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The Game Boy had several difficult games due to its limited color palette and muddy graphics, but these seven take the cake.

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I have a certain fascination with difficult games. We play games because we want to have fun, but some games are so difficult that they become more of a stress inducer than a stress relief. Yet we ...

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