I am absoltely horrible at Morrowind. The leveling up system confuses me, combat is impossible in third person (and I hate first person), and it's just so damn BIG. But I love it. It makes me want to pull my hair out, but I think I'm pretty much addicted.

Discuss similar feelings about different games. Or offer advice on this one.

The original TMNT for NES. I have yet to beat the Technodrome stage, and the game is entirely different from pretty much every other game of the Turtles released afterwards. Just a total pain in the ass after Level 3.

Friday the 13th for NES. This has to be the hardest game ever, yet I still give it a go every few weeks, with losing results.

Pretty much all the early Mortal Kombat games. The controls were horrible and I hate having to press 6 buttons to do one move.

Ditto on the original TMNT. I'll also add Contra for the SNES, Half Life 2, and Valkyrie Profile.

Contra for NES is hard as shit too, but I've played it so much that I've gotten good enough at it to beat it once.

I'll second Friday the 13th, and add Robocop for the NES

I hate Robocop, since I always lost on the 2nd stage. Always. Still do, 15 years after first playing it.

My friend loves Dungeons and Dragons but he can't roll the dice to save his life. We once figured up the damage his last character dealt and he had done more damage to me than any of the enemies. Typically battle:

Me: I charge at the enemies.
Him: I follow.
DM: Roll to see if you hit anything.
Him: Shit, I rolled a one.
DM: You stab Brad in the back roll for damage.

Reminds me of every CounterStrike game I've ever played. I'll be on a nice little killing streak, running through a tunnel, and then BAM! Right in the back of the head.

"OMG so sory lol"

Drives me insane.

(shakes head) Wow, and I thought I was a nerd for playing with Pokemon cards in 8th grade... and I sucked at it, but still loved it. :D

It would be ok if it was a monster that offed me but come on someone on my side doing it. I even tried having him us a longbow and the fucker still managed to shoot me in the leg. I would hate to think of what would happen if we gave him a wizard to use.

I don't even think there is a third stage. I think that's all they came up with, and just made it impossible to beat so no one could find out they slacked off

What stage in Robocop had the guy with the hostage as a boss?

That's the one we're talking about. I'm 23 years old, been playing video games since I was six, and still can't beat it

I beat that I think purely on luck. The hostage runs off at some point and you can cap the guy.

I would believe in the theory they didn't make any more stages after that, since I've never seen screenshots of anything after it, and I don't know anyone who either played it period or got past that fucking level.

I'd like to meet someone who could beat Contra for NES without the Konami Code. That shit has to be impossible.

I've done it... it took me about 60 tries, but I did. The last stage is a fucking push-over compared to some of the stuff in the middle. I guess the creaters ran out of ideas to dick around with the player.

You've beat Contra on 3 fucking lives?

I'm not kidding when I say I don't think I can get through the first level on 3 lives. But I guess I play sloppy as hell when I know I have 30 of em.

Yes, it can be done... I played the game so damn much one night, I figured out the exact pattern of what enemies pop up when and how to avoid them. I actually made it through the first 3 levels without being touched during my championship run. :P

You're a god among nerds.

That's what happens when

A. You have no life
and
B. Suffer from insomnia. By the time I finally beat the game, I was laughing hysterically for no reason. I haven't played the game since. The worst part was the final boss was so fucking easy. I got hit once because I got careless blasting the fucker to death, but it went down faster than Anna Nicole Smith at a Retirement Home for wealthy old farts.

You're lucky. I lose a lot of my motor skills during my insomnia bout so video games are typically out of the question.

Only games I can't play when I'm tired are sports games. I generally fuck up simple things, like base running in my MVP season, or sloppy shooting and bad defense in basketball.

My friend and I beat Contra when I was 9....and I've beaten it by myself once. Other than that, I use the Konami code so I don't have to deal with the frustration.

I just thought of another. The Goonies II for NES. I've never been able to beat it without cheating, mainly because the "map" issued is about as helpful as a pile of dog shit in a cake baking contest.