Most video games today are designed for the player to enjoy in a comfortable way each of its levels, as time passes the difficulty is set aside making the games are easy to complete, only few developers are concerned about maintaining the essence of retro games.

When a young person or child of the current generation experiments with some retro game can get a surprise, the difficulty compared to the current games is so high that they flee to these types of video games, very few have the patience to adapt to them.

Remember that many factors have changed over time, checkpoints, saved games, unlimited continues and many more things that did not have retro video games, if your lives were over you had to start from the beginning, something that would not support the current gamers.

In this short list you will know some retro video games that are so difficult that the players of this generation could not finish.

One of the classics of the 8-bit era, a video game programmed in such a way that you have to play with exact movements and make the most of Ryu Hayabusa's skills. Its game system despite being simple its levels make you change your mind. Although it has unlimited continues (American version) to start one of them from the beginning is a torture.

Not only his first delivery was complicated, Ninja Gaiden II and III also have their great difficulty curve (especially the second), if you have a colleague or friend of the current generation who claims to be a true gamer invite him to finish any of the 8-bit Ninja Gaiden, so will test their true skills.

If you thought that in this small list you would find only 8-bit games you are wrong, Devil May Cry 3 is one of the sixth generation retro games of the most difficult consoles (with permission of Ninja Gaiden Black) its game system is very addictive and amuses you at first, however, when you go past its levels you will realize how frustrating it can be.

Your enemies and bosses will become the nightmare of any player, it was so complicated that they later released a version where they lowered their difficulty. Devil May Cry 3 is a video game to test your patience and agility, if you think you have the skill to complete it play its first version.

Who doesn't know the famous plumber? One of the stars of the world of video games, although his current games are simple and easy to culminate in his beginnings was not like that. In the 8-bit era, they released only the real Super Mario Bros 2 in Japan, with a difficulty so outlandish that only the brave dared to play.

Because it was so complicated Nintendo of America decided to change the videogame for another one, that's why we wouldn't know this game until the Super Mario All Stars version was released, where it would be included under the name Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels, do you want a real challenge? Play this video game that will surely make you wonder why we liked to die so much?

One of the most iconic characters in the world of videogames, despite the fact that nowadays not much is said about him, he still has his deserved place in terms of difficulty. It is unquestionable not to think about how complicated were their first deliveries for the classic NES, also, if you want to complete it "easily" you must know by heart the correct sequence of bosses and to achieve this you have to play it many times.

Their precise levels and jumps are frustrating, some enemies can make your life impossible because they are in the most exact places to annoy you, and the thought of repeating everything you accomplished once your lives are over is something that only old school players carried on their shoulders for many years.