Games that were difficult in your childhood

lokiss · 4 Sep 2020 at 17:50

If you're talking the BBC then Ghouls and it's pixel perfect jumping is right up there with the hard stuff.

chrismscotland · 11 Sep 2020 at 22:52

ivrytwr3 said:
C64:

Spellbound

Finders Keepers

Thunderbirds

Will try and grab some vids later

Chris; I'd forgotten about Thunderbirds - that was a nightmare!

Nitefly · 22 Dec 2020 at 08:39

Epic necro!

Vexr said:
Completely forgot about Dynamite Heady. Ended up watching this in part:

Most of it looked familiar, so I guess I must've done some sight-seeing cheating as a kid. Have to respect the lengthy ending sequence.

The Lion King was so difficult it was abominable. A level involving log jumping up a waterfall did me in if I remember right - had to cheat past that, and that wasn't even in the adult Simba phase of the game.

If you are suggesting that Lion King is harder than Dynamite Headdy... you are simply remembering it wrong

Lion King was a doddle - granted those logs were a little tricky as a toddler!

I think I’ve decided that I’m going to beat Dynamite Headdy as an adult this Christmas.... no save slots. I am a sucker for punishment.

edit - that vid is the Japanese version which is supposedly way easier.... but even then it gives me anxiety lol

Doug2507 · 22 Dec 2020 at 08:58

Mines of titan. Loved it but could I **** finish the last bit in the mines.

Duke · 26 Dec 2020 at 10:26

lokiss said:
If you're talking the BBC then Ghouls and it's pixel perfect jumping is right up there with the hard stuff.

We had it on the Electron, remember it like it was yesterday

Haze · 26 Dec 2020 at 11:28

They are even harder now lol, what are you on about lol

lokiss · 26 Dec 2020 at 23:32

Duke said:
We had it on the Electron, remember it like it was yesterday

Heh It comes to something when a you tube playthrough only makes it to the 3rd level

I think that was just about the sum of the collective effort from me and my school mates back then too.

hughtrimble · 26 Dec 2020 at 23:40

almoststew1990 said:
The first mission in Driver when you're in the car park "proving your worth". I can do it first time now though, not sure what the big deal was!

I'd completely forgotten about Driver. What a fantastic game (sadly ruined by one of the sequels). That mission was hard!

I also remember the real thrill of realising what a huge deal it was being able to finally get out of a car and run around, and that was thanks to GTA3.

nitram100 · 27 Dec 2020 at 15:31

I remember Lolo 2 on the NES driving me and my bros mad, still very tricky to this day as I was playing with my bro a few days ago.

Witcher1980 · 29 Dec 2020 at 02:11

Little computer people, still have no idea what you are meant to do.

JonnyT · 15 Jan 2021 at 01:08

D-Generation on the Amiga was pretty hard and frustrating

Junglist · 15 Jan 2021 at 09:14

Not necessarily that level but that game was pretty tricky when I was a kid.

Another game which actually brought me to tears when I was a kid was Killer Instinct on the SNES. I could barely beat the final boss, Eyedol. He used to do this weird stamping move that would gain him health but also damage you. I felt like it was so unfair

jennidc · 15 Jan 2021 at 11:41

My first game on zx spectrum manic miner (the bug byte version) I never beat level 19 "solar powered generator". It had a random line that flickered around the screen depleting your air.

I still love the game a real gem.

iamwilf · 17 Jan 2021 at 15:22

Alien Breed series on Amiga. All hard, but Tower Assault was ridiculous.
Also Oddworld on PSX, I only recently finished this using save states in emulation!

The-Plethora · 18 Jan 2021 at 12:05

For pure difficulty and frustration there are a few games that could have been chosen but at the end for me it has to be Shadow of the Beast 2 on Amiga, the difficulty completely ruined the game. If you managed to go to the left and make it down the tree branches without dying you were doing good.

Utterly unforgiving, perhaps 3 seconds of an enemy touching you is enough for a game over via a really long (yet cool) death screen that had to be loaded each time. Even with infinite health (ten pints) it was STILL really difficult. Make one mistake in a puzzle and that's it, you cant progress and because you have infinite health the only way to end the game it to reboot the system. Fall off a drawbridge, push the wrong switch, open the wrong door on the dog bit, mess up the see saw puzzle? same deal.
I finally managed to complete it with infinite health, a walk through, AND save states a few years back and it still felt like an achievement.

iamwilf · 18 Jan 2021 at 13:07

The-Plethora said:
For pure difficulty and frustration there are a few games that could have been chosen but at the end for me it has to be Shadow of the Beast 2 on Amiga

That series was a technical marvel, but gameplay took a back seat

Opisflap · 25 Jan 2021 at 12:07

Ninja Gaiden on the Master System absolutely busted my balls. What was worse was my big sister completed it before me.

ScotchHop · 31 Jan 2021 at 02:56

The Main Event a clunky 10p/quarter muncher but fun and so hard.

Gauntlet 2 is a pain. It's good sequel and a shame I haven't found a revision that doesn't take away the food. I know the Amiga and ST versions don't, but they are not arcade perfect. Great versions and I enjoyed the Amiga version very much as a teenager.

Makhaira · 22 Jul 2021 at 17:04

Lemmings. Always lemmings.

Ravenger · 23 Jul 2021 at 14:18

ScotchHop said:
The Main Event a clunky 10p/quarter muncher but fun and so hard.

Gauntlet 2 is a pain. It's good sequel and a shame I haven't found a revision that doesn't take away the food. I know the Amiga and ST versions don't, but they are not arcade perfect. Great versions and I enjoyed the Amiga version very much as a teenager.

I can play that on my arcade cab, though I only have two sets of controls, so two player only (Unless I plug in USB gamepads).