I've had some problems with Montezuma's Revenge. Apart from being ludicrously difficult I'm having some trouble configuring dosbox's settings to get this game to run well.

Oh, I know *exactly" how it is, considering that I drew my version of the maps for the first OEB's complete dungeon and I still got them :-P

I find it really hard to look at the early polygonal 3D graphics. Really ugly.

Solution: pick SubZero instead of Raiden (that fatality key combo).

very true

The slide kick is a pain (and almost useless after the first few fights) and I actually think Raiden's fatality is a little easier so long as you get the distance right.

Well, LP+LK+BLK on numerical keyboard with at least 3-rollover simultanionsly was very easy to me...

The problem with Raiden (for me) was the F,B,B,B+LP which required to have exact distance. God forgive one punches (or keyboard registeres) Back one time more or less - the whole is interpreted as simple low punch in the face to KO opponent standing in very close viscinity. That ruined like 95% fatalities for me when I was a kid... :)

Also can't go wrong with Jonny, regardless how many Forwards you press, the F,F,F,HP always registers. :)

hey, that's somehow comforting! :)
Maybe one day, when I'm old enough, I can have time and ... try beating an old sierra game... Space Quest 1. Just keep any sharp objects, alcohol and anything that can be thrown away from me, and I need a punch resistant laptop... what else...

Old Flight Sims.... Its just really hard to get into that.. graphics make it difficult to truly get sucked in, but back in the day it was amazing.. my eyes are spoiled :(

I agree. I sunk A TON of time into Privateer - to this day I absolutely love that game and still have an "internal narrative" of my activities as a Han Solo smuggler in it (LOL I know, I'm a loser ;) ) ... but looking at screenshots of it I couldn't ever imagine trying to go back.

It's hard for me only for it's control scheme. Having to use whole keyboard to play is a bit overkill

zelda ocarina of time is harder then I remember. I beat it on nin64 back in the day 100%. Beat every mini game collected every powerup found every whatever I was supposed to find. (stupid spider looking things I think)
Bought it for Game Cube and thought I'd give it a shot again. Found myself quickly getting aggravated and first archery mini game I come to is damn near impossible to get a perfect score on with a controller. I'd probably have to go back to smoking pot to get 100% on that damn game again.

Recently catching up on first person shooter history I started with Wolfenstein 3D. It's not hard to play per se, but I can't imagine how you would get enjoyment out of it for more than a few minutes nowadays. Playing Doom, that is just as well playable and fun as I imagine it must have been in 1993, but Wolfenstein 3D is such an early and basic iteration of the concept that today it seemingly has nothing going for it at all. Surely this is different for someone who has played back in the day. And maybe Brutal Wolfenstein spices it up a bit...

Slightly off-topic, but speaking of technical issues, I am sad that I never got to play H.E.D.Z. (Head Extreme Destruction Zone) again. Such a quirky game, probably much more fun in my mind than it really ever was. But, I would really want to play it again some time, yet it refuses to work on any system later than Windows XP. Shame. Or maybe better for the memory of it, who knows!

That's interesting. Several months ago I played Majora's Mask on my smartphone. I thought it would be barely playable with touchscreen controls (and two buttons on the phone nicely serving as shoulder buttons), but surprisingly it worked fairly well, including a highscore in an archery minigame! Maybe it's partly a controller issue? Despite having played a lot with it, I really never liked the GameCube's controller, mainly because of its uncomfortable analogue sticks.

The only reason Wolfenstein 3D was amazing at one point was the fact that there was nothing like that at the time. Is was the first FPS I ever played. Windows was using 3.1 and consoles were still crap. The Sega Genesis was the most innovative console released at the time and it didn't offer much in comparison. I couldn't afford a Sega anyway.

I've found I struggle a little with old RTS games... I love Populous The Beginning but find the controls a little trying now. Same with Total Annihilation...

I think it's even more difficult with games like Icewind Dale or the other IE games that I never played back in the day. I want to like them but find it hard to get into them because of a variety of things...

But there are other games (like the original Dungeon Keeper) which I have no problem with...