The 8 Hardest NES Games I've Beaten (So Far) | hungrygoriya
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- In all my years of gaming, no other experiences have tested my skill and patience as much as these ones for the NES have. A lot of people shy away from these because of their difficulty, but if I can do it, so can you! I hope you'll give some of these a try sometime. 🍖
The introductory animation and outro text were created and designed by Saad Azim.
0:00 Intro 0:00
0:39 Snake Rattle 'n Roll
4:01 Friday the 13th
7:00 Journey to Silius
10:15 Blaster Master
13:52 Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
16:37 Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
19:42 Ghosts 'n Goblins
23:27 Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!
26:00 Outro
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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"
It was such a fun experience for me. I'm glad you were a part of it too!
I can't wait for even MORE fun facts about how there's a password to go straight to Tyson or more about Mr. Popinskin having an alternative identity. So many fun, fun facts. So many.
I absolutely love seeing the genuine support that retro gaming youtubers show eine another. It's easy to post a comment on a video, but joining in and watching a long stream shows actual camaraderie.
Actually, I dare you to beat Action 52. If it can be beaten at all, im not so sure.
Oh hell yeah! Been watching you for years and it's an awesome surprise to see you in these comments. Much love to both of you ♥
@@whitetrashd8225I second your admiration for SnesDrunk. Have been watching him for years also!!
Blaster Master was easily my favorite childhood game. Thanks for the nostalgia.
You're welcome! I loved Blaster Master. I think it might have been my favourite experience from this list.
i still have a thing for festers quest i like zelda 2
@@justintahair7128 LOL forgot about festers quest.
Oh blaster master......I feel better knowing I wasn't the only dealing with the frustrating levels.
@@geddon436Especially level 5 the crab boss.
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!
Blaster Master definitely brings the challenge! This is a weird question, but are you playing your games in such a way that introduces any input lag? I know that I didn't realize it was a thing a long time ago and suddenly wondered where all my gaming skill went. When I got back to a CRT and original hardware, I was back to my own normal again.
And thanks about the videos and your kind words about the channel. I just do this for fun along with the livestreams. No training! Just an enthusiast at heart :)
Blaster Master isn't that hard once you know what to do. I mean it's challenging but it's not Castlevania or Ghosts n Goblins, Holy Diver or Ninja Gaiden.
@@hungrygoriya I can answer that question for you. A lot of the reproduction systems have input lag. I do what you do. I use CRT and authentic or custom systems. Almost everything I have is altered if it's not authentic. So I basically paid a nerd to upgrade my stuff. 😆
@@SuperCrazyPsycho731 Oh, my. I remember Blaster Master- played it and found I was the only one who could beat it! My friends had me over to watch me defeat the final boss... and that last dungeon? Crazy!!
Fast forward, and I can't even get off the second level these days! What happened? But this is the guy who beat Ninja Gaiden in 1990. Go figure.
I believe I could beat at this age. The last time i played i did. Probably 20 years ago. Still remember how to find areas. Game takes like 3 hours to beat. Or i have had the Nintendo freeze lol.
"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.
I beat ghost and goblins recently. Level 6 kicked my butt
Haha yep, it's still there on the shelf! I hope you get through Loop 2 one of these days. I believe in you!
I hate ghosts and goblins simply because they make you go through the game a second time to beat it. No extra levels with actual good design to prolong the game in a meaningful way. Nothing is a continuation in the 2nd half. It is just lazy padding to churn out time to make it seem like a game worth the money. On top of it being unfairly difficult, it's a major slap in the face and one of the worst designed nes games for that reason. Pure trash, imo.
I like the CRT shots you've used to introduce each game, nice touch!
Thank you! I'm enjoying trying out new things for transitions between topics in these longer vids.
Indeed… nice touch.
It's such a shock now seeing CRTs in "older" movies and tv shows, even though it wasn't THAT long ago.
The icy staircase at the end of snake rattle and roll is no joke, kudos for finishing that
It was the rudest set of stairs I've ever met in a video game. People complain about the ones in Castlevania...! Those stairs have nothing on this!
Yeah after multiple fails on snake rattle and roll the 45 degree ice stair set at the very end of the level is insane. Then you get a boss where you miss one hit on it it gets full health. Screw the devs on that decision. Your finger goes numb trying to get the insane intence button press required to nail that sucker correctly. Heard if you get there with two players the final boss is way easier.
@@rezterralico4369 I bet it's easier with two people... you can probably tag team the boss at least. I was really surprised I was able to beat it on my own but here we are!
Must have taken me a thousand tries to reach the final boss.
Luckily I was able to beat the final boss with my remaining lives.
@@Ruudos Nice! I lost so many lives on the final boss but I was glad I made it eventually.
Nes games was brutal back in the days and finishing a nes game is also one of the most rewarding feeling of all time.
Agreed! I love finishing games in general, but there's something really special about the NES stuff to me too.
Yeah you really feel like you did something if you beat a Nintendo game. You feel like you built a house and won a championship 😆
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 =)
I always get the "it's only a matter of time now, death is imminent" dread feeling whenever I lose that armour! Thanks for checking this out :)
@@hungrygoriya I've finished this NES version too, but I really was astonished when I play the arcade version, later. Damn, I could so strongly recommand you to play it. If you have endured the NES version, you should REALLY love the arcade, for many points I'll let you get with with through the game
@@fabryce5271 I should add it to my list. I have a way to play them so I might give it a try someday.
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. 😆
Ooooo Solar Jetman! I've seen a few folks stream that and it looks ridiculously tricky to control. I'll add that to my list of things I need to track down.
And that's a very sweet compliment! Thank you very much! I've been working hard to play these games without spoilers or help and follow up with a fair and genuine assessment. Writing takes me forever which makes my uploads a little sporadic, but I'm glad the time I'm putting into the scripts is paying off. Thanks so much for stopping in and for your kind words. I appreciate it!
@NintendoComplete
Hungry Goriya is hands down my fav retro gaming channel (NESComplex and GenerationGapGaming are up there too but theyve both gone kind of radio silent recently).
Hanging around here has led me to other cool channels as well. I get really sick of the pandering to the masses formulaic gaming channels, and its nice to have real quality unique content. Frankly I think the algorithm is fucked. Real channels like quwebs and Hungry arent promoted, and garbage *is*.
The community is great too, minimal shitposters and lots of people having interesting reminisces and chats about the games.
*wanders off to check out nintendocomplete's channel*
@@childofcascadia I appreciate you. Thank you for your support!
beat me to it. I owned it and it is rediculous. I beat it with a game genie and SEVERAL hours of practice even with it.
Heya, Mr. Complete!!!👋🙂
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.
I'm glad the video was relatable in a couple of places. I definitely feel like I could have torn my hair out with GnG. It's nice that I finished it and that I don't have to play it again for a long while.
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.
Seeing Jason's name in the bottom corner gave me the willies pretty badly when I first started playing this one! Blaster Master is definitely an easy favourite for me from this list. No question! It was so much fun!
Snake Rattle and Roll was a real gem. I remember when Zaxxon and Congo Bongo were in the arcades and had an isometric view. This game took it to a whole other level and had some incredible platform elements and gameplay that differed from anything else and was particularly original and incredibly fun. I guess the timer was the most stressful part of the game. It would make you rush and fall too many times.
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.
I thought folks from the stream might appreciate that, haha! Thanks for watching and for your continued support!
I have actually run arcade tournaments in the past and was well aware of Vodka Drunkenski on Super Punch Out as I have put that game in a tournament with great success.
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! :)
It's important to me to try to see things through to the end. And I'm glad to do it! I don't like leaving things hanging!
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.
It's so goofy all the way through, right? I want to know in what universe you get to search under sewer lids for lethal toilet seats. Congrats on finally beating it!
@@hungrygoriya Beat this legit on the rare collection no rewind BS and junk. That finsl boss miss 1 hit he gets full health is total BS. Worst that the RECCA summer carnival 92 final boss. 40 hours to get good on that 3DS release on VC.
@@hungrygoriya On TMNT NES 1 on the cowabunga collection. I get to area 3 but figured out I can load up scrolls kai on all 4 turtles. The sewer jumps will need to learn.
@@rezterralico4369 Getting good is the only way! I'm glad I eventually beat it but good lord was it ever a grind! I was doing the game nearly deathless, getting there with a bunch of continues, and still dying. It's also really rude that they change the physics for that fight too.
There's a warp on the first level, where if you keep pushing right, moving as fast as you can, you can just about reach a rocket ship, which skips you forward 10 rounds!
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
Totally! I love watching people inch through games as well and get better and better at them. Watching you play Bubsy recently was a joy for that very reason.
Bionic Commando was a tough one but worth the effort. Great story, music, and action.
Yeah! I played through that one a few years ago and the control stumped me for a while before I got the hang of it. After that, I had a blast!
Loved that game
i loved that game as a child.....as long as you kept getting continues nothing could really stop you....not even the leader.....
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.
Oh right on! Congratulations on getting the win! I've seen a little bit of that game played but haven't tried it for myself. It looks like a lot of fun. It sounds like you've made some great memories with your son too. I'm sure he'll cherish that time with you :)
I haven't tried Godzilla for myself yet, but I did really like what I played of Jaws. It seems like there's a great challenge in there too!
Sweet!
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.
Oh my goodness... I've finished every other NES/SNES Adventure Island game except for the first one. It makes me pretty angry! I've finished the original Wonder Boy which is essentially the same game but without the slipperiness that Master Higgins seems to exude in Adventure Island 1. Congratulations on defeating that one! I gave up in world 8 and never looked back!
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. 😁
I'm really happy to see some new folks in the comments here! Glad you stopped in and thank you very much :)
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.
Oh goodness... puzzles are not my strong suit but I've played a bit of Lolo before and enjoyed it! I'm not sure I could get through the harder stuff without pulling my hair out!
that game is fantastic!
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.
It might as well have been sold with Game Genies with how hard that final boss is, but I didn't even have luck with one! I thankfully have endless patience so it was no trouble to stick with it and get it done. I can appreciate not wanting to sink the time in though!
@Gaea11 I did not. I play on an NES with the actual cartridges, so even if I wanted to, I couldn't.
@@hungrygoriya I find it interesting that you can still do that after becoming such a huge RPG fan. I grew up with Atari at a very young age and played games where there was zero progress other than your score or what level you could make it to before graduating to NES. After playing games like Faxanadu, Zelda II and Dragon Warrior, my patience for games that would reset you to zero after your continues ran out all but disappeared. Now that I'm an adult I can't even bring myself to play them anymore. Too much of a sense of lost time for me if I put a few hours into something and lose and it's gone. Right now it's been about 8 months since I even played a game, but winter is here so I will be playing something. :)
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!
Hey thanks so much! It was really fun to film all of that except for how finicky some NES games can be to get going, haha
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 :)
It was so fun having a whole pile of people along for the ride. I loved Punch-Out!! Thanks for being there with me!
I love your channel so much! You are a great gamer and a genuinely interesting person to listen to!😊
Awww thanks so much! I try to make all my videos a little bit personal in some way so that means a lot to know it's interesting to listen to.
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! 👍
It's always nice to meet more NES fans! I only had a couple of games for the system my whole childhood so it's been really nice finally getting to play some new-to-me stuff over the last decade or so especially. I love a challenge and the NES just seems to have that in spades. This was definitely a fun video to make from start to finish and a bit of a different spin on where my focus usually lies for reviews, but I'm glad it came across so well. I'm honestly blown away at how many kind and commiserating comments I've read here in this very comments section, yours included! Thank you so much!
I took a peek over your way and see a whole bunch of awesome videos I need to catch up on. I can only hope you may some day make your own list like this, or something in this vein anyway, so I can revel in your struggles too! Misery loves company!
Daaaaamn, Snake Rattle 'n Roll. All of these are pretty impressive! Much respect. Great video and great job!
Hey thanks so much! I had to work hard to get through all of these and it was really rewarding to do it all.
Loved this video so much!! Thanks for sharing your journey and thoughts on these amazing games
It was my pleasure. Thank you for checking out the channel!
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.
That game gets hard out of nowhere. Idk how you managed to beat that one! It's fun tho!
It's such a nice feeling! I love a good relaxing game sometimes but I also adore crushing something that has kicked my butt for a long time too. I play on hardware mostly so no save states available, but I will admit I have wished for them sometimes, especially after game overing in very long games like Blaster Master.
Kid Chameleon eh? I haven't spent any time with it but I'd love to see what it's all about. Congratulations on getting through it!
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. ❤️
What a sweet memory. So sorry for your loss :(
My brother's and I loved Dragon Warrior as well. As well as its sequels. 5 is my favorite and I've not been able to find it anywhere.
@@bryantroyer8008 Good luck tracking it down someday soon!
You rock Hun! Keep up the great work, and we'll keep watching :D
Thanks for the encouragement!
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!
Thanks so much :) I'm glad you found me here. I seem to finish games more often than not these days. I personally don't like to review things I haven't completed, unless I get softlocked out of progressing deep into a game.
@@hungrygoriya I'm a huge proponent of the value of persistence. Hence why I've finished Jekyll and Hyde. lol But seriously, learning over time how to properly conquer challenges in videos games is so much fun. :D
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.
You know, it's funny you say this because I've been heavily into NES for the last decade especially, and I'm STILL finding out about new games that I haven't heard of that look really fun! Do you have any favourites so far from your dive into the library?
@@hungrygoriya Wario's Woods will always be high on my list of puzzle games for the system. I grew up with the SNES version but picked up the NES version when I was in high school and it's still very good. My only knock is the lack of the versus mode against the ai that the SNES version has.
@@hungrygoriya Well my favorite NES game of all time is Kirby's Adventure! I love the Legend of Zelda and have been working on finally beating it recently . Was playing on original hardware and was at the last dungeon. Went to boot up my save file and... it was gone :*( so I'm emulating it lol. But other than Nintendo classics, I recently played Gradius and liked it a ton. First time giving Dragon Spirit a fair shot and I absolutely fell in love with that one. Bug's Bunny's Birthday Blowout is a surprisingly fun platformer! And anything else my wife and I decide to pop in for a few laughs or for some awesome couch co-op!
@@SMALLSandJOE Kirby is pretty fun! I'm so sorry about your save though :( I had a copy of the game that had a bad battery and could never save when I was little. I feel for you! I hope you crush it this time without any problems.
Gradius and Dragon Spirit look like a good time. I need to play more shooters but I'm not so great at them. Couch co-op is the best! Do you have a Genesis? I played through Forgotten Worlds with my husband a few years ago and that was a blast!
@@sladevalen2120 Such a bummer that they omitted the AI competitor :( Puzzle games are a lot more fun when you have someone to work against!
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.
It's nice that you can outpace things for a little while with levelling. I murdered those tektites with the fire spell for a long while to level up because I was getting destroyed in one of the palaces. It definitely helps to a point!
Castlevania III was such a hard game for me. Out of the whole list, it's probably one of the more frustrating experiences I had. I haven't come back to it because of that but making this video has had me thinking about trying a different route...
@@hungrygoriya The final boss is definitely the biggest hurdle in that game. In-fact that whole final level is, and the checkpoint before the boss is far from generous. Took me hours to finish the final stretch of the game.
@@typh3u590 I'm glad I'm not alone!
In Castlevania 3 I was really bad at the level where the blocks crumble underneath you. So restarted and took the alucard path so I could just fly. Little did I know that was apparently the hardest path. Still managed to beat it.
I still can't believe Anyone has Ever beaten that brilliant and frustrating Friday the 13th for our NES. Nicely done
Hey thanks! It's definitely doable. I just barely made it and had to sacrifice my last counsellor friend to win... but I did it.
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.
You are a creature of habit, apparently! Nothing wrong with that! I'd really love to be more familiar with this game. I only finished it the one time, and while I'm looking forward to playing it again sometime, I think I'll just play Zelda 1 instead haha
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.
Right? There are so many fantastic titles here, many of which were brand new to me in the last decade or so. And each one felt difficult for different reasons. I'm glad I finally beat Ghosts 'n Goblins despite the trouble it caused me. Watching you play through that so flawlessly today made me want to pick it back up again, but I know better...
And dude, I spent so much time staring at that sad, sad scene of my little friend stuck in the wall. It brings me a great sadness, haha
@@hungrygoriya In certain time continuums, he's still in that wall..waiting.. and I know one day you will embrace the fun unpredictable challenge of GnG.
That’s an impressive resume of 8-but glory. Fun video to revisit some awesome victories!
Yeah! None of these are games I really want to do a full review on, but I thought they were worth mentioning! Thanks for stopping in here. It's always nice to see you in the comments :)
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! ;)
Right on! Congrats on all your wins as well. These are not easy games and it's great to know that there are others out there grinding away trying to get the wins.
It's funny because I've been casually into Battletoads most of my life but can never get past the snakes. I've never really sat down and tried too hard to beat it, but maybe this is the time. And for Ninja Gaiden, I've actually gotten to the second form of the final boss but just didn't have enough energy that night to keep going. Victory is in sight at least! Thanks for the encouragement. Hopefully there can be a part two someday, haha
@@hungrygoriya Thank you so much for the nice compliments and please continue to post the videos you are posting! I honestly just stumbled into your channel last night and I really enjoyed this video along with a few others. 😊 You’ve made some great points and it’s nice to see someone who is very candid and objective when they review games. I try to be that way but I’ll be the first to admit that my nostalgia rose colored glasses get in the way at times. 🤣 by the way congrats on at least making it as far as you have on Ninja Gaiden! I would honestly encourage you to really push to finish that one as it has a wonderful ending and to be perfectly honest with you the second game is way easier! The third Ninja Gaiden game is very tough as well but I still feel like the first one is the hardest overall. Battletoads might very well be the hardest game I have played in my life so you might want to just hold off on that one until you are truly ready for it lol. In any case you have my respect and I think you are a fantastic gamer to have beaten the games you have beaten!
@@tigmo55 See, the way you get around those nostalgia glasses reviews is to put the word "retrospective" in your title... then you can be as biased as you like, haha
And thank you so much! I'm really happy to know that the videos here are fun. I can't really be anything other than myself so that candidness is always guaranteed. And not to worry: Ninja Gaiden and I have a date some day soon! I've got its number :)
Never heard of your channel until it popped up randomly today. Awesome content and happy to subscribe and check out other videos.
How lucky for me! Thank you very much for checking out some of my videos here. I appreciate it!
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 !!!
I hated Zelda II as a child; it was my first unhealthy relationship in life. No matter how much I hated the game I kept going back to it; eventually 10 year old me finally beat it. 10/10 would recommend.
You can do it! Maybe you'll do us the honour of firing up a stream so we can join you?
NEVER Ghost and Ghoblins - *shudder*
I beat Ghost and goblins NES legit both play throughs on Wii VC. That 4th level with all the red flying gargoyles...
@@hungrygoriya wait... you put a 'u' in honour, and you don't have a British accent..
Does that mean you are a fellow Canadian? ;)
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.
Yesssssss! I love this for you! I actually first beat Castlevania 1 on the same night I finished Castlevania 3. I beat CV3 quickly and then said, heck... I have unfinished business with the first game. And many hours later, I put it away! Congrats on finally making it through!
Castlevania aka the best hard game because it's also fun 😆
The internet made Castlevania easier. When I was a kid I never figured out all the methods I see people using to just spam kill the bosses. I never realized that the holy water was so good. I remember fighting the grim reaper with the axe and losing a lot.
@@marshallsweatherhiking1820 We knew those secrets before the internet because we had the power the Nintendo power
As usual, absolutely flawless production value in this video. I can't imagine how much time it took you to master these games.
Thanks so much! I try to do something a little different for every video in terms of editing. I'm glad it's coming across okay on the viewer end!
I almost included how long it took me to beat these games, but because I streamed a lot of them, I wouldn't have been able to get a good estimate unless I sat and calculated out all the time I spoke to chat. Generally, Punch Out, Snake Rattle & Roll, as well as Blaster Master took me the longest of the bunch.
Thanks for stopping by! It's always nice to see you in the comments here :)
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!
Awww thanks very much for this! It means a lot that people can watch this channel and enjoy themselves while they're here.
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.
Blaster Master was so satisfying to finish up. I'm so glad I made it through after lots of trial and error towards the end there. And I love Solstice! It didn't make this list because I had a whole review planned just for it on its own, which I put out a few videos ago.
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!!!!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed this one. I should have something new out in the next couple of weeks :)
I think we've all commented about her voice upon finding the channel 😄
There's just something about it.
@@technomage6736 I hope that's a good thing!
@@hungrygoriya Of course!
I agree, she could have a career doing voiceovers for instructional videos.
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 :)
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!
Oh bummer! Well thanks for checking in here. I have another video underway so I should have something out in the next week or so if everything goes well. Have fun with Castlevania 3. I hope it goes better for you than it did for me!
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.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on these games. I'll add Cobra Triangle and Ninja Gaiden 3 to the list of hard games I need to bust out sooner or later. I seem to really click with isometric stuff so maybe I'd fare well with Cobra Triangle more than most folks.
I definitely agree that playing without save states changes the practice progress. In games like Journey to Silius or Blaster Master, having one life to try out a new boss and then go alllll the way back was pretty annoying sometimes. I do enjoy the extra practice and try to look at every playthrough as an excuse to get better, but that bright-eyed perspective only goes so far, haha
@@hungrygoriya No problem. Really enjoyed the video, as the topic of difficult games is one of my favorites. Great narration and editing too.
Nice. Isolated Warrior and Zen Intergalactic Ninja might be some others you enjoy then. Both seem tough. Cobra Triangle and Snake Rattle N Roll seem like some of the top tier difficulty NES games, atleast for games that dont play really bad. If you ever want an extra challenge Metal Storm on Expert is super satisfying. There is a password for the second quest. You'd want to beat it on normal first to get familiar with it, but Expert is a completely different game.
Yea, it requires even more patience to play the games without saves to practice. I look at it as efficient practice, similiar to practicing a section of music and dont see it as illegit, but it is a tool we didnt have back then.
Yea, ha ha. Games can put me in a darker place pretty quick, when really invested in beating a brutal game. The satisfaction of finally completing them is addictive though.
You sure create awesome, quality content. Your narration is nostalgic and feel like an old pal is reviewing old games. Thanks!!❤
Awww that's very sweet. I'm glad! Thanks for stopping by!
@@BenLindelof None! That's my speaking voice, haha
David Wise is hands down my favorite game composer, SRnR has some boppin tunes.
Totally one of my favourites as well!
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!
Hey thanks for checking out the channel! I loved both of those soundtracks very much. Do you know Vomitron? That's where I first heard the Blaster Master soundtrack long before I played the game for myself. I think he eventually covered Journey to Silius as well.
@@hungrygoriya Oh I have not, I will go check him out! I had played Blaster Master before but as a child I totally forgot about it, until recently I got recommended on steam Blaster Master Zero and as soon as I saw that car and heard the music it all came back to me
@@SoulBL4D3 You're in for a real treat if you like metal covers. Very high energy stuff! I hope you enjoy it!
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.
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Hey thanks very much! If you do lurk away in the streams, I hope you enjoy them. They're usually pretty relaxed for me and anyone hanging out there.
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).
Congratulations on finally getting through Blaster Master and Zelda II! I know that feeling of having that hanging over your head for a long time and then getting to those credits. I hope you'll play Snake Rattle & Roll again someday! It was so satisfying to finally wreck the final boss.
@@hungrygoriya By the way, that plastic Zelda trophy is sooo cool! I wanted one so bad way back when they were released. So much so, I was taking a childrens pottery class, and I made my own clay diorama. It was a scene from the lost woods. I made a clay Link, clay bushes and a staircase replacing one of the bushes. I got rid of it a while ago, because it looked like something an eight year old made, because honestly it was, but I was so obsessed with The Legend of Zelda at the time.
@@partridgestorm Awwww a whole diorama? That's awesome! I've never been good in the visual arts really, so I couldn't have dreamed of doing something that elaborate. The statue was actually a gift from a friend of mine who I bought some games from. He packed that into the box because he knew how much I loved the game. I'm really honoured to have it!
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
I have Battletoads' number! I need to get out of that stupid snake stage one of these days!
I just came across this vid today, and the first game that popped into my head was Battletoads. That game will forever be included in any list of hardest NES games, or hardest games ever, without question.
@@Xoulrath_ Totally! I need to get through that one of these days. It's on my list of things to come back to.
@@hungrygoriya that stupid speeder bike stage. Nightmares lol. I'd love for it to show up on the Switch for the online service so that I can break some controllers again, lol.
@@Xoulrath_ At least you can find new Switch controllers if the worst happens, haha... I'll cross my fingers that it'll show up for you there.
Another great video. Your Punch Out and Zelda 2 streams made me a fan
Awww that's very kind! I appreciate that you've been hanging out with me in the streams at least since 2020!
I "beat" Journey to Silius on the switch online version, literally constantly using the rewind feature. Beating it for real takes super human patience and skill. You are nothing short of astonishing.
Hey thanks! I'm glad you managed to get through the game. I would've killed for rewind in level 4!
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.
Having those kid motor memory skills really goes a long way. Every time I'd get a level up, I'd take whatever was up next because I was afraid to die and lose all that experience, but you raise a good point. You can definitely level yourself up and over the difficulty at any time if you're careful and persistent enough!
If that's the only game you ever owned then you grew up in a crappy family
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 :)
I have endless patience, so this sort of thing definitely appeals to me. I also enjoy watching others play these games or speedrun stuff too. The amount of skill that takes is pretty staggering!
@@hungrygoriya It absolutely is staggering. I also tried to replay and beat about a year ago Castlevania 3 and not long after I began I was like "Nope." I had no problems back in the day doing it but I just could do it at the present time. Mind you, soon after, I played Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne and beat each one three times in a row (I got hooked :3) in the "new game + modes" or whatever it's called and although it wasn't easy, it was manageable for me.
@@Sronmars_Den I feel like some games just click too, you know? I struggled a lot with some of these but others that I didn't discuss and plan to do a full review for just felt natural. I know a guy who picked up Snake Rattle & Roll and beat it on his second run through without ever playing it before.
@@hungrygoriya Yes. And it's funny you mention about games clicking because that is how I have played games this year. I only seem to just want to play those as of late. Last game I played from start to finish was The Last of Us 2 in October. I've gone through dozens of games since then and nothing has stuck. But yes, you meant it difficulty-wise, of course. My thing has been more like ... "It has to feel amazing ... somehow?" Lol. It's kind of silly but that's been this year for me, surprisingly. As for the guy who beat the game on his second try ... What planet is he from ... ? 😶
@@Sronmars_Den I think it can click on multiple levels, absolutely! You have to enjoy your game time, especially if you don't have much of it.
His planet is New Zealand... an absolute pro named Grunt Guru. He streams over on Twitch and his skills blew my mind!
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.
Awww thanks so much for checking things out around here! I appreciate it :)
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.
You're a crusher of this game, and your childhood practice with your brother surely helped to shape the pro you've become these days! I'm not at all surprised that you like it so much given how deep it goes into strategy. Thank you again for all the encouragement to play this. I'm glad I was finally able to get through it.
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
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Oh noooo :( I'm so sorry! Whenever I'm playing Master System, I stare at the system for a good 10 seconds before even moving my hand close to the system. What a bummer that you lost all your progress!
I have not yet played Fester's Quest, but it's on my list of things to play soon. And I do know that big fact, haha... it's a good one though! Thank you for the suggestion :)
@@hungrygoriya Aw, bless you. Yeah, having two buttons look exactly the same on a console and not have a pause button on the controller was obviously a genius idea from Sega :P
Oh, if you can, try and get hold of the European version of Fester's Quest, as it fixed the wide spread gun bug, which cancels the shot if you stood too close to a wall.
Crystalis on the NES might be of interest to you too! SNK's short lived attempt into making a Zelda-like Action RPG, before jumping ship with the Neo Geo.
@@Larry I wonder if there's any way to run it at the right speed on a North American console. I'll have to look into that!
I do love Crystalis. I played it many years ago now and have been wanting to go through it again. It was a lot of fun, but boy did the ending ever feel weird compared to the rest of it!
@@hungrygoriya Have you ever considered getting a NES flash cart? It might be the cheapest option.
I freaking love Snake Rattle 'n Roll! What a start to the list.
That music's so good! I love the gameplay. Definitely one of the hardest ones on this list!
Nintendo came out at a time when I had an extended stay in the hospital. It quickly became my healing friend and I played a lot. From your list, I recall only beating 5 of these and agree with the struggles you've pointed out. I would suggest Faxanadu; from recollection, it was one of the hardest I played if I'm recalling my childhood correctly. There were a number of really good RPG's on the NES so may be a bit blurred. Today, I don't think I'd be able to handle anything on this list. Maybe Zelda II because I have a certain fondness and patience for the series and Punch-Out for pattern recognition.
Awww I'm so glad that you had some games to keep you company while you were in the hospital. Faxanadu's actually my favourite NES game that I play through once a year. It's definitely a tough one and has some weird difficulty like how many keys to buy. Thanks so much for the suggestion!
I always appreciate seeing the love for friday the 13th. If we had patience to read manuals as kids, that game would be remembered more fondly.
I agree with you about the manual reading. I always poured over them meticulously because I loved the artwork and understanding what things did.
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.
Oh nice! Do you think you'll come back to Friday the 13th and finally try to beat it? I put about 15 hours of learning into it before some things finally started making sense and then I came back a few months later and beat it. It was really exhilarating to see the end screen!
You mean I have to wait another 10 months for Castlevania 3 goodness? Fiiiiine! That's great that you've finally got a groove down for it. It's so hard... I haven't felt motivated to get back to it to try out the other characters.
I have not played Goonies II yet, but it's definitely on my shortlist of things to play soon. It's been recommended to me a lot but I've been working through Landstalker lately and it's taking its sweet time winding down. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@hungrygoriya Right on! Landstalker is a good game. I haven’t beat it but messed around with it before. I did finally end up beating Friday the 13th and got a fairly good time, under 14 minutes so I’m happy with that.
I want to try to beat Alucard’s path next since it’s like a whole another half of the game you don’t see. I used to beat it with Grant as a kid. I must have been better back then haha.
@@NorrinRaddIITurbo Maybe I'll join you in playing the Alucard route soon enough. I'm scared! haha
@@hungrygoriya Sounds like plan! It is a tough route for sure haha.
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.
That's half the fun of trying to beat a hard game, right? Unless they're just straight up rude games that troll the heck out of you... those ones can burn in hell.
@@hungrygoriya Hard and rude are different stories all together, you know this. The difference between rewarding and repressive.
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.
Good luck with the playthroughs! I really enjoyed all of these. Blaster Master was definitely a favourite.
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!
Awww thanks! I'm glad you liked the video. I will admit that none of these wins came to me very easily. I had to spend a lot of time working on them to get there. I know some folks that pick up a tough game and beat it the first time they play it, and that's just not in my blood I guess.
@@hungrygoriya I forgot to address your choice of besting Snake Rattle and Roll. Great job. That was one of my clearly misguided resolutions to start off 2022, and Snake Rattle and Roll consumed me like a nibbly pibbly. I could manage level 5 and saw level 6, but that was it. It's a masterpiece nevertheless and you are correct. The difficulty comes in gradually, but demands precision throughout. A jump at the wrong time, or held too long is a Snake screaming his last AAAAAAAA!
@@samfritoI hope you don't give up so easily! If I can do it, so can you!
@@hungrygoriya if I try, I will catch on, but this new year's resolution will be to watch more of the great content of yours and other like minded creators. Thanks for your encouragement and for making such interesting videos.
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'd have to beat both of those to add them to the list... Bart vs the Space Mutants is the last childhood game left outstanding that I haven't finished yet. Maybe I have some business to settle there...
I need to look up Silkworm and Last Starfighter for NES. I have Airwolf and Holy Diver. Holy Diver actually terrifies me! Thanks for the suggestions!
This is a great video with an excellent approach! You’ve just got yourself a subscriber.
Much appreciated! Thank you very much :)
Great video. Impressive list. Respect!
Thank you very much!
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.
I've generally enjoyed almost every one of these games. The most frustrating ones were definitely Ghosts 'n Goblins and Castlevania 3 but even they had their fun aspects as well.
Roller Games! I watched a friend's review of that one a few weeks ago and it looked awesome. I meant to write it down to look for an forgot. Thank you for the reminder!
@@hungrygoriya I'm very happy I could help lol. I hope you have a good time with it if you decide to play it =)
First video I've found of yours. 3 seconds of Faxanadu theme, subscribed👌
It's my favourite NES game! Thanks so much!
Fun fact:
Journey to Silius was actually a port of Terminator but Sunsoft couldn't get the license at the time.
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.
It is extremely high praise to be compared to one of the best. Thank you!
I was actually on a podcast with SNESDrunk and his pal NESFriend (another great TH-cam channel if you like the SNESDrunk brevity and comedy) a couple of years ago. They're both really nice people! I don't know if you're into podcasts, but their DrunkFriend podcast is worth a listen.
@@hungrygoriya That’s awesome! I’ll give it a look! Also pretty cool that you’re also Canadian 🇨🇦 Could completely tell from the accent, I’m from Southern BC and the only other retro game TH-camr I know who’s from Canada is HappyConsoleGamer so glad to sub to a fellow countryperson 👾
@@ChrisMeadows1992 Haha yeah, I have a lot of accent. I'm over in Ontario. Nice to meet another Canadian as well!
HappyConsoleGamer's a pleasant person. No wonder, haha
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)
Thanks so much for popping in here and leaving such a nice comment. I appreciate you! GnG was definitely the most frustrating experience for me on this list, with Castlevania III not being too far behind. It was sooooo nice to finally be done with both of them, though sometimes I foolishly think of playing more CV3 on the other paths...
Congrats on beating all these by the way. That's awesome.
Thank you so much! I was happy to make it through all of these eventually!
Punch-Out was brilliant seeing you finally beat it!
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 😄
Awww I remember SaikyoMog's videos. I used to watch those LPs a lot back in the day!
And I wish you all the very best of luck with Zelda 2. Thanks so much for your kind words and the encouragement. It's always nice to see you in the comments section here!
@@hungrygoriya omg she replied. im a fanboy now 🤣
Awesome review! I’ve never been able to get past journey of silias so great job!
Thank you! I'm sure you could make it through if you spend some time with it. I believe!
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.
Blaster Master's a tough one for sure. Congrats on making it through!
Rygar is something I only first experienced within the last year or so and I loved it! I did a full review on it somewhere in this channel's backlog and I agree with you: it felt like a complete world more than most other NES games I've played. I used the manual which detailed where different items were and finished it in an afternoon, but it just clicked with me. I know of a lot of people who played it for much longer than I did.
Your hardcore to the max and I respect that.
Takes a lot of patience and skill to beat games like these.
Hey thanks so much! I've been gaming a long time and it was great to finally put some of these to bed.
You deserve all the subscribers in the world. Love your channel and your voice lol
Hey thank you so much!
Snake Rattle n’ Roll holds a special place in my heart.
I called the Nintendo Game Counselors multiple times, begging for help with the final boss. The advice they gave me was 100% wrong. There were no Game Genie codes which offered help with the boss. I even bought a turbo controller to try and make the boss easier… but the turbo button just made my snake hold his mouth open, as opposed to making him attack quickly.
When I did finally beat the game - no thanks to the Game Counselors, no thanks to the turbo controller, no thanks to Game Genie - it felt *immensely* satisfying.
Oh noooo! I'm sorry they lied and also probably took your money for the phone call :( It's nice to know that this story has a happy ending. Congratulations on getting through it! I'm still not quite sure how I managed to get it, but I came close so many times before I finally did. I'll never forget it!
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.
It doesn't make sense to me why people dislike Zelda 2. It's as good a game as any other side scrolling action adventure game and definitely worth experiencing.
I've finished Batman, Blaster Master, Ninja Gaiden I and II...all without dying. I'm most impressed you finished Legacy of the Wizard. I still can't finish that even though I've given it a try as an adult.
Oh wow! I don't know that I've finished many games deathless. I haven't kept track of that stuff but I tell ya: none of these wins here came to me deathless, haha
Legacy of the Wizard is a wonderful challenge that I really enjoyed. I hope you can get through it yourself some day.
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!
Wow, you really dove in deep when you played! That's awesome... I map a lot of games too. Definitely a sound strategy for this sort of thing! The final palace was so big and thankfully I just remembered directions and could recognize a couple of landmarks to orient myself. Definitely tough! I'm glad you finally made it through at the end of it all. It's certainly thing I'm proud of for the both of us.
Great work beating those games, you gave me new respect for Zelda 2 and brought back flashbacks of Ghosts n Goblins...I had a Commodore 64 and they only had atari 2600 style single button joysticks then and the developers for the 64 thought hey let's just put jump on the spacebar...unplayable really.
Oh thanks so much! I had a blast with most of these, but GnG was definitely the meanest of the bunch. I can't imagine how the C64 version must've been...
Fun Fact: Journey to Silius was originally going to be a Terminator themed game, however Sun Soft lost their licensing for it. The game was already being made, so instead of abandoning it, they changed the music, made some edits to the story, and changed the character's name.
Glad they still kept at it because it's an awesome game!
On Ghost's & Goblin's- good to know I'm not the only one who, out of frustration after hundreds of deaths, hit the start button with "1 player" selected instead of "continue". I was so angry I never played this game again- this was 1987!
Is it time for vengeance? Perhaps enough time has gone by now...
HEEEEYY I love your content !! thanks for bringing so many memories Back 💚
Awww thank you!
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.
Blaster Master's a phenomenal game that I look forward to playing again when some of where to go has faded from memory. I want to learn it all over again!
I've been casually playing Battletoads all my life and have really only made it up to the snakes, but if I sat down and tried to beat it, maybe I could. Hopefully, anyway! I've finished Contra with the Konami code but I'd need to work pretty hard to get through it without it!
My Virtual Boy's actually modified for AV out so I can play it on a TV. The games are a lot easier to tolerate and enjoy that way, though the mod negates some of the 3D effects. It's still really cool!
You've definitely got some killer game completions on your list! Nice work!
Really good job on the transitions!
Thank you very much! They were fun to record.
Loved it. Good vid.
Great list! :) the only game I have beat that you listed here was Zelda 2, it was one of the first games I bought as a kid and it took me 30+ years to finally finish (I did it with my gba cart) another note worthy hard nes game I have bested that is worth trying is Double Dragon 2: The Revenge c: thank you for another great video, cheers!
Oh nice! Better late than never is what I say! Double Dragon 2 eh? I'll put that on my list of things to play soon. I haven't played any of the Double Dragons yet except a little bit of the Master System one.
Thanks for stopping in here!
Of these I have only beaten CV3 and Blaster Master, and even then Blaster Master was only once and only as a kid lol.
Congrats on these wins, they are all really impressive!
Oh wow! I wish I could say I got through some tough games like that as a kid! And thank you very much. They were all hard-fought!
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!
Blaster Master was probably my favourite game off this list. It was so rewarding to get through! Kid Icarus is one of those games I never thought I'd be able to beat, but it turned out it was just the beginning that puts you through the wringer. The rest of the game smooths out as you get better weapons etc. I was pleasantly surprised and ended up really enjoying my time with it after I got out of the first world.
And thanks for stopping by!
I'm impressed by your perseverance. I played a bunch of these games as a kid in the 80s, and i absolutely did not finish any of them. As an adult, i'm an anti-completionist. I abandon books, movies, and games as soon as i'm not enjoying them. I never get "pot committed" to something, even when i'm close to the end. This doesn't mean i never play challenging games - i love the souls games, even speedrunning them a bit. But all of those "off screen enemy knocks you into a pit" games from the NES days are absolutely not on my bucket list!
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Thanks for subscribing here. I don't know what compels me to finish what I start. I think a great deal of it must come from the fact that I stream a lot of my gaming these days, and having an audience to be accountable to really makes it more worthwhile than throwing in the towel. I never used to finish games when I was younger, mostly because I either a) couldn't or b) didn't want those stories to end. I left so many RPGs undone back then!
@@hungrygoriya Yeah, that makes sense. Though i'm not a completionist, i am someone who wants to fulfill my responsibilities. I don't like to let anyone down. So i can see how streaming would make you feel like you owed it to your viewers to show the games who's the boss.
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.
Congratulations on taking down Mike Tyson's Punch-Out! That's no easy feat and no matter the excuse, it's great that you finally got around to doing it.
And I think Marble Madness is made by the same people. The marble falling off the edge has the same little snake scream, I'm pretty sure.
Good job beating these tough games,and nice to see zelda 2 get some appreciation. It gets so much hate,although it is a he'll of a change from first one. Your description of Friday the 23th also brought back fond memories of maniac mansion
Thanks for all the fond memories even I'd it brought ghosts and goblins trauma with it. 😅 as for suggestions I was thinking about rygar. That game had me playing straight through for a few days straight until I beat it ❤
Hey thanks! I definitely enjoyed playing through each and everyone of these, with my least favourite probably being GnG since it put me through the wringer so much. I also loved Maniac Mansion on NES! It was a blast!
I actually had a pretty easy time with Rygar, but I also used lots of info in the manual to figure out where to go. There's a great map in there that shows where to find each item, so I never got truly stuck exploring for too long without making progress. I can see how it'd be a lot more difficult without that tool though! I actually have a full review on the game if you're interested in hearing my thoughts on that one.