Admit your guilt! Name an old game or even an old franchise you've never been able to win at

[Tanooki]

I know a lot of people like to talk up the old days on how this game or that game is fantastic or they really just got into and enjoyed it, but how about games you may have talked up (or not) and never could finish despite trying?

I know Ghosts and Goblins is an easy cop out as would a few others, but perhaps something that's easy to many just never was to you?

I'll tell you this much, it's not a favorite, but I've kept it all this time as it was a gift but I have NEVER finished the original NES Turtles game. It just always felt overly too hard from the underwater part and after, and the loss of turtles was a bit extreme as you really never had lives, just single chances with them and it's over. The controls/momentum were uniquely odd too and it made a weird mix of pain and pleasure, but mostly pain.

[T]

First 2 Zelda games.

I've beaten every other Zelda game multiple times but not these 2

[A.C. Sativa]

Ninja Turtles sucked. Just have to say that.

Anyway, I've never been able to beat any of the Ninja Gaiden games. And while not really old, I've never beaten Metroid Prime without help, I can never get past Mecha-Ridley.

[megasdkirby]

I could easily (well, after practicing) win the NES Ninja Gaiden games, but no way can I beat the newer versions (after Xbox). I find the new games way too hard for some reason, while those who beat the "newer" versions find the classics way too hard.

Can't stand Battletoads nor Ghost and Goblins. Could never beat them...

I HATE SPELUNKY. There, I said it.

[Niku-Sama]

Tetris, just can't seem to get past 120 lines

[Leo_A]

I've never been very successful at winning spare lifes with the slot machine in Super Mario Brothers 2.

It didn't prevent me from winning it in the SuperNes version (Or the GBA port of it) thanks to the save mechanism. But in its original NES form, I never have enough to make it through.

Must be a trick to it, but I've never picked up on it.

[Nophix]

Ninja Gaiden. Don't remember which one, but there's one I played like crazy and could never beat.

[Alpha2099]

For me, it's the Warcraft series. I never played the first game, but I have played 2 and 3. I never beat either one of them.

[PizzaKat]

Never finished Super Mario 1 or 2
Never past the 3rd stage of Gradius
Ocarina of time I think I got lost in the big tree at the beginning. I was already bored so I just gave up

[fmdof]

whats up tanooki

anywho, castlevania. I can NOT get past frankenstiens monster to save my life. which is odd, cause i distinctly remember as a kid getting to the grim reaper, and that level especially, but for some reason I have zero recollection of stage 4, let alone beating it to get to stage 5.

[Tanooki]

Hey hey nice seeing another sane old face around these parts. I don't much like that stage, seem to often get beat up on that lame floating platform ride over the water more than anything, it's just cheap.