39 of the Most All-Time Frustrating Video Game Moments

There was a boss somewhere in Final Fantasy IX that sent my middle school gaming career down the toilet. Two characters were separated from the rest of the party and had to fight some sort of snail boss (it’s been a long time). In retrospect, I'm sure that it wasn't a particularly difficult boss; I mostly enjoyed Final Fantasy for the story and treated it like a moving comic book, which is probably why, despite nearly snapping my control in half, I never actually managed to defeat the monster. Either way, the rest of Final Fantasy IX’s story is still a mystery to me to this day. I imagine some of the frustrating examples below have led plenty of gamers to the same unfulfilling existence…