Most older games have a hard difficulty. And I mean games from around 20 years ago.
You know those games where you get hit once you die and when you die you start all over. They may be generous by giving you a few lifes but you use them up too quickly.
Seems like over the years games have been dumbed down in difficulty except for some games which offer the insane difficulty mode.
I remember how pitiful the FFX last boss was when you could kill him in 2-3 hits.