Which was the hardest game you ever played on the NES?

@bayernfan (1430)
Canada
February 11, 2008 9:26pm CST
My top 4 hardest games that I played on the NES were: 1) Ghosts & Goblins 2) Bionic Commando 3) Castlevania 4) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles What was the hardest game that you played on the NES?
3 responses
jsmith12
@jsmith12 (438)
• Canada
13 Feb 08
Final Fantasy. And MAnaiac Mantion. Never beat those two either...
jsmith12
@jsmith12 (438)
• Canada
22 Feb 08
Well... My FF game cart is in the brother's possetion, as he owns the NES. We never did get ahold of a MM cart, just rented it. Wasn't really my type of game though. And I was always more into the Dragon Warrior games then FF. Felt the story was better.
bayernfan
@bayernfan (1430)
• Canada
26 Feb 08
Yeah, the Dragon Warrior games were good. I remeber when Nintendo was giving away a free copy of DW with a subscription to Nintendo Power...Those were the days. I preferred the FF series to DW. To each his own. :)
bayernfan
@bayernfan (1430)
• Canada
13 Feb 08
FF and MM were great games. I still have my Final Fantasy cartridge. FF was one of the most vast games for the NES. I managed to finish FF, but if you don't spend enough time gaining experience and levels, some areas will be impossible to clear. You definately need to devote hours to FF too.
Marcola
@Marcola (2774)
• United States
13 Feb 08
Wow...there were a lot of tough games on the NES. Aside from what you mentioned, I'd add Gradius and Battletoads to that list. I agree that Castlevania is a tough game. I've been playing that on the VC and it's fun and frustrating. And to think,once you beat it, there's a harder mode!
bayernfan
@bayernfan (1430)
• Canada
13 Feb 08
I remeber Battletoads. A great game to play in two-player mode.
Marcola
@Marcola (2774)
• United States
13 Feb 08
Yeah, as long as the other player is as skilled as you are, because you can end up killing each other by mistake. My nephew loves this game and he isn't quite as good as me. Although, I have played this game a lot. Never beat it.
bayernfan
@bayernfan (1430)
• Canada
13 Feb 08
True. I had a good partner. We were both well practiced. We came pretty close to finishing the game together. Closer than I was able to get alone.
theprogamer
@theprogamer (10532)
• United States
26 Feb 08
1) Ninja Gaiden 2) Super Mario Bros 2 (Japan Version) 3) Contra (no cheats) 4) TMNT 1 5) Castlevania 6) Mega Man 5
bayernfan
@bayernfan (1430)
• Canada
27 Feb 08
I have only played Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan) in the Super Mario All-Stars game-pak for SNES. If I remeber correctly it was called Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. It's just not the same game with the save feature. Ninja Gaiden 1, 2 & 3 were great games. Contra was another great two player game. Beating Contra single-player without cheats was definately a difficult task. I'm sure that many gamers have used the trusty up, up, down, down, left, right, left right, b, a, b, a, start.