is nostalgic and feel like an old pal is reviewing old games. Thanks!!❤

I just found your channel. You have yourself a subscriber. I love how you break things down and the love you show for the classics.

Your patience is remarkable, well done on completing these. The only one of these I've beat is Zelda 2. We had it growing up... instead of Zelda 1, lol. But I didn't beat it until I was a teenager, and the first time I'm pretty sure I used the cheap but safe method of crouching in the corner to fight the final boss. Now I come back to it every once in awhile, and usually I only get a few game overs before the end. Probably my least favorite part is grinding all my stats to max level, but I don't like going into the final palace without them, haha.

I got back from college the summer of 1997, and I decided to use my time off to go back and complete some games that I never beat and play games that I always wanted to try (this relates to your Illusion of Gaia review, that I swear that I will comment on). Two NES games in my library of games that I loved was Zelda 2 and Blaster Master, but I never beat them when I first got them. It felt like a serious accomplishment finally beating those two. If I had access to a Snake Rattle and Roll cart I probably would have attempted to beat that too (the furthest I ever made it when I was a kid was the final ice level).

David Wise is hands down my favorite game composer, SRnR has some boppin tunes.

You deserve all the subscribers in the world. Love your channel and your voice lol

Hats off for finishing these titles...especially Blaster Master and Dracula's Curse. These are very tough nes games to finish. Your pride in these milestones is certainly justified. Can I offer another? I personally have finished a Romstar title by the name of Cowboy Kid. It is a fun game full of charm and uniqueness. If you have ever played The Legend Of The Mystical Ninja for the snes, you will certainly see the similarities between the two titles. Cowboy kid is very challenging and the boss battles are BRUTAL! I'm convinced that CK was designed specifically to make the NES player better. Thanks for reading my book and happy gaming :)

Zelda II is the only one listed that I've beaten. It's also the only one I owned as a kid. I played through it again fairly recently and knowing when to strategically skip level ups really helps smooth out some of the difficulty. Focusing on attack upgrades early definitely help make the Death Mountain difficulty spike more manageable.

I know what you mean about hoping you chose the correct option when continuing, I got the the last level for the first time in Wonder Boy in Monster Land, and accidentally pressed Reset instead of Pause on the Master System, was not happy. But as for suggestions, have you looked at Fester's Quest yet? And you know the big fact about Journey to Silius too? :D

I have not seen a video of you before but I absolutely adore that you bought up Journey to Silius and Blaster Master and their soundtrack you yourself another subscriber!

Lovely video and lovely list! I really enjoy listening to stories of how people managed to beat old and incredibly hard NES-games. I would add the first TMNT and Bart vs the Space Mutants to the list aswell. Classic, frustrating and wonderfully satisfying to beat :) As for myslef, I've gone thru a couple of odd ones that I dont recommend, such as: Airwolf, Silkworm and the Last Starfigher. Holy Diver on the famicom is also a real beast to get thru! Looking forward to the next video!

I freaking love Snake Rattle 'n Roll! What a start to the list.

I recently found to my horror that I simply do not have the patience required to play most action and dexterity-based 8 and 16 bit retro games anymore. But I sure love watching other people play them :)

Loved it. Good vid.

Great video!

Great video! It took me many years to finally figure out how to play Friday the 13th. I wanted to like the game for so long, but I just didn’t think it was made well. A few years ago I got the mechanics of the game down and knew what needed to be done to progress. Got a decent run on it a couple years ago. I wanted a Castlevania 3 run and have been practicing it all year. Finally got a good run with Sypha that’ll go live for Halloween next year. There were times I had 1 health left with zero lives! Just had to keep going and don’t give up! Zelda II is a game I come back to every couple years. I love collecting items in 8bit games. Can’t remember if you’ve covered Goonies II before, but that game gives me the same type of feel as the two Zelda games, as far as collecting items go.

Some games are so hard and so good at the same time that it doesn't even matter you can't or haven't beaten it. The replay value is endless.

Punch-Out was brilliant seeing you finally beat it!

A huge congrats on beating these games! I can't tell you how much that amazes me due to the sheer amount of patience NES games can take. I hope you're able to keep beating more games (but also enjoy them) as I know some are just completely unfair. If I had to make a fun recommendation, I would say try playing Roller Games. It was a game I had as a kid and I actually enjoyed it quite a bit but never did beat it unfortunately.

Great list!

As I often tell you on stream, you're an example of persistence with games for me. You've completed some of my worst NES nightmares, GnG in particular. I LOVE the series, but that NES port... still kept playing it over and over as a kid but never completed it. Congrats on this video doing so well. I "consume" a lot of retro content and yours is definitely among my favorites. Your stream, as well as your videos, are gold for a retro lover. Keep it up HG :) (it's nostArtia btw)

Such a GREAT watch! I've seen few NES game endings in recent years. The struggle to not pull the Game Genie out, just for a little more ammo, life, magic etc. just tells me I'm not as patient as I once was. Ghosts and Goblins victory is truly a solid platinum achievement. That game has very little room for indecision and you are correct; hopping around in boxers is certainly not striking terror in your foes. Blaster Master is one I've ALWAYS gone out to lengths to beat and never succeeded. Your skills are definitely top notch in this day and age!

Great stuff, I just subscribed.

This channel is wonderful. I just subscribed. It feels like a side of the same coin that SNESdrunk is on, which makes sense given that I see from the comments below that he's also a fan. Just really wholesome, nostalgic content.

Nice to see another new video! This was a great list of games, some of which I have yet to play or beat, but are on my purchase list for sometime in the near future. The adventure of Link is one of the most difficult games I've ever completed in my life, if not the most difficult. I spent many of stressful hour playing it as a teenager after I bought it from the local video store when they sold off all of their NES games. I wasn't able to get any further than roughly Death Mountain or perhaps across the river to the next section near where the maze Palace is. It took me graphing out every area and the entire Overworld map, every dungeon, town, etc. before I was able to beat the game in its entirety. Oh man, it was quite a challenge! I was not prepared for how much greater the challenge became once I entered the Great Palace. The map I drew for that was so huge, and labyrinthian, that I was dumbstruck when I looked at it after I completed the drawing. All this was challenging enough, especially the Fokka and Fokkeru enemies, but also the Thunderbird and Dark Link. Palaces are definitely the hardest part of this game!

Journey to Silius is very much on my list! Gotta give you props before conquering Castlevania III! And Zelda II was something I feared for a long time, but despite its difficulty, once I tried it out, I couldn't help but love it! Keep beating those games!

Everybody loved the aha-moments! Nice video by the way!

What a great list and video! I have played all of these and Blaster Master is the only one I remember finishing. The game I was most excited to beat from the NES was Rygar. There was something about it's world felt complete. I don't know if it's a hard game, but it took me forever.

Nice video. I’m an nes child myself. I still play these games to this day so it’s nice to see others play them as well. Much respect showing Link some love. I’ve never understood how people dislike that game.

HungryGoriya! Some of the videos you've done on the original Legend of Zelda & Zelda 2, along with walkthroughs from youtubers named SaikyoMog and Pacattack, helped me beat the first game and its 2nd quest....now im vining to beat Zelda 2...you inspired me and please keep making these wonderful videos. Im always waiting for the next video you drop 😄

Awesome video! That first game looks really similar to Marble Madness. I finally beat Mike Tyson a couple of years ago during Covid. Had nothing better to do so I grinded it out and finally beat him. Felt good lol.

way to go on each and every game on this list! All us life long gamers can enjoy this kind of story telling format of people's detailed journey w/ games and can relate on a spiritual level ☺

Blaster Master traumatized me as a kid 😆 nice choice, that game is amazing. Kid Icarus is another one of those exceptionally hard games that feels like actual work. Awkward platforming, super long, and cryptic as heck. Cool channel, game on!

you have my respect for beating each and every one of these games!

I still can't believe Anyone has Ever beaten that brilliant and frustrating Friday the 13th for our NES. Nicely done

Great video look forward 2 more

What a great set of games to talk about difficulty wise! I love all these games, but haven't played Journey to Silius yet, but after seeing/hearing about it, I'm inspired to give it a shot. For personal experiences for me here, it's truly a mixed bag of results. Friday the 13th I rented as a kid, and got absolutely nowhere. Years later, a friend I met in high school owned and he never beat it either, so we spent a full weekend trying to beat it at his house, and while we killed Jason once and learned a lot, we couldn't do any better than that. After having come back and beaten it myself as an adult, it was very fun watching you work through it. You and I found different ways to get the torch, which is awesome because I find it a blast watching people play spoiler/backseat free because you develop your own style/strats! Punch Out was a childhood game for me, and while I could make it to Tyson, I never came close to beating him. Mr Sandman was a huge roadblock with that uppercut combo he's got, but Tyson just was far more than I could ever handle. I wish I'd seen you play this live, it's such a fun game to watch someone succeed at! Snake Rattle n Roll was such a pleasant surprise. Ren brought this game to my attention, and what a fun, well balanced game it is! Those last levels are something else, but anyone that enjoys difficult NES platforming needs to play this for sure! Blaster Master was another childhood game of mine, but honestly, far too difficult for me initially. When I got this game, my parents owned a sports collectibles store in a local mall, so I'd bring my NES and play in the back room of the store. Months were spent mapping the game out, learning where I needed to go, learning boss strats, and finally putting it all together. Without having all that extra free time to learn it, there was no way I was beating this. Your playthrough was amazing, and you quickly adapted to using hover to get through area 8's spikes, which was the key! Ghosts N Goblins I had as a kid, and even beat loop 1, but the horrors of finding out the awful truth with loop 2 was more than I could handle, and I never touched it again till I was an adult! It's very interesting how level 2 with the ogre house is so darn hard, and honestly worst than 99% of the rest of the game! Your clip with the key falling is not surprising considering how little time that level gives you. Castlevania III was a game I never played as a kid, but it's since become one of my favorite games of all time. The game has everything going for it and is one of the most fair games as far as a combo of being difficult but also giving you a chance to correct yourself and get better. I look forward to you playing through the others paths and using the other characters! Zelda II was another childhood game for me, and a lot of people really didn't like this game, and that's a real shame. It's by far my favorite Zelda of all time, and coming back for more never gets old. The dungeons are something else, and that knockback is terrifying when around lava. Maybe one day they'll make a new side scrolling platform Zelda like this one and leave that 3D nonsense behind! I really love your point about how a game can be really hard, but be fair to where you're taught the mechanics and given chances to improve your skills before later stages. Some games do not do that at all, but these games in particular have ways to where you can slowly improve, make adjustments, practice, and be well rewarded for your efforts. That separates a good game from a great game I think. Excellent stuff as always, Hungry! Sorry for the long winded comment, but it's really exciting hearing your thoughts on so many of these games that have been incredibly fun to me!

New sub here. I have a ton of fond memories of Little Nemo The Dreammaster. For the longest time I couldnt get out of his room. The night sea was my favorite stage until I actually made it to the end of the game. The final boss fight was so much fun, charging up shots vs the Nightmare King with epic bgm felt amazing. The ending bgm is still one of my faves of all time. Thanks for sharing 😁

Snake rattle 'n roll was a very fond childhood memory. Thanks for the share.

Your hardcore to the max and I respect that. Takes a lot of patience and skill to beat games like these.

Dude...Blaster Master is one of my all-time favorites! Legendary soundtrack...I never could beat it though and I still haven't to this day. Damn...you beat some difficult games...Now you have to try Battletoads and Contra! Geez...buying and playing the VirtualBoy was the toughest thing you've done within the mention of this video...Good of you to have kept it though, as I assume it grew in value. I haven't beaten ANY of these games. But I HAVE beaten Contra, Bubble Bobble, SMB 2, Fire and Ice, Double Dragon II, Zelda 1 (Both quests), Shadowgate, and some others I can't think of off-top.

I appreciate being reminded of all these old memories thanks to your videos.

A nice video and you have the perfect voice for the naration.