[General Discussion] Hardest game(s) you've ever played

Originally Posted by Summonmaster

I will have to say the Adventures of Cookie and Cream.

Woo! Love that game...my niece and I worked through it together, and didn't have too terribly difficult a time, except for the damned fish boss, which was a painful three-hour affair.

Most difficult game I've taken down successfully...well, that's a tie between the original Ninja Gaiden and Gyruss. The former was an EXPERIENCE, and the ending was a cool payoff. The latter was just plain hard, with one of, if not THE worst endings ever.

Most difficult-to-the-point-of-broken game I've encountered would be Lunar 2: Complete. Right around the time I reached the Blue Dragon - who has high defense, nasty group-striking moves, and the ability to arbitrarily heal himself by several hundred (or is it thousand?) points every single turn - I decided life was too short to waste trying to prove myself to Victor Ireland and his HARDCORE tendencies.

Jam it back in, in the dark.