You’ve probably played a game in your life and had problems getting past a certain screen. Many games have a map, monster, or sequence with a high difficulty, but none of them live up to this. You probably don’t know the game. Battle Toadsbut this 1991 game is considered the the hardest game ever.
A good game should have an upward curve, being simple in the beginning and difficult in its final phase. What is wanted is that at the beginning you understand the mechanics and improve your skills to face the monster or the final phase of the game.
Some g ames simply choose to be a real challenge to those who play them. We can find games that skip the learning phase, already offering difficulty from the first moment. There is a game that poses a greater challenge and very few have managed to overcome it.
Battletoads, the most complicated game in history
We have to go back to the early 90s, when a series of cartoons was taking off. The Ninja Turtles were a phenomenon remarkable for their action and touches of humor. It was in 1991 that the game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was released for the NES, which was quite well received.
To compete with this game, Rare also released the game Battletoads for NES, which was intended to be its big competitor. The action platform game starred Rash, Zitz and Pimple, three mutant toads. Their only goal was to save Princess Angelica and her companion, Professor T. Bird, from the evil Queen of Darkness.
At this point, you’ve probably already made the game mix. Essentially, it’s putting the Ninja Turtles game and Super Mario into a blender and serving up the end result.
The game is primarily known for its extremely high difficulty. It was a challenge for players, who had to demonstrate enormous reflexes and precision to overcome certain levels. The Turbo Tunnel stood out, one of the phases of the game that reached crazy speed and was frustrating for the user.
It has a two-player co-op mode that wasn’t particularly straightforward either. He had the particularity of having “friendly fire”, which allowed colleagues to injure and even annihilate each other. This added another layer of difficulty to an already complex game.
As if all that wasn’t enough, Battletoads featured a wide variety of playstyles that changed from map to map. You can find platform levels mixed with side-scrolling levels or high-speed racing. This “random” combination of styles within the game added difficulty and also made it very innovative.
This game is considered a cult classic and ahead of its time due to the explained factors and its animations and graphics. Characters have the ability to perform special attacks that transform their limbs into huge weapons to strike enemies. A technical marvel for a console with fairly limited capabilities at the time.
Note that a revision of the game developed by Dlala Studios in collaboration with Rare was released in 2020. This episode updates the graphics and jokes of the game to adapt it to modern times, without altering the essence of the game.
