Oh man, The Immortal on NES is brutal—like, "throw-your-controller-against-the-wall" brutal. Right from the start, the game doesn’t hold your hand. You can die in the first room if you take one wrong step, and trust me, you will. A lot. The death animations are almost comically gruesome—there are dozens of ways to get impaled, crushed, or just straight-up murdered by traps you never saw coming.

What makes it so infuriating (and weirdly compelling) is that some sections require you to die to figure out what not to do next time. It’s trial and error in the most punishing way possible. If you’re into old-school masochism disguised as gaming, this one’s a classic. Just don’t say I didn’t warn you.