Here it is. The grandaddy (well, the grandson of the grandaddy) of insanely hard games. Super Probotector: Alien Rebels, or Contra III: The Alien Wars as it’s known to the majority of you. Unfortunately, I’m lumbered with the inferior PAL version that switches the bad ass, machine gun-wielding dudes Jimbo and Sully for two lame robots. How it sucks to be European at times.
Anyone who has played Contra III will know why it’s featured here in Tough as Nails. To put it bluntly, it’s a rather sadistic affair. In fact, all the Contra games are pretty evil when it comes to the difficulty setting. Whichever programmer at Konami thought it would be funny to label the lowest difficulty setting as “easy” should be taken out back and whipped repeatedly. This game is cruel. Contra III is more than just a game, it’s a life lesson. And the lesson is that you will always die in the end. Over and over again.
The SNES was probably the best all-around retro console in terms of its game library and the sheer number of hits that were released on the system. It’s no wonder that these 15 games are just a few of the SNES games that hold up today.
Why do these sites always go for the obvious top 10 best Snes games?
There are tons of Snes games that are never mentioned and are still fun to play today.
Games like :
- Super Punch out
- Axelay
- Demon's Crest
- Saturday Slammaster
- Run Saber
- Sunset Rider
- Out of this world
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Chadley and Tristan of Punch Nerds pick up this beast of a game in the first episode of Impossible Gaming. The idea of the show is that the duo play games that are notoriously difficult until somebody rage quits. In this first episode the guys talk about child like mentality, Contra Chess and and the excellent music that comes with the game
This Contra is waaaay harder than Contra 1 and Super C. I used to beat Contra 1 without dying, but Contra 3 was impossible.
This game was amazing my drove my friend and i cwazzy trying to finish it.
We eventually did but i think we wore out and we did it co op but still it was really tough but fun.
I love emu gaming these days so i might have to try this one again but solo
One of my favorite games of all time I just downloaded the game from the Wii U eshop and it is still awesome to play after all this time. I wish they would remake the game with updated graphics.
Edit: this game is very challenging but its not as hard as the guys that were playing it makes it seem. These guys really suck at the game. There have much harder Contra games out there than Alien Wars.
I am happy that you guys took the time to highlight such an awesome game. I don't know how old you guys are but some games aren't as easy as I remember them. I use to breeze through the Mega Man series on both Nes and Super Nes but I tried to play the series on the Wii U virtual console and I was terrible. I don't even think I could get past the first level of those games. Old school side scrollers take precision, reflexes, and patience. These are traits I now lack, I guess.
It's a matter of perspective. Everyone thinks that Contra 1 and Super C are harder, i personally think Contra 1 and Super C are way easier than 3 and 4 (the DS one)
I thought the original Contra on both arcade and Nes was not too hard. Super C in the arcade was very difficult for me to play but the Nes version was very forgiving. Contra III may have been easier for me because I played the hell out of the game.
One of my favorite SNES titles!
I remember playing this game and my younger bro wouldn't shut up and i kept dying so i turn around and sock him so he would shut up cuz i was in rage mode after that day i was never allowed to touch it xDD.
Back in the days there is a lvl where you climb and enemies just re-spawn from sides and i just put something heavy on the trigger button and let the game like this for 1-2 hours until i have made 30 lives to finish this super hard game.