I have the classic NES series Castlevania on the GBA and I play it on and of. I havent beaten it in the year or so I've had it. It is VERY hard. The thing is, I think I've become too used to the games of today. I grew-up on the NES and beat many of the difficult games because I stuck with them and games at that time were made for a differant breed: the old-school gamer. Granted, I am no sloutch at gameing but games today are made to be more accessable to the casual gamer. I'm not complaining, just pointing out how much the franchise has evolved.:D

I kinda don't get the point behind the question, is this for games you DO like and are very hard or games you want to play but can't because there too hard? Because I kinda got video games for both of those categories and I wanted to be sure.

I just want to know which is it?

more or less, its both

If you find the other Zelda games "hard", I recommend you get Wind Waker, since many fans agree it's one of the easiest games in the series.

I have to throw in some of the Castlevania games (the ones for NES and Super NES). Not a die-hard fan of the series, but I loved the games, even with it being difficult.

I'd have to say Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine for Genesis. That game has one of the most ridiculous learning curves I've ever seen; as if you should know how to form 12-point chain reaction combos from the second competitor on.

The Megaman X series is often commented on as being too hard for fans of the original Blue Bomber. I find it the other way around. I can play through X1-4 blindfolded but I have trouble with the original megaman games, especially 2 and 3.

I don't know if any of you heard of this, but I find Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga too difficult to finish.

2 and 3 were awesome in my book, but yeah, they were pretty dang difficult, too. The first one, to me, was really hard. I don't believe I've ever beaten that one.

Megaman's X games were a glorified pain in the ass. I only successfully managed to get to the end of the first 2 X games, I never could kill the final boss Sigma in X 1, and I always died against one of the 3 robot mid bosses in Megaman X 2.

Okay, here's my game low down. The only games that I WANTED to play but couldn't because they were too hard, or not my personal choice, were Chrono Cross and Kingdom Hearts. I love BOTH of those games VERY very much.

But I hate rpgs, I just can't get into them and I never could get the hang of them. So I settled for watching my brother play them. Which was fine by me, Kingdom Hearts has one of the greatest stories I have ever seen in a game.

And I'm not gonna let my inability to play rpgs to prevent me from seeing such a magnificent storyline. Now, the only video game I do play and is extremely freaking hard would be Jak 2 for the Playstation 2. I LOVE the Jak game series.

But Jak 2 was insanely hard, talk about a controller thrower. Half the challeneges in that game are so unbelviably difficult and frustrating, I end up screaming and cursing at the screen till my voice dies out or something.

Jak 3 and even Jak X: Combat racing were no where near as difficult as Jak 2 was, still, I love the game to death and I love the Jak series no matter what.