It was also incredibly difficult. As a kid I couldn’t go beyond the first level. It was also difficult to attack the enemy at the right time.

But still it was an amazing experience whenever I played it. I felt the pressure and the need to start again like no other game nowadays.

But maybe that’s just because I was a kid.

I don't think it was just because you were a kid, if I recall correctly the controls were incredibly unresponsive. Probably a technical reason, that they couldn't or didn't want to interrupt an animation easily, but still.

Years later though, and games like Dark Souls and Monster Hunter have a similar sluggishness / unresponsiveness to them. But it doesn't feel as unfair in those games.

>It was also incredibly difficult.

And we dumb kids used to play it without the manual. It was a minor victory day for us when we finally figured out how to pick up the sword!

Yeah, it was. It wasn't even my first game - I was like 11 when I first got to it, and by then was a solid gamer having already owned a master system and mega drive game consoles. And still PoP was hard, really hard.

(But I also didn't like it very much...)

I played it relentlessly as a kid (3-6 years old), and never got past the 4th level…