Top 25 Hardest Games of All Time

February 20, 2009 | By: Robert Workman

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Better sign up for anger management class, because these games will push you to extremes.

Run, coward!

Most of today's video games are pushovers lasting a few mere hours. The following top 25, however, are the most difficult games you'll run into and not easily beaten. We dare you to play any of the following without cursing, throwing controllers or kicking chairs.

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kcsniagara at 12:32 am on April 24th 2009

*didnt they do this list already !? what ... they have no more original ideas, thoughts or.........i knew it was an "encore" from the first game, Ice Breaker * because during the summer, I wanted to remember the name of that game, for some reason,and then sure enough, a while later it was referenced here... that was the key to me remembering i have seen this list here before * anyways, they didnt include any games from .... waaaaay back, like "QUEST for the RINGS" on the odyessy. THIS WAS *BEFORE* the "era" of the "cheat codes" sooo....if you couldnt do it on TALENT alone, you didnt do it / i was about 8-10 years of age; but remember the game was difficult.

flirtayaznboi at 11:40 pm on April 23rd 2009

If you suck at tetris, you suck at life lol j/k The only games that deserved to be on there are Contra, Metal Slug, and Ikaruga (in that order from 1st to 3rd). Every other game, is fairly average. It's a bit shameful how the moment a game requires a player to use wit, innovation, or time (such as Portal), it's listed as hard.

tkdhoorn at 11:39 pm on April 23rd 2009

Looks like they forgot Ecco the Dolphin.

xile77 at 11:31 pm on April 23rd 2009

What about the first TMNT game for NES? I don't think I've met anyone who's beaten the underwater stage.

prncejrge83 at 10:40 pm on April 23rd 2009

what about kid chameleon for sega genesis??? that game had like over a 100 levels....and the levels werent easy at all

longsonboy1 at 9:48 pm on April 23rd 2009

LOL! call of duty 4 took me 3 days to beat.

nosgothhero at 9:46 pm on April 23rd 2009

Apparently this list was made by n00bs. I've beaten most of these games, and I've beaten God of War on God mode at least 10 times to date. There are harder games than this.

nosgothhero at 9:46 pm on April 23rd 2009

Apparently this list was made by n00bs. I've beaten most of these games, and I've beaten God of War on God mode at least 10 times to date. There are harder games than this.

thepunisher302 at 9:33 pm on April 23rd 2009

Any game where you can save shouldn't be on this list. Saving the game makes for a less frustrating experience because you can play the same part over and over rather than starting from the beginning of the game (like Ghosts n' Ghouls, Ikaruga, R-Type).