# The Hardest Video Game You've Ever Played **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 12, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-video-game-youve-ever-played/517254 "2009-11-12T01:38:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-video-game-youve-ever-played/517254/62 "2009-11-18T04:53:32Z")
Shadow of the Beast on the Amiga. No continues or saves. Very few health potions and 1-ups. I watched a playthrough on youtube to see how close I got to the end. Turns out I was on the last stage. Damn! ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Keen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Commander\_Keen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Keen)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-video-game-youve-ever-played/517254/63 "2009-11-18T05:45:57Z")
> [@Mekhazzio](#): > > Ah, which reminds of another game. One of the lesser known NES titles was Fester’s Quest. Essentially a Blaster Master clone in a vaguely Addam’s Family theme, it was another one of those powerup-hoarding games, only unlike BM, it was brutal about killing you with cheese attacks. Definitely a nominee for hardest video games. [obligatory](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0iwC58K6t0) ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-video-game-youve-ever-played/517254/64 "2009-11-18T05:52:30Z")
Slashem is annoyingly difficult. Slashem made me enjoy nethack. I don’t know about any of the other rouge like games [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-video-game-youve-ever-played/517254.md?page=3)