Games you beat ONCE, and dread to try again.

[Arkhan]

Well, Golvellius is pretty easy once you have beaten it one time and know where all the junk is that you have to go get.

[termis]

When i was younger/kiddy i cleared most to all of the RPGs for the SMS... Phantasy Star, Ys, Miracle Warriors, Golvellius...

I have a lot of fond memories of playing these but i dread everyone to do again...i just could not commit the time to them, far to long... but i do replay the endings from time to time as the battery save in my carts are still holding strong  <<cool pose>> 

Yeah, I also recall competing 3 of the 4 mentioned a looooooong time ago (minus Golvellius).  Good times. 

The only thing I remember about Miracle Warriors was how I beat the game and I didn't expect it at all.  It was like, "Wha... that was the end?"

I went through Phantasy Star I twice.  It didn't seem as long the second time around -- Probably because I had the maps second time around to those crazy mazes (Lassic one in particular!). 

I believe I beat the SMS Ys after completing the TG16 version, because I remember thinking, "Man, this guy moves slow."

MAYBE I'll fire up one of these up someday when I have tons of time (after hitting the lottery jackpot, or retiring, etc), but it's not going to happen for some time...

[SNKNostalgia]

Games because they were hard and annoying in someway.

Bayou Billy NES - I tried playing this game again several times and wonder how I even made it past stage 2 or 3, not to mention beating the game period.

Double Dragon 3 NES - It was down to me with 3 life bars on the final boss. Way too many bosses on the last stage. Only beat it two player with a friend back in 92.

Friday the 13th NES - Back then even though the game sucks, I just didn't know better and beat Jason several times to get the real unsatisfying ending. Never again.

TMNT NES - I beat it back in 92 at a friends house. It is a hard game until you really get the hang of it, but it still just seems like a pain to want to figure out and beat again.

Ghouls n Ghosts Arcade (Capcom Classics for PS2) and Super GnG SNES - I really don't need to say why.

Art of Fighting 2 Neo Geo (CD version) - Actually did it twice the first month I owned it. Now, this is beating it without loosing a fight so you can get to Geese Howard. Duuuuude, you have no idea what hell it is if you haven't played it. Now when I beat my AES version I shamelessly cheat with the Unibios.

Air Zonk TG16 - Jesus Christ that last stage and the final boss was torturing.

Contra Shattered Soldier PS2 - I actually got 100% ranking and beat the real final boss with the best ending. Man, it took a lot of dying and starting over to do this. You can't miss one non re-spawning enemy or die, I think.

I am sure there are some more, but I can't remember everything. Most of these I beat during the times they were out plus 2 years or so, except Air Zonk about 1/2 a year ago and AOF2 in 98.

Still, I try to beat some games I haven't before and can't imagine doing it again once I do. Most of these are space shooters, a few RPGs, punishing adventure games and most games on the NES.

[geise]

Shadow of the Beast  1 and 2 (Amiga)
Awesome (also for Amiga)

[blueraven]

I was playing some Wirehead last night, that game is kinda cool I thought.

REVISED LIST 2.0



Adds Astyanax to List;
Wirehead (Sega CD) I don't normally advocate using games as kindling.
Dick Tracy (NES - I had to call the f*cking Nintendo Power hotline to find Al Pacino in 1989. ONLY TIME EVAR. It was B4 teh internetz)
Texas: Ground Zero (Sega CD) - Game was so easy I almost fell asleep during the end boss. If you can aim he takes about 7 seconds.
Joe & Mac: Leave it to the SNES to Butcher Caveman Ninja.

Dont EVER kick. Evar.

[BlackandBlue]

That's easy.  Tennokoe Bank.  I would never try to clear that shit again.
 

[Colossus1574]

Friday the 13th NES - Back then even though the game sucks, I just didn't know better and beat Jason several times to get the real unsatisfying ending. Never again.

Art of Fighting 2 Neo Geo (CD version) - Actually did it twice the first month I owned it. Now, this is beating it without loosing a fight so you can get to Geese Howard. Duuuuude, you have no idea what hell it is if you haven't played it. Now when I beat my AES version I shamelessly cheat with the Unibios.

That Friday 13th ending was like a slap in the face....don't forget Jason was a pain in the ass to kill with his cheap attacks while you're stuck on the rowboat!!!

AofF 2, that reminds me of playing no loss rounds to get to fight Ryo at the end of FatalFury 2 Special ! So damn tough.....

Addams Family: I'd like to add in Addams Family (Sunsoft, same maker as BlasterMaster)  for the NES, the "special feature" of the game was that u had to make it through with 1man, other wise they send you ALL THE WAY back to the start of the game....They actually advertised this as a unique feature!?!?!? WTF! You might as well just hit the reset button....

[blueraven]

Ghostbusters Infocom (text based for all you kiddies) back in the 80's.

I have no F****ing idea how I beat this game with my friend in elementary school. We STILL talk about the night we got wired on Jolt Cola and slayed the Stay-Puft Marshmellow Man with our laser beams and containment units. We tried to repeat the task to no avail at least 10 times. Was some super epic win 5h1T.

[Arkhan]

Ghostbusters Infocom (text based for all you kiddies) back in the 80's.

I have no F****ing idea how I beat this game with my friend in elementary school. We STILL talk about the night we got wired on Jolt Cola and slayed the Stay-Puft Marshmellow Man with our laser beams and containment units. We tried to repeat the task to no avail at least 10 times. Was some super epic win 5h1T.

reminds me of when I too got lit on Jolt cola, and blew through like, 18 hours of Ultima V extreme gaming. 

[Ninja Spirit]

Final Fantasy 5 and 9, mainly because of their final bosses Neo Exdeath and Necron, they have one thing in common, which is crippling your game by toying around with status ailments.

[kid_rondeau]

HUDSON'S ADVENTURE ISLAND (NES).

I wanted to take a nailgun to this piece of crap when I finally beat it. The chick you save at the end of that game is supposed to be named Lelani or some such, but it turns out her name is actually Tina.

What happened to Lelani? Did she choose to stay with the Witch Doctor in some Stockholm Syndrome-esque turn of events??

[vestcoat]

Ultima Exodus NES - I somehow managed to blast through the last castle, pray, and get the heck out while evading almost all of the monsters.  I've resumed my save file and tried a few times since and it's been nothing but endless fights bumping into every enemy.

TMNT NES - probably the hardest game I've beaten.

Miracle Warriors SMS - Haven't actually beaten this one.  I made it to the last boss without but my party doesn't have enough levels to beat her.  After coming so close, I've never had the motivation to wander around leveling up when I'm one step away from the end of the game.

Cosmic Fantasy 2 - Haven't beaten this either.  I got pretty far in '97 and then trashed my save file while learning how to use my first tennokoe bank.  I don't have the patience to turbo-switch my way through all of those fights again.

[nodtveidt]

Super Air Zonk for sure... played through it once and never will again... it's so BORING.

Lunar Silver Star Story (PSX). What an utter disgrace to the original... unbalanced as all f*cking hell and not even remotely fun. Not even the cover art showing off Althena's cute booty was enough to save this pile of trash.

Castlevania II (NES). It's not a bad game overall, but I sure wouldn't wanna do all that over again only to find out that Simon is dead... again.

One game that would almost make this list is Nightmare Creatures (PSX). If not for the infinite cheat, I don't think I would have ever played it again when (and IF) I ever finished it. The ending SUCKS ASS and gives no real feeling of accomplishment for being such a difficult second-person-perspective brawler. If not for the awesome music and creepy environments, this game would be a total loss. But the infinite cheat makes the game not only completely playable, but *fun*... it doesn't, of course, change the fact that the ending is incredibly stupid. And forget about the sequel... I was bored from the opening moments of that one, and I sold it off the same day I bought it... oh yeah, I did that with the PSX remake of the Lunar sequel as well...

[_joshuaTurbo]

Home Alone 2 (SNES)   yeah.... I don't want to talk about it...

let alone every play it again.

[Smashed Brother]

Contra Shattered Soldier (PS2) for sure!  Goddamn was that game ridiculously difficult!  Just when you think you beat the last boss, he comes at you one more time...it was just sheer luck that I beat it with the one life that I had left.  I still occasionally play the game, but not with the intention of trying to beat it again.