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Hardest video game you have ever beaten?

Mike Tysons punch out I think. I also beat Crisis Force on N...
daniel gay luis
  04/03/25
Back when I was a kid all I had was games and time so I was ...
aggressive mimicry
  04/03/25
As a side note I went back to a lot of the games I beat as a...
aggressive mimicry
  04/03/25
its like how u cant drive without gps now
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I had this one for gameboy https://tinytoons.fandom.com/w...
cannon
  04/03/25
Lol I beat this w my sister on a long ass road trip Proba...
aggressive mimicry
  04/03/25
Deja Vu
peeface
  04/03/25
never advanced past beating the mario games, zelda games, an...
Covid was a Hoax
  04/03/25
i remeber some of the later released Tomb Raiders were impos...
....,.,.,.,.,...,;,.,.,;,.,;,;,.,.
  04/03/25
Ninja Gaiden ORIGINAL
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  04/03/25
180
Before the Dawn Heals Us
  04/04/25
Dead Cells on 5 boss cells. It's insanely difficult but I go...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/03/25
Can't pinpoint just one but here are my contenders: Mike Ty...
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  04/03/25
Zelda 1 is easy imo 2 is the hard one
daniel gay luis
  04/03/25
I agree 2 is more difficult but I haven't beaten it
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  04/03/25
I beat Zelda 2
michael doodikoff
  04/03/25
Hades was tough to actually beat.
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
  04/03/25
Hades doesn't get difficult until you unlock the post-game h...
loyal stimperial soldier #228
  04/04/25
I gave up on Sekiro pretty fast. I hate parrying. Didn&r...
Dickey Simpkins
  04/03/25
Sekiro is a rhythm game disguised as a normal Fromsoft exper...
loyal stimperial soldier #228
  04/04/25
lion king snes
Oppa homeless style!
  04/03/25
Cuphead
Oh, you travel?
  04/03/25
Contra
Trump Tariffs Can Do No Wrong
  04/03/25
Getting Over It. Was ready to do great violence to Benne...
Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III
  04/03/25
he's got a new one coming out
loyal stimperial soldier #228
  04/04/25
I think I’d sooner run a Barkley Marathon than load in...
Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III
  04/04/25
7th Guest, Legend of Kyrandia 1 or 2
Carl Tuckerson
  04/03/25
doodikoff-free thread.
literal scientist
  04/03/25
I beat tons of NES era Games One that I never beat and w...
michael doodikoff
  04/03/25
...
daniel gay luis
  04/04/25
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Oh, you trade?
  04/04/25
Super Return of the Jedi, Jedi difficulty
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street taco
  04/03/25
Final Fantasy III was pretty tough. It took months, even wit...
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Lmao wtf
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I was like thirteen
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Lmao wtf, even worse
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  04/04/25
wtf, it wasn't that hard at all.
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
  04/03/25
the first stalker game. it was hard as hell to beat that bug...
lex
  04/03/25
i have done all the major GTA Online heists with randoms. t...
Daisy Hill Puppy Farm
  04/03/25
Script idea for a new Hellraiser
loyal stimperial soldier #228
  04/04/25
Old: battletoads, zelda2, ninja gaiden 1 and 2 New: Dar...
Dickey Simpkins
  04/03/25
Super ghouls n ghosts isn’t that bad. It doesn’t...
Oh, You Travel?
  04/04/25
Atari ET
Penis Six Nine
  04/03/25
I beat the original Ninja Gaiden on NES, which frequently sh...
.,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,...
  04/03/25
TMNT was harder. I attribute my success in life to hav...
Drunkard
  04/04/25
Ninja Gaiden is way worse than Celeste ime
loyal stimperial soldier #228
  04/04/25
Celeste was so frustratingly hard at the end of the main ga...
daniel gay luis
  04/04/25
Metalstorm (NES)
gedood persoon
  04/04/25
Probably some MMO but "beating" WoW or EVE or what...
loyal stimperial soldier #228
  04/04/25
Bullet hell type stuff. Touhou MH:Gen/Gen Ult had some nast...
loyal stimperial soldier #228
  04/04/25
Last Action Hero Demolition Man Universal Soldier
Gary's Economics
  04/04/25
wait there was a universal soldier video game and no one tol...
Covid was a Hoax
  04/04/25
https://old.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/1h0hc1g/univer...
Gary's Economics
  04/04/25
Streets of Rage
Candy Ride
  04/04/25
Extremely badass
Oh, You Travel?
  04/04/25
Terminator 2 on Gameboy
Trade Wars Are Good And Easy To Win
  04/04/25
Every “hard” game I end up beating, it just feel...
Oh, You Travel?
  04/04/25
Dark Souls 3
Oh, You_Travel?
  04/04/25


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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:22 PM
Author: daniel gay luis

Mike Tysons punch out I think. I also beat Crisis Force on NES with no continues, very difficult vertical shoot em up game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812552)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:28 PM
Author: aggressive mimicry

Back when I was a kid all I had was games and time so I was able to beat even the hardest games

The one I remember being very hard to beat and very fun and very satisfying was this looney tunes game on the snes. There was enough variance to be fun each play through. To beat the game you had to do it all in one go, no save spots or codes.

And things were predictable enough to be rewarding. It was also hard enough to stay challenging.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Toon_Adventures:_Buster_Busts_Loose!

Also the controls and mechanics were good too very responsive and if you mastered them you could do a lot. lots of hidden rewards too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812565)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:29 PM
Author: aggressive mimicry

As a side note I went back to a lot of the games I beat as a kid when I grew up and Holy fuck I can't believe I beat any of these without any save states. Mind boggling

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812569)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 12:25 AM
Author: .,..,..,.,,..,..,,,,,,,,..,...,.,.,.,


its like how u cant drive without gps now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813473)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:36 PM
Author: cannon

I had this one for gameboy

https://tinytoons.fandom.com/wiki/Tiny_Toon_Adventures:_Babs%27_Big_Break

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812587)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:39 PM
Author: aggressive mimicry

Lol I beat this w my sister on a long ass road trip

Probably spent like 40 bucks in batteries before my dad got the cig lighter charger thing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812596)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:29 PM
Author: peeface

Deja Vu



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812567)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:29 PM
Author: Covid was a Hoax

never advanced past beating the mario games, zelda games, and ducktales sadly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812570)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:32 PM
Author: ....,.,.,.,.,...,;,.,.,;,.,;,;,.,.


i remeber some of the later released Tomb Raiders were imposible with the run jump duck grab backflip jump duck slide back flip swim shit before the walls closed in and crushed you. its hard doing that shit when your drunk

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812580)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:33 PM
Author: ,,,,.....,,,,...,........,,,.....,,...,...


Ninja Gaiden

ORIGINAL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812585)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 12:00 PM
Author: Before the Dawn Heals Us

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48814753)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:37 PM
Author: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

Dead Cells on 5 boss cells. It's insanely difficult but I got the true ending.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812592)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:38 PM
Author: ....;;;;;;.;;.;.;.;;.;..;;;......;.;;.;.;.;;;;..


Can't pinpoint just one but here are my contenders:

Mike Tyson's Punch Out

Contra 1 without the cheat code

Sekiro

Xcom2

Zelda 1

TMNT 1

Hades

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812593)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:42 PM
Author: daniel gay luis

Zelda 1 is easy imo 2 is the hard one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812609)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 8:46 PM
Author: ....;;;;;;.;;.;.;.;;.;..;;;......;.;;.;.;.;;;;..


I agree 2 is more difficult but I haven't beaten it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812957)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 10:16 PM
Author: michael doodikoff

I beat Zelda 2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813159)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


Hades was tough to actually beat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813166)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 2:28 AM
Author: loyal stimperial soldier #228

Hades doesn't get difficult until you unlock the post-game handicap/difficulty addition shit imo

Great game regardless

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813624)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 10:19 PM
Author: Dickey Simpkins

I gave up on Sekiro pretty fast. I hate parrying.

Didn’t find Hades hard at all. Once I got through it once, it was pretty easy to repeat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813170)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 2:33 AM
Author: loyal stimperial soldier #228

Sekiro is a rhythm game disguised as a normal Fromsoft experience and this is why it's so hit/miss even amongst FS fans

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813629)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:38 PM
Author: Oppa homeless style!

lion king snes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812595)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:41 PM
Author: Oh, you travel? ( )

Cuphead

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812605)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:43 PM
Author: Trump Tariffs Can Do No Wrong (TDNW)

Contra

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812613)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 7:50 PM
Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III

Getting Over It.

Was ready to do great violence to Bennett Foddy until the control scheme finally clicked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812777)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 2:31 AM
Author: loyal stimperial soldier #228

he's got a new one coming out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813627)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 11:56 AM
Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III

I think I’d sooner run a Barkley Marathon than load into another Bennett Foddy game.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48814732)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 8:06 PM
Author: Carl Tuckerson

7th Guest, Legend of Kyrandia 1 or 2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812819)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: literal scientist

doodikoff-free thread.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48812982)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 10:14 PM
Author: michael doodikoff

I beat tons of NES era Games

One that I never beat and was an ass hair away from beat was Mike Tyson's punch out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813154)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 2:24 AM
Author: daniel gay luis



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813619)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 12:02 PM
Author: Oh, you trade? (🧐)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48814767)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 9:14 PM
Author: ,...,.,.,.;,.;,.;.,..,.;,...,.,,.,;,.,.;,.,


Super Return of the Jedi, Jedi difficulty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813005)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 9:14 PM
Author: street taco



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813007)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 9:30 PM
Author: ...,.,..,..,..,.,.,.,.,.,,,,..,.,.,,.


Final Fantasy III was pretty tough. It took months, even with the guidebook.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813039)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 9:34 PM
Author: ....;;;;;;.;;.;.;.;;.;..;;;......;.;;.;.;.;;;;..


Lmao wtf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813052)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 9:43 PM
Author: ...,.,..,..,..,.,.,.,.,.,,,,..,.,.,,.


I was like thirteen

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813081)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: ....;;;;;;.;;.;.;.;;.;..;;;......;.;;.;.;.;;;;..


Lmao wtf, even worse

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813488)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 10:16 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


wtf, it wasn't that hard at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813163)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 9:32 PM
Author: lex

the first stalker game. it was hard as hell to beat that buggy piece of shit, but it was a labor of love by the end.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813048)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 9:49 PM
Author: Daisy Hill Puppy Farm

i have done all the major GTA Online heists with randoms. that means random players selected by the game's awful matchmaking system. i had to actually learn how to play well so that i could successfully carry a bunch of incompetent randoms through the missions. this video is typical of doing GTAO heists with randoms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cBAM31juuI

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813093)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 2:26 AM
Author: loyal stimperial soldier #228

Script idea for a new Hellraiser

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813622)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 10:15 PM
Author: Dickey Simpkins

Old: battletoads, zelda2, ninja gaiden 1 and 2

New: Dark Souls, Elden Ring

Never was able to beat punch out or ghosts and goblins or super ghouls and ghosts. I got annoyed and gave up on dark souls 2 also. Never beat the original castlevania either despite loving that game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813158)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 8:11 AM
Author: Oh, You Travel? ( )

Super ghouls n ghosts isn’t that bad. It doesn’t really get progressively harder. Since SNES is so slow, it’s more about memorization than reaction imo. None of the bosses are hard really except the last one.

Ghouls n Ghosts for Genesis is much harder and more badass. No one acknowledges this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813854)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 10:16 PM
Author: Penis Six Nine

Atari ET

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813160)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 11:11 PM
Author: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,...


I beat the original Ninja Gaiden on NES, which frequently shows up on "hardest NES games" lists, although I actually didn't think it was that bad. More recently, I beat the main content of Celeste with 100% strawberry collection. I still haven't beaten the fucking bonus level, though. Seriously fuck that level.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813285)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 12:44 AM
Author: Drunkard

TMNT was harder.

I attribute my success in life to having the dedication as a child to obsessively solider through games until victory.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813505)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 2:28 AM
Author: loyal stimperial soldier #228

Ninja Gaiden is way worse than Celeste ime

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813623)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 2:30 AM
Author: daniel gay luis

Celeste was so frustratingly hard at the end of the main game I didn't do any of the extra stuff, and then it came out the creator is a tranny weirdo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813626)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 12:36 AM
Author: gedood persoon

Metalstorm (NES)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813491)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 2:24 AM
Author: loyal stimperial soldier #228

Probably some MMO but "beating" WoW or EVE or whatever means something subjective

Getting perfect scores on high difficulty DDR or other rhythm games is also extremely difficult

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813621)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 2:30 AM
Author: loyal stimperial soldier #228

Bullet hell type stuff. Touhou

MH:Gen/Gen Ult had some nasty stuff in the DLC missions. Harder than any Fromsoft game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813625)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 2:37 AM
Author: Gary's Economics

Last Action Hero

Demolition Man

Universal Soldier

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813633)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: Covid was a Hoax

wait there was a universal soldier video game and no one told me about it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48814644)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 11:58 AM
Author: Gary's Economics

https://old.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/1h0hc1g/universal_soldier_for_sega_genesis_the_greatest/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48814745)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 7:44 AM
Author: Candy Ride

Streets of Rage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813807)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 8:12 AM
Author: Oh, You Travel? ( )

Extremely badass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813855)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 8:17 AM
Author: Trade Wars Are Good And Easy To Win

Terminator 2 on Gameboy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813860)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 8:19 AM
Author: Oh, You Travel? ( )

Every “hard” game I end up beating, it just feels like I debunked the idea that it was hard to begin with. But some games are Impossible imo and you’re gatekept by your reaction speed

Every mega man game — nbd. Castlevania 1. They’re not that bad.

Goldeneye on 00 Agent — control and Aztec in particular — jfc. Never beat those 2 levels iirc. Probably 100 attempts or something between them. The difficulty of western-developed games is often underrated. Sega Genesis has badass games no Loser remembers that are hard af. Jap games like Contra are well-balanced by comparison.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48813862)



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Date: April 4th, 2025 11:33 AM
Author: Oh, You_Travel? ( )

Dark Souls 3

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704711&forum_id=2#48814648)