Glad to see Castlevania on that list, that game was brutal on little me as a little kid.
But let's get real, there is a long tradition of brutally hard games, and people be bullshitting if they say they beat some of these games without save states ๐คฃ
Let's also talk about arcade games that are brutal even with unlimited coins - R-Type, Pulstar, ghouls and ghosts, just to name a few. But these are all beatable.
A NES game that I thought was exceptionally hard without save states (looking at you doungen with no lights and hard enemies) is NES Zelda romhack Outlands
Exactly ๐ฏ - also this role is goofy and fun, he can be as wacky and dumb in it as he wants, it's pure gold for a comedian/actor like him. Also, he fucking carries that franchise ๐คฃ