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Five Hardest NES Games

Smackdown has compiled the Top 5 Hardest NES Games. They are: 5. Ninja Gaiden4. Back to the Future3 The Adventures of Bayou Billy2. Battletoads1. Silver Surfer What would make your list?


Smackdown has compiled the Top 5 Hardest NES Games. They are:

5. Ninja Gaiden
4. Back to the Future
3 The Adventures of Bayou Billy
2. Battletoads
1. Silver Surfer

What would make your list?

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  1. I was never able to beat the boss on Zelda II, AoL, even with Game Genie. Of course, I've never used any codes that didn't come out of the book… TMNT(1), good God. That's still on my list of games to beat someday. I never got past the city after the dam. Silver Surfer?? Yeah, I guess it would be hard… I always played it with Game Genie and had a hard enough time. Contra was hard as hell… Without the Kanomi code. Lemmings on any mode besides Easy. Skate or Die 2… I never beat the level where you have to find the building permit. I found it once, but spent 4 hours trying to get out and couldn't. I guess I could look up a map on the internet now. Flying Dragon Just 'cause. And I never beat Smash TV… But, of course, I never really tried that hard. Oh, and I had the most amazing idea today. PAPERBOY ON THE WIIFlipping those papers would be so much fun… You know they're gonna make it someday.

  2. Top 5 Hardest NES games.5. Ghost N Gobblins 4. TMNT – "Level 3"3. Final Fantasy – "Cave of Marsh"2. Battletoads 1. Karnov – "Try this game yourselves"

  3. 1. Sky Shark2. Ninja Gaiden (guess it's the series' trademark)3. RC Pro AM4. Battletoads5. TMNT

  4. smash TV was fun. my friend's dad actually worked on that game. he has a copy mounted in his office. i haven't checked to see if his name is in the credits, but look for West Trager. that's his name.

  5. I would add Adventure Island 1 to the list. It's impossible to win and absolutely frustrating…

  6. Milon's Secret Castle and Solomon's Key were bullshit impossible. Coming from someone who beat Blaster Master and TMNT, whoever created Solomon's Key and Milon's Secret Castle are obviously Sado-Masochist sick fucks that need to be executed.

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