Funny you should say the Battletoads was crafted by a mastermind of mischief. The head programmer, Mark Betteridge, according to an interview by various Rare employees, was a seriously good gamer, and essentially set the game to his skill level. It is said that by the time he stopped tweaking the game, he was the only one at Rare who could beat it, and many people believe that’s why the two player Clinger Winger bug wasn’t fixed in time.
I am loving this fairly new channel so very much, u put out great content covering numerous console and all. Really hope this channel grows big cause I'm so enjoying it.
This was a great video, and a great list! I can't disagree with any of the titles included, because they're all bonkers hard. I like the humor, as well. Good job! 👍
With the exception of the final boss, all of the bosses in Fester's Quest can be beaten by selecting a key from the item menu and then tapping the button to use the key while walking around the room. The final boss can be beaten by standing in a safe spot in the room between his "laser" blasts and then using the homing missiles until he is dead.
Good list! I actually don't think I've ever beaten Mega Man 1 without the pause trick on the Yellow Devil. There are a lot challenging NES games. I think I've only beaten about a dozen NES games. Though, I do appreciate the challenge of many NES games. In many of these early games, you really have to learn the intricacies of each game to slowly build up your skill. It can be very rewarding to finally see the credits in many of these games...unless you pulled out all of your hair in frustration!
A list clearly made by people that never played these games but did some googling. Castlevania 3 is a million times tougher than the original. Battletoads is a million times tougher than Ghosts n Goblins. And Mega Man 1 isn't the toughest game in that series. and Festers Quest? I mean did you just watch AVGN to make this list?
What would you say the toughest megaman game is? 1 is pretty dang brutal even with only 6 robot masters. But megaman has a password system so it really shouldn't be on this list at all imo
Milon''s Secret Castle! Early NES Confusing Hard. If you didn't have Nintendo Power back in the day, you wouldn't even know how to get the first boss to appear, unless you happened to accidentally reveal one of the hidden shops that contain the shoes for purchase (they're cheaper in the second room's shop). If you happened to do this, you might not even realize that was the trigger for the boss. Did you figure out how the continue system works? Oh, where, oh, where do I shoot to trigger the Hudson Bee? I need that shield! Hints are maddeningly vague, and some of the icons for the things you get can be confused for something else that was described in the hint. Oh, and no invincibility frames, so those overlapping enemy patters will get you dead fast. Get yourself a couple of different walkthroughs, because even experienced gamers miss things.
You forgot Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight. Don't let the title fool you, this game is NOT a 2D fighter. It's an action platformer and the only thing it has in common with the Street Fighter franchise is your character is Ken, and there's a mention of Ken when he was in the Street Fighter circuit. This game is BALLS HARD! And now that it's been officially released on the NES by Retro-Bit, you forgot Holy Diver. That game is a game for masochists.
A much lesser known game i would add as one of the hardest (but i never see on these lists) is dragon power. That game is insanely difficult. Ive beaten all the games on this list, but I never even came close to beating dragon power. The entire game, your health is constantly deplenishing, even while walking around, so you must find ways to restore it. If you get hit, it significantly drops your health.
There's a couple of games on here that don't belong. Fester's Quest, Bayou Billy, Top Gun and to an extent Silver Surfer. I say they don't belong because they're only difficult due to poor game design and not actually "challenge". Zelda 2 should definitely get one of their spots. Also, imo, Castlevania 1 is harder than 3 and Battletoads is WAY harder than Ghosts-n-Goblins.
Exactly. That's like saying deadly towers is difficult when in fact it hampers you from the beginning with no maps, hardly any health and no clear objective besides find the bells and burn them.
Seeing that refueling bit on Top Gun gave me horrifying flashbacks of my childhood and hours-long marathons failing miserably at that game. Switching, ironically enough, to TMNT if i got tired of top gun. Both excellent games with gameplay that is almost like you're in the movie! (Sarcasm... Nothing even remotely resembling the movie version of the IP appears in either title).
Still better than my awful/painful GTA PS2 experience (Especially GTA III) where i had endless amount of problems such as NPC's only listening whenever they feel like it, Dying sooooo many times just to see the lovely "Wasted!" on my screen, Failing a mission in such a bullshit and very unfair way, Cars getting flipped over, A cheat doesn't work at random for no reason even when i typed it right to a goddamn fucking T, Gangs shoot you for no reason, Mods don't work and either nothing happens or the game crashes. Oh i could go on and write a book about on how these games caused me severe anger issues as a teenager at 13-15.
The real trick was for a game to be Nintendo Hard (TM), but still worth playing. Many of these games just... weren't. Silver Surfer and Bayou Billy were just plain bad, for instance. Castlevania III, Battle Toads, Ninja Gaiden, and Mega Man, though, were awesome. Heck, I even managed to beat Mega Man and Ninja Gaiden... Superhard, but totally worth it.
@@dacatindahat8275 ... what? Wait... do you... do you think that the idea of Silver Surfer and Bayou Billy being crap games is a NEW thing? FFS, Bayou Billy came out in the US in 1989. That's six freaking YEARS before CZcams was even a thing! That's also the year I rented it from Blockbuster and found out it was TERRIBLE. My brother, my opinions of these games not only predates CZcams, I'm willing to lay odds that they probably predate YOU. I've been playing video games since 1980, son. Have a seat.
silver surfer in not even close to being one of the hardest games on nes, gradius and lifeforce are way harder, if anything i think silver surfer is one of the easier 'shmups' in the consoles library
Great video - in my opinion Adventure Island 1 THE hardest NES game (but it never gets mentioned on lists like this). The last few levels are insane especially 8-3, which I would say is the hardest level in any NES game.
+joe angeles It's hard to argue with your opinion. The arcade version, "Wonderboy," is brutal. I always die at the same spot and am not sure what I'm doing wrong. There were so many brutal games for the NES that there's bound to be some titles left off a top-ten list that some of us grew up with and found frustratingly difficult.
Festers quest is actually rather easy I can beat in in under an hr bayou Billy is also easily beaten as for tmnt it isn't that difficult once u r past water level once u have the scroll weapon
You come off as extremely inauthentic and just ripping off others content. Have you played any of these games or just copy pasting from other channels?
Funny you should say the Battletoads was crafted by a mastermind of mischief. The head programmer, Mark Betteridge, according to an interview by various Rare employees, was a seriously good gamer, and essentially set the game to his skill level. It is said that by the time he stopped tweaking the game, he was the only one at Rare who could beat it, and many people believe that’s why the two player Clinger Winger bug wasn’t fixed in time.
Rigged it no surprise!
Not surprised that these have all been reviewed by AVGN.
I am loving this fairly new channel so very much, u put out great content covering numerous console and all. Really hope this channel grows big cause I'm so enjoying it.
This was a great video, and a great list! I can't disagree with any of the titles included, because they're all bonkers hard. I like the humor, as well. Good job! 👍
With the exception of the final boss, all of the bosses in Fester's Quest can be beaten by selecting a key from the item menu and then tapping the button to use the key while walking around the room. The final boss can be beaten by standing in a safe spot in the room between his "laser" blasts and then using the homing missiles until he is dead.
Good list! I actually don't think I've ever beaten Mega Man 1 without the pause trick on the Yellow Devil. There are a lot challenging NES games. I think I've only beaten about a dozen NES games. Though, I do appreciate the challenge of many NES games.
In many of these early games, you really have to learn the intricacies of each game to slowly build up your skill. It can be very rewarding to finally see the credits in many of these games...unless you pulled out all of your hair in frustration!
Someone has never played Deadly Towers
It’s hard alright… hard to keep playing because it’s so bad.
A list clearly made by people that never played these games but did some googling. Castlevania 3 is a million times tougher than the original. Battletoads is a million times tougher than Ghosts n Goblins. And Mega Man 1 isn't the toughest game in that series. and Festers Quest? I mean did you just watch AVGN to make this list?
What would you say the toughest megaman game is? 1 is pretty dang brutal even with only 6 robot masters. But megaman has a password system so it really shouldn't be on this list at all imo
Yeah Megaman 1 is the easiest
Milon''s Secret Castle! Early NES Confusing Hard. If you didn't have Nintendo Power back in the day, you wouldn't even know how to get the first boss to appear, unless you happened to accidentally reveal one of the hidden shops that contain the shoes for purchase (they're cheaper in the second room's shop). If you happened to do this, you might not even realize that was the trigger for the boss. Did you figure out how the continue system works? Oh, where, oh, where do I shoot to trigger the Hudson Bee? I need that shield! Hints are maddeningly vague, and some of the icons for the things you get can be confused for something else that was described in the hint. Oh, and no invincibility frames, so those overlapping enemy patters will get you dead fast. Get yourself a couple of different walkthroughs, because even experienced gamers miss things.
Honestly, it's a pretty easy game
You forgot Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight. Don't let the title fool you, this game is NOT a 2D fighter. It's an action platformer and the only thing it has in common with the Street Fighter franchise is your character is Ken, and there's a mention of Ken when he was in the Street Fighter circuit. This game is BALLS HARD! And now that it's been officially released on the NES by Retro-Bit, you forgot Holy Diver. That game is a game for masochists.
In my opinion, BattleToads is the hardest. Turbo Tunnel, Rat Race and the Bain of my existence: Clinger Wringer. Easily the hardest.
A much lesser known game i would add as one of the hardest (but i never see on these lists) is dragon power. That game is insanely difficult. Ive beaten all the games on this list, but I never even came close to beating dragon power. The entire game, your health is constantly deplenishing, even while walking around, so you must find ways to restore it. If you get hit, it significantly drops your health.
There's a couple of games on here that don't belong. Fester's Quest, Bayou Billy, Top Gun and to an extent Silver Surfer. I say they don't belong because they're only difficult due to poor game design and not actually "challenge". Zelda 2 should definitely get one of their spots. Also, imo, Castlevania 1 is harder than 3 and Battletoads is WAY harder than Ghosts-n-Goblins.
Exactly. That's like saying deadly towers is difficult when in fact it hampers you from the beginning with no maps, hardly any health and no clear objective besides find the bells and burn them.
I think you mixed up Castlevania lll with part ll
Seeing that refueling bit on Top Gun gave me horrifying flashbacks of my childhood and hours-long marathons failing miserably at that game. Switching, ironically enough, to TMNT if i got tired of top gun.
Both excellent games with gameplay that is almost like you're in the movie! (Sarcasm... Nothing even remotely resembling the movie version of the IP appears in either title).
Battletoads. That´s it
They used image's from ninja gaiden 2 in this... and why was legendary wings not mentioned along with ghosts and goblins
I'd I like to nominate Street fighter 2010 for the difficult list I can never beat it without cheats. It's very brutal.
Still better than my awful/painful GTA PS2 experience (Especially GTA III) where i had endless amount of problems such as NPC's only listening whenever they feel like it, Dying sooooo many times just to see the lovely "Wasted!" on my screen, Failing a mission in such a bullshit and very unfair way, Cars getting flipped over, A cheat doesn't work at random for no reason even when i typed it right to a goddamn fucking T, Gangs shoot you for no reason, Mods don't work and either nothing happens or the game crashes. Oh i could go on and write a book about on how these games caused me severe anger issues as a teenager at 13-15.
The real trick was for a game to be Nintendo Hard (TM), but still worth playing. Many of these games just... weren't. Silver Surfer and Bayou Billy were just plain bad, for instance. Castlevania III, Battle Toads, Ninja Gaiden, and Mega Man, though, were awesome. Heck, I even managed to beat Mega Man and Ninja Gaiden... Superhard, but totally worth it.
Do you get all your opinions from CZcams 😂
@@dacatindahat8275 ... what?
Wait... do you... do you think that the idea of Silver Surfer and Bayou Billy being crap games is a NEW thing? FFS, Bayou Billy came out in the US in 1989. That's six freaking YEARS before CZcams was even a thing! That's also the year I rented it from Blockbuster and found out it was TERRIBLE.
My brother, my opinions of these games not only predates CZcams, I'm willing to lay odds that they probably predate YOU. I've been playing video games since 1980, son. Have a seat.
Fester's quest is nothing but Blaster Master.
silver surfer in not even close to being one of the hardest games on nes, gradius and lifeforce are way harder, if anything i think silver surfer is one of the easier 'shmups' in the consoles library
i agree.
I would drop Megaman from this list as it is only really difficult if you lack knowledge and i would replace it with Zelda 2 The adventures of link.
Hey! What happened to the mistakes? That was my favorite part.
Great video - in my opinion Adventure Island 1 THE hardest NES game (but it never gets mentioned on lists like this). The last few levels are insane especially 8-3, which I would say is the hardest level in any NES game.
+joe angeles
It's hard to argue with your opinion. The arcade version, "Wonderboy," is brutal. I always die at the same spot and am not sure what I'm doing wrong. There were so many brutal games for the NES that there's bound to be some titles left off a top-ten list that some of us grew up with and found frustratingly difficult.
I never finished it, but I did finish Wonder Boy, so if it's the same as that then yes, it's stupidly difficult
I think ghost and goblins isn’t that hard, I mean it’s brutal, but battletoads is 💀
Festers quest is actually rather easy I can beat in in under an hr bayou Billy is also easily beaten as for tmnt it isn't that difficult once u r past water level once u have the scroll weapon
Your mom is easily beaten once you get past the water level.
Um batman and friday the 13th????
Soooo we’re not gonna talk about why Zelda 2 didn’t make this list..
You come off as extremely inauthentic and just ripping off others content. Have you played any of these games or just copy pasting from other channels?
Top gun 😂 palllleeeeaaaasssseee